{"id":13950,"date":"2023-03-02T12:00:30","date_gmt":"2023-03-02T17:00:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/motorsports\/?p=13950"},"modified":"2023-03-02T09:10:40","modified_gmt":"2023-03-02T14:10:40","slug":"f3-bahrain-preview-predictions-and-how-to-watch","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/motorsports\/2023\/03\/02\/f3-bahrain-preview-predictions-and-how-to-watch\/","title":{"rendered":"F3: Bahrain Preview, Predictions and How to Watch"},"content":{"rendered":"<h3>The 2023 Formula 3 season has officially begun with the grid stacked with rookies and veterans all chasing that coveted title.<\/h3>\n<p>The opening round at Bahrain commences on Friday with ART driver <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/motorsports\/2023\/02\/20\/five-takeaways-from-the-formula-3-pre-season-test\/\" target=\"_self\">Gregorie Saucy<\/a> looking to retain the form he had during pre-season testing. Meanwhile, the F3 grid will see 18 rookies all chase the Rookie of the Year Award as former rivals reunite. Two teams (Jenzer Motorsport and Hitech Pulse-Eight) have opted for the gamble of using an all-rookie lineup for this season.<\/p>\n<h3>The Circuit &#8211; Bahrain International Circuit<\/h3>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Gabriele Mini tops the @fiaformula3 afternoon session!<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/F3?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">#F3<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/F3Testing?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">#F3Testing<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/yUlZ6Cr78U\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">pic.twitter.com\/yUlZ6Cr78U<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Bahrain Int. Circuit (@BAH_Int_Circuit) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/BAH_Int_Circuit\/status\/1625861337782919170?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">February 15, 2023<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>At 5.412 km and 15 corners, Bahrain is one of the shortest tracks across the calendar. Bahrain made its Formula 3 debut last season with Franco Colapinto setting the record with Vans Amersfoort Racing at 1:46:249.<\/p>\n<p>There will be a total of 53 laps &#8211; 20 laps for the Sprint Race and 23 laps for the Feature Race. The Sprint and Feature Races will both last 45 minutes. Hitech driver Isack Hadjar won the Sprint Race while ART&#8217;s <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/motorsports\/2023\/01\/20\/2023-formula-2-lineup-victor-martins-to-art\/\" target=\"_self\">Victor Martins<\/a> won the Feature. Both have now graduated to Formula 2 for 2023 with Martins being the reigning F3 champion.<\/p>\n<p>There are four straights and 3 DRS zones, so expect plenty of tight battles and overtaking.<\/p>\n<h3>Forecast<\/h3>\n<p>It is expected to be hot throughout the weekend with the temperature reaching a maximum of 28 degrees (82 F) during the Feature Race and a minimum of 25 degrees (77 F) during Friday\u2019s Qualifying session.<\/p>\n<h3>Predictions &#8211; Feature Race (FR)\/ Sprint Race (SR)<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Pole<\/strong> &#8211; Gregorie Saucy \/ Nikola Tsolov<\/li>\n<li><strong>P1<\/strong> &#8211; Gregorie Saucy \/ <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/motorsports\/2022\/09\/19\/f3-franco-colapinto-the-underrated-rookie-of-the-2022-season\/\" target=\"_self\">Franco Colapinto<\/a><\/li>\n<li><strong>P2<\/strong> &#8211; Zak O&#8217;Sullivan \/ Luke Browning<\/li>\n<li><strong>P3<\/strong> &#8211; Nikola Tsolov \/ Kaylen Frederick<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3>How To Watch F3 (US &amp; UK times)<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Practice<\/strong>: 3\/3 \u2013 2:55 AM on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.espn.com\/watch\/\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">ESPN+<\/a> (07:55 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>: 3\/3 \u2013 8:00 AM on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.espn.com\/watch\/\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">ESPN+<\/a> (13:00 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>: 3\/4 \u2013 4:15 AM on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.espn.com\/watch\/\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">ESPN+<\/a> (09:15 PM 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>: 3\/5 \u2013 3:50 AM on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.espn.com\/watch\/\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">ESPN+<\/a> (08:50 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\u00a0<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>\u00a0page. You can also follow the\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.fiaformula3.com\/livetiming\/index.html\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Live Timings<\/a>\u00a0of each session.<\/p>\n<h5>Formula Image Credit: Bryn Lennon &#8211; Formula 1\/Formula Motorsport Limited<\/h5>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The 2023 Formula 3 season has officially begun with the grid stacked with rookies and veterans all chasing that coveted title. The opening round at Bahrain commences on Friday with ART driver Gregorie Saucy looking to retain the form he had during pre-season testing. Meanwhile, the F3 grid will see 18 rookies all chase the [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4286,"featured_media":13953,"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":[572,543,341,1894,1750,574,1751],"class_list":["post-13950","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-featured","category-formula-3","tag-art-grand-prix","tag-bahrain-grand-prix","tag-feature-race","tag-gregorie-saucy","tag-isack-hadjar","tag-sprint-race","tag-victor-martins"],"modified_by":"Nathan Reynolds","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/motorsports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13950","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=13950"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/motorsports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13950\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/motorsports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/13953"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/motorsports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=13950"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/motorsports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=13950"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/motorsports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=13950"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}