1997 Masters of Formula 3

Race details Date 3 August 1997 Official name Marlboro Masters of Formula 3 Location Circuit Park Zandvoort, Netherlands Course Distance Qualifying Race20 laps, Main Race32 laps, Qualifying Race Pole Driver Oriol Servià La Filière Time 1:02.785 Fastest Lap Driver Oriol Servià La Filière Time 1:04.922 (on lap 7 of 20) Podium First Oriol Servià La Filière Second Sascha Bert Opel Team BSR Third Dominik Schwager Benetton RTL Junior Team Main Race Pole Driver Sébastien Philippe ASM Formule 3 Time 1:02.001 Fastest Lap Driver Sébastien Philippe ASM Formule 3 Time 1:03.188 (on lap 4 of 32) Podium First Tom Coronel TOM'S Second Sébastien Philippe ASM Formule 3 Third Mark Webber Alan Docking Racing

The 1997 Marlboro Masters of Formula 3 was the seventh Masters of Formula 3 race held at Circuit Park Zandvoort on 3 August 1997. It was won by Tom Coronel, for TOM'S after he started from fourth place.

Drivers and teams 1997 Entry List Team No Driver Chassis Engine Main series Alan Docking Racing 1 Mark Webber Dallara F397 Mugen-Honda British Formula 3 49 Haruki Kurosawa Dallara F397 50 Yudai Igarashi Dallara F397 Benetton RTL Junior Team 2 Timo Scheider Dallara F397 Opel German Formula Three 3 Dominik Schwager Dallara F397 4 Alexander Müller Dallara F397 Graff Racing 5 Patrice Gay Dallara F396 Opel French Formula Three Paul Stewart Racing 7 Jonny Kane Dallara F397 Mugen-Honda British Formula 3 8 Peter Dumbreck Dallara F397 Opel Team BSR 9 Nick Heidfeld Dallara F397 Opel German Formula Three 10 Tim Verbergt Dallara F397 11 Stéphane Sarrazin Dallara F397 French Formula Three 12 Sascha Bert Dallara F397 German Formula Three Team Ghinzani 14 Niki Cadei Dallara F397 Fiat Italian Formula Three 15 Paolo Ruberti Dallara F397 Promatecme Renault Elf 17 Enrique Bernoldi Dallara F397 Renault British Formula 3 18 Nicolas Minassian Dallara F397 Prema Powerteam 19 André Couto Dallara F397 Fiat Italian Formula Three 20 Alfredo Melandri Dallara F397 21 Donny Crevels Dallara F397 Josef Kaufmann Racing 22 Wolf Henzler Martini MK73 Opel German Formula Three 23 Jaroslaw Wierczuk Martini MK73 57 Steffen Widmann Martini MK73 ASM Formule 3 24 David Saelens Dallara F396 Opel French Formula Three 25 Sébastien Philippe Dallara F396 Martin Donnelly Racing 27 Mario Haberfeld Dallara F397 Opel British Formula 3 Van Amersfoort Racing 28 Bas Leinders Dallara F397 Opel German Formula Three EF Project 29 Gabriele Gardel Dallara F396 Fiat Italian Formula Three 30 Davide Uboldi Dallara F396 La Filière 31 Franck Montagny Martini MK73 Opel French Formula Three 32 Marcel Fässler Dallara F396 Fiat 33 Oriol Servià Martini MK73 Opel Fortec Motorsport 34 Ben Collins Dallara F397 Mitsubishi British Formula 3 35 Brian Smith Dallara F397 DC Cook Motorsport 36 Paula Cook Dallara F397 Opel British Formula 3 37 Guy Smith Dallara F397 Opel Team RC Motorsport 38 Michele Gasparini Dallara F397 Opel Italian Formula Three 53 Jeffrey van Hooydonk Dallara F397 Formula Renault Europe Tokmakidis Motorsport 40 Nikolaos Stremmenos Dallara F396 Opel Italian Formula Three 41 Tim Coronel Dallara F397 German Formula Three JB Motorsport 42 Yves Olivier Dallara F397 Opel German Formula Three Racing for Europe 43 Davide Campana Dallara F397 Opel Italian Formula Three Olympia Sport System 44 Riccardo Moscatelli Dallara F397 Fiat Italian Formula Three GM Motorsport 45 Tim Bergmeister Dallara F397 Opel German Formula Three 46 Norman Simon Dallara F397 Tom's GB 47 Jamie Spence Tom's 037 Toyota British Formula 3 48 Ricardo Maurício Tom's 037 IPS Motorsport 51 Johan Stureson Dallara F397 Opel German Formula Three Cevenini Junior Team 54 Ananda Mikola Dallara F397 Fiat Italian Formula Three Carlin Motorsport 55 Henry Stanton Dallara F397 Mugen-Honda British Formula 3 TOM'S 56 Tom Coronel Dallara F397 Toyota All-Japan Formula Three

Format changes With an entry of 51 cars, race organisers changed the format of qualifying to allow every driver a shot at qualifying for the Marlboro Masters itself. The top 28 drivers from qualifying were automatically entered into the race, with the remaining drivers going into a qualifying race, as seen at the Macau Grand Prix. In the qualifying race, the top four finishers would progress to the Marlboro Masters.

Classification

Qualifying PosNoNameTeamTimeGap125 Sébastien PhilippeASM Formule 31:02.001235 Brian SmithFortec Motorsport1:02.046 +0.04537 Jonny KanePaul Stewart Racing1:02.066 +0.065456 Tom CoronelTOM'S1:02.086 +0.085519 André CoutoPrema Powerteam1:02.114 +0.113621 Donny CrevelsPrema Powerteam1:02.166 +0.16579 Nick HeidfeldOpel Team BSR1:02.180 +0.17981 Mark WebberAlan Docking Racing1:02.183 +0.182918 Nicolas MinassianPromatecme Renault Elf1:02.214 +0.2131046 Norman SimonGM Motorsport1:02.235 +0.2341128 Bas LeindersVan Amersfoort Racing1:02.261 +0.2601234 Ben CollinsFortec Motorsport1:02.264 +0.2631327 Mario HaberfeldMartin Donnelly Racing1:02.299 +0.2981415 Paolo RubertiTeam Ghinzani1:02.351 +0.3501524 David SaelensASM Formule 31:02.362 +0.3611611 Stéphane SarrazinOpel Team BSR1:02.375 +0.374178 Peter DumbreckPaul Stewart Racing1:02.424 +0.423185 Patrice GayGraff Racing1:02.444 +0.4431937 Guy SmithDC Cook Motorsport1:02.491 +0.4902022 Wolf HenzlerJosef Kaufmann Racing1:02.558 +0.557214 Alexander MüllerBenetton RTL Junior Team1:02.564 +0.5632217 Enrique BernoldiPromatecme Renault Elf1:02.576 +0.5752331 Franck MontagnyLa Filière1:02.586 +0.5852432 Marcel FässlerLa Filière1:02.589 +0.5882557 Steffen WidmannJosef Kaufmann Racing1:02.658 +0.6572653 Jeffrey van HooydonkOpel Team RC Motorsport1:02.680 +0.6792720 Alfredo MelandriPrema Powerteam1:02.684 +0.6832838 Michele GaspariniOpel Team RC Motorsport1:02.710 +0.7092933 Oriol ServiàLa Filière1:02.785 +0.784303 Dominik SchwagerBenetton RTL Junior Team1:02.817 +0.8163112 Sascha BertOpel Team BSR1:02.861 +0.8603248 Ricardo MaurícioTom's GB1:02.883 +0.8823343 Davide CampanaRacing for Europe1:02.894 +0.8933410 Tim VerbergtOpel Team BSR1:02.895 +0.8943547 Jamie SpenceTom's GB1:02.905 +0.9043651 Johan SturesonIPS Motorsport1:02.914 +0.9133749 Haruki KurosawaAlan Docking Racing1:02.989 +0.9883841 Tim CoronelTokmakidis Motorsport1:03.121 +1.1203914 Niki CadeiTeam Ghinzani1:03.159 +1.158402 Timo ScheiderBenetton RTL Junior Team1:03.160 +1.1594150 Yudai IgarashiAlan Docking Racing1:03.188 +1.1874240 Nikolaos StremmenosTokmakidis Motorsport1:03.230 +1.2294354 Ananda MikolaCevenini Junior Team1:03.249 +1.2484436 Paula CookDC Cook Motorsport1:03.268 +1.2674545 Tim BergmeisterGM Motorsport1:03.322 +1.3214655 Henry StantonCarlin Motorsport1:03.339 +1.3384744 Riccardo MoscatelliOlympia Sport System1:03.506 +1.5054829 Gabriele GardelEF Project1:03.549 +1.5484923 Jaroslaw WierczukJosef Kaufmann Racing1:03.568 +1.5675042 Yves OlivierJB Motorsport1:03.692 +1.6915130 Davide UboldiEF Project1:03.957 +1.956

Qualification Race The top four drivers progressed to the main race. As Servià won the race, he would line up 29th on the grid, and so forth. Pos No Driver Team Laps Time/Retired Grid 1 33 Oriol Servià La Filière 20 21:58.876 1 2 12 Sascha Bert Opel Team BSR 20 +1.579 3 3 3 Dominik Schwager Benetton RTL Junior Team 20 +3.366 2 4 14 Niki Cadei Team Ghinzani 20 +7.581 11 5 2 Timo Scheider Benetton RTL Junior Team 20 +14.982 12 6 54 Ananda Mikola Cevenini Junior Team 20 +17.901 15 7 44 Riccardo Moscatelli Olympia Sport System 20 +18.508 19 8 51 Johan Stureson IPS Motorsport 20 +20.401 8 9 23 Jaroslaw Wierczuk Josef Kaufmann Racing 20 +30.035 21 10 29 Gabriele Gardel EF Project 20 +35.051 20 11 45 Tim Bergmeister GM Motorsport 20 +36.656 17 12 49 Haruki Kurosawa Alan Docking Racing 20 +42.676 9 13 40 Nikolaos Stremmenos Tokmakidis Motorsport 20 +48.109 14 14 30 Davide Uboldi EF Project 20 +48.693 23 Ret 41 Tim Coronel Tokmakidis Motorsport 13 Retired 10 Ret 50 Yudai Igarashi Alan Docking Racing 13 Retired 13 Ret 43 Davide Campana Racing for Europe 10 Retired 5 Ret 55 Henry Stanton Carlin Motorsport 10 Retired 18 Ret 47 Jamie Spence Tom's GB 5 Retired 7 Ret 10 Tim Verbergt Opel Team BSR 4 Retired 6 Ret 48 Ricardo Maurício Tom's GB 2 Retired 4 DNS 36 Paula Cook DC Cook Motorsport 16 DNS 50 Yves Olivier JB Motorsport 22Fastest lap: Oriol Servià, 1:04.922, on lap 7

Race Pos No Driver Team Laps Time/Retired Grid 1 56 Tom Coronel TOM'S 32 35:52.569 4 2 25 Sébastien Philippe ASM Formule 3 32 +1.111 1 3 1 Mark Webber Alan Docking Racing 32 +2.118 8 4 18 Nicolas Minassian Promatecme Renault Elf 32 +2.394 9 5 35 Brian Smith Fortec Motorsport 32 +2.952 2 6 46 Norman Simon GM Motorsport 32 +3.981 10 7 9 Nick Heidfeld Opel Team BSR 32 +4.575 7 8 21 Donny Crevels Prema Powerteam 32 +4.692 6 9 24 David Saelens ASM Formule 3 32 +5.709 15 10 5 Patrice Gay Graff Racing 32 +5.878 18 11 8 Peter Dumbreck Paul Stewart Racing 32 +6.621 17 12 27 Mario Haberfeld Martin Donnelly Racing 32 +6.859 13 13 32 Marcel Fässler La Filière 32 +9.805 24 14 31 Franck Montagny La Filière 32 +10.465 23 15 11 Stéphane Sarrazin Opel Team BSR 32 +11.057 16 16 53 Jeffrey van Hooydonk Opel Team RC Motorsport 32 +11.669 26 17 33 Oriol Servià La Filière 32 +11.670 29 18 37 Guy Smith DC Cook Motorsport 32 +12.275 19 19 38 Michele Gasparini Opel Team RC Motorsport 32 +12.545 28 20 34 Ben Collins Fortec Motorsport 32 +13.170 12 21 4 Alexander Müller Benetton RTL Junior Team 32 +13.687 21 22 22 Wolf Henzler Josef Kaufmann Racing 32 +14.366 20 23 20 Alfredo Melandri Prema Powerteam 32 +14.367 27 24 12 Sascha Bert Opel Team BSR 32 +15.227 30 25 14 Niki Cadei Team Ghinzani 32 +15.966 32 26 57 Steffen Widmann Josef Kaufmann Racing 32 +16.172 25 Ret 19 André Couto Prema Powerteam 26 Retired 5 Ret 7 Jonny Kane Paul Stewart Racing 26 Retired 3 Ret 17 Enrique Bernoldi Promatecme Renault Elf 26 Retired 22 Ret 28 Bas Leinders Van Amersfoort Racing 20 Retired 11 Ret 15 Paolo Ruberti Team Ghinzani 13 Retired 14 Ret 3 Dominik Schwager Benetton RTL Junior Team 4 Retired 31 DNQ 2 Timo Scheider Benetton RTL Junior Team DNQ 54 Ananda Mikola Cevenini Junior Team DNQ 44 Riccardo Moscatelli Olympia Sport System DNQ 51 Johan Stureson IPS Motorsport DNQ 23 Jaroslaw Wierczuk Josef Kaufmann Racing DNQ 29 Gabriele Gardel EF Project DNQ 45 Tim Bergmeister GM Motorsport DNQ 49 Haruki Kurosawa Alan Docking Racing DNQ 40 Nikolaos Stremmenos Tokmakidis Motorsport DNQ 30 Davide Uboldi EF Project DNQ 41 Tim Coronel Tokmakidis Motorsport DNQ 50 Yudai Igarashi Alan Docking Racing DNQ 43 Davide Campana Racing for Europe DNQ 55 Henry Stanton Carlin Motorsport DNQ 47 Jamie Spence Tom's GB DNQ 10 Tim Verbergt Opel Team BSR DNQ 48 Ricardo Maurício Tom's GB DNQ 36 Paula Cook DC Cook Motorsport DNQ 50 Yves Olivier JB MotorsportFastest lap: Sébastien Philippe, 1:03.188, on lap 4

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