Despite starting from pole position, Liam Lawson slipped down the order to finish sixth in the latest FIA Formula 3 Championship race at Monza.
Frederik Vesti drove a phenomenal race from ninth on the grid to seal his second FIA Formula 3 win of the season and emphatically clinch the Teams’ Championship for PREMA Racing on home soil with a round to spare.
The Dane left it late at Monza, having carefully picked off those starting in-front of him, to dispatch of Théo Pourchaire with two laps to go and cap off arguably his best performance in F3.
Pourchaire settled for second at the chequered flag, but drove a sublime race of his own, putting a difficult Friday behind him to rise from sixth.
Vesti’s PREMA teammate Oscar Piastri made up the most places of the top three, stealing a podium place late on having started all the way back in P15. In doing so, the Australian regained the Championship lead from teammate Logan Sargeant. The American suffered a disastrous race, finishing 26th after contact from Clément Novalak spun him off track.
Despite an initially strong getaway, pole-sitter Liam Lawson fell down the order, before contact with fellow front row starter Matteo Nannini rid him of any momentum he had left, eventually finishing in P6.
Race results
1/ Frederik Vesti Prema Powerteam
2/ Theo Pourchaire ART Grand Prix
3/ Oscar Piastri Prema Powerteam
4/ David Beckmann Trident
5/ Jake Hughes HWA AG
6/ Liam Lawson HitechGP
7/ Lirim Zendeli Trident
8/ Bent Viscaal MP Motorsport
9/ Enzo Fittipaldi HWA AG
10/ Michael Belov Charouz Racing System
11/ Roman Staněk Charouz Racing System
12/ Jack Doohan HWA AG
13/ Dennis Hauger HitechGP
14/ Clement Novalak Carlin
15/ Lukas Dunner MP Motorsport
16/ Cameron Das Carlin
17/ Alexander Peroni Campos Racing
18/ Pierre-Louis Chovet HitechGP
19/ David Schumacher Carlin
20/ Alexander Smolyar ART Grand Prix
21/ Sophia Flörsch Campos Racing
22/ Federico Malvestiti Jenzer Motorsport
23/ Alessio Deledda Campos Racing
24/ Igor Fraga Charouz Racing System
25/ Calan Williams Jenzer Motorsport
26/ Logan Sargeant Prema Powerteam
27/ Richard Verschoor MP Motorsport
Sebastian Fernandez ART Grand Prix
Olli Caldwell Trident
Matteo Nannini Jenzer Motorsport
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