Nicola Lacorte’s 2025 F3 season unravels with crashes, penalties, and a race ban—can he reset and recover in the second half?
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2025 F3 Mid-Season Review: Nicola Lacorte

After a lacklustre 2024 season—finishing 10th in the Formula Regional Oceania Championship and 21st in the Formula Regional European Championship—Nicola Lacorte stepped up to FIA Formula 3 for 2025, joining DAMS Lucas Oil alongside Matías Zagazeta and fellow rookie Christian Ho. However, his F3 campaign has quickly unravelled into a disaster. Despite the fresh start,…

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Lacorte suspended for Spielberg; Bilinski and Carrasquedo also penalised following the 2025 Spanish GP F3 Feature Race.
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Lacorte suspended for Spielberg, Bilinski and Carrasquedo penalised after 2025 F3 Spanish GP Feature Race

The FIA F3 Feature Race in Barcelona at the 2025 Spanish GP ended with a flurry of penalties, as the Stewards handed out multiple sanctions following a chaotic and incident-packed event. Nicola Lacorte received the most severe punishment of the weekend after exceeding the maximum number of penalty points, earning a one-round ban. Roman Bilinski…

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2025 FIA F3 penalties in Spanish GP, Barcelona: Tramnitz gets a 3-place grid drop; Ugochukwu a 10-second time penalty, no points affected.
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Tramnitz and Ugochukwu handed post-Sprint Race penalties at the 2025 F3 Spanish GP

The 2025 FIA F3 Spanish GP Sprint Race in Barcelona concluded with stewards issuing notable penalties that reshaped the finishing order and altered the grid for the upcoming Feature Race. The stewards penalised MP Motorsport’s Tim Tramnitz and PREMA Racing’s Ugo Ugochukwu for separate infractions, though neither driver lost championship points as a result. Tim…

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F3 cars during the Qualifying session, before the penalties for the F3 Monaco GP were announced
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Multiple drivers handed penalties following F3 Monaco GP Qualifying

After a chaotic Qualifying session at the FIA F3 Monaco GP, three drivers from different teams received penalties. Whilst only one of them was disqualified, all three will suffer greatly from these sanctions. Nicola Lacorte – Disqualified from Qualifying The Stewards handed Nicola Lacorte the harshest penalty of the weekend, disqualifying him from F3 Monaco…

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Penalty points impact Magnussen, Sargeant, Stroll and Ricciardo after incidents in F1 Chinese GP

The Chinese Grand Prix 2024 was marked by a series of incidents that prompted decisive actions from the race stewards. Kevin Magnussen received a 10-second time penalty and two penalty points for a collision with Yuki Tsunoda at Turn 6 on lap 27 as he spun the Japanese driver into retirement with some clumsy driving….

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Albon says drivers “must return the position back” if they overtake off-track like Magnussen at F1 Saudi Arabian GP

Alex Albon has voiced concerns about the potential repercussions of Kevin Magnussen’s controversial off-track pass of Yuki Tsunoda during the Saudi Arabian Grand Prix, branding it as “cheeky” and expressing worries about its potential impact on the sport.  “I think that was fair,” Albon remarked when questioned about the penalty imposed on Magnussen for his…

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