Montoya loses podium, others penalised following Monza Sprint Race

Following the conclusion of the Sprint Race at Monza, several drivers including Sebastián Montoya have each received a post-race time penalty.

Firstly, Campos Racing driver Sebastián Montoya was judged to have forced Car 6 belonging to Trident’s Santiago Ramos off the track during their fight for the podium places.

After hearing from both drivers and their team representatives along with reviewing all available video evidence, the Stewards determined that Car 11 of Montoya had crowded Car 6 beyond the edge the track on the approach to Turn 1.

As a result, they elected to apply a five-second time penalty to the Campos driver, dropping Montoya from second in the classification down to 11th position.

It moves Ramos up to second, Alex Dunne to third place, all other drivers move forward one position down to Martinius Stenshorne, who takes the final point in 10th place.

Secondly, Hitech Pulse-Eight’s Cian Shields has received a five-second time penalty for causing a collision.

During the race, Shields made contact with Car 29 of Rodin Motorsport’s Callum Voisin at Turn 1.

After hearing from both drivers, their team representatives and examining available video evidence, the Stewards determined Shields was the driver wholly at fault for the contact.

As a result, they handed the Hitech driver a five second-time penalty, dropping him from 18th to 20th in the results.

Thirdly, AIX Racing driver Tasanapol Inthraphuvasak has been assigned a 10-second time penalty for a breach of Article 40.8 of the 2024 FIA Formula 3 Sporting Regulations.

After hearing from both drivers and reviewing video evidence, the Stewards determined that the Thai driver had overtaken Rodin Motorsport Car 31 of Joseph Loake under Safety Car conditions.

The Stewards therefore assigned a 10-second time penalty for the infringement, which drops Inthraphuvasak from 19th to 21st.

Next, ART Grand Prix driver Christian Mansell has been awarded a five-second time penalty for causing a collision.

Mansell was racing with Car 21, Van Amersfoort Racing’s Sophia Floersch, at Turns 4 and 5 when there was contact between them.

Following the race and after hearing from both drivers, their team representatives and examining video evidence, the Stewards determined that Mansell was wholly responsible for the collision.

As a result, the ART driver remains 22nd in the classification.

Finally, Noel León has been awarded a 10-place grid penalty. The Van Amersfoort Racing driver was found to have caused a collision with ART’s Nikola Tsolov.

After hearing from the drivers and team representatives along with examining available video evidence, the Stewards determined that León was wholly to blame for the collision.

Because León was not classified in the Sprint Race results, his penalty is converted into a five-place grid drop. The Van Amersfoort driver will serve the sanction at the next race in which he competes.