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Saturday, 20 November 2010 04:00 |
 A Signature team 1-2-3 in the qualification race as Edoardo Mortara (Signature) remains the man to beat in the Macau Formula 3 Grand Prix.
In the qualification race at the 6.12 kilometres long Guia circuit, the Italian drove an undisputed victory home. Laurens Vanthoor (Signature) and Daniel Abt (Signature) followed him across the finish line.
Valtteri Bottas (Prema Powerteam) in fourth and Marco Wittmann (Signature) in fifth place made sure that four of the first four drivers are coming from the ranks of the Formula 3 Euro Series.
Mortara only had to battle for his position at the start of the opening lap, from which he returned with a margin of over two seconds.
After that, the only thing the defending Macau Grand Prix winner had to do was avoid making mistakes and to maintain his advantage.
Second place for Laurens Vanthoor wasn’t in danger for a long time either, once he had overtaken Daniel Abt on lap three.
Abt, however, was involved in a hot battle with Bottas, Wittmann and Roberto Merhi (Prema Powerteam).
The Macau rookie, who has already signed a contract with Signature to race in the Formula 3 Euro Series next season, showed a strong performance and prevailed in an impressive way.
Edoardo Mortara (Signature):
“My start was not so good, but I could claim back the lead on the first lap. When my margin was big enough, I backed off a little bit. This victory is nice, but the really important thing is tomorrow, because that is when the main race of the weekend is on.”
"It’s quite a moment when you’re flying down to the first corner side by side. I had to take a lot of kerb so as not to put Daniel in the wall. But thereafter this was a fairly straight forward race for me and, having built up a decent gap, I was able to put it on cruise control. I felt comfortable, the team were keeping me informed of the gap, and I slowed down a little bit towards the end just to make sure I brought the car home in one piece."
“I’m very happy with this result and would like to thank my Signature team and Volkswagen for a great car. Nevertheless, this is just the qualifying race and I’ve come here with the goal of winning on Sunday. Today was good, it was important to finish in the top five, and now we’re going to prepare the car for tomorrow. I think we can still find an extra tenth somewhere.”
Laurens Vanthoor (Signature):
“I was stuck between other drivers right after the start and lost positions as a result, but I could get it back in the first three laps. When my margin over the drivers behind me was big enough, I safely drove second place home. Edoardo is the favourite for tomorrow’s race, but I will try everything to beat him. Victory at Macau would be a dream.”
Valtteri Bottas (Prema Powerteam):
“I had some bad luck as I hardly had any slipstream on the straights. But from fourth place on the grid, nothing is lost yet. I am still a contender for victory at Macau in 2010.”
Qualification race result:
| Pos. |
N° |
Class. |
Driver |
Nat. |
Car |
Time |
Laps |
Gap |
Speed |
| 1 |
1 |
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Edoardo MORTARA |
ITA |
Signature |
22'14.842 |
10 |
|
165.05 |
| 2 |
3 |
|
Laurens VANTHOOR |
BEL |
Signature |
22'17.184 |
10 |
2.342 |
164.76 |
| 3 |
4 |
|
Daniel ABT |
GER |
Signature |
22'24.256 |
10 |
9.414 |
163.89 |
| 4 |
28 |
|
Valtteri BOTTAS |
FIN |
Prema Powerteam |
22'24.489 |
10 |
9.647 |
163.86 |
| 5 |
2 |
|
Marco WITTMANN |
GER |
Signature |
22'33.608 |
10 |
18.766 |
162.76 |
| 6 |
26 |
|
Renger VAN DER ZANDE |
NED |
Motopark Academy |
22'34.843 |
10 |
20.001 |
162.61 |
| 7 |
5 |
|
Jean-Eric VERGNE |
FRA |
Carlin |
22'35.551 |
10 |
20.709 |
162.53 |
| 8 |
23 |
|
Carlos HUERTAS |
COL |
Hitech Racing |
22'36.154 |
10 |
21.312 |
162.45 |
| 9 |
8 |
|
Antonio DA COSTA |
POR |
Carlin |
22'41.110 |
10 |
26.268 |
161.86 |
| 10 |
15 |
|
Daniel JUNCADELLA |
ESP |
Prema Powerteam |
22'42.418 |
10 |
27.576 |
161.71 |
| 11 |
32 |
|
Felix ROSENQVIST |
SWE |
Performance Racing |
22'46.107 |
10 |
31.265 |
161.27 |
| 12 |
12 |
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Felipe NASR |
BRA |
Raikkonen Robertson Racing |
22'50.352 |
10 |
35.51 |
160.77 |
| 13 |
7 |
|
Jazeman JAAFAR |
MAS |
Carlin |
22'51.358 |
10 |
36.516 |
160.65 |
| 14 |
14 |
|
Rio HARYANTO |
INA |
Raikkonen Robertson Racing |
22'57.888 |
10 |
43.046 |
159.89 |
| 15 |
19 |
|
Lucas FORESTI |
BRA |
Fortec Motorsport |
23'05.217 |
10 |
50.375 |
159.05 |
| 16 |
24 |
|
Carlos MUNOZ |
COL |
Hitech Racing |
23'05.736 |
10 |
50.894 |
158.99 |
| 17 |
9 |
|
Yuji KUNIMOTO |
JPN |
Tom's |
23'06.108 |
10 |
51.266 |
158.94 |
| 18 |
10 |
|
Rafael SUZUKI |
BRA |
Tom's |
23'06.908 |
10 |
52.066 |
158.85 |
| 19 |
18 |
|
Will BULLER |
GBR |
Fortec Motorsport |
23'08.323 |
10 |
53.481 |
158.69 |
| 20 |
21 |
|
Yuhi SEKIGUCHI |
JPN |
Three Bond Racing |
23'08.574 |
10 |
53.732 |
158.66 |
| 21 |
22 |
|
Hideki YAMAUCHI |
JPN |
Hanashima Racing |
23'08.798 |
10 |
53.956 |
158.64 |
| 22 |
16 |
|
Roberto MERHI |
ESP |
Prema Powerteam |
23'09.877 |
10 |
55.035 |
158.51 |
| 23 |
29 |
|
Adderly FONG |
HKG |
Sino Vision Racing |
23'11.345 |
10 |
56.503 |
158.35 |
| 24 |
13 |
|
Michael HO |
MAC |
Raikkonen Robertson Racing |
23'18.533 |
10 |
63.7 |
157.53 |
| 25 |
27 |
|
Kimiya SATO |
JPN |
Motopark Academy |
23'04.353 |
9 |
1 lap
|
143.23 |
| Not classified |
|
20 |
|
Alexandre IMPERATORI |
SUI |
Toda Racing with KCMG |
18'10.022 |
8 |
D.N.F. |
161.69 |
|
30 |
|
Hywel LLOYD |
GBR |
CF Racing with Manor Motorsport |
4'51.946 |
2 |
D.N.F. |
150.93 |
|
17 |
|
Oliver WEBB |
GBR |
Fortec Motorsport |
|
0 |
D.N.F. |
|
|
6 |
|
James CALADO |
GBR |
Carlin |
|
0 |
D.N.F. |
|
|
11 |
|
Alexander SIMS |
GBR |
Raikkonen Robertson Racing |
|
0 |
D.N.F. |
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| Fastest lap |
|
3 |
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Laurens VANTHOOR |
|
Signature |
2'11.934 |
4 |
103.76mph |
166.99kph |
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