The 2022 Monza Formula 3 round was a motor racing event held on 10 and 11 September 2022 at the Autodromo Nazionale di Monza, Monza, Italy. It was the ninth and final race of the 2022 FIA Formula 3 Championship, and was held in support of the 2022 Italian Grand Prix.
Victor Martins claimed the Drivers' Championship in chaotic circumstances by achieving a fourth-place finish despite receiving a five-second time penalty. The Frenchman also took benefit of several penalties from other drivers which were given in the aftermath, ultimately securing fourth place to win the title by just five points to eventual race winner Zane Maloney, who took his third consecutive Feature Race victory. Martins was also the first driver from ART Grand Prix who took the Drivers' Championship in modern Formula 3, after drivers from Prema Racing had previously won it in the past three seasons.
However, Prema took its crown back in the Teams' Championship after losing out on Trident in the previous season, taking its third championship in their fourth F3 season.
Driver changes Venezuelan driver Alessandro Famularo made his debut in the series driving for Charouz Racing System to replace David Schumacher who drove for the Czech squad in the previous round in Zandvoort.
This round also saw the comeback of American driver Hunter Yeany, who returned to the series for the season finale after suffering a broken wrist at the Spielberg round wherefore he was ruled out for four rounds.
Classification Qualifying Russian driver Alexander Smolyar took his second pole position of this season and a joint-record third pole position alongside Dennis Hauger and Logan Sargeant by a fine margin of 0.047 seconds ahead of Zane Maloney in second, with Roman Staněk nearly a further two-tenths adrift in third place. DriverTeamTime/Gap111 Alexander SmolyarMP Motorsport 1:37.55912123 Zane MaloneyTrident +0.04711232 Roman StaněkTrident +0.19110347 Victor MartinsART Grand Prix +0.2159454 Arthur LeclercPrema Racing +0.3868566 Oliver BearmanPrema Racing +0.40176725 William AlataloJenzer Motorsport +0.4646785 Jak CrawfordPrema Racing +0.4725891 Jonny EdgarTrident +0.550491022 Pepe MartíCampos Racing +0.6233101110 Caio ColletMP Motorsport +0.6652111229 Franco ColapintoVan Amersfoort Racing +0.724112139 Juan Manuel CorreaART Grand Prix +0.47622131417 Kaylen FrederickHitech Grand Prix +0.8851314158 Grégoire SaucyART Grand Prix +0.92914151618 Isack HadjarHitech Grand Prix +0.93915161726 Zak O'SullivanCarlin +0.94116171820 David VidalesCampos Racing +1.11417181930 Rafael VillagómezVan Amersfoort Racing +1.12318192016 Francesco PizziCharouz Racing System +1.25529202127 Brad BenavidesCarlin +1.30723212231 Reece UshijimaVan Amersfoort Racing +1.35630222321 Hunter YeanyCampos Racing +1.54619232423 Ido CohenJenzer Motorsport +1.56320242528 Enzo TrulliCarlin +1.60321252624 Federico MalvestitiJenzer Motorsport +2.08924262719 Nazim AzmanHitech Grand Prix +2.24125272812 Kush MainiMP Motorsport +2.44926282914 László TóthCharouz Racing System +2.75827293015 Alessandro FamularoCharouz Racing System +3.3012830Source:
Notes: – Juan Manuel Correa, Francesco Pizzi and Reece Ushijima all received ten-place grid penalties for the Sprint race due to failing to slow under double yellow flags. Additionally, Correa got his fastest lap time deleted. – Brad Benavides received a three-place grid penalty for the Sprint race for causing a collision with William Alatalo at the Feature Race in Zandvoort.
Sprint race DriverTeamLapsTime/Gap129 Franco ColapintoVan Amersfoort Racing18 34:09.81311026 Oliver BearmanPrema Racing18 +0.43279310 Caio ColletMP Motorsport18 +2.1092843 Zane MaloneyTrident18 +3.40411751 Jonny EdgarTrident18 +4.1214668 Grégoire SaucyART Grand Prix18 +4.27914575 Jak CrawfordPrema Racing18 +4.6145484 Arthur LeclercPrema Racing18 +6.06183922 Pepe MartíCampos Racing18 +6.54732107 Victor MartinsART Grand Prix18 +6.878911112 Kush MainiMP Motorsport18 +7.75526122 Roman StaněkTrident18 +7.98310139 Juan Manuel CorreaART Grand Prix18 +8.157221425 William AlataloJenzer Motorsport18 +9.25261523 Ido CohenJenzer Motorsport18 +12.316201624 Federico MalvestitiJenzer Motorsport18 +12.998241716 Francesco PizziCharouz Racing System18 +13.468291827 Brad BenavidesCarlin18 +13.750231931 Reece UshijimaVan Amersfoort Racing18 +15.953302028 Enzo TrulliCarlin18 +17.476212119 Nazim AzmanHitech Grand Prix18 +18.710252214 László TóthCharouz Racing System18 +22.362272315 Alessandro FamularoCharouz Racing System18 +30.912282421 Hunter YeanyCampos Racing18 +50.936192511 Alexander SmolyarMP Motorsport18 +1:09.799122630 Rafael VillagómezVan Amersfoort Racing18 +1:10.263182718 Isack HadjarHitech Grand Prix18 +1:10.40915DNF17 Kaylen FrederickHitech Grand Prix11 Mechanical13DNF26 Zak O'SullivanCarlin3 Accident16DNS20 David VidalesCampos Racing— Did not start17Fastest lap set by Alexander Smolyar: 1:39.160 (lap 14)Source:
Notes: – Brad Benavides originally finished in fourteenth, but was later given a five-second time penalty for leaving the track and gaining an advantage, demoting him to eighteenth place. – David Vidales stalled on the grid at the formation lap and was unable to start the race. Thus, his grid slot was left vacant.
Feature race The Feature Race was originally scheduled to be run for 22 laps, but was later red-flagged on lap 18 after a collision between Kush Maini and Brad Benavides, that damaged the barrier. However, race direction decided that the race would not be resumed, with the final results have been taken into account from lap 15. As a consequence, Zane Maloney won the final race of the season and took his third consecutive Feature Race win, finishing ahead of both Prema drivers Oliver Bearman and Jak Crawford. DriverTeamLapsTime/Gap13 Zane MaloneyTrident15 28:00.28822526 Oliver BearmanPrema Racing15 +0.58761835 Jak CrawfordPrema Racing15 +5.02481547 Victor Martins ART Grand Prix15 +6.06141254 Arthur LeclercPrema Racing15 +6.08651062 Roman StaněkTrident15 +6.42038725 William AlataloJenzer Motorsport15 +9.6287681 Jonny EdgarTrident15 +12.08094 (1)918 Isack Hadjar Hitech Grand Prix15 +13.5551621031 Reece Ushijima Van Amersfoort Racing15 +14.2282211126 Zak O'Sullivan Carlin15 +14.696171223 Ido Cohen Jenzer Motorsport15 +15.613241312 Kush Maini MP Motorsport15 +18.031281427 Brad Benavides Carlin15 +18.031211529 Franco Colapinto Van Amersfoort Racing15 +18.031121616 Francesco Pizzi Charouz Racing System15 +21.196201721 Hunter Yeany Campos Racing15 +21.298231824 Federico Malvestiti Jenzer Motorsport15 +21.807261914 Lászlo Tóth Charouz Racing System15 +23.790292010 Caio Collet MP Motorsport15 +24.324112119 Nazim Azman Hitech Grand Prix15 +29.215272228 Enzo Trulli Carlin15 +30.145252315 Alessandro Famularo Charouz Racing System15 +43.10930249 Juan Manuel Correa ART Grand Prix15 +1:01.827132517 Kaylen Frederick Hitech Grand Prix15 +1:02.568142622 Pepe Martí Campos Racing15 +1:33.017102711 Alexander Smolyar MP Motorsport14 +1 lap1(2)288 Grégoire Saucy ART Grand Prix13 +2 laps15DNF30 Rafael Villagómez Van Amersfoort Racing0 Collision 19DNF20 David VidalesCampos Racing0 Collision 18Fastest lap set by Jonny Edgar: 1:38.887 (lap 8)Source:
Notes: – Victor Martins, William Alatalo, Jonny Edgar and Caio Collet all received five-second time penalties for exceeding track limits on multiple occasions. – Hunter Yeany received a five-second time penalty for forcing another driver off the track.
Final Championship standings
Drivers' Championship standings Driver Points 1 Victor Martins 139 3 2 Zane Maloney 134 1 3 Oliver Bearman 132 2 4 Isack Hadjar 123 2 5 Roman Staněk 117 Teams' Championship standings Team Points 1 Prema Racing 355 2 Trident 301 3 ART Grand Prix 208 4 MP Motorsport 195 5 Hitech Grand Prix 150
Note: Only the top five positions are included for both sets of standings. Note: Bold names include the Drivers' and Teams' Champion respectively.
See also 2022 Italian Grand Prix 2022 Monza Formula 2 round
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External links Official website