2010 Formula 3 Brazil Open

The 2010 Formula 3 Brazil Open was the inaugural Formula 3 Brazil Open race held at Autódromo José Carlos Pace from January 21–24, 2010. There were private pre-event test sessions at Autódromo Internacional Nelson Piquet[1] and Autódromo Internacional Ayrton Senna.[2]

Autódromo José Carlos Pace

After a weekend of competition, British driver William Buller of the Hitech Racing Brazil outfit was crowned as the race champion, beating a host of Formula Three Sudamericana drivers, as well as André Negrão competing for the Cesario Fórmula team, who would drive in the Eurocup Formula Renault 2.0 championship later in the 2010 season. After Buller qualified on pole position for the first race, he and Negrão took a victory apiece with Yann Cunha finishing third in both races. Negrão won the third race, the pre-final, before Buller claimed the main event by nearly nine seconds from Negrão. Cunha finished third ahead of Razia Sports' Bruno Andrade, and Negrão's team-mate Vittorio Ghirelli completed the top five placings. In Class B the Brazilian of the RC3 Bassani was the winner.

Drivers and teams edit

  • All cars are powered by Berta engines, and will run on Pirelli tyres. All teams were Brazilian-registered.
2010 Entry List
Team No Driver Class Chassis
Cesário Fórmula 1   Vittorio Ghirelli[3] A Dallara F309
2   André Negrão[4] A
Hitech Racing Brazil 7   William Buller[5] A Dallara F309
Bassan Motorsport 15   Yann Cunha[6] A Dallara F309
Kemba Racing/G-Force 16   Fernando Galera[7] A Dallara F309
Razia Sports 17   Bruno Andrade[7] A Dallara F309
Cesário Fórmula Jr. 31   Fernando Resende[8] B Dallara F301
RC3 Bassani 43   Leandro Florenzo[9] B Dallara F301
Icon Class
A Class A
B Class B

Classification edit

Qualifying edit

Pos[7] No Driver Class Team Time
1 7   William Buller A Hitech Racing Brazil 1:31.170
2 2   André Negrão A Cesário Fórmula 1:31.394
3 15   Yann Cunha A Bassan Motorsport 1:31.580
4 17   Bruno Andrade A Razia Sports 1:32.003
5 1   Vittorio Ghirelli A Cesário Fórmula 1:32.287
6 43   Leandro Florenzo B RC3 Bassani 1:32.852
7 31   Fernando Resende B Cesário Fórmula Jr. 1:34.398
8 16   Fernando Galera A Kemba Racing/G-Force 1:35.227

Race 1 edit

Pos[10] No Driver Class Team Laps Time/Retired Grid
1 7   William Buller A Hitech Racing Brazil 16 30:23.742 1
2 2   André Negrão A Cesário Fórmula 16 +4.940 2
3 15   Yann Cunha A Bassan Motorsport 16 +34.267 3
4 17   Bruno Andrade A Razia Sports 16 +38.176 4
5 1   Vittorio Ghirelli A Cesário Fórmula 16 +43.983 5
6 31   Fernando Resende B Cesário Fórmula Jr. 15 +1 lap 7
Ret 43   Leandro Florenzo B RC3 Bassani 0 Retired 6
Ret 16   Fernando Galera A Kemba Racing/G-Force 0 Retired 8
Fastest lap: William Buller, 1:40.488, 154.371 km/h (95.922 mph) on lap 16[11]

Race 2 edit

Pos[12] No Driver Class Team Laps Time/Retired Grid
1 2   André Negrão A Cesário Fórmula 20 31:05.309 2
2 15   Yann Cunha A Bassan Motorsport 20 +6.309 3
3 7   William Buller A Hitech Racing Brazil 20 +7.538 1
4 1   Vittorio Ghirelli A Cesário Fórmula 20 +20.343 5
5 17   Bruno Andrade A Razia Sports 20 +23.724 4
6 43   Leandro Florenzo B RC3 Bassani 20 +46.985 6
7 31   Fernando Resende B Cesário Fórmula Jr. 17 +3 laps 7
DNS 16   Fernando Galera A Kemba Racing/G-Force 0 Did not start 8
Fastest lap: André Negrão, 1:32.296, 168.072 km/h (104.435 mph) on lap 4[13]

Pre-final Grid edit

Pos[14] Driver Team Points
1   André Negrão Cesário Fórmula 1
2   William Buller Hitech Racing Brazil 2
3   Yann Cunha Bassan Motorsport 3
4   Vittorio Ghirelli Cesário Fórmula 7
5   Bruno Andrade Razia Sports 7
6   Leandro Florenzo RC3 Bassani 11
7   Fernando Resende Cesário Fórmula Jr. 11
8   Fernando Galera Kemba Racing/G-Force 14

Pre-final Race edit

Pos[15] No Driver Class Team Laps Time/Retired Grid
1 2   André Negrão A Cesário Fórmula 18 31:43.595 1
2 7   William Buller A Hitech Racing Brazil 18 +0.628 2
3 15   Yann Cunha A Bassan Motorsport 18 +41.074 3
4 1   Vittorio Ghirelli A Cesário Fórmula 18 +51.830 4
5 17   Bruno Andrade A Razia Sports 17 +1 lap 5
6 31   Fernando Resende B Cesário Fórmula Jr. 17 +1 lap 7
Ret 43   Leandro Florenzo B RC3 Bassani 11 Retired 6
Ret 16   Fernando Galera A Kemba Racing/G-Force 7 Retired 8
Fastest lap: André Negrão, 1:44.429, 148.545 km/h (92.302 mph) on lap 16[16]

Final Race edit

Pos[17] No Driver Class Team Laps Time/Retired Grid
1 7   William Buller A Hitech Racing Brazil 20 30:59.806 2
2 2   André Negrão A Cesário Fórmula 20 +8.848 1
3 15   Yann Cunha A Bassan Motorsport 20 +13.638 3
4 17   Bruno Andrade A Razia Sports 20 +14.771 5
5 1   Vittorio Ghirelli A Cesário Fórmula 20 +31.950 4
6 43   Leandro Florenzo B RC3 Bassani 20 +54.877 7
7 31   Fernando Resende B Cesário Fórmula Jr. 19 +1 lap 6
DNS 16   Fernando Galera A Kemba Racing/G-Force 0 Did not start 8
Fastest lap: William Buller, 1:31.942, 168.719 km/h (104.837 mph) on lap 10[18]

See also edit

References edit

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  13. ^ "Results of V GP Cidade de São Paulo – F3 – 2ª Prova". My Laps. Racing Crono. 2010-01-23. Archived from the original on 2011-07-14. Retrieved 2010-02-06.
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