Race details | ||
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Date | 10 August 2008 | |
Official name | RTL GP Masters of Formula 3 | |
Location | Zolder, Belgium | |
Course | 3.977 km (2.471 mi) | |
Distance | 28 laps, 111.356 km (69.193 mi) | |
Pole | ||
Driver | Nico Hülkenberg | ART Grand Prix |
Time | 1:24.280 | |
Fastest Lap | ||
Driver | Max Chilton | Hitech Racing |
Time | 1:31.197 (on lap 24 of 28) | |
Podium | ||
First | Jules Bianchi | ART Grand Prix |
Second | Nico Hülkenberg | ART Grand Prix |
Third | Jon Lancaster | ART Grand Prix |
The 2008 RTL GP Masters of Formula 3 was the eighteenth Masters of Formula 3 race held at Zolder on 10 August 2008. It was won by Jules Bianchi, for ART Grand Prix.
Group A drivers are highlighted in green.
Group A
| Group B
|
1 | Nico Hülkenberg | ART Grand Prix | 2 | Jules Bianchi | ART Grand Prix |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
3 | Renger van der Zande | Prema Powerteam | 4 | Koudai Tsukakoshi | Manor Motorsport |
5 | Stefano Coletti | Prema Powerteam | 6 | Max Chilton | Hitech Racing |
7 | Jon Lancaster | ART Grand Prix | 8 | Mika Mäki | Mücke Motorsport |
9 | Brendon Hartley | Carlin Motorsport | 10 | Daniel Campos-Hull | HBR Motorsport |
11 | Rodolfo González | Carlin Motorsport | 12 | Richard Philippe | Carlin Motorsport |
13 | Jaime Alguersuari | Carlin Motorsport | 14 | Henkie Waldschmidt | SG Formula |
15 | Edoardo Mortara | Signature-Plus | 16 | Christian Vietoris | Mücke Motorsport |
17 | Roberto Merhi | Hitech Racing | 18 | Nick Tandy | JTR |
19 | Michael Devaney | Ultimate Motorsport | 20 | Dani Clos | Prema Powerteam |
21 | Tom Dillmann | Jo Zeller Racing | 22 | Sam Bird | Manor Motorsport |
23 | Yann Clairay | SG Formula | 24 | Atte Mustonen | Räikkönen Robertson Racing |
25 | James Jakes | ART Grand Prix | 26 | Erik Janiš | Mücke Motorsport |
27 | Daniel Ricciardo | SG Formula | 28 | John Martin | Räikkönen Robertson Racing |
29 | Esteban Guerrieri | Ultimate Motorsport | 30 | Jean Karl Vernay | Signature-Plus |
31 | Kazuya Oshima | Manor Motorsport | 32 | Niall Breen | Manor Motorsport |
33 | Henry Arundel | Räikkönen Robertson Racing | 34 | Basil Shaaban | HBR Motorsport |
35 | Martin Plowman | Signature-Plus | 36 | Franck Mailleux | Signature-Plus |
37 | Ricardo Teixeira | Ultimate Motorsport |
Pos | No | Driver | Team | Laps | Time/Retired | Grid |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | 4 | Jules Bianchi | ART Grand Prix | 28 | 45:19.275 | 2 |
2 | 1 | Nico Hülkenberg | ART Grand Prix | 28 | +4.495 | 1 |
3 | 3 | Jon Lancaster | ART Grand Prix | 28 | +20.539 | 7 |
4 | 12 | Mika Mäki | Mücke Motorsport | 28 | +27.030 | 8 |
5 | 37 | Brendon Hartley | Carlin Motorsport | 28 | +34.170 | 9 |
6 | 35 | Atte Mustonen | Räikkönen Robertson Racing | 28 | +40.536 | 24 |
7 | 23 | Sam Bird | Manor Motorsport | 28 | +53.861 | 22 |
8 | 38 | Jaime Alguersuari | Carlin Motorsport | 28 | +57.479 | 13 |
9 | 40 | Rodolfo González | Carlin Motorsport | 28 | +1:03.294 | 11 |
10 | 8 | Jean Karl Vernay | Signature-Plus | 28 | +1:10.049 | 30 |
11 | 14 | Erik Janiš | Mücke Motorsport | 28 | +1:14.649 | 26 |
12 | 9 | Michael Devaney | Ultimate Motorsport | 28 | +1:14.810 | 19 |
13 | 34 | Henry Arundel | Räikkönen Robertson Racing | 28 | +1:18.153 | 33 |
14 | 7 | Martin Plowman | Signature-Plus | 28 | +1:20.051 | 35 |
15 | 6 | Edoardo Mortara | Signature-Plus | 28 | +1:27.377 | 15 |
16 | 31 | Tom Dillmann | Jo Zeller Racing | 27 | +1 lap | 21 |
17 | 2 | James Jakes | ART Grand Prix | 27 | +1 lap | 25 |
18 | 15 | Christian Vietoris | Mücke Motorsport | 27 | +1 lap | 16 |
19 | 11 | Esteban Guerrieri | Ultimate Motorsport | 27 | +1 lap | 29 |
20 | 25 | Kazuya Oshima | Manor Motorsport | 27 | +1 lap | 31 |
21 | 16 | Max Chilton | Hitech Racing | 26 | +2 laps | 6 |
22 | 24 | Niall Breen | Manor Motorsport | 26 | +2 laps | 32 |
23 | 36 | John Martin | Räikkönen Robertson Racing | 26 | +2 laps | 28 |
24 | 27 | Yann Clairay | SG Formula | 25 | +3 laps | 23 |
Ret | 21 | Stefano Coletti | Prema Powerteam | 24 | Retired | 5 |
Ret | 33 | Nick Tandy | JTR | 23 | Retired | 18 |
Ret | 17 | Roberto Merhi | Hitech Racing | 21 | Retired | 17 |
Ret | 30 | Daniel Campos-Hull | HBR Motorsport | 19 | Retired | 10 |
Ret | 39 | Richard Philippe | Carlin Motorsport | 16 | Retired | 12 |
Ret | 26 | Henkie Waldschmidt | SG Formula | 15 | Retired | 14 |
Ret | 18 | Dani Clos | Prema Powerteam | 6 | Retired | 20 |
Ret | 22 | Koudai Tsukakoshi | Manor Motorsport | 1 | Retired | 4 |
Ret | 19 | Renger van der Zande | Prema Powerteam | 0 | Retired | 3 |
Ret | 28 | Daniel Ricciardo | SG Formula | 0 | Retired | 27 |
Ret | 29 | Basil Shaaban | HBR Motorsport | 0 | Retired | 34 |
Ret | 5 | Franck Mailleux | Signature-Plus | 0 | Retired | 36 |
Ret | 10 | Ricardo Teixeira | Ultimate Motorsport | 0 | Retired | 37 |
Fastest lap: Max Chilton, 1:31.197, 158.334 km/h (98.384 mph) on lap 24 [1] |
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