Country: | Australia |
Melbourne | |
Round No: | 2 |
Season No: | 10 |
Year: | 2024 |
Location: | Albert Park Circuit Melbourne, Victoria, Australia |
Course: | Temporary street circuit |
Course Mi: | 3.280 |
Course Km: | 5.278 |
Type R1: | Sprint Race |
Date R1: | 23 March |
Laps R1: | 20 |
First Driver Country R1: | NOR |
First Driver R1: | Martinius Stenshorne |
First Team R1: | Hitech Pulse-Eight |
Second Driver Country R1: | GBR |
Second Driver R1: | Arvid Lindblad |
Second Team R1: | Prema Racing |
Third Driver Country R1: | NED |
Third Driver R1: | Laurens van Hoepen |
Third Team R1: | ART Grand Prix |
Fast Driver Country R1: | GBR |
Fast Driver R1: | Luke Browning |
Fast Team R1: | Hitech Pulse-Eight |
Fast Time R1: | 1:36.186 |
Fast Lap R1: | lap 2 |
Type R2: | Feature Race |
Date R2: | 24 March |
Laps R2: | 23 |
Pole Driver Country R2: | ITA |
Pole Driver R2: | Leonardo Fornaroli |
Pole Team R2: | Trident |
Pole Time R2: | 1:33.044 |
First Driver Country R2: | SWE |
First Driver R2: | Dino Beganovic |
First Team R2: | Prema Racing |
Second Driver Country R2: | ITA |
Second Driver R2: | Leonardo Fornaroli |
Second Team R2: | Trident |
Third Driver Country R2: | ITA |
Third Driver R2: | Gabriele Minì |
Third Team R2: | Prema Racing |
Fast Driver Country R2: | SWE |
Fast Driver R2: | Dino Beganovic |
Fast Team R2: | Prema Racing |
Fast Time R2: | 1:35.588 |
Fast Lap R2: | lap 7 |
The 2024 Melbourne FIA Formula 3 round was a motor racing event held between 21 and 24 March 2024 at the Albert Park Circuit in Melbourne, Australia. It was the second round of the 2024 FIA Formula 3 Championship and was held in support of the 2024 Australian Grand Prix.
Leonardo Fornaroli qualified in first place at Albert Park Circuit ahead of Gabriele Minì and Dino Beganovic. Laurens van Hoepen started the sprint race from the front, and he and Martinius Stenshorne exchanged the lead multiple times in the early laps. Stenshorne ultimately held the position and then kept Arvid Lindblad behind, who had progressed to second place from fifth at the start. Stenshorne's victory was his first FIA Formula 3 podium finish.
Feature race pole-sitter Fornaroli led at the start and through the first restart after the safety car was deployed to recover Tommy Smith and Joseph Loake's collided cars. Beganovic overtook Fornaroli for the lead on lap 14. Minì had lost third place to Luke Browning but recovered the podium place on the penultimate lap. Beganovic's victory was his first in the category, and promoted him to fourth place in the Drivers' Championship. At the end of the round, Browning and Fornaroli were tied on points at the top of the championship – with Browning ahead by virtue of having won a race – both five points ahead of Minì.
Qualifying was held on 22 March 2024, at 14:00 local time (UTC+11).
The sprint race was held on 23 March 2024, at 11:15 local time (UTC+11).
Notes:
The feature race was held on 24 March 2024, at 9:05 local time (UTC+11).
Driver | Points | |||
---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Luke Browning | 37 | ||
2 | 2 | Leonardo Fornaroli | 37 | |
4 | 3 | Gabriele Minì | 32 | |
11 | 4 | Dino Beganovic | 28 | |
5 | Arvid Lindblad | 23 |
Team | Points | |||
---|---|---|---|---|
2 | 1 | Prema Racing | 83 | |
1 | 2 | Trident | 60 | |
1 | 3 | Hitech Pulse-Eight | 47 | |
2 | 4 | ART Grand Prix | 46 | |
1 | 5 | Campos Racing | 39 |