2000 Masters of Formula 3

Race details
Date	6 August 2000
Official name	Marlboro Masters of Formula 3
Location	Circuit Park Zandvoort, Netherlands
Course	4.3 km (2.7 mi)
Distance	19 laps, 81.7 km (50.8 mi)
Pole
Driver	Jonathan Cochet	Signature Competition
Time	1:33.192
Fastest Lap
Driver	Jonathan Cochet	Signature Competition
Time	1:35.553 (on lap 12 of 19)
Podium
First	Jonathan Cochet	Signature Competition
Second	Ben Collins	Carlin Motorsport
Third	Tomas Scheckter	Stewart Racing

The 2000 Marlboro Masters of Formula 3 was the tenth Masters of Formula 3 race held at Circuit Park Zandvoort on 6 August 2000. It was won by Jonathan Cochet, for Signature.

Drivers and teams

2000 Entry List
Team	No	Driver	Chassis	Engine	Main series
Manor Motorsport	1	Antônio Pizzonia	Dallara F399	Mugen-Honda	British Formula 3
	2	Toby Scheckter	Dallara F399		Eurocup Formula Renault 2.0
Signature Competition	3	Benoît Tréluyer	Dallara F399	Renault	All-Japan Formula Three
	4	Jonathan Cochet	Dallara F399		French Formula Three
Van Amersfoort Racing	5	Jeroen Bleekemolen	Dallara F399	Opel	German Formula Three
	6	Tom van Bavel	Dallara F399
Stewart Racing	7	Narain Karthikeyan	Dallara F300	Mugen-Honda	British Formula 3
	8	Tomas Scheckter	Dallara F300
LD Autosport	9	Ryo Fukuda	Dallara F399	Renault	French Formula Three
Carlin Motorsport	10	Takuma Sato	Dallara F300	Mugen-Honda	British Formula 3
	11	Ben Collins	Dallara F300
AIL Team Kolles Racing	14	Peter Sundberg	Dallara F300	Mugen-Honda	German Formula Three
	15	Elran Nijenhuis	Dallara F300
RC Benetton Junior Team	16	Nicolas Kiesa	Dallara F300	Opel	British Formula 3
	17	Miloš Pavlović	Dallara F300
Fortec Motorsport	18	Gianmaria Bruni	Dallara F300	Mugen-Honda	British Formula 3
	19	Michael Bentwood	Dallara F300
ASM Elf	20	Tiago Monteiro	Dallara F399	Renault	French Formula Three
	21	Julien Beltoise	Dallara F399
	22	Tristan Gommendy	Dallara F399	Renault
GM Motorsport	23	Zsolt Baumgartner	Dallara F399	Opel	German Formula Three
	24	Toshihiro Kaneishi	Dallara F300
	25	Tony Schmidt	Dallara F399
Target Racing	26	Matteo Grassotto	Dallara F300	Opel	Eurocup Formula Renault 2.0
Uboldi Corse	27	Luca Iannaccone	Dallara F399	Fiat	Austria Formula 3 Cup
La Filière	28	Romain Dumas	Martini MK79	Opel	French Formula Three
	29	James Andanson	Martini MK79
	30	Adam Jones	Martini MK79
Andrew Kirkaldy	31	Andrew Kirkaldy	Dallara F399	Opel	British Formula 3
Prema Powerteam	32	Philip Cloostermans	Dallara F300	Opel	German Formula Three
Rowan Racing	33	Warren Carway	Dallara F300	Mugen-Honda	British Formula 3
	34	Martin O'Connell	Dallara F300
Promatecme Junior Team	35	Yannick Schroeder	Dallara F399	Renault	French Formula Three
Swiss Racing Team	36	Giorgio Mecattaf	Dallara F399	Opel	German Formula Three
	37	Armin Pörnbacher	Dallara F399
Alan Docking Racing	38	Omar Galeffi	Dallara F300	Mugen-Honda
	39	Marco du Pau	Dallara F300
JB Motorsport	40	Nicolas Stelandre	Dallara F399	Opel	German Formula Three
	41	Val Hillebrand	Dallara F399

Classification

Qualifying

Group A

Pos	No	Name	Team	Time	Gap
1	35	Yannick Schroeder	Promatecme Junior Team	1:33.565
2	7	Narain Karthikeyan	Stewart Racing	1:33.771	+0.206
3	3	Benoît Tréluyer	Signature Competition	1:33.953	+0.388
4	11	Ben Collins	Carlin Motorsport	1:34.248	+0.683
5	5	Jeroen Bleekemolen	Van Amersfoort Racing	1:34.281	+0.716
6	31	Andrew Kirkaldy	Andrew Kirkaldy	1:34.282	+0.717
7	9	Ryo Fukuda	LD Autosport	1:34.308	+0.743
8	21	Julien Beltoise	ASM Elf	1:34.328	+0.763
9	23	Zsolt Baumgartner	GM Motorsport	1:34.399	+0.834
10	17	Miloš Pavlović	RC Benetton Junior Team	1:34.437	+0.872
11	1	Antônio Pizzonia	Manor Motorsport	1:34.441	+0.876
12	37	Armin Pörnbacher	Swiss Racing Team	1:34.571	+1.006
13	25	Tony Schmidt	GM Motorsport	1:34.583	+1.018
14	29	James Andanson	La Filière	1:34.731	+1.166
15	39	Marco du Pau	Alan Docking Racing	1:34.863	+1.298
16	19	Michael Bentwood	Fortec Motorsport	1:35.175	+1.610
17	15	Elran Nijenhuis	AIL Team Kolles Racing	1:35.408	+1.843
18	41	Val Hillebrand	JB Motorsport	1:35.464	+1.899
19	33	Warren Carway	Rowan Racing	1:35.614	+2.049
20	27	Luca Iannaccone	Uboldi Corse	1:41.557	+7.992

Group B

Pos	No	Name	Team	Time	Gap
1	4	Jonathan Cochet	Signature Competition	1:33.192
2	10	Takuma Sato	Carlin Motorsport	1:33.214	+0.022
3	18	Gianmaria Bruni	Fortec Motorsport	1:33.431	+0.239
4	24	Toshihiro Kaneishi	GM Motorsport	1:33.498	+0.306
5	8	Tomas Scheckter	Stewart Racing	1:33.927	+0.735
6	6	Tom van Bavel	Van Amersfoort Racing	1:33.998	+0.806
7	16	Nicolas Kiesa	RC Benetton Junior Team	1:34.140	+0.948
8	20	Tiago Monteiro	ASM Elf	1:34.157	+0.965
9	26	Matteo Grassotto	Target Racing	1:34.210	+1.018
10	14	Peter Sundberg	AIL Team Kolles Racing	1:34.224	+1.032
11	34	Martin O'Connell	Rowan Racing	1:34.633	+1.441
12	32	Philip Cloostermans	Prema Powerteam	1:34.641	+1.449
13	2	Toby Scheckter	Manor Motorsport	1:34.922	+1.730
14	22	Tristan Gommendy	ASM Elf	1:35.147	+1.955
15	38	Omar Galeffi	Alan Docking Racing	1:35.257	+2.065
16	40	Nicolas Stelandre	JB Motorsport	1:35.449	+2.257
17	28	Romain Dumas	La Filière	1:35.548	+2.356
18	36	Giorgio Mecattaf	Swiss Racing Team	1:35.760	+2.568
19	30	Adam Jones	La Filière	1:36.067	+2.875

Race

Pos	No	Driver	Team	Laps	Time/Retired	Grid
1	4	Jonathan Cochet	Signature Competition	19	33:09.939	1
2	11	Ben Collins	Carlin Motorsport	19	+3.429	8
3	8	Tomas Scheckter	Stewart Racing	19	+3.801	9
4	3	Benoît Tréluyer	Signature Competition	19	+7.977	6
5	24	Toshihiro Kaneishi	GM Motorsport	19	+8.516	7
6	6	Tom van Bavel	Van Amersfoort Racing	19	+9.195	11
7	5	Jeroen Bleekemolen	Van Amersfoort Racing	19	+10.515	10
8	31	Andrew Kirkaldy	Andrew Kirkaldy	19	+11.247	12
9	16	Nicolas Kiesa	RC Benetton Junior Team	19	+12.600	13
10	26	Matteo Grassotto	Target Racing	19	+14.452	17
11	20	Tiago Monteiro	ASM Elf	19	+15.444	15
12	17	Miloš Pavlović	RC Benetton Junior Team	19	+15.567	20
13	21	Julien Beltoise	ASM Elf	19	+22.429	16
14	34	Martin O'Connell	Rowan Racing	19	+23.593	21
15	23	Zsolt Baumgartner	GM Motorsport	19	+24.800	18
16	37	Armin Pörnbacher	Swiss Racing Team	19	+27.597	24
17	25	Tony Schmidt	GM Motorsport	19	+28.503	26
18	39	Marco du Pau	Alan Docking Racing	19	+34.723	30
19	7	Narain Karthikeyan	Stewart Racing	19	+44.448	4
20	2	Toby Scheckter	Manor Motorsport	19	+44.729	25
21	40	Nicolas Stelandre	JB Motorsport	19	+48.294	31
22	9	Ryo Fukuda	LD Autosport	19	+49.206	14
23	36	Giorgio Mecattaf	Swiss Racing Team	19	+51.299	35
24	38	Omar Galeffi	Alan Docking Racing	19	+51.511	29
25	30	Adam Jones	La Filière	19	+52.066	37
26	29	James Andanson	La Filière	19	+52.067	28
27	33	Warren Carway	Rowan Racing	19	+1:38.158	38
28	10	Takuma Sato	Carlin Motorsport	18	+1 Lap	3
29	22	Tristan Gommendy	ASM Elf	17	Retired	27
30	32	Philip Cloostermans	Prema Powerteam	17	Retired	23
Ret	19	Michael Bentwood	Fortec Motorsport	16	Retired	32
Ret	15	Elran Nijenhuis	AIL Team Kolles Racing	15	Retired	34
Ret	41	Val Hillebrand	JB Motorsport	14	Retired	36
Ret	1	Antônio Pizzonia	Manor Motorsport	13	Retired	22
Ret	18	Gianmaria Bruni	Fortec Motorsport	12	Retired	5
Ret	14	Peter Sundberg	AIL Team Kolles Racing	0	Retired	19
Ret	35	Yannick Schroeder	Promatecme Junior Team	0	Retired	2
DNS	28	Romain Dumas	La Filière			33
DNQ	27	Luca Iannaccone	Uboldi Corse
Fastest lap: Jonathan Cochet, 1:35.553, 162.004 km/h (100.665 mph) on lap 12