{"id":10982,"date":"2022-08-24T08:00:04","date_gmt":"2022-08-24T12:00:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/motorsports\/?p=10982"},"modified":"2022-11-27T08:26:17","modified_gmt":"2022-11-27T13:26:17","slug":"f3-spa-preview-predictions-and-how-to-watch","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/motorsports\/2022\/08\/24\/f3-spa-preview-predictions-and-how-to-watch\/","title":{"rendered":"F3: Spa Preview, Predictions and How to Watch"},"content":{"rendered":"<h3>As Formula 3 enters the seventh round of the championship, take a look at what to expect at the modified Spa-Francorchamps.<\/h3>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Following a three-week hiatus, Formula 3 returns with a triple header kicking off at the historic Spa-Francorchamps. Championship leaders Isack Hadjar and Victor Martins left Hungary tied on points and each is looking to leave the weekend as the clear leader of the championship.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Meanwhile, <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/motorsports\/2022\/08\/19\/why-arthur-leclerc-might-never-be-formula-3-champion\/\" target=\"_self\">Arthur Leclerc<\/a> is hoping to rectify his mistakes in Hungary as he looks to close the fifteen-point gap between himself and the leaders. At the same time, teammates Oliver Bearman and Jak Crawford continue to battle it out for fourth in the championship.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<h3><b>The Circuit: Circuit de Spa &#8211; Francorchamps<\/b><\/h3>\n<figure id=\"attachment_10988\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-10988\" style=\"width: 1085px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-10988 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/motorsports\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2022\/08\/F3-Spa-Track.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"1085\" height=\"670\" srcset=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/motorsports\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2022\/08\/F3-Spa-Track.png 1085w, https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/motorsports\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2022\/08\/F3-Spa-Track-300x185.png 300w, https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/motorsports\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2022\/08\/F3-Spa-Track-1024x632.png 1024w, https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/motorsports\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2022\/08\/F3-Spa-Track-768x474.png 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1085px) 100vw, 1085px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-10988\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Spa Circuit (Credit: FIAFormula3.com)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Spanning 7.0004 km with 25 turns, Spa Francorchamps is the longest track on the Formula 3 calendar with the race lap record being 2:05:125 set by Jehan Deruvala in 2019. Tragically, that same year on the same track motorsport lost one of its brightest stars, Anthoine Hubert. Since his death, Spa has modified the track to include run-off areas at Eau-Rouge &#8211; an uphill slope at the end of Turn 1. The new track layout is set to debut this year.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">The new runoff at Eau rouge of the Spa Francorchamps circuit <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/BelgianGP?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">#BelgianGP<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/f1?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">#f1<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/UK8WeCDqK0\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">pic.twitter.com\/UK8WeCDqK0<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; FORMULA ROOM (@formularoom) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/formularoom\/status\/1561694207768727553?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">August 22, 2022<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<h3><b>The Forecast\u00a0<\/b><\/h3>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">A repeat of last year&#8217;s forecast as both Saturday&#8217;s and Sunday&#8217;s races are expecting light rain.<\/span><\/p>\n<h3><b>Predictions:<\/b><\/h3>\n<p><strong>Sprint Race:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Pole: David Vidales<\/li>\n<li>P1: Isack Hadjar<\/li>\n<li>P2: Zane Maloney<\/li>\n<li>P3: Jak Crawford<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Feature Race:\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Pole: Isack Hadjar<\/li>\n<li>P1: Isack Hadjar<\/li>\n<li>P2: Arthur Leclerc<\/li>\n<li>P3: Caio Collet<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3><b>Drivers&#8217; championships:<\/b><\/h3>\n<ol>\n<li>Isack Hadjar &#8211; 104 points<\/li>\n<li>Victor Martins &#8211; 104 points<\/li>\n<li>Arthur Leclerc &#8211; 95 points<\/li>\n<li>Jak Crawford &#8211; 80 points<\/li>\n<li>Oliver Bearman &#8211; 80 points<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<h3><strong>Team championship:<\/strong><\/h3>\n<ol>\n<li>Prema Racing &#8211; 255 points<\/li>\n<li>ART Grand Prix &#8211; 153 points<\/li>\n<li>MP Motorsport &#8211; 146 points<\/li>\n<li>Hitech Grand Prix &#8211; 131 points<\/li>\n<li>Trident &#8211; 129 points<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<h3><strong>How<\/strong><b> to Watch (EDT &amp; GMT)\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0<\/b><\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Practice<\/strong>: 8\/26 &#8211; 4:25 AM on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.espn.com\/watch\/\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">ESPN+<\/a> (9:25 AM <a href=\"https:\/\/www.skysports.com\/f1\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Sky Sports F1<\/a>)<\/li>\n<li><strong>Qualifying<\/strong>: 8\/26 &#8211; 9:30 AM on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.espn.com\/watch\/\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">ESPN+<\/a> (14:30 PM <a href=\"https:\/\/www.skysports.com\/f1\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Sky Sports F1<\/a>)<\/li>\n<li><strong>Sprint Race<\/strong>: 8\/27 &#8211; 4:35 AM on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.espn.com\/watch\/\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">ESPN+<\/a> (9:35 AM on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.skysports.com\/f1\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Sky Sports F1<\/a>)<\/li>\n<li><strong>Feature Race<\/strong>: 8\/28 &#8211; 2:50 AM on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.espn.com\/watch\/\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">ESPN+<\/a> (7:50 AM on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.skysports.com\/f1\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Sky Sports F1<\/a>)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>For international coverage, you can find local broadcasters by country here on the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.fiaformula3.com\/About\/49NWzWEKNAOq0g5MI9qbgi\/where-to-watch-us-f3\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">F3 Where to Watch<\/a> page.<\/p>\n<p><strong>READ NEXT<\/strong>: <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/motorsports\/2022\/08\/02\/f1-2023-driver-lineup-which-seats-remain-after-alonsos-announcement\/\" target=\"_self\">F1 2023 Driver Lineup &#8211; Which seats are open heading into Spa?<\/a><\/p>\n<h5>Featured Image Credit: Lars Baron\/Getty Images<\/h5>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>As Formula 3 enters the seventh round of the championship, take a look at what to expect at the modified Spa-Francorchamps. Following a three-week hiatus, Formula 3 returns with a triple header kicking off at the historic Spa-Francorchamps. Championship leaders Isack Hadjar and Victor Martins left Hungary tied on points and each is looking to [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4286,"featured_media":10985,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_lmt_disableupdate":"","_lmt_disable":"","sfio_featured_image":false,"sfio_embed_code":"","_ef_editorial_meta_date_first-draft-date":"","_ef_editorial_meta_paragraph_assignment":"","_ef_editorial_meta_checkbox_needs-photo":"","_ef_editorial_meta_number_word-count":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[2,1746],"tags":[572,1749,1500,1670,341,1574,701,112,315,574,639],"class_list":["post-10982","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-featured","category-formula-3","tag-art-grand-prix","tag-arthur-leclerc","tag-circuit-spa-francorchamps","tag-espn","tag-feature-race","tag-hitech","tag-mp-motorsport","tag-prema-racing","tag-rain","tag-sprint-race","tag-trident"],"modified_by":"Nathan Reynolds","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/motorsports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10982","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/motorsports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/motorsports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/motorsports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4286"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/motorsports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=10982"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/motorsports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10982\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/motorsports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/10985"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/motorsports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=10982"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/motorsports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=10982"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/motorsports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=10982"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}