Trident’s Leonardo Fornaroli is the FIA Formula 3 points leader heading into the Austria round this weekend and the Italian has said his “main focus” is to pick up “as many points as possible” between now and the end of the season at Monza.
Fornaroli leads Luke Browning with 84 points to 79 in the Drivers’ standings despite not having won a race so far in the 2024 campaign.
His ascension back to the top came about after a podium finish in the Barcelona feature race where previous points leader Gabriele Mini failed to score.
Consistency has been key to Fornaroli’s campaign and that’s his target in Austria and beyond.
“The [Barcelona] feature race was very important for me because it allowed me to score a lot of points compared to the other championship contenders,” Fornaroli told select media including Motorsport Week.
“And the main goal looking forward to the season will be again to score as many points as possible, but without throwing away all the good things we are doing now and taking all the possibilities I can take.”
Such is the competitive nature of F3 in 2024 that Arvid Lindblad became the first repeat winner of the campaign last time out at Barcelona in what was the 10th race of the season.
Fornaroli meanwhile has yet to pick up a victory, but his consistency has helped him rise above his competitors, with several of the race winners enduring inconsistency in comparison.
The F3 points leader admitted that “right now the goal is not to absolutely win every race, but to take as many points as possible even if it’s not a race win.”
Given his consistent campaign thus far, Fornaroli is the perfect person to explain why it’s so tough to achieve that in F3 this year and the Trident driver gave his take on the matter before running got underway at the Red Bull Ring.
“F3 is one of the toughest championships you can race in, so, of course, to be consistent is very tricky because you battle with very high level drivers,” he said.
“Especially also in qualifying you have to deliver a very good lap to always stay in the top five and as well in the races.”
Qualifying for the Austrian Formula 3 round commences at 14:00 local time on Friday.
