2014 Zandvoort Masters

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Race details
Zandvoort.svg
Date6 July 2014
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 Netherlands.svg Max Verstappen Motopark
Time1:32.628
Fastest Lap
Driver Flag of the Netherlands.svg Indy Dontje Motopark
Time1:34.228 (on lap 8 of 25)
Podium
First Flag of the Netherlands.svg Max Verstappen Motopark
Second Flag of the Netherlands.svg Steijn Schothorst Performance Racing
Third Flag of Malaysia.svg Nabil Jeffri Motopark

The 2014 Zandvoort Masters was the 24th edition of the Masters of Formula 3 event, a non-championship race for cars that conform to Formula Three regulations. The event was held on 6 July 2014 at Circuit Park Zandvoort, [1] in Zandvoort, North Holland; it was the 22nd time that the circuit held the event.

Contents

Motopark driver Max Verstappen  – the son of 1993 winner and former Formula One driver, Jos Verstappen  – started from pole position, [2] and led every lap en route to becoming the youngest winner in the race's history, aged 16. Verstappen won by six seconds on the road from Jules Szymkowiak, [3] his Van Amersfoort Racing teammate in the FIA European Formula 3 Championship. However, Szymkowiak was given a 20-second penalty post-race after a first-corner incident with Sam MacLeod, the team's German Formula Three Championship driver, which dropped him to fifth place. [4] This promoted Performance Racing's Steijn Schothorst, on his Formula Three début, into second place, and Motopark's Nabil Jeffri into third place.

Drivers and teams

Eleven drivers from seven countries contested the 2014 Zandvoort Masters; four drivers represented the German Formula Three Championship, with three each from the FIA European Formula 3 Championship and the British Formula 3 Championship. Steijn Schothorst completed the field, competing in his first Formula Three race with Performance Racing, stepping up from the Formula Renault Eurocup.

The Zandvoort Masters was first contested in 1991 as a one-off international meeting with drivers from all the major national Formula Three championships invited to compete. [5] [6] The race was considered a stepping stone to higher racing categories such as Formula One and it returned the Circuit Zandvoort to international recognition after the series stopped holding events at the track at the end of the 1985 season. [7] It later took over from the Monaco Grand Prix Formula Three support race as the most prestigious meeting in European Formula Three. [7] Circuit Zolder hosted the 2007 and 2008 editions due to noise restrictions imposed by the Supreme Court of the Netherlands in the Zandvoort area. [8] The Masters of Formula 3 returned to Zandvoort in 2009 and it continued to hold it until its last iteration in 2016 due to calendar changes for the track and FIA Formula Three European Championship regulations probiting any racing activity prior the round in the same area. [9]

TeamNoDriverChassisEngineMain series
Flag of Germany.svg Motopark 1 Flag of the Netherlands.svg Max Verstappen Dallara F311 Volkswagen FIA European Formula 3 Championship
2 Flag of the Netherlands.svg Indy Dontje German Formula Three Championship
3 Flag of Malaysia.svg Nabil Jeffri
Flag of the Netherlands.svg Van Amersfoort Racing 5 Flag of the Netherlands.svg Jules Szymkowiak Dallara F308 Volkswagen FIA European Formula 3 Championship
6 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Sam MacLeod German Formula Three Championship
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Double R Racing 7 Flag of the Netherlands.svg Dennis van de Laar Dallara F308 Mercedes FIA European Formula 3 Championship
8 Flag of Macau.svg Andy Chang Dallara F312 British Formula 3 Championship
9 Flag of the United States.svg Camren Kaminsky
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Fortec Motorsports 10 Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg Martin Cao Dallara F312 Mercedes British Formula 3 Championship
Flag of Italy.svg ADM Motorsport 17 Flag of Russia.svg Nikita Zlobin Dallara F311 Volkswagen German Formula Three Championship
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Performance Racing 20 Flag of the Netherlands.svg Steijn Schothorst Dallara F310 Volkswagen Eurocup Formula Renault 2.0

Classification

Qualifying

Two qualifying sessions were held for the event, with the driver's fastest lap from either session, counting towards their respective grid position.

Pos [10] NoDriverTeamQ1Q2
11 Flag of the Netherlands.svg Max Verstappen Motopark 1:48.2191:32.628
26 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Sam MacLeod Van Amersfoort Racing 1:49.3291:33.248
33 Flag of Malaysia.svg Nabil Jeffri Motopark 1:49.6271:33.412
420 Flag of the Netherlands.svg Steijn Schothorst Performance Racing 1:50.6361:33.481
55 Flag of the Netherlands.svg Jules Szymkowiak Van Amersfoort Racing 1:47.4951:33.553
62 Flag of the Netherlands.svg Indy Dontje Motopark 1:48.6071:33.691
78 Flag of Macau.svg Andy Chang Double R Racing 1:51.2481:33.834
87 Flag of the Netherlands.svg Dennis van de Laar Double R Racing 1:49.4611:33.992
910 Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg Martin Cao Fortec Motorsports 1:51.2231:34.108
109 Flag of the United States.svg Camren Kaminsky Double R Racing 1:50.3791:34.831
1117 Flag of Russia.svg Nikita Zlobin ADM Motorsport 4:48.3741:34.909

Race

Indy Dontje on the 2014 Zandvoort Masters grid. Indy Dontje on the grid of the 2014 Zandvoort Masters.JPG
Indy Dontje on the 2014 Zandvoort Masters grid.
Pos [1] NoDriverTeamLapsTime/RetiredGrid
11 Flag of the Netherlands.svg Max Verstappen Motopark 2539:49.2521
220 Flag of the Netherlands.svg Steijn Schothorst Performance Racing 25+9.7794
34 Flag of Malaysia.svg Nabil Jeffri Motopark 25+10.9793
49 Flag of the Netherlands.svg Indy Dontje Motopark 25+11.6666
56 Flag of the Netherlands.svg Jules Szymkowiak Van Amersfoort Racing 25+26.3305
610 Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg Martin Cao Fortec Motorsports 25+28.6029
717 Flag of Russia.svg Nikita Zlobin ADM Motorsport 25+29.34511
87 Flag of the Netherlands.svg Dennis van de Laar Double R Racing 25+29.4888
99 Flag of the United States.svg Camren Kaminsky Double R Racing 25+32.52110
108 Flag of Macau.svg Andy Chang Double R Racing 25+35.0307
Ret5 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Sam MacLeod Van Amersfoort Racing 0Retired2
Fastest lap: Indy Dontje, 1:34.228, 164.549 km/h (102.246 mph) on lap 8 [11]

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