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 race 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.

This weekend also marked the final one using the Dallara F3 2019 chassis, which debuted in the inaugural 2019 season. Starting in 2025, a new chassis will be introduced.

Background Driver changes 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. The Campos seat was filled by Formula Regional European Championship driver Noah Strømsted.

Championship standings before this round Going into the final race 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.

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

Driver Team Time 1 4 Leonardo Fornaroli Trident 1:38.287 – 16 1 2 2 Gabriele Minì Prema Racing 1:38.543 +0.256 14 3 3 6 Santiago Ramos Trident 1:38.704 +0.417 4 5 4 28 Joshua Dufek AIX Racing 1:38.832 +0.545 10 7 5 12 Mari Boya Campos Racing 1:38.872 +0.585 8 9 6 26 Tasanapol Inthraphuvasak AIX Racing 1:39.115 +0.828 6 11 7 14 Luke Browning Hitech Pulse-Eight 1:39.124 +0.837 17 13 8 30 Piotr Wiśnicki Rodin Motorsport 1:39.273 +0.986 20 15 9 20 Noel León Van Amersfoort Racing 1:39.350 +1.063 21 17 10 18 Max Esterson Jenzer Motorsport 1:39.494 +1.207 22 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 26 23 13 22 Tommy Smith Van Amersfoort Racing 1:40.216 +1.929 27 25107% time: 1:45.167 (+6.880) — 24 Laurens van Hoepen ART Grand Prix No time set — 29 29 — 8 Kacper Sztuka MP Motorsport No time set — PL PL Source:

Notes: – 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. – 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.

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

Driver Team Time 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 9 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 19 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 AIX Racing 1:39.321 +0.503 23 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 27107% time: 1:45.735 (+6.917) — 19 Matías Zagazeta Jenzer Motorsport 2:45.165 +1:06.347 28 28 Source:

Notes: – 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. – 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.

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

DriverTeamLapsTime/Gap17 Tim TramnitzMP Motorsport17 33:52.33911026 Santiago RamosTrident17 +0.9114939 Alex DunneMP Motorsport17 +1.3757841 Dino BeganovicPrema Racing17 +1.9372755Sami MeguetounifTrident17 +4.05056614 Luke BrowningHitech Pulse-Eight17 +4.126175712 Mari BoyaCampos Racing17 +4.3608484 Leonardo FornaroliTrident17 +4.843163 (1)92 Gabriele MinìPrema Racing17 +5.1081421015 Martinius StenshorneHitech Pulse-Eight17 +5.5931311111 Sebastián MontoyaCampos Racing17 +5.7793123 Arvid LindbladPrema Racing17 +5.927121324 Laurens van HoepenART Grand Prix17 +6.595291419 Matías ZagazetaJenzer Motorsport17 +6.773281531 Joseph LoakeRodin Motorsport17 +6.812111621 Sophia FlörschVan Amersfoort Racing17 +6.852251710 Noah StrømstedCampos Racing17 +6.99526188 Kacper SztukaMP Motorsport17 +8.668PL1925 Nikola TsolovART Grand Prix17 +11.030192016 Cian ShieldsHitech Pulse-Eight17 +12.389152126 Tasanapol InthraphuvasakAIX Racing17 +17.50062223 Christian MansellART Grand Prix17 +18.07592322 Tommy SmithVan Amersfoort Racing17 +18.511272417 Charlie WurzJenzer Motorsport16 +1 lap242529 Callum VoisinRodin Motorsport16 +1 lap18DNF28 Joshua DufekAIX Racing13 Retired10DNF18 Max EstersonJenzer Motorsport12 Collision22DNF30 Piotr WiśnickiRodin Motorsport12 Collision20DNF27 Nikita BedrinAIX Racing1 Collision/Spun off22DNF20 Noel LeónVan Amersfoort Racing1 Collision/Spun off21Fastest lap set by Leonardo Fornaroli: 1:38.802 (lap 9) Source:

Notes: – Sebastián Montoya originally finished second, but received a five-second time penalty for forcing another driver off track. – Cian Shields received a five-second time penalty for causing a collision. – Tasanapol Inthraphuvasak received a ten-second time penalty for overtaking under Safety Car conditions. – Christian Mansell received a five-second time penalty for speeding in the pit lane. – 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.

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

DriverTeamLapsTime/Gap15 Sami MeguetounifTrident22 39:58.17942524 Leonardo FornaroliTrident22 +4.587118 (2)323 Christian MansellART Grand Prix22 +5.52281549 Alex DunneMP Motorsport22 +6.862212515 Martinius StenshorneHitech Pulse-Eight22 +10.6501910 (1)67 Tim TramnitzMP Motorsport22 +12.889128720 Noel LeónVan Amersfoort Racing22 +14.664226824 Laurens van HoepenART Grand Prix22 +15.42929491 Dino BeganovicPrema Racing22 +17.0711021028 Joshua DufekAIX Racing22 +18.796711126 Tasanapol InthraphuvasakAIX Racing22 +21.06011128 Kacper SztukaMP Motorsport22 +22.874301327 Nikita BedrinAIX Racing22 +23.472241417 Charlie WurzJenzer Motorsport22 +23.591261522 Tommy SmithVan Amersfoort Racing22 +23.65725163 Arvid LindbladPrema Racing22 +25.794171725 Nikola TsolovART Grand Prix22 +26.46916186 Santiago RamosTrident22 +26.91351931 Joseph LoakeRodin Motorsport22 +27.597142014 Luke BrowningHitech Pulse-Eight22 +31.505 132111 Sebastián MontoyaCampos Racing22 +1:38.10662229 Callum VoisinRodin Motorsport21 +1 lap212310 Noah StrømstedCampos Racing21 +1 lap27DNF18 Max EstersonJenzer Motorsport14 Retired 18DNF12 Mari BoyaCampos Racing9 Retired9DNF30 Piotr WiśnickiRodin Motorsport3 Collision damage15DNF16 Cian ShieldsHitech Pulse-Eight2 Collision20DNF21 Sophia FlörschVan Amersfoort Racing2 Collision27DNF19 Matías ZagazetaJenzer Motorsport2 Collision28DSQ2 Gabriele MinìPrema Racing22 Disqualified3Fastest lap set by Martinius Stenshorne: 1:39.435 (lap 11) Source:

Notes: – Noel León received a five-place grid drop for causing a collision with Nikola Tsolov at the Sprint race. – Tasanapol Inthraphuvasak originally finished seventh, but he received a ten-second time penalty for failing to follow Race Director's instructions. – 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. – Luke Browning received a further five-second time penalty for a Safety Car infringement. – 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. – 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.

Final championship standings

Drivers' Championship standings Driver Points 1 Leonardo Fornaroli 153 2 Gabriele Minì 130 3 Luke Browning 128 4 Arvid Lindblad 113 1 5 Christian Mansell 112 Teams' Championship standings Team Points 1 Prema Racing 352 1 2 Trident 281 1 3 ART Grand Prix 245 4 Campos Racing 179 5 Hitech Pulse-Eight 166

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

See also 2024 Italian Grand Prix 2024 Monza Formula 2 round

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External links Official website