Monza GP3: De Vries scores maiden win, Leclerc collides with teammate

Starting second, De Vries temporarily dropped back to third but made two overtakes to claim the victory.

Pole-sitter Antonio Fuoco led the field off the line with Alex Albon taking second.

However, Fuoco was only third by the end of Lap 2 Albon and De Vries passed him in the first and second chicanes respectively.

Another ART in Nirei Fukuzumi was running fourth but he was demoted by Jake Dennis on Lap 3 with Charles Leclerc also looking to fight his way through.

Despite Leclerc having the inside position at the second chicane, Fukuzumi kept his foot in on the outside and had the upper-hand on the exit of the corner as a result.

However, Leclerc did not back off as they approached the first Lesmo corner and, with Fukuzumi attempting to close him down, they made contact and retired.

While Jack Aitken behind avoided them, another Arden driver in Tatiana Calderon had her car damaged in the process and was forced to go to the pits.

Following an inevitable safety car phase, de Vries overtook Albon on the restart lap.

The Dutchman slowly but consistently pulled away from his teammate to eventually cross the line by 1.7s.

Albon finished second in a confident manner as he had significant a pace advantage compared to Fuoco in the late stages.

Dennis finished fourth despite coming under pressure from Jack Aitken, the latter attempting to make a move on the penultimate lap but running wide.

Arjun Maini finished sixth from Alex Palou, the Spaniard impressively holding off first Sandy Stuvik and then the Indian for several laps, only to be passed on the last lap.

Trident's Artur Janosz took the final point-scoring position as Ralph Boschung and Jake Hughes, who lost several places at the start, completed the top 10.

Sprint race results

Cla	#	Driver	Team	Time	Gap
1	4	Nyck de Vries	ART Grand Prix	-
2	3	Alexander Albon	ART Grand Prix	1.7	1.700
3	5	Antonio Fuoco	Trident	6.3	6.300
4	9	Jake Dennis	Arden International	7.7	7.700
5	11	Jack Aitken	Arden International	8.3	8.300
6	20	Arjun Maini	Jenzer Motorsport	11.9	11.900
7	22	Alex Palou	Campos Racing	12.2	12.200
8	6	Artur Janosz	Trident	12.5	12.500
9	17	Ralph Boschung	Koiranen GP	12.9	12.900
10	27	Jake Hughes	DAMS	13.9	13.900
11	26	Santino Ferrucci	DAMS	14.7	14.700
12	28	Kevin Joerg	DAMS	16.8	16.800
13	23	Steijn Schothorst	Campos Racing	17.5	17.500
14	24	Konstantin Tereshchenko	Campos Racing	20.6	20.600
15	8	Sandy Stuvik	Trident	20.9	20.900
16	10	Tatiana Calderon	Arden International	21.2	21.200
17	14	Matt Parry	Koiranen GP	22.0	22.000
18	18	Akash Nandy	Jenzer Motorsport	63.5	1'03.500
19	7	Giuliano Alesi	Trident	1 lap	1 Lap
	16	Matevos Isaakyan	Koiranen GP	7 laps	7 Laps
	2	Nirei Fukuzumi	ART Grand Prix	15 laps	15 Laps
	1	Charles Leclerc	ART Grand Prix	15 laps	15 Laps