2010 Masters of Formula 3

The 2010 Masters of Formula 3 was the twentieth Masters of Formula 3 race, and was held at Circuit Park Zandvoort in the Netherlands on 6 June 2010.

Race details
Date 6 June 2010
Official name Masters of Formula 3
Location Circuit Park Zandvoort, Netherlands
Course 4.307 km (2.676 mi)
Distance 25 laps, 107.675 km (66.906 mi)
Pole
Driver United Kingdom Alexander Sims ART Grand Prix
Time 1:30.956
Fastest Lap
Driver France Jean-Éric Vergne Carlin
Time 1:32.788 (on lap 17 of 25)
Podium
First Finland Valtteri Bottas ART Grand Prix
Second United Kingdom Alexander Sims ART Grand Prix
Third Germany Marco Wittmann Signature

The race was won by Valtteri Bottas, for ART Grand Prix, becoming the first person to win the event twice,[1] having won the race the year before. The podium was completed by other Formula 3 Euro Series drivers, with Bottas' team-mate Alexander Sims finishing second having started from pole position, while Signature's Marco Wittmann was third.

Drivers and teams edit

2010 Entry List[2]
Team No Driver Chassis[N 1] Engine Main series
  ART Grand Prix 1   Valtteri Bottas F308 Mercedes Formula 3 Euro Series
2   Alexander Sims F308
3   Jim Pla F308
  Carlin Motorsport 4   Jean-Éric Vergne F308 Volkswagen British Formula 3
5   Jazeman Jaafar F308
6   Lucas Foresti F308
7   Rupert Svendsen-Cook F308
  Signature 9   Edoardo Mortara F309 Volkswagen Formula 3 Euro Series
10   Marco Wittmann F308
11   Laurens Vanthoor F308
12   Stef Dusseldorp F308 German Formula Three
  Hitech Racing 14   Gabriel Dias F310 Volkswagen British Formula 3
15   William Buller F310
  Mücke Motorsport 16   Roberto Merhi F308 Mercedes Formula 3 Euro Series
17   Carlos Muñoz F308
18   Nigel Melker F308 GP3 Series
  Prema Powerteam 21   Daniel Juncadella F309 Mercedes Formula 3 Euro Series
22   Nicolas Marroc F308
  Sino Vision Racing 24   Adderly Fong F308 Mercedes British Formula 3
25   Wayne Boyd F308
  Motopark Academy 27   António Félix da Costa F308 Volkswagen Formula 3 Euro Series
28   Matias Laine F308
  CF Racing/Manor Motorsport 30   Hywel Lloyd F308 Mercedes British Formula 3
31   Rio Haryanto F308 GP3 Series
Notes
  1. ^ All drivers competed in Dallara chassis; model listed.

Classification edit

Qualifying edit

Pos No Driver Team Q1 Q2
1 2   Alexander Sims ART Grand Prix 1:31.724 1:30.956
2 1   Valtteri Bottas ART Grand Prix 1:31.728 1:31.112
3 10   Marco Wittmann Signature 1:31.841 1:31.463
4 16   Roberto Merhi Mücke Motorsport 1:31.991 1:31.641
5 17   Carlos Muñoz Mücke Motorsport 1:32.127 1:31.667
6 18   Nigel Melker Mücke Motorsport 1:32.667 1:31.687
7 9   Edoardo Mortara Signature 1:31.812 1:31.713
8 4   Jean-Éric Vergne Carlin 1:31.992 1:31.765
9 15   William Buller Hitech Racing 1:32.747 1:31.780
10 3   Jim Pla ART Grand Prix 1:32.544 1:31.812
11 27   António Félix da Costa Motopark Academy 1:32.150 1:31.969
12 21   Daniel Juncadella Prema Powerteam 1:36.221 1:31.993
13 5   Jazeman Jaafar Carlin 1:32.724 1:32.070
14 11   Laurens Vanthoor Signature 1:32.077 no time
15 12   Stef Dusseldorp Signature 1:32.868 1:32.086
16 7   Rupert Svendsen-Cook Carlin 1:33.008 1:32.125
17 14   Gabriel Dias Hitech Racing 1:32.803 1:32.238
18 22   Nicolas Marroc Prema Powerteam 1:33.008 1:32.430
19 6   Lucas Foresti Carlin 1:33.046 1:32.529
20 28   Matias Laine Motopark Academy 1:33.170 1:32.569
21 30   Hywel Lloyd CF Racing/Manor Motorsport 1:33.194 1:32.777
22 31   Rio Haryanto Manor Motorsport 1:35.889 1:33.099
23 25   Wayne Boyd Sino Vision Racing 1:33.753 1:34.501
24 24   Adderly Fong Sino Vision Racing 1:33.834 1:34.798

Race edit

Pos No Driver Team Laps Time/Retired Grid
1 1   Valtteri Bottas ART Grand Prix 25 0:41:38.851 2
2 2   Alexander Sims ART Grand Prix 25 +1.131 1
3 10   Marco Wittmann Signature 25 +11.054 3
4 4   Jean-Éric Vergne Carlin 25 +12.693 8
5 9   Edoardo Mortara Signature 25 +18.563 7
6 14   Gabriel Dias Hitech Racing 25 +1:07.717 17
7 6   Lucas Foresti Carlin 25 +1:11.166 19
8 25   Wayne Boyd Sino Vision Racing 25 +1:14.084 23
9 30   Hywel Lloyd CF Racing/Manor Motorsport 25 +1:15.227 21
10 31   Rio Haryanto Manor Motorsport 24 +1 lap 22
11 15   William Buller Hitech Racing 24 +1 lap 9
12 16   Roberto Merhi Mücke Motorsport 24 +1 lap 4
13 7   Rupert Svendsen-Cook Carlin 24 +1 lap 16
14 18   Nigel Melker Mücke Motorsport 24 +1 lap 6
15 17   Carlos Muñoz Mücke Motorsport 24 +1 lap 5
16 21   Daniel Juncadella Prema Powerteam 23 +2 laps 12
17 24   Adderly Fong Sino Vision Racing 23 +2 laps 24
18 27   António Félix da Costa Motopark Academy 23 +2 laps 11
19 22   Nicolas Marroc Prema Powerteam 23 +2 laps 18
20 28   Matias Laine Motopark Academy 22 +3 laps 20
21 12   Stef Dusseldorp Signature 22 +3 laps 15
22 11   Laurens Vanthoor Signature 22 +3 laps 14
Ret 5   Jazeman Jaafar Carlin 2 Retired 13
Ret 3   Jim Pla ART Grand Prix 2 Retired 10
Fastest lap: Jean-Éric Vergne, 1:32.788, 167.104 km/h (103.834 mph) on lap 17

References edit

  1. ^ "Valtteri Bottas repeats Masters victory". Formula 3 Euro Series. ITR e.V. 6 June 2010. Archived from the original on 9 January 2011. Retrieved 18 April 2011.
  2. ^ "Masters of F3 2010: The line-up". mastersf3.gpupdate.net. GPUpdate.net. 2 June 2010. Retrieved 30 January 2011.