2009 Masters of Formula 3

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

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.

Drivers and teams

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

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

Classification

Qualifying 1

Group A drivers are highlighted in green.

Odd numbers

Pos	No	Name	Team	Time
1	23	Template:Flagicon Roberto Merhi	Manor Motorsport	1:31.094
2	21	Template:Flagicon Renger van der Zande	Hitech Racing	1.31.218
3	1	Template:Flagicon Jules Bianchi	ART Grand Prix	1.31.333
4	17	Template:Flagicon Jean Karl Vernay	Signature	1.31.343
5	31	Template:Flagicon Alexander Sims	Mücke Motorsport	1:31.580
6	29	Template:Flagicon Sam Bird	Mücke Motorsport	1:31.680
7	11	Template:Flagicon Stefano Coletti	Prema Powerteam	1:31.858
8	3	Template:Flagicon Adrien Tambay	ART Grand Prix	1:32.075
9	33	Template:Flagicon Christopher Zanella	Motopark Academy	1:32.256
10	5	Template:Flagicon Laurens Vanthoor	Carlin Motorsport	1:32.609
11	43	Template:Flagicon Daniel Zampieri	BVM – Target Racing	1:32.652
12	27	Template:Flagicon Daisuke Nakajima	Räikkönen Robertson Racing	1:32.796
13	37	Template:Flagicon Andrea Caldarelli	SG Formula	1:32.800
14	15	Template:Flagicon Víctor García	Fortec Motorsport	1:32.874
15	7	Template:Flagicon Henry Arundel	Carlin Motorsport	1:33.249
16	25	Template:Flagicon César Ramos	Manor Motorsport	1:33.308
17	35	Template:Flagicon Alexandre Marsoin	SG Formula	1:33.795
18	9	Template:Flagicon Samuele Buttarelli	Carlin Motorsport	1:34.111

Even numbers

Pos	No	Name	Team	Time
1	18	Template:Flagicon Mika Mäki	Signature	1:31.444
2	30	Template:Flagicon Christian Vietoris	Mücke Motorsport	1:31.522
3	2	Template:Flagicon Valtteri Bottas	ART Grand Prix	1:31.662
4	6	Template:Flagicon Daniel Ricciardo	Carlin Motorsport	1:31.771
5	36	Template:Flagicon Henkie Waldschmidt	SG Formula	1:32.044
6	34	Template:Flagicon Atte Mustonen	Motopark Academy	1:32.294
7	14	Template:Flagicon Basil Shaaban	Prema Powerteam	1:32.314
8	12	Template:Flagicon Matteo Chinosi	Prema Powerteam	1:32.351
9	20	Template:Flagicon Tiago Geronimi	Signature	1:32.395
10	28	Template:Flagicon Carlos Huertas	Räikkönen Robertson Racing	1:32.473
11	22	Template:Flagicon Walter Grubmüller	Hitech Racing	1:32.627
12	8	Template:Flagicon Max Chilton	Carlin Motorsport	1:32.631
13	26	Template:Flagicon Francesco Castellacci	Manor Motorsport	1:32.652
14	4	Template:Flagicon Esteban Gutiérrez	ART Grand Prix	1:32.687
15	32	Template:Flagicon Marco Wittmann	Mücke Motorsport	1:32.708
16	10	Template:Flagicon Jake Rosenzweig	Carlin Motorsport	1:32.811
17	16	Template:Flagicon Riki Christodoulou	Fortec Motorsport	1:32.909
18	24	Template:Flagicon Pedro Enrique	Manor Motorsport	1:32.927

Qualifying 2

Group A

Pos	No	Name	Team	Time
1	1	Template:Flagicon Jules Bianchi	ART Grand Prix	1:31.143
2	2	Template:Flagicon Valtteri Bottas	ART Grand Prix	1:31.175
3	18	Template:Flagicon Mika Mäki	Signature	1:31.462
4	23	Template:Flagicon Roberto Merhi	Manor Motorsport	1:31.538
5	11	Template:Flagicon Stefano Coletti	Prema Powerteam	1:31.557
6	17	Template:Flagicon Jean Karl Vernay	Signature	1:31.806
7	30	Template:Flagicon Christian Vietoris	Mücke Motorsport	1:31.818
8	31	Template:Flagicon Alexander Sims	Mücke Motorsport	1:31.863
9	21	Template:Flagicon Renger van der Zande	Hitech Racing	1:32.035
10	36	Template:Flagicon Henkie Waldschmidt	SG Formula	1:32.051
11	20	Template:Flagicon Tiago Geronimi	Signature	1:32.121
12	29	Template:Flagicon Sam Bird	Mücke Motorsport	1:32.326
13	6	Template:Flagicon Daniel Ricciardo	Carlin Motorsport	1:32.449
14	33	Template:Flagicon Christopher Zanella	Motopark Academy	1:32.489
15	3	Template:Flagicon Adrien Tambay	ART Grand Prix	1:32.497
16	34	Template:Flagicon Atte Mustonen	Motopark Academy	1:32.518
17	14	Template:Flagicon Basil Shaaban	Prema Powerteam	1:32.709
18	12	Template:Flagicon Matteo Chinosi	Prema Powerteam	1:33.119

Group B

Pos	No	Name	Team	Time
1	32	Template:Flagicon Marco Wittmann	Mücke Motorsport	1:32.869
2	22	Template:Flagicon Walter Grubmüller	Hitech Racing	1:32.985
3	28	Template:Flagicon Carlos Huertas	Räikkönen Robertson Racing	1:33.002
4	5	Template:Flagicon Laurens Vanthoor	Carlin Motorsport	1:33.228
5	16	Template:Flagicon Riki Christodoulou	Fortec Motorsport	1:33.330
6	26	Template:Flagicon Francesco Castellacci	Manor Motorsport	1:33.332
7	15	Template:Flagicon Víctor García	Fortec Motorsport	1:33.536
8	24	Template:Flagicon Pedro Enrique	Manor Motorsport	1:33.606
9	25	Template:Flagicon César Ramos	Manor Motorsport	1:33.614
10	37	Template:Flagicon Andrea Caldarelli	SG Formula	1:33.614
11	27	Template:Flagicon Daisuke Nakajima	Räikkönen Robertson Racing	1:33.644
12	43	Template:Flagicon Daniel Zampieri	BVM – Target Racing	1:33.644
13	8	Template:Flagicon Max Chilton	Carlin Motorsport	1:33.651
14	4	Template:Flagicon Esteban Gutiérrez	ART Grand Prix	1:33.723
15	10	Template:Flagicon Jake Rosenzweig	Carlin Motorsport	1:33.747
16	7	Template:Flagicon Henry Arundel	Carlin Motorsport	1:34.049
17	9	Template:Flagicon Samuele Buttarelli	Carlin Motorsport	1:34.177
18	35	Template:Flagicon Alexandre Marsoin	SG Formula	1:34.561

Starting grid

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

Race

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