2024 FIA Formula 3 Championship

2024 FIA Formula 3 Championship

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Parent series:
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The 2024 FIA Formula 3 Championship is a motor racing championship for Formula 3 cars sanctioned by the Fédération Internationale de l'Automobile (FIA). The championship is the fifteenth season of Formula 3 racing and the sixth season run under the FIA Formula 3 Championship moniker. It is an open-wheel racing category serving as the third tier of formula racing in the FIA Global Pathway. The category is run in support of selected rounds of the 2024 FIA Formula One World Championship. As the championship is a spec series, all teams and drivers competing in the championship run the same car, the Dallara F3 2019.^[1]

Luke Browning is the current championship leader.

Prema Racing entered the championship as the reigning Teams' Champions, having secured their title at the final race of the 2023 season in Monza.

Entries

The following teams and drivers are competing in the 2024 FIA Formula 3 Championship.^[2] As the championship is a spec series, all teams compete with an identical Dallara F3 2019 chassis with a 3.4 L (207 cu in) naturally-aspirated V6 engine developed by Mecachrome.^[3][4][5] All teams compete with tyres supplied by Pirelli.

Entrant	No.	Driver name	Rounds
Prema Racing	1	Dino Beganovic	1
	2	Gabriele Minì	1
	3	Arvid Lindblad	1
Trident	4	Leonardo Fornaroli	1
	5	Sami Meguetounif	1
	6	Santiago Ramos	1
MP Motorsport	7	Tim Tramnitz	1
	8	Kacper Sztuka	1
	9	Alex Dunne	1
Campos Racing	10	Oliver Goethe	1
	11	Sebastián Montoya	1
	12	Mari Boya	1
Hitech Pulse-Eight	14	Luke Browning	1
	15	Martinius Stenshorne	1
	16	Cian Shields	1
Jenzer Motorsport	17	Charlie Wurz	1
	18	Max Esterson	1
	19	Matías Zagazeta	1
Van Amersfoort Racing	20	Noel León	1
	21	Sophia Flörsch	1
	22	Tommy Smith	1
ART Grand Prix	23	Christian Mansell	1
	24	Laurens van Hoepen	1
	25	Nikola Tsolov	1
PHM AIX Racing	26	Tasanapol Inthraphuvasak	1
	27	Nikita Bedrin^[a]	1
	28	Joshua Dufek	1
Rodin Motorsport	29	Callum Voisin	1
	30	Piotr Wiśnicki	1
	31	Joseph Loake	1
Source: ^[6]

Team changes

PHM Racing now operated independently of Charouz Racing System, after the latter co-ran the team during the 2023 season.^[7] Ahead of the season, PHM also announced the AIX Investment Group as a new title sponsor, changing the team's name to PHM AIX Racing.^[8]

After Rodin Cars became Carlin's majority shareholder in 2023 and rebranded it as Rodin Carlin, the Carlin family departed the team, with Rodin taking full ownership and renaming the team Rodin Motorsport.^[9]

Driver changes

Reigning Teams' Champions Prema Racing saw two of their drivers graduate to Formula 2, with Zak O'Sullivan joining ART Grand Prix and Paul Aron signing with Hitech Pulse-Eight.^[10][11] Their replacements were Gabriele Minì, leaving Hitech Pulse-Eight after finishing seventh in his debut season, and Red Bull junior Arvid Lindblad, graduated from the team's Italian F4 outfit after coming third in 2023.^[12][13]

Trident also recruited two new drivers, as their reigning champion Gabriel Bortoleto left the series to graduate to Formula 2 with Invicta Racing, and Oliver Goethe moved to Campos Racing.^[14][15] The team signed two drivers graduating after two seasons of FRECA: Sami Meguetounif, who drove for MP Motorsport and came ninth in the standings in 2023, and Santiago Ramos, who finished the 2023 season in eleventh with RPM.^[16][17]

MP Motorsport promoted Franco Colapinto to their Formula 2 outfit after already fielding him in the 2023 season finale.^[18] The team signed Red Bull junior Tim Tramnitz, who graduated from FRECA after coming third in the 2023 campaign with R-ace GP, to replace him.^[19] Jonny Edgar also left the team and the series to race in the European Le Mans Series with Orlen Team AO by TF.^[20] His replacement was Kacper Sztuka, the reigning champion of the Formula Winter Series and Italian F4 Championship.^[21] With Mari Boya departing MP Motorsport to join Campos Racing, the team signed GB3 runner-up Alex Dunne to replace the Spaniard.^[22]

Campos Racing signed three new drivers, all of them contesting their sophomore seasons in the championship, as Pepe Martí graduated to the team's Formula 2 outfit and Christian Mansell moved over to ART Grand Prix.^[23][24] Oliver Goethe moved over from Trident after coming eighth in 2023, Mari Boya departed MP Motorsport after ending his 2023 campaign in 17th place and Sebastián Montoya departed Hitech Pulse-Eight, with whom he came 16th.^[15][25][26]

Hitech Pulse-Eight saw two of their drivers move to different teams, with Gabriele Minì joining Prema Racing and Sebastián Montoya joining Campos Racing.^[12][26] Filling these seats were Martinius Stenshorne and Cian Shields, runners-up in FRECA and Euroformula Open respectively.^[27][28]

Jenzer Motorsport driver Alex García left the championship and was to join Isotta Fraschini in the Hypercar division of the World Endurance Championship before being replaced by Carl Bennett.^[29] Matías Zagazeta replaced him, graduating to FIA Formula 3 after spending two years in FRECA culminating in a 22nd place with R-ace GP in 2023.^[30] Charlie Wurz, son of former F1 driver Alexander Wurz, also joined him, stepping up from Formula Regional competition after winning the 2023 FROC.^[31] Formula Ford Festival winner Max Esterson completed the team's lineup after debuting during the 2023 season, where he entered two rounds for Rodin Carlin.^[32]

Van Amersfoort Racing signed reigning Euroformula Open champion Noel León, replacing Caio Collet.^[33] Rafael Villagómez also departed the team and was replaced by Sophia Flörsch, the first woman to score points in Formula 3's modern era, who left PHM AIX Racing after she came 23rd with the team in 2023.^[34]

ART Grand Prix recruited Christian Mansell, who left Campos Racing after concluding the 2023 campaign with 12th place in the standings, to replace Grégoire Saucy, who left the series to join United Autosports in the World Endurance Championship's new LMGT3 class.^[24][35] The team also promoted Laurens van Hoepen from the outfit's FRECA team after he came tenth with them in the 2023 championship.^[36]

PHM AIX Racing saw their driver Sophia Flörsch move to Van Amersfoort Racing.^[34] Joshua Dufek replaced her, graduating from FRECA and Euroformula Open after already debuting in the final round of the 2023 season with Campos Racing.^[37] Tasanapol Inthraphuvasak joined him, graduating from the Eurocup-3 championship where he came sixth with Campos Racing.^[38] Nikita Bedrin filled the final seat, switching over from Jenzer Motorsport for his second season in FIA Formula 3.^[39]

Rodin driver Oliver Gray left the series and single-seater racing to move to the European Le Mans Series with Inter Europol Competition.^[40] He was be replaced by reigning GB3 champion Callum Voisin.^[41] Another GB3 graduate in Joseph Loake, who finished the 2023 season in third with JHR Developments, joined him.^[42] Piotr Wiśnicki completed Rodin's lineup, returning to FIA Formula 3 after a part-time campaign with PHM Racing in 2023.^[43]

Race calendar

Round	Circuit	Sprint race	Feature race
1	Bahrain International Circuit, Sakhir	1 March	2 March
2	Albert Park Circuit, Melbourne	23 March	24 March
3	Imola Circuit, Imola	18 May	19 May
4	Circuit de Monaco, Monaco	25 May	26 May
5	Circuit de Barcelona-Catalunya, Montmeló	22 June	23 June
6	Red Bull Ring, Spielberg	29 June	30 June
7	Silverstone Circuit, Silverstone	6 July	7 July
8	Hungaroring, Mogyoród	20 July	21 July
9	Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps, Stavelot	27 July	28 July
10	Monza Circuit, Monza	31 August	1 September
Source:^[44]

Calendar changes

• The FIA Formula 3 Championship will return to Imola after the round in 2023 was cancelled as a result of mass flooding which affected the region.^[45]

Regulation changes

Technical regulations

• FIA Formula 3 ran with 55% sustainable fuel supplied by Aramco in 2023.^[46] An increase in sustainability was implemented for 2024 to continue working towards the usage of 100% sustainable fuel by 2027.^[47]
• After multiple races in 2023 had to be shortened because of concerns regarding the durability of Pirelli's medium tyre, a new specification of tyres was introduced.^[48]

Sporting regulations

From this season, a new rule in order to try and prevent drivers benefitting from causing red flags during qualifying sessions was brought in for both the Formula 2 and FIA Formula 3 championships. Thus, if the stewards deem a driver to be the sole cause for the issuing of a red flag, the driver responsible will have their fastest lap time of that session deleted, as well as being prevented from taking any further part in that session.^[49]

Season report

Round 1: Bahrain

Further information: 2024 Sakhir Formula 3 round

Dino Beganovic set the fastest qualifying time for the opening round at Bahrain International Circuit to claim feature race pole position. Laurens van Hoepen qualified twelfth and thus started the reverse-grid sprint race from first place. His ART Grand Prix teammate Nikola Tsolov took the lead at the first corner, and the two drivers continued competing for first position for much of the race. Arvid Lindblad, who started fourth, took advantage of the battle in front and overtook both drivers to claim the lead, and later the race win, on his FIA Formula 3 debut. He was joined on the podium by Van Hoepen, also on his debut race, and Leonardo Fornaroli, who had passed Tsolov in the closing laps.

Pole-sitter Beganovic encountered an issue off the start line in the feature race and was overtaken by the entire field before the first corner. The lead therefore passed to Luke Browning, with Sami Meguetounif and Tim Tramnitz improving to the podium positions. Eighth-place starter Christian Mansell made overtakes at the start and had claimed second place by lap five. Mansell ran close behind Browning for most of the race but was unable to pass, and Browning took his first FIA Formula 3 victory, with Tramnitz completing the podium on his debut weekend. At the conclusion of the round, Browning led the Drivers' Championship by four points over Tramnitz.

Results and standings

Season summary

Round		Circuit	Pole position	Fastest lap	Winning driver	Winning team	Report
1	SR	Bahrain International Circuit		Laurens van Hoepen	Arvid Lindblad	Prema Racing	Report
	FR		Dino Beganovic	Dino Beganovic^[b]	Luke Browning	Hitech Pulse-Eight
2	SR	Albert Park Circuit					Report
	FR
3	SR	Imola Circuit					Report
	FR
4	SR	Circuit de Monaco					Report
	FR
5	SR	Circuit de Barcelona-Catalunya					Report
	FR
6	SR	Red Bull Ring					Report
	FR
7	SR	Silverstone Circuit					Report
	FR
8	SR	Hungaroring					Report
	FR
9	SR	Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps					Report
	FR
10	SR	Monza Circuit					Report
	FR

Scoring system

Points are awarded to the top ten classified finishers in both races. The pole-sitter in the feature race also receives two points, and one point is given to the driver who set the fastest lap in both the feature and sprint races, provided that driver finished inside the top ten. If the driver who set the fastest lap is classified outside the top ten, the point is given to the driver who set the fastest lap of those inside the top ten. No extra points are awarded to the pole-sitter in the sprint race as the grid for it is set by reversing the top twelve qualifiers.

Sprint race points

Points are awarded to the top ten classified finishers. A bonus point is awarded to the driver who set the fastest lap and finished in the top ten.^[50]

Position	1st	2nd	3rd	4th	5th	6th	7th	8th	9th	10th	FL
Points	10	9	8	7	6	5	4	3	2	1	1

Feature race points

Points are awarded to the top ten classified finishers. Bonus points are awarded to the pole-sitter and to the driver who set the fastest lap and finished in the top ten.

Position	1st	2nd	3rd	4th	5th	6th	7th	8th	9th	10th	Pole	FL
Points	25	18	15	12	10	8	6	4	2	1	2	1

Drivers' Championship standings

Pos. Driver BHR   ALB   IMO   MON   CAT   RBR   SIL   HUN   SPA   MNZ   Points SR FR SR FR SR FR SR FR SR FR SR FR SR FR SR FR SR FR SR FR 1   Luke Browning 15 1 25 2   Tim Tramnitz 5 3 21 3   Christian Mansell 14 2 18 4   Leonardo Fornaroli 3 7^F 15 5   Arvid Lindblad 1 8 14 6   Sami Meguetounif 10 4 13 7   Gabriele Minì 7 6 12 8   Laurens van Hoepen 2^F 15 10 9   Santiago Ramos 21 5 10 10   Nikola Tsolov 4 11 7 11   Max Esterson 6 24 5 12   Mari Boya 8 29 3 13   Oliver Goethe 9 10 3 14   Alex Dunne 12 9 2 15   Dino Beganovic 29 13^P 2 16   Martinius Stenshorne 11 14 0 17   Noel León 22 12 0 18   Nikita Bedrin 13 20 0 19   Tasanapol Inthraphuvasak 16 19 0 20   Charlie Wurz 19 16 0 21   Sebastián Montoya 18 17 0 22   Callum Voisin 17 21 0 23   Matías Zagazeta Ret 18 0 24   Kacper Sztuka 20 28 0 25   Tommy Smith 28 22 0 26   Joseph Loake 27 23 0 27   Sophia Flörsch 23 30† 0 28   Joshua Dufek 24 27 0 29   Piotr Wiśnicki 25 25 0 30   Cian Shields 26 26 0 Pos. Driver SR FR SR FR SR FR SR FR SR FR SR FR SR FR SR FR SR FR SR FR Points BHR   ALB   IMO   MON   CAT   RBR   SIL   HUN   SPA   MNZ

Key Colour Result Gold Winner Silver Second place Bronze Third place Green Other points position Blue Other classified position Not classified, finished (NC) Purple Not classified, retired (Ret) Red Did not qualify (DNQ) Black Disqualified (DSQ) White Did not start (DNS) Race cancelled (C) Blank Did not practice (DNP) Excluded (EX) Did not arrive (DNA) Withdrawn (WD) Did not enter (empty cell) Annotation Meaning P Pole position F Fastest lap

Notes:

• † – Driver did not finish the race, but was classified as they completed more than 90% of the race distance.

Teams' Championship standings

Pos. Team BHR   ALB   IMO   MON   CAT   RBR   SIL   HUN   SPA   MNZ   Points SR FR SR FR SR FR SR FR SR FR SR FR SR FR SR FR SR FR SR FR 1   Trident 3 4 38 10 5 21 7^F 2   ART Grand Prix 2^F 2 35 4 11 14 15 3   Prema Racing 1 6 28 7 8 29 13^P 4   Hitech Pulse-Eight 11 1 25 15 14 26 26 5   MP Motorsport 5 3 23 12 9 20 28 6   Campos Racing 8 10 6 9 17 18 29 7   Jenzer Motorsport 6 16 5 19 18 Ret 24 8   Van Amersfoort Racing 22 12 0 23 22 28 30† 9   PHM AIX Racing 13 19 0 16 20 24 27 10   Rodin Motorsport 17 21 0 25 23 27 25 Pos. Team SR FR SR FR SR FR SR FR SR FR SR FR SR FR SR FR SR FR SR FR Points BHR   ALB   IMO   MON   CAT   RBR   SIL   HUN   SPA   MNZ

Key Colour Result Gold Winner Silver Second place Bronze Third place Green Other points position Blue Other classified position Not classified, finished (NC) Purple Not classified, retired (Ret) Red Did not qualify (DNQ) Black Disqualified (DSQ) White Did not start (DNS) Race cancelled (C) Blank Did not practice (DNP) Excluded (EX) Did not arrive (DNA) Withdrawn (WD) Did not enter (empty cell) Annotation Meaning P Pole position F Fastest lap

Notes:

• † – Driver did not finish the race, but was classified as they completed more than 90% of the race distance.
• Rows are not related to the drivers: within each team, individual race standings are sorted purely based on the final classification in the race (not by total points scored in the event, which includes points awarded for fastest lap and pole position).

Notes

1. Bedrin is a Russian driver who competes under an Italian licence as Russian national emblems were banned by the FIA due to the Russian invasion of Ukraine.
2. Dino Beganovic set the fastest lap but did not finish in the top 10, so was ineligible to score the point for it. Leonardo Fornaroli scored the point for setting the fastest lap of those finishing in the top 10.

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External links

• FIA Formula 3 Championship official website