1999 Italian Formula 3000 Championship

The 1999 Italian Formula 3000 Championship was contested over 7 rounds. 16 different teams and 27 different drivers competed. In this one-make formula all teams had to utilize Lola T96/50 chassis with Zytek engines.

The scoring system for this season was 10-6-4-3-2-1 points awarded to the first six classified finishers.

Entries

Team No. Driver Rounds
Sighinolfi 0 Oliver Martini 3
2 Gabriele Lancieri All
Edenbridge Racing 3 Werner Lupberger All
4 Ananda Mikola All
Team Martello 5 Giorgio Vinella All
6 Giandomenico Brusatin All
Durango Formula 7 Jarosław Wierczuk All
8 Paolo Montin All
23 Nicolás Filiberti 3-7
ADM Competition 9 Cesare Manfredini 1-3
Nikolaus Stremmenos 5-7
Coloni Motorsport 10 Marcelo Battistuzzi 3-5
Kristian Kolby 7
11 Polo Villaamil 1, 3-5
Dino Morelli 6-7
Redgrave Racing 12 Mark Shaw All
14 Darren Turner 1
Marcelo Battistuzzi 2, 6-7
Jean de Pourtales 4-5
First GP 15 Riccardo Moscatelli 1-4
Fabrizio Gollin 6-7
Monaco Motorsport 16 Marco Apicella All
17 Alex Yoong 3-7
Redman Bright 19 Rafael Sarandeses 4
Team Ghinzani 19 Paolo Ruberti 7
Draco Racing 20 Oliver Martini 5
Walter Thimmler 7
Arden 22 Viktor Maslov 4, 7
GP Racing 24 Thomas Biagi 5-7

Calendar

All races were held in Italy, excepting Donington Park round which held in the United Kingdom.

Round Circuit/Location Date Laps Distance Time Speed
1 ACI Vallelunga Circuit 6 June 32 3.228=103.296 km 0'35:42.203 173.590 km/h
2 Autodromo Nazionale Monza 27 June 25 5.770=144.25 km 0'44:17.382 195.418 km/h
3 Autodromo di Pergusa 18 July 25 4.950=123.75 km 0'39:22.365 188.582 km/h
4 Donington Park 8 August 34 3.150=107.1 km 0'46:59.700 136.738 km/h
5 Misano Circuit 5 September 24 4.060=97.44 km 0'34:16.140 170.603 km/h
6 Misano Circuit 3 October 25 4.060=101.5 km 0'35:57.109 169.393 km/h
7 Autodromo Enzo e Dino Ferrari 24 October 21 4.93=103.53 km 0'41:25.182 149.972 km/h

Results

Round Circuit Pole Position Fastest Lap Winner Winning Team
1 ACI Vallelunga Circuit Polo Villaamil Marco Apicella Marco Apicella Monaco Motorsport
2 Autodromo Nazionale Monza Marcelo Battistuzzi Marcelo Battistuzzi Marcelo Battistuzzi Redgrave Racing
3 Autodromo di Pergusa Ananda Mikola Oliver Martini Giorgio Vinella Team Martello
4 Donington Park Mark Shaw Polo Villaamil Werner Lupberger Edenbridge Racing
5 Misano Circuit Thomas Biagi Marco Apicella Marco Apicella Monaco Motorsport
6 Misano Circuit Marco Apicella Marco Apicella Giorgio Vinella Team Martello
7 Autodromo Enzo e Dino Ferrari Dino Morelli Fabrizio Gollin Dino Morelli Coloni Motorsport
Note

Race 3 Pole Position originally won by Oliver Martini, but all his times were cancelled and he started from last grid position.

Race 3 original first finisher and winner Ananda Mikola, but he was disqualified due to an illegal positioning of the datalogger.

Championships standings

Pos Driver VLL
MNZ
PER
DON
MIS
MIS
IMO
Pts
1 Giorgio Vinella 4 2 1 Ret 5 1 9 31
2 Werner Lupberger 6 3 6 1 3 2 6 27
3 Marco Apicella 1 Ret Ret 8 1 11 Ret 20
4 Thomas Biagi 2 3 2 16
5 Marcelo Battistuzzi 1 11 4 11 14 13 13
6 Dino Morelli 4 1 13
7 Gabriele Lancieri 9 9 3 3 10 5 4 13
8 Mark Shaw 7 4 2 Ret 12 16 NC 9
9 Paolo Montin 2 Ret 8 Ret 4 13 10 9
10 Alex Yoong 5 2 9 15 Ret 8
11 Polo Villaamil 3 9 Ret Ret 4
12 Ananda Mikola 5 8 DSQ DNS 6 6 Ret 4
13 Paolo Ruberti 3 4
14 Oliver Martini 4 7 3
15 Cesare Manfredini 13 5 10 2
16 Giandomenico Brusatin 12 7 7 5 Ret 12 Ret 2
17 Kristian Kolby 5 2
18 Riccardo Moscatelli 10 6 Ret Ret 1
19 Viktor Maslov 6 8 1
- Fabrizio Gollin 7 7 0
- Jarosław Wierczuk 13 Ret Ret 7 13 9 12 0
- Nicolás Filiberti Ret Ret 8 8 NC 0
- Darren Turner 8 0
- Rafael Sarandeses 9 0
- Nikolaus Stremmenos 15 10 11 0
- Jean de Pourtales Ret 14 0
- Walter Thimmler Ret 0
Pos Driver VLL
MNZ
PER
DON
MIS
MIS
IMO
Pts
Colour Result
Gold Winner
Silver Second place
Bronze Third place
Green Points classification
Blue Non-points classification
Non-classified finish (NC)
Purple Retired, not classified (Ret)
Red Did not qualify (DNQ)
Did not pre-qualify (DNPQ)
Black Disqualified (DSQ)
White Did not start (DNS)
Withdrew (WD)
Race cancelled (C)
Blank Did not practice (DNP)
Did not arrive (DNA)
Excluded (EX)

References