2002 Masters of Formula 3

The 2002 Marlboro Masters of Formula 3 was the twelfth Masters of Formula 3 race held at Circuit Park Zandvoort on 11 August 2002. It was won by Fabio Carbone, for Fortec Motorsport.

Race details
Date	11 August 2002
Official name	Marlboro Masters of Formula 3
Location	Circuit Park Zandvoort, Netherlands
Course	4.307 km (2.676 mi)
Distance	25 laps, 107.675 km (66.906 mi)
Pole
Driver	Fabio Carbone	Fortec Motorsport
Time	1:33.639
Fastest Lap
Driver	Bruce Jouanny	Promatecme F3
Time	1:34.533 (on lap 6 of 25)
Podium
First	Fabio Carbone	Fortec Motorsport
Second	Olivier Pla	ASM
Third	Tristan Gommendy	ASM

Drivers and teams

All cars were equipped with a Dallara F302 chassis.

2002 Entry List
Team	No	Driver	Engine	Main series
Carlin Motorsport	1	James Courtney	Mugen-Honda	British Formula 3
	3	Shinya Hosokawa
	4	Alan van der Merwe
Signature Elf	5	Mathieu Zangarelli	Renault	All-Japan Formula Three
	6	Renaud Derlot		French Formula Three
	7	Yuji Ide
	8	Jérémie de Souza
ASM	9	Olivier Pla	Renault	French Formula Three
	10	Tristan Gommendy
JB Motorsport	11	Rob Austin	Opel	British Formula 3
	12	Stefan de Groot
Alan Docking Racing	14	Robbie Kerr	Mugen-Honda	British Formula 3
	15	Mark Mayall
	16	Tor Graves
Target Racing	17	Miloš Pavlović	Opel	Italian Formula Three
	18	Cristiano Citron
Promatecme F3	19	Bruce Jouanny	Mugen-Honda	British Formula 3
	20	Matthew Gilmore
Serge Saulnier	21	Bruno Besson	Renault	French Formula Three
	22	Simon Abadie
Opel Team BSR	23	Vitantonio Liuzzi	Opel	German Formula Three
	24	Frank Diefenbacher
	25	Bernhard Auinger
Prema Powerteam	26	Kosuke Matsuura	Opel	German Formula Three
	27	Ryan Briscoe
	28	César Campaniço
Fortec Motorsport	29	Heikki Kovalainen	Renault	British Formula 3
	30	Fabio Carbone
Azeta Racing	33	Philip Cloostermans	Opel	Italian Formula Three
	34	Alessandro Vitacolonna
Team Kolles Racing	35	Ross Zwolsman	Mugen-Honda	German Formula Three
	36	João Paulo de Oliveira
Team Ghinzani SAM Euroc	37	Robert Doornbos	Mugen-Honda	Italian Formula Three
	46	Raffaele Giammaria
Van Amersfoort Racing	38	Jaap van Lagen	Opel	German Formula Three
Team Avanti	40	Jeroen Bleekemolen	Mugen-Honda	British Formula 3
Manor Motorsport	41	Mark Taylor	Mugen-Honda	British Formula 3
	42	Ronnie Bremer
	43	Richard Antinucci
GM Motorsport	44	Clemens Stadler	Toyota	German Formula Three
Swiss Racing Team	47	Katsuyuki Hiranaka	Opel	All-Japan Formula Three
	48	Tatsuya Kataoka
	51	Marc Benz		German Formula Three
Griffith's	49	Benjamin Poron	Opel	French Formula Three
Trella Motorsport	50	Rizal Ramli	Opel	German Formula Three

Classification

Qualifying

Group A

Pos	No	Driver	Team	Q1 Time	Rank	Q2 Time	Rank	Gap
1	9	Olivier Pla	ASM	1:33.942	1	1:35.218	15
2	29	Heikki Kovalainen	Fortec Motorsport	1:34.021	2	1:36.003	20	+0.079
3	37	Robert Doornbos	Team Ghinzani SAM Euroc	1:34.027	3	1:35.127	14	+0.085
4	21	Bruno Besson	Serge Saulnier	1:34.031	4	1:34.197	1	+0.089
5	23	Vitantonio Liuzzi	Opel Team BSR	1:34.072	5	1:34.214	2	+0.130
6	1	James Courtney	Carlin Motorsport	1:34.143	6	1:35.817	19	+0.201
7	17	Miloš Pavlović	Target Racing	1:34.215	7	1:34.267	3	+0.273
8	11	Rob Austin	JB Motorsport	1:34.240	8	1:34.459	6	+0.298
9	41	Mark Taylor	Manor Motorsport	1:34.524	11	1:34.289	4	+0.347
10	19	Bruce Jouanny	Promatecme F3	1:34.376	9	1:34.979	11	+0.434
11	27	Ryan Briscoe	Prema Powerteam	1:34.412	10	1:35.070	13	+0.470
12	25	Bernhard Auinger	Opel Team BSR	1:34.601	12	1:34.458	5	+0.516
13	47	Katsuyuki Hiranaka	Swiss Racing Team	1:34.627	13	1:34.489	7	+0.547
14	5	Mathieu Zangarelli	Signature Elf	1:34.730	14	1:35.014	12	+0.788
15	51	Marc Benz	Swiss Racing Team	1:34.900	15	1:34.798	8	+0.856
16	7	Yuji Ide	Signature Elf	1:35.244	19	1:34.814	9	+0.872
17	43	Richard Antinucci	Manor Motorsport	1:35.250	20	1:34.839	10	+0.897
18	35	Ross Zwolsman	Team Kolles Racing	1:34.962	16	1:35.457	17	+1.020
19	3	Shinya Hosokawa	Carlin Motorsport	1:35.047	17	1:35.767	18	+1.105
20	15	Mark Mayall	Alan Docking Racing	1:35.071	18	1:35.294	16	+1.129
21	33	Philip Cloostermans	Azeta Racing	4:21.521	22	1:36.457	21	+2.515
22	49	Benjamin Poron	Griffith's	1:38.097	21	1:37.994	22	+4.052

Group B

Pos	No	Driver	Team	Q1 Time	Rank	Q2 Time	Rank	Gap
1	30	Fabio Carbone	Fortec Motorsport	1:34.261	4	1:33.639	1
2	10	Tristan Gommendy	ASM	1:33.807	1	1:33.823	2	+0.168
3	42	Ronnie Bremer	Manor Motorsport	1:35.482	14	1:33.831	3	+0.192
4	12	Stefan de Groot	JB Motorsport	1:34.096	2	1:33.835	4	+0.196
5	26	Kosuke Matsuura	Prema Powerteam	1:34.119	3	1:33.847	5	+0.208
6	14	Robbie Kerr	Alan Docking Racing	1:34.672	5	1:33.931	6	+0.292
7	4	Alan van der Merwe	Carlin Motorsport	1:34.985	12	1:33.990	7	+0.351
8	22	Simon Abadie	Serge Saulnier	1:34.985	10	1:34.048	8	+0.409
9	24	Frank Diefenbacher	Opel Team BSR	1:34.826	8	1:34.146	9	+0.507
10	28	César Campaniço	Prema Powerteam	1:34.857	9	1:34.189	10	+0.550
11	40	Jeroen Bleekemolen	Team Avanti	1:34.686	7	1:34.208	11	+0.569
12	36	João Paulo de Oliveira	Team Kolles Racing	1:34.685	6	1:34.423	12	+0.784
13	20	Matthew Gilmore	Promatecme F3	1:35.432	13	1:34.544	13	+0.905
14	6	Renaud Derlot	Signature Elf	1:34.889	11	1:34.926	14	+1.250
15	46	Raffaele Giammaria	Team Ghinzani SAM Euroc	1:36.001	16	1:34.931	15	+1.292
16	8	Jérémie de Souza	Signature Elf	1:36.005	17	1:35.034	16	+1.395
17	48	Tatsuya Kataoka	Swiss Racing Team	1:36.194	19	1:35.386	17	+1.747
18	18	Cristiano Citron	Target Racing	1:36.060	18	1:35.718	18	+2.079
19	38	Jaap van Lagen	Van Amersfoort Racing	1:35.932	15	1:36.366	21	+2.293
20	44	Clemens Stadler	GM Motorsport	1:36.202	20	1:36.119	19	+2.480
21	34	Alessandro Vitacolonna	Azeta Racing	1:37.445	22	1:36.134	20	+2.495
22	16	Tor Graves	Alan Docking Racing	1:38.237	23	1:36.999	22	+3.360
23	50	Rizal Ramli	Trella Motorsport	1:37.093	21	1:38.170	23	+3.454

Race

Pos	No	Driver	Team	Laps	Time/Retired	Grid
1	30	Fabio Carbone	Fortec Motorsport	25	39:47.591	1
2	9	Olivier Pla	ASM	25	+1.596	2
3	10	Tristan Gommendy	ASM	25	+1.951	3
4	29	Heikki Kovalainen	Fortec Motorsport	25	+3.898	4
5	42	Ronnie Bremer	Manor Motorsport	25	+4.984	5
6	21	Bruno Besson	Serge Saulnier	25	+6.264	8
7	14	Robbie Kerr	Alan Docking Racing	25	+7.766	11
8	23	Vitantonio Liuzzi	Opel Team BSR	25	+8.650	10
9	19	Bruce Jouanny	Promatecme F3	25	+13.445	20
10	1	James Courtney	Carlin Motorsport	25	+21.130	12
11	28	César Campaniço	Prema Powerteam	25	+21.879	19
12	40	Jeroen Bleekemolen	Team Avanti	25	+24.836	21
13	25	Bernhard Auinger	Opel Team BSR	25	+25.613	24
14	20	Matthew Gilmore	Promatecme F3	25	+26.050	25
15	47	Katsuyuki Hiranaka	Swiss Racing Team	25	+28.730	26
16	36	João Paulo de Oliveira	Team Kolles Racing	25	+30.747	23
17	51	Marc Benz	Swiss Racing Team	25	+35.154	30
18	46	Raffaele Giammaria	Team Ghinzani SAM Euroc	25	+38.923	29
19	17	Miloš Pavlović	Target Racing	25	+39.834	14
20	43	Richard Antinucci	Manor Motorsport	25	+41.952	34
21	35	Ross Zwolsman	Team Kolles Racing	25	+49.602	36
22	22	Simon Abadie	Serge Saulnier	25	+51.646	15
23	8	Jérémie de Souza	Signature Elf	25	+58.452	31
24	18	Cristiano Citron	Target Racing	25	+1:01.259	35
25	7	Yuji Ide	Signature Elf	25	+1:06.461	32
26	48	Tatsuya Kataoka	Swiss Racing Team	25	+1:14.934	33
27	38	Jaap van Lagen	Van Amersfoort Racing	25	+1:16.933	37
28	26	Kosuke Matsuura	Prema Powerteam	23	+2 Laps	9
29	5	Mathieu Zangarelli	Signature Elf	21	Retired	28
30	6	Renaud Derlot	Signature Elf	19	Retired	27
Ret	12	Stefan de Groot	JB Motorsport	16	Retired	7
Ret	27	Ryan Briscoe	Prema Powerteam	11	Retired	22
Ret	11	Rob Austin	JB Motorsport	9	Retired	16
Ret	24	Frank Diefenbacher	Opel Team BSR	6	Retired	17
Ret	3	Shinya Hosokawa	Carlin Motorsport	6	Retired	38
Ret	4	Alan van der Merwe	Carlin Motorsport	1	Retired	13
Ret	41	Mark Taylor	Manor Motorsport	0	Retired	18
Ret	37	Robert Doornbos	Team Ghinzani SAM Euroc	0	Retired	6
DNQ	15	Mark Mayall	Alan Docking Racing
DNQ	33	Philip Cloostermans	Azeta Racing
DNQ	49	Benjamin Poron	Griffith's
DNQ	44	Clemens Stadler	GM Motorsport
DNQ	34	Alessandro Vitacolonna	Azeta Racing
DNQ	16	Tor Graves	Alan Docking Racing
DNQ	50	Rizal Ramli	Trella Motorsport
Fastest lap: Bruce Jouanny, 1:34.533, 164.019 km/h (101.917 mph) on lap 6