2026 F3 Italian GP | Qualifying results

Qualifying for the 2026 Monza F3 round has been completed at the Italian GP, view the full results here.

MP Motorsport had a 1-2-3 in Free Practice earlier on Friday as Alessandro Giusti led Tuukka Taponen and Mattia Colnaghi.

The big story from the session, however, was the penalty handed to championship contender Ugo Ugochukwu. Second in points to Freddie Slater, the American was handed five-place grid penalties for both races as he dangerously put Matteo De Palo in the wall at the end of proceedings.

With 30 cars on the grid, split qualifying came into play at Monza. Nonetheless, that would not stop slipstream games getting played by the drivers as they looked for a tow to fight for pole.

In the first group, Matteo De Palo was fastest on a 1:38.143, ahead of the Japanese trio of Le, Kato and Yamakoshi. It was a dreadful session for Ugo Ugochukwu as he ended up down in 10th.

In the second group, championship leader Freddie Slater smashed in a 1:38.114 to take pole position for Sunday’s Feature Race. He was 0.2s clear of the rest, with Lacorte and Rivera completing the top 3 in the second batch. Théophile Naël botched his only attempt.

Group A results:

1. Kanato Le 1:38.163
2. Taito Kato 1:38.222
3. Hiyu Yamakoshi 1:38.261
4. Fernando Barrichello 1:38.340
5. Tuukka Taponen 1:38.458
6. Brando Badoer 1:38.703
7. Bruno del Pino 1:38.880
8. Noah Strømsted 1:38.940
9. Ugo Ugochukwu 1:39.039
10. Nandhavud Bhirombhakdi 1:39.105
11. José Garfias 1:39.546
12. Alex Powell 1:39.650
13. Fionn McLaughlin 1:41.099
14. Ricardo Escotto 1:41.257

Disqualified – Matteo De Palo for a technical infridgement.

Group B results:

1. Freddie Slater 1:38.114
2. Nicola Lacorte 1:38.350
3. Ernesto Rivera 1:38.360
4. Alessandro Giusti 1:38.626
5. Mattia Colnaghi 1:38.628
6. Pedro Clerot 1:38.658
7. Gerrard Xie 1:38.857
8. James Wharton 1:38.904
9. Maciej Gładysz 1:38.951
10. Yevan David 1:39.156
11. Enzo Deligny 1:39.332
12. Woohyun Shin 1:39.397
13. Christian Ho 1:39.804

No Time – Jin Nakamura and Théophile Naël

2026 F3 Italian GP | Qualifying results

1. Freddie Slater
2. Kanato Le
3. Nicola Lacorte
4. Taito Kato
5. Ernesto Rivera
6. Hiyu Yamakoshi
7. Alessandro Giusti
8. Fernando Barrichello
9. Mattia Colnaghi
10. Tuukka Taponen
11. Pedro Clerot
12. Brando Badoer
13. Gerrard Xie
14. Bruno del Pino
15. James Wharton
16. Noah Strømsted
17. Maciej Gładysz
18. Ugo Ugochukwu
19. Yevan David
20. Nandhavud Bhirombhakdi
21. Enzo Deligny
22. José Garfias
23. Woohyun Shin
24. Alex Powell
25. Christian Ho
26. Fionn McLaughlin
27. Ricardo Escotto
28. Théophile Naël
29. Jin Nakamura
30. Matteo De Palo

2026 F3 Italian GP Qualifying report