2000 Masters of Formula 3

The 2000 Marlboro Masters of Formula 3 was the tenth Masters of Formula 3 race held at Circuit Park Zandvoort on 6 August 2000. It was won by Jonathan Cochet, for Signature.

Race details
Date	6 August 2000
Official name	Marlboro Masters of Formula 3
Location	Circuit Park Zandvoort, Netherlands
Course	4.3 km (2.7 mi)
Distance	19 laps, 81.7 km (50.8 mi)
Pole
Driver	Jonathan Cochet	Signature Competition
Time	1:33.192
Fastest Lap
Driver	Jonathan Cochet	Signature Competition
Time	1:35.553 (on lap 12 of 19)
Podium
First	Jonathan Cochet	Signature Competition
Second	Ben Collins	Carlin Motorsport
Third	Tomas Scheckter	Stewart Racing

Drivers and teams

2000 Entry List[1]
Team	No	Driver	Chassis	Engine	Main series
Manor Motorsport	1	Antônio Pizzonia	Dallara F399	Mugen-Honda	British Formula 3
	2	Toby Scheckter	Dallara F399		Eurocup Formula Renault 2.0
Signature Competition	3	Benoît Tréluyer	Dallara F399	Renault	All-Japan Formula Three
	4	Jonathan Cochet	Dallara F399		French Formula Three
Van Amersfoort Racing	5	Jeroen Bleekemolen	Dallara F399	Opel	German Formula Three
	6	Tom van Bavel	Dallara F399
Stewart Racing	7	Narain Karthikeyan	Dallara F300	Mugen-Honda	British Formula 3
	8	Tomas Scheckter	Dallara F300
LD Autosport	9	Ryo Fukuda	Dallara F399	Renault	French Formula Three
Carlin Motorsport	10	Takuma Sato	Dallara F300	Mugen-Honda	British Formula 3
	11	Ben Collins	Dallara F300
AIL Team Kolles Racing	14	Peter Sundberg	Dallara F300	Mugen-Honda	German Formula Three
	15	Elran Nijenhuis	Dallara F300
RC Benetton Junior Team	16	Nicolas Kiesa	Dallara F300	Opel	British Formula 3
	17	Miloš Pavlović	Dallara F300
Fortec Motorsport	18	Gianmaria Bruni	Dallara F300	Mugen-Honda	British Formula 3
	19	Michael Bentwood	Dallara F300
ASM Elf	20	Tiago Monteiro	Dallara F399	Renault	French Formula Three
	21	Julien Beltoise	Dallara F399
	22	Tristan Gommendy	Dallara F399	Renault
GM Motorsport	23	Zsolt Baumgartner	Dallara F399	Opel	German Formula Three
	24	Toshihiro Kaneishi	Dallara F300
	25	Tony Schmidt	Dallara F399
Target Racing	26	Matteo Grassotto	Dallara F300	Opel	Eurocup Formula Renault 2.0
Uboldi Corse	27	Luca Iannaccone	Dallara F399	Fiat	Austria Formula 3 Cup
La Filière	28	Romain Dumas	Martini MK79	Opel	French Formula Three
	29	James Andanson	Martini MK79
	30	Adam Jones	Martini MK79
Andrew Kirkaldy	31	Andrew Kirkaldy	Dallara F399	Opel	British Formula 3
Prema Powerteam	32	Philip Cloostermans	Dallara F300	Opel	German Formula Three
Rowan Racing	33	Warren Carway	Dallara F300	Mugen-Honda	British Formula 3
	34	Martin O'Connell	Dallara F300
Promatecme Junior Team	35	Yannick Schroeder	Dallara F399	Renault	French Formula Three
Swiss Racing Team	36	Giorgio Mecattaf	Dallara F399	Opel	German Formula Three
	37	Armin Pörnbacher	Dallara F399
Alan Docking Racing	38	Omar Galeffi	Dallara F300	Mugen-Honda
	39	Marco du Pau	Dallara F300
JB Motorsport	40	Nicolas Stelandre	Dallara F399	Opel	German Formula Three
	41	Val Hillebrand	Dallara F399

Classification

Qualifying

Group A Pos No Name Team Time Gap 1 35 Yannick Schroeder Promatecme Junior Team 1:33.565 2 7 Narain Karthikeyan Stewart Racing 1:33.771 +0.206 3 3 Benoît Tréluyer Signature Competition 1:33.953 +0.388 4 11 Ben Collins Carlin Motorsport 1:34.248 +0.683 5 5 Jeroen Bleekemolen Van Amersfoort Racing 1:34.281 +0.716 6 31 Andrew Kirkaldy Andrew Kirkaldy 1:34.282 +0.717 7 9 Ryo Fukuda LD Autosport 1:34.308 +0.743 8 21 Julien Beltoise ASM Elf 1:34.328 +0.763 9 23 Zsolt Baumgartner GM Motorsport 1:34.399 +0.834 10 17 Miloš Pavlović RC Benetton Junior Team 1:34.437 +0.872 11 1 Antônio Pizzonia Manor Motorsport 1:34.441 +0.876 12 37 Armin Pörnbacher Swiss Racing Team 1:34.571 +1.006 13 25 Tony Schmidt GM Motorsport 1:34.583 +1.018 14 29 James Andanson La Filière 1:34.731 +1.166 15 39 Marco du Pau Alan Docking Racing 1:34.863 +1.298 16 19 Michael Bentwood Fortec Motorsport 1:35.175 +1.610 17 15 Elran Nijenhuis AIL Team Kolles Racing 1:35.408 +1.843 18 41 Val Hillebrand JB Motorsport 1:35.464 +1.899 19 33 Warren Carway Rowan Racing 1:35.614 +2.049 20 27 Luca Iannaccone Uboldi Corse 1:41.557 +7.992

Group B Pos No Name Team Time Gap 1 4 Jonathan Cochet Signature Competition 1:33.192 2 10 Takuma Sato Carlin Motorsport 1:33.214 +0.022 3 18 Gianmaria Bruni Fortec Motorsport 1:33.431 +0.239 4 24 Toshihiro Kaneishi GM Motorsport 1:33.498 +0.306 5 8 Tomas Scheckter Stewart Racing 1:33.927 +0.735 6 6 Tom van Bavel Van Amersfoort Racing 1:33.998 +0.806 7 16 Nicolas Kiesa RC Benetton Junior Team 1:34.140 +0.948 8 20 Tiago Monteiro ASM Elf 1:34.157 +0.965 9 26 Matteo Grassotto Target Racing 1:34.210 +1.018 10 14 Peter Sundberg AIL Team Kolles Racing 1:34.224 +1.032 11 34 Martin O'Connell Rowan Racing 1:34.633 +1.441 12 32 Philip Cloostermans Prema Powerteam 1:34.641 +1.449 13 2 Toby Scheckter Manor Motorsport 1:34.922 +1.730 14 22 Tristan Gommendy ASM Elf 1:35.147 +1.955 15 38 Omar Galeffi Alan Docking Racing 1:35.257 +2.065 16 40 Nicolas Stelandre JB Motorsport 1:35.449 +2.257 17 28 Romain Dumas La Filière 1:35.548 +2.356 18 36 Giorgio Mecattaf Swiss Racing Team 1:35.760 +2.568 19 30 Adam Jones La Filière 1:36.067 +2.875

Race

Pos	No	Driver	Team	Laps	Time/Retired	Grid
1	4	Jonathan Cochet	Signature Competition	19	33:09.939	1
2	11	Ben Collins	Carlin Motorsport	19	+3.429	8
3	8	Tomas Scheckter	Stewart Racing	19	+3.801	9
4	3	Benoît Tréluyer	Signature Competition	19	+7.977	6
5	24	Toshihiro Kaneishi	GM Motorsport	19	+8.516	7
6	6	Tom van Bavel	Van Amersfoort Racing	19	+9.195	11
7	5	Jeroen Bleekemolen	Van Amersfoort Racing	19	+10.515	10
8	31	Andrew Kirkaldy	Andrew Kirkaldy	19	+11.247	12
9	16	Nicolas Kiesa	RC Benetton Junior Team	19	+12.600	13
10	26	Matteo Grassotto	Target Racing	19	+14.452	17
11	20	Tiago Monteiro	ASM Elf	19	+15.444	15
12	17	Miloš Pavlović	RC Benetton Junior Team	19	+15.567	20
13	21	Julien Beltoise	ASM Elf	19	+22.429	16
14	34	Martin O'Connell	Rowan Racing	19	+23.593	21
15	23	Zsolt Baumgartner	GM Motorsport	19	+24.800	18
16	37	Armin Pörnbacher	Swiss Racing Team	19	+27.597	24
17	25	Tony Schmidt	GM Motorsport	19	+28.503	26
18	39	Marco du Pau	Alan Docking Racing	19	+34.723	30
19	7	Narain Karthikeyan	Stewart Racing	19	+44.448	4
20	2	Toby Scheckter	Manor Motorsport	19	+44.729	25
21	40	Nicolas Stelandre	JB Motorsport	19	+48.294	31
22	9	Ryo Fukuda	LD Autosport	19	+49.206	14
23	36	Giorgio Mecattaf	Swiss Racing Team	19	+51.299	35
24	38	Omar Galeffi	Alan Docking Racing	19	+51.511	29
25	30	Adam Jones	La Filière	19	+52.066	37
26	29	James Andanson	La Filière	19	+52.067	28
27	33	Warren Carway	Rowan Racing	19	+1:38.158	38
28	10	Takuma Sato	Carlin Motorsport	18	+1 Lap	3
29	22	Tristan Gommendy	ASM Elf	17	Retired	27
30	32	Philip Cloostermans	Prema Powerteam	17	Retired	23
Ret	19	Michael Bentwood	Fortec Motorsport	16	Retired	32
Ret	15	Elran Nijenhuis	AIL Team Kolles Racing	15	Retired	34
Ret	41	Val Hillebrand	JB Motorsport	14	Retired	36
Ret	1	Antônio Pizzonia	Manor Motorsport	13	Retired	22
Ret	18	Gianmaria Bruni	Fortec Motorsport	12	Retired	5
Ret	14	Peter Sundberg	AIL Team Kolles Racing	0	Retired	19
Ret	35	Yannick Schroeder	Promatecme Junior Team	0	Retired	2
DNS	28	Romain Dumas	La Filière			33
DNQ	27	Luca Iannaccone	Uboldi Corse
Fastest lap: Jonathan Cochet, 1:35.553, 162.004 km/h (100.665 mph) on lap 12[1]