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2023 Monza Formula 3 round
Round details
Round 9 of 9 in the 2023 FIA Formula 3 Championship.
Location	Monza Circuit; Monza, Italy
Course	Permanent racing facility ; 5.793 km (3.599 mi)
Sprint Race
Date
Date	2 September 2023
Laps	18
Podium
First	Franco Colapinto
Second	Gabriel Bortoleto
Third	Mari Boya
Fastest lap
Driver	Oliver Goethe
Time	1:39.743 (on lap 8)
Feature Race
Date
Date	3 September 2023
Laps	21
Podium
First	Jonny Edgar
Second	Zak O'Sullivan
Third	Taylor Barnard
Fastest lap
Driver	Gabriel Bortoleto
Time	1:40.042 (on 11)

The 2023 Monza Formula 3 round was a motor racing event held between 1 and 3 September at the Monza Circuit. It was the final race of the 2023 FIA Formula 3 Championship and was held in support of the 2023 Italian Grand Prix.

Heading into the final round with a 38-point-margin over his nearest rivals Paul Aron and Pepe Martí, Gabriel Bortoleto was crowned the 2023 Drivers' Champion after qualifying on Friday as Aron and Martí both failed to score pole position in order two secure two vital points for their respective championship hopes. Bortoleto became the next series' champion as a rookie since Oscar Piastri in 2020.

Classification

After Paul Aron and Pepe Martí failed to secure the feature race pole position and the two points that came with it Gabriel Bortoleto became the 2023 FIA formula 3 champion becoming the 5th FIA Formula 3 champion, the first Brazilian driver and first driver for Trident to win the FIA Formula 3 Championship.

Qualifying

Pos.	No.	Driver	Team	Time/Gap	Grid SR	Grid FR
1	6	Oliver Goethe	Trident	1:38.909	22¹	1
2	17	Caio Collet	Van Amersfoort Racing	+0.092	11	2
3	1	Paul Aron	Prema Racing	+0.134	10	3
4	12	Jonny Edgar	MP Motorsport	+0.228	9	4
5	5	Gabriel Bortoleto	Trident	+0.352	8	5
6	3	Zak O'Sullivan	Prema Racing	+0.410	7	6
7	4	Leonardo Fornaroli	Trident	+0.431	6	7
8	27	Taylor Barnard	Jenzer Motorsport	+0.664	5	8
9	9	Nikola Tsolov	ART Grand Prix	+0.671	4	9
10	8	Grégoire Saucy	ART Grand Prix	+0.692	3	10
11	11	Mari Boya	MP Motorsport	+0.875	2	11
12	10	Franco Colapinto	MP Motorsport	+0.970	1	12
13	23	Pepe Martí	Campos Racing	+1.205	12	13
14	24	Christian Mansell^[a]	Campos Racing	+1.267	13	14
15	19	Tommy Smith	Van Amersfoort Racing	+1.294	14	15
16	7	Kaylen Frederick	ART Grand Prix	+1.302	15	16
17	18	Rafael Villagómez	Van Amersfoort Racing	+1.731	16	17
18	29	Sophia Flörsch	PHM Racing by Charouz	+2.286	17	18
19	31	Woohyun Shin	PHM Racing by Charouz	+2.330	18	22⁴
20	25	Joshua Dufek	Campos Racing	+2.510	19	19
21	28	Alex García	Jenzer Motorsport	+2.513	20	20
22	30	Roberto Faria	PHM Racing by Charouz	+3.602	21	21
107% time: 1:45.832 (+6.923)
—	2	Dino Beganovic	Prema Racing	No time set	23	23
—	26	Nikita Bedrin^[b]	Jenzer Motorsport	No time set	24	24
—	20	Oliver Gray	Rodin Carlin	No time set	25²	25
DSQ	15	Gabriele Minì	Hitech Pulse Eight	Disqualified³	26	26
DSQ	16	Luke Browning	Hitech Pulse Eight	Disqualified³	27	27
DSQ	14	Sebastián Montoya	Hitech Pulse Eight	Disqualified³	28	28
DSQ	22	Ido Cohen	Rodin Carlin	Disqualified³	29	29
DSQ	21	Francesco Simonazzi	Rodin Carlin	Disqualified³	30	30
Source:^[2]^[3]

Notes

^1 – Oliver Goethe received a 10-place grid penalty due to Trident team personnel remaining on the grid after the 15-second signal in the Spa-Francorchamps feature race.^[4]
^2 - Oliver Gray was handed a 8-place grid penalty for the sprint race for causing a collision with Hugh Barter in the Spa-Francorchamps feature race and for causing a collision with Ido Cohen in the qualifying. ^[4]
^3 - Gabriele Minì, Luke Browning, Sebastián Montoya, Ido Cohen, and Francesco Simonazzi were all disqualified from qualifying after it was found that their tyres were changed under parc fermé regulations, breaching Article 2.5.5 of the FIA International Sporting Code.^[5]
^4 - Woohyun Shin received a 5-place grid penalty for the feature race for speeding in the pit lane in the sprint race.

Sprint race

Pos.	No.	Driver	Team	Laps	Time/Gap	Grid	Pts.
1	10	Franco Colapinto	MP Motorsport	18	34:06.988	1	10
2	5	Gabriel Bortoleto	Trident	18	+1.325	8	9
3	11	Mari Boya	MP Motorsport	18	+2.118	2	8
4	27	Taylor Barnard	Jenzer Motorsport	18	+2.322	5	7
5	6	Oliver Goethe	Trident	18	+8.012	22	6 (1)
6	15	Gabriele Minì	Hitech Pulse-Eight	18	+9.885	26	5
7	24	Christian Mansell	Campos Racing	18	+11.086	13	4
8	4	Leonardo Fornaroli	Trident	18	+11.197¹	6	3
9	9	Nikola Tsolov	ART Grand Prix	18	+11.467	4	2
10	18	Rafael Villagómez	Van Amersfoort Racing	18	+12.133	16	1
11	3	Zak O'Sullivan	Prema Racing	18	+12.461²	7
12	14	Sebastián Montoya	Hitech Pulse-Eight	18	+12.766	28
13	2	Dino Beganovic	Prema Racing	18	+16.276	23
14	25	Joshua Dufek	Campos Racing	18	+16.532	19
15	26	Nikita Bedrin	Jenzer Motorsport	18	+20.035	24
16	29	Sophia Flörsch	PHM Racing by Charouz	18	+20.338	17
17	28	Alex García	Jenzer Motorsport	18	+21.291	20
18	21	Francesco Simonazzi	Rodin Carlin	18	+21.784	30
19	17	Caio Collet	Van Amersfoort Racing	18	+23.684³	11
20	7	Kaylen Frederick	ART Grand Prix	18	+30.923⁴	15
21	22	Ido Cohen	Rodin Carlin	18	+33.316	29
22	8	Grégoire Saucy	ART Grand Prix	18	+1:36.911	3
NC	30	Roberto Faria	PHM Racing by Charouz	15	Not classified	21
DNF	20	Oliver Gray	Rodin Carlin	11	Collision	25
DNF	19	Tommy Smith	Van Amersfoort Racing	10	Collision	14
DNF	31	Woohyun Shin	PHM Racing by Charouz	2	Collision	18
DNF	1	Paul Aron	Prema Racing	0	Collision	10
DNF	23	Pepe Martí	Campos Racing	0	Collision	12
DNF	12	Jonny Edgar	MP Motorsport	0	Collision	9
DSQ	16	Luke Browning	Hitech Pulse-Eight	18	Disqualified	27
Fastest lap set by Oliver Goethe: 1:39.743 (lap 8)

Notes:

^1 - Leonardo Fornaroli received a 5-secomd time penalty for track limits violations.
^2 - Zak O'Sullivan received a 10-second time penalty for causimg a collision with Grégoire Saucy.
^3 - Caio Collet received a 10-second time penalty for causing a collision with Paul Aron.
^4 - Kaylen Frederick received a 10-second time penalty for causing a collision with Tommy Smith.

Feature race

Pos.	No.	Driver	Team	Laps	Time/Gap	Grid	Pts.
1	12	Jonny Edgar	MP Motorsport	21	47:05.178	4	25
2	3	Zak O'Sullivan	Prema Racing	21	+0.287	6	18
3	27	Taylor Barnard	Jenzer Motorsport	21	+0.825	8	15
4	17	Caio Collet	Van Amersfoort Racing	21	+1.047	2	12
5	5	Gabriel Bortoleto	Trident	21	+1.515	5	10 (1)
6	11	Mari Boya	MP Motorsport	21	+1.945	11	8
7	1	Paul Aron	Prema Racing	21	+2.136	3	6
8	24	Christian Mansell	Campos Racing	21	+2.911	14	4
9	2	Dino Beganovic	Prema Racing	21	+3.383	23	2
10	18	Rafael Villagómez	Van Amersfoort Racing	21	+3.692	17	1
11	21	Francesco Simonazzi	Rodin Carlin	21	+6.735	30
12	9	Nikola Tsolov	ART Grand Prix	21	+6.936	9
13	29	Sophia Flörsch	PHM Racing by Charouz	21	+7.616	18
14	25	Joshua Dufek	Campos Racing	21	+7.655	19
15	4	Leonardo Fornaroli	Trident	21	+8.198¹	7
16	20	Oliver Gray	Rodin Carlin	21	+8.405	25
17	31	Woohyun Shin	PHM Racing by Charouz	21	+11.107²	22
18	16	Luke Browning	Hitech Pulse-Eight	21	+11.276³	27
19	15	Gabriele Minì	Hitech Pulse-Eight	21	+21.142⁴	26
20	19	Tommy Smith	Van Amersfoort Racing	21	+53.990	15
21	28	Alex García	Jenzer Motorsport	20	+1 lap	20
22	30	Roberto Faria	PHM Racing by Charouz	18	Collision	21
DNF	26	Nikita Bedrin	Jenzer Motorsport	16	Collision	24
DNF	23	Pepe Martí	Campos Racing	15	Collision	13
DNF	22	Ido Cohen	Rodin Carlin	15	Crash	29
DNF	14	Sebastián Montoya	Hitech Pulse-Eight	12	Collision	28
DNF	7	Kaylen Frederick	ART Grand Prix	12	Collision	PL
DNF	8	Grégoire Saucy	ART Grand Prix	5	Collision	10
DNF	10	Franco Colapinto	MP Motorsport	0	Collision	12
DNS	6	Oliver Goethe	Trident	0	Did not start	1
Fastest lap set by Gabriel Bortoleto: 1:40.042 (lap 11)

Notes:

^1 - Leonardo Fornaroli received a 5-secomd time penalty for forcing Paul Aron off track.
^2 - Woohyun Shin received a 5-second time penalty for overtaking Francesco Simonazzi off track.
^3 - Luke Browning received a 5-second time penalty for speeding under safety car conditions.
^4 - Gabriele Minì received a 5-second time penalty for overtaking Oliver Gray off track and a 10-second time penalty for causing a collision with Sebastián Montoya.

Standings after the event

Drivers' Championship standings

	Pos.	Driver	Points
	1	Gabriel Bortoleto	164
2	2	Zak O'Sullivan	119
1	3	Paul Aron	112
1	4	Franco Colapinto	110
2	5	Pepe Martí	105

Teams' Championship standings

	Pos.	Team	Points
	1	Prema Racing	327
	2	Trident	306
2	3	MP Motorsport	194
1	4	Campos Racing	179
1	5	Hitech Pulse-Eight	170

Note: Only the top five positions are included for both sets of standings
Note: Bold text indicates both the Drivers' and Teams' Champion respectively.

Notes

^ Mansell is an Australian driver who competed under a British licence in rounds 1–6 and an Australian licence from round 7 onwards.
^ Bedrin is a Russian driver competing under an Italian licence.^[1]

References

^ "Nikita Bedrin". fiaformula3.com. Retrieved 3 March 2023.
^ "Formula 3 2023 Result for Round 9: Italy, Monza 1-3 September 2023". FIAFormula3® - The Official F3® Website. Retrieved 3 September 2023.
^ "QUALIFYING: Goethe claims maiden pole as Bortoleto seals championship title". FIAFormula3® - The Official F3® Website. 1 September 2023. Retrieved 3 September 2023.
^ ^a ^b "Several drivers penalised after Spa-Francorchamps feature race". FIAFormula3® - The Official F3® Website. 30 July 2023. Retrieved 3 September 2023.
^ "Five drivers disqualified and one penalised following Monza qualifying". FIAFormula3® - The Official F3® Website. 1 September 2023. Retrieved 3 September 2023.

External links

Official website

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[1] Mansell is an Australian driver who competed under a British licence in rounds 1–6 and an Australian licence from round 7 onwards.

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

[Nikita_Bedrin-2] "Nikita Bedrin". fiaformula3.com. Retrieved 3 March 2023.

[:0-4] "Formula 3 2023 Result for Round 9: Italy, Monza 1-3 September 2023". FIAFormula3® - The Official F3® Website. Retrieved 3 September 2023.

[5] "QUALIFYING: Goethe claims maiden pole as Bortoleto seals championship title". FIAFormula3® - The Official F3® Website. 1 September 2023. Retrieved 3 September 2023.

[Gray_&_Goethe_pen-6] "Several drivers penalised after Spa-Francorchamps feature race". FIAFormula3® - The Official F3® Website. 30 July 2023. Retrieved 3 September 2023.

[7] "Five drivers disqualified and one penalised following Monza qualifying". FIAFormula3® - The Official F3® Website. 1 September 2023. Retrieved 3 September 2023.

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2023 Monza Formula 3 round