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.
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.
DriverTeamTime/Gap17 Théo PourchaireART Grand Prix1:37.3016210 Lirim ZendeliTrident +0.45112,38 Aleksandr SmolyarART Grand Prix +0.48711,45 Liam LawsonHitech Grand Prix +0.4871511 David BeckmannTrident +0.5081062 Frederik VestiPrema Racing +0.7149722 Matteo NanniniJenzer Motorsport +0.7352815 Jake HughesHWA Racelab +0.7503920 Calan WilliamsJenzer Motorsport +0.7634103 Logan SargeantPrema Racing +0.7945119 Sebastián FernándezART Grand Prix +0.84116121 Oscar PiastriPrema Racing +0.897151324 Igor FragaCharouz Racing System +0.91471429 Alex PeroniCampos Racing +0.93681512 Olli CaldwellTrident +1.042201623 Roman StaněkCharouz Racing System +1.230131717 Richard VerschoorMP Motorsport +1.282141814 Enzo FittipaldiHWA Racelab +1.383171916 Jack DoohanHWA Racelab +1.389182025 Michael BelovCharouz Racing System +1.422192118 Bent ViscaalMP Motorsport +1.49921226 Dennis HaugerHitech Grand Prix +1.541222321 Federico MalvestitiJenzer Motorsport +1.564232426 Clément NovalakCarlin Buzz Racing +1.596242531 Sophia FlörschCampos Racing +1.721252628 Cameron DasCarlin Buzz Racing +1.77626274 Pierre-Louis ChovetHitech Grand Prix +1.872302830 Alessio DeleddaCampos Racing +2.147272919 Lukas DunnerMP Motorsport +2.178283025 David SchumacherCarlin Buzz Racing +2.19329Source:
Notes：
- 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.. - 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. - Lirim Zendeli was given an additional five-place grid drop for impeding Liam Lawson at Turn 2. - 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 DriverTeamLapsTime/Gap12 Frederik VestiPrema Racing2238:22.192925 (2)27 Théo PourchaireART Grand Prix22 +0.89961831 Oscar PiastriPrema Racing22 +5.4701515411 David BeckmannTrident22 +6.1241012515 Jake HughesHWA Racelab22 +7.41931065 Liam LawsonHitech Grand Prix22 +7.98418 (4)710 Lirim ZendeliTrident22 +8.692126818 Bent ViscaalMP Motorsport22 +9.232214914 Enzo FittipaldiHWA Racelab22 +12.1921721025 Michael BelovCharouz Racing System22 +15.4411911123 Roman StaněkCharouz Racing System22 +15.75513126 Dennis HaugerHitech Grand Prix22 +17.290221326 Clément NovalakCarlin Buzz Racing22 +18.455241419 Lukas DunnerMP Motorsport22 +19.185281528 Cameron DasCarlin Buzz Racing22 +20.283261629 Alex PeroniCampos Racing22 +21.02681716 Jack DoohanHWA Racelab22 +21.86218184 Pierre-Louis ChovetHitech Grand Prix22 +21.922301925 David SchumacherCarlin Buzz Racing22 +27.27729208 Aleksandr SmolyarART Grand Prix22 +28.375112131 Sophia FlörschCampos Racing22 +28.393252221 Federico MalvestitiJenzer Motorsport22 +29.057232330 Alessio DeleddaCampos Racing22 +29.434272424 Igor FragaCharouz Racing System22 +34.06772520 Calan WilliamsJenzer Motorsport22 +34.5004263 Logan SargeantPrema Racing22 +38.84752717 Richard VerschoorMP Motorsport22 +46.67814DNF9 Sebastián FernándezART Grand Prix12Spin16DNF22 Matteo NanniniJenzer Motorsport8Mechanical2DNF12 Olli CaldwellTrident3Mechanical20Fastest lap set by Frederik Vesti: 1:39.877 (lap 6)Source:
Notes：
- 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. - Matteo Nannini received a three-place grid penalty for race 2 for causing contact between himself and Liam Lawson.
Sprint Race DriverTeamLapsTime/Gap115 Jake HughesHWA Racelab2237:52.03361527 Théo PourchaireART Grand Prix22 +4.25291238 Aleksandr SmolyarART Grand Prix22 +4.6612010 (2)410 Lirim ZendeliTrident22 +5.40048529 Alex PeroniCampos Racing22 +8.45916664 Pierre-Louis ChovetHitech Grand Prix22 +8.66018575 Liam LawsonHitech Grand Prix22 +11.84154823 Roman StaněkCharouz Racing System22 +12.123113912 Olli CaldwellTrident22 +13.7832921017 Richard VerschoorMP Motorsport22 +15.117271119 Sebastián FernándezART Grand Prix22 +16.347281231 Sophia FlörschCampos Racing22 +23.261211325 Michael BelovCharouz Racing System22 +23.66011421 Federico MalvestitiJenzer Motorsport22 +24.10122156 Dennis HaugerHitech Grand Prix22 +25.176121628 Cameron DasCarlin Buzz Racing22 +32.409151724 Igor FragaCharouz Racing System22 +1:18.518241820 Calan WilliamsJenzer Motorsport22 +1:22.626251914 Enzo FittipaldiHWA Racelab22 +1:25.85322022 Matteo NanniniJenzer Motorsport21 +1 lap302116 Jack DoohanHWA Racelab21 +1 lap172230 Alessio DeleddaCampos Racing21 +1 lap2323†2 Frederik VestiPrema Racing20Collision damage1024†3 Logan SargeantPrema Racing20Collision damage26DNF1 Oscar PiastriPrema Racing10Collision damage8DNF26 Clément NovalakCarlin Buzz Racing10Collision13DNF25 David SchumacherCarlin Buzz Racing10Collision19DNF11 David BeckmannTrident8Mechanical7DNS19 Lukas DunnerMP Motorsport0Mechanical14DSQ18 Bent ViscaalMP Motorsport22Refitted steering wheel3Fastest lap set by Aleksandr Smolyar: 1:40.208 (lap 17)Source:
Notes：
- Liam Lawson originally finished second, but was given a ten-second time penalty for forcing Lirim Zendeli off the track at turn 1. - Both Frederik Vesti and Logan Sargeant retired from the race after colliding with each other, but were classified as they completed over 90% of the race distance. - 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 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 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
References
External links Official website