2010 Masters of Formula 3

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Race details
Zandvoort.svg
Date6 June 2010
Official name Masters of Formula 3
Location Circuit Park Zandvoort, Netherlands
Course4.307 km (2.676 mi)
Distance25 laps, 107.675 km (66.906 mi)
Pole
Driver Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Alexander Sims ART Grand Prix
Time1:30.956
Fastest Lap
Driver Flag of France.svg Jean-Éric Vergne Carlin
Time1:32.788 (on lap 17 of 25)
Podium
First Flag of Finland.svg Valtteri Bottas ART Grand Prix
Second Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Alexander Sims ART Grand Prix
Third Flag of Germany.svg Marco Wittmann Signature

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.

Contents

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

2010 Entry List [2]
TeamNoDriverChassis [N 1] EngineMain series
Flag of France.svg ART Grand Prix 1 Flag of Finland.svg Valtteri Bottas F308 Mercedes Formula 3 Euro Series
2 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Alexander Sims F308
3 Flag of France.svg Jim Pla F308
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Carlin Motorsport 4 Flag of France.svg Jean-Éric Vergne F308 Volkswagen British Formula 3
5 Flag of Malaysia.svg Jazeman Jaafar F308
6 Flag of Brazil.svg Lucas Foresti F308
7 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Rupert Svendsen-Cook F308
Flag of France.svg Signature 9 Flag of Italy.svg Edoardo Mortara F309 Volkswagen Formula 3 Euro Series
10 Flag of Germany.svg Marco Wittmann F308
11 Flag of Belgium (civil).svg Laurens Vanthoor F308
12 Flag of the Netherlands.svg Stef Dusseldorp F308 German Formula Three
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Hitech Racing 14 Flag of Brazil.svg Gabriel Dias F310 Volkswagen British Formula 3
15 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg William Buller F310
Flag of Germany.svg Mücke Motorsport 16 Flag of Spain.svg Roberto Merhi F308 Mercedes Formula 3 Euro Series
17 Flag of Colombia.svg Carlos Muñoz F308
18 Flag of the Netherlands.svg Nigel Melker F308 GP3 Series
Flag of Italy.svg Prema Powerteam 21 Flag of Spain.svg Daniel Juncadella F309 Mercedes Formula 3 Euro Series
22 Flag of France.svg Nicolas Marroc F308
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Sino Vision Racing24 Flag of Hong Kong.svg Adderly Fong F308 Mercedes British Formula 3
25 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Wayne Boyd F308
Flag of Germany.svg Motopark Academy 27 Flag of Portugal.svg António Félix da Costa F308 Volkswagen Formula 3 Euro Series
28 Flag of Finland.svg Matias Laine F308
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg CF Racing/Manor Motorsport 30 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Hywel Lloyd F308 Mercedes British Formula 3
31 Flag of Indonesia.svg Rio Haryanto F308 GP3 Series
Notes
  1. All drivers competed in Dallara chassis; model listed.

Classification

Qualifying

PosNoDriverTeamQ1Q2
12 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Alexander Sims ART Grand Prix 1:31.7241:30.956
21 Flag of Finland.svg Valtteri Bottas ART Grand Prix 1:31.7281:31.112
310 Flag of Germany.svg Marco Wittmann Signature 1:31.8411:31.463
416 Flag of Spain.svg Roberto Merhi Mücke Motorsport 1:31.9911:31.641
517 Flag of Colombia.svg Carlos Muñoz Mücke Motorsport 1:32.1271:31.667
618 Flag of the Netherlands.svg Nigel Melker Mücke Motorsport 1:32.6671:31.687
79 Flag of Italy.svg Edoardo Mortara Signature 1:31.8121:31.713
84 Flag of France.svg Jean-Éric Vergne Carlin 1:31.9921:31.765
915 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg William Buller Hitech Racing 1:32.7471:31.780
103 Flag of France.svg Jim Pla ART Grand Prix 1:32.5441:31.812
1127 Flag of Portugal.svg António Félix da Costa Motopark Academy 1:32.1501:31.969
1221 Flag of Spain.svg Daniel Juncadella Prema Powerteam 1:36.2211:31.993
135 Flag of Malaysia.svg Jazeman Jaafar Carlin 1:32.7241:32.070
1411 Flag of Belgium (civil).svg Laurens Vanthoor Signature 1:32.077no time
1512 Flag of the Netherlands.svg Stef Dusseldorp Signature 1:32.8681:32.086
167 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Rupert Svendsen-Cook Carlin 1:33.0081:32.125
1714 Flag of Brazil.svg Gabriel Dias Hitech Racing 1:32.8031:32.238
1822 Flag of France.svg Nicolas Marroc Prema Powerteam 1:33.0081:32.430
196 Flag of Brazil.svg Lucas Foresti Carlin 1:33.0461:32.529
2028 Flag of Finland.svg Matias Laine Motopark Academy 1:33.1701:32.569
2130 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Hywel Lloyd CF Racing/Manor Motorsport 1:33.1941:32.777
2231 Flag of Indonesia.svg Rio Haryanto Manor Motorsport 1:35.8891:33.099
2325 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Wayne Boyd Sino Vision Racing1:33.7531:34.501
2424 Flag of Hong Kong.svg Adderly Fong Sino Vision Racing1:33.8341:34.798

Race

PosNoDriverTeamLapsTime/RetiredGrid
11 Flag of Finland.svg Valtteri Bottas ART Grand Prix 250:41:38.8512
22 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Alexander Sims ART Grand Prix 25+1.1311
310 Flag of Germany.svg Marco Wittmann Signature 25+11.0543
44 Flag of France.svg Jean-Éric Vergne Carlin 25+12.6938
59 Flag of Italy.svg Edoardo Mortara Signature 25+18.5637
614 Flag of Brazil.svg Gabriel Dias Hitech Racing 25+1:07.71717
76 Flag of Brazil.svg Lucas Foresti Carlin 25+1:11.16619
825 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Wayne Boyd Sino Vision Racing25+1:14.08423
930 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Hywel Lloyd CF Racing/Manor Motorsport 25+1:15.22721
1031 Flag of Indonesia.svg Rio Haryanto Manor Motorsport 24+1 lap22
1115 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg William Buller Hitech Racing 24+1 lap9
1216 Flag of Spain.svg Roberto Merhi Mücke Motorsport 24+1 lap4
137 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Rupert Svendsen-Cook Carlin 24+1 lap16
1418 Flag of the Netherlands.svg Nigel Melker Mücke Motorsport 24+1 lap6
1517 Flag of Colombia.svg Carlos Muñoz Mücke Motorsport 24+1 lap5
1621 Flag of Spain.svg Daniel Juncadella Prema Powerteam 23+2 laps12
1724 Flag of Hong Kong.svg Adderly Fong Sino Vision Racing23+2 laps24
1827 Flag of Portugal.svg António Félix da Costa Motopark Academy 23+2 laps11
1922 Flag of France.svg Nicolas Marroc Prema Powerteam 23+2 laps18
2028 Flag of Finland.svg Matias Laine Motopark Academy 22+3 laps20
2112 Flag of the Netherlands.svg Stef Dusseldorp Signature 22+3 laps15
2211 Flag of Belgium (civil).svg Laurens Vanthoor Signature 22+3 laps14
Ret5 Flag of Malaysia.svg Jazeman Jaafar Carlin 2Retired13
Ret3 Flag of France.svg Jim Pla ART Grand Prix 2Retired10
Fastest lap: Jean-Éric Vergne, 1:32.788, 167.104 km/h (103.834 mph) on lap 17

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References

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