1999 Masters of Formula 3

The 1999 Marlboro Masters of Formula 3 was the ninth Masters of Formula 3 race held at Circuit Park Zandvoort on 8 August 1999. It was won by Marc Hynes, for Manor Motorsport. This was the first Masters event held on the extended layout, having run on the Club Circuit in its first eight seasons.

Race details
Date	8 August 1999
Official name	Marlboro Masters of Formula 3
Location	Circuit Park Zandvoort, Netherlands
Course	4.3 km (2.7 mi)
Distance	Qualifying Race 10 laps, 43 km (27 mi) Main Race 20 laps, 86 km (53 mi)
Qualifying Race
Pole
Driver	Julien Beltoise	ASM Fina
Time	1:35.810
Fastest Lap
Driver	Sébastien Dumez	ASM Fina
Time	1:36.261 (on lap 3 of 10)
Podium
First	Julien Beltoise	ASM Fina
Second	Sébastien Dumez	ASM Fina
Third	Juan Manuel López	Prema Powerteam
Main Race
Pole
Driver	Thomas Mutsch	Van Amersfoort Racing
Time	1:34.301
Fastest Lap
Driver	Marc Hynes	Manor Motorsport
Time	1:35.452 (on lap 4 of 20)
Podium
First	Marc Hynes	Manor Motorsport
Second	Thomas Mutsch	Van Amersfoort Racing
Third	Etienne van der Linde	Van Amersfoort Racing

Drivers and teams

1999 Entry List
Team	No	Driver	Chassis	Engine	Main series
ASM Fina	1	Julien Beltoise	Dallara F399	Renault	French Formula Three
	2	Sébastien Dumez	Dallara F399
	3	Tiago Monteiro	Dallara F399
La Filière	4	Sébastien Bourdais	Martini MK79	Opel	French Formula Three
	5	Yannick Schroeder	Martini MK79
	6	Ryo Fukuda	Martini MK79
KMS Benetton Junior Team	7	Gabriele Gardel	Dallara F399	Opel	German Formula Three
	8	Thomas Jäger	Dallara F399
Opel Team BSR	9	Christijan Albers	Dallara F399	Opel	German Formula Three
	10	Sven Heidfeld	Dallara F399
Prema Powerteam	11	Peter Sundberg	Dallara F399	Opel	Italian Formula Three
	12	Juan Manuel López	Dallara F399
	15	Fulvio Cavicchi	Dallara F399	Opel
Target Racing	16	Stanislas d'Oultremont	Dallara F399	Opel	Italian Formula Three
Manor Motorsport	17	Marc Hynes	Dallara F399	Mugen-Honda	British Formula 3
	18	Tor Sriachavanon	Dallara F399
RC Benetton Junior Team	19	Gianluca Calcagni	Dallara F399	Opel	Italian Formula Three
	20	Gabriele Varano	Dallara F399
Promatecme UK	21	Aluizio Coelho	Dallara F399	Renault	British Formula 3
	22	Jenson Button	Dallara F399
Promatecme Junior Team	23	Bruno Besson	Dallara F399	Renault	French Formula Three
ADAC Berlin Brandenburg	25	Stefan Mücke	Dallara F399	Opel	German Formula Three
Signature Competition	26	Jonathan Cochet	Dallara F399	Renault	French Formula Three
	27	Benoît Tréluyer	Dallara F399
D2 Team Rosberg & Lohr	28	Pierre Kaffer	Dallara F399	Renault	German Formula Three
	29	Wouter van Eeuwijk	Dallara F399
bemani F3 team	30	Timo Scheider	Dallara F399	Opel	German Formula Three
	31	Marcel Fässler	Dallara F399
Carlin Motorsport	32	Narain Karthikeyan	Dallara F399	Mugen-Honda	British Formula 3
	33	Jérémie Dufour	Dallara F399		FIA European Formula Three Cup
Van Amersfoort Racing	34	Etienne van der Linde	Dallara F399	Opel	German Formula Three
	35	Thomas Mutsch	Dallara F399
GM-DSF-F3 Team	36	Robert Lechner	Dallara F399	Opel	German Formula Three
	37	Jeroen Bleekemolen	Dallara F399		Formula Palmer Audi
Team Ghinzani	38	Davide Uboldi	Dallara F399	Fiat	Italian Formula Three
	39	Michele Spoldi	Dallara F399	Mugen-Honda
Ravarotto Racing Team	40	Enrico Toccacelo	Dallara F399	Fiat	Italian Formula Three
	41	Filippo Zadotti	Dallara F399
Fortec Motorsport	42	Kristian Kolby	Dallara F399	Mugen-Honda	British Formula 3
	43	Matthew Davies	Dallara F399
Alan Docking Racing	44	Doug Bell	Dallara F399	Mugen-Honda	British Formula 3
	45	Yudai Igarashi	Dallara F399
Speedsport F3 Racing Team	46	Warren Carway	Dallara F399	Mugen-Honda	British Formula 3
	47	Toby Scheckter	Dallara F399
JB Motorsport	48	Walter van Lent	Dallara F399	Opel	German Formula Three
	49	Yves Olivier	Dallara F399

Format changes

With an entry of 46 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 the top 14 drivers from each qualifying group automatically entered into the race, with the remaining drivers going into a qualifying race, as seen at the Macau Grand Prix. In the qualifying race, the top six finishers would progress to the Marlboro Masters, although Yudai Igarashi was barred from competing in the main race having been disqualified from the top six in the qualifying race.

Classification

Qualifying

Group A

Pos	No	Name	Team	Time	Gap
1	35	Thomas Mutsch	Van Amersfoort Racing	1:34.301
2	17	Marc Hynes	Manor Motorsport	1:34.363	+0.062
3	9	Christijan Albers	Opel Team BSR	1:34.718	+0.417
4	11	Peter Sundberg	Prema Powerteam	1:34.860	+0.559
5	47	Toby Scheckter	Speedsport F3 Racing Team	1:34.867	+0.566
6	21	Aluizio Coelho	Promatecme UK	1:34.969	+0.668
7	31	Marcel Fässler	bemani F3 team	1:34.990	+0.689
8	39	Michele Spoldi	Team Ghinzani	1:35.013	+0.712
9	49	Yves Olivier	JB Motorsport	1:35.060	+0.759
10	23	Bruno Besson	Promatecme Junior Team	1:35.133	+0.832
11	19	Gianluca Calcagni	RC Benetton Junior Team	1:35.191	+0.890
12	3	Tiago Monteiro	ASM Fina	1:35.474	+1.173
13	37	Jeroen Bleekemolen	GM-DSF-F3 Team	1:35.484	+1.183
14	5	Yannick Schroeder	La Filière	1:35.753	+1.452
15	1	Julien Beltoise	ASM Fina	1:35.810	+1.509
16	7	Gabriele Gardel	KMS Benetton Junior Team	1:35.849	+1.548
17	29	Wouter van Eeuwijk	D2 Team Rosberg & Lohr	1:35.892	+1.591
18	33	Jérémie Dufour	Carlin Motorsport	1:35.905	+1.604
19	45	Yudai Igarashi	Alan Docking Racing	1:35.928	+1.627
20	27	Benoît Tréluyer	Signature Competition	1:36.052	+1.751
21	25	Stefan Mücke	ADAC Berlin Brandenburg	1:36.316	+1.852
22	15	Fulvio Cavicchi	Prema Powerteam	1:36.379	+2.078
23	41	Filippo Zadotti	Ravarotto Racing Team	1:37.397	+3.096
24	43	Matthew Davies	Fortec Motorsport	1:39.211	+4.910

Group B

Pos	No	Name	Team	Time	Gap
1	34	Etienne van der Linde	Van Amersfoort Racing	1:34.464
2	4	Sébastien Bourdais	La Filière	1:34.639	+0.175
3	48	Walter van Lent	JB Motorsport	1:34.690	+0.226
4	36	Robert Lechner	GM-DSF-F3 Team	1:34.738	+0.274
5	42	Kristian Kolby	Fortec Motorsport	1:34.833	+0.369
6	22	Jenson Button	Promatecme UK	1:34.892	+0.428
7	6	Ryo Fukuda	La Filière	1:34.926	+0.462
8	32	Narain Karthikeyan	Carlin Motorsport	1:35.071	+0.607
9	8	Thomas Jäger	KMS Benetton Junior Team	1:35.396	+0.932
10	30	Timo Scheider	bemani F3 team	1:35.410	+0.946
11	10	Sven Heidfeld	Opel Team BSR	1:35.515	+1.051
12	20	Gabriele Varano	RC Benetton Junior Team	1:35.528	+1.064
13	40	Enrico Toccacelo	Ravarotto Racing Team	1:35.629	+1.165
14	28	Pierre Kaffer	D2 Team Rosberg & Lohr	1:35.807	+1.343
15	26	Jonathan Cochet	Signature Competition	1:35.850	+1.386
16	2	Sébastien Dumez	ASM Fina	1:35.867	+1.403
17	12	Juan Manuel López	Prema Powerteam	1:35.936	+1.472
18	44	Doug Bell	Alan Docking Racing	1:36.342	+1.878
19	18	Tor Sriachavanon	Manor Motorsport	1:36.920	+2.456
20	38	Davide Uboldi	Team Ghinzani	1:37.356	+2.892
21	16	Stanislas d'Oultremont	Target Racing	1:38.258	+3.794
22	46	Warren Carway	Speedsport F3 Racing Team	1:38.838	+4.374

Qualification Race

• The top five drivers progressed to the main race. As Beltoise won the race, he would line up 29th on the grid, and so forth.

Pos	No	Driver	Team	Laps	Time/Retired	Grid
1	1	Julien Beltoise	ASM Fina	10	17:22.824	1
2	2	Sébastien Dumez	ASM Fina	10	+1.534	4
3	12	Juan Manuel López	Prema Powerteam	10	+2.119	8
4	7	Gabriele Gardel	KMS Benetton Junior Team	10	+3.067	2
5	43	Matthew Davies	Fortec Motorsport	10	+4.401	18
6	33	Jérémie Dufour	Carlin Motorsport	10	+4.935	6
7	44	Doug Bell	Alan Docking Racing	10	+6.348	11
8	26	Jonathan Cochet	Signature Competition	10	+6.973	3
9	27	Benoît Tréluyer	Signature Competition	10	+8.597	9
10	16	Stanislas d'Oultremont	Target Racing	10	+14.909	16
11	38	Davide Uboldi	Team Ghinzani	10	+16.099	14
12	25	Stefan Mücke	ADAC Berlin Brandenburg	10	+25.096	10
13	15	Fulvio Cavicchi	Prema Powerteam	9	+1 Lap	12
Ret	29	Wouter van Eeuwijk	D2 Team Rosberg & Lohr	7	Retired	5
Ret	41	Filippo Zadotti	Ravarotto Racing Team	5	Retired	15
Ret	18	Tor Sriachavanon	Manor Motorsport	0	Retired	13
Ret	46	Warren Carway	Speedsport F3 Racing Team	0	Retired	17
DSQ	45	Yudai Igarashi	Alan Docking Racing	10	+4.041	7
Fastest lap: Sébastien Dumez, 1:36.261, 160.813 km/h (99.925 mph) on lap 3

Race

Pos	No	Driver	Team	Laps	Time/Retired	Grid
1	17	Marc Hynes	Manor Motorsport	20	32:11.979	3
2	35	Thomas Mutsch	Van Amersfoort Racing	20	+1.807	1
3	34	Etienne van der Linde	Van Amersfoort Racing	20	+2.440	2
4	9	Christijan Albers	Opel Team BSR	20	+3.319	5
5	22	Jenson Button	Promatecme UK	20	+4.181	12
6	48	Walter van Lent	JB Motorsport	20	+13.350	6
7	42	Kristian Kolby	Fortec Motorsport	20	+14.389	10
8	39	Michele Spoldi	Team Ghinzani	20	+18.363	15
9	47	Toby Scheckter	Speedsport F3 Racing Team	20	+18.732	9
10	4	Sébastien Bourdais	La Filière	20	+20.800	4
11	6	Ryo Fukuda	La Filière	20	+24.387	14
12	30	Timo Scheider	bemani F3 team	20	+25.778	20
13	32	Narain Karthikeyan	Carlin Motorsport	20	+26.648	16
14	23	Bruno Besson	Promatecme Junior Team	20	+27.275	19
15	43	Matthew Davies	Fortec Motorsport	20	+27.854	33
16	28	Pierre Kaffer	D2 Team Rosberg & Lohr	20	+34.257	28
17	1	Julien Beltoise	ASM Fina	20	+35.719	29
18	12	Juan Manuel López	Prema Powerteam	20	+36.194	31
19	2	Sébastien Dumez	ASM Fina	20	+36.751	30
20	7	Gabriele Gardel	KMS Benetton Junior Team	20	+47.138	32
21	37	Jeroen Bleekemolen	GM-DSF-F3 Team	20	+47.608	25
22	5	Yannick Schroeder	La Filière	20	+48.144	27
23	10	Sven Heidfeld	Opel Team BSR	20	+48.813	22
24	31	Marcel Fässler	bemani F3 team	17	Retired	13
25	20	Gabriele Varano	RC Benetton Junior Team	16	Retired	24
Ret	40	Enrico Toccacelo	Ravarotto Racing Team	14	Retired	26
Ret	11	Peter Sundberg	Prema Powerteam	13	Retired	7
Ret	49	Yves Olivier	JB Motorsport	7	Retired	17
Ret	3	Tiago Monteiro	ASM Fina	7	Retired	23
Ret	21	Aluizio Coelho	Promatecme UK	5	Retired	11
Ret	36	Robert Lechner	GM-DSF-F3 Team	3	Retired	8
Ret	8	Thomas Jäger	KMS Benetton Junior Team	3	Retired	18
Ret	19	Gianluca Calcagni	RC Benetton Junior Team	0	Retired	21
DNS	45	Yudai Igarashi	Alan Docking Racing
DNQ	33	Jérémie Dufour	Carlin Motorsport
DNQ	44	Doug Bell	Alan Docking Racing
DNQ	26	Jonathan Cochet	Signature Competition
DNQ	27	Benoît Tréluyer	Signature Competition
DNQ	16	Stanislas d'Oultremont	Target Racing
DNQ	38	Davide Uboldi	Team Ghinzani
DNQ	25	Stefan Mücke	ADAC Berlin Brandenburg
DNQ	15	Fulvio Cavicchi	Prema Powerteam
DNQ	29	Wouter van Eeuwijk	D2 Team Rosberg & Lohr
DNQ	41	Filippo Zadotti	Ravarotto Racing Team
DNQ	18	Tor Sriachavanon	Manor Motorsport
DNQ	46	Warren Carway	Speedsport F3 Racing Team
Fastest lap: Marc Hynes, 1:35.452, 162.176 km/h (100.771 mph) on lap 4