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Round 8 of 9 in the 2020 FIA Formula 3 Championship. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Location | Autodromo Nazionale di Monza Monza, Italy | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Course | Permanent racing facility 5.793 km (3.600 mi) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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The 2020 Monza FIA Formula 3 round is a motor racing event held on 5 and 6 September 2020 at the Autodromo Nazionale di Monza in Monza, Italy. It was the penultimate round of the 2020 FIA Formula 3 Championship, and ran in support of the 2020 Italian Grand Prix.
With Frederik Vesti's win and Oscar Piastri finishing in third in the first race, Prema Racing prematurely secured the teams' championship back-to-back with three races to spare.
Sophia Flörsch returned to drive for Campos Racing, with Andreas Estner, her replacement in Spa, returning to the Euroformula Open Championship.
The Qualifying session took place on 4 September 2020, with Théo Pourchaire setting the fastest laptime of the session. However, him, Smolyar, Chovet, Zendeli, Caldwell, Fernández, Beckmann, Vesti and championship leader Oscar Piastri were all penalized for blocking the track in Qualifying, therefore allowing Liam Lawson, who had initially set the fourth-best laptime, to inherit pole position.
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Richard Bastiaan Verschoor is a Dutch racing driver who is currently competing for Trident in the Formula 2 Championship. Verschoor graduated to Formula 2 in 2021 with MP Motorsport before switching to Charouz Racing System, and moved to Trident for 2022 and Van Amersfoort Racing in 2023. after two years in the FIA Formula 3 Championship with MP Motorsport.
Enzo Fittipaldi da Cruz is a Brazilian racing driver, who is currently competing in the FIA Formula 2 Championship with Van Amersfoort Racing. Fittipaldi was the 2018 Italian F4 champion and 2019 Formula Regional European runner-up. He then spent nearly two seasons in Formula 3 before being promoted to Formula 2 with Charouz Racing System, and drove for Rodin Carlin in 2023. He was a member of the Red Bull Junior Team and was also a previous member of the Ferrari Driver Academy.
Liam Lawson is a New Zealand motor racing driver currently serving as a reserve driver for Red Bull Racing and RB Formula One Team. Lawson, who is mentored by three-time New Zealand Grand Prix winner Ken Smith, previously competed for the Carlin team in the FIA Formula 2 Championship, where he finished third in 2022. He is a previous Toyota Racing Series champion and former member of the Red Bull Junior Team, In 2021, he also raced for the Red Bull AF Corse team in the Deutsche Tourenwagen Masters, partnering Alex Albon, narrowly missing out on the championship in the last round. He is also the runner-up during the 2023 Super Formula Championship with Team Mugen.
Oscar Jack Piastri is an Australian racing driver currently competing in Formula One for McLaren.
Lirim Zendeli is a German racing driver of Macedonian-Albanian descent who currently competes in the 2023 USF Pro 2000 Championship with TJ Speed Motorsports. He last competed as a substitute driver for Campos Racing in Formula 2. He competed in the FIA Formula 3 Championship with Charouz Racing System in 2019 as the reigning German Formula 4 champion. After the 2019 F3 season, Zendeli competed in the 2020 Toyota Racing Series in New Zealand before joining Trident for the 2020 FIA Formula 3 Championship, where he won a race at Spa. He made the step up to Formula 2 in 2021 with MP Motorsport.
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