1999 Masters of Formula 3
# 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.

## Drivers and teams

1999 Entry List :

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

## 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

### 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 |||||||
