The 2025 Melbourne FIA Formula 3 round was a motor racing event held between 13 and 16 March 2025 at the Albert Park Circuit in Melbourne, Australia. It was the opening round of the 2025 FIA Formula 3 Championship and was held in support of the 2025 Australian Grand Prix.
The round marked the first use of the new Formula 3 car, the Dallara F3 2025, during a race weekend.
Classification Summary Rafael Câmara qualified on pole position at Albert Park Circuit, ahead of Noah Strømsted and Théophile Naël. Santiago Ramos won the sprint race, while pole sitter Câmara won the feature race. Câmara leads the championship by 9 points ahead of Naël and 10 points ahead of Strømsted.
Qualifying Qualifying was held on 14 March 2025, at 14:00 local time (UTC+11). Driver Entrant Time/Gap 15 Rafael CâmaraTrident1:34.99912124 Noah StrømstedTrident +0.129112320 Théophile NaëlVan Amersfoort Racing +0.567103428 Nikita BedrinAIX Racing +0.77194517 Tim TramnitzMP Motorsport +0.8268566 Charlie WurzTrident +0.84076711 Tasanapol InthraphuvasakCampos Racing +0.9256783 Ugo UgochukwuPrema Racing +1.03958914 Martinius StenshorneHitech TGR +1.120491025 Roman BilinskiRodin Motorsport +1.1263101130 Matías ZagazetaDAMS Lucas Oil +1.2332111221 Santiago RamosVan Amersfoort Racing +1.2691121315 Joshua DufekHitech TGR +1.29313131419 Alessandro GiustiMP Motorsport +1.33714141524 Louis SharpRodin Motorsport +1.34515151612 Nikola TsolovCampos Racing +1.4911616177 Laurens van HoepenART Grand Prix +1.65617171823 Callum VoisinRodin Motorsport +1.6701818192 Noel LeónPrema Racing +1.74319192026 Javier SagreraAIX Racing +1.8192020219 James WhartonART Grand Prix +1.98921212231 Christian HoDAMS Lucas Oil +2.18222222310 Mari BoyaCampos Racing +2.4272323248 Tuukka TaponenART Grand Prix +2.57524242516 Gerrard XieHitech TGR +2.82025252622 Ivan DominguesVan Amersfoort Racing +3.11826262727 Nicola MarinangeliAIX Racing +3.7872727281 Brando BadoerPrema Racing +6.5162828107% time: 1:41.648 (+6.649)—29 Nicola LacorteDAMS Lucas Oil +14.3632929—18 Bruno del PinoMP Motorsport +18.6593030Source:
Sprint race The sprint race was held on 15 March 2025, at 11:15 local time (UTC+11).
DriverTeamLapsTime/Gap121 Santiago RamosVan Amersfoort Racing20 42:20.594110214 Martinius StenshorneHitech TGR20 +0.40849 (1)325 Roman BilinskiRodin Motorsport20 +0.67638411 Tasanapol InthraphuvasakCampos Racing20 +0.89167530 Matías ZagazetaDAMS Lucas Oil20 +1.03826628 Nikita BedrinAIX Racing20 +1.21795720 Théophile NaëlVan Amersfoort Racing20 +1.406104812 Nikola TsolovCampos Racing20 +1.738163923 Callum VoisinRodin Motorsport20 +2.403182102 Noel LeónPrema Racing20 +2.944191113 Ugo UgochukwuPrema Racing20 +3.85151210 Mari BoyaCampos Racing20 +4.44023138 Tuukka TaponenART Grand Prix20 +4.587241431 Christian HoDAMS Lucas Oil20 +5.897221516 Gerrard XieHitech TGR20 +7.116251629 Nicola LacorteDAMS Lucas Oil20 +7.770291724 Louis SharpRodin Motorsport20 +9.03315181 Brando BadoerPrema Racing20 +9.730281927 Nicola MarinangeliAIX Racing20 +11.057272022 Ivan DominguesVan Amersfoort Racing20 +11.461262119 Alessandro GiustiMP Motorsport20 +13.256142215 Joshua DufekHitech TGR20 +28.00813DNF4 Noah StrømstedTrident15 Retired11DNF18 Bruno del PinoMP Motorsport15 Collision30DNF26 Javier SagreraAIX Racing15 Collision20NC17 Tim TramnitzMP Motorsport13 +7 laps8DNF7 Laurens van HoepenART Grand Prix2 Collision17DNF5 Rafael CâmaraTrident2 Collision1DNF9 James WhartonART Grand Prix2 Collision21DNF6 Charlie WurzTrident0 Retired7Fastest lap set by Martinius Stenshorne: 1:38.069 (lap 10) Source:
Notes: – Alessandro Giusti originally finished eleventh, but was later given a ten-second time penalty for Safety Car infringement, subsequently dropping him down to 21st. – Joshua Dufek originally finished 18th, but later received a ten-second time penalty for leaving the track and gaining an advantage and another ten-second time penalty for causing a collision, dropping him down to 22nd in the final classification. – James Wharton was given a ten-second time penalty for causing a collision.
Feature race The feature race was held on 16 March 2025, at 9:05 local time (UTC+11). Originally scheduled for 20 laps, the race was red-flagged on lap 18 due to heavy rain, and the results were taken from lap 16.
DriverTeamLapsTime/Gap15 Rafael CâmaraTrident16 34:43.966125 (2+1)24 Noah StrømstedTrident16 +0.517218320 Théophile NaëlVan Amersfoort Racing16 +1.152315428 Nikita BedrinAIX Racing16 +1.732412517 Tim TramnitzMP Motorsport16 +2.29851066 Charlie WurzTrident16 +3.25368711 Tasanapol InthraphuvasakCampos Racing16 +3.73476814 Martinius StenshorneHitech TGR16 +4.92394925 Roman BilinskiRodin Motorsport16 +5.651102103 Ugo UgochukwuPrema Racing16 +7.193811115 Joshua DufekHitech TGR16 +8.34713127 Laurens van HoepenART Grand Prix16 +8.81917132 Noel LeónPrema Racing16 +9.962191424 Louis SharpRodin Motorsport16 +11.671151526 Javier SagreraAIX Racing16 +12.805201621 Santiago RamosVan Amersfoort Racing16 +13.867121710 Mari BoyaCampos Racing16 +15.184231816 Gerrard XieHitech TGR16 +16.739251922 Ivan DominguesVan Amersfoort Racing16 +18.92626208 Tuukka TaponenART Grand Prix16 +19.27624219 James WhartonART Grand Prix16 +20.297212230 Matías ZagazetaDAMS Lucas Oil16 +21.299112318 Bruno del PinoMP Motorsport16 +21.380302429 Nicola LacorteDAMS Lucas Oil16 +22.252292519 Alessandro GiustiMP Motorsport16 +23.02014261 Brando BadoerPrema Racing16 +23.648282727 Nicola MarinangeliAIX Racing16 +25.07927DNF31 Christian HoDAMS Lucas Oil12 Crash22DNF12 Nikola TsolovCampos Racing0 Collision16DNF23 Callum VoisinRodin Motorsport0 Collision18Fastest lap set by Rafael Câmara: 1:49.748 (lap 11) Source: Notes: – Matías Zagazeta originally finished 13th, but was later given a ten-second time penalty for causing a collision, subsequently dropping him down to 22nd.
Standings after the event
Drivers' Championship standings Driver Points 1 Rafael Câmara 28 2 Théophile Naël 19 3 Noah Strømsted 18 4 Nikita Bedrin 17 5 Martinius Stenshorne 14 Teams' Championship standings Team Points 1 Trident 54 2 Van Amersfoort Racing 29 3 AIX Racing 17 4 Campos Racing 16 5 Hitech TGR 14
Note: Only the top five positions are included for both sets of standings.
See also 2025 Australian Grand Prix 2025 Melbourne Formula 2 round
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References
External links
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