2024 Imola Formula 3 round

Round details
Round 3 of 10 in the 2024 FIA Formula 3 Championship.
Layout of the Autodromo Internazionale Enzo e Dino Ferrari
Location	Autodromo Internazionale Enzo e Dino Ferrari Imola, Emilia-Romagna, Italy
Course	Permanent racing facility 4.909 km (3.050 mi)
Sprint Race
Date 18 May 2024 Laps 18 Podium First Oliver Goethe Campos Racing Second Tim Tramnitz MP Motorsport Third Noel León Van Amersfoort Racing Fastest lap Driver Oliver Goethe Campos Racing Time 1:33.596 (on lap 17)
Feature Race
Date 19 May 2024 Laps 22 Pole position Driver Santiago Ramos Trident Time 1:31.767 Podium First Sami Meguetounif Trident Second Oliver Goethe Campos Racing Third Leonardo Fornaroli Trident Fastest lap Driver Oliver Goethe Campos Racing Time 1:33.817 (on lap 6)

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.

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.^[1]

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 was held on 17 May 2024, at 15:05 local time (UTC+2).

Pos.	No.	Driver	Entrant	Time/Gap	Grid SR	Grid FR
1	6	Santiago Ramos	Trident	1:31.767	12	1
2	4	Leonardo Fornaroli	Trident	+0.053	11	2
3	5	Sami Meguetounif	Trident	+0.252	10	3
4	3	Arvid Lindblad	Prema Racing	+0.342	9	4
5	1	Dino Beganovic	Prema Racing	+0.389	8	5
6	2	Gabriele Minì	Prema Racing	+0.411	7	6
7	10	Oliver Goethe	Campos Racing	+0.513	6	7
8	24	Laurens van Hoepen	ART Grand Prix	+0.655	5	8
9	14	Luke Browning	Hitech Pulse-Eight	+0.662	4	9
10	7	Tim Tramnitz	MP Motorsport	+0.732	3	10
11	20	Noel León	Van Amersfoort Racing	+0.746	2	11
12	8	Kacper Sztuka	MP Motorsport	+0.748	1	12
13	27	Nikita Bedrin[a]	AIX Racing	+0.910	13	13
14	25	Nikola Tsolov	ART Grand Prix	+0.942	171	14
15	23	Christian Mansell	ART Grand Prix	+1.020	14	15
16	19	Matías Zagazeta	Jenzer Motorsport	+1.071	15	16
17	15	Martinius Stenshorne	Hitech Pulse-Eight	+1.102	16	17
18	17	Charlie Wurz	Jenzer Motorsport	+1.184	18	18
19	29	Callum Voisin	Rodin Motorsport	+1.238	221	19
20	21	Sophia Flörsch	Van Amersfoort Racing	+1.279	19	20
21	31	Joseph Loake	Rodin Motorsport	+1.302	20	21
22	18	Max Esterson	Jenzer Motorsport	+1.318	21	22
23	11	Sebastián Montoya	Campos Racing	+1.368	23	23
24	16	Cian Shields	Hitech Pulse-Eight	+1.368	24	24
25	22	Tommy Smith	Van Amersfoort Racing	+1.369	25	25
26	30	Piotr Wiśnicki	Rodin Motorsport	+1.450	26	26
27	12	Mari Boya	Campos Racing	+1.470	27	27
28	28	Joshua Dufek	AIX Racing	+1.669	28	28
29	26	Tasanapol Inthraphuvasak	AIX Racing	+1.784	29	29
107% time: 1:38.190 (+6.423)
DSQ	9	Alex Dunne	MP Motorsport	Disqualified2	30	30
Source:[3][4][5]

Notes:

• ^1 – 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.^[6]
• ^2 – 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.^[7]

The sprint race was held on 18 May 2024, at 10:05 local time (UTC+2).

Pos.	No.	Driver	Team	Laps	Time/Gap	Grid	Pts.
1	10	Oliver Goethe	Campos Racing	18	34:19.754	6	10 (1)
2	7	Tim Tramnitz	MP Motorsport	18	+2.158	3	9
3	20	Noel León	Van Amersfoort Racing	18	+2.975	2	8
4	1	Dino Beganovic	Prema Racing	18	+7.926	8	7
5	8	Kacper Sztuka	MP Motorsport	18	+8.472	1	6
6	2	Gabriele Minì	Prema Racing	18	+9.064	7	5
7	24	Laurens van Hoepen	ART Grand Prix	18	+9.455	5	4
8	3	Arvid Lindblad	Prema Racing	18	+9.928	9	3
9	27	Nikita Bedrin	AIX Racing	18	+10.489	13	2
10	6	Santiago Ramos	Trident	18	+10.847	12	1
11	4	Leonardo Fornaroli	Trident	18	+11.336	11
12	23	Christian Mansell	ART Grand Prix	18	+12.012	14
13	25	Nikola Tsolov	ART Grand Prix	18	+12.610	17
14	9	Alex Dunne	MP Motorsport	18	+13.639	30
15	21	Sophia Flörsch	Van Amersfoort Racing	18	+14.118	19
16	28	Joshua Dufek	AIX Racing	18	+15.160	28
17	19	Matías Zagazeta	Jenzer Motorsport	18	+18.278	15
18	18	Max Esterson	Jenzer Motorsport	18	+18.523	21
19	16	Cian Shields	Hitech Pulse-Eight	18	+18.885	24
20	30	Piotr Wiśnicki	Rodin Motorsport	18	+19.201	26
21	31	Joseph Loake	Rodin Motorsport	18	+19.700	20
22	15	Martinius Stenshorne	Hitech Pulse-Eight	18	+20.340	16
23	17	Charlie Wurz	Jenzer Motorsport	18	+24.683	18
24	22	Tommy Smith	Van Amersfoort Racing	18	+30.520	25
25	11	Sebastián Montoya	Campos Racing	18	+33.475	23
261	14	Luke Browning	Hitech Pulse-Eight	16	+2 laps	4
DNF	26	Tasanapol Inthraphuvasak	AIX Racing	13	Driveshaft	29
DNF	5	Sami Meguetounif	Trident	7	Collision/Spun off	10
DNF	29	Callum Voisin	Rodin Motorsport	4	Accident	22
DNF	12	Mari Boya	Campos Racing	0	Collision	27
Fastest lap set by Oliver Goethe: 1:33.596 (lap 17)
Source:[8][9]

Notes:

• ^1 – Luke Browning retired from the race, but was classified as he completed over 90% of the race distance.

The sprint race was held on 19 May 2024, at 08:35 local time (UTC+2).

Pos.	No.	Driver	Team	Laps	Time/Gap	Grid	Pts.
1	5	Sami Meguetounif	Trident	22	35:12.897	3	25
2	10	Oliver Goethe	Campos Racing	22	+2.791	7	18 (1)
3	4	Leonardo Fornaroli	Trident	22	+3.368	2	15
4	14	Luke Browning	Hitech Pulse-Eight	22	+3.686	9	12
5	1	Dino Beganovic	Prema Racing	22	+5.724	5	10
6	2	Gabriele Minì	Prema Racing	22	+6.972	6	8
7	3	Arvid Lindblad	Prema Racing	22	+11.575	4	6
8	6	Santiago Ramos	Trident	22	+12.736	1	4 (2)
9	12	Mari Boya	Campos Racing	22	+13.098	27	2
10	11	Sebastián Montoya	Campos Racing	22	+14.769	23	1
11	7	Tim Tramnitz	MP Motorsport	22	+18.634	10
12	21	Sophia Flörsch	Van Amersfoort Racing	22	+21.658	20
13	24	Laurens van Hoepen	ART Grand Prix	22	+22.654	8
14	15	Martinius Stenshorne	Hitech Pulse-Eight	22	+23.516	17
15	8	Kacper Sztuka	MP Motorsport	22	+23.554	12
16	9	Alex Dunne	MP Motorsport	22	+24.295	30
17	19	Matías Zagazeta	Jenzer Motorsport	22	+25.720	16
18	16	Cian Shields	Hitech Pulse-Eight	22	+29.529	24
19	20	Noel León	Van Amersfoort Racing	22	+30.045	11
20	23	Christian Mansell	ART Grand Prix	22	+31.500	15
21	18	Max Esterson	Jenzer Motorsport	22	+32.271	22
22	28	Joshua Dufek	AIX Racing	22	+35.023	28
23	30	Piotr Wiśnicki	Rodin Motorsport	22	+37.573	26
24	17	Charlie Wurz	Jenzer Motorsport	22	+40.316	18
25	31	Joseph Loake	Rodin Motorsport	22	+40.585	21
26	25	Nikola Tsolov	ART Grand Prix	22	+42.360	14
27	22	Tommy Smith	Van Amersfoort Racing	22	+59.188	25
28	26	Tasanapol Inthraphuvasak	AIX Racing	22	+1:11.4281	29
29	29	Callum Voisin	Rodin Motorsport	22	+1:26.6232	19
30	27	Nikita Bedrin	AIX Racing	21	+1 lap	13
Fastest lap set by Oliver Goethe: 1:33.817 (lap 6)
Source:[10]

Notes:

• ^1 – 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.^[11]
• ^2 – 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.^[11]

Drivers' Championship standings Pos. 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 Pos. 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.

• 2024 Emilia Romagna Grand Prix
• 2024 Imola Formula 2 round

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