2001 Masters of Formula 3

Race details
Date	5 August 2001
Official name	Marlboro Masters of Formula 3
Location	Circuit Park Zandvoort, Netherlands
Course	4.3 km (2.7 mi)
Distance	25 laps, 107.5 km (66.8 mi)
Pole
Time	1:33.677
Fastest Lap
Time	1:35.240 (on lap 16 of 25)
Podium

The 2001 Marlboro Masters of Formula 3 was the eleventh Masters of Formula 3 race held at the Circuit Park Zandvoort in Zandvoort, Netherlands on 5 August 2001. The 25-lap race was won by Takuma Sato, for Carlin Motorsport who started from the pole position and led every lap. André Lotterer of Jaguar Racing finished in second, 9.2 seconds behind Sato, whose teammate Anthony Davidson placed third.[1][2]

Drivers and teams

2001 Entry List[3]
Team	No	Driver	Chassis[N 1]	Engine	Main series
Signature Competition	1	Benoît Tréluyer	F399	Renault	All-Japan Formula Three
	2	Mathieu Zangarelli	F399		French Formula Three
	3	Bruno Besson	F399		French Formula Three
Carlin Motorsport	4	Takuma Sato	F301	Mugen-Honda	British Formula 3
Carlin Motorsport	5	Anthony Davidson	F301	Mugen-Honda	British Formula 3
Serge Saulnier	6	Marchy Lee	F301	Mugen-Honda
Serge Saulnier	7	Ryo Fukuda	F301	Mugen-Honda	French Formula Three
Opel Team BSR	8	Toshihiro Kaneishi	F300	Opel	German Formula Three
	9	Frank Diefenbacher	F301
	11	Bernhard Auinger	F399
Manor Motorsport	12	Derek Hayes	F300	Mugen-Honda	British Formula 3
	14	Jeffrey Jones	F300
	15	Mark Taylor	F300
RC Motorsport	16	Paolo Montin	F300	Opel	All-Japan Formula Three
RC Motorsport	17	Cristiano Citron	F300	Opel	Italian Formula Three
ASM Elf	18	Tristan Gommendy	F300	Renault	French Formula Three
ASM Elf	19	Tiago Monteiro	F300	Renault	French Formula Three
ADAC Berlin-Brandenburg	20	Stefan Mücke	F301	Opel	German Formula Three
ADAC Berlin-Brandenburg	21	Markus Winkelhock	F300	Opel	German Formula Three
Jaguar Racing	22	André Lotterer	F300	Mugen-Honda	British Formula 3
Jaguar Racing	23	James Courtney	F300	Mugen-Honda	British Formula 3
GM Motorsport	24	Nicolas Kiesa	F301	Toyota	German Formula Three
	25	Tony Schmidt	F301
	26	Hannes Lachinger	F301
Alan Docking Racing	28	Andy Priaulx	F301	Mugen-Honda	British Formula 3
Prema Powerteam	29	Björn Wirdheim	F301	Opel	German Formula Three
	30	Kosuke Matsuura	F301
	32	Ryan Briscoe	F300
Team Avanti	33	Matthew Davies	F301	Opel	British Formula 3
Cram Competition	34	Matteo Grassotto	F301	Opel	German Formula Three
Cram Competition	35	Raffaele Giammaria	F301	Opel	German Formula Three
Fortec Motorsport	36	Alex Gurney	F301	Renault	British Formula 3
Fortec Motorsport	37	Gianmaria Bruni	F301	Renault	British Formula 3
Target Racing	38	Sakon Yamamoto	F301	Opel	All-Japan Formula Three
MOL-Trella Motorsport	39	Zsolt Baumgartner	F300	Opel	German Formula Three
Swiss Racing Team	40	Kari Mäenpää	F399	Opel	German Formula Three
Swiss Racing Team	41	João Paulo de Oliveira	F399	Opel	German Formula Three
Duma Racing	42	Ryan Dalziel	F301	Mugen-Honda	British Formula 3
Duma Racing	43	Jamie Spence	F301	Mugen-Honda	British Formula 3
Promatecme UK	44	Bruce Jouanny	F301	Mugen-Honda	British Formula 3
Promatecme UK	45	Atsushi Katsumata	F301	Mugen-Honda	British Formula 3
Van Amersfoort Racing	46	Allan Simonsen	F300	Opel	German Formula Three
Van Amersfoort Racing	47	Marco du Pau	F399	Opel	German Formula Three
JB Motorsport	48	Tom van Bavel	F399	Opel	German Formula Three
JB Motorsport	49	Nicolas Stelandre	F399	Opel	German Formula Three

Notes

All drivers competed in Dallara chassis; model listed.

Classification

Qualifying

Group A

Pos	No	Driver	Team	Q1 Time	Rank	Q2 Time	Rank	Gap
1	1	Benoît Tréluyer	Signature Competition	1:33.785	1	1:34.899	6
2	19	Tiago Monteiro	ASM Elf	1:34.034	2	1:35.402	15	+0.249
3	7	Ryo Fukuda	Serge Saulnier	1:34.461	7	1:34.211	1	+0.426
4	37	Gianmaria Bruni	Fortec Motorsport	1:34.505	9	1:34.248	2	+0.463
5	5	Anthony Davidson	Carlin Motorsport	1:34.282	3	1:34.336	3	+0.497
6	25	Tony Schmidt	GM Motorsport	1:34.290	4	1:34.672	4	+0.505
7	15	Mark Taylor	Manor Motorsport	1:34.394	5	1:35.161	11	+0.609
8	41	João Paulo de Oliveira	Swiss Racing Team	1:34.428	6	1:35.341	13	+0.643
9	33	Matthew Davies	Team Avanti	1:34.504	8	1:35.124	10	+0.719
10	49	Nicolas Stelandre	JB Motorsport	1:35.028	16	1:34.689	5	+0.904
11	23	James Courtney	Jaguar Racing	1:34.802	10	1:35.239	12	+1.017
12	3	Bruno Besson	Signature Competition	1:34.834	11	1:35.657	19	+1.049
13	45	Atsushi Katsumata	Promatecme UK	1:34.860	12	1:35.379	14	+1.075
14	47	Marco du Pau	Van Amersfoort Racing	1:36.787	21	1:34.926	7	+1.141
15	39	Zsolt Baumgartner	MOL-Trella Motorsport	1:34.942	13	1:34.980	9	+1.157
16	21	Markus Winkelhock	ADAC Berlin-Brandenburg	1:35.194	19	1:34.971	8	+1.186
17	11	Bernhard Auinger	Opel Team BSR	1:34.996	14	1:35.763	20	+1.211
18	9	Frank Diefenbacher	Opel Team BSR	1:35.015	15	1:35.437	16	+1.230
19	35	Raffaele Giammaria	Cram Competition	1:35.081	17	1:35.784	21	+1.296
20	43	Jamie Spence	Duma Racing	1:35.184	18	1:35.467	18	+1.399
21	29	Björn Wirdheim	Prema Powerteam	1:35.606	20	1:35.443	17	+1.658
22	17	Cristiano Citron	RC Motorsport	1:38.492	22	1:37.242	22	+3.457

Group B

Pos	No	Driver	Team	Q1 Time	Rank	Q2 Time	Rank	Gap
1	4	Takuma Sato	Carlin Motorsport	1:33.677	1	1:33.978	1
2	44	Bruce Jouanny	Promatecme UK	1:38.015	23	1:34.216	2	+0.539
3	22	André Lotterer	Jaguar Racing	1:34.265	2	1:34.535	3	+0.588
4	8	Toshihiro Kaneishi	Opel Team BSR	1:34.321	3	1:34.833	4	+0.644
5	48	Tom van Bavel	JB Motorsport	1:34.391	4	1:35.217	9	+0.714
6	24	Nicolas Kiesa	GM Motorsport	1:34.404	5	1:35.150	7	+0.727
7	12	Derek Hayes	Manor Motorsport	1:34.516	6	1:35.167	8	+0.839
8	18	Tristan Gommendy	ASM Elf	1:34.562	7	1:36.590	22	+0.885
9	28	Andy Priaulx	Alan Docking Racing	1:34.620	8	1:35.364	12	+0.943
10	2	Mathieu Zangarelli	Signature Competition	1:34.731	9	1:35.417	13	+1.054
11	14	Jeffrey Jones	Manor Motorsport	1:34.744	10	1:35.241	10	+1.067
12	16	Paolo Montin	RC Motorsport	1:34.772	11	1:35.550	15	+1.095
13	30	Kosuke Matsuura	Prema Powerteam	1:34.828	12	1:35.109	6	+1.151
14	42	Ryan Dalziel	Duma Racing	1:34.920	13	1:36.281	20	+1.243
15	20	Stefan Mücke	ADAC Berlin-Brandenburg	1:34.943	14	1:35.566	16	+1.266
16	32	Ryan Briscoe	Prema Powerteam	1:34.974	15	1:35.283	11	+1.297
17	26	Hannes Lachinger	GM Motorsport	1:35.160	16	1:35.022	5	+1.345
18	40	Kari Mäenpää	Swiss Racing Team	1:35.204	17	1:35.646	17	+1.527
19	36	Alex Gurney	Fortec Motorsport	1:35.345	18	1:35.527	14	+1.668
20	34	Matteo Grassotto	Cram Competition	1:35.578	19	1:36.362	21	+1.901
21	6	Marchy Lee	Serge Saulnier	1:36.318	21	1:35.795	18	+2.118
22	38	Sakon Yamamoto	Target Racing	1:35.956	20	1:37.097	23	+2.279
23	46	Allan Simonsen	Van Amersfoort Racing	1:36.638	22	1:35.992	19	+2.315

Race

Pos	No	Driver	Team	Laps	Time/Retired	Grid
1	4	Takuma Sato	Carlin Motorsport	25	39:58.870	1
2	22	André Lotterer	Jaguar Racing	25	+9.228	5
3	5	Anthony Davidson	Carlin Motorsport	25	+9.687	10
4	37	Gianmaria Bruni	Fortec Motorsport	25	+17.281	8
5	19	Tiago Monteiro	ASM Elf	25	+18.038	4
6	15	Mark Taylor	Manor Motorsport	25	+20.617	14
7	8	Toshihiro Kaneishi	Opel Team BSR	25	+21.978	7
8	25	Tony Schmidt	GM Motorsport	25	+22.307	12
9	7	Ryo Fukuda	Serge Saulnier	25	+22.990	6
10	12	Derek Hayes	Manor Motorsport	25	+26.285	13
11	33	Matthew Davies	Team Avanti	25	+31.944	18
12	23	James Courtney	Jaguar Racing	25	+32.326	22
13	41	João Paulo de Oliveira	Swiss Racing Team	25	+36.817	16
14	47	Marco du Pau	Van Amersfoort Racing	25	+37.766	28
15	14	Jeffrey Jones	Manor Motorsport	25	+38.236	21
16	18	Tristan Gommendy	ASM Elf	25	+42.998	15
17	42	Ryan Dalziel	Duma Racing	25	+45.335	27
18	20	Stefan Mücke	ADAC Berlin-Brandenburg	25	+46.071	29
19	9	Frank Diefenbacher	Opel Team BSR	25	+47.780	36
20	35	Raffaele Giammaria	Cram Competition	25	+48.296	37
21	3	Bruno Besson	Signature Competition	25	+48.709	24
22	28	Andy Priaulx	Alan Docking Racing	25	+50.623	17
23	30	Kosuke Matsuura	Prema Powerteam	25	+57.423	25
24	1	Benoît Tréluyer	Signature Competition	25	+1:09.482	2
25	40	Kari Mäenpää	Swiss Racing Team	25	+1:09.608	35
26	48	Tom van Bavel	JB Motorsport	25	+1:10.077	9
27	11	Bernhard Auinger	Opel Team BSR	25	+1:11.151	34
28	39	Zsolt Baumgartner	MOL-Trella Motorsport	25	+1:22.824	30
29	44	Bruce Jouanny	Promatecme UK	25	+1:26.274	3
30	49	Nicolas Stelandre	JB Motorsport	24	Retired	20
Ret	32	Ryan Briscoe	Prema Powerteam	21	Retired	31
Ret	26	Hannes Lachinger	GM Motorsport	17	Retired	33
Ret	24	Nicolas Kiesa	GM Motorsport	11	Retired	11
Ret	45	Atsushi Katsumata	Promatecme UK	4	Retired	26
Ret	2	Mathieu Zangarelli	Signature Competition	4	Retired	19
Ret	21	Markus Winkelhock	ADAC Berlin-Brandenburg	1	Retired	32
Ret	16	Paolo Montin	RC Motorsport	0	Retired	23
DNQ	43	Jamie Spence	Duma Racing
DNQ	29	Björn Wirdheim	Prema Powerteam
DNQ	17	Cristiano Citron	RC Motorsport
DNQ	36	Alex Gurney	Fortec Motorsport
DNQ	34	Matteo Grassotto	Cram Competition
DNQ	6	Marchy Lee	Serge Saulnier
DNQ	38	Sakon Yamamoto	Target Racing
DNQ	46	Allan Simonsen	Van Amersfoort Racing
Fastest lap: Takuma Sato, 1:35.240, 162.537 km/h (100.996 mph) on lap 16[4]

References

"Sato in league of his own". BBC Sport. 5 August 2001. Retrieved 4 October 2018.
Constanduros, Bob (6 August 2001). "'Beautiful' win for Sato". The Daily Telegraph. Retrieved 23 February 2019 – via Infotrac Newsstand.
"2001 starting grid" (PDF). formel3guide.com. Formel 3 Guide. Retrieved 26 December 2009.
"2001 Marlboro Masters". formula-gp2.info. Formula-3-Online Redaktion. 5 August 2001. Retrieved 9 January 2010.

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[4] All drivers competed in Dallara chassis; model listed.

[1] "Sato in league of his own". BBC Sport. 5 August 2001. Retrieved 4 October 2018.

[2] Constanduros, Bob (6 August 2001). "'Beautiful' win for Sato". The Daily Telegraph. Retrieved 23 February 2019 – via Infotrac Newsstand.

[3] "2001 starting grid" (PDF). formel3guide.com. Formel 3 Guide. Retrieved 26 December 2009.

[5] "2001 Marlboro Masters". formula-gp2.info. Formula-3-Online Redaktion. 5 August 2001. Retrieved 9 January 2010.