2025 Spa-Francorchamps Formula 3 round
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| Round 8 of 10 in the 2025 FIA Formula 3 Championship. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Location | Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps Stavelot, Belgium | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Course | Permanent racing facility 7.004 km (4.352 mi) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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The 2025 Spa-Francorchamps FIA Formula 3 round was a motor racing event held between 25 and 27 July 2025 at Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps. It was the eighth round of the 2025 FIA Formula 3 Championship and was held in support of the 2025 Belgian Grand Prix.
One change was made to the entry list: Nikita Johnson was replaced by Freddie Slater, who last raced in Bahrain.[1] Brad Benavides claimed pole position after traffic meant most of the field did not improve on their final lap, with Slater taking reverse-grid pole.[2] Slater held the lead at the start ahead of Noah Strømsted and Bruno del Pino, although del Pino soon lost third to Charlie Wurz and Ugo Ugochukwu. Strømsted used DRS to take the lead on lap two, and Ugochukwu took third from Wurz two laps later. Slater began to drop through the field and ultimately earnt four penalties for track limits offences. Strømsted took his maiden F3 victory ahead of Ugochukwu and Wurz. and Rafael Câmara finished fifth and kept his championship lead, now 28 points ahead of Nikola Tsolov as Tim Tramnitz failed to score.[3]
On the formation lap for the feature race, Tramnitz and Brando Badoer collided and stopped on track. The race was able to begin around 35 minutes behind schedule, but Tasanapol Inthraphuvasak spun on the first lap and was unable to continue. The race was red-flagged and not resumed as the weather continued to deteriorate. No points were awarded besides the two points Benavides earnt for pole position.[4]
Classification
Qualifying
Qualifying was held on 25 July 2025, at 19:10 local time (UTC+2).
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Sprint race
The sprint race was held on 26 July 2025, at 09:15 local time (UTC+2).
Notes:
- ^1 Mari Boya, Théophile Naël, Ivan Domingues and Freddie Slater all received penalties for track limits: five, five, ten and twenty second respectively.[3]
Feature race
The feature race was held on 27 July 2025, at 08:30 local time (UTC+2). No official classification was released for the race as it was red-flagged on lap two and not restarted due to poor weather.[7]
Standings after the event
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Note: Only the top five positions are included for both sets of standings.
See also
References
- ^ Allen, Peter (2025-07-23). "Freddie Slater joins Hitech for another FIA F3 outing at Spa". Formula Scout. Retrieved 2025-07-28.
- ^ Allen, Peter (25 July 2025). "Benavides shocks to beat Camara to Spa F3 pole". Formula Scout. Retrieved 28 July 2025.
- ^ a b Turner, Tori (26 July 2025). "Trident's Strømsted takes 'quite easy' maiden F3 victory in Spa sprint". Feeder Series. Retrieved 28 July 2025.
- ^ Nichol, Jake (27 July 2025). "F3 race cancelled as F1 Belgian GP coming under increased threat". RacingNews365. Retrieved 28 July 2025.
- ^ "Doc 28 - F3 Qualifying - Final classification" (PDF). Fédération Internationale de l'Automobile. 25 July 2025. Retrieved 28 July 2025.
- ^ "Doc 55 - F3 Race 1 (Sprint) - Final classification" (PDF). Fédération Internationale de l'Automobile. 26 July 2025. Retrieved 28 July 2025.
- ^ "Doc 62 - DECISION - Race 2 - Decision in Lieu of Final Classification" (PDF). Fédération Internationale de l'Automobile. 27 July 2025. Retrieved 28 July 2025.