2014 Zandvoort Masters
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| style="width: 20%;" | Date
| 6 July 2014 |
| Official name
|colspan=2| Masters of Formula 3 |
| Location
|colspan=2| Circuit Park Zandvoort, Netherlands |
| Course
|colspan=2| {{convert|4.307|km|mi|abbr=on}} |
| Distance
|colspan=2| 25 laps, {{convert|107.675|km|mi|abbr=on}} |
| colspan="3" style="background:#efefef;" align=center| Pole |
| Driver
| {{flagicon|NLD}} Max Verstappen | Motopark |
| Time
|colspan=2| 1:32.628 |
| colspan="3" style="background:#efefef;" align=center| Fastest Lap |
| Driver
| {{flagicon|NLD}} Indy Dontje | Motopark |
| Time
|colspan=2| 1:34.228 (on lap 8 of 25) |
| colspan="3" style="background:#efefef;" align=center| Podium |
| First
| {{flagicon|NLD}} Max Verstappen | Motopark |
| Second
| {{flagicon|NLD}} Steijn Schothorst |
| Third
| {{flagicon|MAS}} Nabil Jeffri | Motopark |
The 2014 Zandvoort Masters was the 24th edition of the Masters of Formula 3 event, a non-championship race for cars that conform to Formula Three regulations. The event was held on 6 July 2014 at Circuit Park Zandvoort,{{cite news|url=http://www.paddockscout.com/verstappen-secures-zandvoort-masters-victory/|title=Max Verstappen secures Zandvoort Masters victory|last=Allen|first=Peter|date=6 July 2014|publisher=Paddock Scout|accessdate=10 July 2014}} in Zandvoort, North Holland; it was the 22nd time that the circuit held the event.
Motopark driver Max Verstappen – the son of 1993 winner and former Formula One driver, Jos Verstappen – started from pole position,{{cite news|url=http://www.autosport.com/news/report.php/id/114828|title=Max Verstappen snatches pole late on|work=Autosport|publisher=Haymarket Publications|date=5 July 2014|accessdate=2 November 2014|first=Gary|last=Watkins}} and led every lap en route to becoming the youngest winner in the race's history, aged 16. Verstappen won by six seconds on the road from Jules Szymkowiak,{{cite news|url=http://www.autosport.com/news/report.php/id/114849|title=Max Verstappen dominates race|work=Autosport|publisher=Haymarket Publications|date=6 July 2014|accessdate=2 November 2014|first=Gary|last=Watkins}} his Van Amersfoort Racing teammate in the FIA European Formula 3 Championship. However, Szymkowiak was given a 20-second penalty post-race after a first-corner incident with Sam MacLeod, the team's German Formula Three Championship driver, which dropped him to fifth place.{{cite news|url=http://www.autosport.com/news/report.php/id/114850|title=Jules Szymkowiak demoted from second to fifth|work=Autosport|publisher=Haymarket Publications|date=6 July 2014|accessdate=2 November 2014|first=Gary|last=Watkins}} This promoted Performance Racing's Steijn Schothorst, on his Formula Three début, into second place, and Motopark's Nabil Jeffri into third place.
Drivers and teams
Eleven drivers from seven countries contested the 2014 Zandvoort Masters; four drivers represented the German Formula Three Championship, with three each from the FIA European Formula 3 Championship and the British Formula 3 Championship. Steijn Schothorst completed the field, competing in his first Formula Three race with Performance Racing, stepping up from the Formula Renault Eurocup.
The Zandvoort Masters was first contested in 1991 as a one-off international meeting with drivers from all the major national Formula Three championships invited to compete.{{Cite web|url=https://www.fia.com/news/circuit-zandvoort-host-fia-historic-formula-3-european-cup|title=Circuit Zandvoort to host FIA Historic Formula 3 European Cup|date=9 January 2018|publisher=Fédération Internationale de l'Automobile|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181012204041/https://www.fia.com/news/circuit-zandvoort-host-fia-historic-formula-3-european-cup|archive-date=12 October 2018|url-status=live|access-date=12 October 2018}}{{Cite news|url=https://www.delpher.nl/nl/kranten/view?query=Masters+of+Formula+3&coll=ddd&page=1&maxperpage=50&identifier=ddd%3A010646377%3Ampeg21%3Aa0614&resultsidentifier=ddd%3A010646377%3Ampeg21%3Aa0614|title=Formule 3-Masters strijden op Zandvoort om de eer|last=Dijkman|first=Coo|date=16 August 1991|work=De Telegraaf|access-date=12 October 2018|archive-url=https://archive.today/20181012204649/https://www.delpher.nl/nl/kranten/view?query=Masters+of+Formula+3&coll=ddd&page=1&maxperpage=50&identifier=ddd:010646377:mpeg21:a0614&resultsidentifier=ddd:010646377:mpeg21:a0614|archive-date=12 October 2018|page=T19|language=Dutch|via=Delpher|url-status=live|df=dmy-all}} The race was considered a stepping stone to higher racing categories such as Formula One and it returned the Circuit Zandvoort to international recognition after the series stopped holding events at the track at the end of the 1985 season.{{Cite news|url=https://www.volkskrant.nl/sport/formule-3-rijders-strijden-zondag-op-circuit-zandvoort~bee7fba0/|title=Formule 3-rijders strijden zondag op circuit Zandvoort|last=van der Klist|first=Hans|date=6 August 1998|work=de Volkskrant|access-date=12 October 2018|archive-url=https://archive.today/20181012204409/https://www.volkskrant.nl/sport/formule-3-rijders-strijden-zondag-op-circuit-zandvoort~bee7fba0/|archive-date=12 October 2018|language=Dutch|url-status=live|df=dmy-all}} It later took over from the Monaco Grand Prix Formula Three support race as the most prestigious meeting in European Formula Three. Circuit Zolder hosted the 2007 and 2008 editions due to noise restrictions imposed by the Supreme Court of the Netherlands in the Zandvoort area.{{Cite web|url=https://www.tyrepress.com/2009/01/masters-of-formula-three-return-to-zandvoort/|title=Masters of Formula Three Return to Zandvoort|date=27 January 2009|publisher=TyrePress|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181012204443/https://www.tyrepress.com/2009/01/masters-of-formula-three-return-to-zandvoort/|archive-date=12 October 2018|url-status=live|access-date=12 October 2018}} The Masters of Formula 3 returned to Zandvoort in 2009 and it continued to hold it until its last iteration in 2016 due to calendar changes for the track and FIA Formula Three European Championship regulations probiting any racing activity prior the round in the same area.{{cite news|url=https://www.motorsport.com/f3/news/masters-of-f3-race-won-t-be-held-in-2017-896463/|title=Masters of F3 race won't be held in 2017|last1=Simmons|first1=Marcus|date=21 April 2017|accessdate=21 April 2017|archive-url=https://archive.today/20181012204616/https://www.motorsport.com/f3/news/masters-of-f3-race-won-t-be-held-in-2017-896463/896463/|archive-date=12 October 2018|publisher=Motorsport.com|url-status=live|df=dmy-all}}
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! Team ! No ! Driver ! Chassis ! Engine ! Main series |
| rowspan=3| {{flagicon|DEU}} Motopark
| 1 | {{flagicon|NLD}} Max Verstappen |rowspan=3| Dallara F311 |rowspan=3| Volkswagen |
| 2
| {{flagicon|NLD}} Indy Dontje |rowspan=2| German Formula Three Championship |
| 3
| {{flagicon|MAS}} Nabil Jeffri |
| rowspan=2| {{flagicon|NLD}} Van Amersfoort Racing
| 5 | {{flagicon|NLD}} Jules Szymkowiak |rowspan=2| Dallara F308 |rowspan=2| Volkswagen |
| 6
| {{flagicon|GBR}} Sam MacLeod |
| rowspan=3| {{flagicon|GBR}} Double R Racing
| 7 | {{flagicon|NLD}} Dennis van de Laar | Dallara F308 |rowspan=3| Mercedes |
| 8
| {{flagicon|MAC}} Andy Chang |rowspan=2| Dallara F312 |rowspan=2| British Formula 3 Championship |
| 9
| {{flagicon|USA}} Camren Kaminsky |
| {{flagicon|GBR}} Fortec Motorsports
| 10 | {{flagicon|CHN}} Martin Cao | Dallara F312 | Mercedes |
| {{flagicon|ITA}} ADM Motorsport
| 17 | {{flagicon|RUS}} Nikita Zlobin | Dallara F311 |
| {{flagicon|GBR}} Performance Racing
| 20 | {{flagicon|NLD}} Steijn Schothorst | Dallara F310 |
Classification
=Qualifying=
Two qualifying sessions were held for the event, with the driver's fastest lap from either session, counting towards their respective grid position.
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| Pos{{cite news|url=http://www.paddockscout.com/max-verstappen-secures-zandvoort-masters-pole/|title=Max Verstappen secures Zandvoort Masters pole|last=Allen|first=Peter|date=5 July 2014|publisher=Paddock Scout|accessdate=10 July 2014}} | No | Driver | Team | Q1 | Q2 |
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| 1 | {{flagicon|NLD}} Max Verstappen | Motopark | 1:48.219 | 1:32.628 | |||||
| 2
| 6 | {{flagicon|GBR}} Sam MacLeod | 1:49.329 | 1:33.248 | |||||
| 3
| 3 | {{flagicon|MAS}} Nabil Jeffri | Motopark | 1:49.627 | 1:33.412 | |||||
| 4
| 20 | {{flagicon|NLD}} Steijn Schothorst | 1:50.636 | 1:33.481 | |||||
| 5
| 5 | {{flagicon|NLD}} Jules Szymkowiak | 1:47.495 | 1:33.553 | |||||
| 6
| 2 | {{flagicon|NLD}} Indy Dontje | Motopark | 1:48.607 | 1:33.691 | |||||
| 7
| 8 | {{flagicon|MAC}} Andy Chang | 1:51.248 | 1:33.834 | |||||
| 8
| 7 | {{flagicon|NLD}} Dennis van de Laar | 1:49.461 | 1:33.992 | |||||
| 9
| 10 | {{flagicon|CHN}} Martin Cao | 1:51.223 | 1:34.108 | |||||
| 10
| 9 | {{flagicon|USA}} Camren Kaminsky | 1:50.379 | 1:34.831 | |||||
| 11
| 17 | {{flagicon|RUS}} Nikita Zlobin | 4:48.374 | 1:34.909 |
=Race=
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| Pos | No | Driver | Team | Laps | Time/Retired | Grid |
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| 1
| 1 | {{flagicon|NLD}} Max Verstappen | Motopark | 25 | 39:49.252 | 1 | ||||||
| 2
| 20 | {{flagicon|NLD}} Steijn Schothorst | 25 | +9.779 | 4 | ||||||
| 3
| 4 | {{flagicon|MAS}} Nabil Jeffri | Motopark | 25 | +10.979 | 3 | ||||||
| 4
| 9 | {{flagicon|NLD}} Indy Dontje | Motopark | 25 | +11.666 | 6 | ||||||
| 5
| 6 | {{flagicon|NLD}} Jules Szymkowiak | 25 | +26.330 | 5 | ||||||
| 6
| 10 | {{flagicon|CHN}} Martin Cao | 25 | +28.602 | 9 | ||||||
| 7
| 17 | {{flagicon|RUS}} Nikita Zlobin | 25 | +29.345 | 11 | ||||||
| 8
| 7 | {{flagicon|NLD}} Dennis van de Laar | 25 | +29.488 | 8 | ||||||
| 9
| 9 | {{flagicon|USA}} Camren Kaminsky | 25 | +32.521 | 10 | ||||||
| 10
| 8 | {{flagicon|MAC}} Andy Chang | 25 | +35.030 | 7 | ||||||
| Ret
| 5 | {{flagicon|GBR}} Sam MacLeod | 0 | Retired | 2 | ||||||
| colspan=7 align=center|Fastest lap: Indy Dontje, 1:34.228, {{convert|164.549|km/h|mph|abbr=on}} on lap 8{{cite web|url=http://www.formel3guide.com/images/ergebnisse/2014/2014-zandvoort-rzn.pdf|title=Original Zeitnahme|date=6 July 2014|publisher=www.formel 3 guide.com.|language=German|accessdate=10 July 2014}} |