2025 Imola Formula 3 round

2025 Imola Formula 3 round
Round details
Round 3 of 10 in the 2025 FIA Formula 3 Championship.
	Layout of the Autodromo Internazionale Enzo e Dino Ferrari
Location	Autodromo Internazionale Enzo e Dino Ferrari; Imola, Emilia-Romagna, Italy
Course	Permanent racing facility ; 4.909 km (3.050 mi)
Sprint Race
Date
Date	17 May 2025
Laps	18
Podium
First	Tim Tramnitz
Second	Bruno del Pino
Third	Nikola Tsolov
Fastest lap
Driver	Noah Strømsted
Time	1:34:581 (on lap 18)
Feature Race
Date
Date	18 May 2025
Laps	22
Pole position
Driver	Rafael Câmara
Time	1:32:206
Podium
First	Santiago Ramos
Second	Noah Strømsted
Third	Rafael Câmara
Fastest lap
Driver	Noah Strømsted
Time	1:34.242 (on lap 6)

The 2025 Imola FIA Formula 3 round was a motor racing event held between 16 and 18 May 2025 at the Autodromo Internazionale Enzo e Dino Ferrari in Imola, Emilia-Romagna, Italy. It was the third round of the 2025 FIA Formula 3 Championship and was held in support of the 2025 Emilia Romagna Grand Prix.

Rafael Câmara took his third consecutive pole position in qualifying, the first to achieve the feat in FIA Formula 3.^[1] Tim Tramnitz won the feature race ahead of Bruno del Pino and Nikola Tsolov, taking MP Motorsport's first 1-2 finish in the series.^[2] In the feature race, Santiago Ramos took his second win of the season, ahead of Noah Strømsted and Câmara. Câmara remained in the championship lead, 21 points ahead of Strømsted.^[3]

Classification

Qualifying

Pos.	No.	Driver	Entrant	Time/Gap	Grid SR	Grid FR
1	5	Rafael Câmara	Trident	1:32.206	12	1
2	21	Santiago Ramos	Van Amersfoort Racing	+0.236	11	2
3	4	Noah Strømsted	Trident	+0.244	10	3
4	8	Tuukka Taponen	ART Grand Prix	+0.327	9	4
5	24	Louis Sharp	Rodin Motorsport	+0.359	8	5
6	25	Roman Bilinski	Rodin Motorsport	+0.373	7	6
7	3	Ugo Ugochukwu	Prema Racing	+0.381	6	7
8	2	Noel León	Prema Racing	+0.406	5	8
9	12	Nikola Tsolov	Campos Racing	+0.430	4	9
10	10	Mari Boya	Campos Racing	+0.504	3	10
11	17	Tim Tramnitz	MP Motorsport	+0.572	2	11
12	18	Bruno del Pino	MP Motorsport	+0.574	1	12
13	19	Alessandro Giusti	MP Motorsport	+0.586	13	13
14	28	Brad Benavides	AIX Racing	+0.673	14	14
15	1	Brando Badoer	Prema Racing	+0.688	15	15
16	14	Martinius Stenshorne	Hitech TGR	+0.722	16	16
17	7	Laurens van Hoepen	ART Grand Prix	+0.773	17	17
18	29	Nicola Lacorte	DAMS Lucas Oil	+0.836	18	18
19	15	Joshua Dufek	Hitech TGR	+0.881	19	19
20	9	James Wharton	ART Grand Prix	+0.890	20	20
21	20	Théophile Naël	Van Amersfoort Racing	+0.971	21	21
22	23	Callum Voisin	Rodin Motorsport	+1.014	22	22
23	26	James Hedley	AIX Racing	+1.075	23	23
24	22	Ivan Domingues	Van Amersfoort Racing	+1.164	24	24
25	31	Christian Ho	DAMS Lucas Oil	+1.269	25	25
26	30	Matías Zagazeta	DAMS Lucas Oil	+1.300	26	26
27	16	Gerrard Xie	Hitech TGR	+1.388	27	27
28	6	Charlie Wurz	Trident	+1.656	28	28
29	27	Nicola Marinangeli	AIX Racing	+1.715	29	29
107% time: 1:38.660 (+6.454)
—	11	Tasanapol Inthraphuvasak	Campos Racing	+33.325¹	30	30
Source:^[4]^[5]

Notes:

^1 Tasanapol Inthraphuvasak had his fastest lap time deleted for causing a red flag, dropping him outside of the 107% cut-off. He was permitted to race by the stewards.^[6]

Sprint race

Pos.	No.	Driver	Team	Laps	Time/Gap	Grid	Pts.
1	17	Tim Tramnitz	MP Motorsport	18	33:26.298	2	10
2	18	Bruno del Pino	MP Motorsport	18	+0.782	1	9
3	12	Nikola Tsolov	Campos Racing	18	+1.187	4	8
4	24	Louis Sharp	Rodin Motorsport	18	+2.088	8	7
5	25	Roman Bilinski	Rodin Motorsport	18	+3.328	7	6
6	4	Noah Strømsted	Trident	18	+4.257	10	5 (1)
7	8	Tuukka Taponen	ART Grand Prix	18	+6.966	9	4
8	3	Ugo Ugochukwu	Prema Racing	18	+8.206	6	3
9	2	Noel León	Prema Racing	18	+8.502	5	2
10	19	Alessandro Giusti	MP Motorsport	18	+8.829	13	1
11	5	Rafael Câmara	Trident	18	+9.298	12
12	28	Brad Benavides	AIX Racing	18	+10.577	14
13	14	Martinius Stenshorne	Hitech TGR	18	+11.014	16
14	15	Joshua Dufek	Hitech TGR	18	+11.578	19
15	29	Nicola Lacorte	DAMS Lucas Oil	18	+12.656	18
16	1	Brando Badoer	Prema Racing	18	+16.172	15
17	7	Laurens van Hoepen	ART Grand Prix	18	+16.386	17
18	26	James Hedley	AIX Racing	18	+16.850	23
19	11	Tasanapol Inthraphuvasak	Campos Racing	18	+17.178	30
20	20	Théophile Naël	Van Amersfoort Racing	18	+17.335	21
21	31	Christian Ho	DAMS Lucas Oil	18	+17.746	25
22	9	James Wharton	ART Grand Prix	18	+18.059	20
23	6	Charlie Wurz	Trident	18	+18.302	28
24	16	Gerrard Xie	Hitech TGR	18	+18.597	27
25	22	Ivan Domingues	Van Amersfoort Racing	18	+19.342	24
26	23	Callum Voisin	Rodin Motorsport	18	+28.870¹	22
27	21	Santiago Ramos	Van Amersfoort Racing	17	+1 lap	11
DNF	10	Mari Boya	Campos Racing	9	Retired	3
DNF	30	Matías Zagazeta	DAMS Lucas Oil	8	Retired	26
DNF	27	Nicola Marinangeli	AIX Racing	3	Lost Wheel	29
Fastest lap set by Noah Strømsted: 1:34.581 (lap 18)
Source:^[7]^[8]

Notes:

Callum Voisin was given a ten second penalty for forcing another driver off the track, demoting him from 25th to 26th.^[8]

Feature race

Pos.	No.	Driver	Team	Laps	Time/Gap	Grid	Pts.
1	21	Santiago Ramos	Van Amersfoort Racing	22	35:28.558	2	25
2	4	Noah Strømsted	Trident	22	+0.277	3	18 (1)
3	5	Rafael Câmara	Trident	22	+6.838	1	15 (2)
4	8	Tuukka Taponen	ART Grand Prix	22	+8.540	4	12
5	10	Mari Boya	Campos Racing	22	+13.713	10	10
6	17	Tim Tramnitz	MP Motorsport	22	+14.887	11	8
7	19	Alessandro Giusti	MP Motorsport	22	+15.268	13	6
8	25	Roman Bilinski	Rodin Motorsport	22	+16.315	6	4
9	12	Nikola Tsolov	Campos Racing	22	+16.727	9	2
10	7	Laurens van Hoepen	ART Grand Prix	22	+17.829	17	1
11	14	Martinius Stenshorne	Hitech TGR	22	+20.516	16
12	24	Louis Sharp	Rodin Motorsport	22	+21.667	5
13	9	James Wharton	ART Grand Prix	22	+26.453	20
14	3	Ugo Ugochukwu	Prema Racing	22	+27.074	7
15	15	Joshua Dufek	Hitech TGR	22	+27.345	19
16	6	Charlie Wurz	Trident	22	+27.853	28
17	11	Tasanapol Inthraphuvasak	Campos Racing	22	+29.857	30
18	23	Callum Voisin	Rodin Motorsport	22	+34.266	22
19	1	Brando Badoer	Prema Racing	22	+35.516	15
20	16	Gerrard Xie	Hitech TGR	22	+35.885	27
21	31	Christian Ho	DAMS Lucas Oil	22	+36.307	25
22	30	Matías Zagazeta	DAMS Lucas Oil	22	+37.379	26
23	26	James Hedley	AIX Racing	22	+37.894	23
24	28	Brad Benavides	AIX Racing	22	+41.212¹	14
25	29	Nicola Lacorte	DAMS Lucas Oil	22	+42.526²	18
26	20	Théophile Naël	Van Amersfoort Racing	22	+1:09.330	21
27	18	Bruno del Pino	MP Motorsport	22	+1:13.930	12
28	2	Noel León	Prema Racing	21	+1 lap	8
DNF	22	Ivan Domingues	Van Amersfoort Racing	10	Retired	24
DNF	27	Nicola Marinangeli	AIX Racing	6	Retired	29
Fastest lap set by Noah Strømsted: 1:34.141 (lap 6)
Source:^[9]^[10]

Notes:

^1 Brad Benavides was given a ten second penalty for causing a collision, demoting him from 18th to 24th.^[11]
^2 Nicola Lacorte was given a ten second penalty for leaving the track and gaining an advantage, demoting him from 19th to 25th.^[12]

Standings after the event

Drivers' Championship standings

	Pos.	Driver	Points
	1	Rafael Câmara	73
2	2	Noah Strømsted	52
1	3	Tim Tramnitz	48
3	4	Tuukka Taponen	36
6	5	Santiago Ramos	35

Teams' Championship standings

	Pos.	Team	Points
	1	Trident	135
	2	MP Motorsport	76
	3	Campos Racing	60
1	4	Van Amersfoort Racing	54
1	5	Rodin Motorsport	54

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

References

^ Whitfield, Harry (2025-05-16). "Rafael Camara makes history with third consecutive pole for F3 Feature Race in Imola". Motorsport Week. Retrieved 2025-06-06.
^ Turner, Tori (2025-05-17). "Tramnitz and Del Pino take MP's maiden 1-2 finish in F3 in Imola sprint". Feeder Series. Retrieved 2025-06-06.
^ Turner, Tori (2025-05-18). "Ramos defeats Câmara for second F3 win of 2025 in Imola feature". Feeder Series. Retrieved 2025-06-06.
^ "Doc 28 - Qualifying - Final classification" (PDF). Fédération Internationale de l'Automobile. 17 May 2025. Retrieved 20 May 2025.
^ Waring, Bethonie (2025-05-16). "Rafael Camara earns third straight F3 pole at Imola". Formula Scout. Retrieved 2025-06-06.
^ "Doc 19 - INFRINGEMENT - Car 11 - caused a Red Flag in Qualifying" (PDF). Fédération Internationale de l'Automobile. 16 May 2025. Retrieved 20 May 2025.
^ "Doc 41 - F3 Race 1 - final classification" (PDF). Fédération Internationale de l'Automobile. 17 May 2025. Retrieved 20 May 2025.
^ ^a ^b Lopez, Alejandro Alonso (2025-05-17). "Tramnitz keeps it cool at Imola to win safety car-filled FIA F3 sprint race". Formula Scout. Retrieved 2025-06-06.
^ "Doc 50 - F3 Race 2 (Feature) - final classification" (PDF). Fédération Internationale de l'Automobile. 18 May 2025. Retrieved 20 May 2025.
^ Whitfield, Steve (2025-05-18). "Ramos resists late Stromsted charge to win FIA F3's Imola feature race". Formula Scout. Retrieved 2025-06-06.
^ Barnes, Jessica (2025-05-18). "Louis Sharp battles hard but falls short of points in Imola F3 Feature Race". VelocityNews. Retrieved 2025-06-06.
^ "Doc 49 - INFRINGEMENT - Car 29 leaving the track and gaining an advantage" (PDF). Fédération Internationale de l'Automobile. 18 May 2025. Retrieved 20 May 2025.

External links

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