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| Round 1 of 9 in the2020 FIA Formula 3 Championship. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Location | Red Bull Ring Spielberg,Styria, Austria | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Course | Permanent racing facility 4.326 km (2.690 mi) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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The2020 Red Bull Ring FIA Formula 3 round was a motor racing event held on 4 and 5 July 2020 at theRed Bull Ring inAustria. It is the first round of the2020 FIA Formula 3 Championship, and ran in support of the2020 Austrian Grand Prix.
17 drivers made their full-timeFIA Formula 3 Championship debut, with onlyJenzer driverFederico Malvestiti having had experience in the category before. The other rookies wereFormula Renault Eurocup championOscar Piastri andFormula Regional European championFrederik Vesti atPrema Racing,Italian F4 championDennis Hauger atHitech Grand Prix,ADAC F4 Championship winnerThéo Pourchaire andAleksandr Smolyar atART Grand Prix,Olli Caldwell atTrident,Enzo Fittipaldi andJack Doohan atHWA Racelab,Lukas Dunner atMP Motorsport,Calan Williams andF4 UAE championMatteo Nannini,Roman Staněk,David Schumacher and2020 Toyota Racing Series winnerIgor Fraga atCharouz,BRDC F3 championClément Novalak,Enaam Ahmed andCameron Das atCarlin Buzz Racing, andSophia Flörsch atCampos Racing.Logan Sargeant switched from Carlin to Prema,Max Fewtrell andLiam Lawson moved to Hitech from ART Grand Prix and MP Motorsport respectively,Sebastián Fernández went from Campos to ART, meanwhileLirim Zendeli andDavid Beckmann came toTrident from Charouz and ART respectively, andBent Viscaal made a move toMP Motorsport from HWA. The other drivers, namelyJake Hughes (HWA),Richard Verschoor (MP),Alex Peroni andAlessio Deledda (both Campos) returned to their previous year's team respectively.
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| Previous round: 2019 Sochi Formula 3 round | FIA Formula 3 Championship 2020 season | Next round: 2020 2nd Spielberg Formula 3 round |
| Previous round: 2019 Spielberg Formula 3 round | Spielberg Formula 3 round | Next round: 2020 2nd Spielberg Formula 3 round |