F3 Monza: Edgar scores first win in finale, Prema clinches teams' title

The MP Motorsport driver lined up fourth, but was promoted to third after poleman Oliver Goethe suffered an issue in his Trident-run car on the formation lap.

He then passed Prema driver Paul Aron to snatch second before the first stoppage.

Once racing resumed, he made it past Caio Collet (Van Amersfoort Racing) for the first time, with the pair trading the lead several times over the coming laps.

Edgar endured three more safety cars and fended off a fierce challenge from Zak O’Sullivan (Prema) to take his maiden win to round off his third season in F3, while O'Sullivan helped the Italian outfit to another teams’ title.

O’Sullivan’s second-place finish also boosts him to finish second in the standings, with Taylor Barnard taking third for Jenzer.

With Goethe having failed to start the race, Collet led from Aron off the line, before a brief touch of the gravel at the second chicane dropped the Estonian to fourth, allowing Edgar into second after a battle with champion Gabriel Bortoleto (Trident).

The first safety car was then deployed after MP Motorsport’s Franco Colapinto came to a stop at Turn 5 having been forced onto the gravel, ending his hopes of finishing second in the standings.

Racing resumed on lap four, with Edgar taking the lead for the first time two laps later as O’Sullivan took third after Bortoleto ran up the Turn 1 escape road, falling to ninth.

The safety car was almost immediately deployed again, after ART’s Gregoire Saucy went off into the gravel at Lesmo 2.

Action restarted on lap nine, with Aron nudged wide by Leonardo Fornaroli (Trident) at Turn 1 and dropping him to 11th, also ending his chances of finishing second in the standings, though he recovered late on to seventh.

Fornaroli received a five-second penalty for the incident.

Gabriel Bortoleto, Trident (Photo by: Simon Galloway / Motorsport Images)

Collet took the lead from Edgar on the restart before the Briton regain control of the race at the second chicane.

Though Collet was back into the lead two laps later, Edgar once again passed him down to Turn 1 on lap 13 to retake the lead, before the third safety car was deployed by Sebastian Montoya (Hitech) having been nudged into the Turn 5 gravel by team-mate Gabriele Mini.

The safety car ended on lap 16, with Edgar leading as O’Sullivan snuck into second in a brilliant move around the outside on Collet.

Marti’s race was then ended, also in the Turn 5 gravel, and prompting the final safety car, before Roberto Faria’s PHM-run car also stopped at the pit exit.

A final lap shootout saw Edgar get a good start to retain the lead, and despite Collet’s best attempts to hold on to O’Sullivan, he was then passed by Barnard.

Collet settled for fourth, with Bortoleto in fifth and Saturday sprint race podium sitter Mari Boya (MP Motorsport) in sixth.

Aron was seventh, with Christian Mansell in eighth for Campos ahead of the third Prema of Dino Beganovic. Rafael Villagomez completed the top 10 for VAR.

F3 Monza - Feature race results:

Main Information Additional Data Additional Data Driver Info

       

Driver Info			Main Information Additional Data
Cla	Driver	#		Laps	Time	Interval	km/h	Pits	Points	Retirement	Bonus
1	J. Edgar Jonny Edgar MP Motorsport	12		21	-				25
2	Z. O'Sullivan Zak O'Sullivan Prema Powerteam	3		21	+0.200	0.200			18
3	T. Barnard Taylor Barnard Jenzer Motorsport	27		21	+0.800	0.600			15
4	C. Collet Caio Collet Van Amersfoort Racing	17		21	+1.000	0.200			12
5	G. Bortoleto Gabriel Bortoleto Trident	5		21	+1.500	0.500			10		1
6	M. Boya Mari Boya MP Motorsport	11		21	+1.900	0.400			8
7	P. Aron Paul Aron Prema Powerteam	1		21	+2.100	0.200			6
8	C. Mansell Christian Mansell Campos Racing	24		21	+2.900	0.800			4
9	D. Beganovic Dino Beganovic Prema Powerteam	2		21	+3.300	0.400			2
10	R. Villagomez Rafael Villagomez Van Amersfoort Racing	18		21	+3.600	0.300			1
11	M. Shin Michael Shin PHM Racing by Charouz	31		21	+6.100	2.500
12	F. Simonazzi Francesco Simonazzi Rodin Carlin	21		21	+6.700	0.600
13	N. Tsolov Nikola Tsolov ART Grand Prix	9		21	+6.900	0.200		1
14	S. Flörsch Sophia Flörsch PHM Racing by Charouz	29		21	+7.600	0.700
15	J. Dufek Joshua Dufek Campos Racing	25		21	+7.600	0.000		1
16	L. Fornaroli Leonardo Fornaroli Trident	4		21	+8.100	0.500
17	O. Gray Oliver Gray Rodin Carlin	20		21	+8.400	0.300		1
18	L. Browning Luke Browning Hitech Pulse-Eight	16		21	+11.200	2.800		1
19	G. Minì Gabriele Minì Hitech Pulse-Eight	15		21	+21.100	9.900
20	T. Smith Tommy Smith Van Amersfoort Racing	19		21	+53.900	32.800		1
21	A. Garcia Alex Garcia Jenzer Motorsport	28		20	1 lap			1
22	R. Faria Roberto Faria PHM Racing by Charouz	30		18	3 laps
dnf	N. Bedrin Nikita Bedrin Jenzer Motorsport	26		16	5 laps			1		Retirement
dnf	P. Martí Pepe Martí Campos Racing	23		15	6 laps					Retirement
dnf	I. Cohen Ido Cohen Rodin Carlin	22		15	6 laps					Retirement
dnf	S. Montoya Sebastian Montoya Hitech Pulse-Eight	14		12	9 laps					Retirement
dnf	K. Frederick Kaylen Frederick ART Grand Prix	7		12	9 laps			1		Retirement
dnf	G. Saucy Gregoire Saucy ART Grand Prix	8		5	16 laps					Retirement
dnf	F. Colapinto Franco Colapinto MP Motorsport	10		19						Retirement
dnf	O. Goethe Oliver Goethe Trident	6		20						Retirement	2
View full results