2020 FIA Formula 3 Championship

The following teams and drivers were under contract to compete in the 2020 championship. As the championship was a spec series, all teams competed with an identical Dallara F3 2019 chassis and a bespoke tyre compound developed by Pirelli.[1][2] Each car was powered by a 3.4 L (207 cu in) naturally-aspirated V6 engine developed by Mecachrome.[3]

Entrant	No.	Driver name	Rounds
Prema Racing	1	Oscar Piastri	All
	2	Frederik Vesti	All
	3	Logan Sargeant	All
Hitech Grand Prix	4	Max Fewtrell	1–6
		Pierre-Louis Chovet	7–8
	5	Liam Lawson	All
	6	Dennis Hauger	All
ART Grand Prix	7	Théo Pourchaire	All
	8	Alexander Smolyar	All
	9	Sebastián Fernández	All
Trident	10	Lirim Zendeli	All
	11	David Beckmann	All
	12	Olli Caldwell	All
HWA Racelab	14	Enzo Fittipaldi	All
	15	Jake Hughes	All
	16	Jack Doohan	All
MP Motorsport	17	Richard Verschoor	All
	18	Bent Viscaal	All
	19	Lukas Dunner	All
Jenzer Motorsport	20	Calan Williams	All
	21	Federico Malvestiti	All
	22	Matteo Nannini	All
Charouz Racing System	23	Roman Staněk	All
	24	Igor Fraga	1–8
	25	David Schumacher	1–6
		Michael Belov	7–9
Carlin Buzz Racing	26	Clément Novalak[lower-alpha 2]	All
	27	Enaam Ahmed	1–3
		Ben Barnicoat	4–5
		Leonardo Pulcini	6
		David Schumacher	7–9
	28	Cameron Das	All
Campos Racing	29	Alex Peroni	All
	30	Alessio Deledda	All
	31	Sophia Flörsch	1–6, 8–9
		Andreas Estner	7
Source:[4][5][6][7]

The following nine rounds were scheduled to take place as part of the 2020 championship. The series was to hold its opening round at the Bahrain International Circuit for the first time, and the Circuit Paul Ricard round was to be replaced by a round at Circuit Zandvoort. However, the championship was affected by the COVID-19 pandemic, which saw several rounds postponed.[41][42] A revised calendar was published in June 2020, which included two events at the Red Bull Ring and two at the Silverstone Circuit.[43]

Round	Circuit	Race 1	Race 2
1	Red Bull Ring, Spielberg	4 July	5 July
2		11 July	12 July
3	Hungaroring, Mogyoród	18 July	19 July
4	Silverstone Circuit, Silverstone	1 August	2 August
5		8 August	9 August
6	Circuit de Barcelona-Catalunya, Montmeló	15 August	16 August
7	Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps, Stavelot	29 August	30 August
8	Autodromo Nazionale di Monza, Monza	5 September	6 September
9	Mugello Circuit, Scarperia e San Piero	12 September	13 September
–	Sochi Autodrom, Sochi	Cancelled[44]	Cancelled[44]
–	Bahrain International Circuit, Sakhir	Cancelled[44]	Cancelled[44]
–	Circuit Zandvoort, Zandvoort	Cancelled[lower-alpha 3]	Cancelled[lower-alpha 3]
Source:[43][45]

At the first round at the Red Bull Ring, ART's Sebastián Fernández took pole position.[47] In race 1, Fernández and Prema's Oscar Piastri collided at the first turn, forcing Fernández into retirement. Piastri went on to win the race on his FIA Formula 3 debut, with Logan Sargeant and Alex Peroni completing the top three.[48][49] Carlin's Clément Novalak finished 10th and thus started race 2 from pole position. Hitech's Liam Lawson came from fifth on the grid to claim his maiden FIA F3 victory ahead of Richard Verschoor. Novalak took Carlin's first FIA F3 podium with third place.[50] The first round ended with Piastri leading the championship by seven points.

Prema's Frederik Vesti took pole position at the next Red Bull Ring round on the following weekend. The race was affected by heavy rain and was interrupted by safety car periods due to multiple incidents, before eventually being red-flagged on lap 15 of 24. As a result, only half-points were awarded. Vesti took the race victory followed by the Trident pair of Lirim Zendeli and David Beckmann.[51] Near the end of race 2, Liam Lawson and reverse-grid pole-sitter Jake Hughes collided whilst battling for the lead, forcing both into retirement and allowing ART's Théo Pourchaire to claim his first FIA F3 victory. He was followed by Logan Sargeant in second and Beckmann in third. Oscar Piastri maintained his championship lead by 6.5 points.

Qualifying at the Hungaroring was stopped and then postponed due to heavy rain, with ART's Aleksandr Smolyar taking pole position when the session was restarted. Smolyar was eliminated from race 1 after he and Logan Sargeant collided at the first corner. At the same time, a multi-car collision further back eliminated Frederik Vesti and Calan Williams. Théo Pourchaire took the lead of the race, which was soon red-flagged for over 20 minutes when Liam Lawson's car spilt oil on the track. Pourchaire maintained the lead of the race and took his second consecutive victory, with Oscar Piastri in second and Sargeant in third.[52] Sargeant was later penalised for an illegal overtake, promoting Bent Viscaal to the podium. David Beckmann began race 2 from pole position but was soon passed by Dennis Hauger, who led the majority of the race. Viscaal, who started in eighth place, made his way up to the lead but collected two five-second time penalties along the way for causing a collision with Igor Fraga and an illegal overtake on Sargeant. Viscaal had opened up a lead of six seconds before Federico Malvestiti crashed with two laps remaining, bringing out the safety car. The race ended under safety car conditions and Viscaal's penalties demoted him to 17th place. Beckmann was awarded the victory, followed by Piastri in second and Hauger in third. Piastri's championship lead had now extended to 26 points.[53]

Logan Sargeant took his maiden pole for the first round at Silverstone, but could only convert it into a third-place finish in race 1 after being overtaken by Liam Lawson and Oscar Piastri early in the race. The race ended under the safety car after a collision between Olli Caldwell, Lukas Dunner and Max Fewtrell. Lawson broke his series of three non-finishes with the win ahead of Piastri and Sargeant.[54] In race 2, Aleksandr Smolyar led for the entire race distance and claimed victory on the road, but was handed a five-second penalty post-race for illegal defending, demoting him to sixth. As a result, David Beckmann inherited his second sprint race win in succession, with Clément Novalak and Alex Peroni rounding out the podium.[55] Piastri retired from race 2 with a stuck-open DRS, but retained the championship lead by 17 points over Sargeant.

Sargeant again took pole position at the second Silverstone round and converted it into his maiden FIA F3 victory in race 1, followed by Jake Hughes and Liam Lawson. With Oscar Piastri finishing seventh, Sargeant took the lead of the championship by six points. Carlin replacement driver Ben Barnicoat started race 2 on pole position after teammate Clément Novalak received a penalty, but Barnicoat went on to retire with mechanical issues. Lirim Zendeli took the lead at the race start and was closely followed by Bent Viscaal until the final lap. The two drivers fought for position before Viscaal passed Zendeli at the final corner, taking his maiden FIA F3 victory by a margin of 0.189 seconds. Théo Pourchaire completed the podium. Sargeant was eliminated from the race after a collision with Cameron Das, but kept the lead of the championship by one point as title rival Piastri finished sixth.

Sargeant took his third consecutive pole position at the next round at the Circuit de Barcelona-Catalunya, but dropped back to third place in race 1 behind eventual winner Jake Hughes and Liam Lawson. Jenzer driver Matteo Nannini started race 2 from pole position, but fifth-placed Oscar Piastri had the best start and took the lead of the race before the end of the first lap. Piastri maintained his lead to take his second victory of the season, with Alex Peroni in second and Nannini third with his maiden FIA F3 podium finish. Sargeant finished fifth and held on to first place in the championship by one point.

Lirim Zendeli took his first FIA F3 pole position at Spa-Francorchamps and led the entirety of race 1 to claim his maiden victory. He was followed by Théo Pourchaire in second and Trident teammate David Beckmann in third. Title contender Piastri finished fifth, whilst Sargeant suffered engine trouble and eventually finished eighth, allowing Piastri to take the lead of the championship by five points. MP Motorsport's Richard Verschoor started race 2 from pole position, but dropped back to eventually finish seventh. Sargeant took the lead of the race early on and held off teammate Frederik Vesti to take his second victory of the season, with Liam Lawson in third place. Piastri crossed the line fifth but was penalised for an illegal overtake and demoted to sixth. Sargeant reclaimed the championship lead by seven points.

A turbulent qualifying session at Monza ended with Théo Pourchaire fastest, but he and eight other drivers were handed grid penalties for driving unnecessarily slowly, promoting Liam Lawson from fourth to pole position. Pourchaire soon took the lead in race 1 and led until Frederik Vesti, who started ninth, took the lead with two laps to go and claimed his second victory of the season. Pourchaire finished second and Piastri finished third after starting the race in 15th place. This allowed Piastri to reclaim the lead of the championship by eight points; Sargeant failed to score after being pitched into a spin by Clément Novalak and finishing near the back. The teams' championship was decided after race 1 when Prema built an unassailable points lead with three races remaining. In race 2, Lirim Zendeli took the lead at the start from pole-sitter Michael Belov. Zendeli fought for the lead with Enzo Fittipaldi before the two collided, causing Fittipaldi to drop to the back with a puncture. The lead of the race soon passed to Liam Lawson and then Jake Hughes. On lap 10 of 22, fourth-placed Piastri was tapped by Novalak, causing a multi-car accident and forcing both drivers as well as David Schumacher into retirement. No Prema driver would finish the race after Sargeant and Vesti made contact and retired with three laps to go. Hughes won the race followed by Lawson and Pourchaire. A number of drivers were issued penalties post-race, including Lawson for forcing Zendeli off-track, which promoted Aleksandr Smolyar to his first FIA F3 podium. Piastri and Sargeant were both issued with grid penalties for the final round.

Piastri entered the final round at Mugello with an eight-point lead over Sargeant in the standings. Lirim Zendeli took pole position and he, Jake Hughes and Frederik Vesti fought for the lead for the major part of race 1. Vesti came out on top, followed by Hughes with Théo Pourchaire coming from seventh to finish third. Piastri failed to score points after starting 16th and Sargeant finished sixth to leave both drivers tied on 160 points going into the final race, with Pourchaire the only other driver in mathematical contention for the title nine points behind. Liam Lawson started race 2 on pole position, with Sargeant, Pourchaire and Piastri starting fifth, eighth and 11th respectively. Sargeant was forced into retirement on the first lap after a collision with Lirim Zendeli, eliminating him from title contention. Pourchaire made multiple overtakes to eventually finish third behind winner Lawson and David Beckmann, however this was only enough to take second place in the championship as Piastri finished seventh to claim the title.

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