2022 Monza Formula 3 round

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.

Italy  2022 Monza Formula 3 round
Round details
Round 9 of 9 in the 2022 FIA Formula 3 Championship.
LocationAutodromo Nazionale di Monza, Monza, Italy
CoursePermanent Circuit
5.793 km (3.600 mi)
Sprint Race
Date 10 September 2022
Laps 18
Podium
First Argentina Franco Colapinto Van Amersfoort Racing
Second United Kingdom Oliver Bearman Prema Racing
Third Brazil Caio Collet MP Motorsport
Fastest lap
Driver Alexander Smolyar MP Motorsport
Time 1:39.160 (on lap 14)
Feature Race
Date 11 September 2022
Laps 15[a]
Pole position
Driver Alexander Smolyar MP Motorsport
Time 1:37.559
Podium
First Barbados Zane Maloney Trident
Second United Kingdom Oliver Bearman Prema Racing
Third United States Jak Crawford Prema Racing
Fastest lap
Driver United Kingdom Jonny Edgar Trident
Time 1:38.887 (on lap 8)

In a season finale under dramatic circumstances and a lot of uncertainties at the final stages of the Feature Race, Victor Martins claimed the Drivers' Championship by achieving a fourth-place finish despite receiving a five-second time penalty. The Frenchman also took benefit of several penalties from other drivers, 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. It was also the first time a driver from ART Grand Prix took the Drivers' Championship in modern Formula 3, after 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

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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.[1]

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.[2]

Classification

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Qualifying

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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.[3]

Pos. No. Driver Team Time/Gap R1 R2
1 11   Alexander Smolyar MP Motorsport 1:37.559 12 1
2 3   Zane Maloney Trident +0.047 11 2
3 2   Roman Staněk Trident +0.191 10 3
4 7   Victor Martins ART Grand Prix +0.215 9 4
5 4   Arthur Leclerc Prema Racing +0.386 8 5
6 6   Oliver Bearman Prema Racing +0.401 7 6
7 25   William Alatalo Jenzer Motorsport +0.464 6 7
8 5   Jak Crawford Prema Racing +0.472 5 8
9 1   Jonny Edgar Trident +0.550 4 9
10 22   Pepe Martí Campos Racing +0.623 3 10
11 10   Caio Collet MP Motorsport +0.665 2 11
12 29   Franco Colapinto Van Amersfoort Racing +0.724 1 12
13 9   Juan Manuel Correa ART Grand Prix +0.476 221 13
14 17   Kaylen Frederick Hitech Grand Prix +0.885 13 14
15 8   Grégoire Saucy ART Grand Prix +0.929 14 15
16 18   Isack Hadjar Hitech Grand Prix +0.939 15 16
17 26   Zak O'Sullivan Carlin +0.941 16 17
18 20   David Vidales Campos Racing +1.114 17 18
19 30   Rafael Villagómez Van Amersfoort Racing +1.123 18 19
20 16   Francesco Pizzi Charouz Racing System +1.255 291 20
21 27   Brad Benavides[b] Carlin +1.307 232 21
22 31   Reece Ushijima[c] Van Amersfoort Racing +1.356 301 22
23 21   Hunter Yeany Campos Racing +1.546 19 23
24 23   Ido Cohen Jenzer Motorsport +1.563 20 24
25 28   Enzo Trulli Carlin +1.603 21 25
26 24   Federico Malvestiti Jenzer Motorsport +2.089 24 26
27 19   Nazim Azman Hitech Grand Prix +2.241 25 27
28 12   Kush Maini MP Motorsport +2.449 26 28
29 14   László Tóth Charouz Racing System +2.758 27 29
30 15   Alessandro Famularo[d] Charouz Racing System +3.301 28 30
Source:[8]

Notes:

  • ^1Juan 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.[9]
  • ^2Brad Benavides received a three-place grid penalty for the Sprint race for causing a collision with William Alatalo at the Feature Race in Zandvoort.[10]

Sprint race

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Pos. No. Driver Team Laps Time/Gap Grid Pts.
1 29   Franco Colapinto Van Amersfoort Racing 18 34:09.813 1 10
2 6   Oliver Bearman Prema Racing 18 +0.432 7 9
3 10   Caio Collet MP Motorsport 18 +2.109 2 8
4 3   Zane Maloney Trident 18 +3.404 11 7
5 1   Jonny Edgar Trident 18 +4.121 4 6
6 8   Grégoire Saucy ART Grand Prix 18 +4.279 14 5
7 5   Jak Crawford Prema Racing 18 +4.614 5 4
8 4   Arthur Leclerc Prema Racing 18 +6.061 8 3
9 22   Pepe Martí Campos Racing 18 +6.547 3 2
10 7   Victor Martins ART Grand Prix 18 +6.878 9 1
11 12   Kush Maini MP Motorsport 18 +7.755 26
12 2   Roman Staněk Trident 18 +7.983 10
13 9   Juan Manuel Correa ART Grand Prix 18 +8.157 22
14 25   William Alatalo Jenzer Motorsport 18 +9.252 6
15 23   Ido Cohen Jenzer Motorsport 18 +12.316 20
16 24   Federico Malvestiti Jenzer Motorsport 18 +12.998 24
17 16   Francesco Pizzi Charouz Racing System 18 +13.468 29
18 27   Brad Benavides Carlin 18 +13.7503 23
19 31   Reece Ushijima Van Amersfoort Racing 18 +15.953 30
20 28   Enzo Trulli Carlin 18 +17.476 21
21 19   Nazim Azman Hitech Grand Prix 18 +18.710 25
22 14   László Tóth Charouz Racing System 18 +22.362 27
23 15   Alessandro Famularo Charouz Racing System 18 +30.912 28
24 21   Hunter Yeany Campos Racing 18 +50.936 19
25 11   Alexander Smolyar MP Motorsport 18 +1:09.799 12
26 30   Rafael Villagómez Van Amersfoort Racing 18 +1:10.263 18
27 18   Isack Hadjar Hitech Grand Prix 18 +1:10.409 15
DNF 17   Kaylen Frederick Hitech Grand Prix 11 Mechanical 13
DNF 26   Zak O'Sullivan Carlin 3 Accident 16
DNS 20   David Vidales Campos Racing Did not start4 17
Fastest lap set by   Alexander Smolyar: 1:39.160 (lap 14)
Source:[8][11]

Notes:

  • ^3Brad 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.
  • ^4David 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

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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.[12]

Pos. No. Driver Team Laps Time/Gap Grid Pts.
1 3   Zane Maloney Trident 15 28:00.288 2 25
2 6   Oliver Bearman Prema Racing 15 +0.587 6 18
3 5   Jak Crawford Prema Racing 15 +5.024 8 15
4 7   Victor Martins ART Grand Prix 15 +6.0615 4 12
5 4   Arthur Leclerc Prema Racing 15 +6.086 5 10
6 2   Roman Staněk Trident 15 +6.420 3 8
7 25   William Alatalo Jenzer Motorsport 15 +9.6285 7 6
8 1   Jonny Edgar Trident 15 +12.0805 9 4 (1)
9 18   Isack Hadjar Hitech Grand Prix 15 +13.555 16 2
10 31   Reece Ushijima Van Amersfoort Racing 15 +14.228 22 1
11 26   Zak O'Sullivan Carlin 15 +14.696 17
12 23   Ido Cohen Jenzer Motorsport 15 +15.613 24
13 12   Kush Maini MP Motorsport 15 +18.031 28
14 27   Brad Benavides Carlin 15 +18.031 21
15 29   Franco Colapinto Van Amersfoort Racing 15 +18.031 12
16 16   Francesco Pizzi Charouz Racing System 15 +21.196 20
17 21   Hunter Yeany Campos Racing 15 +21.2986 23
18 24   Federico Malvestiti Jenzer Motorsport 15 +21.807 26
19 14   Lászlo Tóth Charouz Racing System 15 +23.790 29
20 10   Caio Collet MP Motorsport 15 +24.3245 11
21 19   Nazim Azman Hitech Grand Prix 15 +29.215 27
22 28   Enzo Trulli Carlin 15 +30.145 25
23 15   Alessandro Famularo Charouz Racing System 15 +43.109 30
24 9   Juan Manuel Correa ART Grand Prix 15 +1:01.827 13
25 17   Kaylen Frederick Hitech Grand Prix 15 +1:02.568 14
26 22   Pepe Martí Campos Racing 15 +1:33.017 10
27 11   Alexander Smolyar MP Motorsport 14 +1 lap 1 (2)
28 8   Grégoire Saucy ART Grand Prix 13 +2 laps 15
DNF 30   Rafael Villagómez Van Amersfoort Racing 0 Collision 19
DNF 20   David Vidales Campos Racing 0 Collision 18
Fastest lap set by   Jonny Edgar: 1:38.887 (lap 8)
Source:[8][12]

Notes:

Final Championship standings

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  • 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

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Notes

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  1. ^ The race was scheduled to be run for 22 laps, but was red-flagged after an accident between Kush Maini and Brad Benavides. Thus, the race distance has been shortened to 15 laps.
  2. ^ Benavides is an American-Spanish-Guatemalan driver who competed under a Spanish licence in rounds 1–3 and an American licence from round 4.[4][5]
  3. ^ Ushijima is a Japanese-American driver competing under a British licence.[6]
  4. ^ Famularo is a Venezuelan driver competing under an Italian licence.[7]

References

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  1. ^ Wood, Ida (7 September 2022). "Charouz names Alessandro Famularo as its eighth FIA F3 driver of 2022". Formula Scout. Retrieved 7 September 2022.
  2. ^ "The Monza Race Pack". FIA_Formula 3 – The Official F3 Website. 8 September 2022. Retrieved 10 September 2022.
  3. ^ "QUALIFYING: Smolyar on pole after dramatic Monza session". FIAFormula3 – The Official F3 Website. Retrieved 9 September 2022.
  4. ^ "2022 Barcelona Event – Barcelona 2022 F3 Entry List" (PDF). FIA. 19 May 2022. Retrieved 30 June 2022.
  5. ^ "2022 Silverstone Event – Silverstone DRIVERS ENTRY LIST" (PDF). FIA. 30 June 2022. Retrieved 30 June 2022.
  6. ^ "Reece Ushijima". fiaformula3.com. Retrieved 27 January 2022.
  7. ^ "Alessandro Famularo". fiaformula3.com. Retrieved 7 September 2022.
  8. ^ a b c "Formula 3 2022 Result for Round 9: Monza, Italy 9–11 September 2022". FIAFormula3 – The Official F3 Website. Retrieved 9 September 2022.
  9. ^ "Round 9 post-Qualifying penalties". FIAFormula3 – The Official F3 Website. Retrieved 9 September 2022.
  10. ^ "Round 8 post-Feature Race penalties". FIAFormula3 – The Official F3 Website. 4 September 2022. Retrieved 9 September 2022.
  11. ^ "SPRINT RACE: Colapinto holds off Bearman as title fight takes yet another twist". FIAFormula3 – The Official F3 Website. Retrieved 10 September 2022.
  12. ^ a b "FEATURE RACE: Maloney beats Bearman at Monza as Martins becomes Champion". FIAFormula3 – The Official F3 Website. Retrieved 11 September 2022.
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