At the past event on the narrow streets of Pau it was most important for Fabian Schiller to gain valuable experiences on a street track. The change couldn’t be bigger next weekend. The FIA Formula 3 European Championship is going to take place from May 29th to 31st on the high-speed track of the royal park in Monza. Thus, the sponsored driver of the German Post Speed Academy is going to get to know another current Formula 1 track this year.

The Autodromo Nazinonale di Monza has been home to the Formula 1 Grand-Prix of Italy since 1950 and is returning to the Formula 3 racing calendar after a one-year-break. The track is well-known for its fast full-speed passages and the Formula 3 fast cars can reach maximum speeds of more than 280 km/h. The wind shadow strategies and duels are going to require the drivers’ special attention, because they’re going to play an important role during qualifying as well as the races.

Fabian Schiller: “With the track in Monza there is now another track on the racing calendar that I have absolutely no experience with. However every driver knows it really well from the Formula 1 TV broadcasts. Additionally we’ll have the chance to get to know the conditions during an official test day on Wednesday before the event.”

Race track Monza

Track lenghth 5,793 km
Lap record F3 EM Pascal Wehrlein 1.44,743 min. (2013)
Pole Positions 2014 Pascal Wehrlein 1.45,245 min.
Pascal Wehrlein 1.45,307 min
Raffaele Marciello 1.44,781 min.
Winners 2013 Marciello/Wehrlein/Marciello

Race format & timetable

Like most of the racing weekends the F3 in Monza begins on Friday morning with two consecutive free trainings, each lasting 40 minutes. On Friday afternoon the two 20-minutes rounds of qualifying of the weekend are going to follow. The result of the first qualifying is going to set the starting positions for the first race while after the second qualifying, the fastest as well as second-fastest times of the drivers are going to be assessed in order to set the starting positions for the second and third races. On Saturday the first two of the three races are going to take place. There is going to be one race in the morning and one in the afternoon. In the meantime the drivers can attend team meetings with their engineers as well as media events and autograph sessions. The final race of the weekend is then going to take place on late Sunday morning. The racing distance of each race is about 100km and lasts a maximum of 35 minutes. Championship points are going to be administered the same way as in the Formula 1:
P1 = 25, P2 = 18, P3 = 15, P3 = 12, P4 = 10, P5 = 8, P6 = 6, P7 = 4, P8 = 2, P10 = 1.

Friday May 29th 2015 Free Trainings 1&2 09:20am – 10:45am
Friday May 29th 2015 Qualifying 1 2:00pm – 2:20pm
Friday May 29th 2015 Qualifying 2 5:40pm – 6:00pm
Saturday May 30th 2015 Race 1 11:35am – 12:10pm
Saturday May 30th 2015 Race 2 5:55pm –6:30pm
Sunday May 31st 2015 Race 3 11:10am – 11:45am
*all times are local times

Follow Fabian Schiller

All current information about Fabian Schiller can be found at www.fabian-schiller.com.
Additionally, Fabian keeps his fans updated daily via his official facebook page Fabian Schiller Official.
All trainings and races can be followed via Livetiming on the official website of the FIA Formula 3 European Championship www.fiaf3europe.com. Additionally there is also a Livestream of all races available for free.

TV-times Germany:

n-tv & F3 livestream Saturday May 30th 2015 11:30am Race 1
F3 livestream Saturday May 30th 2015 5:45pm Race 2
n-tv & F3 livestream Sunday May 31st 2015 11:05am Race 3
Eurosport Tuesday June 2nd 2015 00:00am FIA F3 EC Magazin (television premiere)
Eurosport 2 Wednesday June 3rd 2015 08:15am FIA F3 EC Magazin (rerun)

The young German driver Fabian Schiller (17) from the Cologne/Troisdorf area is driving his first season at the FIA Formula 3 European Championship in 2015. This is said to be THE stepping stone for ambitious drivers into professional racing. Max Verstappen and Tom Blomqvist proved this by achieving the direct rise from Formula 3 to Formula 1 and the DTM over the past winter. Even though Fabian Schiller is obviously trying to follow in their footsteps, he is pursuing a different dream– with his participation in the FIA Formula 3 European Championship he is following his long-term goal, an LMP1 cockpit at the long distance World Championship (WEC)as well as the connected start at the 24h race in Le Mans. In addition to the drivers training, Fabian is a member of the German Post Speed Academy and proud to be supported by this renowned program for the second year in a row.