2024 Monte Carlo Formula 3 round

The 2024 Monte Carlo FIA Formula 3 round was a motor racing event held between 23 and 26 May 2024 at the Circuit de Monaco. It was the fourth round of the 2024 FIA Formula 3 Championship and was held in support of the 2024 Monaco Grand Prix.

  2024 Monte Carlo Formula 3 round

Round details
Round 4 of 10 in the 2024 FIA Formula 3 Championship.
Location	Circuit de Monaco Monte Carlo, Monaco
Course	Street circuit 3.337 km (2.074 mi)
Sprint race
Date 25 May 2024 Laps 23 Podium First Nikola Tsolov ART Grand Prix Second Tim Tramnitz MP Motorsport Third Laurens van Hoepen ART Grand Prix Fastest lap Driver Dino Beganovic Prema Racing Time 1:24.919 (on lap 7)
Feature Race
Date 26 May 2024 Laps 27 Pole position Driver Gabriele Minì Prema Racing Time 1:23.942 Podium First Gabriele Minì Prema Racing Second Christian Mansell ART Grand Prix Third Luke Browning Hitech Pulse-Eight Fastest lap Driver Martinius Stenshorne Hitech Pulse-Eight Time 1:24.773 (on lap 9)

Driver changes

Prior to the weekend, Jenzer Motorsport announced GB3 Championship race winner James Hedley as a replacement driver for Matías Zagazeta, after the Peruvian driver was ruled out of this round due to appendicitis.^[1]

Classification

Summary

Gabriele Minì set the fastest qualifying time at the Circuit de Monaco for the second consecutive year, with Christian Mansell setting the fastest time in the second group. Nikola Tsolov started the sprint race from pole position and maintained the place, whilst Tim Tramnitz claimed second place from Laurens van Hoepen at the first corner. Mansell and Arvid Lindblad then collided at the Casino Square corner, causing their retirements and eliminating three other drivers who were caught up in the accident. The race was red-flagged to clear the track. Tsolov held his position when racing resumed, and through another safety car restart when Kacper Sztuka retired, to claim his first victory in the category.

Minì led the start of the feature race ahead of Mansell and Browning. Racing was interrupted by three safety cars; firstly when Piotr Wiśnicki collided with Charlie Wurz, secondly when Sami Meguetounif crashed whilst attempting to avoid the collided cars of Tsolov and Noel León, and thirdly when Van Hoepen hit the wall attempting to overtake Joseph Loake. The top three drivers maintained their places through each restart and Minì took his first win of the season. His victory promoted him to the lead of the Drivers' Championship, four points ahead of Browning.

Qualifying

Group A

Qualifying for Group A was held on 24 May 2024, at 11:05 local time (UTC+2).

Pos.	No.	Driver	Team	Time	Gap	Grid
1	2	Gabriele Minì	Prema Racing	1:23.942	–	1
2	14	Luke Browning	Hitech Pulse-Eight	1:24.230	+0.288	3
3	4	Leonardo Fornaroli	Trident	1:24.295	+0.353	5
4	12	Mari Boya	Campos Racing	1:24.787	+0.845	7
5	20	Noel León	Van Amersfoort Racing	1:24.801	+0.859	9
6	24	Laurens van Hoepen	ART Grand Prix	1:24.931	+0.989	11
7	10	Oliver Goethe	Campos Racing	1:25.061	+1.119	13
8	8	Kacper Sztuka	MP Motorsport	1:25.557	+1.615	15
9	6	Santiago Ramos	Trident	1:25.590	+1.648	17
10	22	Tommy Smith	Van Amersfoort Racing	1:25.730	+1.788	19
11	30	Piotr Wiśnicki	Rodin Motorsport	1:25.842	+1.900	21
12	18	Max Esterson	Jenzer Motorsport	1:25.995	+2.053	23
13	28	Joshua Dufek	AIX Racing	1:26.124	+2.182	25
14	26	Tasanapol Inthraphuvasak	AIX Racing	1:26.316	+2.374	27
15	16	Cian Shields	Hitech Pulse-Eight	1:26.362	+2.420	29
107% time: 1:29.817 (+5.875)
Source:[2][3]

Group B

Qualifying for Group B was held on 24 May 2024, at 11:29 local time (UTC+2).

Pos.	No.	Driver	Team	Time	Gap	Grid
1	23	Christian Mansell	ART Grand Prix	1:24.921	–	2
2	3	Arvid Lindblad	Prema Racing	1:24.940	+0.019	4
3	1	Dino Beganovic	Prema Racing	1:25.078	+0.157	6
4	31	Joseph Loake	Rodin Motorsport	1:25.443	+0.522	8
5	7	Tim Tramnitz	MP Motorsport	1:25.524	+0.603	10
6	25	Nikola Tsolov	ART Grand Prix	1:25.548	+0.627	12
7	5	Sami Meguetounif	Trident	1:25.574	+0.653	14
8	27	Nikita Bedrin[a]	AIX Racing	1:25.644	+0.723	16
9	21	Sophia Flörsch	Van Amersfoort Racing	1:25.674	+0.753	18
10	29	Callum Voisin	Rodin Motorsport	1:25.992	+1.071	20
11	17	Charlie Wurz	Jenzer Motorsport	1:26.049	+1.128	22
12	11	Sebastián Montoya	Campos Racing	1:26.069	+1.148	24
13	9	Alex Dunne	MP Motorsport	1:26.102	+1.181	26
14	15	Martinius Stenshorne	Hitech Pulse-Eight	1:26.594	+1.673	28
107% time: 1:30.865 (+5.944)
—	19	James Hedley	Jenzer Motorsport	2:00.304	+35.383	301
Source:[2]

Notes:

• ^1 – James Hedley 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.^[5]

Sprint Race

The Sprint race was held on 25 May 2024, at 10:45 local time (UTC+2).

Pos.	No.	Driver	Team	Laps	Time/Gap	Grid	Pts.
1	25	Nikola Tsolov	ART Grand Prix	23	59:09.511	1	10
2	7	Tim Tramnitz	MP Motorsport	23	+4.328	3	9
3	24	Laurens van Hoepen	ART Grand Prix	23	+5.173	2	8
4	20	Noel León	Van Amersfoort Racing	23	+5.310	4	7
5	31	Joseph Loake	Rodin Motorsport	23	+6.489	5	6
6	12	Mari Boya	Campos Racing	23	+6.891	6	5
7	1	Dino Beganovic	Prema Racing	23	+7.732	7	4 (1)
8	14	Luke Browning	Hitech Pulse-Eight	23	+12.658	10	3
9	4	Leonardo Fornaroli	Trident	23	+12.971	8	2
10	10	Oliver Goethe	Campos Racing	23	+14.964	13	1
11	2	Gabriele Minì	Prema Racing	23	+15.337	12
12	29	Callum Voisin	Rodin Motorsport	23	+19.472	20
13	22	Tommy Smith	Van Amersfoort Racing	23	+20.161	19
14	18	Max Esterson	Jenzer Motorsport	23	+24.341	23
15	6	Santiago Ramos	Trident	23	+24.747	17
16	15	Martinius Stenshorne	Hitech Pulse-Eight	23	+25.093	28
17	26	Tasanapol Inthraphuvasak	AIX Racing	23	+27.444	27
18	11	Sebastián Montoya	Campos Racing	23	+28.335	24
19	17	Charlie Wurz	Jenzer Motorsport	23	+29.068	22
20	19	James Hedley	Jenzer Motorsport	23	+43.3441	30
21	30	Piotr Wiśnicki	Rodin Motorsport	23	+46.393	21
222	5	Sami Meguetounif	Trident	20	+3 laps	14
DNF	27	Nikita Bedrin	AIX Racing	15	Withdrew	16
DNF	21	Sophia Flörsch	Van Amersfoort Racing	13	Collision damage	18
DNF	8	Kacper Sztuka	MP Motorsport	12	Collision damage	15
DNF	3	Arvid Lindblad	Prema Racing	0	Collision	9
DNF	23	Christian Mansell	ART Grand Prix	0	Collision	11
DNF	28	Joshua Dufek	AIX Racing	0	Collision	25
DNF	9	Alex Dunne	MP Motorsport	0	Collision	26
DNF	16	Cian Shields	Hitech Pulse-Eight	0	Collision	29
Fastest lap set by Dino Beganovic: 1:24.919 (lap 7)
Source:[2][6]

Notes:

• ^1 – James Hedley received a five-second time penalty post-race for failing to stay above the minimum time delta during the Safety Car procedure. However, his final position was not affected by the penalty.^[7]
• ^2 – Sami Meguetounif retired from the race, but was classified as he completed over 90% of the race distance.

Feature Race

The Feature race was held on 26 May 2024, at 08:00 local time (UTC+2).

Pos.	No.	Driver	Team	Laps	Time/Gap	Grid	Pts.
1	2	Gabriele Minì	Prema Racing	27	44:15.883	1	25 (2)
2	23	Christian Mansell	ART Grand Prix	27	+0.802	2	18
3	14	Luke Browning	Hitech Pulse-Eight	27	+1.720	3	15 (1)1
4	3	Arvid Lindblad	Prema Racing	27	+2.197	4	12
5	4	Leonardo Fornaroli	Trident	27	+2.667	5	10
6	1	Dino Beganovic	Prema Racing	27	+3.094	6	8
7	12	Mari Boya	Campos Racing	27	+4.889	7	6
8	7	Tim Tramnitz	MP Motorsport	27	+5.249	10	4
9	31	Joseph Loake	Rodin Motorsport	27	+6.602	8	2
10	10	Oliver Goethe	Campos Racing	27	+8.007	13	1
11	8	Kacper Sztuka	MP Motorsport	27	+8.469	15
12	22	Tommy Smith	Van Amersfoort Racing	27	+8.959	18
13	29	Callum Voisin	Rodin Motorsport	27	+9.326	19
14	6	Santiago Ramos	Trident	27	+10.963	17
15	11	Sebastián Montoya	Campos Racing	27	+11.379	24
16	9	Alex Dunne	MP Motorsport	27	+12.002	26
17	18	Max Esterson	Jenzer Motorsport	27	+12.409	22
18	26	Tasanapol Inthraphuvasak	AIX Racing	27	+13.443	27
19	21	Sophia Flörsch	Van Amersfoort Racing	27	+13.623	232
20	28	Joshua Dufek	AIX Racing	27	+14.069	25
21	16	Cian Shields	Hitech Pulse-Eight	27	+15.201	29
22	19	James Hedley	Jenzer Motorsport	27	+15.941	30
23	20	Noel León	Van Amersfoort Racing	27	+17.360	9
24	27	Nikita Bedrin	AIX Racing	27	+17.575	16
25	30	Piotr Wiśnicki	Rodin Motorsport	27	+20.640	20
26	15	Martinius Stenshorne	Hitech Pulse-Eight	27	+26.465	28
27	25	Nikola Tsolov	ART Grand Prix	27	+28.566	12
DNF	24	Laurens van Hoepen	ART Grand Prix	22	Accident	11
DNF	5	Sami Meguetounif	Trident	19	Accident	14
DNF	17	Charlie Wurz	Jenzer Motorsport	0	Collision	21
Fastest lap set by Martinius Stenshorne: 1:24.773 (lap 9)
Source:[2][8]

Notes:

• ^1 – Martinius Stenshorne set the fastest lap but did not finish in the top 10, so was ineligible to score the point for it. Luke Browning scored the point for setting the fastest lap of those finishing in the top 10.
• ^2 – Sophia Flörsch received a five-place grid penalty for the Feature Race after causing a collision with Kacper Sztuka.^[7]

Standings after the event

Drivers' Championship standings Pos. Driver Points 3 1 Gabriele Minì 72 2 Luke Browning 68 2 3 Leonardo Fornaroli 64 1 4 Dino Beganovic 58 2 5 Arvid Lindblad 44

Teams' Championship standings Pos. Team Points 1 Prema Racing 174 2 Trident 119 2 3 ART Grand Prix 85 1 4 Campos Racing 85 1 5 Hitech Pulse-Eight 78

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

See also

• 2024 Monaco Grand Prix
• 2024 Monte Carlo Formula 2 round

Notes

1. Bedrin is a Russian driver competing under an Italian licence.^[4]