Race details Date 10 August 2008 Official name RTL GP Masters of Formula 3 Location Zolder, Belgium Course Distance 28 laps, Pole Driver Nico Hülkenberg ART Grand Prix Time 1:24.280 Fastest Lap Driver Max Chilton Hitech Racing Time 1:31.197 (on lap 24 of 28) Podium First Jules Bianchi ART Grand Prix Second Nico Hülkenberg ART Grand Prix Third Jon Lancaster ART Grand Prix
The 2008 RTL GP Masters of Formula 3 was the eighteenth Masters of Formula 3 race held at Zolder on 10 August 2008. It was won by Jules Bianchi, for ART Grand Prix.
Drivers and teams 2008 Entry List Team No Driver Chassis Engine Main series ART Grand Prix 1 Nico Hülkenberg Dallara F308 Mercedes Formula 3 Euro Series 2 James Jakes Dallara F308 3 Jon Lancaster Dallara F308 4 Jules Bianchi Dallara F308 Signature-Plus 5 Franck Mailleux Dallara F308 Volkswagen Formula 3 Euro Series 6 Edoardo Mortara Dallara F308 7 Martin Plowman Dallara F308 8 Jean Karl Vernay Dallara F308 Ultimate Motorsport 9 Michael Devaney Mygale M08 Mercedes British Formula 3 10 Ricardo Teixeira Mygale M08 11 Esteban Guerrieri Mygale M08 Mücke Motorsport 12 Mika Mäki Dallara F308 Mercedes Formula 3 Euro Series 14 Erik Janiš Dallara F308 15 Christian Vietoris Dallara F308 Hitech Racing 16 Max Chilton Dallara F308 Mercedes British Formula 3 17 Roberto Merhi Dallara F308 Formula Renault 2.0 WEC Prema Powerteam 18 Dani Clos Dallara F308 Mercedes Formula 3 Euro Series 19 Renger van der Zande Dallara F308 21 Stefano Coletti Dallara F308 Manor Motorsport 22 Koudai Tsukakoshi Dallara F308 Mercedes Formula 3 Euro Series 23 Sam Bird Dallara F308 24 Niall Breen Dallara F308 25 Kazuya Oshima Dallara F308 SG Formula 26 Henkie Waldschmidt Dallara F308 Mercedes Formula 3 Euro Series 27 Yann Clairay Dallara F308 28 Daniel Ricciardo Dallara F308 Formula Renault 2.0 WEC HBR Motorsport 29 Basil Shaaban Dallara F308 Mercedes Formula 3 Euro Series 30 Daniel Campos-Hull Dallara F308 Jo Zeller Racing 31 Tom Dillmann Dallara F308 Mercedes Formula 3 Euro Series JTR 33 Nick Tandy Mygale M08 Mercedes British Formula 3 Räikkönen Robertson Racing 34 Henry Arundel Dallara F308 Mercedes British Formula 3 35 Atte Mustonen Dallara F308 36 John Martin Dallara F308 Carlin Motorsport 37 Brendon Hartley Dallara F308 Mercedes British Formula 3 38 Jaime Alguersuari Dallara F308 39 Richard Philippe Dallara F308 Formula 3 Euro Series 40 Rodolfo González Dallara F308
Classification
Qualifying 1 Group A drivers are highlighted in green.
Odd numbers PosNoNameTeamTime11 Nico HülkenbergART Grand Prix1:24.971221 Stefano ColettiPrema Powerteam1:25.148319 Renger van der ZandePrema Powerteam1:25.241439 Richard PhilippeCarlin Motorsport1:25.427537 Brendon HartleyCarlin Motorsport1:25.446615 Christian VietorisMücke Motorsport1:25.47279 Michael DevaneyUltimate Motorsport1:25.58483 Jon LancasterART Grand Prix1:25.777933 Nick TandyJTR1:25.7891017 Roberto MerhiHitech Racing1:25.8051123 Sam BirdManor Motorsport1:25.8231227 Yann ClairaySG Formula1:26.0591335 Atte MustonenRäikkönen Robertson Racing1:26.211145 Franck MailleuxSignature-Plus1:26.3211511 Esteban GuerrieriUltimate Motorsport1:26.3521631 Tom DillmannJo Zeller Racing1:26.393177 Martin PlowmanSignature-Plus1:26.5411825 Kazuya OshimaManor Motorsport1:26.6061929 Basil ShaabanHBR Motorsport1:26.798
Even numbers PosNoNameTeamTime112 Mika MäkiMücke Motorsport1:24.485222 Koudai TsukakoshiManor Motorsport1:24.58634 Jules BianchiART Grand Prix1:24.903438 Jaime AlguersuariCarlin Motorsport1:24.920518 Dani ClosPrema Powerteam1:25.073640 Rodolfo GonzálezCarlin Motorsport1:25.138716 Max ChiltonHitech Racing1:25.141826 Henkie WaldschmidtSG Formula1:25.16996 Edoardo MortaraSignature-Plus1:25.1951030 Daniel Campos-HullHBR Motorsport1:25.289118 Jean Karl VernaySignature-Plus1:25.2891214 Erik JanišMücke Motorsport1:25.3861324 Niall BreenManor Motorsport1:25.4471436 John MartinRäikkönen Robertson Racing1:25.6751528 Daniel RicciardoSG Formula1:25.755162 James JakesART Grand Prix1:25.8841734 Henry ArundelRäikkönen Robertson Racing1:26.0221810 Ricardo TeixeiraUltimate Motorsport1:26.673
Qualifying 2
Group A PosNoNameTeamTime11 Nico HülkenbergART Grand Prix1:24.28024 Jules BianchiART Grand Prix1:24.550319 Renger van der ZandePrema Powerteam1:24.640422 Koudai TsukakoshiManor Motorsport1:24.813521 Stefano ColettiPrema Powerteam1:24.869616 Max ChiltonHitech Racing1:24.88473 Jon LancasterART Grand Prix1:25.044812 Mika MäkiMücke Motorsport1:25.058937 Brendon HartleyCarlin Motorsport1:25.0711030 Daniel Campos-HullHBR Motorsport1:25.0861140 Rodolfo GonzálezCarlin Motorsport1:25.1091239 Richard PhilippeCarlin Motorsport1:25.1131338 Jaime AlguersuariCarlin Motorsport1:25.1171426 Henkie WaldschmidtSG Formula1:25.139156 Edoardo MortaraSignature-Plus1:25.2031615 Christian VietorisMücke Motorsport1:25.2941717 Roberto MerhiHitech Racing1:25.2991833 Nick TandyJTR1:25.452199 Michael DevaneyUltimate Motorsport1:25.5972018 Dani ClosPrema Powerteam1:26.157
Group B PosNoNameTeamTime131 Tom DillmannJo Zeller Racing1:24.860223 Sam BirdManor Motorsport1:24.900327 Yann ClairaySG Formula1:25.129435 Atte MustonenRäikkönen Robertson Racing1:25.23352 James JakesART Grand Prix1:25.471614 Erik JanišMücke Motorsport1:25.502728 Daniel RicciardoSG Formula1:25.525836 John MartinRäikkönen Robertson Racing1:25.682911 Esteban GuerrieriUltimate Motorsport1:25.725108 Jean Karl VernaySignature-Plus1:25.7291125 Kazuya OshimaManor Motorsport1:25.7891224 Niall BreenManor Motorsport1:25.9211334 Henry ArundelRäikkönen Robertson Racing1:25.9391429 Basil ShaabanHBR Motorsport1:26.160157 Martin PlowmanSignature-Plus1:26.349165 Franck MailleuxSignature-Plus1:26.5651710 Ricardo TeixeiraUltimate Motorsport1:27.207
Starting grid 1 Nico HülkenbergART Grand Prix2 Jules BianchiART Grand Prix3 Renger van der ZandePrema Powerteam4 Koudai TsukakoshiManor Motorsport5 Stefano ColettiPrema Powerteam6 Max ChiltonHitech Racing7 Jon LancasterART Grand Prix8 Mika MäkiMücke Motorsport9 Brendon HartleyCarlin Motorsport10 Daniel Campos-HullHBR Motorsport11 Rodolfo GonzálezCarlin Motorsport12 Richard PhilippeCarlin Motorsport13 Jaime AlguersuariCarlin Motorsport14 Henkie WaldschmidtSG Formula15 Edoardo MortaraSignature-Plus16 Christian VietorisMücke Motorsport17 Roberto MerhiHitech Racing18 Nick TandyJTR19 Michael DevaneyUltimate Motorsport20 Dani ClosPrema Powerteam21 Tom DillmannJo Zeller Racing22 Sam BirdManor Motorsport23 Yann ClairaySG Formula24 Atte MustonenRäikkönen Robertson Racing25 James JakesART Grand Prix26 Erik JanišMücke Motorsport27 Daniel RicciardoSG Formula28 John MartinRäikkönen Robertson Racing29 Esteban GuerrieriUltimate Motorsport30 Jean Karl VernaySignature-Plus31 Kazuya OshimaManor Motorsport32 Niall BreenManor Motorsport33 Henry ArundelRäikkönen Robertson Racing34 Basil ShaabanHBR Motorsport35 Martin PlowmanSignature-Plus36 Franck MailleuxSignature-Plus37 Ricardo TeixeiraUltimate Motorsport
Race Pos No Driver Team Laps Time/Retired Grid14 Jules BianchiART Grand Prix 28 45:19.275 221 Nico HülkenbergART Grand Prix 28 +4.495 133 Jon LancasterART Grand Prix 28 +20.539 7412 Mika MäkiMücke Motorsport 28 +27.030 8537 Brendon HartleyCarlin Motorsport 28 +34.170 9635 Atte MustonenRäikkönen Robertson Racing 28 +40.536 24723 Sam BirdManor Motorsport 28 +53.861 22838 Jaime AlguersuariCarlin Motorsport 28 +57.479 13940 Rodolfo GonzálezCarlin Motorsport 28 +1:03.294 11108 Jean Karl VernaySignature-Plus 28 +1:10.049 301114 Erik JanišMücke Motorsport 28 +1:14.649 26129 Michael DevaneyUltimate Motorsport 28 +1:14.810 191334 Henry ArundelRäikkönen Robertson Racing 28 +1:18.153 33147 Martin PlowmanSignature-Plus 28 +1:20.051 35156 Edoardo MortaraSignature-Plus 28 +1:27.377 151631 Tom DillmannJo Zeller Racing 27 +1 lap 21172 James JakesART Grand Prix 27 +1 lap 251815 Christian VietorisMücke Motorsport 27 +1 lap 161911 Esteban GuerrieriUltimate Motorsport 27 +1 lap 292025 Kazuya OshimaManor Motorsport 27 +1 lap 312116 Max ChiltonHitech Racing 26 +2 laps 62224 Niall BreenManor Motorsport 26 +2 laps 322336 John MartinRäikkönen Robertson Racing 26 +2 laps 282427 Yann ClairaySG Formula 25 +3 laps 23Ret21 Stefano ColettiPrema Powerteam 24 Retired 5Ret33 Nick TandyJTR 23 Retired 18Ret17 Roberto MerhiHitech Racing 21 Retired 17Ret30 Daniel Campos-HullHBR Motorsport 19 Retired 10Ret39 Richard PhilippeCarlin Motorsport 16 Retired 12Ret26 Henkie WaldschmidtSG Formula 15 Retired 14Ret18 Dani ClosPrema Powerteam 6 Retired 20Ret22 Koudai TsukakoshiManor Motorsport 1 Retired 4Ret19 Renger van der ZandePrema Powerteam 0 Retired 3Ret28 Daniel RicciardoSG Formula 0 Retired 27Ret29 Basil ShaabanHBR Motorsport 0 Retired 34Ret5 Franck MailleuxSignature-Plus 0 Retired 36Ret10 Ricardo TeixeiraUltimate Motorsport 0 Retired 37Fastest lap: Max Chilton, 1:31.197, on lap 24
See also 2008 Formula 3 Euro Series season 2008 British Formula 3 season
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