The 2014 Zandvoort Masters was the 24th edition of the

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event, a non-championship race for cars that conform to

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regulations. The event was held on 6 July 2014 at

Circuit Park Zandvoort Circuit Zandvoort (), known for sponsorship reasons as CM.com Circuit Zandvoort, and previously known as Circuit Park Zandvoort until 2017, is a motorsport race track located in the dunes north of Zandvoort, the Netherlands, near the North Sea ...

, in

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; it was the 22nd time that the circuit held the event.

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driver

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– the son of

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winner and former Formula One driver,

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– started from pole position, and led every lap en route to becoming the youngest winner in the race's history, aged 16. Verstappen won by six seconds on the road from

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, his

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teammate in the

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. However, Szymkowiak was given a 20-second penalty post-race after a first-corner incident with Sam MacLeod, the team's

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driver, which dropped him to fifth place. This promoted

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, on his Formula Three début, into second place, and Motopark's

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into third place.

Drivers and teams

Eleven drivers from seven countries contested the 2014 Zandvoort Masters; four drivers represented the

, with three each from the

and the

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completed the field, competing in his first Formula Three race with

, stepping up from the

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. The Zandvoort Masters was first contested in 1991 as a one-off international meeting with drivers from all the major national

championships invited to compete. The race was considered a stepping stone to higher racing categories such as

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and it returned the Circuit Zandvoort to international recognition after the series stopped holding events at the track at the end of the 1985 season. It later took over from the

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as the most prestigious meeting in European Formula Three.

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hosted the

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and 2008 editions due to noise restrictions imposed by the

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in the Zandvoort area. The Masters of Formula 3 returned to Zandvoort in 2009 and it continued to hold it until its last iteration in

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due to calendar changes for the track and FIA Formula Three European Championship regulations probiting any racing activity prior the round in the same area.

Classification

Qualifying

Two qualifying sessions were held for the event, with the driver's fastest lap from either session, counting towards their respective grid position.

Race

Indy Dontje on the grid of the 2014 Zandvoort Masters

References

{{Masters of F3 years Masters of Formula Three

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