The 2024 Imola FIA Formula 3 round was a motor racing event held between 17 and 19 May 2024 at the Autodromo Enzo e Dino Ferrari in Imola, Italy. It was the third round of the 2024 FIA Formula 3 Championship and was held in support of the 2024 Emilia Romagna Grand Prix.
Classification Summary Trident achieved a 1-2-3 classification in qualifying at Imola Circuit, with Santiago Ramos on feature race pole position ahead of teammates Leonardo Fornaroli and Sami Meguetounif. Kacper Sztuka started the sprint race from first place, but was overtaken by Noel León at the first corner. León held the position ahead of Oliver Goethe and Tim Tramnitz through four safety car restarts. A virtual safety car was deployed on the penultimate lap after sixth-place Browning collided with Sztuka and retired in the gravel. Racing resumed on the final lap, and a faster reaction from Goethe allowed him to gain the lead from León and cross the finish line first. Goethe was initially penalised for a safety car procedure infringement, but the penalty was later reversed and his position reinstated.
Pole-sitter Ramos held the lead at the start of the feature race, but was overtaken by Fornaroli on lap three and would ultimately drop to eighth place by the end. Goethe, who started seventh, made his way up to second place and then gained the lead when Fornaroli slowed with a mechanical issue. This allowed Meguetounif into second place, who then caught and passed Goethe with four laps remaining. Meguetounif achieved his first win and podium in the category and was joined on the podium by Goethe and Fornaroli, who was able to recover positions and now led the Drivers' Championship by three points over Browning.
Qualifying Qualifying was held on 17 May 2024, at 15:05 local time (UTC+2). Driver Entrant Time/Gap 16 Santiago RamosTrident 1:31.76712124 Leonardo FornaroliTrident +0.05311235 Sami MeguetounifTrident +0.25210343 Arvid LindbladPrema Racing +0.3429451 Dino BeganovicPrema Racing +0.3898562 Gabriele MinìPrema Racing +0.41176710 Oliver GoetheCampos Racing +0.51367824 Laurens van HoepenART Grand Prix +0.65558914 Luke BrowningHitech Pulse-Eight +0.66249107 Tim TramnitzMP Motorsport +0.7323101120 Noel LeónVan Amersfoort Racing +0.746211128 Kacper SztukaMP Motorsport +0.7481121327 Nikita BedrinAIX Racing +0.91013131425 Nikola TsolovART Grand Prix +0.94217141523 Christian MansellART Grand Prix +1.02014151619 Matías ZagazetaJenzer Motorsport +1.07115161715 Martinius StenshorneHitech Pulse-Eight +1.10216171817 Charlie WurzJenzer Motorsport +1.18418181929 Callum VoisinRodin Motorsport +1.23822192021 Sophia FlörschVan Amersfoort Racing +1.27919202131 Joseph LoakeRodin Motorsport +1.30220212218 Max EstersonJenzer Motorsport +1.31821222311 Sebastián MontoyaCampos Racing +1.36823232416 Cian ShieldsHitech Pulse-Eight +1.36824242522 Tommy SmithVan Amersfoort Racing +1.36925252630 Piotr WiśnickiRodin Motorsport +1.45026262712 Mari BoyaCampos Racing +1.47027272828 Joshua DufekAIX Racing +1.66928282926 Tasanapol InthraphuvasakAIX Racing +1.7842929107% time: 1:38.190 (+6.423)DSQ9 Alex DunneMP Motorsport Disqualified3030Source:
Notes: – Nikola Tsolov and Callum Voisin both received a three-place grid penalty after failing to respect minimum ECU times during red flag conditions in practice, breaching Article 31.9 of the FIA Sporting Regulations. – Alex Dunne originally qualified fifth, but was later disqualified from the results after it was found that his car had a non-conformity with the anti-roll bar links, a breach of Article 1.4 of the FIA Technical Regulations.
Sprint Race The sprint race was held on 18 May 2024, at 10:05 local time (UTC+2).
DriverTeamLapsTime/Gap110 Oliver GoetheCampos Racing18 34:19.754610 (1)27 Tim TramnitzMP Motorsport18 +2.15839320 Noel LeónVan Amersfoort Racing18 +2.9752841 Dino BeganovicPrema Racing18 +7.9268758 Kacper SztukaMP Motorsport18 +8.4721662 Gabriele MinìPrema Racing18 +9.06475724 Laurens van HoepenART Grand Prix18 +9.4555483 Arvid LindbladPrema Racing18 +9.92893927 Nikita BedrinAIX Racing18 +10.489132106 Santiago RamosTrident18 +10.847121114 Leonardo FornaroliTrident18 +11.336111223 Christian MansellART Grand Prix18 +12.012141325 Nikola TsolovART Grand Prix18 +12.61017149 Alex DunneMP Motorsport18 +13.639301521 Sophia FlörschVan Amersfoort Racing18 +14.118191628 Joshua DufekAIX Racing18 +15.160281719 Matías ZagazetaJenzer Motorsport18 +18.278151818 Max EstersonJenzer Motorsport18 +18.523211916 Cian ShieldsHitech Pulse-Eight18 +18.885242030 Piotr WiśnickiRodin Motorsport18 +19.201262131 Joseph LoakeRodin Motorsport18 +19.700202215 Martinius StenshorneHitech Pulse-Eight18 +20.340162317 Charlie WurzJenzer Motorsport18 +24.683182422 Tommy SmithVan Amersfoort Racing18 +30.520252511 Sebastián MontoyaCampos Racing18 +33.475232614 Luke BrowningHitech Pulse-Eight16 +2 laps4DNF26 Tasanapol InthraphuvasakAIX Racing13 Driveshaft29DNF5 Sami MeguetounifTrident7 Collision/Spun off10DNF29 Callum VoisinRodin Motorsport4 Accident22DNF12 Mari BoyaCampos Racing0 Collision27Fastest lap set by Oliver Goethe: 1:33.596 (lap 17) Source:
Notes: – Luke Browning retired from the race, but was classified as he completed over 90% of the race distance.
Feature Race The sprint race was held on 19 May 2024, at 08:35 local time (UTC+2).
DriverTeamLapsTime/Gap15 Sami MeguetounifTrident22 35:12.897325210 Oliver GoetheCampos Racing22 +2.791718 (1)34 Leonardo FornaroliTrident22 +3.368215414 Luke BrowningHitech Pulse-Eight22 +3.68691251 Dino BeganovicPrema Racing22 +5.72451062 Gabriele MinìPrema Racing22 +6.9726873 Arvid LindbladPrema Racing22 +11.5754686 Santiago RamosTrident22 +12.73614 (2)912 Mari BoyaCampos Racing22 +13.0982721011 Sebastián MontoyaCampos Racing22 +14.769231117 Tim TramnitzMP Motorsport22 +18.634101221 Sophia FlörschVan Amersfoort Racing22 +21.658201324 Laurens van HoepenART Grand Prix22 +22.65481415 Martinius StenshorneHitech Pulse-Eight22 +23.51617158 Kacper SztukaMP Motorsport22 +23.55412169 Alex DunneMP Motorsport22 +24.295301719 Matías ZagazetaJenzer Motorsport22 +25.720161816 Cian ShieldsHitech Pulse-Eight22 +29.529241920 Noel LeónVan Amersfoort Racing22 +30.045112023 Christian MansellART Grand Prix22 +31.500152118 Max EstersonJenzer Motorsport22 +32.271222228 Joshua DufekAIX Racing22 +35.023282330 Piotr WiśnickiRodin Motorsport22 +37.573262417 Charlie WurzJenzer Motorsport22 +40.316182531 Joseph LoakeRodin Motorsport22 +40.585212625 Nikola TsolovART Grand Prix22 +42.360142722 Tommy SmithVan Amersfoort Racing22 +59.188252826 Tasanapol InthraphuvasakAIX Racing22 +1:11.428292929 Callum VoisinRodin Motorsport22 +1:26.623193027 Nikita BedrinAIX Racing21 +1 lap13Fastest lap set by Oliver Goethe: 1:33.817 (lap 6) Source:
Notes: – Tasanapol Inthraphuvasak originally finished 27th, but was later given a drive-through penalty post-race, which was converted into a 20-second time penalty after he was found to have stopped his car and restarted his car's engine after receiving a push from the track marshals, a breach of Article 22.4 of the Formula 3 Sporting Regulations. – Callum Voisin received a ten-second time-penalty for causing a collision with Nikita Bedrin. However, his final position was not affected by the penalty.
Standings after the event
Drivers' Championship standings Driver Points 1 1 Leonardo Fornaroli 52 1 2 Luke Browning 49 1 3 Dino Beganovic 45 1 4 Gabriele Minì 45 6 5 Oliver Goethe 41 Teams' Championship standings Team Points 1 Prema Racing 122 2 Trident 107 2 3 Campos Racing 72 1 4 Hitech Pulse-Eight 59 1 5 ART Grand Prix 49
Note: Only the top five positions are included for both sets of standings.
See also 2024 Emilia Romagna Grand Prix 2024 Imola Formula 2 round
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