2009 Macau Grand Prix

Formula Three motor race February 2020 Race details 200px Date 22 November 2009 Official name 56th Windsor Arch Macau Grand Prix Location Guia Circuit, Macau Course Temporary street circuit6.120 km mi on Distance Qualifying Race10 laps, 61.200 km mi onMain Race15 laps, 91.800 km mi on Weather Qualifying Race: Cool, windyMain Race: Cool, sunny and dry Qualifying Race Pole Driver SWE Marcus Ericsson TOM'S Time 2:10.042 Fastest Lap Driver FRA Jean-Karl Vernay Signature Time 2:10.906 (on lap 7 of 10) Podium First FRA Jean-Karl Vernay Signature Second SWE Marcus Ericsson TOM'S Third ITA Edoardo Mortara Signature Main Race Pole Driver FRA Jean-Karl Vernay Signature Fastest Lap Driver ITA Edoardo Mortara Signature Time 2:10.732 (on lap 10 of 15) Podium First ITA Edoardo Mortara Signature Second FRA Jean-Karl Vernay Signature Third GBR Sam Bird ART Grand Prix The 2009 Macau Grand Prix Formula Three was the 56th Macau Grand Prix race held on the streets of Macau on 22 November 2009. It was supported by the 2009 Guia Race of Macau. The TOM'S team were looking for their third Macau win in succession, after Oliver Jarvis and Keisuke Kunimoto won the race in the previous two years. TOM'S did start the weekend well, with Marcus Ericsson taking pole position in the combined qualifying session, but Signature dominated the rest of the weekend, with Jean-Karl Vernay taking the race victory in the qualifying race, and Edoardo Mortara taking the Macau Grand Prix itself. Entry list All drivers competed in Dallara F308 chassis. 2009 Entry Listhttp://www.macau.grandprix.gov.mo/gp/56/subpage.php?id=1919&lang=en Formula 3 Macau Grand Prix Provisional Entry List macau.grandprix.gov.mo Macau Grand Prix 24 October 2009 https://web.archive.org/web/20091021233320/http://www.macau.grandprix.gov.mo/gp/56/subpage.php?id=1919&lang=en 21 October 2009 dead Team No Driver Engine Main series JPN TOM'S 1 SWE Marcus Ericsson Toyota-TOM'S All-Japan Formula Three 2 JPN Takuto Iguchi FRA ART Grand Prix 3 FRA Jules Bianchi Mercedes Formula 3 Euro Series 4 FIN Valtteri Bottas 5 GBR Sam Bird GBR Carlin 6 AUS Daniel Ricciardo Volkswagen British Formula 3 7 NZL Brendon Hartley Formula 3 Euro Series 8 GBR Max Chilton British Formula 3 9 GBR Henry Arundel JPN Toda Racing 10 ITA Kei Cozzolino Honda-Toda All-Japan Formula Three GBR Hitech Racing 11 FIN Mika Mäki Volkswagen Formula 3 Euro Series 12 GBR Wayne Boyd British Formula 3 FRA Signature 14 FRA Jean-Karl Vernay Volkswagen Formula 3 Euro Series 15 BEL Laurens Vanthoor German Formula Three 16 ITA Edoardo Mortara GP2 Series GBR City of Dreams/Räikkönen Robertson 17 NLD Renger van der Zande Mercedes British Formula 3 18 GBR Alexander Sims Formula 3 Euro Series 19 TWN Kevin Chen Mercedes British Formula 3 HKG Champ Motorsport 20 MAC Michael Ho Mercedes Formula V6 Asia GBR Manor Motorsport 21 COL Carlos Huertas Mercedes British Formula 3 22 ESP Roberto Merhi Formula 3 Euro Series JPN NOW Motor Sports 23 JPN Yuji Kunimoto Toyota-TOM'S All-Japan Formula Three JPN Le Beausset Motorsports 24 JPN Koki Saga Toyota-TOM'S All-Japan Formula Three GBR Fortec Motorsport 25 ESP Víctor García Mercedes British Formula 3 26 GBR Daniel McKenzie 27 USA Jake Rosenzweig Formula 3 Euro Series ITA Prema Powerteam 28 MCO Stefano Coletti Mercedes Formula 3 Euro Series 29 ITA Daniel Zampieri Italian Formula Three DEU Kolles & Heinz Union 30 NLD Stef Dusseldorp Volkswagen German Formula Three 31 CHE Alexandre Imperatori All-Japan Formula Three Report Practice and qualifying All-Japan Formula Three champion Marcus Ericsson was immediately on the pace, setting the fastest time in the first half-hour session that was held prior to the first qualifying session.http://www.autosport.com/news/report.php/id/80209 Jonathan Noble Ericsson leads first practice at Macau autosport.com Haymarket Publications 19 November 2009 29 November 2009 https://web.archive.org/web/20091124114839/http://www.autosport.com/news/report.php/id/80209 24 November 2009 live Ericsson's lap was over half a second faster than has nearest rival Edoardo Mortara, with two of the three Carlin cars filling positions three and four, with Brendon Hartley just edging out Daniel Ricciardo by 0.019 seconds. Stefano Coletti and Valtteri Bottas rounded out the top six. During the session, four drivers hit the wall, including all three Fortec Motorsport cars, and the Prema Powerteam machine of Daniel Zampieri. "I'm a bit blown away to tell you the truth, it has not only exceeded day one's expectations, but it has exceeded the whole weekend's expectations! To be honest, it is my first time ever on any type of street circuit and I feel quite comfortable with it. It's not as daunting as I would have thought. For sure Carlin prepare a quick car everywhere but especially here each year they do a good job as well. Volkswagen have also given us a few mods for the weekend, so having the confidence in the car definitely helps. I have also studied a lot of on boards over the years and tried to build my way up to it. I've told myself that if these guys can do it then I should be able to. It is really just a confidence thing." Daniel Ricciardo, after impressing on his first day's running in Macau. http://www.autosport.com/news/report.php/id/80219 autosport.com Haymarket Publications Ricciardo 'blown away' by his pace 19 November 2009 Jonathan Noble 29 November 2009 https://web.archive.org/web/20091122092146/http://www.autosport.com/news/report.php/id/80219 22 November 2009 live 40% right The first qualifying session saw Ericsson on top once again, improving his time by over a second from the practice session; but only secured the top spot, after a late crash by Signature's Laurens Vanthoor at Police, brought out a session-ending red flag.http://www.autosport.com/news/report.php/id/80217 Jonathan Noble Ericsson takes Macau provisional pole autosport.com Haymarket Publications 19 November 2009 19 November 2009 https://web.archive.org/web/20091122081946/http://www.autosport.com/news/report.php/id/80217 22 November 2009 live Ricciardo was top rookie as he ended up second, less than a tenth off the Swedish teenager's time. Having been usurped by those late runs, Mortara and Hartley wound up third and fourth, ahead of the first ART Grand Prix car of Sam Bird. Despite his late accident, Vanthoor finished sixth, ahead of Coletti, Hitech Racing's Mika Mäki, the third Signature machine of Formula 3 Euro Series veteran Jean-Karl Vernay and Bottas, who like Vanthoor, crashed during the session. Manor Motorsport cars filled row six with Carlos Huertas just shading Roberto Merhi by just 0.027 seconds, which put them ahead of the third Carlin of Max Chilton, the Räikkönen Robertson duo of Renger van der Zande (14th) and Alexander Sims (16th), with somewhat surprisingly, Formula 3 Euro Series champion Jules Bianchi splitting the pair, in fifteenth position. Ericsson's team-mate Takuto Iguchi was the fastest of the Japanese trio in seventeenth, ahead of Kei Cozzolino, Wayne Boyd, Koki Saga, Jake Rosenzweig, Yuji Kunimoto (the brother of 2008 winner Keisuke) and the Kolles & Heinz Union pair of Stef Dusseldorp and Alexandre Imperatori. Rounding out the thirty runners were local favourite Michael Ho, British Formula 3 National Class champion Daniel McKenzie, the unwell Henry Arundel, Víctor García, Kevin Chen and Zampieri, who did not set a time after his crash in the earlier practice session.http://motorsport.com/news/article.asp?ID=352589&FS=F3 https://archive.today/20120720195917/http://motorsport.com/news/article.asp?ID=352589&FS=F3 dead 20 July 2012 Thomas, Stella-Maria Waite, Lynne Ericsson survives chaos to claim Macau pole motorsport.com 20 November 2009 20 November 2009 A second thirty-minute practice session was held the following day, with Mortara setting the fastest time; the only driver to break into the 2:10s. His lap of 2:10.593, was an unofficial lap record as it was the fastest lap ever recorded at the Guia Circuit.http://www.autosport.com/news/report.php/id/80239 Jonathan Noble Mortara tops final practice at Macau autosport.com Haymarket Publications 20 November 2009 20 November 2009 https://web.archive.org/web/20091123111121/http://www.autosport.com/news/report.php/id/80239 23 November 2009 live It was more than a second under Marko Asmer's official lap record, set in 2007.http://www.macaudailytimes.com.mo/features/6029-Grand-Prix-years-racing-history.html Grand Prix: 56 years of racing history Macau Daily Times Macau Times Publications Ltd. 19 November 2009 29 November 2009 Eight other drivers were also under the old mark, with tenth place Bianchi just outside the record. Ricciardo continued his fine form in second, despite not improving his time after a mid-session setup change. Bottas was third ahead of Hartley, Ericsson, Bird and the rest. Apart from an accident involving Chen at Maternity, this session passed relatively peacefully. "I am feeling confident. I know we are quick and we are strong, but it is going to be tough. I know starting from pole position is not always an advantage here, but we will see how the start goes and try and be in the top positions in the first race. Then we will try and win the second one. It has already been a tough weekend and there is still quite a way to go, but we got one part of it done, so it feels good. I was pushing quite hard and had got pole. Then I went on the radio and they said it was really tight as the other guys are quick. So I tried to push a bit harder and then I went in the wall. It was okay. I bent a wishbone, but it was not a problem. I am looking good for tomorrow. I am here with probably the best team in the world and I am very proud to be a part of that. We've had a good weekend so far." Marcus Ericsson, after taking pole position for TOM'S. http://www.autosport.com/news/report.php/id/80251 autosport.com Haymarket Publications Ericsson confident after taking pole 20 November 2009 Jonathan Noble 5 December 2009 https://web.archive.org/web/20091123171305/http://www.autosport.com/news/report.php/id/80251 23 November 2009 live 40% right After topping the first qualifying session, Ericsson continued his form into second practice, recording the fastest lap in the history of the Macau Guia Circuit.http://www.nzracer.com/4413.html Chaotic qualifying for Carlin in Macau nzracer.com SB Networks Ltd. 21 November 2009 5 December 2009 Murray Taylor https://web.archive.org/web/20110714223146/http://www.nzracer.com/4413.html 14 July 2011 dead His lap of 2:10.042 put him on pole position, despite hitting the barriers at Matsuya close to the end of qualifying, and damaging his rear wing.http://www.autosport.com/news/report.php/id/80241 Jonathan Noble Ericsson takes pole at Macau autosport.com Haymarket Publications 20 November 2009 20 November 2009 https://web.archive.org/web/20091123095857/http://www.autosport.com/news/report.php/id/80241 23 November 2009 live After setting the ninth-fastest time during the Thursday qualifying session, Vernay joined Ericsson on the front row after setting a time fractionally slower than his Swedish rival. Bottas lined up third, also moving up seven places from his Thursday position, and was joined on row two by Mortara. Ricciardo wound up in fifth position, after making an error at Lisboa which resulted in his front wing making slight contact with the barriers, and was the only other driver within a second of Ericsson's pace. The two remaining ART Grand Prix cars adorned row four with Bianchi edging out Bird, while the top ten was completed by Coletti and Mäki. Iguchi again finished up as the top Japanese runner in eleventh position, ahead of Hartley, who did not improve on his Thursday time and thus tumbled from row two to row six, as he recorded the thirteenth fastest time in the session. Merhi's twelfth-fastest time put him thirteenth in the classification, ahead of Sims, van der Zande, Kunimoto, Chilton and Boyd. Huertas held onto nineteenth overall, despite only being 26th in the session after suffering from engine gremlins that restricted him to just one flying lap. Rosenzweig, Cozzolino, Zampieri, García, Saga, Dusseldorp, Imperatori, Arundel, McKenzie, Ho and Chen completed the grid. Qualification Race "Kris Nissen [the Volkswagen motorsport chief] told me at Hockenheim that if I wanted to go to Macau I would have to win the race there. I won that race – and now he said, if I don't want to come back next year, I have to win on Sunday! So, I have to win tomorrow. For sure, I was not expecting to do a new lap record and a qualifying like that. You need a bit of experience to be fast on this track, but the car was just fantastic. It has a good engine and a good car for the city. I like this track. I push a lot but I also don't take a lot of risks. I really like the city tracks – like Pau and Monaco for example, and I knew that this track would be for me. My Signature team has had good results here, with Edoardo [Mortara] last year and Nicolas Lapierre in the past. We have a good car, a good engine – in fact a perfect engine for the straights. I was catching Marcus [Ericsson], not easily, but I was catching him. I had a good feeling with the car straight away too. I can attack with it – and take no risks. A lot of drivers in qualifying were in the wall because they were at 200 per cent, and me I was just improving my driving lap after lap to take not so many risks. And finally I won. But I don't care if it is the main race or the qualifying race. I was fast today and for sure the aim is to win tomorrow, but we will see what happens. I just take pleasure from it, and we will see." Jean-Karl Vernay, after surprising himself by taking victory and a new outright lap record. http://www.autosport.com/news/report.php/id/80270 autosport.com Haymarket Publications Vernay surprised by his performance 21 November 2009 Jonathan Noble 11 December 2009 https://web.archive.org/web/20091124110216/http://www.autosport.com/news/report.php/id/80270 24 November 2009 live 40% right After hitting the wall on countless occasions over the previous two days, Chen was withdrawn from the race due to a cracked monocoque. Thus, this left the grid at 29 for the 10-lap race, and Vernay got the jump on Ericsson away from the start-finish line, and took the lead into the first corner, but by the time the drivers had reached Lisboa, Ericsson was back in front just as the safety car came out. Further back, Bianchi rode over the rear wheel of Mortara at San Francisco, Green, Jonathan (Commentator); Jouanny, Bruce (Commentator); Watts, Danny (Commentator) 21 November 2009 Formula 3 2009 Macau Qualification Race Start Incidents https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l0Jq9cGXD9E Television production Macau Grand Prix Guia Circuit, Macau, Special Administrative Region of the People's Republic of China 11 December 2009 00:25–01:15 causing enough damage for the Frenchman to pit. Rosenzweig collided with the barriers at the Mandarin, which brought the safety car out for three laps.http://www.autosport.com/news/report.php/id/80267 Jonathan Noble Vernay wins Macau qualification race autosport.com Haymarket Publications 21 November 2009 21 November 2009 https://web.archive.org/web/20091123134239/http://www.autosport.com/news/report.php/id/80267 23 November 2009 live Arundel's Carlin car encountered mechanical troubles under the safety car, after some debris punctured a hole in the radiator of his Volkswagen engine.http://motorsport.com/news/article.asp?ID=352689&FS=F3 Thomas, Stella-Maria Waite, Lynne Vernay wins caution plagued Macau qualification race motorsport.com 21 November 2009 21 November 2009 https://archive.today/20120714164822/http://motorsport.com/news/article.asp?ID=352689&FS=F3 14 July 2012 dead This left the order as Ericsson, Vernay, Mortara (who moved up despite his collision), Bottas, Ricciardo, Vanthoor, Bird, Coletti, Mäki and Hartley. Boyd moved up five positions at the start, as he was the biggest winner off the line. At the lap four restart, Vernay made ground up on Ericsson, and managed to slipstream past the All-Japan Formula Three champion on the run to Lisboa. Ricciardo tried a similar move on Bottas but could not manage to complete the pass, and such was his momentum loss, Vanthoor managed to slip through on the Australian into fifth position. Another Carlin driver in the wars was Hartley, as he clouted Coletti out of eighth position. Over the succeeding laps, Asmer's lap record from 2007 took a pounding as first Mortara and then Vernay took the lap record into the 2:10 bracket. However, any further progress for the record to fall was halted by a huge accident that befell Boyd on lap seven. Running in eleventh position,http://www.mstworld.com/Results/2009/90012fm3.pdf FIA Formula 3 Intercontinental Cup – Macau Grand Prix – QUALIFICATION RACE LAP CHART mstworld.com MST Systems Ltd. 21 November 2009 5 December 2009 56 https://web.archive.org/web/20120225132330/http://www.mstworld.com/Results/2009/90012fm3.pdf 25 February 2012 dead the young Ulsterman pulled out to pass his team-mate Mäki on the exit of the Mandarin, but clipped the car's left rear wheel at 170 mph. Boyd's Dallara became airborne and was launched into a frightening aerial somersault, landing upside down before righting itself via a hit with the retaining wall. http://www.fota.co.uk/news.php?action=showArticle&params%5Bid%5D=1064 Boyd back in action after Macau shunt fota.co.uk British Formula 3 Championship 25 November 2009 5 December 2009September 2018 InternetArchiveBot yes Boyd, Wayne 23 November 2009 F3 Crash – 2009 Macau GP – Airborne F3 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Lqra8uZdrlE Television production Asia Pacific Sports Media Guia Circuit, Macau, Special Administrative Region of the People's Republic of China 5 December 2009 00:05–00:30 His car rebounded across the circuit, and was luckily avoided by every one of the cars around him on track. The crash meant the last three laps of the race were completed behind the safety car, and pulled in to allow the cars to pass across the line without overtaking. This allowed Vernay to win the race, securing pole position for the main race on Sunday. Ericsson was second ahead of Mortara – once he had returned the place back to the Swedehttp://www.crash.net/f3/race+report/154828/1/vernay_wins_macau_qualifying_race.html Vernay wins Macau qualifying race crash.net Crash Media Group 21 November 2009 11 December 2009 Having lost the lead, Ericsson came under pressure from Edoardo Mortara behind with Mortara getting ahead on lap eight only to give the place back when the move was made under yellow flags. – with Bottas, Vanthoor, Ricciardo, Bird, Iguchi, Merhi and Mäki completing the top ten. Outside the top ten were van der Zande, Kunimoto, Sims, García, Chilton, Cozzolino, Dusseldorp, Saga, Huertas, Zampieri, Bianchi and Coletti after their respective collisions, Imperatori, Hartley, McKenzie and Ho rounded out the 26 classified finishers.http://www.mstworld.com/msptresult.aspx?eventid=90012&circuitid=6&series=Macau&venue=Macau&circuit=Circuito%20Da%20Guia&resultfile=fm34 FIA Formula 3 Intercontinental Cup – Macau Grand Prix – QUALIFICATION RACE – PROVISIONAL CLASSIFICATION mstworld.com MST Systems Ltd. 21 November 2009 21 November 2009 https://web.archive.org/web/20120225132233/http://www.mstworld.com/msptresult.aspx?eventid=90012&circuitid=6&series=Macau&venue=Macau&circuit=Circuito%20Da%20Guia&resultfile=fm34 25 February 2012 dead Warm-up A twenty-minute warm-up session was held on the morning of the main race. Mortara again managed to squeeze out Ericsson to top the timesheets, with Coletti also being within a tenth of a second from the fastest time. Ricciardo was fourth ahead of Bottas, van der Zande, Sims, Chilton, Merhi and the qualification race winner Vernay. Ho and Boyd did not set times during the session, with the Ulsterman's Hitech Racing car looking unlikely to start the race after his accident on Saturday.http://www.mstworld.com/msptresult.aspx?eventid=90012&circuitid=6&series=Macau&venue=Macau&circuit=Circuito%20Da%20Guia&resultfile=fm34 FIA Formula 3 Intercontinental Cup – Macau Grand Prix – WARM UP mstworld.com MST Systems Ltd. 22 November 2009 5 December 2009 https://web.archive.org/web/20120225132233/http://www.mstworld.com/msptresult.aspx?eventid=90012&circuitid=6&series=Macau&venue=Macau&circuit=Circuito%20Da%20Guia&resultfile=fm34 25 February 2012 dead Main Race "I am feeling so, so emotional because I had such a difficult season this year, with so many up and downs. I came here because VW phoned me to ask me to do the race, and I am sure some people were not 100 per cent sure that I was able to do it. Actually, today, I proved that I am still competitive. After such a difficult season to be on top again is unbelievable. It shows that you should keep fighting, and I am really proud of this victory especially after this difficult season. I think Jean-Karl drove an unbelievable race today. I am not saying this because I won, but he is in his first year here and I really struggled so much to overtake. I was 120 per cent on every corner of every lap, and I think he made a mistake. This allowed me to close a little bit the gap and get a little bit closer on the race track. This was his only mistake of the weekend and it cost him the victory because I was really pushing hard and I couldn't overtake him. He drove an excellent race, we had exactly the same car and he showed today that he is a fantastic and really talented driver – because it was really difficult for me today. I have the experience, it is my third Macau, it is his first Macau. He is sad, but I was sad last year, and I am the first one who can understand him, but if he is coming back he will win for sure. [Before] I came here, like I said before, I think everybody was thinking that I was pretty much dead. So re-opening my career with a victory in Macau will for sure help me. Nothing is done because it is a lot a question about money now. We will see next year if I have the chance to race in a professional way. I will probably take my chance. I will work with my management to sort things out and I am sure we will try to take the best option. We will see." Edoardo Mortara, on a lap record and his life-changing Macau victory. http://www.autosport.com/news/report.php/id/80300 autosport.com Haymarket Publications Mortara: Win will reinvigorate career 22 November 2009 Jonathan Noble 11 December 2009 https://web.archive.org/web/20091125144741/http://www.autosport.com/news/report.php/id/80300 25 November 2009 live 40% right After his victory in the qualification race, Vernay started from pole position with Ericsson starting alongside, with Mortara and Bottas on row two. Due to damage inflicted in his spectacular accident the previous day, Boyd did not start, thus leaving the grid at 28 cars. Once again, Ericsson made an awful getaway, with Bottas and Mortara both slotting in behind a fast-starting Vernay. Into Lisboa, Ricciardo got alongside Ericsson as they battled for fourth with the Australian brushing the wall and the two continued side by side into San Francisco, with Ricciardo again nudging the wall. Green, Jonathan (Commentator); Jouanny, Bruce (Commentator); Watts, Danny (Commentator) 22 November 2009 F3 Macau 2009 race start chaos https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1V26b5aecQs Television production Viasat; Macau Grand Prix Guia Circuit, Macau, Special Administrative Region of the People's Republic of China 11 December 2009 00:50–02:40 5 March 2017 https://web.archive.org/web/20170305085428/https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1V26b5aecQs dead Behind them, Vanthoor left his braking far too late for Lisboa, and mounted over Chilton, which caused the teenage Briton to retire on the spot.http://motorsport.com/news/article.asp?ID=352751&FS=F3 https://archive.today/20130129073524/http://motorsport.com/news/article.asp?ID=352751&FS=F3 dead 29 January 2013 Thomas, Stella-Maria Waite, Lynne Mortara victorious at Macau motorsport.com 22 November 2009 11 December 2009 Ricciardo's clip with the wall caused a left-rear puncture, but he managed to carry on up the hill, until he crashed at the entrance to the Solitude Esses.http://www.autosport.com/news/report.php/id/80294 Jonathan Noble Mortara claims Macau GP victory autosport.com Haymarket Publications 22 November 2009 22 November 2009 https://web.archive.org/web/20091123173628/http://www.autosport.com/news/report.php/id/80294 23 November 2009 live His car rebounded off the wall, and into direct line of the rest of the field. No less than half a dozen cars impacted with the stricken car, and blocked the track which ultimately led to a red flag, and a race suspension. Also taken out in the incident were the third Carlin of Hartley, the Premas of Coletti and Zampieri, the Fortecs of Rosenzweig and McKenzie, and Ho. Imperatori was also involved, returning to the pits for a lengthy period, but returned to complete three laps towards the end.http://www.mstworld.com/Results/2009/90012fm3.pdf FIA Formula 3 Intercontinental Cup – Macau Grand Prix – RACE Sector Analysis Report mstworld.com MST Systems Ltd. 22 November 2009 11 December 2009 72 https://web.archive.org/web/20120225132330/http://www.mstworld.com/Results/2009/90012fm3.pdf 25 February 2012 dead Vanthoor, with a damaged front wheel after his collision with Chilton, stopped just short of the accident site, and was thus able to continue in the race. After a lap behind the safety car, the field were let loose again at the beginning of lap three.http://www.mstworld.com/Results/2009/90012fm3.pdf FIA Formula 3 Intercontinental Cup – Macau Grand Prix – RACE LAP CHART mstworld.com MST Systems Ltd. 22 November 2009 11 December 2009 75–77 https://web.archive.org/web/20120225132330/http://www.mstworld.com/Results/2009/90012fm3.pdf 25 February 2012 dead Vernay closed in on his Italian team-mate, slipstreaming past him on the run to the Mandarin, and doing enough to hold off Mortara into Lisboa. For the ensuing laps, Vernay was doing what he had to do to keep his team-mate, who had stepped back from GP2 to rid himself of his close defeat to Keisuke Kunimoto in the previous year's race. Further back, Bianchi, who had avoided the first lap incidents was quietly moving his way up the field, and was eleventh by the end of lap seven. Sims had also dropped to the tail of the field, after a move on Cozzolino failed, and he made an unscheduled trip up the Lisboa escape road. Mortara started charging back towards Vernay, and in the process, broke the Frenchman's lap record set the day before. Mortara lowered it to a lap of 2:10.732, lapping the circuit at close to 105 mph, and well under the previous record held by Marko Asmer.http://www.mstworld.com/msptresult.aspx?eventid=90012&circuitid=6&series=Macau&venue=Macau&circuit=Circuito%20Da%20Guia&resultfile=fm34 FIA Formula 3 Intercontinental Cup – Macau Grand Prix – RACE RESULT mstworld.com MST Systems Ltd. 22 November 2009 22 November 2009 https://web.archive.org/web/20120225132233/http://www.mstworld.com/msptresult.aspx?eventid=90012&circuitid=6&series=Macau&venue=Macau&circuit=Circuito%20Da%20Guia&resultfile=fm34 25 February 2012 dead Cozzolino exited the race on lap eleven, crashing at Black Sands without the need for the safety car to reappear. The race's decisive moment also occurred on lap eleven. Coming out of the Melco Hairpin, Vernay fluffed a gear shift,http://www.crash.net/f3/race+report/154857/1/mortara_wins_macau_grand_prix.html Mortara wins Macau Grand Prix crash.net Crash Media Group 22 November 2009 11 December 2009 and Mortara moved within half a second of him. At the line, Vernay's lead was 0.4 seconds, Mortara was in his slipstream, and the pass seemed inevitable. Sure enough, Mortara lined him up, and overtook him into Lisboa. Bird took fourth from Ericsson on the same lap, and looked set to finish behind team-mate Bottas; a far cry from his first-lap exit in 2008 after being taken out by Räikkönen Robertson Racing's Roberto Streit on the run to Mandarin.http://www.autosport.com/news/report.php/id/80302 Jonathan Noble Bird says podium makes up for '08 autosport.com Haymarket Publications 22 November 2009 11 December 2009 https://web.archive.org/web/20091125154830/http://www.autosport.com/news/report.php/id/80302 25 November 2009 livehttp://www.motorsport.com/news/article.asp?ID=314399&FS=F3 Thomas, Stella-Maria Waite, Lynne Kunimoto claims victory in rookie run at Macau motorsport.com 16 November 2008 11 December 2009 https://web.archive.org/web/20110607234911/http://www.motorsport.com/news/article.asp?ID=314399&FS=F3 7 June 2011 dead Mortara cruised to victory, winning by 1.1 seconds ahead of Vernay. Drama struck Bottas on the final lap, when he encountered a problem with one of his wheels. This cost him a podium, as both Bird and Ericsson managed to pass him. Merhi had been set for sixth, but hit the barriers at Lisboa on the final lap, and ended up being classified seventeenth.http://manor-motorsport.com/#/spin-costs-merhi-potential-top/4537061438 Spin costs Merhi potential top six finish in Macau manor-motorsport.com Manor Motorsport 22 November 2009 11 December 2009 https://web.archive.org/web/20100723025739/http://www.manor-motorsport.com/#/spin-costs-merhi-potential-top/4537061438 23 July 2010 dead This promoted the second TOM'S car of Iguchi into sixth, ahead of van der Zande, Mäki, Kunimoto and Bianchi, who made the top ten at Merhi's expense, making up eleven positions in fifteen laps. Outside the top ten were García, Huertas, Vanthoor, Saga, Dusseldorp and Arundel. Missing from the list was Sims, who retired on the final lap with a misfire.http://www.peterboroughtoday.co.uk/sport/Motorsport-Disappointment-for-young-Sims.5865868.jp https://archive.today/20120908091440/http://www.peterboroughtoday.co.uk/sport/Motorsport-Disappointment-for-young-Sims.5865868.jp dead 8 September 2012 Disappointment for young Sims Peterborough Today Johnston Press Digital Publishing 27 November 2009 11 December 2009 He was classified behind Merhi in eighteenth and last. Classification Qualifying Qualifying is split into two sessions, both of which being 45 minutes. One session was held on 19 November and another was held on 20 November, with the best times of each driver counting towards the grid for the qualifying race. thumb|right|Japanese Formula Three champion Marcus Ericsson took pole position for the qualifying race, for TOM'S. Pos No Driver Team Q1 Time Rank Q2 Time Rank Gap Grid 1 1 SWE Marcus Ericsson TOM'S 2:11.811 1 2:10.042 1 1 2 14 FRA Jean-Karl Vernay Signature 2:12.852 9 2:10.081 2 + 0.039 2 3 4 FIN Valtteri Bottas ART Grand Prix 2:12.910 10 2:10.108 3 + 0.066 3 4 16 ITA Edoardo Mortara Signature 2:11.903 3 2:10.234 4 + 0.192 4 5 6 AUS Daniel Ricciardo Carlin 2:11.848 2 2:10.780 5 + 0.738 5 6 15 BEL Laurens Vanthoor Signature 2:12.532 6 2:11.073 6 + 1.031 6 7 3 FRA Jules Bianchi ART Grand Prix 2:13.084 15 2:11.279 7 + 1.237 7 8 5 GBR Sam Bird ART Grand Prix 2:12.239 5 2:11.334 8 + 1.292 8 9 28 MCO Stefano Coletti Prema Powerteam 2:12.605 7 2:11.476 9 + 1.434 9 10 11 FIN Mika Mäki Hitech Racing 2:12.636 8 2:11.812 10 + 1.770 10 11 2 JPN Takuto Iguchi TOM'S 2:13.203 17 2:12.024 11 + 1.982 11 12 7 NZL Brendon Hartley Carlin 2:12.055 4 2:12.168 13 + 2.013 12 13 22 ESP Roberto Merhi Manor Motorsport 2:12.940 12 2:12.068 12 + 2.026 13 14 18 GBR Alexander Sims City of Dreams/Räikkönen Robertson 2:13.078 14 2:12.256 14 + 2.214 14 15 17 NLD Renger van der Zande City of Dreams/Räikkönen Robertson 2:13.127 16 2:12.306 15 + 2.264 15 16 23 JPN Yuji Kunimoto NOW Motor Sports 2:15.603 22 2:12.547 16 + 2.505 16 17 8 GBR Max Chilton Carlin 2:12.994 13 2:12.568 17 + 2.526 17 18 12 GBR Wayne Boyd Hitech Racing 2:14.135 19 2:12.749 18 + 2.707 18 19 21 COL Carlos Huertas Manor Motorsport 2:12.913 11 2:14.321 26 + 2.871 291 1 20 27 USA Jake Rosenzweig Fortec Motorsport 2:15.140 21 2:13.000 19 + 2.958 19 21 10 ITA Kei Cozzolino Toda Racing 2:13.453 18 2:13.051 20 + 3.009 20 22 29 ITA Daniel Zampieri Prema Powerteam no time 2:13.734 21 + 3.692 271 1 23 25 ESP Víctor García Fortec Motorsport 2:19.269 28 2:13.781 22 + 3.739 21 24 24 JPN Koki Saga Le Beausset Motorsports 2:14.960 20 2:13.825 23 + 3.783 22 25 30 NLD Stef Dusseldorp Kolles & Heinz Union 2:16.062 23 2:13.946 24 + 3.904 23 26 31 CHE Alexandre Imperatori Kolles & Heinz Union 2:16.847 24 2:14.124 25 + 4.082 281 1 27 9 GBR Henry Arundel Carlin 2:18.985 27 2:14.362 27 + 4.320 24 28 26 GBR Daniel McKenzie Fortec Motorsport 2:18.431 26 2:16.210 28 + 6.168 25 29 20 MAC Michael Ho Champ Motorsport/Manor Motorsport 2:18.180 25 2:18.484 29 + 8.138 26 30 19 TWN Kevin Chen Champ Motorsport/Räikkönen Robertson 2:22.667 29 2:18.910 30 + 8.868 2 2110% qualifying time: 2:23.046http://www.macau.grandprix.gov.mo/gp/56/result.php?race=f3_comb&lang=en#result FIA Formula 3 Intercontinental Cup – Macau Grand Prix COMBINED QUALIFYING macau.grandprix.gov.mo Macau Grand Prix 20 November 2009 20 November 2009 https://web.archive.org/web/20120218033641/http://www.macau.grandprix.gov.mo/gp/56/result.php?race=f3_comb&lang=en#result 18 February 2012 deadSource:http://www.mstworld.com/msptresult.aspx?eventid=90012&circuitid=6&series=Macau&venue=Macau&circuit=Circuito%20Da%20Guia&resultfile=fm34 FIA Formula 3 Intercontinental Cup – Macau Grand Prix – QUALIFYING 1 – RESULT mstworld.com MST Systems Ltd. 19 November 2009 19 November 2009 https://web.archive.org/web/20120225132233/http://www.mstworld.com/msptresult.aspx?eventid=90012&circuitid=6&series=Macau&venue=Macau&circuit=Circuito%20Da%20Guia&resultfile=fm34 25 February 2012 deadhttp://www.mstworld.com/msptresult.aspx?eventid=90012&circuitid=6&series=Macau&venue=Macau&circuit=Circuito%20Da%20Guia&resultfile=fm34 FIA Formula 3 Intercontinental Cup – Macau Grand Prix – QUALIFYING 2 – RESULT mstworld.com MST Systems Ltd. 20 November 2009 20 November 2009 https://web.archive.org/web/20120225132233/http://www.mstworld.com/msptresult.aspx?eventid=90012&circuitid=6&series=Macau&venue=Macau&circuit=Circuito%20Da%20Guia&resultfile=fm34 25 February 2012 deadBold time indicates the faster of the two times that determined the grid order. 1.1 – Huertas, Zampieri and Imperatori were sent to the back of the field, due to engine changes after the second qualifying session. They were reassigned into positions 27–29 in the order they finished in that session. 2.2 – Chen had been due to start 30th, but was withdrawn with accident damage. Qualification Race Pos No Driver Team Laps Time/Retired Grid 1 14 FRA Jean-Karl Vernay Signature 10 31:52.192 2 2 1 SWE Marcus Ericsson TOM'S 10 + 0.271 1 3 16 ITA Edoardo Mortara Signature 10 + 1.094 4 4 4 FIN Valtteri Bottas ART Grand Prix 10 + 1.587 3 5 15 BEL Laurens Vanthoor Signature 10 + 2.178 6 6 6 AUS Daniel Ricciardo Carlin 10 + 4.598 5 7 5 GBR Sam Bird ART Grand Prix 10 + 6.093 8 8 2 JPN Takuto Iguchi TOM'S 10 + 6.665 11 9 22 ESP Roberto Merhi Manor Motorsport 10 + 8.072 13 10 11 FIN Mika Mäki Hitech Racing 10 + 9.250 10 11 17 NLD Renger van der Zande City of Dreams/Räikkönen Robertson 10 + 9.720 15 12 23 JPN Yuji Kunimoto NOW Motor Sports 10 + 10.493 16 13 18 GBR Alexander Sims City of Dreams/Räikkönen Robertson 10 + 10.769 14 14 25 ESP Víctor García Fortec Motorsport 10 + 11.149 21 15 8 GBR Max Chilton Carlin 10 + 11.627 17 16 10 ITA Kei Cozzolino Toda Racing 10 + 13.395 20 17 30 NLD Stef Dusseldorp Kolles & Heinz Union 10 + 14.531 23 18 24 JPN Koki Saga Le Beausset Motorsports 10 + 19.317 22 19 21 COL Carlos Huertas Manor Motorsport 10 + 20.060 29 20 29 ITA Daniel Zampieri Prema Powerteam 10 + 20.292 27 21 3 FRA Jules Bianchi ART Grand Prix 10 + 20.624 7 22 28 MCO Stefano Coletti Prema Powerteam 10 + 21.332 9 23 31 CHE Alexandre Imperatori Kolles & Heinz Union 10 + 21.974 28 24 7 NZL Brendon Hartley Carlin 10 + 22.262 12 25 26 GBR Daniel McKenzie Fortec Motorsport 10 + 23.145 25 26 20 MAC Michael Ho Champ Motorsport/Manor Motorsport 10 + 24.222 26 Ret 12 GBR Wayne Boyd Hitech Racing 6 Accident 18 Ret 9 GBR Henry Arundel Carlin 5 Engine 24 Ret 27 USA Jake Rosenzweig Fortec Motorsport 0 Accident 19 DNS 19 TWN Kevin Chen Champ Motorsport/Räikkönen Robertson Accident damageFastest lap and outright lap record: Jean-Karl Vernay, 2:10.906, 168.304 km/h mph on on lap 7Source:The race finished under neutralised safety car conditions. Main Race Pos No Driver Team Laps Time/Retired Grid 1 16 ITA Edoardo Mortara Signature 15 53:07.769 3 2 14 FRA Jean-Karl Vernay Signature 15 + 1.146 1 3 5 GBR Sam Bird ART Grand Prix 15 + 10.982 7 4 1 SWE Marcus Ericsson TOM'S 15 + 14.988 2 5 4 FIN Valtteri Bottas ART Grand Prix 15 + 19.188 4 6 2 JPN Takuto Iguchi TOM'S 15 + 21.406 8 7 17 NLD Renger van der Zande City of Dreams/Räikkönen Robertson 15 + 22.059 11 8 11 FIN Mika Mäki Hitech Racing 15 + 29.005 10 9 23 JPN Yuji Kunimoto NOW Motor Sports 15 + 33.348 12 10 3 FRA Jules Bianchi ART Grand Prix 15 + 35.761 21 11 25 ESP Víctor García Fortec Motorsport 15 + 46.923 14 12 21 COL Carlos Huertas Manor Motorsport 15 + 47.111 19 13 15 BEL Laurens Vanthoor Signature 15 + 48.036 5 14 24 JPN Koki Saga Le Beausset Motorsports 15 + 54.965 18 15 30 NLD Stef Dusseldorp Kolles & Heinz Union 15 + 1:05.637 17 16 9 GBR Henry Arundel Carlin 15 + 1:10.699 27 17 22 ESP Roberto Merhi Manor Motorsport 14 Accident 9 18 18 GBR Alexander Sims City of Dreams/Räikkönen Robertson 14 Engine 13 Ret 10 ITA Kei Cozzolino Toda Racing 10 Accident 16 NC 31 CHE Alexandre Imperatori Kolles & Heinz Union 3 + 12 laps 23 Ret 6 AUS Daniel Ricciardo Carlin 0 Accident 6 Ret 8 GBR Max Chilton Carlin 0 Accident 15 Ret 29 ITA Daniel Zampieri Prema Powerteam 0 Accident 20 Ret 28 MCO Stefano Coletti Prema Powerteam 0 Accident 22 Ret 7 NZL Brendon Hartley Carlin 0 Accident 24 Ret 26 GBR Daniel McKenzie Fortec Motorsport 0 Accident 25 Ret 20 MAC Michael Ho Champ Motorsport/Manor Motorsport 0 Accident 26 Ret 27 USA Jake Rosenzweig Fortec Motorsport 0 Accident 28 DNS 12 GBR Wayne Boyd Hitech Racing Accident damage DNS 19 TWN Kevin Chen Champ Motorsport/Räikkönen Robertson Accident damageFastest lap and outright lap record: Edoardo Mortara, 2:10.732, 168.528 km/h mph on on lap 10Source: References External links The official website of the 56th Macau Grand Prix Macau Category:Macau Grand Prix Macau Grand Prix Macau Grand Prix Formula Three