2024 Melbourne Formula 3 round

The 2024 Melbourne FIA Formula 3 round was a motor racing event held between 21 and 24 March 2024 at the Albert Park Circuit in Melbourne, Australia. It was the second round of the 2024 FIA Formula 3 Championship and was held in support of the 2024 Australian Grand Prix.

Summary
Leonardo Fornaroli qualified in first place at Albert Park Circuit ahead of Gabriele Minì and Dino Beganovic. Laurens van Hoepen started the sprint race from the front, and he and Martinius Stenshorne exchanged the lead multiple times in the early laps. Stenshorne ultimately held the position and then kept Arvid Lindblad behind, who had progressed to second place from fifth at the start. Stenshorne's victory was his first FIA Formula 3 podium finish.

Feature race pole-sitter Fornaroli led at the start and through the first restart after the safety car was deployed to recover Tommy Smith and Joseph Loake's collided cars. Beganovic overtook Fornaroli for the lead on lap 14. Minì had lost third place to Luke Browning but recovered the podium place on the penultimate lap. Beganovic's victory was his first in the category, and promoted him to fourth place in the Drivers' Championship. At the end of the round, Browning and Fornaroli were tied on points at the top of the championship – with Browning ahead by virtue of having won a race – both five points ahead of Minì.

Qualifying
Qualifying was held on 22 March 2024, at 14:00 local time (UTC+11).


 * Notes


 * – Nikola Tsolov received a three-place grid penalty for causing a collision with Alex Dunne during the weekend's free practice session.

Sprint race
The sprint race was held on 23 March 2024, at 11:15 local time (UTC+11).

Notes:
 * – Dino Beganovic originally finished sixth, but was later given a five-second time penalty for forcing Sebastián Montoya off the track, subsequently dropping him down to thirteenth.
 * – Nikita Bedrin originally finished eighth, but later received a ten-second time penalty for leaving the track and gaining an advantage, dropping him down to P21 in the final classification.
 * – Max Esterson was given a five-second time penalty for exceeding track limits multiple times, dropping him down from P19 to P26.
 * – Tommy Smith was given a ten-second time penalty for causing an avoidable collision with Tasanapol Inthraphuvasak, dropping him down from P25 to P27.

Feature race
The feature race was held on 24 March 2024, at 9:05 local time (UTC+11).

Standings after the event

 * Drivers' Championship standings
 * Teams' Championship standings


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