Author: Matt Breuer

Track: Road Atlanta
Layout: Full Course
iGPFun Race Time: Sunday, August 21th – 23:30 CET, 16:30 ET
iGPFun Expected Laps: 37 | F3 DOF Reality Championship Laps: 20

This is our 7th iGPFun visit to Road Atlanta in the F3 car, though the circuit has been a mainstay for iGPFun throughout the league’s history. Last season, Jahrome Lamey held off Samuel Hermer for the win, but Hermer’s been a near-constant presence on the podium here over the years and will look to find the finish that eluded him at Montreal.

Last iGPFun Race (same layout): 2022 Season 2, Round 10
Most Road Atlanta F3 Wins: 1 – Lamey & Qio-Tiago Marteau
Road Atlanta F3 Wins (Active Drivers): Lamey (1) & Marteau (1)
Road Atlanta F3 Podiums (Active Drivers): Hermer (4), Luca Varani (2), Marteau (1), Lamey (1), Simon Fessy (1), Gavin Petty (1)
*Active Drivers have at least 1 start in current or most recent iGPFun season

Track: Circuit Gilles Villenueve
Layout: Grand Prix
iGPFun Race Time: Sunday, August 21th – 23:30 CET, 16:30 ET
iGPFun Expected Laps: 30 | F3 DOF Reality Championship Laps: 18

This is our 8th iGPFun visit to Circuit Gilles Villenueve in the F3 car, where Samuel Hermer has been dominant. He’s finished on the podium in the last 5 races in Montreal dating back to early 2020, recording 3 wins along the way.

Last iGPFun Race (same layout): 2022 Season 2, Round 10
Most Montreal F3 Wins: 3 – Hermer
Montreal F3 Wins (Active Drivers): Hermer (3), Qio-Tiago Marteau (1)
Montreal F3 Podiums (Active Drivers): Hermer (5), Marteau (3), Lucas Maruk (1), Philipp Lukas (1), Clarke Williams (1) – Williams & Luca Varani both have multiple podiums from when the track was raced in SRF & Formula Renault 2.0
*Active Drivers have at least 1 start in current or most recent iGPFun season

Track: Circuit Zolder
Layout: Grand Prix
iGPFun Race Time: Sunday, August 14th – 23:30 CET, 16:30 ET
iGPFun Expected Laps: 33 | F3 DOF Reality Championship Laps: 18

This is our 3rd iGPFun visit to Zolder in the F3 car, which saw a race each at the two layouts in early 2021.

Last iGPFun Race (same layout): 2021 Season 1, Round 6
Most Zolder F3 Wins: 1 – two drivers (Francesco Meola & Gianfranco Pagoto)
Zolder F3 Wins (Active Drivers): none
Zolder F3 Podiums (Active Drivers): Qio-Tiago Marteau (2), Victor Barris (1)
*Active Drivers have at least 1 start in current or most recent iGPFun season

Track: Spa-Francorchamps
Layout: Grand Prix Pits
iGPFun Race Time: Sunday, August 7th – 23:30 CET, 16:30 ET
iGPFun Expected Laps: 22 | F3 DOF Reality Championship Laps: 15

This is our 8th iGPFun visit to Spa in the F3 car and first of the year.

Last iGPFun Race: 2021 Season 4, Round 8
Most Spa F3 Wins: 2 – two drivers (Greg Seitz & Gianfranco Pagoto)
Spa F3 Wins (Active Drivers): Samuel Hermer (1) – Luca Varani twice won in the series driving in the Spec Racer Ford.
Spa F3 Podiums (Active Drivers): Hermer (3), Gavin Petty (2), Varani (1), Clarke Williams (1), Jahrome Lamey (1) – Varani & Williams have additional podiums from races in the SRF & Formula Renault 2.0 era.
*Active Drivers have at least 1 start in current or most recent iGPFun season

Track: Phillip Island Circuit
Layout: n/a
iGPFun Race Time: Sunday, July 31st – 23:30 CET, 16:30 ET
iGPFun Expected Laps: 34 | F3 DOF Reality Championship Laps: 18

This is our 6th visit to Phillip Island on iRacing, where Rodrigo Durán scored his first iGPFun victory last season. The fast circuit provides no shortage of opportunities to test drivers skills and has produced exciting racing at the front of the field.

Last iGPFun Race: 2022 Season 2, Round 7
Most Phillip Island F3 Wins: Five drivers with 1 win (no repeat winners)
Phillip Island F3 Wins (Active Drivers): Durán (1), Qio-Tiago Marteau (1),
Phillip Island F3 Podiums (Active Drivers): Marteau (2), Samuel Hermer (2), Durán (1), Thimo Braun (1), Victor Barris (1)
*Active Drivers have at least 1 start in current or most recent iGPFun season

Track: Red Bull Ring
Layout: Grand Prix
iGPFun Race Time: Sunday, July 24th – 23:30 CET, 16:30 ET
iGPFun Expected Laps: 35 | F3 DOF Reality Championship Laps: 18

This is our 3rd visit to the Red Bull Ring on iRacing, which was last raced at the end of 2021. Both prior visits were won by Qio-Tiago Marteau during his dominant stretch at the top of the league, so we could see a new driver on the top step this next time out.

Last iGPFun Race: 2021 Season 4, Round 11
Most Red Bull Ring F3 Wins: Marteau (2)
Red Bull Ring F3 Wins (Active Drivers): Marteau (2)
Red Bull Ring F3 Podiums (Active Drivers): Marteau (2), Samuel Hermer (1), Felipe Pujol Dantas (1), Alex Fournier (1)
*Active Drivers have at least 1 start in current or most recent iGPFun season

Track: Oulton Park
Layout: International Circuit without Chicanes
iGPFun Race Time: Sunday, July 17th – 23:30 CET, 16:30 ET
iGPFun Expected Laps: 35 | F3 DOF Reality Championship Laps: 18

This is our 5th visit to Oulton Park on iRacing in the Formula 3 car, which was last raced last season in a slightly different configuration and saw Jahrome Lamey drive to victory. It’s been a year since we last raced this configuration in F3, and that event was one of two won by Samuel Hermer here that year. The track has always featured prominently in iRacing rotations, and prior to the F3-era in iGPFun, Luca Varani picked up a victory back in 2015 when the series was contested in Spec Racer Ford.

Last iGPFun Race: 2021 Season 3, Round 5 (last season ran alternate layout – 2022 Season 2, Round 5 )
Most Oulton Park F3 Wins: Samuel Hermer (2)
Oulton Park F3 Wins (Active Drivers): Hermer (2), Lamey (1)
Oulton Park F3 Podiums (Active Drivers): Hermer (2), Lamey (2), Qio-Tiago Marteau (2), Aaron Smith (1), Antonio Jimenez Tellez (1)
*Active Drivers have at least 1 start in current or most recent iGPFun season

Track: Sonoma Raceway
Layout: Cup Historic – there is some confusion around Sonoma layout names because of the recent changes to the layout NASCAR utilizes – it is the one pictured below:

iGPFun Race Time: Sunday, July 10th – 23:30 CET, 16:30 ET
iGPFun Expected Laps: 37 | F3 DOF Reality Championship Laps: 18

This is our debut visit to Sonoma on iRacing in the Formula 3 car, the second and final new F3 track this season. It has been contested in iGPFun before: in 2015 & 2016 the track was visited when the series was racing Spec Racer Ford, but no active drivers finished on the podium.

Last iGPFun Race: n/a
Most Sonoma F3 Wins: None
Sonoma F3 Wins (Active Drivers): None
Suzuka F3 Podiums (Active Drivers): None
*Active Drivers have at least 1 start in current or most recent iGPFun season

Track: Suzuka International Racing Course
Layout: Grand Prix
iGPFun Race Time: Sunday, July 3rd – 23:30 CET, 16:30 ET
iGPFun Expected Laps: 26 | F3 DOF Reality Championship Laps: 15

This is our 9th visit to Suzuka on iRacing in the Formula 3 car, which was last raced in Season 4 of 2021 where Qio-Tiago Marteau beat Jahrome Lamey during the early stages of his championship campaign.

Last iGPFun Race: 2021 Season 4, Round 3
Most Suzuka F3 Wins: Marteau (2)
Suzuka F3 Wins (Active Drivers): Marteau (2), Hermer (1)
Suzuka F3 Podiums (Active Drivers): Marteau (2), Hermer (1), Lamey (1), Lourenço (1)
*Active Drivers have at least 1 start in current or most recent iGPFun season