2009 Masters of Formula 3

The 2009 Tango Masters of Formula 3 was the nineteenth Masters of Formula 3 race held at Circuit Park Zandvoort on 14 June 2009. The race returned to Zandvoort after a two-year stay at Zolder. It was won by Masters debutant Valtteri Bottas, for ART Grand Prix.

Race details
Date 14 June 2009
Official name Tango Masters of Formula 3
Location Circuit Park Zandvoort, Netherlands
Course 4.307 km (2.676 mi)
Distance 25 laps, 107.675 km (66.906 mi)
Pole
Driver Finland Valtteri Bottas ART Grand Prix
Time 1:31.175
Fastest Lap
Driver Finland Valtteri Bottas ART Grand Prix
Time 1:33.251 (on lap 4 of 25)
Podium
First Finland Valtteri Bottas ART Grand Prix
Second Finland Mika Mäki ART Grand Prix
Third Monaco Stefano Coletti Prema Powerteam

Drivers and teams

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All drivers used Dallara F308 chassis, excepting Stefano Coletti, who used F309 model.

2009 Entry List[1]
Team No Driver Engine Main series
  ART Grand Prix 1   Jules Bianchi Mercedes Formula 3 Euro Series
2   Valtteri Bottas
3   Esteban Gutiérrez
4   Adrien Tambay
  Carlin Motorsport 5   Laurens Vanthoor Volkswagen German Formula Three
6   Daniel Ricciardo British Formula 3
7   Henry Arundel
8   Max Chilton
9   Samuele Buttarelli European F3 Open
10   Jake Rosenzweig Formula 3 Euro Series
  Prema Powerteam 11   Stefano Coletti Mercedes Formula 3 Euro Series
12   Matteo Chinosi
14   Basil Shaaban
  Fortec Motorsport 15   Víctor García Mercedes British Formula 3
16   Riki Christodoulou
  Signature-Plus 17   Jean Karl Vernay Volkswagen Formula 3 Euro Series
18   Mika Mäki
19   Tiago Geronimi
  Hitech Racing 21   Renger van der Zande Mercedes British Formula 3
22   Walter Grubmüller
  Manor Motorsport 23   Roberto Merhi Mercedes Formula 3 Euro Series
24   Pedro Enrique
25   César Ramos
26   Francesco Castellacci Italian Formula Three
  Räikkönen Robertson Racing 27   Daisuke Nakajima Mercedes British Formula 3
28   Carlos Huertas
  Mücke Motorsport 29   Sam Bird Mercedes Formula 3 Euro Series
30   Christian Vietoris
31   Alexander Sims
32   Marco Wittmann
  Motopark Academy 33   Christopher Zanella Mercedes Formula 3 Euro Series
34   Atte Mustonen
  SG Formula 35   Alexandre Marsoin Mercedes Formula 3 Euro Series
36   Henkie Waldschmidt
37   Andrea Caldarelli
  BVM – Target Racing 43   Daniel Zampieri Mugen-Honda Italian Formula Three

Classification

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Qualifying 1

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Group A drivers are highlighted in green.

Qualifying 2

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Starting grid

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1   Valtteri Bottas ART Grand Prix 2   Mika Mäki Signature
3   Roberto Merhi Manor Motorsport 4   Stefano Coletti Prema Powerteam
5   Jean Karl Vernay Signature 6   Jules Bianchi[2] ART Grand Prix
7   Christian Vietoris Mücke Motorsport 8   Alexander Sims Mücke Motorsport
9   Renger van der Zande Hitech Racing 10   Henkie Waldschmidt SG Formula
11   Tiago Geronimi Signature 12   Sam Bird Mücke Motorsport
13   Daniel Ricciardo Carlin Motorsport 14   Christopher Zanella Motopark Academy
15   Adrien Tambay ART Grand Prix 16   Atte Mustonen Motopark Academy
17   Basil Shaaban Prema Powerteam 18   Matteo Chinosi Prema Powerteam
19   Marco Wittmann Mücke Motorsport 20   Walter Grubmüller Hitech Racing
21   Carlos Huertas Räikkönen Robertson Racing 22   Laurens Vanthoor Carlin Motorsport
23   Riki Christodoulou Fortec Motorsport 24   Francesco Castellacci Manor Motorsport
25   Víctor García Fortec Motorsport 26   Pedro Enrique Manor Motorsport
27   César Ramos Manor Motorsport 28   Andrea Caldarelli SG Formula
29   Daisuke Nakajima Räikkönen Robertson Racing 30   Daniel Zampieri BVM – Target Racing
31   Max Chilton Carlin Motorsport 32   Esteban Gutiérrez ART Grand Prix
33   Jake Rosenzweig Carlin Motorsport 34   Henry Arundel Carlin Motorsport
35   Samuele Buttarelli Carlin Motorsport 36   Alexandre Marsoin SG Formula

Race

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Pos No Driver Team Laps Time/Retired Grid
1 2   Valtteri Bottas ART Grand Prix 25 39:12.544 1
2 18   Mika Mäki Signature 25 +2.610 2
3 11   Stefano Coletti Prema Powerteam 25 +18.248 4
4 1   Jules Bianchi ART Grand Prix 25 +18.749 6
5 31   Alexander Sims Mücke Motorsport 25 +28.736 8
6 21   Renger van der Zande Hitech Racing 25 +32.838 9
7 30   Christian Vietoris Mücke Motorsport 25 +33.678 7
8 29   Sam Bird Mücke Motorsport 25 +36.181 12
9 20   Tiago Geronimi Signature 25 +45.165 11
10 23   Roberto Merhi Manor Motorsport 25 +45.165 3
11 12   Matteo Chinosi Prema Powerteam 25 +55.767 18
12 14   Basil Shaaban Prema Powerteam 25 +56.282 17
13 33   Christopher Zanella Motopark Academy 25 +56.460 14
14 22   Walter Grubmüller Hitech Racing 25 +56.866 20
15 5   Laurens Vanthoor Carlin Motorsport 25 +1:00.630 22
16 16   Riki Christodoulou Fortec Motorsport 25 +1:03.061 23
17 4   Esteban Gutiérrez ART Grand Prix 25 +1:03.224 32
18 28   Carlos Huertas Räikkönen Robertson Racing 25 +1:17.408 21
19 27   Daisuke Nakajima Räikkönen Robertson Racing 25 +1:22.465 29
20 24   Pedro Enrique Manor Motorsport 25 +1:23.729 26
21 43   Daniel Zampieri BVM – Target Racing 25 +1:24.976 30
22 15   Víctor García Fortec Motorsport 25 +1:25.128 25
23 37   Andrea Caldarelli SG Formula 25 +1:25.486 28
24 8   Max Chilton Carlin Motorsport 25 +1:25.783 31
25 7   Henry Arundel Carlin Motorsport 25 +1:26.801 34
26 32   Marco Wittmann Mücke Motorsport 25 +1:27.014 19
27 35   Alexandre Marsoin SG Formula 25 +1:27.691 36
28 25   César Ramos Manor Motorsport 25 +1:28.235 27
29 10   Jake Rosenzweig Carlin Motorsport 25 +1:28.738 33
30 26   Francesco Castellacci Manor Motorsport 25 +1:29.552 24
31 9   Samuele Buttarelli Carlin Motorsport 25 +1:32.488 35
Ret 3   Adrien Tambay ART Grand Prix 13 Spin 15
Ret 17   Jean Karl Vernay Signature 9 Accident 5
Ret 36   Henkie Waldschmidt SG Formula 9 Accident 10
Ret 34   Atte Mustonen Motopark Academy 9 Gearbox 16
Ret 6   Daniel Ricciardo Carlin Motorsport 0 Gearbox 13
Fastest lap: Valtteri Bottas, 1:33.251, 166.274 km/h (103.318 mph) on lap 4[1]

References

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  1. ^ a b "2009 starting grid" (PDF). formel3guide.com. Archived from the original (PDF) on 1 August 2012. Retrieved 16 October 2009.
  2. ^ "Bottas takes pole as Bianchi gets penalised". mastersf3.gpupdate.net. 13 June 2009. Archived from the original on 26 December 2010. Retrieved 29 January 2011.