Trident in Sytria for another competitive weekend

The FIA Formula 3 Championship will be revving up its engines next weekend. The long break after the Montmeló round is over and the category is heading to verdant Styria. Austria will host the sixth round of the season with Trident Motorsport leading both the Teams and Drivers standings with the aim of having another competitive weekend.

Rafael Câmara and Trident Motorsport have so far achieved three victories in the Feature Races of Melbourne, Sakhir and Montmeló. With these result, the twenty-year-old Brazilian remains firmly at the top of the overall Drivers standings, twenty-six points ahead of his closest rival. In the Team standings, Trident Motorsport leads with a forty-six point advantage over its closest rival.

Always assertive in races an fast on a single lap, the Ferrari Driver Academy driver has also signed four pole positions, an absolute record in the history of the FIA Formula 3 Championship. Câmara will tackle a track, the Red Bull Ring, that he knows well, having raced and won there in the Formula Regional European by Alpine.

Fresh from a convincing performance at Montmeló, Noah Strømsted too is ready to confirm himself in Austria. Fourth in the general standings, the seventeen-year-old Dane will try to climb the rankings. Regular and consistent, Charlie Wurz has stood out well in the first part of the championship, showing good potential that should materialize in the second half of the season.

Giacomo Ricci, Team Manager: “After the victory in Barcelona, we haven’t stopped working to keep the momentum and prepare for the poker of races on European soil that await us over the next six weekends. Our goal in Spielberg will be to confirm that we are competitive with the three cars, and collect important points to achieve our goals”.

The engines of the FIA Formula 3 Championship single-seaters will start on Friday at 9:55, when the 45-minute free practice session is scheduled. Qualifying is scheduled for the same day at 15:00. Saturday will be the turn of the Sprint Race, at 10:05. The Feature Race, which will conclude the weekend, will start on Sunday at 8:30. The on-track activity will be broadcast live on Sky Sport F.1.