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]

2003 FIA International Formula 3000 Championship
Previous: 2002 Next: 2004
Related series:
2003 Euro Formula 3000 Series
2003 Formula Nippon Championship

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
Arden International 1 Björn Wirdheim All
2 Townsend Bell All
Coloni Motorsport 4 Zsolt Baumgartner 1-9
Christian Montanari 10
3 Ricardo Sperafico All
Super Nova Racing 5 Enrico Toccacelo All
6 Derek Hill 1-6
Nicolas Kiesa 7
Sam Hancock 8-10
Den Blå Avis 7 Nicolas Kiesa 1-6
8 Robbie Kerr 1
Philip Giebler 2-6
Durango 9 Giorgio Pantano All
10 Raffaele Giammaria All
Team Astromega 11 Tony Schmidt All
12 Jeffrey van Hooydonk 1-2, 4-6, 10
Michael Keohane 7-9
Superfund ISR - Charouz 14 Jaroslav Janiš All
15 Yannick Schroeder 1-8
Red Bull Junior Team 16 Vitantonio Liuzzi All
17 Patrick Friesacher 1-2, 5-10
Bernhard Auinger 3-4
BCN F3000 19 Valerio Scassellati 1, 5-6, 8
Alessandro Piccolo 2-4, 10
Marc Hynes 7
Giovanni Berton 9
18 Rob Nguyen 1-3
Will Langhorne 4-8
Ferdinando Monfardini 9-10
Brand Motorsport 20 Nicolas Minassian 1
21 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
1 Autodromo Enzo e Dino Ferrari 20 April 31 laps / 152.686 km Björn Wirdheim Björn Wirdheim Björn Wirdheim Arden International
2 Circuit de Catalunya 3 May 33 laps / 152.565 km Giorgio Pantano Giorgio Pantano Giorgio Pantano Durango
3 A1-Ring 17 May 35 laps / 151.410 km Ricardo Sperafico Björn Wirdheim Ricardo Sperafico Coloni Motorsport
4 Circuit de Monaco 31 May 45 laps / 150.3 km Björn Wirdheim Björn Wirdheim Nicolas Kiesa Den Blå Avis
5 Nürburgring 28 June 30 laps / 154.423 km Björn Wirdheim Björn Wirdheim Enrico Toccacelo Super Nova Racing
6 Circuit de Nevers Magny-Cours 5 July 35 laps / 154.201 km Giorgio Pantano Giorgio Pantano Giorgio Pantano Durango
7 Silverstone Circuit 19 July 30 laps / 154.125 km Björn Wirdheim Björn Wirdheim Björn Wirdheim Arden International
8 Hockenheimring 2 August 33 laps / 150.942 km Ricardo Sperafico Björn Wirdheim Ricardo Sperafico Coloni Motorsport
9 Hungaroring 23 August 35 laps / 153.440 km Vitantonio Liuzzi Patrick Friesacher Patrick Friesacher Red Bull Junior Team
10 Autodromo Nazionale Monza 13 September 26 laps / 150.353 km Björn Wirdheim Björn Wirdheim Björn Wirdheim Arden International

Drivers' Championship

Pos[3] Driver IMO
CAT
A1R
MON
NÜR
MAG
SIL
HOC
HUN
MNZ
Points
1 Björn Wirdheim 1 2 2 2 13 2 1 2 2 1 78
2 Ricardo Sperafico 3 Ret 1 DSQ 14 3 4 1 Ret 3 43
3 Giorgio Pantano Ret 1 3 Ret 16 1 2 7 4 Ret 41
4 Vitantonio Liuzzi 4 Ret 4 Ret 2 4 3 4 9 4 39
5 Patrick Friesacher 2 Ret Ret 11 5 3 1 2 36
6 Enrico Toccacelo 5 3 5 Ret 1 13 6 Ret 7 8 30
7 Nicolas Kiesa 12 10 6 1 3 Ret 8 20
8 Jaroslav Janiš DNS 4 9 4 6 Ret 10 8 5 7 20
9 Townsend Bell 9 12 7 6 Ret 12 7 5 3 Ret 17
10 Raffaele Giammaria 7 Ret 14 3 7 8 Ret 10 6 Ret 14
11 Tony Schmidt Ret 6 Ret Ret 10 5 Ret 6 8 6 14
12 Yannick Schroeder 6 8 Ret 7 4 7 9 11 13
13 Jeffrey van Hooydonk Ret Ret 8 8 6 5 9
14 Zsolt Baumgartner 10 7 10 5 11 9 11 9 DNS 6
15 Rob Nguyen 8 5 13 5
16 Derek Hill 15 11 Ret DSQ 5 10 4
17 Phil Giebler Ret 8 Ret 9 DNS 1
18 Alessandro Piccolo 9 12 DNS 11 0
19 Bernhard Auinger 11 9 0
20 Christian Montanari 9 0
21 Will Langhorne 10 12 14 13 12 0
22 Ferdinando Monfardini Ret 10 0
23 Giovanni Berton 10 0
24 Sam Hancock 13 11 DNS 0
25 Nicolas Minassian 11 0
26 Michael Keohane 12 Ret 0
27 Valerio Scassellati 13 15 15 14 0
28 Marc Hynes 14 0
29 Gary Paffett 14 0
Robbie Kerr DNS 0
Pos Driver IMO
CAT
A1R
MON
NÜR
MAG
SIL
HOC
HUN
MNZ
Points
ColourResult
GoldWinner
Silver2nd place
Bronze3rd 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 participate (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
CAT
A1R
MON
NUR
MAG
SIL
HOC
HUN
MNZ
Total [3]
1 Arden International Ltd 10 8 10 11 0 8 12 12 14 10 95
2 Red Bull Junior Team F3000 13 0 5 0 8 5 10 11 10 13 75
3 Durango Formula 2 10 6 6 2 11 8 2 8 0 55
4 Coloni Motorsport 6 2 10 4 0 6 5 10 0 6 49
5 Super Nova Racing Ltd 4 6 4 0 14 0 4 0 2 1 35
6 ISR - Charouz 3 6 0 7 8 2 0 1 4 2 33
7 Team Astromega 0 3 0 1 1 7 0 3 1 7 23
8 Den Bla Avis 0 0 4 10 6 0 - - - - 20
9 BCN F3000 1 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5
10 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
CAT
OST
MON
NÜR
MAG
SIL
HOC
HUN
MNZ
1 Björn WirdheimArden International112222121132211325211
2 Ricardo SperaficoColoni Motorsport434R112R2144334116R33
3 Giorgio PantanoDurango Formula7R11533R14R16112257242R
4 Vitantonio LiuzziRed Bull Junior Team3410R344R5254432419124
5 Patrick FriesacherRed Bull Junior Team2212R----4R81155433142
6 Enrico ToccaceloSuper Nova Racing10573755R311413767R8758
7 Nicolas KiesaDen Blå Avis13129101366110312R
Super Nova Racing118------
Jaroslav JanisSuperfund ISR - Charouz15NS54109841263R8108875117
9 Townsend BellArden International591112471866R11126765437R
10 Raffaele GiammariaDurango Formula8718R17149316715814R12101168R
Tony SchmidtTeam Astromega12R1366R1516R13E10659R106108106
12 Yannick SchroederSuperfund ISR - Charouz666816R12794771091111NT-NT-
13 Jeffrey van HooydonkTeam Astromega11R3R--7888106------65
14 Zsolt BaumgartnerColoni Motorsport16101679101051511991211999NS--
15 Rob NguyenTeam BCN F30001781551513--------------
16 Derek HillSuper Nova Racing191581112R14R751310--------
17 Philip GieblerDen Blå Avis--14R8815R11916NS--------
18 Alessandro PiccoloTeam BCN F3000--179111211NS----------13R11
19 Bernhard AuingerRed Bull Junior Team----1411139------------
20 Christian MontanariColoni Motorsport------------------99
21 Will LanghorneTeam BCN F3000------17101712171415131312----
22 Ferdinando MonfardiniTeam BCN F3000----------------14R14R10
23 Giovanni BertonTeam BCN F3000----------------1210--
24 Sam HancockSuper Nova Racing--------------1413131115NS
25 Nicolas MinassianBrand Motorsport911------------------
26 Michael KeohaneTeam Astromega------------131216RNT---
27 Valerio ScassellatiTeam BCN F30002013------18151815--1514----
28 Gary PaffettBrand Motorsport1414------------------
29 Marc HynesTeam BCN F3000------------1614------
- 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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