2025 Melbourne Formula 3 round

2025 Melbourne Formula 3 round
Round details
Round 1 of 10 in the 2025 FIA Formula 3 Championship.
	Layout of the Albert Park Circuit
Location	Albert Park Circuit; Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
Course	Temporary street circuit ; 5.278 km (3.280 mi)
Sprint Race
Date
Date	15 March 2025
Laps	20
Podium
First	Santiago Ramos
Second	Martinius Stenshorne
Third	Roman Bilinski
Fastest lap
Driver	Martinius Stenshorne
Time	1:38.069 (on lap 10)
Feature Race
Date
Date	16 March 2025
Laps	16
Pole position
Driver	Rafael Câmara
Time	1:34.999
Podium
First	Rafael Câmara
Second	Noah Strømsted
Third	Théophile Naël
Fastest lap
Driver	Rafael Câmara
Time	1:49.748 (on lap 11)

The 2025 Melbourne FIA Formula 3 round was a motor racing event held between 13 and 16 March 2025 at the Albert Park Circuit in Melbourne, Australia. It was the opening round of the 2025 FIA Formula 3 Championship^[1] and was held in support of the 2025 Australian Grand Prix.

The round marked the first use of the new Formula 3 car, the Dallara F3 2025, during a race weekend.^[2]

Classification

Summary

Rafael Câmara qualified on pole position at Albert Park Circuit, ahead of Noah Strømsted and Théophile Naël.^[3]^[4] Santiago Ramos won the sprint race,^[5]^[6] while pole sitter Câmara won the feature race.^[7]^[8]^[9] Câmara leads the championship by 9 points ahead of Naël and 10 points ahead of Strømsted.

Qualifying

Qualifying was held on 14 March 2025, at 14:00 local time (UTC+11).

Pos.	No.	Driver	Entrant	Time/Gap	Grid SR	Grid FR
1	5	Rafael Câmara	Trident	1:34.999	12	1
2	4	Noah Strømsted	Trident	+0.129	11	2
3	20	Théophile Naël	Van Amersfoort Racing	+0.567	10	3
4	28	Nikita Bedrin^[a]	AIX Racing	+0.771	9	4
5	17	Tim Tramnitz	MP Motorsport	+0.826	8	5
6	6	Charlie Wurz	Trident	+0.840	7	6
7	11	Tasanapol Inthraphuvasak	Campos Racing	+0.925	6	7
8	3	Ugo Ugochukwu	Prema Racing	+1.039	5	8
9	14	Martinius Stenshorne	Hitech TGR	+1.120	4	9
10	25	Roman Bilinski	Rodin Motorsport	+1.126	3	10
11	30	Matías Zagazeta	DAMS Lucas Oil	+1.233	2	11
12	21	Santiago Ramos	Van Amersfoort Racing	+1.269	1	12
13	15	Joshua Dufek	Hitech TGR	+1.293	13	13
14	19	Alessandro Giusti	MP Motorsport	+1.337	14	14
15	24	Louis Sharp	Rodin Motorsport	+1.345	15	15
16	12	Nikola Tsolov	Campos Racing	+1.491	16	16
17	7	Laurens van Hoepen	ART Grand Prix	+1.656	17	17
18	23	Callum Voisin	Rodin Motorsport	+1.670	18	18
19	2	Noel León	Prema Racing	+1.743	19	19
20	26	Javier Sagrera	AIX Racing	+1.819	20	20
21	9	James Wharton	ART Grand Prix	+1.989	21	21
22	31	Christian Ho	DAMS Lucas Oil	+2.182	22	22
23	10	Mari Boya	Campos Racing	+2.427	23	23
24	8	Tuukka Taponen	ART Grand Prix	+2.575	24	24
25	16	Gerrard Xie	Hitech TGR	+2.820	25	25
26	22	Ivan Domingues	Van Amersfoort Racing	+3.118	26	26
27	27	Nicola Marinangeli	AIX Racing	+3.787	27	27
28	1	Brando Badoer	Prema Racing	+6.516	28	28
107% time: 1:41.648 (+6.649)
—	29	Nicola Lacorte	DAMS Lucas Oil	+14.363	29	29
—	18	Bruno del Pino	MP Motorsport	+18.659	30	30
Source:^[11]

Sprint race

The sprint race was held on 15 March 2025, at 11:15 local time (UTC+11).

Pos.	No.	Driver	Team	Laps	Time/Gap	Grid	Pts.
1	21	Santiago Ramos	Van Amersfoort Racing	20	42:20.594	1	10
2	14	Martinius Stenshorne	Hitech TGR	20	+0.408	4	9 (1)
3	25	Roman Bilinski	Rodin Motorsport	20	+0.676	3	8
4	11	Tasanapol Inthraphuvasak	Campos Racing	20	+0.891	6	7
5	30	Matías Zagazeta	DAMS Lucas Oil	20	+1.038	2	6
6	28	Nikita Bedrin	AIX Racing	20	+1.217	9	5
7	20	Théophile Naël	Van Amersfoort Racing	20	+1.406	10	4
8	12	Nikola Tsolov	Campos Racing	20	+1.738	16	3
9	23	Callum Voisin	Rodin Motorsport	20	+2.403	18	2
10	2	Noel León	Prema Racing	20	+2.944	19	1
11	3	Ugo Ugochukwu	Prema Racing	20	+3.851	5
12	10	Mari Boya	Campos Racing	20	+4.440	23
13	8	Tuukka Taponen	ART Grand Prix	20	+4.587	24
14	31	Christian Ho	DAMS Lucas Oil	20	+5.897	22
15	16	Gerrard Xie	Hitech TGR	20	+7.116	25
16	29	Nicola Lacorte	DAMS Lucas Oil	20	+7.770	29
17	24	Louis Sharp	Rodin Motorsport	20	+9.033	15
18	1	Brando Badoer	Prema Racing	20	+9.730	28
19	27	Nicola Marinangeli	AIX Racing	20	+11.057	27
20	22	Ivan Domingues	Van Amersfoort Racing	20	+11.461	26
21	19	Alessandro Giusti	MP Motorsport	20	+13.256¹	14
22	15	Joshua Dufek	Hitech TGR	20	+28.008²	13
DNF	4	Noah Strømsted	Trident	15	Retired	11
DNF	18	Bruno del Pino	MP Motorsport	15	Collision	30
DNF	26	Javier Sagrera	AIX Racing	15	Collision	20
NC	17	Tim Tramnitz	MP Motorsport	13	+7 laps	8
DNF	7	Laurens van Hoepen	ART Grand Prix	2	Collision	17
DNF	5	Rafael Câmara	Trident	2	Collision	1
DNF	9	James Wharton	ART Grand Prix	2	³ Collision	21
DNF	6	Charlie Wurz	Trident	0	Retired	7
Fastest lap set by Martinius Stenshorne: 1:38.069 (lap 10)
Source:^[12]

Notes:

^1 – Alessandro Giusti originally finished eleventh, but was later given a ten-second time penalty for Safety Car infringement, subsequently dropping him down to 21st.
^2 – Joshua Dufek originally finished 18th, but later received a ten-second time penalty for leaving the track and gaining an advantage and another ten-second time penalty for causing a collision, dropping him down to 22nd in the final classification.
^3 – James Wharton was given a ten-second time penalty for causing a collision.

Feature race

The feature race was held on 16 March 2025, at 9:05 local time (UTC+11). Originally scheduled for 20 laps, the race was red-flagged on lap 18 due to heavy rain, and the results were taken from lap 16.

Pos.	No.	Driver	Team	Laps	Time/Gap	Grid	Pts.
1	5	Rafael Câmara	Trident	16	34:43.966	1	25 (2+1)
2	4	Noah Strømsted	Trident	16	+0.517	2	18
3	20	Théophile Naël	Van Amersfoort Racing	16	+1.152	3	15
4	28	Nikita Bedrin	AIX Racing	16	+1.732	4	12
5	17	Tim Tramnitz	MP Motorsport	16	+2.298	5	10
6	6	Charlie Wurz	Trident	16	+3.253	6	8
7	11	Tasanapol Inthraphuvasak	Campos Racing	16	+3.734	7	6
8	14	Martinius Stenshorne	Hitech TGR	16	+4.923	9	4
9	25	Roman Bilinski	Rodin Motorsport	16	+5.651	10	2
10	3	Ugo Ugochukwu	Prema Racing	16	+7.193	8	1
11	15	Joshua Dufek	Hitech TGR	16	+8.347	13
12	7	Laurens van Hoepen	ART Grand Prix	16	+8.819	17
13	2	Noel León	Prema Racing	16	+9.962	19
14	24	Louis Sharp	Rodin Motorsport	16	+11.671	15
15	26	Javier Sagrera	AIX Racing	16	+12.805	20
16	21	Santiago Ramos	Van Amersfoort Racing	16	+13.867	12
17	10	Mari Boya	Campos Racing	16	+15.184	23
18	16	Gerrard Xie	Hitech TGR	16	+16.739	25
19	22	Ivan Domingues	Van Amersfoort Racing	16	+18.926	26
20	8	Tuukka Taponen	ART Grand Prix	16	+19.276	24
21	9	James Wharton	ART Grand Prix	16	+20.297	21
22	30	Matías Zagazeta	DAMS Lucas Oil	16	+21.299¹	11
23	18	Bruno del Pino	MP Motorsport	16	+21.380	30
24	29	Nicola Lacorte	DAMS Lucas Oil	16	+22.252	29
25	19	Alessandro Giusti	MP Motorsport	16	+23.020	14
26	1	Brando Badoer	Prema Racing	16	+23.648	28
27	27	Nicola Marinangeli	AIX Racing	16	+25.079	27
DNF	31	Christian Ho	DAMS Lucas Oil	12	Crash	22
DNF	12	Nikola Tsolov	Campos Racing	0	Collision	16
DNF	23	Callum Voisin	Rodin Motorsport	0	Collision	18
Fastest lap set by Rafael Câmara: 1:49.748 (lap 11)
Source:^[13]

Notes:

^1 – Matías Zagazeta originally finished 13th, but was later given a ten-second time penalty for causing a collision, subsequently dropping him down to 22nd.

Standings after the event

Drivers' Championship standings

Pos.	Driver	Points
1	Rafael Câmara	28
2	Théophile Naël	19
3	Noah Strømsted	18
4	Nikita Bedrin	17
5	Martinius Stenshorne	14

Teams' Championship standings

Pos.	Team	Points
1	Trident	54
2	Van Amersfoort Racing	29
3	AIX Racing	17
4	Campos Racing	16
5	Hitech TGR	14

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

Notes

^ Bedrin is a Russian driver competing under an Italian licence.^[10]

References

^ Donlic, Ramiza (14 March 2025). "F3 Melbourne Preview: A Season Opener Like No Other". Last Word on Motorsports. Retrieved 7 June 2025.
^ Spadi, Daniele (17 March 2025). "4 things we learned from the 2025 Melbourne F3 round". Feeder Series. Retrieved 7 June 2025.
^ Wood, Ida (14 March 2025). "Camara leads Trident 1-2 on qualifying debut in new FIA F3 car". Formula Scout. Retrieved 7 June 2025.
^ Whitfield, Harry (14 March 2025). "Rafael Camara takes maiden F3 pole position for season opener in Australia". Motorsport Week. Retrieved 7 June 2025.
^ Smith, Jack Oliver (15 March 2025). "Santiago Ramos wins Melbourne F3 Sprint under Safety Car". Motorsport Week. Retrieved 7 June 2025.
^ Whitfield, Steve (15 March 2025). "Santiago Ramos takes maiden win in first race of FIA F3's new era". Formula Scout. Retrieved 7 June 2025.
^ Donlic, Ramiza (16 March 2025). "2025 F3 Australia: Câmara Dominates in Challenging Conditions". Last Word on Motorsports. Retrieved 7 June 2025.
^ Whitfield, Harry (15 March 2025). "Rafael Camara takes Melbourne F3 Feature Race win in tricky conditions". Motorsport Week. Retrieved 7 June 2025.
^ Whitfield, Steve (15 March 2025). "Camara wins red-flagged FIA F3 feature race washout in Melbourne". Formula Scout. Retrieved 7 June 2025.
^ "Nikita Bedrin". fiaformula3.com. Retrieved 29 February 2024.
^ "FIA Formula 3 Championship - 2025 Melbourne event - F3 Qualifying - Final Result" (PDF). Fédération Internationale de l'Automobile. 14 March 2025. Retrieved 3 April 2025.
^ "FIA Formula 3 Championship - 2025 Melbourne event - F3 Sprint Race- Provisional Result" (PDF). Fédération Internationale de l'Automobile. 15 March 2025. Retrieved 3 April 2025.
^ "FIA Formula 3 Championship - 2025 Melbourne event - F3 Feature Race - Provisional Result" (PDF). Fédération Internationale de l'Automobile. 16 March 2025. Retrieved 3 April 2025.

External links

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