2024 Monza Formula 3 round

  2024 Monza Formula 3 round

Round details
Round 10 of 10 in the 2024 FIA Formula 3 Championship.
Location	Monza Circuit Monza, Italy
Course	Permanent racing facility 5.793 km (3.599 mi)
Sprint Race
Date 31 August 2024 Laps 17 Podium First Tim Tramnitz MP Motorsport Second Santiago Ramos Trident Third Alex Dunne MP Motorsport Fastest lap Driver Leonardo Fornaroli Trident Time 1:38.802 (on lap 9)
Feature Race
Date 1 September 2024 Laps 22 Pole position Driver Leonardo Fornaroli Trident Time 1:38.287 Podium First Sami Meguetounif Trident Second Leonardo Fornaroli Trident Third Christian Mansell ART Grand Prix Fastest lap Driver Martinius Stenshorne Hitech Pulse-Eight Time 1:39.435 (on 11)

The 2024 Monza Formula 3 round was a motor racing event held between 30 August and 1 September at the Monza Circuit. It was the final round of the 2024 FIA Formula 3 Championship and was held in support of the 2024 Italian Grand Prix.

Leonardo Fornaroli was crowned 2024 Formula 3 Drivers' Champion after a last-lap-overtake on the final corner over Christian Mansell in the Feature Race. He became the first Italian driver to win the Formula 3 championship as well as the first champion to take the title without winning any race across the entire season.

Oliver Goethe vacated his seat at Campos Racing and moved up to Formula 2 with MP Motorsport to replace the Formula One-bound Franco Colapinto.^[1] The Campos seat was filled by Formula Regional European Championship driver Noah Strømsted.^[2]

Going into the final round of the season, six drivers still had chances of winning the title, with Leonardo Fornaroli leading the championship with 129 points, being only one point ahead of second-placed Gabriele Minì. Further back, the two Brits Luke Browning and Arvid Lindblad were placed in third and fourth with 123 and 112 points, respectively. Dino Beganovic entered the final round in fifth position, having scored 100 points, three points clear from sixth-placed Christian Mansell (97). Even though Oliver Goethe (94 points) who was seventh in the standings, mathematically still had slim chances of winning the championship, he was ruled out of contention prior to the weekend following his promotion to Formula 2.

However, the Teams' Championship was already wrapped up at the previous round in Belgium in favour of Prema Racing, who secured its fifth Teams' Championship in six seasons with an unassailable 115-point-lead over ART Grand Prix, with 89 points still on the line.

Qualifying for Group A was held on 30 August 2024, at 15:00 local time (UTC+2).

Pos.	No.	Driver	Team	Time	Gap	Grid SR	Grid FR
1	4	Leonardo Fornaroli	Trident	1:38.287	–	161	1
2	2	Gabriele Minì	Prema Racing	1:38.543	+0.256	141	3
3	6	Santiago Ramos	Trident	1:38.704	+0.417	4	5
4	28	Joshua Dufek	AIX Racing	1:38.832	+0.545	101	7
5	12	Mari Boya	Campos Racing	1:38.872	+0.585	81	9
6	26	Tasanapol Inthraphuvasak	AIX Racing	1:39.115	+0.828	61	11
7	14	Luke Browning	Hitech Pulse-Eight	1:39.124	+0.837	171	13
8	30	Piotr Wiśnicki	Rodin Motorsport	1:39.273	+0.986	201	15
9	20	Noel León	Van Amersfoort Racing	1:39.350	+1.063	211	17
10	18	Max Esterson	Jenzer Motorsport	1:39.494	+1.207	221	19
11	16	Cian Shields	Hitech Pulse-Eight	1:39.717	+1.430	15	21
12	10	Noah Strømsted	Campos Racing	1:25.995	+1.590	261	23
13	22	Tommy Smith	Van Amersfoort Racing	1:40.216	+1.929	271	25
107% time: 1:45.167 (+6.880)
—	24	Laurens van Hoepen	ART Grand Prix	No time set	—	292	292
—	8	Kacper Sztuka	MP Motorsport	No time set	—	PL2	PL2
Source:[3][4]

Notes:

• ^1 – Leonardo Fornaroli, Gabriele Minì, Joshua Dufek, Mari Boya, Tasanapol Inthraphuvasak, Luke Browning, Piotr Wiśnicki, Noel León, Max Esterson, Noah Strømsted and Tommy Smith all received four-place grid-penalties for driving unnecessarily slowly.^[5]
• ^2 – Kacper Sztuka and Laurens van Hoepen both did not set a valid lap time during qualifying, but were later given permission by the stewards to start both races from the back of the grid and from the pit lane, respectively.

Qualifying for Group B was held on 30 August 2024, at 15:20 local time (UTC+2).

Pos.	No.	Driver	Team	Time	Gap	Grid SR	Grid FR
1	9	Alex Dunne	MP Motorsport	1:38.818	–	7	2
2	5	Sami Meguetounif	Trident	1:38.860	+0.042	5	4
3	11	Sebastián Montoya	Campos Racing	1:38.899	+0.081	3	6
4	23	Christian Mansell	ART Grand Prix	1:38.905	+0.087	91	8
5	1	Dino Beganovic	Prema Racing	1:38.956	+0.138	2	10
6	7	Tim Tramnitz	MP Motorsport	1:38.959	+0.141	1	12
7	31	Joseph Loake	Rodin Motorsport	1:39.020	+0.202	11	14
8	25	Nikola Tsolov	ART Grand Prix	1:39.129	+0.311	191	16
9	3	Arvid Lindblad	Prema Racing	1:39.219	+0.401	12	18
10	15	Martinius Stenshorne	Hitech Pulse-Eight	1:39.273	+0.455	13	20
11	29	Callum Voisin	Rodin Motorsport	1:39.294	+0.476	18	22
12	27	Nikita Bedrin[a]	AIX Racing	1:39.321	+0.503	22	24
13	17	Charlie Wurz	Jenzer Motorsport	1:39.409	+0.591	24	26
14	21	Sophia Flörsch	Van Amersfoort Racing	1:39.550	+0.732	25	27
107% time: 1:45.735 (+6.917)
—	19	Matías Zagazeta	Jenzer Motorsport	2:45.165	+1:06.347	282	282
Source:[3][4]

Notes:

• ^1 – Christian Mansell and Nikola Tsolov both received a three-place grid penalty for impeding other drivers during qualifying. In the Sprint race, both will start from ninth and nineteenth place, respectively.
• ^2 – Matías Zagazeta failed to set a time within the 107%-rule, but was later given permission by the stewards to start both races from the back of the grid.

The Sprint race was held on 31 August 2024, at 09:30 local time (UTC+2).

Pos.	No.	Driver	Team	Laps	Time/Gap	Grid	Pts.
1	7	Tim Tramnitz	MP Motorsport	17	33:52.339	1	10
2	6	Santiago Ramos	Trident	17	+0.911	4	9
3	9	Alex Dunne	MP Motorsport	17	+1.375	7	8
4	1	Dino Beganovic	Prema Racing	17	+1.937	2	7
5	5	Sami Meguetounif	Trident	17	+4.050	5	6
6	14	Luke Browning	Hitech Pulse-Eight	17	+4.126	17	5
7	12	Mari Boya	Campos Racing	17	+4.360	8	4
8	4	Leonardo Fornaroli	Trident	17	+4.843	16	3 (1)
9	2	Gabriele Minì	Prema Racing	17	+5.108	14	2
10	15	Martinius Stenshorne	Hitech Pulse-Eight	17	+5.593	13	1
11	11	Sebastián Montoya	Campos Racing	17	+5.7791	3
12	3	Arvid Lindblad	Prema Racing	17	+5.927	12
13	24	Laurens van Hoepen	ART Grand Prix	17	+6.595	29
14	19	Matías Zagazeta	Jenzer Motorsport	17	+6.773	28
15	31	Joseph Loake	Rodin Motorsport	17	+6.812	11
16	21	Sophia Flörsch	Van Amersfoort Racing	17	+6.852	25
17	10	Noah Strømsted	Campos Racing	17	+6.995	26
18	8	Kacper Sztuka	MP Motorsport	17	+8.668	PL
19	25	Nikola Tsolov	ART Grand Prix	17	+11.030	19
20	16	Cian Shields	Hitech Pulse-Eight	17	+12.3892	15
21	26	Tasanapol Inthraphuvasak	AIX Racing	17	+17.5003	6
22	23	Christian Mansell	ART Grand Prix	17	+18.0754	9
23	22	Tommy Smith	Van Amersfoort Racing	17	+18.5115	27
24	17	Charlie Wurz	Jenzer Motorsport	16	+1 lap	24
25	29	Callum Voisin	Rodin Motorsport	16	+1 lap	18
DNF	28	Joshua Dufek	AIX Racing	13	Retired	10
DNF	18	Max Esterson	Jenzer Motorsport	12	Collision	22
DNF	30	Piotr Wiśnicki	Rodin Motorsport	12	Collision	20
DNF	27	Nikita Bedrin	AIX Racing	1	Collision/Spun off	22
DNF	20	Noel León	Van Amersfoort Racing	1	Collision/Spun off	21
Fastest lap set by Leonardo Fornaroli: 1:38.802 (lap 9)
Source:[3][7]

Notes:

• ^1 – Sebastián Montoya originally finished second, but received a five-second time penalty for forcing another driver off track.^[8]
• ^2 – Cian Shields received a five-second time penalty for causing a collision.^[8]
• ^3 – Tasanapol Inthraphuvasak received a ten-second time penalty for overtaking under Safety Car conditions.^[8]
• ^4 – Christian Mansell received a five-second time penalty for speeding in the pit lane.^[8]
• ^5 – Tommy Smith received a ten-second time penalty for causing a collision on lap 2, which forced Noel León and Nikita Bedrin to retire from the Sprint race.^[8]

The Feature race was held on 1 September 2024, at 08:30 local time (UTC+2).

Pos.	No.	Driver	Team	Laps	Time/Gap	Grid	Pts.
1	5	Sami Meguetounif	Trident	22	39:58.179	4	25
2	4	Leonardo Fornaroli	Trident	22	+4.587	1	18 (2)
3	23	Christian Mansell	ART Grand Prix	22	+5.522	8	15
4	9	Alex Dunne	MP Motorsport	22	+6.862	2	12
5	15	Martinius Stenshorne	Hitech Pulse-Eight	22	+10.650	19	10 (1)
6	7	Tim Tramnitz	MP Motorsport	22	+12.889	12	8
7	20	Noel León	Van Amersfoort Racing	22	+14.664	221	6
8	24	Laurens van Hoepen	ART Grand Prix	22	+15.429	29	4
9	1	Dino Beganovic	Prema Racing	22	+17.071	10	2
10	28	Joshua Dufek	AIX Racing	22	+18.796	7	1
11	26	Tasanapol Inthraphuvasak	AIX Racing	22	+21.0601	11
12	8	Kacper Sztuka	MP Motorsport	22	+22.874	30
13	27	Nikita Bedrin	AIX Racing	22	+23.472	24
14	17	Charlie Wurz	Jenzer Motorsport	22	+23.591	26
15	22	Tommy Smith	Van Amersfoort Racing	22	+23.657	25
16	3	Arvid Lindblad	Prema Racing	22	+25.7942	17
17	25	Nikola Tsolov	ART Grand Prix	22	+26.469	16
18	6	Santiago Ramos	Trident	22	+26.913	5
19	31	Joseph Loake	Rodin Motorsport	22	+27.597	14
20	14	Luke Browning	Hitech Pulse-Eight	22	+31.5052 3	13
21	11	Sebastián Montoya	Campos Racing	22	+1:38.1064	6
22	29	Callum Voisin	Rodin Motorsport	21	+1 lap	21
23	10	Noah Strømsted	Campos Racing	21	+1 lap2	27
DNF	18	Max Esterson	Jenzer Motorsport	14	Retired2 4	18
DNF	12	Mari Boya	Campos Racing	9	Retired	9
DNF	30	Piotr Wiśnicki	Rodin Motorsport	3	Collision damage	15
DNF	16	Cian Shields	Hitech Pulse-Eight	2	Collision	20
DNF	30	Sophia Flörsch	Van Amersfoort Racing	2	Collision	27
DNF	19	Matías Zagazeta	Jenzer Motorsport	2	Collision	28
DSQ	2	Gabriele Minì	Prema Racing	22	Disqualified5	3
Fastest lap set by Martinius Stenshorne: 1:39.435 (lap 11)
Source:[3][9]

Notes:

• ^1 – Tasanapol Inthraphuvasak originally finished seventh, but he received a ten-second time penalty for failing to follow Race Director's instructions.^[10]
• ^2 – Arvid Lindblad, Luke Browning, Noah Strømsted and Max Esterson all received ten-second time penalties for causing collisions. However, the penalty did not affect Esterson's final position as he retired from the race.^[10]
• ^3 – Luke Browning received a further five-second time penalty for a Safety Car infringement.^[10]
• ^4 – Sebastián Montoya and Max Esterson both received five-second time penalties for a Safety Car infringement. However, the penalty did not affect the final positions of both drivers.^[10]
• ^5 – Gabriele Minì originally finished second, but has been disqualified from the race after his car was found to be in breach of Article 12.9 of the 2024 FIA Formula 3 Technical Regulations. A post-race report from FIA Technical Delegate indicated that Car 2 had not met the minimum requirement with regards to its tyre pressures.^[10]

• Note: Only the top five positions are included for both sets of standings.
• Note: Bold names include the 2024 Drivers' and Teams' Champion respectively.

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