# 1997 Masters of Formula 3

The 1997 Marlboro Masters of Formula 3 was the seventh Masters of Formula 3 race held at Circuit Park Zandvoort on 3 August 1997. It was won by Tom Coronel, for TOM'S after he started from fourth place.

## Drivers and teams

1997 Entry List :
| Team | No | Driver | Chassis | Engine | Main series |
| Alan Docking Racing | 1 | Mark Webber | Dallara F397 | Mugen-Honda | British Formula 3 |
| Alan Docking Racing | 49 | Haruki Kurosawa | Dallara F397 | Mugen-Honda | British Formula 3 |
| Alan Docking Racing | 50 | Yudai Igarashi | Dallara F397 | Mugen-Honda | British Formula 3 |
| Benetton RTL Junior Team | 2 | Timo Scheider | Dallara F397 | Opel | German Formula Three |
| Benetton RTL Junior Team | 3 | Dominik Schwager | Dallara F397 | Opel | German Formula Three |
| Benetton RTL Junior Team | 4 | Alexander Müller | Dallara F397 | Opel | German Formula Three |
| Graff Racing | 5 | Patrice Gay | Dallara F396 | Opel | French Formula Three |
| Paul Stewart Racing | 7 | Jonny Kane | Dallara F397 | Mugen-Honda | British Formula 3 |
| Paul Stewart Racing | 8 | Peter Dumbreck | Dallara F397 | Mugen-Honda | British Formula 3 |
| Opel Team BSR | 9 | Nick Heidfeld | Dallara F397 | Opel | German Formula Three |
| Opel Team BSR | 10 | Tim Verbergt | Dallara F397 | Opel | German Formula Three |
| Opel Team BSR | 11 | Stéphane Sarrazin | Dallara F397 | Opel | French Formula Three |
| Opel Team BSR | 12 | Sascha Bert | Dallara F397 | Opel | German Formula Three |
| Team Ghinzani | 14 | Niki Cadei | Dallara F397 | Fiat | Italian Formula Three |
| Team Ghinzani | 15 | Paolo Ruberti | Dallara F397 | Fiat | Italian Formula Three |
| Promatecme Renault Elf | 17 | Enrique Bernoldi | Dallara F397 | Renault | British Formula 3 |
| Promatecme Renault Elf | 18 | Nicolas Minassian | Dallara F397 | Renault | British Formula 3 |
| Prema Powerteam | 19 | André Couto | Dallara F397 | Fiat | Italian Formula Three |
| Prema Powerteam | 20 | Alfredo Melandri | Dallara F397 | Fiat | Italian Formula Three |
| Prema Powerteam | 21 | Donny Crevels | Dallara F397 | Fiat | Italian Formula Three |
| Josef Kaufmann Racing | 22 | Wolf Henzler | Martini MK73 | Opel | German Formula Three |
| Josef Kaufmann Racing | 23 | Jaroslaw Wierczuk | Martini MK73 | Opel | German Formula Three |
| Josef Kaufmann Racing | 57 | Steffen Widmann | Martini MK73 | Opel | German Formula Three |
| ASM Formule 3 | 24 | David Saelens | Dallara F396 | Opel | French Formula Three |
| ASM Formule 3 | 25 | Sébastien Philippe | Dallara F396 | Opel | French Formula Three |
| Martin Donnelly Racing | 27 | Mario Haberfeld | Dallara F397 | Opel | British Formula 3 |
| Van Amersfoort Racing | 28 | Bas Leinders | Dallara F397 | Opel | German Formula Three |
| EF Project | 29 | Gabriele Gardel | Dallara F396 | Fiat | Italian Formula Three |
| EF Project | 30 | Davide Uboldi | Dallara F396 | Fiat | Italian Formula Three |
| La Filière | 31 | Franck Montagny | Martini MK73 | Opel | French Formula Three |
| La Filière | 32 | Marcel Fässler | Dallara F396 | Fiat | French Formula Three |
| La Filière | 33 | Oriol Servià | Martini MK73 | Opel | French Formula Three |
| Fortec Motorsport | 34 | Ben Collins | Dallara F397 | Mitsubishi | British Formula 3 |
| Fortec Motorsport | 35 | Brian Smith | Dallara F397 | Mitsubishi | British Formula 3 |
| DC Cook Motorsport | 36 | Paula Cook | Dallara F397 | Opel | British Formula 3 |
| DC Cook Motorsport | 37 | Guy Smith | Dallara F397 | Opel | British Formula 3 |
| Opel Team RC Motorsport | 38 | Michele Gasparini | Dallara F397 | Opel | Italian Formula Three |
| Opel Team RC Motorsport | 53 | Jeffrey van Hooydonk | Dallara F397 | Opel | Formula Renault Europe |
| Tokmakidis Motorsport | 40 | Nikolaos Stremmenos | Dallara F396 | Opel | Italian Formula Three |
| Tokmakidis Motorsport | 41 | Tim Coronel | Dallara F397 | Opel | German Formula Three |
| JB Motorsport | 42 | Yves Olivier | Dallara F397 | Opel | German Formula Three |
| Racing for Europe | 43 | Davide Campana | Dallara F397 | Opel | Italian Formula Three |
| Olympia Sport System | 44 | Riccardo Moscatelli | Dallara F397 | Fiat | Italian Formula Three |
| GM Motorsport | 45 | Tim Bergmeister | Dallara F397 | Opel | German Formula Three |
| GM Motorsport | 46 | Norman Simon | Dallara F397 | Opel | German Formula Three |
| Tom's GB | 47 | Jamie Spence | Tom's 037 | Toyota | British Formula 3 |
| Tom's GB | 48 | Ricardo Maurício | Tom's 037 | Toyota | British Formula 3 |
| IPS Motorsport | 51 | Johan Stureson | Dallara F397 | Opel | German Formula Three |
| Cevenini Junior Team | 54 | Ananda Mikola | Dallara F397 | Fiat | Italian Formula Three |
| Carlin Motorsport | 55 | Henry Stanton | Dallara F397 | Mugen-Honda | British Formula 3 |
| TOM'S | 56 | Tom Coronel | Dallara F397 | Toyota | All-Japan Formula Three |

## Format changes

With an entry of 51 cars, race organisers changed the format of qualifying to allow every driver a shot at qualifying for the Marlboro Masters itself. The top 28 drivers from qualifying were 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 four finishers would progress to the Marlboro Masters.

## Classification
### Qualifying

| Pos | No | Name | Team | Time | Gap |
| 1 | 25 | Sébastien Philippe | ASM Formule 3 | 1:02.001 | |
| 2 | 35 | Brian Smith | Fortec Motorsport | 1:02.046 | +0.045 |
| 3 | 7 | Jonny Kane | Paul Stewart Racing | 1:02.066 | +0.065 |
| 4 | 56 | Tom Coronel | TOM'S | 1:02.086 | +0.085 |
| 5 | 19 | André Couto | Prema Powerteam | 1:02.114 | +0.113 |
| 6 | 21 | Donny Crevels | Prema Powerteam | 1:02.166 | +0.165 |
| 7 | 9 | Nick Heidfeld | Opel Team BSR | 1:02.180 | +0.179 |
| 8 | 1 | Mark Webber | Alan Docking Racing | 1:02.183 | +0.182 |
| 9 | 18 | Nicolas Minassian | Promatecme Renault Elf | 1:02.214 | +0.213 |
| 10 | 46 | Norman Simon | GM Motorsport | 1:02.235 | +0.234 |
| 11 | 28 | Bas Leinders | Van Amersfoort Racing | 1:02.261 | +0.260 |
| 12 | 34 | Ben Collins | Fortec Motorsport | 1:02.264 | +0.263 |
| 13 | 27 | Mario Haberfeld | Martin Donnelly Racing | 1:02.299 | +0.298 |
| 14 | 15 | Paolo Ruberti | Team Ghinzani | 1:02.351 | +0.350 |
| 15 | 24 | David Saelens | ASM Formule 3 | 1:02.362 | +0.361 |
| 16 | 11 | Stéphane Sarrazin | Opel Team BSR | 1:02.375 | +0.374 |
| 17 | 8 | Peter Dumbreck | Paul Stewart Racing | 1:02.424 | +0.423 |
| 18 | 5 | Patrice Gay | Graff Racing | 1:02.444 | +0.443 |
| 19 | 37 | Guy Smith | DC Cook Motorsport | 1:02.491 | +0.490 |
| 20 | 22 | Wolf Henzler | Josef Kaufmann Racing | 1:02.558 | +0.557 |
| 21 | 4 | Alexander Müller | Benetton RTL Junior Team | 1:02.564 | +0.563 |
| 22 | 17 | Enrique Bernoldi | Promatecme Renault Elf | 1:02.576 | +0.575 |
| 23 | 31 | Franck Montagny | La Filière | 1:02.586 | +0.585 |
| 24 | 32 | Marcel Fässler | La Filière | 1:02.589 | +0.588 |
| 25 | 57 | Steffen Widmann | Josef Kaufmann Racing | 1:02.658 | +0.657 |
| 26 | 53 | Jeffrey van Hooydonk | Opel Team RC Motorsport | 1:02.680 | +0.679 |
| 27 | 20 | Alfredo Melandri | Prema Powerteam | 1:02.684 | +0.683 |
| 28 | 38 | Michele Gasparini | Opel Team RC Motorsport | 1:02.710 | +0.709 |
| 29 | 33 | Oriol Servià | La Filière | 1:02.785 | +0.784 |
| 30 | 3 | Dominik Schwager | Benetton RTL Junior Team | 1:02.817 | +0.816 |
| 31 | 12 | Sascha Bert | Opel Team BSR | 1:02.861 | +0.860 |
| 32 | 48 | Ricardo Maurício | Tom's GB | 1:02.883 | +0.882 |
| 33 | 43 | Davide Campana | Racing for Europe | 1:02.894 | +0.893 |
| 34 | 10 | Tim Verbergt | Opel Team BSR | 1:02.895 | +0.894 |
| 35 | 47 | Jamie Spence | Tom's GB | 1:02.905 | +0.904 |
| 36 | 51 | Johan Stureson | IPS Motorsport | 1:02.914 | +0.913 |
| 37 | 49 | Haruki Kurosawa | Alan Docking Racing | 1:02.989 | +0.988 |
| 38 | 41 | Tim Coronel | Tokmakidis Motorsport | 1:03.121 | +1.120 |
| 39 | 14 | Niki Cadei | Team Ghinzani | 1:03.159 | +1.158 |
| 40 | 2 | Timo Scheider | Benetton RTL Junior Team | 1:03.160 | +1.159 |
| 41 | 50 | Yudai Igarashi | Alan Docking Racing | 1:03.188 | +1.187 |
| 42 | 40 | Nikolaos Stremmenos | Tokmakidis Motorsport | 1:03.230 | +1.229 |
| 43 | 54 | Ananda Mikola | Cevenini Junior Team | 1:03.249 | +1.248 |
| 44 | 36 | Paula Cook | DC Cook Motorsport | 1:03.268 | +1.267 |
| 45 | 45 | Tim Bergmeister | GM Motorsport | 1:03.322 | +1.321 |
| 46 | 55 | Henry Stanton | Carlin Motorsport | 1:03.339 | +1.338 |
| 47 | 44 | Riccardo Moscatelli | Olympia Sport System | 1:03.506 | +1.505 |
| 48 | 29 | Gabriele Gardel | EF Project | 1:03.549 | +1.548 |
| 49 | 23 | Jaroslaw Wierczuk | Josef Kaufmann Racing | 1:03.568 | +1.567 |
| 50 | 42 | Yves Olivier | JB Motorsport | 1:03.692 | +1.691 |
| 51 | 30 | Davide Uboldi | EF Project | 1:03.957 | +1.956 |

### Qualification Race

* The top four drivers progressed to the main race. As Servià won the race, he would line up 29th on the grid, and so forth.
| Pos | No | Driver | Team | Laps | Time/Retired | Grid |
| 1 | 33 | Oriol Servià | La Filière | 20 | 21:58.876 | 1 |
| 2 | 12 | Sascha Bert | Opel Team BSR | 20 | +1.579 | 3 |
| 3 | 3 | Dominik Schwager | Benetton RTL Junior Team | 20 | +3.366 | 2 |
| 4 | 14 | Niki Cadei | Team Ghinzani | 20 | +7.581 | 11 |
| 5 | 2 | Timo Scheider | Benetton RTL Junior Team | 20 | +14.982 | 12 |
| 6 | 54 | Ananda Mikola | Cevenini Junior Team | 20 | +17.901 | 15 |
| 7 | 44 | Riccardo Moscatelli | Olympia Sport System | 20 | +18.508 | 19 |
| 8 | 51 | Johan Stureson | IPS Motorsport | 20 | +20.401 | 8 |
| 9 | 23 | Jaroslaw Wierczuk | Josef Kaufmann Racing | 20 | +30.035 | 21 |
| 10 | 29 | Gabriele Gardel | EF Project | 20 | +35.051 | 20 |
| 11 | 45 | Tim Bergmeister | GM Motorsport | 20 | +36.656 | 17 |
| 12 | 49 | Haruki Kurosawa | Alan Docking Racing | 20 | +42.676 | 9 |
| 13 | 40 | Nikolaos Stremmenos | Tokmakidis Motorsport | 20 | +48.109 | 14 |
| 14 | 30 | Davide Uboldi | EF Project | 20 | +48.693 | 23 |
| Ret | 41 | Tim Coronel | Tokmakidis Motorsport | 13 | Retired | 10 |
| Ret | 50 | Yudai Igarashi | Alan Docking Racing | 13 | Retired | 13 |
| Ret | 43 | Davide Campana | Racing for Europe | 10 | Retired | 5 |
| Ret | 55 | Henry Stanton | Carlin Motorsport | 10 | Retired | 18 |
| Ret | 47 | Jamie Spence | Tom's GB | 5 | Retired | 7 |
| Ret | 10 | Tim Verbergt | Opel Team BSR | 4 | Retired | 6 |
| Ret | 48 | Ricardo Maurício | Tom's GB | 2 | Retired | 4 |
| DNS | 36 | Paula Cook | DC Cook Motorsport | | | 16 |
| DNS | 50 | Yves Olivier | JB Motorsport | | | 22 |
| Fastest lap: Oriol Servià, 1:04.922, 139.681 km/h (86.794 mph) on lap 7 |||||||

### Race

| Pos | No | Driver | Team | Laps | Time/Retired | Grid |
| 1 | 56 | Tom Coronel | TOM'S | 32 | 35:52.569 | 4 |
| 2 | 25 | Sébastien Philippe | ASM Formule 3 | 32 | +1.111 | 1 |
| 3 | 1 | Mark Webber | Alan Docking Racing | 32 | +2.118 | 8 |
| 4 | 18 | Nicolas Minassian | Promatecme Renault Elf | 32 | +2.394 | 9 |
| 5 | 35 | Brian Smith | Fortec Motorsport | 32 | +2.952 | 2 |
| 6 | 46 | Norman Simon | GM Motorsport | 32 | +3.981 | 10 |
| 7 | 9 | Nick Heidfeld | Opel Team BSR | 32 | +4.575 | 7 |
| 8 | 21 | Donny Crevels | Prema Powerteam | 32 | +4.692 | 6 |
| 9 | 24 | David Saelens | ASM Formule 3 | 32 | +5.709 | 15 |
| 10 | 5 | Patrice Gay | Graff Racing | 32 | +5.878 | 18 |
| 11 | 8 | Peter Dumbreck | Paul Stewart Racing | 32 | +6.621 | 17 |
| 12 | 27 | Mario Haberfeld | Martin Donnelly Racing | 32 | +6.859 | 13 |
| 13 | 32 | Marcel Fässler | La Filière | 32 | +9.805 | 24 |
| 14 | 31 | Franck Montagny | La Filière | 32 | +10.465 | 23 |
| 15 | 11 | Stéphane Sarrazin | Opel Team BSR | 32 | +11.057 | 16 |
| 16 | 53 | Jeffrey van Hooydonk | Opel Team RC Motorsport | 32 | +11.669 | 26 |
| 17 | 33 | Oriol Servià | La Filière | 32 | +11.670 | 29 |
| 18 | 37 | Guy Smith | DC Cook Motorsport | 32 | +12.275 | 19 |
| 19 | 38 | Michele Gasparini | Opel Team RC Motorsport | 32 | +12.545 | 28 |
| 20 | 34 | Ben Collins | Fortec Motorsport | 32 | +13.170 | 12 |
| 21 | 4 | Alexander Müller | Benetton RTL Junior Team | 32 | +13.687 | 21 |
| 22 | 22 | Wolf Henzler | Josef Kaufmann Racing | 32 | +14.366 | 20 |
| 23 | 20 | Alfredo Melandri | Prema Powerteam | 32 | +14.367 | 27 |
| 24 | 12 | Sascha Bert | Opel Team BSR | 32 | +15.227 | 30 |
| 25 | 14 | Niki Cadei | Team Ghinzani | 32 | +15.966 | 32 |
| 26 | 57 | Steffen Widmann | Josef Kaufmann Racing | 32 | +16.172 | 25 |
| Ret | 19 | André Couto | Prema Powerteam | 26 | Retired | 5 |
| Ret | 7 | Jonny Kane | Paul Stewart Racing | 26 | Retired | 3 |
| Ret | 17 | Enrique Bernoldi | Promatecme Renault Elf | 26 | Retired | 22 |
| Ret | 28 | Bas Leinders | Van Amersfoort Racing | 20 | Retired | 11 |
| Ret | 15 | Paolo Ruberti | Team Ghinzani | 13 | Retired | 14 |
| Ret | 3 | Dominik Schwager | Benetton RTL Junior Team | 4 | Retired | 31 |
| DNQ | 2 | Timo Scheider | Benetton RTL Junior Team | | | |
| DNQ | 54 | Ananda Mikola | Cevenini Junior Team | | | |
| DNQ | 44 | Riccardo Moscatelli | Olympia Sport System | | | |
| DNQ | 51 | Johan Stureson | IPS Motorsport | | | |
| DNQ | 23 | Jaroslaw Wierczuk | Josef Kaufmann Racing | | | |
| DNQ | 29 | Gabriele Gardel | EF Project | | | |
| DNQ | 45 | Tim Bergmeister | GM Motorsport | | | |
| DNQ | 49 | Haruki Kurosawa | Alan Docking Racing | | | |
| DNQ | 40 | Nikolaos Stremmenos | Tokmakidis Motorsport | | | |
| DNQ | 30 | Davide Uboldi | EF Project | | | |
| DNQ | 41 | Tim Coronel | Tokmakidis Motorsport | | | |
| DNQ | 50 | Yudai Igarashi | Alan Docking Racing | | | |
| DNQ | 43 | Davide Campana | Racing for Europe | | | |
| DNQ | 55 | Henry Stanton | Carlin Motorsport | | | |
| DNQ | 47 | Jamie Spence | Tom's GB | | | |
| DNQ | 10 | Tim Verbergt | Opel Team BSR | | | |
| DNQ | 48 | Ricardo Maurício | Tom's GB | | | |
| DNQ | 36 | Paula Cook | DC Cook Motorsport | | | |
| DNQ | 50 | Yves Olivier | JB Motorsport | | | |
| Fastest lap: Sébastien Philippe, 1:03.188, 143.515 km/h (89.176 mph) on lap 4 |||||||