1997 Masters of Formula 3 explained


Race details


Date	3 August 1997
Official name	Marlboro Masters of Formula 3
Location	Circuit Park Zandvoort, Netherlands
Course	2.519km (01.565miles)
Distance	Qualifying Race 20 laps, 50.38km (31.3miles) Main Race 32 laps, 80.608km (50.087miles)
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		La Filière
Second		Opel Team BSR
Third		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'S
Second		ASM Formule 3
Third		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.^[1]

Drivers and teams

1997 Entry List^[2]
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
Paul Stewart Racing	8	Peter Dumbreck	Dallara F397	Mugen-Honda	British Formula 3
Opel Team BSR	9	Nick Heidfeld	Dallara F397	Opel	German Formula Three
	10	Tim Verbergt	Dallara F397		German Formula Three
	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
Team Ghinzani	15	Paolo Ruberti	Dallara F397	Fiat	Italian Formula Three
Promatecme Renault Elf	17	Enrique Bernoldi	Dallara F397	Renault	British Formula 3
Promatecme Renault Elf	18	Nicolas Minassian	Dallara F397	Renault	British Formula 3
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
ASM Formule 3	25	Sébastien Philippe	Dallara F396	Opel	French Formula Three
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
EF Project	30	Davide Uboldi	Dallara F396	Fiat	Italian Formula Three
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
Fortec Motorsport	35	Brian Smith	Dallara F397	Mitsubishi	British Formula 3
DC Cook Motorsport	36	Paula Cook	Dallara F397	Opel	British Formula 3
DC Cook Motorsport	37	Guy Smith	Dallara F397	Opel	British Formula 3
Opel Team RC Motorsport	38	Michele Gasparini	Dallara F397	Opel	Italian Formula Three
Opel Team RC Motorsport	53	Jeffrey van Hooydonk	Dallara F397	Opel	Formula Renault Europe
Tokmakidis Motorsport	40	Nikolaos Stremmenos	Dallara F396	Opel	Italian Formula Three
Tokmakidis Motorsport	41	Tim Coronel	Dallara F397	Opel	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
GM Motorsport	46	Norman Simon	Dallara F397	Opel	German Formula Three
Tom's GB	47	Jamie Spence	Tom's 037	Toyota	British Formula 3
Tom's GB	48	Ricardo Maurício	Tom's 037	Toyota	British Formula 3
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

Pos	No	Name	Team	Time	Gap
1	25	Sébastien Philippe	ASM Formule 3	1:02.001
2	35	Brian Smith	Fortec Motorsport	1:02.046	+0.045
3	7	Jonny Kane	Paul Stewart Racing	1:02.066	+0.065
4	56	Tom Coronel	TOM'S	1:02.086	+0.085
5	19	André Couto	Prema Powerteam	1:02.114	+0.113
6	21	Donny Crevels	Prema Powerteam	1:02.166	+0.165
7	9	Nick Heidfeld	Opel Team BSR	1:02.180	+0.179
8	1	Mark Webber	Alan Docking Racing	1:02.183	+0.182
9	18	Nicolas Minassian	Promatecme Renault Elf	1:02.214	+0.213
10	46	Norman Simon	GM Motorsport	1:02.235	+0.234
11	28	Bas Leinders	Van Amersfoort Racing	1:02.261	+0.260
12	34	Ben Collins	Fortec Motorsport	1:02.264	+0.263
13	27	Mario Haberfeld	Martin Donnelly Racing	1:02.299	+0.298
14	15	Paolo Ruberti	Team Ghinzani	1:02.351	+0.350
15	24	David Saelens	ASM Formule 3	1:02.362	+0.361
16	11	Stéphane Sarrazin	Opel Team BSR	1:02.375	+0.374
17	8	Peter Dumbreck	Paul Stewart Racing	1:02.424	+0.423
18	5	Patrice Gay	Graff Racing	1:02.444	+0.443
19	37	Guy Smith	DC Cook Motorsport	1:02.491	+0.490
20	22	Wolf Henzler	Josef Kaufmann Racing	1:02.558	+0.557
21	4	Alexander Müller	Benetton RTL Junior Team	1:02.564	+0.563
22	17	Enrique Bernoldi	Promatecme Renault Elf	1:02.576	+0.575
23	31	Franck Montagny	La Filière	1:02.586	+0.585
24	32	Marcel Fässler	La Filière	1:02.589	+0.588
25	57	Steffen Widmann	Josef Kaufmann Racing	1:02.658	+0.657
26	53	Jeffrey van Hooydonk	Opel Team RC Motorsport	1:02.680	+0.679
27	20	Alfredo Melandri	Prema Powerteam	1:02.684	+0.683
28	38	Michele Gasparini	Opel Team RC Motorsport	1:02.710	+0.709
29	33	Oriol Servià	La Filière	1:02.785	+0.784
30	3	Dominik Schwager	Benetton RTL Junior Team	1:02.817	+0.816
31	12	Sascha Bert	Opel Team BSR	1:02.861	+0.860
32	48	Ricardo Maurício	Tom's GB	1:02.883	+0.882
33	43	Davide Campana	Racing for Europe	1:02.894	+0.893
34	10	Tim Verbergt	Opel Team BSR	1:02.895	+0.894
35	47	Jamie Spence	Tom's GB	1:02.905	+0.904
36	51	Johan Stureson	IPS Motorsport	1:02.914	+0.913
37	49	Haruki Kurosawa	Alan Docking Racing	1:02.989	+0.988
38	41	Tim Coronel	Tokmakidis Motorsport	1:03.121	+1.120
39	14	Niki Cadei	Team Ghinzani	1:03.159	+1.158
40	2	Timo Scheider	Benetton RTL Junior Team	1:03.160	+1.159
41	50	Yudai Igarashi	Alan Docking Racing	1:03.188	+1.187
42	40	Nikolaos Stremmenos	Tokmakidis Motorsport	1:03.230	+1.229
43	54	Ananda Mikola	Cevenini Junior Team	1:03.249	+1.248
44	36	Paula Cook	DC Cook Motorsport	1:03.268	+1.267
45	45	Tim Bergmeister	GM Motorsport	1:03.322	+1.321
46	55	Henry Stanton	Carlin Motorsport	1:03.339	+1.338
47	44	Riccardo Moscatelli	Olympia Sport System	1:03.506	+1.505
48	29	Gabriele Gardel	EF Project	1:03.549	+1.548
49	23	Jaroslaw Wierczuk	Josef Kaufmann Racing	1:03.568	+1.567
50	42	Yves Olivier	JB Motorsport	1:03.692	+1.691
51	30	Davide Uboldi	EF Project	1:03.957	+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			22
Fastest lap: Oriol Servià, 1:04.922, 139.681km/h 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 Motorsport
Fastest lap: Sébastien Philippe, 1:03.188, 143.515km/h on lap 4

Notes and References

News: Zege opent perspectieven voor Formule 3-coureur Coronel gokt en triomfeert in Zandvoort. 4 August 1997. de Volkskrant. 24 February 2019. Dutch.
News: 1997 starting grid. formel3guide.com. Formel 3 Guide. 26 December 2009.