2007 Macau Grand Prix

Race details
Date 18 November 2007
Official name 54th Polytec Macau Grand Prix
Location Guia Circuit, Macau
Course Temporary street circuit
6.120 km (3.803 mi)
Distance Qualifying Race
10 laps, 61.200 km (38.028 mi)
Main Race
15 laps, 91.800 km (57.042 mi)
Weather Qualifying Race: Sunny and dry
Main Race: Sunny and dry
Qualifying Race
Pole
Driver United Kingdom Oliver Jarvis TOM'S
Time 2:11.696
Fastest Lap
Driver United Kingdom Oliver Jarvis TOM'S
Time 2:13.831 (on lap 7 of 7)
Podium
FirstUnited Kingdom Oliver JarvisTOM'S
SecondEstonia Marko AsmerHitech Racing
ThirdJapan Kazuya OshimaTOM'S
Main Race
Pole
Driver United Kingdom Oliver Jarvis TOM'S
Fastest Lap
Driver Estonia Marko Asmer Hitech Racing
Time 2:11.744 (on lap 6 of 15)
Podium
FirstUnited Kingdom Oliver JarvisTOM'S
SecondJapan Koudai TsukakoshiManor Motorsport
ThirdJapan Kazuya OshimaTOM'S

The 2007 Macau Grand Prix (formally the 54th Polytec Macau Grand Prix) was a motor race for Formula Three cars that was held on the streets of Macau on 18 November 2007. Unlike other races, such as the Masters of Formula 3, the 2007 Macau Grand Prix was not a part of any Formula Three championship, but was open to entries from all Formula Three championships. The race itself was made up of two races: a ten-lap qualifying race that decided the starting grid for the fifteen-lap main race. The 2007 race was the 54th running of the Macau Grand Prix and the 25th for Formula Three cars.

The Grand Prix was won by TOM'S driver Oliver Jarvis, having won the event's Qualification Race the previous afternoon. Jarvis started from pole position and led the majority of the race meeting which included every lap of the main race to take his first (and only) victory in Macau. Second place went to Koudai Tsukakoshi, competing for Manor Motorsport, while the podium was completed by another Japanese driver and Jarvis's TOM's teammate Kazuya Oshima.

Background and entry list

The 2007 Macau Grand Prix was the 54th running of the event and the 25th time the race was held to Formula Three regulations. It took place on the 6.2-kilometre (3.9 mi) twenty-two turn Guia Circuit on 18 November 2007 with three preceding days of practice and qualifying.[1] In order to compete in Macau, drivers had to compete in an Fédération Internationale de l'Automobile (FIA)-regulated championship meeting during the calendar year, in either the FIA Formula 3 International Trophy or one of the domestic championships, with the highest-placed drivers given priority in receiving an invitation to the meeting.[2] Within the 30-car grid of the event, each of the major Formula Three series were represented by their respective champion. Romain Grosjean, the Formula Three Euro Series champion, was joined in Macau by British champion Marko Asmer, German series winner Carlo van Dam and Japanese champion Kazuya Oshima.[3] Six drivers outside of Formula Three accepted invitations from the Macau Grand Prix Committee to compete in the Macau Grand Prix: GP2 Series driver Bruno Senna,[3] Brendon Hartley of the Eurocup Formula Renault 2.0,[4] and Macau natives Lei Kit Meng, Michael Ho, Rodolfo Ávila and Jo Merszei.[3]

The Macau Grand Prix was started in 1954 by local car enthusiasts Fernando de Macedo Pinto, Carlos da Silva and Paulo Antas as a treasure hunt around the territory's streets.[5][6] Shortly after, it was suggested that the hunt's track could host a professional race for local motoring enthusiasts.[7] The race was first entered in the FIA's international motor racing calendar in 1960 and the regulations were amended to allow sports and grand touring cars to compete. The Grand Prix attracted further exposure amongst professional racing teams following the victory of Mauro Bianchi in the 1966 edition.[7] Formula Pacific regulations were introduced in 1974. Nine years later, organiser Barry Bland decided that since the category was becoming obsolete, the race would be held to Formula Three rules after a plan to run with Formula Two cars fell through.[8] This decision has seen the Grand Prix's reputation in the motorsport world increase rapidly; it attracts the best young drivers from around the world,[5] and they consider Macau a place where reputations are forged.[9] Macau is also considered a stepping stone to higher class racing categories such as Formula One,[10] and has been termed as one of the most "prestigious" motor races by the media.[11][12]

Report

Practice and qualifying

Two practice sessions were held before Saturday's qualification race. The first session, held on Thursday morning, lasted thirty minutes, while the second identically timed session, took place on Friday morning.[13] Grosjean set the fastest time for ASM in the opening practice session with a late lap of two minutes and 14.223 seconds, nearly one-tenth of a second faster than anyone else on the circuit in spite of heavily damaging his car's left-hand side in order to avoid Stephen Jelley's stricken vehicle at Policeman's Bend. His closest challenger was Sébastien Buemi in second in front of third-placed Asmer and Prema Powerteam's Roberto Streit in fourth. Koudai Tsukakoshi was fifth-fastest, ahead of Edoardo Mortara in sixth. Oliver Jarvis, Jelley, Senna and Nico Hülkenberg rounded out the session's top ten drivers.[14] The session was stopped halfway through when Franck Mailleux spun into the barriers lining the track at the R Bend and his car was stranded on the track. Other incidents included Lei spinning at Lisboa corner but avoided damaging his car with Sam Bird later swiping the turn's wall and Walter Grubmüller limped to the pit lane with his front-right suspension bent.[14]

Romain Grosjean (pictured in 2011) crashed heavily in first practice but came back to take provisional second in the opening qualifying session.

The qualifying period was split into two sessions; the first was held on Thursday afternoon and ran for 40 minutes with the second held on Friday afternoon and was similarly timed to the previous day's session. The fastest time set by each driver from either session counted towards his final starting position for the qualification race.[2] The first qualifying session had Asmer come out on top with a time of two minutes and 13.122 seconds set with nine minutes remaining in the session. The heavy damage to Grosjean's car forced him to sit out the session's opening minutes and gradually improved to be two-tenths adrift of Asmer and settled for provisionally second.[15] Despite clipping the wall Yelmer Buurman ran strongly throughout and finished in third place with Buemi battling for pole position for the majority of the session until he dropped to fourth. Esteban Guerrieri improved late on to end up fifth in front of Tsukakoshi in sixth and 2006 pole sitter Kamui Kobayashi stood in seventh.[16] James Jakes, Streit and Jelley rounded out the top ten.[15] Although he was at one point high up as fourth in the time sheets Jarvis was the quickest driver not to reach the top ten. Following him were the highest-placed rookie Mortara, Oshima with Hülkenberg provisionally joining the Japanese driver on the seventh row in spite of him glancing the tyre barriers at Lisboa corner.[16] Niall Breen was next up ahead of Atte Mustonen, Jonathan Kennard, Van Dam, Renger van der Zande and Senna. The rest of the order was completed Bird, Mailleux, Hartley, Grubmüller, Takuya Izawa, Ávila, Ho, Lei. Cheong Lou Meng and the only driver to fail to record within 110% of Asmer was Merszei.[15] Other incidents that occurred during first qualifying were Mustonen damaging his suspension against the tyre wall and Bird went into the barrier at Fisherman's Bend.[16] Senna then crashed into the tyre barriers at San Francisco Bend and then was impacted by Izawa which prompted the waving of the red flags.[15] After qualifying, numerous penalties were handed out.[17] Kobayashi and Mutstonen were given three-place grid penalties for moving into the fast lane of the pit lane before it was declared open. Hülkenberg and Cheong were similarly penalised for ignoring the red light signal at the end of the pit lane which mandated them to enter the weighbridge.[17]

In the second thirty-minute practice session, Asmer spent most of his time evaluating a new car setup that improved straightline speed and continued his strong form by posting the fastest lap of the session with a time of two minutes and 12.894 seconds. Tsukakoshi ended the session second-fastest and was only 0.038 seconds slower than Asmer's pace. Jarvis ran consistently near the top of the time sheets for the majority of practice and finished in third. Mortara was fourth-quickest; Oshima was fifth and Grosjean sixth. Buemi was seventh-fastest, Streit eighth, Jelley ninth and Van Dam completed the top ten ahead of second qualifying.[18] Although no red flags were necessitated during the session, several drivers came unstuck. Mailleux spun at Lisboa corner and broke his rear wing. Mustonen continued after spinning at the R Bend but later crashed at Lisboa after hitting another vehicle. Jakes prematurely ended his session in the barriers at Moorish Hill with eleven minutes remaining.[18]

The second qualifying session began fifteen minutes later than scheduled due to freight for the Guia Race of Macau being stranded in Beijing,[16] and was further delayed by crashes in the local touring car support races.[19] When the session did start, Jarvis set the early pace before he was eclipsed by Tsukakoshi one minute before the conclusion of second qualifying. This was immediately bettered by Jarvis with a lap of two minutes and 11.696 which he held to secure pole position for the qualifying race.[20] Amser set his best time on his last lap to join Jarvis on the front row of the grid.[19] Tsukakoshi was 0.216 seconds adrift in third place. Buemi remained in fourth position with Mortara moving up four positions to fifth. Grosjean's effort in second qualifying dropped him to sixth overall while teammate Kobayashi similarly lost ground and could only manage seventh. The top ten was completed by Oshima, Streit and Buurman. Behind them the rest of the field consisted of Jakes, Guerrieri, Jelley, Van Dam, Hülkenberg, Bird, Breen, Senna, Kennard, Mustonen, Hartley, Mailleux, Van Der Zande, Izawa, Ho, Ávila, Grubmüller, Cheong, Lei and Merszei.[20] The session was halted three times: firstly for Van Der Zande who crashed into the barriers leaving Paiol corner and debris was littered across the track. Hartley was the cause of the second stoppage when he impacted the wall at the exit of Lisboa turn and his car was stranded in a dangerous position.[20] The final stoppage was for Grubmüller who went into the barriers on his out-lap.[19] Buemi and Buurman each received penalties after second qualifying: Buemi was summoned to the stewards office for a review of his fastest lap and they felt his attempt was recorded under yellow flag conditions. Thus, Buemi was demoted five places on the grid. Buurman dropped three positions after he was adjudged to have moved into the fast lane of the pit lane before it was declared open.[21]

Qualifying race

Oliver Jarvis led the majority of the race weekend to win both the qualifying race and the Grand Prix itself.

The qualifying race to set the grid order for the main race started on 17 November at 13:20 Macau Standard Time (UTC+08:00).[13][22] Weather conditions at the start of the qualifying race were dry and sunny with an air temperature of 24 °C (75 °F) and a track temperature at 47 °C (117 °F).[23] Kobayashi failed to take the start because he stalled in his grid slot. On the grid, pole position starter Jarvis made a good getaway but Asmer—despite initial fears he would lose grip of his clutch—acclerated quicker off the line and moved into the lead heading towards Mandarin Bend.[24] Further back, separate crashes involving multiple cars prompted the deployment of the safety car.[25] Mortara was slow to get going and then made contact with Buemi at Lisboa corner and Tsukakoshi was caught up in the melee. Tsukakoshi survived the impact and rejoined the race but Grosjean picked up a puncture. This caused Senna to swerve in avoidance. Grosjean drove slowly to pit lane for a replacement wheel but consequently lost a lap to Asmer. The incident enabled to Bird to gain ten positions to run in fifth and Oshima was now sixth but Guerrieri's race ended early when he crashed as well. Cheong and Lei went into the pit lane for debris removal and a replacement front wing respectively.[24]

The safety car was withdrawn after three laps and racing resumed with Asmer leading the field back up to speed. Jarvis remained close by as he was hoping to making his move on the following lap at Lisboa corner. As Van Der Zande crossed the start/finish line to continue racing, he attempted to find his way past Kennard. Van Der Zande could not get past and ended up drifting into the wall at Lisboa turn while Kennard resumed without trouble. Ho then made a pit stop and retired soon after.[24] On the fifth lap, Jarvis made his overtaking manoevure on Asmer for the lead by slipstreaming onto the back of him heading down the main straight. Jarvis passed Asmer around the outside at Lisboa corner.[25] Two laps later, Senna found his way past Hülkenberg and started to close the gap to Buurmann. Hülkenberg then tried to line up a passing move on Senna to reclaim the position but lost control of his car and glanced the barriers lining the track at the Mandarin Bend corner. Both he and Senna were forced into retirement. Localised yellow flags were waved which neutralised racing in that section of the circuit because debris was scattered across the tarmac surface.[24][25]

None of these issues were of any bother to Jarvis who was at this point establishing a small but healthy advantage over Asmer, who was in turn, maintaining a comfortable margin over Oshima. Jakes and Buurman followed in the next two places.[24] As the field began the penultimate lap, Mustonen pushed hard but this meant he clouted the outside tyre barriers at Fisherman's Bend, removing both his rear wheels. His car was stranded in the centre of the track.[24][25] The result of Mustonen's accident prompted the premature ending of the qualifying race and the race result was counted back two laps.[24] This gave Jarvis the victory and pole position for the Grand Prix itself. He was joined on the front row by Asmer. Oshima completed the podium in third position, ahead of the British duo of Jakes and Bird. Buurman, Jelley, Streit, Tsukakoshi and Breen completed in the next five places. Outside the top ten, Kennard finished eleventh ahead of Hartley. Mailleux, Mustonen, Van Dam, Grubmüller, Ávila, Izawa, Merszei, Senna, Hülkenberg and Grosjean rounded out the top twenty-two classified finishers.[25]

Warm-up

A twenty-minute warm-up session was held on the morning of the main race.[13] Jarvis continued to run strongly by topping the time sheets with a lap of two minutes and 11.516 seconds in the final minute of warm-up, with Oshima nearly two-tenths of a second from his time. Grosjean was third ahead of Hartley in fourth and Buemi placed fifth. Tsukakoshi and Streit followed in the time sheets in sixth and seventh and Mortara, Buurman and Asmer rounded out the session's top ten quickest drivers. Guerrieri was the only driver not to set any lap times during the session.[26] Senna's left thumb was bruised from his qualification race crash the previous day and was forced to withdraw from the remainder of the race meeting after he was transported to hospital for precautionary checks which revealed his injury.[27]

Main race

The race began on 18 November at 15:35 local time.[13] The conditions on the grid at the start of the race were dry but cloudy with an air temperature of 23 °C (73 °F) and an track temperature at 25 °C (77 °F).[28] When the Grand Prix started from its standing start, Jarvis ran with little wing angle to give him an advantage in the highland part of the circuit. This enabled him to make a fast getaway and maintain his pole position advantage heading into the first corner.[29] Asmer briefly got alongside Jarvis off the line but fell to fourth behind Oshima and Bird soon after.[30] Oshima attempted to move in front of Jarvis but the latter fended off the attacks and Oshima was forced to ease off the accelerator pedal. The first retirement of the race came on the first lap when Buurman tried to gain ground but could not get any further than San Francisco Bend with three wheels attached to his vehicle.[29] On the next lap, Breen became the second driver to pull out of the Grand Prix as he was hit from behind by another driver. This put him into the tyre wall lining the circuit.[31] Upfront, Jarvis was steadily opening up an advantage over Oshima.[29] Asmer moved back into third place by running in the slipstream of Bird's car heading down the main straight and retook the position under braking for Lisboa corner on the start on the same lap.[30]

Oshima's advantage over Asmer had been reduced before Oshima responded by upping his pace to draw slightly closer to Jarvis on the next lap.[30] Further down the field, Jelley lost a place to Tsukakoshi and Streit overtook Jakes as the latter was pushing hard in the early laps of the Grand Prix. Streit then gained another place by passing Jelley while Jakes lost one further position when Mailleux overtook him. Grosjean was another driver moving up the field, and was at this point in 14th place having moved past Grubmüller without heavy resistance. Streit overtook Bird on lap three while Grosjean gained further ground with his passing manoevure on Mustonen. Soon after, Mustonen clouted the barriers at Solitude corner and was forced into the pit lane for repairs before retiring. Buemi and Kobayashi recovered from starting at the rear of the grid with Buemi in 14th after getting ahead of Grubmüller and then Mustonen. Meanwhile, Hartley moved into the top ten by passing Kennard. Grosjean's faster top speed enabled him to pass Van Dam for 12th.[29] Asmer set a new official lap record of the Guia Circuit at two minutes and 11.744 seconds on the sixth lap.[32] The safety car was necessitated on lap seven due to Mailleux crashing heavily at Moorish Hill corner which badly damaged his car's left-hand side and was stranded in a dangerous position.[30]

The feeling on that cooling down lap was unbelievable. Very rarely am I an emotional guy in the car, but this was something special. I've won some big races and also the McLaren Autosport BRDC Award, but this tops them all I think. It is the biggest race win of my career. It has been a fantastic weekend."

Oliver Jarvis on winning the 25th Macau Grand Prix held to Formula Three regulations.[33]

The safety car remained on track for three laps,[34] until it was withdrawn at the start of lap eleven and Jarvis kept the lead at the restart.[30] Oshima tried an overtaking manoevure on Jarvis but became aware his tyres were too cold.[29] Tsukakoshi overtook Asmer for the final podium position heading down towards Mandarin Bend,[30] and immediately set about on capitalising on Oshima's error. Grosjean made the best restart in the field, moving to eighth place.[29] Kennard became the race's final retirement when he went into the barriers at Lisboa corner, possibly caused by him being caught off guard by his cold tyres.[29] Tsukakoshi got a run on Oshima heading towards Mandarin Bend and executed an successful lunge to claim second place from his fellow countryman.[29][30] Tsukakoshi then set himself after Jarvis while Mortara overtook Hartley to move into the top ten.[29] Jarvis maintained the first position for the rest of the race to win the Grand Prix and led all of the laps contested.[35] Tsukakoshi finished 1.7 seconds adrift in second, while fellow Japanese driver Oshima took third.[30] Off the podium, Asmer could not catch Oshima and settled for fourth.[29] Streit and Bird were close behind each other in fifth and sixth with Jakes seventh. The top ten was rounded out by Grosjean, Jelley and Mortara. Outside the top ten, Buemi finished eleventh, having moved up seventeen from his starting position, and finished ahead of Hartley with Kobayashi 13th. He was ahead of Van Dam, Guerrieri, Izawa, Van Der Zande, Grubmüller, and local drivers Ávila, Cheong, Lei, Merszei. Hülkenberg and Ho rounded out the top 24 classified finishers and were lapped by race winner Jarvis.[30]

Classification

Qualifying

Pos No. Driver Team Q1 Time Rank Q2 Time Rank Gap Grid
1 5 United Kingdom Oliver Jarvis TOM'S 2:14.149 11 2:11.696 1 1
2 11 Estonia Marko Asmer Hitech Racing 2:13.122 1 2:11.888 2 + 0.192 2
3 21 Japan Koudai Tsukakoshi Manor Motorsport 2:13.888 6 2:11.912 3 + 0.216 3
4 2 Switzerland Sébastien Buemi Räikkönen-Robertson Racing 2:13.436 4 2:12.061 4 + 0.365 91
5 24 Italy Edoardo Mortara Signature 2:14.265 12 2:12.238 5 + 0.542 4
6 7 France Romain Grosjean ASM F3 2:13.329 2 2:12.248 6 + 0.552 5
7 9 Japan Kamui Kobayashi ASM F3 2:13.925 7 2:12.332 7 + 0.636 102
8 6 Japan Kazuya Oshima TOM'S 2:14.353 13 2:12.477 8 + 0.781 6
9 22 Brazil Roberto Streit Prema Powerteam 2:14.128 9 2:12.560 9 + 0.864 7
10 20 Netherlands Yelmer Buurman Manor Motorsport 2:13.405 3 2:12.895 10 + 1.199 132
11 18 United Kingdom James Jakes Manor Motorsport 2:14.106 8 2:13.168 11 + 1.472 8
12 25 Argentina Esteban Guerrieri Signature 2:13.733 5 2:13.229 12 + 1.533 11
13 1 United Kingdom Stephen Jelley Räikkönen-Robertson Racing 2:14.142 10 2:13.324 13 + 1.628 12
14 18 Netherlands Carlo van Dam HBR Motorsport 2:15.325 18 2:13.351 14 + 1.655 14
15 8 Germany Nico Hülkenberg ASM F3 2:14.570 14 2:13.735 15 + 2.039 15
16 15 United Kingdom Sam Bird Carlin 2:16.231 21 2:13.736 16 + 2.040 16
17 16 Republic of Ireland Niall Breen Carlin 2:14.688 15 2:13.852 17 + 2.156 17
18 3 Brazil Bruno Senna Räikkönen-Robertson Racing 2:16.120 20 2:13.856 18 + 2.160 18
19 4 United Kingdom Jonathan Kennard Räikkönen-Robertson Racing 2:14.843 17 2:14.432 19 + 2.736 19
20 26 Finland Atte Mustonen Siganture 2:14.750 16 2:14.902 20 + 3.054 232
21 14 New Zealand Brendon Hartley Carlin 2:16.442 23 2:15.031 21 + 3.335 20
22 23 Netherlands Renger van der Zande Prema Powerteam 2:15.551 19 2:15.910 22 + 3.855 21
23 19 France Franck Mailleux Manor Motorsport 2:16.292 22 2:15.750 23 + 4.054 22
24 31 Japan Takuya Izawa Fortec Motorsport 2:18.574 25 2:16.213 24 + 4.517 24
25 12 Macau Michael Ho Hitech Racing 2:19.947 27 2:17.273 25 + 5.577 25
26 28 Macau Rodolfo Ávila HBR Motorsport 2:19.758 26 2:17.392 26 + 5.696 26
27 10 Austria Walter Grubmüller Hitech Racing 2:18.456 24 2:18.511 27 + 6.760 27
28 29 Macau Cheong Lou Meng Swiss Racing Team 2:26.254 29 2:22.154 28 + 10.458 28
29 17 Macau Lei Kit Meng Carlin 2:24.360 28 2:22.154 29 + 12.621 29
30 30 Macau Jo Merszei Swiss Racing Team 2:27.440 N/C 2:24.527 30 + 12.831 30
110% qualifying time: 2:24.865[36]
Source:[36]
Bold time indicates the faster of the two times that determined the grid order.

Notes:

Qualifying race

Pos No. Driver Team Laps Time/Retired Grid
1 5 United Kingdom Oliver Jarvis TOM'S 7 20:35.911 1
2 11 Estonia Marko Asmer Hitech Racing 7 +1.687 2
3 6 Japan Kazuya Oshima TOM'S 7 +3.159 6
4 18 United Kingdom James Jakes Manor Motorsport 7 +4.722 8
5 15 United Kingdom Sam Bird Carlin 7 +5.595 16
6 20 Netherlands Yelmer Buurman Manor Motorsport 7 +6.563 13
7 1 United Kingdom Stephen Jelley Räikkönen-Robertson Racing 7 +12.308 12
8 22 Brazil Roberto Streit Prema Powerteam 7 +12.746 7
9 21 Japan Koudai Tsukakoshi Manor Motorsport 7 +15.408 3
10 16 Republic of Ireland Niall Breen Carlin 7 +15.693 17
11 4 United Kingdom Jonathan Kennard Räikkönen-Robertson Racing 7 +16.734 19
12 14 New Zealand Brendon Hartley Carlin 7 +16.984 16
13 19 France Franck Mailleux Manor Motorsport 7 +17.988 23
14 26 Finland Atte Mustonen Signature 7 +18.626 20
15 27 Netherlands Carlo van Dam HBR Motorsport 7 +19.691 14
16 10 Austria Walter Grubmüller Hitech Racing 7 +23.579 27
17 28 Macau Rodolfo Ávila HBR Motorsport 7 +30.999 26
18 31 Japan Takuya Izawa Fortec Motorsport 7 +48.176 24
19 30 Macau Jo Merszei Swiss Racing Team 7 +1:17.613 30
20 3 Brazil Bruno Senna Räikkönen-Robertson Racing 6 +1 Lap 18
21 8 Germany Nico Hülkenberg ASM F3 6 +1 Lap 15
22 7 France Romain Grosjean ASM F3 6 +1 Lap 5
NC 17 Macau Lei Kit Meng Carlin 5 +2 Laps 29
Ret 23 Netherlands Renger van der Zande Prema Powerteam 4 Accident 22
Ret 12 Macau Michael Ho Hitech Racing 4 Accident damage 25
Ret 29 Macau Cheong Lou Meng Swiss Racing Team 1 Accident 28
Ret 24 Italy Edoardo Mortara Signature 0 Accident 4
Ret 2 Switzerland Sébastien Buemi Räikkönen-Robertson Racing 0 Accident 9
Ret 25 Argentina Esteban Guerrieri Signature 0 Accident 11
Ret 9 Japan Kamui Kobayashi ASM F3 0 Stalled 10
Fastest lap: Oliver Jarvis, 2:13.831, 164.62 km/h (102.29 mph) on lap seven
The race was prematurely ended on the seventh lap
Source:[23]

Main race

Pos No. Driver Team Laps Time/Retired Grid
1 5 United Kingdom Oliver Jarvis TOM'S 15 38:29.452 1
2 21 Japan Koudai Tsukakoshi Manor Motorsport 15 +1.767 9
3 6 Japan Kazuya Oshima TOM'S 15 +4.390 3
4 11 Estonia Marko Asmer Hitech Racing 15 +5.331 2
5 22 Brazil Roberto Streit Prema Powerteam 15 +6.558 8
6 15 United Kingdom Sam Bird Carlin 15 +7.148 5
7 18 United Kingdom James Jakes Manor Motorsport 15 +9.573 4
8 7 France Romain Grosjean ASM F3 15 +10.176 22
9 1 United Kingdom Stephen Jelley Räikkönen-Robertson Racing 15 +10.618 7
10 24 Italy Edoardo Mortara Signature 15 +11.317 27
11 2 Switzerland Sébastien Buemi Räikkönen-Robertson Racing 15 +13.055 28
12 14 New Zealand Brendon Hartley Carlin 15 +13.959 12
13 9 Japan Kamui Kobayashi ASM F3 15 +16.854 30
14 27 Netherlands Carlo van Dam HBR Motorsport 15 +17.792 15
15 25 Argentina Esteban Guerrieri Signature 15 +18.521 29
16 31 Japan Takuya Izawa Fortec Motorsport 15 +20.762 18
17 23 Netherlands Renger van der Zande Prema Powerteam 15 +24.806 24
18 10 Austria Walter Grubmüller Hitech Racing 15 +26.631 16
19 28 Macau Rodolfo Ávila HBR Motorsport 15 +45.405 17
20 29 Macau Cheong Lou Meng Swiss Racing Team 15 +1:38.470 26
21 17 Macau Lei Kit Meng Carlin 15 +1:47.359 23
22 30 Macau Jo Merszei Swiss Racing Team 15 +1:47.797 19
23 8 Germany Nico Hülkenberg ASM F3 14 +1 Lap 21
24 7 Macau Michael Ho Hitech Racing 14 +1 Lap 25
Ret 4 United Kingdom Jonathan Kennard Räikkönen-Robertson Racing 11 Accident 11
Ret 19 France Franck Mailleux Manor Motorsport 6 Accident 13
Ret 26 Finland Atte Mustonen Signature 6 Accident 14
Ret 16 Republic of Ireland Niall Breen Carlin Motorsport 1 Retired 10
Ret 20 Netherlands Yelmer Buurman Manor Motorsport 1 Accident 6
DNS 3 Brazil Bruno Senna Räikkönen-Robertson Racing — Did not start —3
Fastest lap: Marko Asmer, 2:11.741, 167.22 km/h (103.91 mph) on lap six[28]
Source:[28]

Notes:

  • ^3  – Bruno Senna did not start the Grand Prix after being ruled out with a bruised left thumb.[27]

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