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FIA Formula 3 Announces Race Format Changes
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Officials from the FIA Formula 3 Championship have announced two major changes to its race format for the 2020 season.
The first ten finishers from Race One will now start Race Two in reverse order. This means that the driver who finished tenth in the Saturday feature will start from reverse pole on Sunday, while the ninth driver will start from the second position; eighth will start from third; all the way to the winner starting from 10th on Race Two.
Additionally, the number of positions eligible to score points in Sunday's Race Two has been increased to the top ten drivers. The points for the first five positions will remained unaltered (15, 12, 10, eight, six) with the sixth position now earning five points, seventh place earning four, eighth place earning three points, ninth place earning two points, and 10th place earning one point.
The Saturday Race One points will not change.
“Having a grid of thirty drivers means that finishing in the top 10 is already a huge achievement, and we felt that it should be rewarded in both races rather than solely in the first race,” F3 CEO Bruno Michel said. “[The changes] will give more drivers the opportunity to score and end the year with a better reflection of their accomplishment over the season.”
The race format changes will go into effect for the 2020 season, which begins at Sakhir, Bahrain on March 20-22.
For more information, visit fiaformula3.com.
Photo courtesy of F3
The first ten finishers from Race One will now start Race Two in reverse order. This means that the driver who finished tenth in the Saturday feature will start from reverse pole on Sunday, while the ninth driver will start from the second position; eighth will start from third; all the way to the winner starting from 10th on Race Two.
Additionally, the number of positions eligible to score points in Sunday's Race Two has been increased to the top ten drivers. The points for the first five positions will remained unaltered (15, 12, 10, eight, six) with the sixth position now earning five points, seventh place earning four, eighth place earning three points, ninth place earning two points, and 10th place earning one point.
The Saturday Race One points will not change.
“Having a grid of thirty drivers means that finishing in the top 10 is already a huge achievement, and we felt that it should be rewarded in both races rather than solely in the first race,” F3 CEO Bruno Michel said. “[The changes] will give more drivers the opportunity to score and end the year with a better reflection of their accomplishment over the season.”
The race format changes will go into effect for the 2020 season, which begins at Sakhir, Bahrain on March 20-22.
For more information, visit fiaformula3.com.
Photo courtesy of F3
