2003 International Formula 3000 Championship

The 2003 International Formula 3000 season was the thirty-seventh season of the second-tier of Formula One feeder championship and also nineteenth season under the International Formula 3000 Championship moniker. It featured the 2003 FIA Formula 3000 International Championship with titles awarded for both Drivers and Teams.[1] The championship was contested over ten events from 19 April to 13 September 2003.[2]

The Drivers Championship was won by Björn Wirdheim and the Teams Championship was awarded to Arden International Ltd.

Teams and drivers

Björn Wirdheim, pictured at the Hungaroring round, won the Drivers' Championship
Vitantonio Liuzzi pictured at the Hungaroring round, placed fourth in the Drivers' Championship

The following teams and drivers contested the 2003 FIA Formula 3000 International Championship.[2]

Team No. Driver Rounds
United Kingdom Arden International 1 Sweden Björn Wirdheim All
2 United States Townsend Bell All
Italy Coloni Motorsport 4 Hungary Zsolt Baumgartner 1-9
San Marino Christian Montanari 10
3 Brazil Ricardo Sperafico All
United Kingdom Super Nova Racing 5 Italy Enrico Toccacelo All
6 United States Derek Hill 1-6
Denmark Nicolas Kiesa 7
United Kingdom Sam Hancock 8-10
Denmark Den Blå Avis 7 Denmark Nicolas Kiesa 1-6
8 United Kingdom Robbie Kerr 1
United States Philip Giebler 2-6
Italy Durango 9 Italy Giorgio Pantano All
10 Italy Raffaele Giammaria All
Belgium Team Astromega 11 Germany Tony Schmidt All
12 Belgium Jeffrey van Hooydonk 1-2, 4-6, 10
Republic of Ireland Michael Keohane 7-9
Czech Republic Superfund ISR - Charouz 14 Czech Republic Jaroslav Janiš All
15 France Yannick Schroeder 1-8
Austria Red Bull Junior Team 16 Italy Vitantonio Liuzzi All
17 Austria Patrick Friesacher 1-2, 5-10
Austria Bernhard Auinger 3-4
Spain BCN F3000 19 Italy Valerio Scassellati 1, 5-6, 8
Italy Alessandro Piccolo 2-4, 10
United Kingdom Marc Hynes 7
Italy Giovanni Berton 9
18 Australia Rob Nguyen 1-3
United States Will Langhorne 4-8
Italy Ferdinando Monfardini 9-10
United Kingdom Brand Motorsport 20 France Nicolas Minassian 1
21 United Kingdom Gary Paffett 1

Calendar

The 2003 FIA Formula 3000 International Championship was contested over a ten event series.[2][3]

Event Circuit Date Distance Pole Position Fastest Lap Winning Driver Winning Team Report
1 Italy Autodromo Enzo e Dino Ferrari 20 April 31 laps / 152.686 km Sweden Björn Wirdheim Sweden Björn Wirdheim Sweden Björn Wirdheim United Kingdom Arden International Report
2 Spain Circuit de Catalunya 3 May 33 laps / 152.565 km Italy Giorgio Pantano Italy Giorgio Pantano Italy Giorgio Pantano Italy Durango Report
3 Austria A1-Ring 17 May 35 laps / 151.410 km Brazil Ricardo Sperafico Sweden Björn Wirdheim Brazil Ricardo Sperafico Italy Coloni Motorsport Report
4 Monaco Circuit de Monaco 31 May 45 laps / 150.3 km Sweden Björn Wirdheim Sweden Björn Wirdheim Denmark Nicolas Kiesa Denmark Den Blå Avis Report
5 Germany Nürburgring 28 June 30 laps / 154.423 km Sweden Björn Wirdheim Sweden Björn Wirdheim Italy Enrico Toccacelo United Kingdom Super Nova Racing Report
6 France Circuit de Nevers Magny-Cours 5 July 35 laps / 154.201 km Italy Giorgio Pantano Italy Giorgio Pantano Italy Giorgio Pantano Italy Durango Report
7 United Kingdom Silverstone Circuit 19 July 30 laps / 154.125 km Sweden Björn Wirdheim Sweden Björn Wirdheim Sweden Björn Wirdheim United Kingdom Arden International Report
8 Germany Hockenheimring 2 August 33 laps / 150.942 km Brazil Ricardo Sperafico Sweden Björn Wirdheim Brazil Ricardo Sperafico Italy Coloni Motorsport Report
9 Hungary Hungaroring 23 August 35 laps / 153.440 km Italy Vitantonio Liuzzi Austria Patrick Friesacher Austria Patrick Friesacher Austria Red Bull Junior Team Report
10 Italy Autodromo Nazionale Monza 13 September 26 laps / 150.353 km Sweden Björn Wirdheim Sweden Björn Wirdheim Sweden Björn Wirdheim United Kingdom Arden International Report

Drivers' Championship

Pos[3] Driver IMO
Italy
CAT
Spain
A1R
Austria
MON
Monaco
NÜR
Germany
MAG
France
SIL
United Kingdom
HOC
Germany
HUN
Hungary
MNZ
Italy
Points
1 Sweden Björn Wirdheim 1 2 2 2 13 2 1 2 2 1 78
2 Brazil Ricardo Sperafico 3 Ret 1 DSQ 14 3 4 1 Ret 3 43
3 Italy Giorgio Pantano Ret 1 3 Ret 16 1 2 7 4 Ret 41
4 Italy Vitantonio Liuzzi 4 Ret 4 Ret 2 4 3 4 9 4 39
5 Austria Patrick Friesacher 2 Ret Ret 11 5 3 1 2 36
6 Italy Enrico Toccacelo 5 3 5 Ret 1 13 6 Ret 7 8 30
7 Denmark Nicolas Kiesa 12 10 6 1 3 Ret 8 20
8 Czech Republic Jaroslav Janiš DNS 4 9 4 6 Ret 10 8 5 7 20
9 United States Townsend Bell 9 12 7 6 Ret 12 7 5 3 Ret 17
10 Italy Raffaele Giammaria 7 Ret 14 3 7 8 Ret 10 6 Ret 14
11 Germany Tony Schmidt Ret 6 Ret Ret 10 5 Ret 6 8 6 14
12 France Yannick Schroeder 6 8 Ret 7 4 7 9 11 13
13 Belgium Jeffrey van Hooydonk Ret Ret 8 8 6 5 9
14 Hungary Zsolt Baumgartner 10 7 10 5 11 9 11 9 DNS 6
15 Australia Rob Nguyen 8 5 13 5
16 United States Derek Hill 15 11 Ret DSQ 5 10 4
17 United States Phil Giebler Ret 8 Ret 9 DNS 1
18 Italy Alessandro Piccolo 9 12 DNS 11 0
19 Austria Bernhard Auinger 11 9 0
20 San Marino Christian Montanari 9 0
21 United States Will Langhorne 10 12 14 13 12 0
22 Italy Ferdinando Monfardini Ret 10 0
23 Italy Giovanni Berton 10 0
24 United Kingdom Sam Hancock 13 11 DNS 0
25 France Nicolas Minassian 11 0
26 Republic of Ireland Michael Keohane 12 Ret 0
27 Italy Valerio Scassellati 13 15 15 14 0
28 United Kingdom Marc Hynes 14 0
29 United Kingdom Gary Paffett 14 0
United Kingdom Robbie Kerr DNS 0
Pos Driver IMO
Italy
CAT
Spain
A1R
Austria
MON
Monaco
NÜR
Germany
MAG
France
SIL
United Kingdom
HOC
Germany
HUN
Hungary
MNZ
Italy
Points
ColourResult
GoldWinner
SilverSecond place
BronzeThird place
GreenPoints finish
BlueNon-points finish
Non-classified finish (NC)
PurpleRetired (Ret)
RedDid not qualify (DNQ)
Did not pre-qualify (DNPQ)
BlackDisqualified (DSQ)
WhiteDid not start (DNS)
Withdrew (WD)
Race cancelled (C)
Blank Did not practice (DNP)
Did not arrive (DNA)
Excluded (EX)

Bold – Pole
Italics – Fastest lap

  • All drivers used Lola B02/50 chassis with Zytek-Judd KV engines and Avon tyres.
  • Championship points were awarded on a 10-8-6-4-3-2-1 basis to the first eight finishers at each event. If two or more drivers had the same number of points (including 0 points), their positions in the Championship was fixed according to the quality of their places. Under this system one first place was better than any number of second places, one second place was better than any number of third places and so on.[3]

Teams Championship

Points for the 2003 FIA Formula 300 International Championship for Teams were awarded on a 10-8-6-5-4-3-2-1 basis for the first eight places at each event.[3] Results from both team cars were taken into account.[1]

Position [3] Team [3] IMO
Italy
CAT
Spain
A1R
Austria
MON
Monaco
NUR
Germany
MAG
France
SIL
United Kingdom
HOC
Germany
HUN
Hungary
MNZ
Italy
Total [3]
1 United Kingdom Arden International Ltd 10 8 10 11 0 8 12 12 14 10 95
2 Austria Red Bull Junior Team F3000 13 0 5 0 8 5 10 11 10 13 75
3 Italy Durango Formula 2 10 6 6 2 11 8 2 8 0 55
4 Italy Coloni Motorsport 6 2 10 4 0 6 5 10 0 6 49
5 United Kingdom Super Nova Racing Ltd 4 6 4 0 14 0 4 0 2 1 35
6 Czech Republic ISR - Charouz 3 6 0 7 8 2 0 1 4 2 33
7 Belgium Team Astromega 0 3 0 1 1 7 0 3 1 7 23
8 Denmark Den Blå Avis 0 0 4 10 6 0 - - - - 20
9 Spain BCN F3000 1 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5
10 United Kingdom Brand Motorsports 0 - - - - - - - - - 0

Complete Overview

first column of every race10= grid position
second column of every race10= race result

R16=retired, but classified R=retired NS=did not start NT=no time set in qualifying 13E=grid position, but started from the end of the grid

PlaceNameTeam IMO
Italy
CAT
Spain
OST
Austria
MON
Monaco
NÜR
Germany
MAG
France
SIL
United Kingdom
HOC
Germany
HUN
Hungary
MNZ
Italy
1Sweden Björn WirdheimArden International112222121132211325211
2Brazil Ricardo SperaficoColoni Motorsport434R112R2144334116R33
3Italy Giorgio PantanoDurango Formula7R11533R14R16112257242R
4Italy Vitantonio LiuzziRed Bull Junior Team3410R344R5254432419124
5Austria Patrick FriesacherRed Bull Junior Team2212R----4R81155433142
6Italy Enrico ToccaceloSuper Nova Racing10573755R311413767R8758
7Denmark Nicolas KiesaDen Blå Avis13129101366110312R
Super Nova Racing118------
Czech Republic Jaroslav JanisSuperfund ISR - Charouz15NS54109841263R8108875117
9United States Townsend BellArden International591112471866R11126765437R
10Italy Raffaele GiammariaDurango Formula8718R17149316715814R12101168R
Germany Tony SchmidtTeam Astromega12R1366R1516R13E10659R106108106
12France Yannick SchroederSuperfund ISR - Charouz666816R12794771091111NT-NT-
13Belgium Jeffrey van HooydonkTeam Astromega11R3R--7888106------65
14Hungary Zsolt BaumgartnerColoni Motorsport16101679101051511991211999NS--
15Australia Rob NguyenTeam BCN F30001781551513--------------
16United States Derek HillSuper Nova Racing191581112R14R751310--------
17United States Philip GieblerDen Blå Avis--14R8815R11916NS--------
18Italy Alessandro PiccoloTeam BCN F3000--179111211NS----------13R11
19Austria Bernhard AuingerRed Bull Junior Team----1411139------------
20San Marino Christian MontanariColoni Motorsport------------------99
21United States Will LanghorneTeam BCN F3000------17101712171415131312----
22Italy Ferdinando MonfardiniTeam BCN F3000----------------14R14R10
23Italy Giovanni BertonTeam BCN F3000----------------1210--
24United Kingdom Sam HancockSuper Nova Racing--------------1413131115NS
25France Nicolas MinassianBrand Motorsport911------------------
26Republic of Ireland Michael KeohaneTeam Astromega------------131216RNT---
27Italy Valerio ScassellatiTeam BCN F30002013------18151815--1514----
28United Kingdom Gary PaffettBrand Motorsport1414------------------
29United Kingdom Marc HynesTeam BCN F3000------------1614------
-United Kingdom Robbie KerrDen Blå Avis18NS------------------

See also

2003 Euro Formula 3000 season

References

  1. 2003 FIA F3000 Sporting Regulations Retrieved from web.archive.org on 19 March 2010
  2. 2003 F3000 Results from www.teamdan.com Archived 2012-02-24 at the Wayback Machine Retrieved from www.teamdan.com on 19 March 2010
  3. 2003 FIA F3000 Championship Classifications Retrieved from web.archive.org on 23 April 2010

Further reading

  • Automobile Year, 2003/04
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