2020 Monza Formula 3 round

The 2020 Monza FIA Formula 3 round is a motor racing event held on 5 and 6 September 2020 at the Autodromo Nazionale di Monza in Monza, Italy. It was the penultimate round of the 2020 FIA Formula 3 Championship, and ran in support of the 2020 Italian Grand Prix.

  2020 Autodromo Nazionale di Monza Formula 3 round

Round details
Round 8 of 9 in the 2020 FIA Formula 3 Championship.
Layout of the Monza Circuit
Location	Autodromo Nazionale di Monza Monza, Italy
Course	Permanent racing facility 5.793 km (3.600 mi)
Race 1
Date 5 September 2020 Laps 22 Pole position Driver Théo Pourchaire ART Grand Prix Time 1:37.301 Podium First Frederik Vesti Prema Racing Second Théo Pourchaire ART Grand Prix Third Oscar Piastri Prema Racing Fastest lap Driver Frederik Vesti Prema Racing Time 1:39.877 (on lap 6)
Race 2
Date 6 September 2020 Laps 22 Podium First Jake Hughes HWA Racelab Second Théo Pourchaire ART Grand Prix Third Aleksandr Smolyar ART Grand Prix Fastest lap Driver Aleksandr Smolyar ART Grand Prix Time 1:40.208 (on lap 17)

With Frederik Vesti's win and Oscar Piastri finishing in third in the first race, Prema Racing prematurely secured the teams' championship back-to-back with three races to spare.

Entries

Sophia Flörsch returned to drive for Campos Racing, with Andreas Estner, her replacement in Spa, returning to the Euroformula Open Championship.

Classification

Qualifying

The Qualifying session took place on 4 September 2020, with Théo Pourchaire setting the fastest laptime of the session. However, him, Smolyar, Chovet, Zendeli, Caldwell, Fernández, Beckmann, Vesti and championship leader Oscar Piastri were all penalized for blocking the track in Qualifying, therefore allowing Liam Lawson, who had initially set the fourth-best laptime, to inherit pole position.

Pos.	No.	Driver	Team	Time/Gap	Grid
1	7	Théo Pourchaire	ART Grand Prix	1:37.301	61
2	10	Lirim Zendeli	Trident	+0.451	121,3
3	8	Aleksandr Smolyar	ART Grand Prix	+0.487	111,2
4	5	Liam Lawson	Hitech Grand Prix	+0.487	1
5	11	David Beckmann	Trident	+0.508	101
6	2	Frederik Vesti	Prema Racing	+0.714	94
7	22	Matteo Nannini	Jenzer Motorsport	+0.735	2
8	15	Jake Hughes	HWA Racelab	+0.750	3
9	20	Calan Williams	Jenzer Motorsport	+0.763	4
10	3	Logan Sargeant	Prema Racing	+0.794	5
11	9	Sebastián Fernández	ART Grand Prix	+0.841	161
12	1	Oscar Piastri	Prema Racing	+0.897	154
13	24	Igor Fraga	Charouz Racing System	+0.914	7
14	29	Alex Peroni	Campos Racing	+0.936	8
15	12	Olli Caldwell	Trident	+1.042	201
16	23	Roman Staněk	Charouz Racing System	+1.230	13
17	17	Richard Verschoor	MP Motorsport	+1.282	14
18	14	Enzo Fittipaldi	HWA Racelab	+1.383	17
19	16	Jack Doohan	HWA Racelab	+1.389	18
20	25	Michael Belov	Charouz Racing System	+1.422	19
21	18	Bent Viscaal	MP Motorsport	+1.499	21
22	6	Dennis Hauger	Hitech Grand Prix	+1.541	22
23	21	Federico Malvestiti	Jenzer Motorsport	+1.564	23
24	26	Clément Novalak	Carlin Buzz Racing	+1.596	24
25	31	Sophia Flörsch	Campos Racing	+1.721	25
26	28	Cameron Das	Carlin Buzz Racing	+1.776	26
27	4	Pierre-Louis Chovet	Hitech Grand Prix	+1.872	301
28	30	Alessio Deledda	Campos Racing	+2.147	27
29	19	Lukas Dunner	MP Motorsport	+2.178	28
30	25	David Schumacher	Carlin Buzz Racing	+2.193	29
Source:[1]

Notes：

• ^1 - Théo Pourchaire, Aleksandr Smolyar, Pierre-Louis Chovet, Lirim Zendeli, Olli Caldwell, Sebastián Fernández and David Beckmann were served five-place grid drops for Race 1 for driving unnecessarily slowly before Turn 11, which forced the following cars to slow down and caused a potentially dangerous situation..
• ^2 - Aleksandr Smolyar was given a further three-place grid drop for driving unnecessary slowly before Turn 2, which forced the entire field to slow down and caused a potentially dangerous situation.
• ^3 - Lirim Zendeli was given an additional five-place grid drop for impeding Liam Lawson at Turn 2.
• ^4 - Frederik Vesti and Oscar Piastri were given three-place grid drops after it was found that they drove unnecessarily slowly and impeded Jake Hughes.

Feature Race

Pos.	No.	Driver	Team	Laps	Time/Gap	Grid	Pts.
1	2	Frederik Vesti	Prema Racing	22	38:22.192	9	25 (2)
2	7	Théo Pourchaire	ART Grand Prix	22	+0.899	6	18
3	1	Oscar Piastri	Prema Racing	22	+5.470	15	15
4	11	David Beckmann	Trident	22	+6.124	10	12
5	15	Jake Hughes	HWA Racelab	22	+7.419	3	10
6	5	Liam Lawson	Hitech Grand Prix	22	+7.984	1	8 (4)
7	10	Lirim Zendeli	Trident	22	+8.692	12	6
8	18	Bent Viscaal	MP Motorsport	22	+9.232	21	4
9	14	Enzo Fittipaldi	HWA Racelab	22	+12.192	17	2
10	25	Michael Belov	Charouz Racing System	22	+15.441	19	1
11	23	Roman Staněk	Charouz Racing System	22	+15.755	13
12	6	Dennis Hauger	Hitech Grand Prix	22	+17.290	22
13	26	Clément Novalak	Carlin Buzz Racing	22	+18.455	24
14	19	Lukas Dunner	MP Motorsport	22	+19.185	28
15	28	Cameron Das	Carlin Buzz Racing	22	+20.283	26
16	29	Alex Peroni	Campos Racing	22	+21.026	8
17	16	Jack Doohan	HWA Racelab	22	+21.8621	18
18	4	Pierre-Louis Chovet	Hitech Grand Prix	22	+21.922	30
19	25	David Schumacher	Carlin Buzz Racing	22	+27.277	29
20	8	Aleksandr Smolyar	ART Grand Prix	22	+28.375	11
21	31	Sophia Flörsch	Campos Racing	22	+28.393	25
22	21	Federico Malvestiti	Jenzer Motorsport	22	+29.057	23
23	30	Alessio Deledda	Campos Racing	22	+29.434	27
24	24	Igor Fraga	Charouz Racing System	22	+34.067	7
25	20	Calan Williams	Jenzer Motorsport	22	+34.500	4
26	3	Logan Sargeant	Prema Racing	22	+38.847	5
27	17	Richard Verschoor	MP Motorsport	22	+46.678	14
DNF	9	Sebastián Fernández	ART Grand Prix	12	Spin	16
DNF2	22	Matteo Nannini	Jenzer Motorsport	8	Mechanical	2
DNF	12	Olli Caldwell	Trident	3	Mechanical	20
Fastest lap set by Frederik Vesti: 1:39.877 (lap 6)
Source:[1]

Notes：

• ^1 - Jack Doohan originally finished twelfth, but was given a five second time penalty after it was found that he overtook Enzo Fittipaldi before the end of a Safety Car period.
• ^2 - Matteo Nannini received a three-place grid penalty for race 2 for causing contact between himself and Liam Lawson.

Sprint Race

Pos.	No.	Driver	Team	Laps	Time/Gap	Grid	Pts.
1	15	Jake Hughes	HWA Racelab	22	37:52.033	6	15
2	7	Théo Pourchaire	ART Grand Prix	22	+4.252	9	12
3	8	Aleksandr Smolyar	ART Grand Prix	22	+4.661	20	10 (2)
4	10	Lirim Zendeli	Trident	22	+5.400	4	8
5	29	Alex Peroni	Campos Racing	22	+8.459	16	6
6	4	Pierre-Louis Chovet	Hitech Grand Prix	22	+8.660	18	5
7	5	Liam Lawson	Hitech Grand Prix	22	+11.8411	5	4
8	23	Roman Staněk	Charouz Racing System	22	+12.123	11	3
9	12	Olli Caldwell	Trident	22	+13.783	29	2
10	17	Richard Verschoor	MP Motorsport	22	+15.117	27	1
11	9	Sebastián Fernández	ART Grand Prix	22	+16.347	28
12	31	Sophia Flörsch	Campos Racing	22	+23.261	21
13	25	Michael Belov	Charouz Racing System	22	+23.660	1
14	21	Federico Malvestiti	Jenzer Motorsport	22	+24.101	22
15	6	Dennis Hauger	Hitech Grand Prix	22	+25.176	12
16	28	Cameron Das	Carlin Buzz Racing	22	+32.409	15
17	24	Igor Fraga	Charouz Racing System	22	+1:18.518	24
18	20	Calan Williams	Jenzer Motorsport	22	+1:22.626	25
19	14	Enzo Fittipaldi	HWA Racelab	22	+1:25.853	2
20	22	Matteo Nannini	Jenzer Motorsport	21	+1 lap	30
21	16	Jack Doohan	HWA Racelab	21	+1 lap	17
22	30	Alessio Deledda	Campos Racing	21	+1 lap	23
DNF	2	Frederik Vesti	Prema Racing	20	Collision damage	10
DNF	3	Logan Sargeant	Prema Racing	20	Collision damage	26
DNF	1	Oscar Piastri	Prema Racing	10	Collision damage	8
DNF	26	Clément Novalak	Carlin Buzz Racing	10	Collision	13
DNF	25	David Schumacher	Carlin Buzz Racing	10	Collision	19
DNF	11	David Beckmann	Trident	8	Mechanical	7
DNS	19	Lukas Dunner	MP Motorsport	0	Mechanical	14
DSQ2	18	Bent Viscaal	MP Motorsport	22	Refitted steering wheel	3
Fastest lap set by Aleksandr Smolyar: 1:40.208 (lap 17)
Source:[2]

Notes：

• ^1 - Liam Lawson originally finished second, but was given a ten-second time penalty for forcing Lirim Zendeli off the track at turn 1.
• ^2 - Bent Viscaal originally finished eleventh, but was disqualified for a team member reattaching his steering wheel to the car without requesting permission from the Technical Delegate.

Standings after the event

Drivers' Championship standings Pos. Driver Points 1 1 Oscar Piastri 160 1 2 Logan Sargeant 152 2 3 Théo Pourchaire 136 4 Liam Lawson 127 2 5 David Beckmann 123.5

Teams' Championship standings Pos. Team Points 1 Prema Racing 429.5 2 Trident 227.5 3 ART Grand Prix 214 4 Hitech Grand Prix 151 5 MP Motorsport 103

• Note: Only the top five positions are included for both sets of standings.

See also

• 2020 Italian Grand Prix
• 2020 Monza Formula 2 round

Notes