The 2010 Formula 3 Brazil Open was the inaugural Formula 3 Brazil Open race held at Autódromo José Carlos Pace from January 21–24, 2010. There were private pre-event test sessions at Autódromo Internacional Nelson Piquet and Autódromo Internacional Ayrton Senna.
After a weekend of competition, British driver William Buller of the Hitech Racing Brazil outfit was crowned as the race champion, beating a host of Formula Three Sudamericana drivers, as well as André Negrão competing for the Cesario Fórmula team, who would drive in the Eurocup Formula Renault 2.0 championship later in the 2010 season. After Buller qualified on pole position for the first race, he and Negrão took a victory apiece with Yann Cunha finishing third in both races. Negrão won the third race, the pre-final, before Buller claimed the main event by nearly nine seconds from Negrão. Cunha finished third ahead of Razia Sports' Bruno Andrade, and Negrão's team-mate Vittorio Ghirelli completed the top five placings. In Class B the Brazilian of the RC3 Bassani was the winner.
Drivers and teams All cars are powered by Berta engines, and will run on Pirelli tyres. All teams were Brazilian-registered. 2010 Entry List Team No Driver Class Chassis Cesário Fórmula 1 Vittorio Ghirelli A Dallara F309 2 André Negrão A Hitech Racing Brazil 7 William Buller A Dallara F309 Bassan Motorsport 15 Yann Cunha A Dallara F309 Kemba Racing/G-Force 16 Fernando Galera A Dallara F309 Razia Sports 17 Bruno Andrade A Dallara F309 Cesário Fórmula Jr. 31 Fernando Resende B Dallara F301 RC3 Bassani 43 Leandro Florenzo B Dallara F301 Icon Class A Class A B Class B
Classification
Qualifying PosNoDriverClassTeamTime17 William Buller AHitech Racing Brazil1:31.17022 André Negrão ACesário Fórmula1:31.394315 Yann Cunha ABassan Motorsport1:31.580417 Bruno Andrade ARazia Sports1:32.00351 Vittorio Ghirelli ACesário Fórmula1:32.287643 Leandro Florenzo BRC3 Bassani1:32.852731 Fernando Resende BCesário Fórmula Jr.1:34.398816 Fernando Galera AKemba Racing/G-Force1:35.227
Race 1 PosNoDriverClassTeamLapsTime/RetiredGrid17 William Buller AHitech Racing Brazil1630:23.742122 André Negrão ACesário Fórmula16 +4.9402315 Yann Cunha ABassan Motorsport16 +34.2673417 Bruno Andrade ARazia Sports16 +38.176451 Vittorio Ghirelli ACesário Fórmula16 +43.9835631 Fernando Resende BCesário Fórmula Jr.15 +1 lap7Ret43 Leandro Florenzo BRC3 Bassani0Retired6Ret16 Fernando Galera AKemba Racing/G-Force0Retired8Fastest lap: William Buller, 1:40.488, on lap 16
Race 2 PosNoDriverClassTeamLapsTime/RetiredGrid12 André Negrão ACesário Fórmula20 31:05.3092215 Yann Cunha ABassan Motorsport20 +6.309337 William Buller AHitech Racing Brazil20 +7.538141 Vittorio Ghirelli ACesário Fórmula20 +20.3435517 Bruno Andrade ARazia Sports20 +23.7244643 Leandro Florenzo BRC3 Bassani20 +46.9856731 Fernando Resende BCesário Fórmula Jr.17 +3 laps7DNS16 Fernando Galera AKemba Racing/G-Force0Did not start8Fastest lap: André Negrão, 1:32.296, on lap 4
Pre-final Grid PosDriverTeamPoints1 André NegrãoCesário Fórmula12 William BullerHitech Racing Brazil23 Yann CunhaBassan Motorsport34 Vittorio GhirelliCesário Fórmula75 Bruno AndradeRazia Sports76 Leandro FlorenzoRC3 Bassani117 Fernando ResendeCesário Fórmula Jr.118 Fernando GaleraKemba Racing/G-Force14
Pre-final Race PosNoDriverClassTeamLapsTime/RetiredGrid12 André Negrão ACesário Fórmula18 31:43.595127 William Buller AHitech Racing Brazil18 +0.6282315 Yann Cunha ABassan Motorsport18 +41.074341 Vittorio Ghirelli ACesário Fórmula18 +51.8304517 Bruno Andrade ARazia Sports17 +1 lap5631 Fernando Resende BCesário Fórmula Jr.17 +1 lap7Ret43 Leandro Florenzo BRC3 Bassani11Retired6Ret16 Fernando Galera AKemba Racing/G-Force7Retired8Fastest lap: André Negrão, 1:44.429, on lap 16
Final Race PosNoDriverClassTeamLapsTime/RetiredGrid17 William Buller AHitech Racing Brazil20 30:59.806222 André Negrão ACesário Fórmula20 +8.8481315 Yann Cunha ABassan Motorsport20 +13.6383417 Bruno Andrade ARazia Sports20 +14.771551 Vittorio Ghirelli ACesário Fórmula20 +31.9504643 Leandro Florenzo BRC3 Bassani20 +54.8777731 Fernando Resende BCesário Fórmula Jr.19 +1 lap6DNS16 Fernando Galera AKemba Racing/G-Force0Did not start8Fastest lap: William Buller, 1:31.942, on lap 10
See also Formula Three Sudamericana Formula Three
References
External links Official website of the Formula 3 Brazil Open