2010 Formula 3 Brazil Open Explained

The 2010 Formula 3 Brazil Open was the inaugural Formula 3 Brazil Open race held at Autódromo José Carlos Pace from January 21–24, 2010. There were private pre-event test sessions at Autódromo Internacional Nelson Piquet^[1] and Autódromo Internacional Ayrton Senna.^[2]

After a weekend of competition, British driver William Buller of the Hitech Racing Brazil outfit was crowned as the race champion, beating a host of Formula Three Sudamericana drivers, as well as André Negrão competing for the Cesario Fórmula team, who would drive in the Eurocup Formula Renault 2.0 championship later in the 2010 season. After Buller qualified on pole position for the first race, he and Negrão took a victory apiece with Yann Cunha finishing third in both races. Negrão won the third race, the pre-final, before Buller claimed the main event by nearly nine seconds from Negrão. Cunha finished third ahead of Razia Sports' Bruno Andrade, and Negrão's team-mate Vittorio Ghirelli completed the top five placings. In Class B the Brazilian of the RC3 Bassani was the winner.

Drivers and teams

• All cars are powered by Berta engines, and will run on Pirelli tyres. All teams were Brazilian-registered.

2010 Entry List Team No Driver Class Chassis Cesário Fórmula 1 Vittorio Ghirelli^[3] A Dallara F309 2 André Negrão^[4] A Hitech Racing Brazil 7 William Buller^[5] A Dallara F309 Bassan Motorsport 15 Yann Cunha^[6] A Dallara F309 Kemba Racing/G-Force 16 Fernando Galera^[7] A Dallara F309 Razia Sports 17 Bruno Andrade A Dallara F309 Cesário Fórmula Jr. 31 Fernando Resende^[8] B Dallara F301 RC3 Bassani 43 Leandro Florenzo^[9] B Dallara F301

Icon Class A Class A B Class B

Classification

Qualifying

Pos	No	Driver	Class	Team	Time
1	7	William Buller	A	Hitech Racing Brazil	1:31.170
2	2	André Negrão	A	Cesário Fórmula	1:31.394
3	15	Yann Cunha	A	Bassan Motorsport	1:31.580
4	17	Bruno Andrade	A	Razia Sports	1:32.003
5	1	Vittorio Ghirelli	A	Cesário Fórmula	1:32.287
6	43	Leandro Florenzo	B	RC3 Bassani	1:32.852
7	31	Fernando Resende	B	Cesário Fórmula Jr.	1:34.398
8	16	Fernando Galera	A	Kemba Racing/G-Force	1:35.227

Race 1

Pos^[10]	No	Driver	Class	Team	Laps	Time/Retired	Grid
1	7	William Buller	A	Hitech Racing Brazil	16	30:23.742	1
2	2	André Negrão	A	Cesário Fórmula	16	+4.940	2
3	15	Yann Cunha	A	Bassan Motorsport	16	+34.267	3
4	17	Bruno Andrade	A	Razia Sports	16	+38.176	4
5	1	Vittorio Ghirelli	A	Cesário Fórmula	16	+43.983	5
6	31	Fernando Resende	B	Cesário Fórmula Jr.	15	+1 lap	7
Ret	43	Leandro Florenzo	B	RC3 Bassani	0	Retired	6
Ret	16	Fernando Galera	A	Kemba Racing/G-Force	0	Retired	8
Fastest lap: William Buller, 1:40.488, 154.371km/h on lap 16^[11]

Race 2

Pos^[12]	No	Driver	Class	Team	Laps	Time/Retired	Grid
1	2	André Negrão	A	Cesário Fórmula	20	31:05.309	2
2	15	Yann Cunha	A	Bassan Motorsport	20	+6.309	3
3	7	William Buller	A	Hitech Racing Brazil	20	+7.538	1
4	1	Vittorio Ghirelli	A	Cesário Fórmula	20	+20.343	5
5	17	Bruno Andrade	A	Razia Sports	20	+23.724	4
6	43	Leandro Florenzo	B	RC3 Bassani	20	+46.985	6
7	31	Fernando Resende	B	Cesário Fórmula Jr.	17	+3 laps	7
DNS	16	Fernando Galera	A	Kemba Racing/G-Force	0	Did not start	8
Fastest lap: André Negrão, 1:32.296, 168.072km/h on lap 4^[13]

Pre-final Grid

Pos^[14]	Driver	Team	Points
1	André Negrão	Cesário Fórmula	1
2	William Buller	Hitech Racing Brazil	2
3	Yann Cunha	Bassan Motorsport	3
4	Vittorio Ghirelli	Cesário Fórmula	7
5	Bruno Andrade	Razia Sports	7
6	Leandro Florenzo	RC3 Bassani	11
7	Fernando Resende	Cesário Fórmula Jr.	11
8	Fernando Galera	Kemba Racing/G-Force	14

Pre-final Race

Pos^[15]	No	Driver	Class	Team	Laps	Time/Retired	Grid
1	2	André Negrão	A	Cesário Fórmula	18	31:43.595	1
2	7	William Buller	A	Hitech Racing Brazil	18	+0.628	2
3	15	Yann Cunha	A	Bassan Motorsport	18	+41.074	3
4	1	Vittorio Ghirelli	A	Cesário Fórmula	18	+51.830	4
5	17	Bruno Andrade	A	Razia Sports	17	+1 lap	5
6	31	Fernando Resende	B	Cesário Fórmula Jr.	17	+1 lap	7
Ret	43	Leandro Florenzo	B	RC3 Bassani	11	Retired	6
Ret	16	Fernando Galera	A	Kemba Racing/G-Force	7	Retired	8
Fastest lap: André Negrão, 1:44.429, 148.545km/h on lap 16^[16]

Final Race

Pos^[17]	No	Driver	Class	Team	Laps	Time/Retired	Grid
1	7	William Buller	A	Hitech Racing Brazil	20	30:59.806	2
2	2	André Negrão	A	Cesário Fórmula	20	+8.848	1
3	15	Yann Cunha	A	Bassan Motorsport	20	+13.638	3
4	17	Bruno Andrade	A	Razia Sports	20	+14.771	5
5	1	Vittorio Ghirelli	A	Cesário Fórmula	20	+31.950	4
6	43	Leandro Florenzo	B	RC3 Bassani	20	+54.877	7
7	31	Fernando Resende	B	Cesário Fórmula Jr.	19	+1 lap	6
DNS	16	Fernando Galera	A	Kemba Racing/G-Force	0	Did not start	8
Fastest lap: William Buller, 1:31.942, 168.719km/h on lap 10^[18]

See also

• Formula Three Sudamericana
• Formula Three

External links

• Official website of the Formula 3 Brazil Open

Notes and References

1. News: PropCar anuncia teste em Brasília. f3brazilopen.com. Extrabold Comunicação Integrada. 2010-01-06. 2010-01-07. Portuguese.
2. News: Baumer Racing anuncia teste no Paraná. f3brazilopen.com. Extrabold Comunicação Integrada. 2010-01-11. 2010-01-14. Portuguese.
3. News: Italiano também aproveita o Open para estrear na F3. f3brazilopen.com. Extrabold Comunicação Integrada. 2010-01-13. 2010-01-14. Portuguese.
4. News: André Negrão fecha dupla da Cesário Fórmula. f3brazilopen.com. Extrabold Comunicação Integrada. 2010-01-15. 2010-01-15. Portuguese.
5. News: Norte-irlandês de 17 anos virá ao F3 Brazil Open. f3brazilopen.com. Extrabold Comunicação Integrada. 2009-12-16. 2010-01-05. Portuguese.
6. News: Yann Cunha estreia pela Bassan Motorsports no Open. f3brazilopen.com. Extrabold Comunicação Integrada. 2009-12-10. 2010-01-05. Portuguese.
7. News: William Buller é pole-position do F3 Brazil Open. f3brazilopen.com. Extrabold Comunicação Integrada. 2010-01-22. 2010-01-22. Portuguese.
8. News: Fernando (Kid) Resende estreia no automobilismo. f3brazilopen.com. Extrabold Comunicação Integrada. 2010-01-13. 2010-01-14. Portuguese.
9. News: RC3 Bassani confirma Leandro Florenzo no F3 Brazil Open. f3brazilopen.com. Extrabold Comunicação Integrada. 2010-01-19. 2010-01-19. Portuguese.
10. News: Buller leva a primeira. f3brazilopen.com. Extrabold Comunicação Integrada. 2010-01-22. 2010-01-23. Portuguese.
11. News: Results of V GP Cidade de São Paulo – F3 – 1ª Prova. My Laps. Racing Crono. 2010-01-22. 2010-02-06. https://web.archive.org/web/20110714143627/http://www.mylaps.com/results/showrun.jsp?id=1395536. 2011-07-14. dead.
12. News: Com grande ultrapassagem, André Negrão vence a segunda bateria. f3brazilopen.com. Extrabold Comunicação Integrada. 2010-01-23. 2010-01-23. Portuguese.
13. News: Results of V GP Cidade de São Paulo – F3 – 2ª Prova. My Laps. Racing Crono. 2010-01-23. 2010-02-06. https://web.archive.org/web/20110714143636/http://www.mylaps.com/results/showrun.jsp?id=1395537. 2011-07-14. dead.
14. News: Confira o grid da terceira corrida. f3brazilopen.com. Extrabold Comunicação Integrada. 2010-01-23. 2010-01-23. Portuguese.
15. News: No sufoco, André Negrão fatura a pré final. f3brazilopen.com. Extrabold Comunicação Integrada. 2010-01-23. 2010-01-23. Portuguese.
16. News: Results of V GP Cidade de São Paulo – F3 – 3ª Prova. My Laps. Racing Crono. 2010-01-23. 2010-02-06. https://web.archive.org/web/20110714143647/http://www.mylaps.com/results/showrun.jsp?id=1395538. 2011-07-14. dead.
17. News: William Buller é o campeão do F3 Brazil Open. f3brazilopen.com. Extrabold Comunicação Integrada. 2010-01-24. 2010-01-24. Portuguese.
18. News: Results of V GP Cidade de São Paulo – F3 – 4ª Prova. My Laps. Racing Crono. 2010-01-24. 2010-02-06. https://web.archive.org/web/20110714143715/http://www.mylaps.com/results/showrun.jsp?id=1395539. 2011-07-14. dead.