2010 Macau Grand Prix

The Macau Grand Prix 2010 was the 57th Macau Grand Prix. He was on 21 November 2010 at the Guia Circuit in Macau instead.

  • 3.1 qualifying
  • 3.2 Qualification race
  • 3.3 race

Reports

Background

To the Macau Grand Prix in 2010 were 30 pilots from the British Formula 3 Championship, the German Formula 3 Cup, the European F3 Open, the Formula 3 Euro Series, Formula Renault 3.5, the GP3 Series and Japanese Formula 3 Championship at. Among other things took off last year's winner Edoardo Mortara, who had decided in this season's Formula 3 Euro Series for itself, as well as Jean- Éric Vergne, the British Formula 3 champion, and Yuji Kunimoto, the Japanese Formula 3 champion to this race.

13 pilots started with Volkswagen, 12 pilots with Mercedes-Benz, 3 pilot with Toyota and 1 pilot with Honda and Nissan engines.

Qualifying

In the first qualifiying on Thursday Mortara scored the fastest lap before Valtteri Bottas and his teammate Marco Wittmann. After qualifying several pilots were assigned because of ignoring yellow flags with a disciplinary transfer to five positions. The second qualifying session was postponed on Saturday because of accidents in other racing series that were also represented in Macau, from Friday. Mortara also posted the fastest lap before Bottas. Third was Laurens Vanthoor. The pole position in the qualifying race thus went to Mortara. On the second and third place followed Bottas and Vanthoor.

Qualifying race

In the qualifying race in which the starting grid was determined for the race, won Mortara. The Signature driver managed a start-finish victory in front of his teammates Vanthoor and Daniel Abt While Mortara's top position was endangered only at startup, Vanthoor had to go past at Abt. This was Vanthoor in the third round. Abbot was finally able to keep Bottas behind and came in third place finish. In the first five positions only drivers from the Formula 3 Euro Series were. Renger van der Zande ( GP3 series) was the best pilot from another championship.

The winner Mortara ordered the victory in the qualifying race, then as follows: "My start was not so good, but I could repeat my leadership nor in the first round. When my lead was big enough, I have taken out some speed. This win is nice, but it is really important tomorrow, because only then is the feature race of the weekend is on the agenda. "

Race

Mortara initially retained the lead in Macau. After the restart after a safety car period in the meantime took over the leadership of the abbot race. However, Abbot difference in the lead after an accident. The 17- year-old racer was in a left turn sudden onset of understeer, hit the right guardrail and struck the left. Then Vanthoor was in a guide until it was overtaken by Mortara after the restart after a further safety car phase. Mortara succeeded in subsequent rounds continue zuvergrößern his lead and he eventually won the race. Vanthoor was before Bottas second. Mortara is the first driver to win the Macau Formula 3 race for the second time.

Mortara was pleased with the following words about this victory: " To be the first driver to win the Grand Prix in Macau twice in a row, feels great and is a great honor. But I was not an easy game and strong again this year competition. Laurens Vanthoor and Daniel Abt who demanded me everything. When I finally was ahead, I have given 120 percent to depose me from the persecutors and to bring victory home. "

Message list

All drivers used Dallara F308 chassis.

Classifications

Qualifying

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1 Will Buller, James Calado, Lucas Foresti, Carlos Huertas, Carlos Muñoz, Yuhi Sekiguchi, Hideki Yamauchi and Oliver Webb were offset by five spaces to the rear, as they had ignored yellow flags in first qualifying.

2 Carlos Muñoz were all times disallowed because he had disregarded a red light at the pit exit.

3 Alexander Sims was moved due to an engine change at ten positions to the rear.

Qualifying race

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Race

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