2023 Sakhir Formula 3 round
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| Round 1 of 9 in the 2023 FIA Formula 3 Championship. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Location | Bahrain International Circuit Sakhir, Bahrain | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Course | Permanent racing facility 5.412 km (3.363 mi) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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The 2023 Sakhir FIA Formula 3 round was a motor race held on 4 and 5 March 2023 at the Bahrain International Circuit in Sakhir. It was the opening round of the 2023 FIA Formula 3 Championship, held in support of the 2023 Bahrain Grand Prix.
Background
Team changes
German Formula 4 team PHM Racing took over the entry and assets of Charouz Racing System at the end of the 2022 season, and runs in cooperation with the Czech squad under the PHM Racing by Charouz moniker.
Classification
Qualifying
Notes
- ^1 – Oliver Gray originally qualified twenty-first, but later received a three-place grid drop for Saturday's Sprint race after he was found to have impeded Roberto Faria at Turn 15.
Sprint race
Notes
- ^2 – Gabriel Bortoleto originally finished twelfth, but was later given a ten-second time penalty for causing a collision with Rafael Villagómez on lap 2, demoting him to nineteenth place.
Feature race
Notes
- ^3 – Paul Aron originally finished eleventh, but was later given a five-second time-penalty for causing a collision with Zak O'Sullivan.
- ^4 – Oliver Gray originally finished eighteenth, but was later given a five-second time-penalty for track limits violations.
- ^5 – Tommy Smith and Alex García both retired from the race, but were classified as they completed over 90% of the race distance.
Standings after the event
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- Note: Only the top five positions are included for both sets of standings.