1998 Masters of Formula 3

The 1998 Marlboro Masters of Formula 3 was the eighth Masters of Formula 3 race held at Circuit Park Zandvoort on 9 August 1998. It was won by David Saelens, for ASM Fina.

Race details
Date	9 August 1998
Official name	Marlboro Masters of Formula 3
Location	Circuit Park Zandvoort, Netherlands
Course	2.519 km (1.565 mi)
Distance	Qualifying Race A 20 laps, 50.38 km (31.30 mi) Qualifying Race B 20 laps, 50.38 km (31.30 mi) Main Race 31 laps, 78.089 km (48.522 mi)
Qualifying Race A
Pole
Driver	Enrique Bernoldi	Promatecme UK
Time	1:02.149
Fastest Lap
Driver	Paolo Montin	Team Ghinzani
Time	1:03.074 (on lap 11 of 20)
Podium
First	Enrique Bernoldi	Promatecme UK
Second	Paolo Montin	Team Ghinzani
Third	Jeffrey van Hooydonk	KMS Benetton Junior Team
Qualifying Race B
Pole
Driver	Kristian Kolby	Fortec Motorsport
Time	1:01.899
Fastest Lap
Driver	Mario Haberfeld	Paul Stewart Racing
Time	1:02.813 (on lap 4 of 20)
Podium
First	David Saelens	ASM Fina
Second	Kristian Kolby	Fortec Motorsport
Third	Mario Haberfeld	Paul Stewart Racing
Main Race
Pole
Driver	David Saelens	ASM Fina
Fastest Lap
Driver	David Terrien	Graff Racing
Time	1:03.589 (on lap 11 of 31)
Podium
First	David Saelens	ASM Fina
First	Enrique Bernoldi	Promatecme UK
Third	Mario Haberfeld	Paul Stewart Racing

Drivers and teams

1998 Entry List[1]
Team	No	Driver	Chassis	Engine	Main series
Van Amersfoort Racing	1	Christijan Albers	Dallara F398	Opel	German Formula Three
	2	Bas Leinders	Dallara F398
ASM Fina	3	Sébastien Dumez	Dallara F396	Renault	French Formula Three
	4	David Saelens	Dallara F396
Promatecme UK	5	Enrique Bernoldi	Dallara F398	Renault	British Formula 3
	6	Marc Hynes	Dallara F398
EF Project	7	Enrico Toccacelo	Dallara F395	Fiat	Italian Formula Three
	8	Michele Gasparini	Dallara F395
	9	Davide Uboldi	Dallara F395
Paul Stewart Racing	10	Mario Haberfeld	Dallara F398	Mugen-Honda	British Formula 3
	11	Luciano Burti	Dallara F398
La Filière	14	Sébastien Bourdais	Martini MK73	Opel	French Formula Three
	15	Franck Montagny	Martini MK73
	17	Marcel Fässler	Martini MK73
Josef Kaufmann Racing	18	Timo Scheider	Martini MK73	Opel	German Formula Three
Prema Powerteam	19	Gianluca Calcagni	Dallara F397	Opel	Italian Formula Three
	20	Donny Crevels	Dallara F397	Opel
KMS Benetton Junior Team	21	Jeffrey van Hooydonk	Dallara F398	Opel	German Formula Three
	22	Johnny Mislijevic	Dallara F397
	23	Thomas Mutsch	Dallara F397
Graff Racing	24	David Terrien	Dallara F396	Opel	French Formula Three
Venturini Racing	25	Maurizio Mediani	Dallara F396	Alfa Romeo	Italian Formula Three
	26	Peter Sundberg	Dallara F396	Fiat
Team Ghinzani	27	Paolo Montin	Dallara F398	Fiat	Italian Formula Three
	28	Gabriele Gardel	Dallara F398
	29	Riccardo Ronchi	Dallara F398
GM-DSF-F3 Team	30	Wouter van Eeuwijk	Dallara F397	Opel	German Formula Three
	31	Robert Lechner	Dallara F397
Alan Docking Racing	32	Ricardo Maurício	Dallara F397	Mugen-Honda	British Formula 3
	33	Yudai Igarashi	Dallara F397
Opel Team BSR	35	Steffen Widmann	Dallara F397	Opel	German Formula Three
	36	Pierre Kaffer	Martini MK73
Signature	38	Tiago Monteiro	Dallara F396	Fiat	French Formula Three
RC Motorsport	41	Stanislas d'Oultremont	Dallara F397	Opel	Italian Formula Three
	42	Ananda Mikola	Dallara F397	Opel
Fortec Motorsport	43	Andrej Pavicevic	Dallara F397	Mugen-Honda	British Formula 3
	44	Kristian Kolby	Dallara F397
	46	Hoover Orsi	Dallara F398		Formula Renault Europe
IPS Motorsport	47	Johan Stureson	Dallara F397	Opel	German Formula Three
Intersport Racing	49	Ben Collins	Dallara F398	Opel	British Formula 3
Klaus Trella Motorsport	50	Thomas Jäger	Martini MK73	Opel	German Formula Three
MKL F3 Racing	51	Michael Becker	Dallara F398	Opel	German Formula Three
	52	Lucas Luhr	Dallara F397
Royal Automobile Club of Sweden	53	Michael Becker	Dallara F395	Fiat	German Formula Three
DC Cook Motorsport	54	Paula Cook	Dallara F398	Opel	German Formula Three
Target Racing	55	Nikolaos Stremmenos	Dallara F398	Opel	Italian Formula Three
	56	Dimitris Deverikos	Dallara F396	Fiat	Greek Formula Three

Format changes

With an entry of 47 cars, race organisers changed the format of qualifying to allow every driver a shot at qualifying for the Marlboro Masters itself. The field would be split into two groups; one for even-numbered cars and one for odd-numbered cars. Then there would be a qualifying session for each group, with that setting the grid for each group's qualification race. Each qualification race would see the top fourteen cars progressing through to the Marlboro Masters itself, with the pole position being awarded to the winner of the qualification race that was won in the quickest time. The remaining four cars would be made up from the highest qualifying drivers left.

Classification

Qualifying

Group A Pos No Name Team Time Gap 1 5 Enrique Bernoldi Promatecme UK 1:02.149 2 21 Jeffrey van Hooydonk KMS Benetton Junior Team 1:02.265 +0.116 3 27 Paolo Montin Team Ghinzani 1:02.369 +0.220 4 3 Sébastien Dumez ASM Fina 1:02.379 +0.230 5 47 Johan Stureson IPS Motorsport 1:02.388 +0.239 6 1 Christijan Albers Van Amersfoort Racing 1:02.392 +0.243 7 11 Luciano Burti Paul Stewart Racing 1:02.411 +0.262 8 31 Robert Lechner GM-DSF-F3 Team 1:02.412 +0.263 9 25 Maurizio Mediani Venturini Racing 1:02.420 +0.271 10 19 Gianluca Calcagni Prema Powerteam 1:02.445 +0.296 11 49 Ben Collins Intersport Racing 1:02.522 +0.373 12 17 Marcel Fässler La Filière 1:02.661 +0.512 13 15 Franck Montagny La Filière 1:02.697 +0.548 14 33 Yudai Igarashi Alan Docking Racing 1:02.704 +0.555 15 29 Riccardo Ronchi Team Ghinzani 1:02.822 +0.673 16 23 Thomas Mutsch KMS Benetton Junior Team 1:02.837 +0.688 17 43 Andrej Pavicevic Fortec Motorsport 1:02.924 +0.775 18 51 Michael Becker MKL F3 Racing 1:02.932 +0.783 19 37 Steffen Widmann Opel Team BSR 1:03.031 +0.882 20 9 Davide Uboldi EF Project 1:03.140 +0.991 21 55 Nikolaos Stremmenos Target Racing 1:03.145 +0.996 22 7 Enrico Toccacelo EF Project 1:03.550 +1.401 23 41 Stanislas d'Oultremont RC Motorsport 1:03.724 +1.575 24 53 Michael Becker Royal Automobile Club of Sweden 1:05.185 +3.036

Group B Pos No Name Team Time Gap 1 44 Kristian Kolby Fortec Motorsport 1:01.899 2 4 David Saelens ASM Fina 1:01.908 +0.009 3 2 Bas Leinders Van Amersfoort Racing 1:02.081 +0.182 4 24 David Terrien Graff Racing 1:02.083 +0.184 5 20 Donny Crevels Prema Powerteam 1:02.108 +0.209 6 10 Mario Haberfeld Paul Stewart Racing 1:02.293 +0.394 7 6 Marc Hynes Promatecme UK 1:02.311 +0.412 8 52 Lucas Luhr MKL F3 Racing 1:02.355 +0.456 9 32 Ricardo Maurício Alan Docking Racing 1:02.420 +0.521 10 50 Thomas Jäger Klaus Trella Motorsport 1:02.476 +0.577 11 18 Timo Scheider Josef Kaufmann Racing 1:02.548 +0.649 12 42 Ananda Mikola RC Motorsport 1:02.569 +0.670 13 46 Hoover Orsi Fortec Motorsport 1:02.581 +0.682 14 36 Pierre Kaffer Opel Team BSR 1:02.763 +0.864 15 14 Sébastien Bourdais La Filière 1:02.831 +0.932 16 26 Peter Sundberg Venturini Racing 1:02.833 +0.934 17 28 Gabriele Gardel Team Ghinzani 1:02.998 +1.099 18 54 Paula Cook DC Cook Motorsport 1:03.058 +1.159 19 38 Tiago Monteiro Signature 1:03.063 +1.164 20 30 Wouter van Eeuwijk GM-DSF-F3 Team 1:03.187 +1.288 21 22 Johnny Mislijevic KMS Benetton Junior Team 1:03.200 +1.301 22 8 Michele Gasparini EF Project 1:03.273 +1.374 23 56 Dimitris Deverikos Target Racing 1:04.211 +2.312

Qualification Race

Group A Pos No Driver Team Laps Time/Retired Grid 1 5 Enrique Bernoldi Promatecme UK 20 21:27.513 1 2 27 Paolo Montin Team Ghinzani 20 +1.374 3 3 21 Jeffrey van Hooydonk KMS Benetton Junior Team 20 +11.366 2 4 3 Sébastien Dumez ASM Fina 20 +11.942 4 5 11 Luciano Burti Paul Stewart Racing 20 +13.469 7 6 47 Johan Stureson IPS Motorsport 20 +14.351 5 7 15 Franck Montagny La Filière 20 +14.877 13 8 25 Maurizio Mediani Venturini Racing 20 +15.671 9 9 49 Ben Collins Intersport Racing 20 +16.402 11 10 33 Yudai Igarashi Alan Docking Racing 20 +23.866 14 11 37 Steffen Widmann Opel Team BSR 20 +26.255 19 12 7 Enrico Toccacelo EF Project 20 +32.318 22 13 23 Thomas Mutsch KMS Benetton Junior Team 20 +34.269 16 14 9 Davide Uboldi EF Project 20 +37.681 20 15 43 Andrej Pavicevic Fortec Motorsport 20 +39.615 17 16 1 Christijan Albers Van Amersfoort Racing 20 +43.254 6 17 51 Michael Becker MKL F3 Racing 20 +43.749 18 18 41 Stanislas d'Oultremont RC Motorsport 20 +46.715 23 19 31 Robert Lechner GM-DSF-F3 Team 20 +49.172 8 20 53 Michael Becker Royal Automobile Club of Sweden 20 +57.644 24 21 29 Riccardo Ronchi Team Ghinzani 19 +1 Lap 15 22 55 Nikolaos Stremmenos Target Racing 15 Retired 21 Ret 17 Marcel Fässler La Filière 12 Retired 12 Ret 19 Gianluca Calcagni Prema Powerteam 1 Retired 10 Fastest lap: Paolo Montin, 1:03.074, 143.774 km/h (89.337 mph) on lap 11[1]

Group B Pos No Driver Team Laps Time/Retired Grid 1 4 David Saelens ASM Fina 20 21:16.663 2 2 44 Kristian Kolby Fortec Motorsport 20 +0.936 1 3 10 Mario Haberfeld Paul Stewart Racing 20 +1.308 6 4 20 Donny Crevels Prema Powerteam 20 +1.887 5 5 18 Timo Scheider Josef Kaufmann Racing 20 +10.007 11 6 52 Lucas Luhr MKL F3 Racing 20 +11.715 8 7 46 Hoover Orsi Fortec Motorsport 20 +15.600 13 8 50 Thomas Jäger Klaus Trella Motorsport 20 +16.789 10 9 36 Pierre Kaffer Opel Team BSR 20 +18.790 14 10 42 Ananda Mikola RC Motorsport 20 +24.446 12 11 6 Marc Hynes Promatecme UK 20 +32.559 7 12 14 Sébastien Bourdais La Filière 20 +32.941 15 13 26 Peter Sundberg Venturini Racing 20 +33.243 16 14 28 Gabriele Gardel Team Ghinzani 20 +33.921 17 15 54 Paula Cook DC Cook Motorsport 20 +34.975 18 16 8 Michele Gasparini EF Project 20 +35.227 22 17 38 Tiago Monteiro Signature 20 +39.295 19 18 22 Johnny Mislijevic KMS Benetton Junior Team 20 +56.326 21 19 24 David Terrien Graff Racing 19 +1 Lap 4 20 30 Wouter van Eeuwijk GM-DSF-F3 Team 17 Retired 20 Ret 56 Dimitris Deverikos Target Racing 13 Retired 23 Ret 2 Bas Leinders Van Amersfoort Racing 0 Retired 3 Ret 32 Ricardo Maurício Alan Docking Racing 0 Retired 9 Fastest lap: Mario Haberfeld, 1:02.813, 144.371 km/h (89.708 mph) on lap 4[1]

Race

Pos	No	Driver	Team	Laps	Time/Retired	Grid
1	4	David Saelens	ASM Fina	31	33:21.247	1
2	5	Enrique Bernoldi	Promatecme UK	31	+0.334	2
3	10	Mario Haberfeld	Paul Stewart Racing	31	+1.117	5
4	27	Paolo Montin	Team Ghinzani	31	+2.489	4
5	3	Sébastien Dumez	ASM Fina	31	+7.667	8
6	15	Franck Montagny	La Filière	31	+10.192	14
7	21	Jeffrey van Hooydonk	KMS Benetton Junior Team	31	+18.368	6
8	18	Timo Scheider	Josef Kaufmann Racing	31	+18.720	9
9	11	Luciano Burti	Paul Stewart Racing	31	+20.749	10
10	52	Lucas Luhr	MKL F3 Racing	31	+21.179	11
11	47	Johan Stureson	IPS Motorsport	31	+21.633	12
12	25	Maurizio Mediani	Venturini Racing	31	+22.072	16
13	49	Ben Collins	Intersport Racing	31	+24.768	18
14	50	Thomas Jäger	Klaus Trella Motorsport	31	+25.539	15
15	6	Marc Hynes	Promatecme UK	31	+26.132	21
16	26	Peter Sundberg	Venturini Racing	31	+26.448	25
17	44	Kristian Kolby	Fortec Motorsport	31	+27.259	3
18	37	Steffen Widmann	Opel Team BSR	31	+42.524	22
19	7	Enrico Toccacelo	EF Project	31	+44.107	24
20	14	Sébastien Bourdais	La Filière	31	+44.385	23
21	9	Davide Uboldi	EF Project	31	+53.754	28
22	36	Pierre Kaffer	Opel Team BSR	30	Retired	17
23	24	David Terrien	Graff Racing	29	+ 2 Laps	31
24	28	Gabriele Gardel	Team Ghinzani	24	Retired	27
Ret	20	Donny Crevels	Prema Powerteam	22	Retired	7
Ret	42	Ananda Mikola	RC Motorsport	12	Retired	19
Ret	31	Robert Lechner	GM-DSF-F3 Team	11	Retired	32
Ret	33	Yudai Igarashi	Alan Docking Racing	6	Retired	20
Ret	1	Christijan Albers	Van Amersfoort Racing	5	Retired	30
Ret	23	Thomas Mutsch	KMS Benetton Junior Team	3	Retired	26
Ret	2	Bas Leinders	Van Amersfoort Racing	1	Retired	29
Ret	46	Hoover Orsi	Fortec Motorsport	0	Retired	13
DNQ	43	Andrej Pavicevic	Fortec Motorsport
DNQ	51	Michael Becker	MKL F3 Racing
DNQ	41	Stanislas d'Oultremont	RC Motorsport
DNQ	53	Michael Becker	Royal Automobile Club of Sweden
DNQ	29	Riccardo Ronchi	Team Ghinzani
DNQ	55	Nikolaos Stremmenos	Target Racing
DNQ	17	Marcel Fässler	La Filière
DNQ	19	Gianluca Calcagni	Prema Powerteam
DNQ	54	Paula Cook	DC Cook Motorsport
DNQ	8	Michele Gasparini	EF Project
DNQ	38	Tiago Monteiro	Signature
DNQ	22	Johnny Mislijevic	KMS Benetton Junior Team
DNQ	30	Wouter van Eeuwijk	GM-DSF-F3 Team
DNQ	56	Dimitris Deverikos	Target Racing
DNQ	32	Ricardo Maurício	Alan Docking Racing
Fastest lap: David Terrien, 1:03.589, 142.610 km/h (88.614 mph) on lap 11[1]