2025 Monte Carlo Formula 3 round

  2025 Monte Carlo Formula 3 round

Round details
Round 4 of 10 in the 2025 FIA Formula 3 Championship.
Layout of the Circuit de Monaco
Location	Circuit de Monaco Monte Carlo, Monaco
Course	Street circuit 3.337 km (2.074 mi)
Sprint Race
Date 24 May 2025 Laps 23 Podium First Martinius Stenshorne Hitech TGR Second Tuukka Taponen ART Grand Prix Third Laurens van Hoepen ART Grand Prix Fastest lap Driver Martinius Stenshorne Hitech TGR Time 1:25.483 (on lap 22)
Feature Race
Date 25 May 2025 Laps 27 Pole position Driver Nikola Tsolov Campos Racing Time 1:24.882 Podium First Nikola Tsolov Campos Racing Second Roman Bilinski Rodin Motorsport Third Mari Boya Campos Racing Fastest lap Driver Nikola Tsolov Campos Racing Time 1:24.886 (on lap 26)

The 2025Monte Carlo FIA Formula 3 round was a motor racing event held between 23 and 24 May 2025 at the Circuit de Monaco in Monte Carlo, Monaco. It was the fourth round of the 2025 FIA Formula 3 Championship and was held in support of the 2025 Monaco Grand Prix.

In the group qualifying format, Nikola Tsolov claimed his maiden pole position ahead of Roman Biliński. ^[1] Martinius Stenshorne won the sprint race, ahead of Tuukka Taponen and Laurens van Hoepen. A large crash on the opening lap saw five cars eliminated from the race, with James Hedley withdrawing from the weekend due to a hand injury. ^{[2] [3]} Tsolov then won the feature race from pole position, followed by Bilinski and Mari Boya. ^[4] By winning the feature race, Tsolov set a new record for the most wins (5) in Formula 3. ^[5] Despite not finishing the feature race after his wheel came loose, Rafael Câmara remained in the championship lead, thirteen points ahead of Tim Tramnitz. ^[6]

Classification

Qualifying

Group A

Qualifying for Group A was held on 23 May 2025, at 11:05 local time (UTC+2).

Pos.	No.	Driver	Entrant	Time/Gap	Grid SR	Grid FR
1	12	Nikola Tsolov	Campos Racing	1:24.882	12	1
2	10	Mari Boya	Campos Racing	+0.127	10	3
3	2	Noel León	Prema Racing	+0.504	7	5
4	6	Charlie Wurz	Trident	+0.530	5	7
5	8	Tuukka Taponen	ART Grand Prix	+0.638	4	8
6	14	Martinius Stenshorne	Hitech TGR	+0.840	2	10
7	24	Louis Sharp	Rodin Motorsport	+0.943	13	13
8	4	Noah Strømsted	Trident	+0.959	15	15
9	22	Ivan Domingues	Van Amersfoort Racing	+0.966	17	17
10	28	Brad Benavides	AIX Racing	+1.072	19	19
11	30	Matías Zagazeta	DAMS Lucas Oil	+1.119	21	21
12	20	Théophile Naël	Van Amersfoort Racing	+1.122	23	23
13	18	Bruno del Pino	MP Motorsport	+1.127	25	25
14	16	Gerrard Xie	Hitech TGR	+1.203	27	27
15	26	James Hedley	AIX Racing	+1.712	29	WD 4
Source: [7] [8]

Group B

Qualifying for Group B was held on 23 May 2025, at 11:29 local time (UTC+2).

Pos.	No.	Driver	Entrant	Time/Gap	Grid SR	Grid FR
1	25	Roman Bilinski	Rodin Motorsport	1:25.332	11	2
2	23	Callum Voisin	Rodin Motorsport	+0.027	9	4
3	17	Tim Tramnitz	MP Motorsport	+0.093	6	6
4	5	Rafael Câmara	Trident	+0.152	8 1	11 1
5	7	Laurens van Hoepen	ART Grand Prix	+0.233	3	9
6	19	Alessandro Giusti	MP Motorsport	+0.321	1	12
7	3	Ugo Ugochukwu	Prema Racing	+0.604	14	14
8	15	Joshua Dufek	Hitech TGR	+0.781	16	16
9	11	Tasanapol Inthraphuvasak	Campos Racing	+0.877	18	18
10	31	Christian Ho	DAMS Lucas Oil	+1.067	20	20
11	9	James Wharton	ART Grand Prix	+1.125	22	22
12	21	Santiago Ramos	Van Amersfoort Racing	+2.465	24	24
13	1	Brando Badoer	Prema Racing	+2.500 2	26	26
14	27	Nicola Marinangeli	AIX Racing	+2.644	28	28
107% time: 1:38.660 (+6.454)
—	29	Nicola Lacorte	DAMS Lucas Oil	No time 3	30	29
Source: [9] [8]

Notes:

• ^1 Rafael Câmara was given a three-place grid penalty for both races for violating the minimum delta time under red flag conditions. This demoted him from 5th to 8th for the sprint race, and from 8th to 11th for the feature race. ^[10]
• ^2 Brando Badoer had his fastest lap time deleted for causing a red flag. This demoted him from 12th to 13th. ^[11]
• ^3 Nicola Lacorte was disqualified from qualifying for failing to respect a black flag after receiving physical assistance from the track marshals. He was permitted to start both races from the back of the grid. ^[1]
• ^4 James Hedley was withdrawn from the feature race after sustaining a hand injury in the sprint race. ^[3]

Sprint race

The sprint race was held on 24 May 2025, at 10:45 local time (UTC+2).

Pos.	No.	Driver	Team	Laps	Time/Gap	Grid	Pts.
1	14	Martinius Stenshorne	Hitech TGR	23	38:25.135	2	10 (1)
2	8	Tuukka Taponen	ART Grand Prix	23	+2.253	4	9
3	7	Laurens van Hoepen	ART Grand Prix	23	+4.770	3	8
4	19	Alessandro Giusti	MP Motorsport	23	+6.002	1	7
5	17	Tim Tramnitz	MP Motorsport	23	+6.396	6	6
6	6	Charlie Wurz	Trident	23	+8.454	5	5
7	5	Rafael Câmara	Trident	23	+8.732	8	4
8	10	Mari Boya	Campos Racing	23	+10.614	10	3
9	24	Louis Sharp	Rodin Motorsport	23	+12.203	13	2
10	23	Callum Voisin	Rodin Motorsport	23	+12.907	9	1
11	25	Roman Bilinski	Rodin Motorsport	23	+13.636	11
12	28	Brad Benavides	AIX Racing	23	+14.828	19
13	3	Ugo Ugochukwu	Prema Racing	23	+21.287	14
14	15	Joshua Dufek	Hitech TGR	23	+21.629	16
15	31	Christian Ho	DAMS Lucas Oil	23	+22.214	20
16	20	Théophile Naël	Van Amersfoort Racing	23	+22.508	23
17	30	Matías Zagazeta	DAMS Lucas Oil	23	+24.864	21
18	16	Gerrard Xie	Hitech TGR	23	+27.816	27
19	27	Nicola Marinangeli	AIX Racing	23	+29.272	28
20	1	Brando Badoer	Prema Racing	23	+30.580	26
21	9	James Wharton	ART Grand Prix	23	+32.540	22
22	18	Bruno del Pino	MP Motorsport	23	+35.411 1	25
23	11	Tasanapol Inthraphuvasak	Campos Racing	23	+55.832 2	18
24	12	Nikola Tsolov	Campos Racing	22	+1 lap	12
DNF	4	Noah Strømsted	Trident	13	Collision damage	15
DNF	2	Noel León	Prema Racing	0	Collision	7
DNF	22	Ivan Domingues	Van Amersfoort Racing	0	Collision	17
DNF	21	Santiago Ramos	Van Amersfoort Racing	0	Collision	24
DNF	26	James Hedley	AIX Racing	0	Collision	29
DNF	29	Nicola Lacorte	DAMS Lucas Oil	0	Collision damage	30
Fastest lap: Martinius Stenshorne (1:34.581 on lap 18)
Source: [12] [2]

Notes:

• ^1 Bruno del Pino was given a ten-second penalty for leaving the track and gaining an advantage, and was later given a five-second penalty for a false start. This demoted him from 18th to 22nd. ^[13]
• ^2 Tasanapol Inthraphuvasak was given a thirty-second penalty for re-taking his grid position after being passed by other cars on the formation lap. This demoted him from 19th to 23rd. ^[13]

Feature race

The feature race was held on 25 May 2025, at 08:00 local time (UTC+2).

Pos.	No.	Driver	Team	Laps	Time/Gap	Grid	Pts.
1	12	Nikola Tsolov	Campos Racing	27	42:16.874	1	25 (2+1)
2	25	Roman Bilinski	Rodin Motorsport	27	+7.243	2	18
3	10	Mari Boya	Campos Racing	27	+7.737	3	15
4	23	Callum Voisin	Rodin Motorsport	27	+8.408	4	12
5	17	Tim Tramnitz	MP Motorsport	27	+8.728	6	10
6	7	Laurens van Hoepen	ART Grand Prix	27	+9.416	9	8
7	8	Tuukka Taponen	ART Grand Prix	27	+12.970	8	6
8	14	Martinius Stenshorne	Hitech TGR	27	+13.720	10	4
9	24	Louis Sharp	Rodin Motorsport	27	+14.312	13	2
10	19	Alessandro Giusti	MP Motorsport	27	+14.854	12	1
11	9	James Wharton	ART Grand Prix	27	+15.382	22
12	11	Tasanapol Inthraphuvasak	Campos Racing	27	+27.105	18
13	31	Christian Ho	DAMS Lucas Oil	27	+27.713	20
14	3	Ugo Ugochukwu	Prema Racing	27	+28.660	14
15	30	Matías Zagazeta	DAMS Lucas Oil	27	+29.513	21
16	21	Santiago Ramos	Van Amersfoort Racing	27	+35.250	24
17	15	Joshua Dufek	Hitech TGR	27	+36.205 1	16
18	4	Noah Strømsted	Trident	27	+37.299 2	15
19	16	Gerrard Xie	Hitech TGR	27	+37.971	27
20	22	Ivan Domingues	Van Amersfoort Racing	27	+40.745 3	17
21	27	Nicola Marinangeli	AIX Racing	27	+44.300 4	28
22	20	Théophile Naël	Van Amersfoort Racing	26	Retired	23
DNF	5	Rafael Câmara	Trident	22	Wheel	11
NC	18	Bruno del Pino	MP Motorsport	22	+5 laps	25
DNF	6	Charlie Wurz	Trident	20	Accident	7
DNF	1	Brando Badoer	Prema Racing	20	Accident	26
DNF	28	Brad Benavides	AIX Racing	19	Retired	19
DNF	2	Noel León	Prema Racing	17	Accident	5
DNF	29	Nicola Lacorte	DAMS Lucas Oil	14	Suspension	29
WD	26	James Hedley	AIX Racing	0	Withdrawn
Fastest lap: Nikola Tsolov (1:24.886 on lap 26)
Source: [14] [4]

Notes:

• ^1 Joshua Dufek was given a ten-second penalty for leaving the track and gaining an advantage. This demoted him from 12th to 17th. ^[15]
• ^2 Noah Strømsted was given a ten-second penalty for leaving the track and gaining an advantage. This demoted him from 14th to 18th. ^[15]
• ^3 Ivan Domingues was given a ten-second penalty for leaving the track and gaining an advantage. This demoted him from 18th to 20th. ^[16]
• ^4 Nicola Marinangeli was given a ten-second penalty for causing a collision. This demoted him from 19th to 21st. ^[17]

Standings after the event

Drivers' Championship standings Pos. Driver Points 1 Rafael Câmara 77 1 2 Tim Tramnitz 64 3 3 Nikola Tsolov 61 2 4 Noah Strømsted 52 1 5 Tuukka Taponen 51

Teams' Championship standings Pos. Team Points 1 Trident 144 1 2 Campos Racing 106 1 3 MP Motorsport 100 1 4 Rodin Motorsport 89 1 5 ART Grand Prix 68

Note: Only the top five positions are included for both sets of standings.

See also

• 2025 Monaco Grand Prix
• 2025 Monte Carlo Formula 2 round

References

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5. Smith, Jack Oliver (2025-05-25). "Nikola Tsolov cruises to record fifth F3 win at Monaco after double Safety Car". Motorsport Week. Retrieved 2025-06-06.
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8. Waring, Bethonie (2025-05-23). "Red Bull junior Tsolov claims FIA F3 pole in Monaco". Formula Scout. Retrieved 2025-06-06.
9. "Doc 49 - F3 Qualifying - Group B - Final classification" (PDF). Fédération Internationale de l'Automobile . 23 May 2025. Retrieved 24 May 2025.
10. Turner, Tori (2025-05-26). "3 things we learned from the 2025 Monaco F3 round". Feeder Series. Retrieved 2025-06-06.
11. "Doc 34 - INFRINGEMENT - Car 1 - Caused a Red Flag in Qualifying" (PDF). Fédération Internationale de l'Automobile . 23 May 2025. Retrieved 20 May 2025.
12. "Doc 53 - F3 Sprint Race - Final classification" (PDF). Fédération Internationale de l'Automobile . 24 May 2025. Retrieved 24 May 2025.
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14. "Doc 88 - F3 Race 2 - Final Classification" (PDF). Fédération Internationale de l'Automobile . 25 May 2025. Retrieved 25 May 2025.
15. "F2: Crawford wins shortened Monaco feature race; Tsolov wins F3". FormulaRapida.net. 2025-05-25. Retrieved 2025-06-06.
16. "Doc 72 - INFRINGEMENT - Car 22 - Gaining an advantage on Car 11" (PDF). Fédération Internationale de l'Automobile . 25 May 2025. Retrieved 25 May 2025.
17. Piva, Matteo (2025-05-25). "F3 Feature Race in Monaco, Nikola Tsolov dominates in the Principality!". GPKingdom. Retrieved 2025-06-06.

External links

• Official website

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