{"id":716054,"date":"2026-06-05T03:12:25","date_gmt":"2026-06-05T03:12:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/716054\/"},"modified":"2026-06-05T03:12:25","modified_gmt":"2026-06-05T03:12:25","slug":"james-wharton-crashes-at-monaco-in-rough-return-to-f3","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/716054\/","title":{"rendered":"James Wharton crashes at Monaco in rough return to F3"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/XPB_1412295_HiRes-copy.jpg\" alt=\"Wharton crashes at Monaco in rough return to F3\"\/><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tJames Wharton crashed in FIA Formula 3 Championship practice at the Monaco Grand Prix. Image: XPB Images<\/p>\n<p>The Australian initially set the pace on Thursday before crashing at the high-speed Turn 14 chicane.<\/p>\n<p>The left side of his Prema car was heavily damaged, though Wharton escaped injury.<\/p>\n<p>Wharton had only completed five laps in the 45-minute session, which was extended due to the red flag.<\/p>\n<p>Campos driver Theophile Nael set the pace on a 1:25.794 just 0.059s ahead of Audi junior Freddie Slater for Trident.<\/p>\n<p>New Zealand\u2019s Louis Sharp was sixth fastest for Prema with a 1:26.175 to end the session 0.381s adrift of Nael.<\/p>\n<p>Formula Regional Oceania champion Ugo Ugochukwu (Campos) was third-fastest ahead of Bruno del Pino (Van Amersfoort) and Pedro Clerot (Rodin).<\/p>\n<p>Buy tickets to the 2026 betr Darwin Triple Crown. <a href=\"https:\/\/ticketekau.pxf.io\/5kYxK3\" style=\"color:#de482e;\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Click here <\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u201cSorry to my mechanics and sorry to my team,\u201d Wharton wrote on social media.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cUnclear what happened. I had a lot of confidence after the first laps. Need to come back stronger tomorrow.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Qualifying for the FIA Formula 3 Championship begins at 7:05pm AEST on Friday, which is split into two groups. Sharp will be part of Group A while Wharton will be in Group B.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">A BIG impact for James Wharton in FP \ud83d\ude2b\ud83d\udca5<\/p>\n<p>Thankfully, the Australian climbed out of the car as the fantastic Monaco marshals set to work on the barrier repairs \ud83d\udee0\ufe0f<a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/hashtag\/F3?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" rel=\"nofollow\">#F3<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/hashtag\/MonacoGP?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" rel=\"nofollow\">#MonacoGP<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/PJS0EemyJ1\" rel=\"nofollow\">pic.twitter.com\/PJS0EemyJ1<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Formula 3 (@Formula3) <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/Formula3\/status\/2062555222917218785?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" rel=\"nofollow\">June 4, 2026<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/t.cfjump.com\/92797\/b\/298625\" rel=\"nofollow sponsored noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><br \/><img decoding=\"async\" style=\"border: none; vertical-align: middle;\" src=\"https:\/\/t.cfjump.com\/92797\/a\/298625\" alt=\"\"\/><br \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"James Wharton crashed in FIA Formula 3 Championship practice at the Monaco Grand Prix. 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