# 1996 Masters of Formula 3

The 1996 Marlboro Masters of Formula 3 was the sixth Masters of Formula 3 race held at Circuit Park Zandvoort on 4 August 1996. It was won by Kurt Mollekens, for Alan Docking Racing.

## Drivers and teams

1996 Entry List :
| Team | No | Driver | Chassis | Engine | Main series |
| Opel Team KMS Benetton Formula | 1 | Jarno Trulli | Dallara F396 | Opel | German Formula Three |
| Opel Team KMS Benetton Formula | 2 | Dominik Schwager | Dallara F396 | Opel | German Formula Three |
| Paul Stewart Racing | 3 | Jonny Kane | Dallara F395 | Mugen-Honda | British Formula 3 |
| Paul Stewart Racing | 4 | Ralph Firman | Dallara F395 | Mugen-Honda | British Formula 3 |
| Graff Racing | 7 | Grégoire de Galzain | Dallara F396 | Opel | French Formula Three |
| Graff Racing | 8 | Soheil Ayari | Dallara F396 | Opel | French Formula Three |
| Graff Racing | 10 | Boris Derichebourg | Dallara F396 | Opel | French Formula Three |
| Opel Team BSR | 11 | Marcel Tiemann | Dallara F396 | Opel | German Formula Three |
| Opel Team BSR | 12 | Arnd Meier | Dallara F395 | Opel | German Formula Three |
| Opel Team BSR | 15 | Nick Heidfeld | Dallara F395 | Opel | German Formula Three |
| Fortec Motorsport with HKS | 16 | Juan Pablo Montoya | Dallara F396 | Mitsubishi | British Formula 3 |
| Fortec Motorsport with HKS | 17 | Guy Smith | Dallara F396 | Mitsubishi | British Formula 3 |
| EF Project | 18 | Michele Gasparini | Dallara F395 | Fiat | Italian Formula Three |
| ASM Technik | 19 | Sébastien Philippe | Dallara F396 | Fiat | French Formula Three |
| ASM Technik | 20 | James Ruffier | Dallara F396 | Fiat | French Formula Three |
| Shannon Racing Team | 21 | Christian Menzel | Dallara F395 | Opel | German Formula Three |
| Shannon Racing Team | 22 | Dirk Müller | Dallara F396 | Opel | German Formula Three |
| Shannon Racing Team | 43 | Emmanuel Clérico | Dallara F396 | Opel | German Formula Three |
| Alan Docking Racing | 23 | Kurt Mollekens | Dallara F396 | Mugen-Honda | British Formula 3 |
| Alan Docking Racing | 24 | Brian Cunningham | Dallara F396 | Mugen-Honda | British Formula 3 |
| Cevenini Junior Team | 25 | Maurizio Mediani | Dallara F395 | Fiat | Italian Formula Three |
| Cevenini Junior Team | 26 | Nikolaos Stremmenos | Dallara F395 | Fiat | Italian Formula Three |
| Shannon Racing Italia | 29 | Gianluca Paglicci | Dallara F396 | Opel | French Formula Three |
| Shannon Opel Racing Team | 31 | Steffen Widmann | Dallara F395 | Opel | German Formula Three |
| Shannon Opel Racing Team | 32 | Manuel Gião | Dallara F396 | Opel | German Formula Three |
| Tom's Racing | 35 | Takashi Yokoyama | TOM'S 036 | Toyota | British Formula 3 |
| Tom's Racing | 36 | Brian Smith | TOM'S 036 | Toyota | British Formula 3 |
| Tom's Racing | 38 | Kazuto Yanagawa | TOM'S 036 | Toyota | British Formula 3 |
| Josef Kaufmann Racing | 39 | Wolf Henzler | Dallara F395 | Opel | German Formula Three |
| Ravarotto Racing | 40 | Anthony Beltoise | Dallara F396 | Fiat | French Formula Three |
| Tatuus | 42 | Tommy Rustad | Dallara F396 | Fiat | Italian Formula Three |
| Van Amersfoort Racing | 45 | Tim Coronel | Dallara F395 | Fiat | Formula Opel Europe |
| Prema Powerteam | 46 | André Couto | Dallara F396 | Fiat | German Formula Three |
| Prema Powerteam | 47 | Donny Crevels | Dallara F395 | Fiat | |
| Racing for Europe | 48 | Davide Campana | Dallara F396 | Opel | Italian Formula Three |
| Luciano Pavesi Team | 49 | Oliver Martini | Dallara F395 | Fiat | Italian Formula Three |
| Ital Racing | 50 | Nikolaos Nicolouzos | Dallara F396 | Fiat | Italian Formula Three |
| Autoclub Excelsior | 51 | Tim Verbergt | Dallara F395 | Fiat | German Formula Three |
| DC Cook Racing | 53 | Paula Cook | Dallara F395 | Alfa Romeo | British Formula 3 |

## Classification
### Qualifying

| Pos | No | Name | Team | Time | Gap |
| 1 | 23 | Kurt Mollekens | Alan Docking Racing | 1:02.332 | |
| 2 | 3 | Jonny Kane | Paul Stewart Racing | 1:02.480 | +0.148 |
| 3 | 16 | Juan Pablo Montoya | Fortec Motorsport with HKS | 1:02.480 | +0.148 |
| 4 | 15 | Nick Heidfeld | Opel Team BSR | 1:02.511 | +0.179 |
| 5 | 40 | Anthony Beltoise | Ravarotto Racing | 1:02.562 | +0.230 |
| 6 | 4 | Ralph Firman | Paul Stewart Racing | 1:02.571 | +0.239 |
| 7 | 12 | Arnd Meier | Opel Team BSR | 1:02.590 | +0.258 |
| 8 | 24 | Brian Cunningham | Alan Docking Racing | 1:02.611 | +0.279 |
| 9 | 36 | Brian Smith | Tom's Racing | 1:02.708 | +0.376 |
| 10 | 1 | Jarno Trulli | Opel Team KMS Benetton Formula | 1:02.712 | +0.380 |
| 11 | 8 | Soheil Ayari | Graff Racing | 1:02.840 | +0.508 |
| 12 | 43 | Emmanuel Clérico | Shannon Racing Team | 1:02.977 | +0.645 |
| 13 | 32 | Manuel Gião | Shannon Opel Racing Team | 1:03.028 | +0.696 |
| 14 | 42 | Tommy Rustad | Tatuus | 1:03.031 | +0.699 |
| 15 | 17 | Guy Smith | Fortec Motorsport with HKS | 1:03.067 | +0.735 |
| 16 | 46 | André Couto | Prema Powerteam | 1:03.108 | +0.776 |
| 17 | 25 | Maurizio Mediani | Cevenini Junior Team | 1:03.114 | +0.782 |
| 18 | 2 | Dominik Schwager | Opel Team KMS Benetton Formula | 1:03.202 | + 0.870 |
| 19 | 51 | Tim Verbergt | Autoclub Exelsior | 1:03.206 | +0.874 |
| 20 | 29 | Gianluca Paglicci | Shannon Racing Italia | 1:03.274 | +0.942 |
| 21 | 11 | Marcel Tiemann | Opel Team BSR | 1:03.319 | +0.987 |
| 22 | 48 | Davide Campana | Racing for Europe | 1:03.378 | +1.046 |
| 23 | 18 | Michele Gasparini | EF Project | 1:03.400 | +1.068 |
| 24 | 21 | Christian Menzel | Shannon Racing Team | 1:03.490 | +1.158 |
| 25 | 49 | Oliver Martini | Luciano Pavesi Team | 1:03.496 | +1.164 |
| 26 | 47 | Donny Crevels | Prema Powerteam | 1:03.551 | +1.219 |
| 27 | 22 | Dirk Müller | Shannon Racing Team | 1:03.613 | +1.281 |
| 28 | 20 | James Ruffier | ASM Technik | 1:03.623 | +1.291 |
| 29 | 35 | Takashi Yokoyama | Tom's Racing | 1:03.663 | +1.331 |
| 30 | 10 | Boris Derichebourg | Graff Racing | 1:03.675 | +1.343 |
| 31 | 38 | Kazuto Yanagawa | Tom's Racing | 1:03.691 | +1.359 |
| 32 | 19 | Sébastien Philippe | ASM Technik | 1:03.726 | +1.394 |
| 33 | 7 | Grégoire de Galzain | Graff Racing | 1:03.782 | +1.450 |
| 34 | 31 | Steffen Widmann | Shannon Opel Racing Team | 1:03.785 | +1.453 |
| 35 | 39 | Wolf Henzler | Josef Kaufmann Racing | 1:03.798 | +1.466 |
| 36 | 45 | Tim Coronel | Van Amersfoort Racing | 1:03.839 | +1.507 |
| 37 | 26 | Nikolaos Stremmenos | Cevenini Junior Team | 1:03.925 | +1.593 |
| 38 | 50 | Nikolaos Nikolouzos | Ital Racing | 1:04.107 | +1.775 |
| 39 | 53 | Paula Cook | DC Cook Racing | 1:04.703 | +2.371 |

### Race

| Pos | No | Driver | Team | Laps | Time/Retired | Grid |
| 1 | 23 | Kurt Mollekens | Alan Docking Racing | 32 | 36:18.819 | 1 |
| 2 | 3 | Jonny Kane | Paul Stewart Racing | 32 | +4.332 | 2 |
| 3 | 15 | Nick Heidfeld | Opel Team BSR | 32 | +11.113 | 4 |
| 4 | 16 | Juan Pablo Montoya | Fortec Motorsport with HKS | 32 | +19.168 | 3 |
| 5 | 29 | Gianluca Paglicci | Shannon Racing Italia | 32 | +34.113 | 20 |
| 6 | 42 | Tommy Rustad | Tatuus | 32 | +35.270 | 14 |
| 7 | 25 | Maurizio Mediani | Cevenini Junior Team | 32 | +35.442 | 17 |
| 8 | 43 | Emmanuel Clérico | Shannon Racing Team | 32 | +37.155 | 12 |
| 9 | 51 | Tim Verbergt | Autoclub Exelsior | 32 | +37.992 | 19 |
| 10 | 48 | Davide Campana | Racing for Europe | 32 | +39.513 | 22 |
| 11 | 46 | André Couto | Prema Powerteam | 32 | +40.756 | 16 |
| 12 | 10 | Boris Derichebourg | Graff Racing | 32 | +41.702 | 30 |
| 13 | 47 | Donny Crevels | Prema Powerteam | 32 | +43.061 | 26 |
| 14 | 20 | James Ruffier | ASM Technik | 32 | +46.987 | 28 |
| 15 | 2 | Dominik Schwager | Opel Team KMS Benetton Formula | 32 | +47.737 | 18 |
| 16 | 7 | Grégoire de Galzain | Graff Racing | 32 | +48.460 | 33 |
| 17 | 18 | Michele Gasparini | EF Project | 32 | +51.140 | 23 |
| 18 | 38 | Kazuto Yanagawa | Tom's Racing | 32 | +59.110 | 31 |
| 19 | 1 | Jarno Trulli | Opel Team KMS Benetton Formula | 31 | Retired | 10 |
| 20 | 8 | Soheil Ayari | Graff Racing | 31 | +1 Lap | 11 |
| 21 | 35 | Takashi Yokoyama | Tom's Racing | 30 | +2 Laps | 29 |
| 22 | 36 | Brian Smith | Tom's Racing | 30 | +2 Laps | 9 |
| Ret | 11 | Marcel Tiemann | Opel Team BSR | 18 | Retired | 21 |
| Ret | 32 | Manuel Gião | Shannon Opel Racing Team | 17 | Retired | 13 |
| Ret | 21 | Christian Menzel | Shannon Racing Team | 14 | Retired | 24 |
| Ret | 4 | Ralph Firman | Paul Stewart Racing | 6 | Retired | 6 |
| Ret | 19 | Sébastien Philippe | ASM Technik | 6 | Retired | 32 |
| Ret | 40 | Anthony Beltoise | Ravarotto Racing | 5 | Retired | 5 |
| Ret | 12 | Arnd Meier | Opel Team BSR | 1 | Retired | 7 |
| Ret | 49 | Oliver Martini | Luciano Pavesi Team | 0 | Retired | 25 |
| Ret | 17 | Guy Smith | Fortec Motorsport with HKS | 0 | Retired | 15 |
| Ret | 24 | Brian Cunningham | West Surrey Racing | 0 | Retired | 8 |
| DNS | 22 | Dirk Müller | Shannon Racing Team | | Withdrew | 27 |
| DNQ | 31 | Steffen Widmann | Shannon Opel Racing Team | | | |
| DNQ | 39 | Wolf Henzler | Josef Kaufmann Racing | | | |
| DNQ | 45 | Tim Coronel | Van Amersfoort Racing | | | |
| DNQ | 26 | Nikolaos Stremmenos | Cevenini Junior Team | | | |
| DNQ | 50 | Nikolaos Nikolouzos | Ital Racing | | | |
| DNQ | 53 | Paula Cook | DC Cook Racing | | | |
| Fastest lap: Kurt Mollekens, 1:03.738, 142.276 km/h (88.406 mph) on lap 7 |||||||
    1.^ - Müller withdrew from the race after qualifying, and thus, de Galzain was allowed to race.