The 2020 Monza FIA Formula 3 round is a motor racing event held on 5 and 6 September 2020 at the

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. It was the penultimate round of the

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, and ran in support of the

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. With

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's win and

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finishing in third in the first race,

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prematurely secured the teams' championship back-to-back with three races to spare.

Entries

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returned to drive for

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, with

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, her replacement in

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, returning to the

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Classification

Qualifying

The Qualifying session took place on 4 September 2020, with

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setting the fastest laptime of the session. However, him, Smolyar, Chovet, Zendeli,

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and championship leader

were all penalized for blocking the track in Qualifying, therefore allowing

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, who had initially set the fourth-best laptime, to inherit pole position. ;Notes： * -

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and

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were served five-place grid drops for Race 1 for driving unnecessarily slowly before Turn 11, which forced the following cars to slow down and caused a potentially dangerous situation.. * -

was given a further three-place grid drop for driving unnecessary slowly before Turn 2, which forced the entire field to slow down and caused a potentially dangerous situation. *-

was given an additional five-place grid drop for impeding

at Turn 2. *-

and

were given three-place grid drops after it was found that they drove unnecessarily slowly and impeded

Jake Hughes Jake Hughes (born 30 May 1994) is a British racing driver and winner of the inaugural BRDC Formula 4 Championship. He has won multiple races at Formula 3 level, and is set to compete in the 2022–23 Formula E season with Neom McLaren. Caree ...

Race 1

; Notes： * -

Jack Doohan Jack Doohan (born 20 January 2003) is an Australian racing driver, currently serving as a reserve driver in Formula One for Alpine F1 Team, Alpine. Doohan most recently competed in the 2023 FIA Formula 2 Championship for Virtuosi Racing, Virtu ...

originally finished twelfth, but was given a five second time penalty after it was found that he overtook

Enzo Fittipaldi Enzo Fittipaldi da Cruz (born 18 July 2001) is a Brazilian-American racing driver, who is set to compete in the FIA Formula 2 Championship with Carlin. After signing with Carlin, he became a member of the Red Bull Junior Team in November 2022, ...

before the end of a Safety Car period. * -

Matteo Nannini Matteo Nannini (born 10 July 2003) is an Italian-Argentine racing driver who currently competes in Indy NXT for Juncos Hollinger Racing. His father is a first cousin of former Formula One driver Alessandro Nannini and of singer Gianna Nannini ...

received a three-place grid penalty for race 2 for causing contact between himself and

Race 2

; Notes： * -

originally finished second, but was given a ten-second time penalty for forcing

off the track at turn 1. * -

Bent Viscaal Bent Max Calvin Viscaal (born 18 September 1999 in Almelo) is a Dutch racing driver who is set compete in the 2023 FIA World Endurance Championship with Prema Racing. He last competed in the 2022 European Le Mans Series for Algarve Pro Racing. H ...

originally finished eleventh, but was disqualified for a team member reattaching his steering wheel to the car without requesting permission from the Technical Delegate.

Standings after the event

;Drivers' Championship standings ;Teams' Championship standings * Note: Only the top five positions are included for both sets of standings.

Notes

References

External links

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