The 2022 Monza Formula 3 round was a motor racing event held on 10 and 11 September 2022 at the

Autodromo Nazionale di Monza The Monza Circuit ( it, Autodromo Nazionale di Monza, , National Automobile Racetrack of Monza) is a race track near the city of Monza, north of Milan, in Italy. Built in 1922, it was the world's third purpose-built motor racing circuit after ...

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, Italy. It was the ninth and final race of the

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, and was held in support of the 2022 Italian Grand Prix. In a season finale under dramatic circumstances and a lot of uncertainties at the final stages of the Feature Race,

Victor Martins Victor Martins (born 16 June 2001) is a French-Portuguese racing driver and member of the Alpine Academy. He won the 2020 Formula Renault Eurocup and the 2022 FIA Formula 3 Championship. Career Karting Born in Quincy-sous-Sénart to a Fre ...

claimed the Drivers' Championship by achieving a fourth-place finish despite receiving a five-second time penalty. The Frenchman also took benefit of several penalties from other drivers, ultimately securing fourth place to win the title by just five points to eventual race winner

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, who took his third consecutive Feature Race victory. It was also the first time a driver from

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took the Drivers' Championship in modern Formula 3, after

Prema Racing Prema Powerteam (competing as Prema Racing in the FIA Formula 2 Championship, the FIA Formula 3 Championship and European Le Mans Series and as Prema Orlen Team in the FIA World Endurance Championship) is a motorsport team from Italy. It mainly ...

had previously won it in the past three seasons. However, Prema took its crown back in the Teams' Championship after losing out on

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in the previous season, taking its third championship in their fourth F3 season.

Driver changes

Venezuelan driver Alessandro Famularo made his debut in the series driving for

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to replace David Schumacher who drove for the Czech squad in the previous round in

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. This round also saw the comeback of American driver

Hunter Yeany Hunter Yeany (born 11 May 2005) is an American racing driver who is currently competing in the 2023 FIA Formula 3 Championship for Rodin Carlin. He previously raced in the Indy Pro 2000 and Formula Regional Americas championships, both with Vel ...

, who returned to the series for the season finale after suffering a broken wrist at the Spielberg round wherefore he was ruled out for four rounds.

Classification

Qualifying

Russian driver Alexander Smolyar took his second pole position of this season and a joint-record third pole position alongside

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and

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by a fine margin of 0.047 seconds ahead of

in second, with

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nearly a further two-tenths adrift in third place. Notes: * –

Juan Manuel Correa Juan Manuel Correa Borja (born August 9, 1999) is an American-Ecuadorian racing driver who races under an American license and is set to compete in the 2023 FIA Formula 2 Championship with Van Amersfoort Racing. Career Karting Correa began ...

Francesco Pizzi Francesco Raffaele Pizzi (born 12 November 2004) is an Italian racing driver racing in the 2023 USF Pro 2000 Championship with TJ Speed Motorsports. He most recently competed for Charouz Racing System in the 2022 FIA Formula 3 Championship. He ...

and

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all received ten-place grid penalties for the Sprint race due to failing to slow under double yellow flags. Additionally, Correa got his fastest lap time deleted. * –

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received a three-place grid penalty for the Sprint race for causing a collision with

William Alatalo William Alatalo (born 19 April 2002) is a Finnish-Ethiopian racing driver from Ilmajoki who most recently raced for Jenzer Motorsport in the FIA Formula 3 Championship. Career Karting Alatalo started karting in 2009. He had a successful ka ...

at the Feature Race in

Sprint race

Notes: * –

originally finished in fourteenth, but was later given a five-second time penalty for leaving the track and gaining an advantage, demoting him to eighteenth place. * – David Vidales stalled on the grid at the formation lap and was unable to start the race. Thus, his grid slot was left vacant.

Feature race

The Feature Race was originally scheduled to be run for 22 laps, but was later red-flagged on lap 18 after a collision between

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and

, that damaged the barrier. However, race direction decided that the race would not be resumed, with the final results have been taken into account from lap 15. As a consequence,

won the final race of the season and took his third consecutive Feature Race win, finishing ahead of both Prema drivers

Oliver Bearman Oliver Bearman (born 8 May 2005) is a British racing driver. He was the 2021 Italian and ADAC Formula 4 champion and is a member of the Ferrari Driver Academy. He most recently competed for Prema Racing in the 2022 FIA Formula 3 Championship, en ...

and

Jak Crawford Carlton Jackston "Jak" Crawford (born 2 May 2005) is an American racing driver who most recently competed in the 2022 FIA Formula 3 Championship with Prema Racing. He is a member of the Red Bull Junior Team and finished as runner-up in the 2020 ...

. Notes: * –

Jonny Edgar Jonny Edgar (born 13 February 2004) is an English racing driver currently set to race in the 2023 FIA Formula 3 Championship for MP Motorsport. He is a member of the Red Bull Junior Team and is the 2020 ADAC Formula 4 champion. Career Karting ...

and

Caio Collet Caio Jotta Collet (born 3 April 2002) is a Brazilian racing driver who most recently competed in the FIA Formula 3 Championship for MP Motorsport. He is the 2018 French F4 Championship champion and a member of the Alpine Academy. Career Ka ...

all received five-second time penalties for exceeding track limits on multiple occasions. * –

received a five-second time penalty for forcing another driver off the track.

Final Championship standings

;Drivers' Championship standings ;Teams' Championship standings * Note: Only the top five positions are included for both sets of standings. * Note: Bold names include the Drivers' and Teams' Champion respectively.

Driver changes

Classification

Qualifying

Sprint race

Feature race

Final Championship standings

See also

Notes

References

External links