2011 Masters of Formula 3

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Race details
Zandvoort.svg
Date14 August 2011
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 Spain.svg Roberto Merhi Prema Powerteam
Time1:30.750
Fastest Lap
Driver Flag of Sweden.svg Felix Rosenqvist Mücke Motorsport
Time1:31.534 (on lap 6 of 25)
Podium
First Flag of Sweden.svg Felix Rosenqvist Mücke Motorsport
Second Flag of Germany.svg Marco Wittmann Signature
Third Flag of Denmark.svg Kevin Magnussen Carlin

The 2011 Masters of Formula 3 was the twenty-first Masters of Formula 3 race, and was held at Circuit Park Zandvoort in the Netherlands on 14 August 2011.

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The race was won by Felix Rosenqvist, for Mücke Motorsport, who took advantage of a start-line collision between Spanish Prema Powerteam teammates Daniel Juncadella and Roberto Merhi. Marco Wittmann finished second, whilst Kevin Magnussen became the first regular from the British series to appear on the podium since Adam Carroll in 2004 by finishing third.

Despite his disqualification for causing the accident with Daniel Juncadella, Roberto Merhi sealed the inaugural FIA Formula 3 International Trophy at this race on the virtue of his closest rival, Marco Wittmann, failing to win the race.

Drivers and teams

2011 Entry List [1]
TeamNoDriverChassis [N 1] EngineMain series
Flag of France.svg Signature 1 Flag of Germany.svg Marco Wittmann F308 Volkswagen Formula 3 Euro Series
2 Flag of Belgium (civil).svg Laurens Vanthoor F309
3 Flag of Germany.svg Daniel Abt F308
4 Flag of Colombia.svg Carlos Muñoz F308
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Carlin 6 Flag of Colombia.svg Carlos Huertas F308 Volkswagen British Formula 3
7 Flag of Malaysia.svg Jazeman Jaafar F308
8 Flag of Denmark.svg Kevin Magnussen F308
9 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Rupert Svendsen-Cook F308
Flag of Italy.svg Prema Powerteam 11 Flag of Spain.svg Roberto Merhi F308 Mercedes Formula 3 Euro Series
12 Flag of Spain.svg Daniel Juncadella F309
14 Flag of Brazil.svg Pipo Derani F308 British Formula 3
Flag of Germany.svg Mücke Motorsport 15 Flag of the Netherlands.svg Nigel Melker F308 Mercedes Formula 3 Euro Series
16 Flag of Sweden.svg Felix Rosenqvist F308
17 Flag of Brazil.svg Lucas Foresti F308 British Formula 3
Flag of Germany.svg Motopark Academy 18 Flag of Sweden.svg Jimmy Eriksson F308 Volkswagen Formula 3 Euro Series
19 Flag of Japan.svg Kimiya Sato F308
Notes
  1. All drivers competed in Dallara chassis; model listed.

Classification

Qualifying

PosNoDriverTeamQ1 [2] Q2 [3]
111 Flag of Spain.svg Roberto Merhi Prema Powerteam 1:30.7501:48.138
212 Flag of Spain.svg Daniel Juncadella Prema Powerteam 1:30.7581:49.141
316 Flag of Sweden.svg Felix Rosenqvist Mücke Motorsport 1:31.0551:49.291
41 Flag of Germany.svg Marco Wittmann Signature 1:31.2261:47.803
58 Flag of Denmark.svg Kevin Magnussen Carlin 1:31.2951:48.648
615 Flag of the Netherlands.svg Nigel Melker Mücke Motorsport 1:31.4111:49.909
72 Flag of Belgium (civil).svg Laurens Vanthoor Signature 1:31.5301:49.972
89 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Rupert Svendsen-Cook Carlin 1:31.5991:51.636
93 Flag of Germany.svg Daniel Abt Signature 1:31.9141:48.723
1017 Flag of Brazil.svg Lucas Foresti Mücke Motorsport 1:31.9331:48.995
1114 Flag of Brazil.svg Pipo Derani Prema Powerteam 1:32.0961:51.583
127 Flag of Malaysia.svg Jazeman Jaafar Carlin 1:32.1231:52.220
134 Flag of Colombia.svg Carlos Muñoz Signature 1:32.3151:49.493
1418 Flag of Sweden.svg Jimmy Eriksson Motopark Academy 1:32.5261:51.590
156 Flag of Colombia.svg Carlos Huertas Carlin 1:32.5291:53.408
1619 Flag of Japan.svg Kimiya Sato Motopark Academy 1:32.6941:51.742

Race

PosNoDriverTeamLapsTime/RetiredGrid
116 Flag of Sweden.svg Felix Rosenqvist Mücke Motorsport 250:42:19.9943
21 Flag of Germany.svg Marco Wittmann Signature 25+5.1824
310 Flag of Denmark.svg Kevin Magnussen Carlin 25+23.9345
415 Flag of the Netherlands.svg Nigel Melker Mücke Motorsport 25+24.5076
59 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Rupert Svendsen-Cook Carlin 25+26.1708
63 Flag of Germany.svg Daniel Abt Signature 25+27.2329
72 Flag of Belgium (civil).svg Laurens Vanthoor Signature 25+27.8267
817 Flag of Brazil.svg Lucas Foresti Mücke Motorsport 25+28.94410
918 Flag of Sweden.svg Jimmy Eriksson Motopark Academy 25+30.33714
107 Flag of Malaysia.svg Jazeman Jaafar Carlin 25+40.80212
116 Flag of Colombia.svg Carlos Huertas Carlin 25+41.92315
1219 Flag of Japan.svg Kimiya Sato Motopark Academy 25+48.43916
DSQ11 Flag of Spain.svg Roberto Merhi Prema Powerteam 25Disqualified1
Ret12 Flag of Spain.svg Daniel Juncadella Prema Powerteam 0Retired2
Ret14 Flag of Brazil.svg Pipo Derani Prema Powerteam 0Retired11
Ret4 Flag of Colombia.svg Carlos Muñoz Signature 0Retired13
Fastest lap: Felix Rosenqvist, 1:31.534, 169.392 km/h (105.255 mph) on lap 6 [4]

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