Marco on the podium

June 6, 2010 - 7:33 pm

Marco Wittmann (Signature) finished the F3 Masters in third place at the 4.307 kilometres long track in the North Sea dunes of Zandvoort while, in front of a 43’000 strong crowd, Finnish driver Valtteri Bottas (ART Grand Prix) has  taken the win.

A slight drizzle set in just before the start of the exciting and action packed race. Apart from Roberto Merhi (Mücke Motorsport), all drivers on the first couple of grid rows opted for slick tyres. After the start, which took more …

F3 Masters, qualifying 2 results

June 5, 2010 - 7:05 pm

Marco Wittmann finished today’s second session in Zandvoort with the 3rd best time, while Alexander Sims maintained his strong form at Zandvoort to fend off ART team-mate Valterri Bottas’ challenge and secure pole position for the Formula 3 Masters. Sims had been quickest in both morning practice and first qualifying, and managed to improve his pole time to a 1m30.956s in the second qualifying session – 0.8 seconds faster than he had managed earlier.

Last year’s Masters winner Bottas repeated his second place from the opening session, but this more …

F3 Masters: Marco 4th in first qualifying

June 5, 2010 - 5:07 pm

Marco Wittmann got the fourth best laptime this morning in Zandvoort, while Alexander Sims led an ART one-two in the first of the two qualifying sessions for the Formula 3 Masters at Zandvoort. In an extraordinarily close session, Sims came out on top by just 0.004 seconds over his team-mate – and 2009 Masters winner – Valtteri Bottas. F3 Euro Series championship leader Edoardo Mortara had to settle for third for Signature, alongside team-mate Marco Wittmann, but was also less than a tenth down on Sims.

Roberto Merhi took fifth more …