Autódromo José Carlos Pace 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 [ 1] and Autódromo Internacional Ayrton Senna .[ 2]
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.
All cars are powered by Berta engines, and will run on Pirelli tyres. All teams were Brazilian-registered. Icon Class A Class A B Class B
Pos[ 10] No Driver Class Team Laps Time/Retired Grid 1 7 William Buller A Hitech Racing Brazil 16 30:23.742 1 2 2 André Negrão A Cesário Fórmula 16 +4.940 2 3 15 Yann Cunha A Bassan Motorsport 16 +34.267 3 4 17 Bruno Andrade A Razia Sports 16 +38.176 4 5 1 Vittorio Ghirelli A Cesário Fórmula 16 +43.983 5 6 31 Fernando Resende B Cesário Fórmula Jr. 15 +1 lap 7 Ret 43 Leandro Florenzo B RC3 Bassani 0 Retired 6 Ret 16 Fernando Galera A Kemba Racing/G-Force 0 Retired 8 Fastest lap: William Buller , 1:40.488, 154.371 km/h (95.922 mph) on lap 16[ 11]
Pos[ 12] No Driver Class Team Laps Time/Retired Grid 1 2 André Negrão A Cesário Fórmula 20 31:05.309 2 2 15 Yann Cunha A Bassan Motorsport 20 +6.309 3 3 7 William Buller A Hitech Racing Brazil 20 +7.538 1 4 1 Vittorio Ghirelli A Cesário Fórmula 20 +20.343 5 5 17 Bruno Andrade A Razia Sports 20 +23.724 4 6 43 Leandro Florenzo B RC3 Bassani 20 +46.985 6 7 31 Fernando Resende B Cesário Fórmula Jr. 17 +3 laps 7 DNS 16 Fernando Galera A Kemba Racing/G-Force 0 Did not start 8 Fastest lap: André Negrão , 1:32.296, 168.072 km/h (104.435 mph) on lap 4[ 13]
Pos[ 15] No Driver Class Team Laps Time/Retired Grid 1 2 André Negrão A Cesário Fórmula 18 31:43.595 1 2 7 William Buller A Hitech Racing Brazil 18 +0.628 2 3 15 Yann Cunha A Bassan Motorsport 18 +41.074 3 4 1 Vittorio Ghirelli A Cesário Fórmula 18 +51.830 4 5 17 Bruno Andrade A Razia Sports 17 +1 lap 5 6 31 Fernando Resende B Cesário Fórmula Jr. 17 +1 lap 7 Ret 43 Leandro Florenzo B RC3 Bassani 11 Retired 6 Ret 16 Fernando Galera A Kemba Racing/G-Force 7 Retired 8 Fastest lap: André Negrão , 1:44.429, 148.545 km/h (92.302 mph) on lap 16[ 16]
Pos[ 17] No Driver Class Team Laps Time/Retired Grid 1 7 William Buller A Hitech Racing Brazil 20 30:59.806 2 2 2 André Negrão A Cesário Fórmula 20 +8.848 1 3 15 Yann Cunha A Bassan Motorsport 20 +13.638 3 4 17 Bruno Andrade A Razia Sports 20 +14.771 5 5 1 Vittorio Ghirelli A Cesário Fórmula 20 +31.950 4 6 43 Leandro Florenzo B RC3 Bassani 20 +54.877 7 7 31 Fernando Resende B Cesário Fórmula Jr. 19 +1 lap 6 DNS 16 Fernando Galera A Kemba Racing/G-Force 0 Did not start 8 Fastest lap: William Buller , 1:31.942, 168.719 km/h (104.837 mph) on lap 10[ 18]