# 2024 Monza Formula 3 round

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).
| Pos. | No. | Driver | Team | Time | Gap | Grid SR | Grid FR |
| 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 | 25 |
| 107% 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 |
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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.
* ^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.

#### Group B

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 | 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 | 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 | 28 | 28 |
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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.

### Sprint Race

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 | +5.779 | 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 | +12.389 | 15 | |
| 21 | 26 | Tasanapol Inthraphuvasak | AIX Racing | 17 | +17.500 | 6 | |
| 22 | 23 | Christian Mansell | ART Grand Prix | 17 | +18.075 | 9 | |
| 23 | 22 | Tommy Smith | Van Amersfoort Racing | 17 | +18.511 | 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) ||||||||
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Notes:
* ^1 – Sebastián Montoya originally finished second, but received a five-second time penalty for forcing another driver off track.
* ^2 – Cian Shields received a five-second time penalty for causing a collision.
* ^3 – Tasanapol Inthraphuvasak received a ten-second time penalty for overtaking under Safety Car conditions.
* ^4 – Christian Mansell received a five-second time penalty for speeding in the pit lane.
* ^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.

### Feature Race

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 | 22 | 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 | +21.060 | 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 | +25.794 | 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 | +31.505 | 13 | |
| 21 | 11 | Sebastián Montoya | Campos Racing | 22 | +1:38.106 | 6 | |
| 22 | 29 | Callum Voisin | Rodin Motorsport | 21 | +1 lap | 21 | |
| 23 | 10 | Noah Strømsted | Campos Racing | 21 | +1 lap | 27 | |
| DNF | 18 | Max Esterson | Jenzer Motorsport | 14 | Retired | 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 | 21 | Sophia Flörsch | Van Amersfoort Racing | 2 | Collision | 27 | |
| DNF | 19 | Matías Zagazeta | Jenzer Motorsport | 2 | Collision | 28 | |
| DSQ | 2 | Gabriele Minì | Prema Racing | 22 | Disqualified | 3 | |
| Fastest lap set by Martinius Stenshorne: 1:39.435 (lap 11) ||||||||
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Notes:
* ^1 – Noel León received a five-place grid drop for causing a collision with Nikola Tsolov at the Sprint race.
* ^2 – Tasanapol Inthraphuvasak originally finished seventh, but he received a ten-second time penalty for failing to follow Race Director's instructions.
* ^3 – 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.
* ^4 – Luke Browning received a further five-second time penalty for a Safety Car infringement.
* ^5 – 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.
* ^6 – 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

| | Pos. | Driver | Points |
| | 1 | Leonardo Fornaroli | 153 |
| | 2 | Gabriele Minì | 130 |
| | 3 | Luke Browning | 128 |
| | 4 | Arvid Lindblad | 113 |
| 1 | 5 | Christian Mansell | 112 |
| | Pos. | 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.