Sunday’s race was set to be 24 laps however will now run for 19 after a report from Pirelli advisable that the space was shortened because of the stage of tyre put on skilled in Saturday’s dash race.
Some drivers complained of extreme put on on the medium compound, with second-place finisher Nikita Bedrin saying “mid-race the tyres began to die.”
Race winner Gabriele Mini stated: “On the finish we have been working kind of 5 – 6 seconds slower than the start, so you may think about degradation was actually excessive and it was all about simply driving till the top.”
On Saturday night, it was confirmed that the race could be shortened to both a complete of 19 laps or 45 minutes plus one lap.
The stewards stated: “The Stewards after receiving a report from the official tyre provider recommending that the FIA System 3 Race 2 be restricted to not more than 19 laps resulting from a stage of damage skilled throughout Race 1.
“Having thought-about the matter extensively and after session with the Race Director and Technical Delegate, resolve to change the size of Race 2 to 19 laps for security causes, in accordance with Article 5.3 of the FIA F3 Sporting Rules and underneath the facility granted to them underneath Articles 11.9.3. b) and 11.9.3. o) of the 2023 FIA Worldwide Sporting Code.
“The Stewards requests the Occasion promoter to pay attention to the brand new variety of laps and to challenge a brand new timetable.”
Autosport understands that Pirelli introduced a softer tyre to the race upon request to have a extra aggressive compound.
At Silverstone final weekend, the collection used the laborious compound.
A number of drivers obtained post-race penalties after Saturday’s dash race, with all three Van Amersfoort Racing runners penalised after the workforce continued to work on the tyres past the desired time restrict for them to be returned to parc ferme.
Caio Collet, Tommy Smith and Rafael Villagomez will serve five-place grid penalties within the subsequent race during which they compete.
Oliver Goethe, Trident
Photograph by: System Motorsport Ltd
Collet has additionally been handed a separate 10-second time penalty for inflicting a collision after making contact with Rodin Carlin’s Ido Cohen, dropping him from 14th to twenty third within the dash race classification.
Woohyun Shin, making his F3 debut for PHM Racing by Charouz, was handed a five-second penalty for exceeding observe limits 4 instances in the course of the race however stays twenty sixth within the classification.
Hitech driver Luke Browning was additionally handed a five-second time penalty for leaving the observe and rejoining after Flip 7 and gaining a bonus. He handed Oliver Gray (Rodin Carlin) within the course of and failed handy the place again. It drops him from eleventh to sixteenth within the last classification.
Nikola Tsolov was handed a five-second time penalty for inflicting a collision after making contact with Pepe Marti (Campos Racing).
The ART Grand Prix driver made contact with Marti within the battle for eighth, spinning him after making contact from behind.
With the Bulgarian driver failing to make the chequered flag, his five-second time penalty is transformed right into a three-place grid drop for the following race he participates in.