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The last races of the FIA Formula 3 season took place at the Sochi circuit in Russia. The eight-race weekends long championship ended here in the old Olympic Park. There is still one race to go as an extra option, and that is the Formula 3 Macau Grand Prix, but it won’t affect the FIA Formula 3 Championship standings.  Qualifying: It was a sunny start of the afternoon with air temperatures around 24 degrees. As always, all drivers went straight out on track when the light went on green. The drivers had to qualify with the soft compound tyres from Pirelli. Richard Verschoor was the fastest MP Motorsport driver after the first push lap. He got the 15th fastest lap...

Qualifying The qualifying started at 16:55 on a damp track with a little bit of rain. The drivers went out on soft tyres under challenging circumstances. The circuit was too dry for rain tyres, and it was going to improve each lap even with the new drips of rain that fell.Jordan King was 13th fastest and Mahaveer Raghunathan 17th fastest in their first push lap. The times kept improving each lap without any cool-down laps. The tyres didn’t get enough stress under the damp condition, so the longevity increased. The Red flag went out with 19 minutes to go. Matsushita span and got stuck in the gravel on the exit of the chicane. Jordan entered the pit after that with...

Qualifying It stopped raining after the Formula 2 qualifying. Some sectors stayed damp, so each new lap was going to be a faster one during the Formula 3 qualifying. The soft slick tyres were the tyres everybody picked and went out on track with. The tyre degradation wasn’t so high because of the damp circumstances, and many drivers were able to do five push laps after each other. Liam Lawson got twice the second-fastest lap time in his first two flying laps and even the fastest lap time in the third lap. Richard Verschoor was driving around position 10 and Laaksonen around the 20th position. Richard was eventually the fastest MP driver when he entered the pitlane for a new...

Alvaro Barba was a driver on the Draco team and a great friend, he recently got married and Draco Marketing want to give him and his bride our best wishes

Qualifying The Formula 3 qualifying started straight after the Formula 2 qualifying in clear weather with 25 degrees. Everybody went straight out to stay in the rhythm of the tyres and field of drivers. Liam Lawson was 14th fastest after his first flying lap, Richard Verschoor 17th and Simo Laaksonen 20th. The second flying lap on their first set of tyres didn’t create enough of an improvement. The field went back in the pit for a new set of medium tyres. Everybody improved their sectors during the first push lap on a new set of tyres because the track condition kept improving after more rubber was placed on the Belgian circuit. Liam Lawson set a lap time of 2:06.060 what...

After the bad accident in Race 1 in which Anthoine Hubert lost his life and the driver Juan Manuel Correa is still in serious condition, both Formula 2 races of this weekend have been canceled, while race 2 of the F3 will be disputed, preceded by from a minute of silence in memory of Anthoine. The F2 drivers will be present on the grid. Minute of silence that will be done even before the start of the F1 Grand Prix. Draco Marketing will put on its communication channels the sign of mourning for the loss of the Arden driver Hubert.

Qualifying The Formula 3 started their qualifying in dry conditions. Richard Verschoor and Liam Lawson both used three sets of new tyres during the qualifying after the saved one new set from the practice session. Both drivers went out on track to set a fast lap time. Liam Lawson finished his first run as 8th fastest, and Richard Verschoor was 21st in his first run. Simo Laaksonen decided to go out later on track and completed his first run with the 8th fastest lap time of that moment. Most drivers started to enter the pitlane for a new set of tyres, but Richard and Liam did the opposite and went straight out on new tyres to avoid the traffic. Liam...

Qualifying The qualifying took place in rainy conditions with full wet tyres. It started straight away with a red flag after Mazepin span in his out lap. The time got stopped with 27 minutes and 56 seconds to go, but it got cleared up very quickly. Jordan King was 6th fastest in his first push lap with a lap time of 1:54.514 while Mahaveer Raghunathan was 19th at that moment. It kept raining slowly, but the track improved each lap, and so did the lap times. Jordan improved his time and ended up being 7th before he entered the pitlane for new rain tyres. Both drivers went out again on track with 9 minutes to go. Jordan improved some of...

Qualifying The weather stayed dry after a little bit of rain in the morning. All the cars went straight out on track when the lights went on green. Richard Verschoor was 12th fastest after his first push lap, Liam Lawson was 18th and Simo Laaksonen 24th. Liam and Simo went straight back in the pitlane for a new set of tyres after their first push lap. Richard continued with a cool down lap and went for a second push lap on his first set of tyres. This made him 15th fastest at that time. Simo and Liam both went out on track again with a new set of tyres while the rest of the field were still finishing their first...