Preview ROUND 7/8 MONZA I TA LY Autodromo Nazionale Monza RACE 1 >> 22 LAPS >> 127.137 KM 40 min. Start/Finish Offset 5.793 KM 0.309 km RACE 2 >> 22 LAPS >> 127.137 KM 40 min. DRS DETECTION 1 7 GMT+2 6 TIMETABLE CUrva DI LESMO FRIDAY 06TH SEPTEMBER AVERAGE TEMP. 24°/12° CUrva DEL AVERAGE RAINFAll 69 mm 09:35 Practice Session . 45 min. SERRAGLIO variante DELLA 5 4 17:50 Qualifying Session . 30 min. ROGGIA * DRS ACTIVATION 1 19:30 Press Conference SECTOR 2 TH SATURDAY 07 SEPTEMBER SECTOR 1 9 10:30 Race 1 . 22 laps • 40 min. variante ASCARI DRS * DETECTION 2 11:30 Press Conference 8 10 COMPOUND TH SUNDAY 08 SEPTEMBER CUrva 2 11 Allocation CUrva DRS ACTIVATION 2 3 parabolica 09:30 Race 2 . 22 laps • 40 min. BIASSONO SECTOR 3 variante DEL 1 RETTIFILO SPEED TRAP SOFT *Note: The FIA F3 press conference takes place in the F1 press conference room. RETTIFILO TRIBUNE RACING FOR ANTHOINE WARM UP Pedro Piquet Trident “Monza is one of the car in front is not that big. One of the the classic tracks on things I like is that the DRS is not quite as the calendar, with effective. You really need to work hard for the fastest average the overtake. When you open the DRS you and top speeds. It’s obviously gain on the car in front but it’s not very difficult and a lot. I’m really excited for it and I hope we in terms of racing; can have a good weekend. it’s one of the best “Because the circuit has a lot of straights, circuits because the low downforce set-up people may think it’s easier on the tyres but also means you don’t it’s not really. You’re sliding a lot and, with get as much dirty air the low downforce on the car, if you start to and you can battle slide then the tyres are done, so you need on the long straights. Because we run to take care of them. a low downforce set-up you can slide “We always push for a competitive a lot or lock the tyres under braking in weekend. You have two races and you high-speed corners, so you need to be have to perform well in both. If you have the really good in managing that. pace and you start well, fight for Race 1, “There could be lots of battles in the if not try to get into a decent position so braking zones. There will be a lot you can fight for Race 2. You need to be The Formula 3 paddock reunites this week With the Teams’ title wrapped up, of cars side-by-side into the corners there, in the top 6, which helps a lot in the at Monza in Italy for the seventh round of Shwartzman (152 points) leads the because the advantage you have on weekend, so that’s the aim.” the season. Standing shoulder-to-shoulder Drivers’ Championship, with Daruvala with the F2 community, the teams and the (129) 23 points behind in second place. drivers will race for Anthoine Hubert to Hitech Grand Prix’s Jüri Vips (122) is NOTEWORTHY honour the talented young Frenchman third, preventing a PREMA 1 2 3, with whom we all miss dearly. Armstrong (119) 3 points behind him. > Christian Lundgaard has led more laps > Trident’s Devlin Defrancesco and Carlin PREMA Racing will welcome the PREMA (400) are deserved victors of (44) than any other driver on the grid Buzz Racing’s Logan Sargeant will opportunity to celebrate a well-earned the Teams’ Championship, 217 points this season. Marcus Armstrong is second both serve five-place grid penalties in Teams’ Championship title on home soil ahead of Hitech (183). ART Grand Prix with 43 laps led. Monza, after both drivers were involved in Monza, after another mammoth points (170) are third. in separate collisions in Belgium. haul at Spa-Francorchamps. Jake Hughes > Between their three drivers, Teams’ Monza hosts Round 7 of the of HWA RACELAB had set the pace in Championship winners PREMA Racing championship, a historically fast circuit practice, but Jehan Daruvala bagged have taken 3 pole positions, 6 wins, with long straights and some of the most his first pole position of the season in 18 podiums, 5 front row starts, 5 fastest the afternoon’s qualifying session. The famous corners in motorsport in front of laps, and have led for 109 laps from a Indian was forced to settle for third traditionally passionate Italian support. possible 250. however, behind PREMA teammate The teams and drivers will need to Robert Shwartzman and Trident’s Pedro manage their Pirelli soft compound tyres > All six rounds so far have seen saw a Piquet who took his maiden F3 victory in carefully amid the low downforce turns, different driver qualify for pole position; Robert Shwartzman in Barcelona, Race 1. PREMA’s Marcus Armstrong led hard braking and rapid acceleration. Jake Hughes in Le Castellet, Armstrong from lights to flag on a sombre Sunday 30 cars fighting wheel-to-wheel in the in Spielberg, Jüri Vips in Silverstone, for the New Zealander’s second victory braking zones should provide quite the Lundgaard in Budapest and Jehan in as many rounds. show! Daruvala in Spa-Francorchamps. > Round 7 of the championship is the first time we will see Pirelli’s soft compound MARIO ISOLA (PIRELLI HEAD OF F1 AND CAR RACING) SAYS: > Despite sitting fourth in the tyre since Round 3 in Spielberg. championship behind Shwartzman and “After an extremely difficult weekend managing the compounds against the Daruvala, Armstrong has as many wins, > The 2019 FIA Formula 3 in Spa, following the tragic passing of considerable stresses that are imposed as many pole positions as his Championship Media Kit is available Anthoine Hubert, we move on to Monza. on them by this historic circuit. Another teammates, and he has set more fastest (version for Monza with all the Our home circuit is also known as the difficulty will be balancing the set-up of laps, taken more bonus points and has statistics updated) for download in our ‘Temple of Speed’, which accurately the car in different weather conditions, lead more laps then them. Media Zone: describes the track characteristics. as at this time of year both hot and cool www.fiaformula3.com Finding the right compromise with temperatures are possible, which clearly > PREMA Racing’s points haul from Media ZoNe grip despite the low downforce levels affects how the front and rear work Belgium last time out (74) was their Username fiaf3media is always a challenge, as well as together.” highest since Round 2 (82). Password fiaf3mediapass Alexa Quintin - Head of Media and Communications [email protected] +33 (0)6 23 900 777 • Matthew Deacon - Press Officer [email protected] +44 (0)7787 154 637 CONTACT For more information please visit www.fiaformula3.com Follow us @FIAFormula3 @fiaf3 @FIAFormula3 ROUND 7/8 Preview MONZA I TA LY ON-BOARD 2019 ENTRY LIST CAMERAS SEASOn STATS 1 David Beckmann BEC PREMA Racing are champions! The Italian outfit ART Grand Prix DEU 19 y/o clinched the FIA Formula 3 championship after Race 2 FEW 2 Max Fewtrell at Spa-Francorchamps. GBR 20 y/o 1 3 Christian Lundgaard LUN DNK 18 y/o PREMA have 400 points, 217 more than second-placed Hitech Grand Prix with only 4 Liam Lawson LAW MP Motorsport NZL 17 y/o 400 206 points available. 5 Simo Laaksonen LAA FIN 20 y/o The gap between championship leader Robert Shwartzman and second-placed Jehan Daruvala at the 6 Richard Verschoor VER NLD 18 y/o 23 top of the Drivers’ Championship. 7 Lirim Zendeli ZEN Sauber Junior Team DEU 19 y/o Trident’s Pedro Piquet was the eighth different driver to by Charouz 8 Fabio Scherer SCH CHE 20 y/o have stood on the top step of the podium this season. HYM 8 9 Raoul Hyman GBR 23 y/o 2019 CLASSIFICATIONS After 12/16 RACES 10 Bent Viscaal VIS HWA RACELAB NLD 19 y/o drivers’ standings teams’ standings HUG 11 Jake Hughes M M M M GBR 25 y/o POS. DRIVER RACE 1 RACE 2 PTS SHUFFLE POS. TEAM RACE 1 RACE 2 PTS SHUFFLE AND 12 Keyvan Andres 1. Robert Shwartzman ..... 1M ...... 1M .... 152 = 1. PREMA Racing ................... 2M .... 4M .... 400 L IRN 19 y/o 2. Jehan Daruvala ............. 1M ...... 1M .... 129 +1 2. Hitech Grand Prix ............. 2M .... 1M .... 183 = TSU 14 Yuki Tsunoda M Jenzer Motorsport JPN 19 y/o 3. Jüri Vips ........................... 2 ................. 122 -1 3. ART Grand Prix ................. 1M ............... 170 = 4. Marcus Armstrong..................... 2M .... 119 = 15 Giorgio Carrara CAR 4. Trident .................................. 1M ..................89 +1 CHE 18 y/o 5. Christian Lundgaard .... 1M ....................93 = 5. HWA RACELAB ............................ 1M .......66 -1 16 Andreas Estner EST 6. Pedro Piquet ................... 1M ....................74 +3 DEU 19 y/o 6. Jenzer Motorsport ......................................37 +1 7. Leonardo Pulcini ........................ 1M .......61 +1 DEF 7. MP Motorsport ............................................33 -1 17 Devlin DeFrancesco 8. Max Fewtrell .............................................57 -1 Trident CAN 19 y/o 8. Carlin Buzz Racing....................................12 = 9. Jake Hughes................................ 1M .......56 -3 PIQ 18 Pedro Piquet 9. Sauber Junior Team by Charouz ..............7 = BRA 21 y/o 10. Yuki Tsunoda .............................................37 +2 10. Campos Racing .............................................5 = 19 Niko Kari KAR FIN 19 y/o 11. Liam Lawson .............................................22 -1 20 Leonardo Pulcini PUL 12. David Beckmann .....................................20 -1 Hitech Grand Prix ITA 21 y/o 13. Niko Kari ...................................................15 = 21 Jüri Vips VIP 14.