1998 Masters of Formula 3

The 1998 Marlboro Masters of Formula 3 was the eighth Masters of Formula 3 race held at Circuit Park Zandvoort on 9 August 1998. It was won by David Saelens, for ASM Fina.

Race details
Date 9 August 1998
Official name Marlboro Masters of Formula 3
Location Circuit Park Zandvoort, Netherlands
Course 2.519 km (1.565 mi)
Distance Qualifying Race A
20 laps, 50.38 km (31.30 mi)
Qualifying Race B
20 laps, 50.38 km (31.30 mi)
Main Race
31 laps, 78.089 km (48.522 mi)
Qualifying Race A
Pole
Driver Enrique Bernoldi Promatecme UK
Time 1:02.149
Fastest Lap
Driver Paolo Montin Team Ghinzani
Time 1:03.074 (on lap 11 of 20)
Podium
First Enrique BernoldiPromatecme UK
Second Paolo MontinTeam Ghinzani
Third Jeffrey van HooydonkKMS Benetton Junior Team
Qualifying Race B
Pole
Driver Kristian Kolby Fortec Motorsport
Time 1:01.899
Fastest Lap
Driver Mario Haberfeld Paul Stewart Racing
Time 1:02.813 (on lap 4 of 20)
Podium
First David SaelensASM Fina
Second Kristian KolbyFortec Motorsport
Third Mario HaberfeldPaul Stewart Racing
Main Race
Pole
Driver David Saelens ASM Fina
Fastest Lap
Driver David Terrien Graff Racing
Time 1:03.589 (on lap 11 of 31)
Podium
First David SaelensASM Fina
First Enrique BernoldiPromatecme UK
Third Mario HaberfeldPaul Stewart Racing

Drivers and teams
1998 Entry List[1]
Team No Driver Chassis Engine Main series
Van Amersfoort Racing 1 Christijan Albers Dallara F398 Opel German Formula Three
2 Bas Leinders Dallara F398
ASM Fina 3 Sébastien Dumez Dallara F396 Renault French Formula Three
4 David Saelens Dallara F396
Promatecme UK 5 Enrique Bernoldi Dallara F398 Renault British Formula 3
6 Marc Hynes Dallara F398
EF Project 7 Enrico Toccacelo Dallara F395 Fiat Italian Formula Three
8 Michele Gasparini Dallara F395
9 Davide Uboldi Dallara F395
Paul Stewart Racing 10 Mario Haberfeld Dallara F398 Mugen-Honda British Formula 3
11 Luciano Burti Dallara F398
La Filière 14 Sébastien Bourdais Martini MK73 Opel French Formula Three
15 Franck Montagny Martini MK73
17 Marcel Fässler Martini MK73
Josef Kaufmann Racing 18 Timo Scheider Martini MK73 Opel German Formula Three
Prema Powerteam 19 Gianluca Calcagni Dallara F397 Opel Italian Formula Three
20 Donny Crevels Dallara F397 Opel
KMS Benetton Junior Team 21 Jeffrey van Hooydonk Dallara F398 Opel German Formula Three
22 Johnny Mislijevic Dallara F397
23 Thomas Mutsch Dallara F397
Graff Racing 24 David Terrien Dallara F396 Opel French Formula Three
Venturini Racing 25 Maurizio Mediani Dallara F396 Alfa Romeo Italian Formula Three
26 Peter Sundberg Dallara F396 Fiat
Team Ghinzani 27 Paolo Montin Dallara F398 Fiat Italian Formula Three
28 Gabriele Gardel Dallara F398
29 Riccardo Ronchi Dallara F398
GM-DSF-F3 Team 30 Wouter van Eeuwijk Dallara F397 Opel German Formula Three
31 Robert Lechner Dallara F397
Alan Docking Racing 32 Ricardo Maurício Dallara F397 Mugen-Honda British Formula 3
33 Yudai Igarashi Dallara F397
Opel Team BSR 35 Steffen Widmann Dallara F397 Opel German Formula Three
36 Pierre Kaffer Martini MK73
Signature 38 Tiago Monteiro Dallara F396 Fiat French Formula Three
RC Motorsport 41 Stanislas d'Oultremont Dallara F397 Opel Italian Formula Three
42 Ananda Mikola Dallara F397 Opel
Fortec Motorsport 43 Andrej Pavicevic Dallara F397 Mugen-Honda British Formula 3
44 Kristian Kolby Dallara F397
46 Hoover Orsi Dallara F398 Formula Renault Europe
IPS Motorsport 47 Johan Stureson Dallara F397 Opel German Formula Three
Intersport Racing 49 Ben Collins Dallara F398 Opel British Formula 3
Klaus Trella Motorsport 50 Thomas Jäger Martini MK73 Opel German Formula Three
MKL F3 Racing 51 Michael Becker Dallara F398 Opel German Formula Three
52 Lucas Luhr Dallara F397
Royal Automobile Club of Sweden 53 Michael Becker Dallara F395 Fiat German Formula Three
DC Cook Motorsport 54 Paula Cook Dallara F398 Opel German Formula Three
Target Racing 55 Nikolaos Stremmenos Dallara F398 Opel Italian Formula Three
56 Dimitris Deverikos Dallara F396 Fiat Greek Formula Three

Format changes

With an entry of 47 cars, race organisers changed the format of qualifying to allow every driver a shot at qualifying for the Marlboro Masters itself. The field would be split into two groups; one for even-numbered cars and one for odd-numbered cars. Then there would be a qualifying session for each group, with that setting the grid for each group's qualification race. Each qualification race would see the top fourteen cars progressing through to the Marlboro Masters itself, with the pole position being awarded to the winner of the qualification race that was won in the quickest time. The remaining four cars would be made up from the highest qualifying drivers left.

Classification

Qualifying

Qualification Race

Race
PosNoDriverTeamLapsTime/RetiredGrid
1 4 David Saelens ASM Fina 31 33:21.247 1
2 5 Enrique Bernoldi Promatecme UK 31 +0.334 2
3 10 Mario Haberfeld Paul Stewart Racing 31 +1.117 5
4 27 Paolo Montin Team Ghinzani 31 +2.489 4
5 3 Sébastien Dumez ASM Fina 31 +7.667 8
6 15 Franck Montagny La Filière 31 +10.192 14
7 21 Jeffrey van Hooydonk KMS Benetton Junior Team 31 +18.368 6
8 18 Timo Scheider Josef Kaufmann Racing 31 +18.720 9
9 11 Luciano Burti Paul Stewart Racing 31 +20.749 10
10 52 Lucas Luhr MKL F3 Racing 31 +21.179 11
11 47 Johan Stureson IPS Motorsport 31 +21.633 12
12 25 Maurizio Mediani Venturini Racing 31 +22.072 16
13 49 Ben Collins Intersport Racing 31 +24.768 18
14 50 Thomas Jäger Klaus Trella Motorsport 31 +25.539 15
15 6 Marc Hynes Promatecme UK 31 +26.132 21
16 26 Peter Sundberg Venturini Racing 31 +26.448 25
17 44 Kristian Kolby Fortec Motorsport 31 +27.259 3
18 37 Steffen Widmann Opel Team BSR 31 +42.524 22
19 7 Enrico Toccacelo EF Project 31 +44.107 24
20 14 Sébastien Bourdais La Filière 31 +44.385 23
21 9 Davide Uboldi EF Project 31 +53.754 28
22 36 Pierre Kaffer Opel Team BSR 30 Retired 17
23 24 David Terrien Graff Racing 29 + 2 Laps 31
24 28 Gabriele Gardel Team Ghinzani 24 Retired 27
Ret 20 Donny Crevels Prema Powerteam 22 Retired 7
Ret 42 Ananda Mikola RC Motorsport 12 Retired 19
Ret 31 Robert Lechner GM-DSF-F3 Team 11 Retired 32
Ret 33 Yudai Igarashi Alan Docking Racing 6 Retired 20
Ret 1 Christijan Albers Van Amersfoort Racing 5 Retired 30
Ret 23 Thomas Mutsch KMS Benetton Junior Team 3 Retired 26
Ret 2 Bas Leinders Van Amersfoort Racing 1 Retired 29
Ret 46 Hoover Orsi Fortec Motorsport 0 Retired 13
DNQ 43 Andrej Pavicevic Fortec Motorsport
DNQ 51 Michael Becker MKL F3 Racing
DNQ 41 Stanislas d'Oultremont RC Motorsport
DNQ 53 Michael Becker Royal Automobile Club of Sweden
DNQ 29 Riccardo Ronchi Team Ghinzani
DNQ 55 Nikolaos Stremmenos Target Racing
DNQ 17 Marcel Fässler La Filière
DNQ 19 Gianluca Calcagni Prema Powerteam
DNQ 54 Paula Cook DC Cook Motorsport
DNQ 8 Michele Gasparini EF Project
DNQ 38 Tiago Monteiro Signature
DNQ 22 Johnny Mislijevic KMS Benetton Junior Team
DNQ 30 Wouter van Eeuwijk GM-DSF-F3 Team
DNQ 56 Dimitris Deverikos Target Racing
DNQ 32 Ricardo Maurício Alan Docking Racing
Fastest lap: David Terrien, 1:03.589, 142.610 km/h (88.614 mph) on lap 11[1]

References
  1. "1998 starting grid" (PDF). formel3guide.com. Formel 3 Guide. Retrieved 26 December 2009.
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