The cards on the table have changed for what is the last weekend of the F3 season, and it's not just two or three cards, it's the whole deck! Despite opting for a qualifying session divided into two groups to reduce the chances of traffic jams, as many as 14 drivers were penalised after This afternoon's F3 qualifying in Monza. Among them poleman and championship leader Leonardo Fornaroli, runner-up Gabriele Minì and Luke Browning. Let's find out why..
TOO SLOW!
Among the unfortunate ones, 11 share the blame and the punishment. Pilots of the qualifying group A, who suffer a 4 position penalty on the starting grid (of the next race they will participate in), the reason? It is written in the press release "Having slowed down too much, unjustifiably, between Turn 6 and Turn 7“. A slowdown that led to contact between Van Hoepen (24) and Sztuka(8).
The pilots involved? Fornaroli, Minì, Dufek, Inthraphuvasak, Boya, Stromsted, Browning, Wisnicki, Léon, Smith, Esterson.
Although it has been stated that this slowdown may have led to the aforementioned contact between cars 24 and 8, Sztuka was penalised 5 places for causing the contact.
The other penalties of Monza: Mansell, Tsolov
The surprises don't end here though, because two more penalties were added to the train impeding.
Christian Mansell suffers a penalty of three positions for impeding against Dino Beganovic, the same fate befalls Nikola Tsolov for obstructing Sophia Floersch's circulation.
Tomorrow in the sprint race the Prema n.1 of Dino Beganovic will start on pole.
The surprises will be over in theMonza National Autodrome?
