2023 Monte Carlo Formula 3 round explained

Country:	Monaco
Monte Carlo
Round No:	3
Season No:	9
Year:	2023
Location:	Circuit de Monaco Monte Carlo, Monaco
Course:	Street circuit
Course Mi:	2.074
Course Km:	3.337
Type R1:	Sprint race
Date R1:	27 May
Laps R1:	23
First Driver Country R1:	ESP
First Driver R1:	Pepe Martí
First Team R1:	Campos Racing
Second Driver Country R1:	ITA
Second Driver R1:	Leonardo Fornaroli
Second Team R1:	Trident
Third Driver Country R1:	SUI
Third Driver R1:	Grégoire Saucy
Third Team R1:	ART Grand Prix
Fast Driver Country R1:	AUS
Fast Driver R1:	Hugh Barter
Fast Team R1:	Campos Racing
Fast Time R1:	1:25.678
Fast Lap R1:	lap 9
Type R2:	Feature Race
Date R2:	28 May
Laps R2:	27
Pole Driver Country R2:	ITA
Pole Driver R2:	Gabriele Minì
Pole Team R2:	Hitech Pulse-Eight
Pole Time R2:	1:23.278
First Driver Country R2:	ITA
First Driver R2:	Gabriele Minì
First Team R2:	Hitech Pulse-Eight
Second Driver Country R2:	SWE
Second Driver R2:	Dino Beganovic
Second Team R2:	Prema Racing
Third Driver Country R2:	EST
Third Driver R2:	Paul Aron
Third Team R2:	Prema Racing
Fast Driver Country R2:	ITA
Fast Driver R2:	Gabriele Minì
Fast Team R2:	Hitech Pulse-Eight
Fast Time R2:	1:25.165
Fast Lap R2:	lap 13

The 2023 Monte Carlo FIA Formula 3 round was a motor racing event held between 25 and 28 May 2023 at the Circuit de Monaco. It was the third round of the 2023 FIA Formula 3 Championship and was held in support of the 2023 Monaco Grand Prix.

Classification

Qualifying

Group A

		Driver	Team	Time
1	2	Dino Beganovic	Prema Racing	1:23.880	–	2
2	16	Luke Browning	Hitech Pulse-Eight	1:23.883	+0.003	4
3	14	Sebastián Montoya	Hitech Pulse-Eight	1:24.122	+0.242	6
4	10	Franco Colapinto	MP Motorsport	1:24.242	+0.362	8
5	4	Leonardo Fornaroli	Trident	1:25.264	+1.384	10
6	8	Grégoire Saucy	ART Grand Prix	1:25.456	+1.576	12
7	26	Nikita Bedrin	Jenzer Motorsport	1:25.742	+1.862	14
8	12	Jonny Edgar	MP Motorsport	1:25.749	+1.869	16
9	6	Oliver Goethe	Trident	1:25.870	+1.990	18
10	24	Christian Mansell	Campos Racing	1:26.055	+2.175	20
11	18	Rafael Villagómez	Van Amersfoort Racing	1:26.141	+2.261	22
12	20	Oliver Gray	Rodin Carlin	1:26.542	+2.662	24
13	22	Ido Cohen	Rodin Carlin	1:27.041	+3.161	26
14	28	Alex García	Jenzer Motorsport	1:27.147	+3.267	28
15	30	Roberto Faria	PHM Racing by Charouz	1:29.556	+5.676	30
Source:^[1] ^[2]

Group B

		Driver	Team	Time
1	15	Gabriele Minì	Hitech Pulse-Eight	1:23.278	–	1
2	1	Paul Aron	Prema Racing	1:24.152	+0.874	3
3	17	Caio Collet	Van Amersfoort Racing	1:24.357	+1.079	5
4	5	Gabriel Bortoleto	Trident	1:24.679	+1.401	7
5	27	Taylor Barnard	Jenzer Motorsport	1:24.763	+1.485	9
6	23	Pepe Martí	Campos Racing	1:24.770	+1.492	11
7	3	Zak O'Sullivan	Prema Racing	1:24.873	+1.595	13
8	9	Nikola Tsolov	ART Grand Prix	1:24.911	+1.633	15
9	11	Mari Boya	MP Motorsport	1:25.123	+1.845	17
10	19	Tommy Smith	Van Amersfoort Racing	1:25.158	+1.880	19
11	25	Hugh Barter	Campos Racing	1:25.267	+1.989	21
12	7	Kaylen Frederick	ART Grand Prix	1:25.888	+2.610	23
13	31	Piotr Wiśnicki	PHM Racing by Charouz	1:26.040	+3.161	25
14	21	Hunter Yeany	Rodin Carlin	1:26.303	+3.025	27
15	29	Sophia Flörsch	PHM Racing by Charouz	1:26.390	+3.112	29
Source:

Sprint race

		Driver	Team	Laps	Time/Gap
1	23	Pepe Martí	Campos Racing	23	35:47.957	1	10
2	4	Leonardo Fornaroli	Trident	23	+8.123	2	9
3	8	Grégoire Saucy	ART Grand Prix	23	+8.835	4	8
4	10	Franco Colapinto	MP Motorsport	23	+9.324	5	7
5	27	Taylor Barnard	Jenzer Motorsport	23	+11.589	3	6
6	5	Gabriel Bortoleto	Trident	23	+13.646	6	5
7	14	Sebastián Montoya	Hitech Pulse-Eight	23	+13.946	7	4 (1)
8	16	Luke Browning	Hitech Pulse-Eight	23	+14.579	9	3
9	17	Caio Collet	Van Amersfoort Racing	23	+15.985	8	2
10	1	Paul Aron	Prema Racing	23	+17.915	10	1
11	15	Gabriele Minì	Hitech Pulse-Eight	23	+18.439	12
12	2	Dino Beganovic	Prema Racing	23	+19.999	11
13	3	Zak O'Sullivan	Prema Racing	23	+20.939	13
14	9	Nikola Tsolov	ART Grand Prix	23	+22.291	15
15	26	Nikita Bedrin	Jenzer Motorsport	23	+23.258	14
16	18	Rafael Villagómez	Van Amersfoort Racing	23	+24.028	21
17	6	Oliver Goethe	Trident	23	+35.846	17
18	31	Piotr Wiśnicki	PHM Racing by Charouz	23	+38.467	23
19	22	Ido Cohen	Rodin Carlin	23	+40.369	25
20	24	Christian Mansell	Campos Racing	23	+40.812	19
21	19	Tommy Smith	Van Amersfoort Racing	23	+42.397	18
22	20	Oliver Gray	Rodin Carlin	23	+43.720	22
23	29	Sophia Flörsch	PHM Racing by Charouz	23	+45.145	28
24	7	Kaylen Frederick	ART Grand Prix	23	+47.393	29
25	25	Hugh Barter	Campos Racing	23	+50.076	20
26	28	Alex García	Jenzer Motorsport	23	+1:01.393	27
27	21	Hunter Yeany	Rodin Carlin	20	+3 laps	26
DNF	12	Jonny Edgar	MP Motorsport	0	Collision	16
DNF	11	Mari Boya	MP Motorsport	0	Collision	24
DNF	30	Roberto Faria	PHM Racing by Charouz	0	Collision	30
Fastest lap set by Hugh Barter: 1:25.678 (lap 9)
Source:^[3]

Notes

• – Grégoire Saucy received a three-place grid drop for Saturday's Sprint race for failing to slow down under yellow flag conditions, demoting him from reverse grid pole down to fourth.^[4]
• – Mari Boya received a three-place grid drop for impeding Zak O'Sullivan during qualifying. ^[4]
• - Kaylen Frederick received a ten-place grid drop for causing a collision with Nikola Tsolov during the Melbourne Feature Race.
• - Mari Boya and Roberto Faria received a five-place grid drop for causing a collision with Nikola Tsolov during the Melbourne Feature Race.^[5]

Feature race

		Driver	Team	Laps	Time/Gap
1	15	Gabriele Minì	Hitech Pulse-Eight	27	41:45.651	1	25 (3)
2	2	Dino Beganovic	Prema Racing	27	+0.452	2	18
3	1	Paul Aron	Prema Racing	27	+7.214	4	15
4	16	Luke Browning	Hitech Pulse-Eight	27	+7.563	3	12
5	5	Gabriel Bortoleto	Trident	27	+19.495	8	10
6	10	Franco Colapinto	MP Motorsport	27	+19.900	7	8
7	3	Zak O'Sullivan	Prema Racing	27	+20.978	13	6
8	27	Taylor Barnard	Jenzer Motorsport	27	+25.764	9	4
9	23	Pepe Martí	Campos Racing	27	+26.192	11	2
10	8	Grégoire Saucy	ART Grand Prix	27	+27.276	12	1
11	9	Nikola Tsolov	ART Grand Prix	27	+27.726	15
12	26	Nikita Bedrin	Jenzer Motorsport	27	+28.514	14
13	6	Oliver Goethe	Trident	27	+29.340	18
14	12	Jonny Edgar	MP Motorsport	27	+32.109	15
15	19	Tommy Smith	Van Amersfoort Racing	27	+32.825	19
16	18	Rafael Villagómez	Van Amersfoort Racing	27	+36.420	22
17	24	Christian Mansell	Campos Racing	27	+39.675	20
18	11	Mari Boya	MP Motorsport	27	+40.818	17
19	20	Oliver Gray	Rodin Carlin	27	+47.339	24
20	21	Hunter Yeany	Rodin Carlin	27	+47.869	26
21	28	Alex García	Jenzer Motorsport	27	+48.867	27
22	31	Piotr Wiśnicki	PHM Racing by Charouz	27	+49.536	PL
23	29	Sophia Flörsch	PHM Racing by Charouz	27	+50.182	PL
24	4	Leonardo Fornaroli	Trident	27	+50.570	10
25	7	Kaylen Frederick	ART Grand Prix	27	+56.762	23
26	25	Hugh Barter	Campos Racing	27	+1:18.372	21
27	30	Roberto Faria	PHM Racing by Charouz	27	+1:22.120	PL
DNF	17	Caio Collet	Van Amersfoort Racing	17	Collision damage	6
DNF	22	Ido Cohen	Rodin Carlin	0	Accident	25
DSQ	14	Sebastián Montoya	Hitech Pulse-Eight	26	Disqualified	5
Fastest lap set by Gabriele Minì: 1:25.165 (lap 13)
Source:^[6]

Notes

• – Piotr Wiśnicki, Sophia Flörsch and Roberto Faria all have been required to start from the pit lane after their team were found to have exceeded the total of 11 personnel working on their cars by allowing a representative to scan their tyres after Parc Ferme.^[7]
• – Sebastián Montoya has been penalised twice during the Feature Race. Firstly, he was given a five-second time-penalty for speeding in the pit lane. He later got disqualified after a left tyre was found to have been used on the wrong side of his car following his pit stop.^[8]

Standings after the event

Drivers' Championship standings

		Driver	Points
	1	Gabriel Bortoleto	73
2	2	Gabriele Minì	56
1	3	Grégoire Saucy	47
1	4	Dino Beganovic	46
2	5	Paul Aron	38

Teams' Championship standings

		Team	Points
	1	Trident	124
	2	Prema Racing	110
	3	Hitech Pulse-Eight	102
	4	ART Grand Prix	54
	5	Campos Racing	41

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

See also

• 2023 Monaco Grand Prix
• 2023 Monte Carlo Formula 2 round

External links

• Official website

Notes and References

1. Web site: Formula 3 2023 Result for Round 3: Monte Carlo, Monaco 25-28 May 2023. FIA_F3® - The Official F3® Website. en.
2. Web site: QUALIFYING: Minì takes commanding Monte Carlo pole position. FIA_F3® - The Official F3® Website. en. 26 May 2023. 29 May 2023.
3. Web site: SPRINT RACE: Martí drives off into the distance for Monte Carlo victory. FIA_F3® - The Official F3® Website. en. 27 May 2023. 29 May 2023.
4. Web site: Saucy and Boya handed Monte Carlo post-Qualifying penalties. FIA_F3® - The Official F3® Website. en. 26 May 2023. 29 May 2023.
5. Web site: Melbourne post-Feature Race penalties. FIA_F3® - The Official F3® Website. en. 2 April 2023. 29 May 2023.
6. Web site: FEATURE RACE: Minì breezes to maiden victory in Monte Carlo masterclass. FIA_F3® - The Official F3® Website. en. 28 May 2023. 29 May 2023.
7. Web site: PHM Racing by Charouz trio penalised for Feature Race. FIA_F3® - The Official F3® Website. en. 28 May 2023. 29 May 2023.
8. Web site: Montoya penalised following Monte Carlo Feature Race. FIA_F3® - The Official F3® Website. en. 28 May 2023. 29 May 2023.