German rookie Tim Tramnitz took victory for MP Motorsport in an action-packed final Formula 3 sprint race of 2024, which took place on Saturday morning.

Tramnitz has managed to take his maiden victory in the FIA Formula 3 Championship, which has come in a critical championship-deciding weekend, where all of the focus has been lying.

The Red Bull junior driver took victory from the Campos of Sebastian Montoya, who finished second narrowly ahead of Santiago Ramos, who was third for Trident.

After an action-packed race with a lot of drama and a lot of overtakes, Fornaroli leads the championship after the sprint race and had a one-point lead coming into the weekend over Gabriele Mini.

That lead has extended itself by two points but the top three, which includes Luke Browning, is separated by three points.

After a four week summer break, Formula 3 would return to racing action for one final weekend in 2024 at the Monza circuit, in a championship-deciding weekend. Six drivers would have the possibility of taking the championship title 

Gabriele Mini, Luke Browning, Arvid Lindblad, Dino Beganovic and Christian Mansell would be looking to try and de-throne Leonardo Fornaroli, who would come into the round with the championship lead.

It would be Fornaroli who would take pole position for the feature race and with it two extra championship points. However, Saturday morning would see the sprint race grid have the op 12 from qualifying reversed.

Therefore, it would be Tim Tramnitz who would start from pole position with Dino Beganovic starting alongside him on the front row, who is a championship challenger. It would be time to go racing for the final sprint race of the season.

There would be drama before the start of the race, as Christian Mansell would cause an extra formation lap, as he had a mechanical issue on the initial formation lap. Not what the ART driver needed and put a big dent in his championship hopes.

After the second formation lap it would be time to go racing for the final sprint race of the year. The lights would go out anfd an initial good start from Tim Tramnitz he would maintain the lead after covering off Beganovic. 

Beganovic would  into turn 1 as Sebastian Montoya would take second from Beganovic after being forced wide at turn 2 of the first chicane and would keep the place. There would be moves made all over the field on the first lap as Nikola Tsolov would go for a pass into Ascari but would lock up on cold tyres and go straight on into the gravel. Tsolov would rejoin safely enough but would drop all the way down the order.

Start of the second lap and there would be a pause of green flag racing as Tim Tramnitz would hold the race lead. The safety car would be deployed due to an incident at the first chicane as Noel Leon and Nikita Bedrin would end up in the gravel out of the race!

Leon would be hit through the back from his Van Amersfoort Racing teammate Tommy Smith and would end up collecting Nikita Bedrin through no fault of his own. Racing would be neutralised, while the marshals would clear the cars from being a track hazard. Smith would be handed a 10-second time penalty for causing a collision.

Lap 6 would be the restart lap and it would be a good restart from Tramnitz and he would get a much better getaway than Montoya, who would be under pressure from Dino Beganovic and Sami Meguetounif, who would both be shovelled out - Beganovic dropping to fourth and Meguetounif dropping to sixth. Santiago Ramos would be up to third.

Leonardo Fornaroli would already start Sunday's feature race from pole position as he would be making great progress through the field and was flying along and would be up into the points as he would sit 10th in the order. He would make a move for ninth on Arvid Lindblad, one of his championship challengers.

Fornaroli was flying and on lap nine into the first corner would make a move for eighth on Martinius Stenshorne in the McLaren liveried Hitech. Fornaroli was having a fantastic race and was the fastest driver on circuit. Evidence of this would be him taking the fastest lap of the race so far.

One lap later and it would be an extra position gained from Fornaroli as he overtook Mari Boya.for seventh.

Dino Beganovic had been struggling a bit since the restart and was passed by Meguetounif and dropped to fifth, with a lap later he would be behind Alex Dunne for sixth. Not the result, Beganovic needed and would near enough end his championship challenge and leave him with a lot of work to do.

However, the entertaining racing would be halted due to the second safety car of the race would be deployed due to an incident at the first chicane involving two cars. It would be the Rodin Motorsport of Piotr Wisnicki and the Jenzer Motorsport of Max Esterson that would come together and would go into the gravel trap.

Wisnicki would go wide into the first corner and would try and keep the position ahead of Esterson but he would clip the curb on the inside and collide with the Jenzer Motorsport and both would be out of the race. Both would blame each other but the Stewards would investigate it after the race.

There would be one final lap of racing as at the end of lap 16 the safety car would come in as the two cars had been cleared and there would be a chance for one lap of racing. Tim Tramnitz would be under pressure from those behind, who were keen on taking victory. 

Tramnitz would maintain the lead but remarkably behind Luke Browning would make his way into the top eight as he would pass Fornaroli, in a critical fight for a few points, which could make all the difference ahead of the final feature race on Sunday morning.

Browning would have a great final lap and would make a charge towards Boya as Gabriele Mini would make his way ahead of Martinius Stenshorne into 10th for the final point in the order.

Out front, Tramnitz would be brilliant out in front and had maintained great pace after starting from pole position and had led the entire race throughout. Around the parabolica and the German rookie for one more round only, would see the chequered flag first and would take his maiden Formula 3 victory.

Tramnitz of MP Motorsport would take the win ahead of Sebastian Montoya for Campos, who was second. It would be MP Motorsport's third Formula 3 win at Monza in succession, after winning both races at Monza in 2023. Mexican driver Santiago Ramos would finish third for Trident.

Alex Dunne would finish fourth, making it two MP Motorsport cars inside the top five as Dino Beganovic would complete the top five as he finished fifth for Prema. Sami Meguetounif was sixth for Trident ahead of Luke Browning, who had driven a great race to finish seventh. 

Mari Boya was eighth to make it two Campos cars which finished inside the top 10. Leonardo Fornaroli and Gabriele Mini completed the points scoring and the top 10 finishers.

After the race, five points would separate the top three in the championship, ith today's points added. Should Fornaroli start the race tomorrow, that's when the pole position points will come into effect. 

After the sprint race, five points would separate Leonardo Fornaroli, Gabriele Mini and Luke Browning as the final race of the season will take place on Sunday morning with the feature race at Monza, taking place 07:35 UK time.

Brandon Whiteside
​Writer - F1 Journal

​Friday, August 30th, would see the final qualifying session of the season take place in a season finale that was set to see the drivers title go down to the very wire with six possible champions heading into the final round of the season.

It was Mari Boya of Campos Racing who topped the morning practice session. Boya would be joined at Campos by Noah Stromsted making his debut in FIA Formula 3, replacing Oliver Goethe who had graduated to Formula 2 to drive for MP Motorsport.

The qualifying would be split into two equal groups like it was in the Monaco round back in May. 15 cars would participate in each group based on their car number being odd or even. Whoever takes the fastest lap time out of both groups would take pole position for the feature race and the two championship points that come with it.

In Group B, it would be the remaining 15 drivers who didn't participate in Group A, and who all have odd numbered cars. This would include the other three of the six championship challengers.

Group B would consist of:

• #1 Dino Beganovic & #3 Arvid Lindblad (Prema Racing)
• #5 Sami Meguetounif (Trident)
• #7 Tim Tramnitz & #9 Alex Dunne (MP Motorsport)
• #11 Sebastian Montoya (Campos Racing)
• #15 Martinius Stenshorne (Hitech Pulse-Eight)
• #17 Charlie Wurz & #19 Matias Zagazeta (Jenzer Motorsport)
• #21 Sophia Floersch (Van Amersfoort Racing)
• #23 Christian Mansell & #25 Nikola Tsolov (ART Grand Prix)
• #27 Nikita Bedrin (AIX Racing)
• #29 Callum Voisin & #31 Joseph Loake (Rodin Motorsport)

The green light would come on at the end of the pit lane for the second time in Monza and Group B would be underway with these 15 drivers aiming to take pole position away from championship leader Leonardo Fornaroli.

The first half of the 12-minute session had gone by without any action and with seven minutes remaining the drivers headed onto the circuit to prepare for their laps in an attempt to try and get pole position for the final round of the season.

Unfortunately for Christian Mansell, who is one of the challengers for the title, he had backed up the pack but unfortunately in comparison to the others, he had none of the cirtical tow the others would have had.

In the lap times, it would be Alex Dunne of Ireland who would go top of the times with a great effort in his MP Motorsport car. Dunne would go fastest of Group B with a 1:38.818, which was just ahead of Sami Meguetounif of Trident who would sit second.

The chequered flag would be out meaning only the drivers on current flying laps were able to set new personal bests and improve their best lap times. However, no one was able to beat Dunne's time and he would take pole for group B.

However it wouldn't be pole position overall as Leonardo Fornaroli's time was better and therefore he would take pole position overall, for the final round of the season but more critically two points, which would extend his championship lead to three over Gabriele Mini.

In the qualifying classification overall, Fornaroli would have pole position with Alex Dunne set to start alongside him in second for the feature race on Sunday. Gabriele Mini completes the top three, with Trident duo Sami Meguetounif fourth and Santiago Ramos completing the top five.

Sebastian Montoya was sixth for Campos, ahead of AIX Racing's Joshua Dufek in seventh. Championship challenger Christian Mansell is eighth ahead of Mari Boya in ninth with Dino Beganovic completing the top 10. 

Tasanapol Inthraphuvasak was 11th with Tim Tramnitz starting the final sprint race from pole position in the final sprint race of the season as he qualified in 12th. 

Saturday morning will be when the final Formula 3 sprint race of 2024 takes place, in this important championship-defining weekend.
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Brandon Whiteside
Writer - F1 Journal

In the final Formula 3 practice session of 2024, on Friday morning, Campos' Mari Boya was fastest at Monza, in Italy.

To conclude the Formula 3 campaign will be the very tight title fight conclusion, taking place this weekend with six possible drivers to come out on top by the chequered flag of Sunday's feature race.

Boya would be quickest ahead of one of the challengers Christian Mansell who was second for ART Grand Prix. Belgium feature race winner Callum Voisin would finish third.

Leonardo Fornaroli comes into the round with the lead of the championship. However, Gabriele Mini, Luke Browning, Arvid Lindblad, Dino Beganovic and Christian Mansell all have ambitions of taking the title too, setting this weekend up to be a fascinating finale.

After a month since the last round at Spa Francorchamps in Belgium, it was time to decide the title race that had six possible drivers, taking part in the final round, who have a mathematical chance of winning the championship.

The championship had made it to Monza with the closest season in FIA Formula 3 Championship history to be decided and the sixth champion would be determined from one of six. The six drivers to have chance of becoming champion are: Leonardo Fornaroli, Gabriele Mini, Luke Browning, Arvid Lindblad, Dino Beganovic and Christian Mansell.

Ahead of a grouped qualifying session in the afternoon, the drivers would be hoping to get as much running in during the 45-minute practice session that was set to take place on Friday morning, which would be the final practice session of the season.

The green light would come on at the end of the pit lane to signal the start of the session and drivers would head out onto the circuit, as some would be more eager than others.

After a few installation laps the drivers would begin with a first full representative flying lap and it would be Gabriele Mini who would lead the way at the top of the time sheets, ahead of Hitech's Cian Shields. Laurens Van Hoepen of ART would sit third.

Championship contender Arvid Lindblad would have a moment in the early stages for Prema as he would go wide and go through the gravel on the exit of the second Lesmo. Thankfully he was able to use his ability to keep it going and out of the barriers. Therefore, he would rejoin.

Kacper Sztuka would not have the final practice of the 2024 campaign, that he had in mind. He came to a stop down the back straight, on the way down to turn 11 at the Parabolica. It appeared that Sztuka had suffered from some sort of mechanical issue and would bring out the Virtual Safety Car (VSC).

It would be an opportunity for the race director to test a Virtual Safety car as there was a small gap in the barriers where the ever hardworking marshals could push the car through.Soon enough there would be another stoppage as the red flag would be brought out to remove gravel that had been brushed onto the track in two separate areas.

Out of the De La Roga chicane, AIX Racing's Tasanapol Inthraphuvasak spun and kicked up a load of gravel onto the circuit. Inthraphuvasak would carry on but the gravel would cover the circuit. Also, the exit of the second Lesmo would also be covered due to Sebastian Montoya having a venture into the gravel trap.

The red flag would be brought out momentarily while Marshals swept the gravel off the track and pushed it back into the gravel beds.

Before long the session would be resumed and the drivers would head out onto the circuit to try and set some lap times and familiarise themselves with the track with 20 minutes to go. After a couple of installation laps, drivers would begin to start setting some lap times that would be better than Mini's time.

Noel Leon would beat Mari Boya's time to go quickest with his first lap, but as evidence of the ever-developing circuit the Mexican of Van Amersfoort Racing would not stay fastest for long. This would be down to Luke Browning of Hitech having a blistering final sector to go fastest, thanks to slipstream for the entire sector that helped him gain extra speed. 

However, Browning would be beaten by Leon, who would show great pace once again to go fastest in the session as the timing pages would change once again.

With 11 minutes to go, MP Motorsport's Tim Tramnitz would go third fastest, while his MP Motorsport teammate Alex Dunne would go fifth fastest. The MP Motorsport pair were having a much better session than their teammate Sztuka, who had his session ended early on due to mechanical issues.

Prema teammates Mini and Lindblad would go onto the soft compounds with less than 10 to go as drivers and teams were testing different things with limited time remaining in practice. Mini would go fastest with a great lap of 1:38.998. Meanwhile, Lindblad went fourth fastest.

Christian Mansell, also a championship challenger would go to second, 0.155 off Mini's time, which was a great lap from ART Grand Prix. He was showing good pace in the session, just like he had all year.

Soon enough it would be time for the final flying laps with Nikola Tsolov going second and Mari Boya going third as Mini would improve his time at the top of the times. Soon enough though he would be beaten by Mansell. Christian Mansell would go quickest with a 1:38.309 for ART. A great lap for the Australian.

However, it wouldn't be first position for long for Mansell, as Mari Boya would go fastest. It was a great lap from Boya who set a 1:38.172, which was still a strong time despite the slipstream assist from Hitech's Cian Shields.

​The chequered flag would be out so drivers were able to finish the flying laps they were at that time, if they had made it to the timing line prior to the flag being waved. However, most of these laps would be disrupted due to yellow flags in sector 2.

Santiago Ramos would find himself in the gravel at the Second Lesmo after spinning and would be able to get himself out therefore ending the session and creating a track hazard for the remaining drivers on flying laps and therefore, they would have to lift off the accelerator.

Mari Boya would be the happiest driver at the end of practice as he ended the session fastest for Campos. Boya would be quickest ahead of the ART of Christian Mansell who was second with Belgium feature race winner Callum Voisin third.

Sami Meguetounif would finish the session ahead of Gabriele Mini who would complete the top five. Nikola Tsolov would finish sixth ahead of Cian Shields who would finish seventh, with Matias Zagazeta finishing in eighth place. Dino Beganovic and Joshua Dufek completed the top 10.

After the final practice of the 2024 season, the final qualifying of the season will take place later on through the day on Friday, with the six battling for the best position possible.

Brandon Whiteside
Writer - F1 Journal

For the final time in 2024, Formula 3 will return to racing action as the season finale will happen this coming weekend with six drivers who could walk away with the championship.

In a season, where it has been extremely competitive, it will all come down to this weekend's finale, taking place at the iconic Monza circuit, which is a circuit that is a common feature on most of the feeder series competitions in Europe.

There are six different potential champions from four different teams and it would have been seven potential champions from five but Campos' Oliver Goethe will not participate in the final round of the season.

​Goethe will make the step up to FIA Formula 2 and replace Franco Colapinto for the round at Monza, who is making his Formula 1 debut. In Goethe's place and making his debut will be Danish driver Noah Stromsted. 

Leonardo Fornaroli, Gabriele Mini, Luke Browning, Arvid Lindblad, Dino Beganovic and Christian Mansell are the drivers who can mathematically still win the Formula 3 championship. Fornaroli comes into the finale with the championship lead, by just one point ahead of Mini.

For the final time, this coming weekend, Formula 3 will go racing in 2024, and it will be around the iconic and legendary Monza circuit which will host the final round of the Formula 3 campaign for the third year in a row after doing so previously in 2022 and 2023.

​The circuit has seen the likes of Yuki Tsunoda, Robert Shwartzman, Franco Colapinto and Frederik Vesti all clinch victories at the Monza circuit in their FIA Formula 3 careers before moving onto the heights of World Endurance and Formula 1.

It is a circuit that presents great overtaking opportunities and has presented many high dramatic moments in the past with thrilling wheel-to-wheel action and some even title defining moments.

Monza is made up of 11 turns and has a lap length of 5.793km and is a circuit that is used by most of the European feeder series championships, making it a circuit the drivers will be familiar with. The circuit has two DRS zones which will add to the already high chance of overtaking, which run down the start/finish straight into turn 1 and into turn 8.

Alexander Smolyar has the lap record in FIA Formula 3, which he set for MP Motorsport back in the 2022 campaign. A 1:37.559 that was set by Smolyar remained unbeaten in the 2023 round, which also saw the championship sealed as it marked the end of the season.

Brazilian Gabriel Bortoleto, who now competes in FIA Formula 2, took the 2023 Formula 3 Championship but it would be at the final round at Monza where he would seal the deal, but he would do it without needing the racing. 

On the Friday, practice and qualifying would take place, with it being a very positive day for Oliver Goethe. After topping practice, in the morning of Friday, Goethe would go onto put an impressive performance in the afternoon qualifying to take pole position for the feature race on Sunday.

However, as Goethe was not one of the drivers who could take it away from Bortoleto, the championship was sealed and Bortoleto had clinched the 2023 Formula 3 Championship before any of the racing had begun, for the final time that season.

Bortoleto would celebrate by continuing to impress as he would finish second on the road behind Franco Colapinto, who took victory for MP Motorsport. Colapinto would take his second victory in successive Formula 3 seasons, after winning there with Van Amersfoort Racing in 2022.

Colapinto would take the win ahead of Bortoleto, who would take second place for his team Trident, in his final weekend. It would be two MP Motorsport cars, who would make it onto the podium as Mari Boya would take third place and make it a double delight for the Dutch team.

Attention would then turn to Sunday's feature race, which would see the 2023 Formula 3 Championship concluded, and the conclusion to what had been a thrilling season of action. It would be an all British podium as Jonny Edgar would make it a podium for all three MP Motorsport drivers in the same weekend.

Edgar would run out victorious in his maiden and only Formula 3 victory in his career. Edgar would finish ahead of Williams Academy driver Zak O'Sullivan, who finished second Edgar and O'Sullivan would be joined on the podium by Taylor Barnard. All three would have their last race in FIA Formula 3 end in the best possible way - on the podium.

The races will be held over on Saturday and Sunday but just like Monaco on Friday, qualifying will be split into a grouped format. The group format will see the 30 drivers on the grid split into two groups of 15 which will therefore determine the grid for the race.

In terms of racing laps, 18 laps are to come in Saturday's sprint race, whereas 22 laps are to come on Sunday, which will be the final race of the season. No mandatory pit stops are required to take place as is normal with the FIA Formula 3 Championship.
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Due to Franco Colapinto vacating his MP Motorsport seat to go and live his dream of becoming a Formula 1 driver, this left an empty seat that needed filling ahead of the weekend in the Formula 2 Championship.

On Tuesday, it was announced that Colapinto, who used to race in FIA F3, would race for Williams for the remainder of the 2024 campaign and will go onto make his Formula 1 racing debut.

This has since created a domino effect with MP Motorsport needing a driver and they have gone and searched for a replacement. However, in finding a replacement, they would sign Oliver Goethe of Campos Racing in the Formu;a 3 Championship.

Goethe was mathematically in contention for the Formula 3 title, in the decider this coming weekend, but MP Motorsport were confident in giving him the chance. Goethe had previously competed in the Formula Regional European Championship with MP Motorsport, so he is well known to the family.

Formula 3 is all about helping drivers learning their trade and now another driver has graduated and made the progression step up to Formula 2. However, this would knock another domino over as Campos would now be in search for a replacement for the final round.

On Thursday it was announced that Danish driver Noah Stromsted will take the place and be all set to make his Formula 3 debut and partner Mari Boya and Sebastian Montoya for the final round at Monza, which he is yet to race at in his full time championship - Formula Regional European Championship by Alpine (FRECA).

Stromsted, 17, has only been in feeder series open-wheel racing since 2021, when in 11 races he won nine as he finished second in the F4 Danish Championship. Since then, Stromsted has made his way through the levels and has been gaining those vital pieces of experience.

He has previously raced for Campos, in 2023, when he participated in the Spanish F4 Championship.

Stromsted currently, in 2024, competes in the FRECA Championship with the RPM racing outfit. So far this season, Stromsted has had a decent first full season in the championship up until this point. The 17-year old currently sits eighth in the standings with two podiums and two fastest laps to his name.

He will have a task, with this being an incredibly late call up to take the seat, but this will be a great learning experience for Noah, who will be making his Formula 3 debut this weekend.

The most recent round of Formula 3 action is before the summer break as round nine of the Formula 3 Championship took place at the iconic Spa Francorchamps circuit, in Belgium. 

Formula 3 would have the penultimate round of the championship at Zandvoort and would have seven drivers all looking to try and strengthen their title bids.

It could have been eight had Nikola Tsolov not gained a ban for the Belgian round, earlier on in the season for competing at the circuit in a different category (Eurocup-3). The Alpine junior would be replaced by Tuukka Taponen. The Finnish driver would come in to make his Formula 3 debut.

Friday's action would see a dramatic qualifying session with changing track conditions playing a factor. This would be after Williams Academy talent Luke Browning topped practice. However, Browning's fellow Brit Callum Voisin would take pole position for Rodin Motorport.

Voisin taking pole position at Spa would be his first in Formula 3 history as he set a 2:04.321 in the latter stages. Behind Voisin by 0.123s was Irish driver Alex Dunne of MP Motorsport in second, with Leonardo Fornaroli completing the top three in third.

Saturday morning would see the sprint race take place and it would be dominant race by Prema, which would help the team on their way to clinch the team's championship, which could be mathematically wrapped up by the end of Sunday's feature race.

For just his second Formula 3 victory, Dino Beganovic would take victory for the team to reignite his championship challenge. The Ferrari Academy driver would see off a strong challenge from his Alpine Academy Prema teammate Gabriele Mini, who would finish second. In a great effort to finish third would be Mexican driver Noel Leon, who made many overtakes and put on some brilliant entertainment.

As for the feature race, it would be history for Callum Voisin and Rodin Motorsport as both would grab their first victories in the FIA Formula 3 Championship. A hugely significant day for Rodin Motorsport, who had not grabbed a win until that point in a championship that had been running since 2019.

A great achievement for the team and the first Formula 3 victory for Callum Voisin. The British driver took victory ahead of Sebastian Montoya who pulled off an impressive drive to finish second for Campos, as crucially finishing third would be Leonardo Fornaroli, who would take the championship lead heading into the final round.

The end of the round would see Prema mathematically crowned Teams Champions with a round to spare. A great achievement from them which would leave all the focus set on the drivers championship - heading into the final round at Monza.

With Oliver Goethe making the jump to Formula 2, there are still six drivers who could write themselves in the history books and become the 2024 Formula 3 Champion.

​ Let's take a look at how they look going into the round and how they sit. We will start with the driver sixth in the standings before finishing with the leader

With the toughest points haul to overcome but someone who is still within a mathematical shot of the Formula 3 title is Australian driver of ART - Christian Mansell.

Mansell who is enduring his second full season of Formula 2, hunting for glory, after a year of solid learning in his first full season at Campos Racing in 2023. Now with ART, Mansell has had a consistent year of performances and because of this he is brought into the title fight with a round to spare.

This weekend has to go right for the 19-year old, who is 32 points off the championship lead. So far in 2024, Mansell has unfortunately failed to score in three rounds across the nine that have taken place so far.

He has not taken a victory so far in 2024 but has collected four podiums across the season, including three second place finishes. Mansell has also taken pole position once this year at Barcelona for round 5.

It will be a tough ask for Mansell being 32 points off the lead but it isn't over until it is over and that will be the frame of mind Mansell will intend to enter the weekend with.

The first out of the three teammates to be previewed at Prema is Swedish driver and two-time race winner Dino Beganovic, who comes into this round fifth in the standings.

Beganovic, Like Mansell, is in his second full season of the Formula 3 Championship and is supported by the Ferrari Driver Academy. Therefore, Beganovic will be hoping that the Tifosi can bring him the good luck that he needs in order to become the 2024 Formula 3 champion.

After clinching two victories this season, one pole position and four podiums, Beganovic will be hoping that he can find some significant results to overhaul a 29-point advantage.

Next up is the one and only rookie in the list in Arvid Lindblad, who is also of Prema and is one of two British drivers within a chance of clinching the Formula 3 championship and becoming the 2024 champion.

Lindblad who has spent most of the 2024 campaign as a 16-year old and this will be his first round of the Formula 3 Championship as a 17-year old. The Brit is part of the Red Bull junior driver.

Lindblad may be a young talent but there is nothing that put him off performing in his debut race. As in the opening round in Bahrain, Lindblad took victory of the sprint race which was the very beginning of this thrilling season.

Since then, Lindblad has managed to claim three more victories, including a sensational double in front of his home crowd at Silverstone, where he won both the sprint and feature races. Lindblad has shown incredible consistency and brilliant maturity ahead of his years.

The 17-year old comes into this final round of the season as an underdog but is 16 points off the lead of the championship. With anything possible, Lindblad won't lose hope of the title just yet.

It is quite remarkable that this FIA Formula 3 championship has been so close and unpredictable, with six points separating the top three heading into the final round of the season.

In third place is Luke Browning, who won the opening feature race of the year all the way back in Bahrain in the opening round of the season back in February.

Since then, Browning has been able to manage one more victory, which also came in a feature race, with the race taking place at round six in Austria. Alongside the two victories, the British talent has been on the podium once more, which was in Monaco. 

It has also been a season where he has achieved back-to-back pole positions but he will be hoping to take the title at Monza this weekend.

Sitting second in the standings and just one point shy of the lead of the championship is Gabriele Mini, who will be hoping to win the championship on home soil.

Mini, who joined Prema for 2024 is in the best position out of the challengers to go on and take the championship title by the chequered flag in Sunday's feature race.

The Alpine Academy driver has shown great consistency to have 12 points finishes across the 18 races so far. Mini's only victory from five podiums this season came in the feature race at Monaco and will be hoping that he can add to it in front of his home crowd at Monza this weekend.

Coming into the season finale in the best position and with the championship lead is Italian Leonardo Fornaroli, who is nearing the end of his second full season with the Trident team.

Fornaroli has shown great consistent pace in his Formula 3 career and demonstrated he is a talent that is capable of achieving things in the future. 

The 19-year old has needed the consistency of high points scoring to get him through this season and to keep his title hopes alive and he has done just that as he leads the way with one round to go.

Remarkably, Fornaroli has achieved 16 points finishes out of a possible 18 races, which is incredible consistency demonstrated. Out of the 16 finishes in the points, six have been podiums.

However, the most remarkable thing about it is that Fornaroli is yet to win a race in his Formula 3 career, including the 2023 and 2024 campaigns. He will be hoping to change his fortunes by taking victory in the final round to take the title on home soil.

Fornaroli's quest for the title will take place in an exciting weekend of action in store at "The Temple of Speed" Monza circuit.

Track Times

• Free Practice 30/08: 09:35-10:20
• Qualifying - Group A 30/08: 15:00-15:13
• Qualifying - Group B 30/08: 15:21-15:34
• Sprint Race 31/08: 09:30-10:10
• Feature Race 01/09: 08:35-09:20

UK Times

• Free Practice 30/08: 08:35-09:20
  
• Qualifying - Group A 30/08: 14:00-14:13
  
• Qualifying - Group B 30/08: 14:21-14:34
  
• Sprint Race 31/08: 08:30-09:10
• Feature Race 01/09: 07:35-08:20

Brandon Whiteside
Writer - F1 Journal