1998 Masters of Formula 3

Race details
Date	9 August 1998
Official name	Marlboro Masters of Formula 3
Location	Circuit Park Zandvoort, Netherlands
Course	2.519 km (1.565 mi)
Distance	Qualifying Race A 20 laps, 50.38 km (31.30 mi) Qualifying Race B 20 laps, 50.38 km (31.30 mi) Main Race 31 laps, 78.089 km (48.522 mi)
Qualifying Race A
Pole
Driver	Enrique Bernoldi	Promatecme UK
Time	1:02.149
Fastest Lap
Driver	Paolo Montin	Team Ghinzani
Time	1:03.074 (on lap 11 of 20)
Podium
First	Enrique Bernoldi	Promatecme UK
Second	Paolo Montin	Team Ghinzani
Third	Jeffrey van Hooydonk	KMS Benetton Junior Team
Qualifying Race B
Pole
Driver	Kristian Kolby	Fortec Motorsport
Time	1:01.899
Fastest Lap
Driver	Mario Haberfeld	Paul Stewart Racing
Time	1:02.813 (on lap 4 of 20)
Podium
First	David Saelens	ASM Fina
Second	Kristian Kolby	Fortec Motorsport
Third	Mario Haberfeld	Paul Stewart Racing
Main Race
Pole
Driver	David Saelens	ASM Fina
Fastest Lap
Driver	David Terrien	Graff Racing
Time	1:03.589 (on lap 11 of 31)
Podium
First	David Saelens	ASM Fina
First	Enrique Bernoldi	Promatecme UK
Third	Mario Haberfeld	Paul Stewart Racing

The 1998 Marlboro Masters of Formula 3 was the eighth Masters of Formula 3 race held at Circuit Park Zandvoort on 9 August 1998. It was won by David Saelens, for ASM Fina.

Drivers and teams

1998 Entry List
Team	No	Driver	Chassis	Engine	Main series
Van Amersfoort Racing	1	Christijan Albers	Dallara F398	Opel	German Formula Three
	2	Bas Leinders	Dallara F398
ASM Fina	3	Sébastien Dumez	Dallara F396	Renault	French Formula Three
	4	David Saelens	Dallara F396
Promatecme UK	5	Enrique Bernoldi	Dallara F398	Renault	British Formula 3
	6	Marc Hynes	Dallara F398
EF Project	7	Enrico Toccacelo	Dallara F395	Fiat	Italian Formula Three
	8	Michele Gasparini	Dallara F395
	9	Davide Uboldi	Dallara F395
Paul Stewart Racing	10	Mario Haberfeld	Dallara F398	Mugen-Honda	British Formula 3
	11	Luciano Burti	Dallara F398
La Filière	14	Sébastien Bourdais	Martini MK73	Opel	French Formula Three
	15	Franck Montagny	Martini MK73
	17	Marcel Fässler	Martini MK73
Josef Kaufmann Racing	18	Timo Scheider	Martini MK73	Opel	German Formula Three
Prema Powerteam	19	Gianluca Calcagni	Dallara F397	Opel	Italian Formula Three
	20	Donny Crevels	Dallara F397	Opel
KMS Benetton Junior Team	21	Jeffrey van Hooydonk	Dallara F398	Opel	German Formula Three
	22	Johnny Mislijevic	Dallara F397
	23	Thomas Mutsch	Dallara F397
Graff Racing	24	David Terrien	Dallara F396	Opel	French Formula Three
Venturini Racing	25	Maurizio Mediani	Dallara F396	Alfa Romeo	Italian Formula Three
	26	Peter Sundberg	Dallara F396	Fiat
Team Ghinzani	27	Paolo Montin	Dallara F398	Fiat	Italian Formula Three
	28	Gabriele Gardel	Dallara F398
	29	Riccardo Ronchi	Dallara F398
GM-DSF-F3 Team	30	Wouter van Eeuwijk	Dallara F397	Opel	German Formula Three
	31	Robert Lechner	Dallara F397
Alan Docking Racing	32	Ricardo Maurício	Dallara F397	Mugen-Honda	British Formula 3
	33	Yudai Igarashi	Dallara F397
Opel Team BSR	35	Steffen Widmann	Dallara F397	Opel	German Formula Three
	36	Pierre Kaffer	Martini MK73
Signature	38	Tiago Monteiro	Dallara F396	Fiat	French Formula Three
RC Motorsport	41	Stanislas d'Oultremont	Dallara F397	Opel	Italian Formula Three
	42	Ananda Mikola	Dallara F397	Opel
Fortec Motorsport	43	Andrej Pavicevic	Dallara F397	Mugen-Honda	British Formula 3
	44	Kristian Kolby	Dallara F397
	46	Hoover Orsi	Dallara F398		Formula Renault Europe
IPS Motorsport	47	Johan Stureson	Dallara F397	Opel	German Formula Three
Intersport Racing	49	Ben Collins	Dallara F398	Opel	British Formula 3
Klaus Trella Motorsport	50	Thomas Jäger	Martini MK73	Opel	German Formula Three
MKL F3 Racing	51	Michael Becker	Dallara F398	Opel	German Formula Three
	52	Lucas Luhr	Dallara F397
Royal Automobile Club of Sweden	53	Michael Becker	Dallara F395	Fiat	German Formula Three
DC Cook Motorsport	54	Paula Cook	Dallara F398	Opel	German Formula Three
Target Racing	55	Nikolaos Stremmenos	Dallara F398	Opel	Italian Formula Three
	56	Dimitris Deverikos	Dallara F396	Fiat	Greek Formula Three

Format changes

With an entry of 47 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 that setting the grid for each group's qualification race. Each qualification race would see the top fourteen cars progressing through to the Marlboro Masters itself, with the pole position being awarded to the winner of the qualification race that was won in the quickest time. The remaining four cars would be made up from the highest qualifying drivers left.

Classification

Qualifying

Group A

Pos	No	Name	Team	Time	Gap
1	5	Enrique Bernoldi	Promatecme UK	1:02.149
2	21	Jeffrey van Hooydonk	KMS Benetton Junior Team	1:02.265	+0.116
3	27	Paolo Montin	Team Ghinzani	1:02.369	+0.220
4	3	Sébastien Dumez	ASM Fina	1:02.379	+0.230
5	47	Johan Stureson	IPS Motorsport	1:02.388	+0.239
6	1	Christijan Albers	Van Amersfoort Racing	1:02.392	+0.243
7	11	Luciano Burti	Paul Stewart Racing	1:02.411	+0.262
8	31	Robert Lechner	GM-DSF-F3 Team	1:02.412	+0.263
9	25	Maurizio Mediani	Venturini Racing	1:02.420	+0.271
10	19	Gianluca Calcagni	Prema Powerteam	1:02.445	+0.296
11	49	Ben Collins	Intersport Racing	1:02.522	+0.373
12	17	Marcel Fässler	La Filière	1:02.661	+0.512
13	15	Franck Montagny	La Filière	1:02.697	+0.548
14	33	Yudai Igarashi	Alan Docking Racing	1:02.704	+0.555
15	29	Riccardo Ronchi	Team Ghinzani	1:02.822	+0.673
16	23	Thomas Mutsch	KMS Benetton Junior Team	1:02.837	+0.688
17	43	Andrej Pavicevic	Fortec Motorsport	1:02.924	+0.775
18	51	Michael Becker	MKL F3 Racing	1:02.932	+0.783
19	37	Steffen Widmann	Opel Team BSR	1:03.031	+0.882
20	9	Davide Uboldi	EF Project	1:03.140	+0.991
21	55	Nikolaos Stremmenos	Target Racing	1:03.145	+0.996
22	7	Enrico Toccacelo	EF Project	1:03.550	+1.401
23	41	Stanislas d'Oultremont	RC Motorsport	1:03.724	+1.575
24	53	Michael Becker	Royal Automobile Club of Sweden	1:05.185	+3.036

Group B

Pos	No	Name	Team	Time	Gap
1	44	Kristian Kolby	Fortec Motorsport	1:01.899
2	4	David Saelens	ASM Fina	1:01.908	+0.009
3	2	Bas Leinders	Van Amersfoort Racing	1:02.081	+0.182
4	24	David Terrien	Graff Racing	1:02.083	+0.184
5	20	Donny Crevels	Prema Powerteam	1:02.108	+0.209
6	10	Mario Haberfeld	Paul Stewart Racing	1:02.293	+0.394
7	6	Marc Hynes	Promatecme UK	1:02.311	+0.412
8	52	Lucas Luhr	MKL F3 Racing	1:02.355	+0.456
9	32	Ricardo Maurício	Alan Docking Racing	1:02.420	+0.521
10	50	Thomas Jäger	Klaus Trella Motorsport	1:02.476	+0.577
11	18	Timo Scheider	Josef Kaufmann Racing	1:02.548	+0.649
12	42	Ananda Mikola	RC Motorsport	1:02.569	+0.670
13	46	Hoover Orsi	Fortec Motorsport	1:02.581	+0.682
14	36	Pierre Kaffer	Opel Team BSR	1:02.763	+0.864
15	14	Sébastien Bourdais	La Filière	1:02.831	+0.932
16	26	Peter Sundberg	Venturini Racing	1:02.833	+0.934
17	28	Gabriele Gardel	Team Ghinzani	1:02.998	+1.099
18	54	Paula Cook	DC Cook Motorsport	1:03.058	+1.159
19	38	Tiago Monteiro	Signature	1:03.063	+1.164
20	30	Wouter van Eeuwijk	GM-DSF-F3 Team	1:03.187	+1.288
21	22	Johnny Mislijevic	KMS Benetton Junior Team	1:03.200	+1.301
22	8	Michele Gasparini	EF Project	1:03.273	+1.374
23	56	Dimitris Deverikos	Target Racing	1:04.211	+2.312

Qualification Race

Group A

Pos	No	Driver	Team	Laps	Time/Retired	Grid
1	5	Enrique Bernoldi	Promatecme UK	20	21:27.513	1
2	27	Paolo Montin	Team Ghinzani	20	+1.374	3
3	21	Jeffrey van Hooydonk	KMS Benetton Junior Team	20	+11.366	2
4	3	Sébastien Dumez	ASM Fina	20	+11.942	4
5	11	Luciano Burti	Paul Stewart Racing	20	+13.469	7
6	47	Johan Stureson	IPS Motorsport	20	+14.351	5
7	15	Franck Montagny	La Filière	20	+14.877	13
8	25	Maurizio Mediani	Venturini Racing	20	+15.671	9
9	49	Ben Collins	Intersport Racing	20	+16.402	11
10	33	Yudai Igarashi	Alan Docking Racing	20	+23.866	14
11	37	Steffen Widmann	Opel Team BSR	20	+26.255	19
12	7	Enrico Toccacelo	EF Project	20	+32.318	22
13	23	Thomas Mutsch	KMS Benetton Junior Team	20	+34.269	16
14	9	Davide Uboldi	EF Project	20	+37.681	20
15	43	Andrej Pavicevic	Fortec Motorsport	20	+39.615	17
16	1	Christijan Albers	Van Amersfoort Racing	20	+43.254	6
17	51	Michael Becker	MKL F3 Racing	20	+43.749	18
18	41	Stanislas d'Oultremont	RC Motorsport	20	+46.715	23
19	31	Robert Lechner	GM-DSF-F3 Team	20	+49.172	8
20	53	Michael Becker	Royal Automobile Club of Sweden	20	+57.644	24
21	29	Riccardo Ronchi	Team Ghinzani	19	+1 Lap	15
22	55	Nikolaos Stremmenos	Target Racing	15	Retired	21
Ret	17	Marcel Fässler	La Filière	12	Retired	12
Ret	19	Gianluca Calcagni	Prema Powerteam	1	Retired	10
Fastest lap: Paolo Montin, 1:03.074, 143.774 km/h (89.337 mph) on lap 11

Group B

Pos	No	Driver	Team	Laps	Time/Retired	Grid
1	4	David Saelens	ASM Fina	20	21:16.663	2
2	44	Kristian Kolby	Fortec Motorsport	20	+0.936	1
3	10	Mario Haberfeld	Paul Stewart Racing	20	+1.308	6
4	20	Donny Crevels	Prema Powerteam	20	+1.887	5
5	18	Timo Scheider	Josef Kaufmann Racing	20	+10.007	11
6	52	Lucas Luhr	MKL F3 Racing	20	+11.715	8
7	46	Hoover Orsi	Fortec Motorsport	20	+15.600	13
8	50	Thomas Jäger	Klaus Trella Motorsport	20	+16.789	10
9	36	Pierre Kaffer	Opel Team BSR	20	+18.790	14
10	42	Ananda Mikola	RC Motorsport	20	+24.446	12
11	6	Marc Hynes	Promatecme UK	20	+32.559	7
12	14	Sébastien Bourdais	La Filière	20	+32.941	15
13	26	Peter Sundberg	Venturini Racing	20	+33.243	16
14	28	Gabriele Gardel	Team Ghinzani	20	+33.921	17
15	54	Paula Cook	DC Cook Motorsport	20	+34.975	18
16	8	Michele Gasparini	EF Project	20	+35.227	22
17	38	Tiago Monteiro	Signature	20	+39.295	19
18	22	Johnny Mislijevic	KMS Benetton Junior Team	20	+56.326	21
19	24	David Terrien	Graff Racing	19	+1 Lap	4
20	30	Wouter van Eeuwijk	GM-DSF-F3 Team	17	Retired	20
Ret	56	Dimitris Deverikos	Target Racing	13	Retired	23
Ret	2	Bas Leinders	Van Amersfoort Racing	0	Retired	3
Ret	32	Ricardo Maurício	Alan Docking Racing	0	Retired	9
Fastest lap: Mario Haberfeld, 1:02.813, 144.371 km/h (89.708 mph) on lap 4

Race

Pos	No	Driver	Team	Laps	Time/Retired	Grid
1	4	David Saelens	ASM Fina	31	33:21.247	1
2	5	Enrique Bernoldi	Promatecme UK	31	+0.334	2
3	10	Mario Haberfeld	Paul Stewart Racing	31	+1.117	5
4	27	Paolo Montin	Team Ghinzani	31	+2.489	4
5	3	Sébastien Dumez	ASM Fina	31	+7.667	8
6	15	Franck Montagny	La Filière	31	+10.192	14
7	21	Jeffrey van Hooydonk	KMS Benetton Junior Team	31	+18.368	6
8	18	Timo Scheider	Josef Kaufmann Racing	31	+18.720	9
9	11	Luciano Burti	Paul Stewart Racing	31	+20.749	10
10	52	Lucas Luhr	MKL F3 Racing	31	+21.179	11
11	47	Johan Stureson	IPS Motorsport	31	+21.633	12
12	25	Maurizio Mediani	Venturini Racing	31	+22.072	16
13	49	Ben Collins	Intersport Racing	31	+24.768	18
14	50	Thomas Jäger	Klaus Trella Motorsport	31	+25.539	15
15	6	Marc Hynes	Promatecme UK	31	+26.132	21
16	26	Peter Sundberg	Venturini Racing	31	+26.448	25
17	44	Kristian Kolby	Fortec Motorsport	31	+27.259	3
18	37	Steffen Widmann	Opel Team BSR	31	+42.524	22
19	7	Enrico Toccacelo	EF Project	31	+44.107	24
20	14	Sébastien Bourdais	La Filière	31	+44.385	23
21	9	Davide Uboldi	EF Project	31	+53.754	28
22	36	Pierre Kaffer	Opel Team BSR	30	Retired	17
23	24	David Terrien	Graff Racing	29	+ 2 Laps	31
24	28	Gabriele Gardel	Team Ghinzani	24	Retired	27
Ret	20	Donny Crevels	Prema Powerteam	22	Retired	7
Ret	42	Ananda Mikola	RC Motorsport	12	Retired	19
Ret	31	Robert Lechner	GM-DSF-F3 Team	11	Retired	32
Ret	33	Yudai Igarashi	Alan Docking Racing	6	Retired	20
Ret	1	Christijan Albers	Van Amersfoort Racing	5	Retired	30
Ret	23	Thomas Mutsch	KMS Benetton Junior Team	3	Retired	26
Ret	2	Bas Leinders	Van Amersfoort Racing	1	Retired	29
Ret	46	Hoover Orsi	Fortec Motorsport	0	Retired	13
DNQ	43	Andrej Pavicevic	Fortec Motorsport
DNQ	51	Michael Becker	MKL F3 Racing
DNQ	41	Stanislas d'Oultremont	RC Motorsport
DNQ	53	Michael Becker	Royal Automobile Club of Sweden
DNQ	29	Riccardo Ronchi	Team Ghinzani
DNQ	55	Nikolaos Stremmenos	Target Racing
DNQ	17	Marcel Fässler	La Filière
DNQ	19	Gianluca Calcagni	Prema Powerteam
DNQ	54	Paula Cook	DC Cook Motorsport
DNQ	8	Michele Gasparini	EF Project
DNQ	38	Tiago Monteiro	Signature
DNQ	22	Johnny Mislijevic	KMS Benetton Junior Team
DNQ	30	Wouter van Eeuwijk	GM-DSF-F3 Team
DNQ	56	Dimitris Deverikos	Target Racing
DNQ	32	Ricardo Maurício	Alan Docking Racing
Fastest lap: David Terrien, 1:03.589, 142.610 km/h (88.614 mph) on lap 11