2002 International Formula 3000 Championship

The 2002 International Formula 3000 season was the thirty-sixth season of the second-tier of Formula One feeder championship and also eighteenth season under the International Formula 3000 Championship moniker. It featured the 2002 FIA Formula 3000 International Championship which was contested over twelve races from 30 March to 14 September 2002. Championship titles were awarded for both Drivers and Teams.

Teams and drivers

The following teams and drivers contested the 2002 FIA Formula 3000 International Championship.

Team No. Driver Rounds
Coca-Cola Nordic Racing 1 Ryan Briscoe 1–7
Thed Björk 8–12
2 Zsolt Baumgartner All
Petrobras Junior Team 3 Antônio Pizzonia All
4 Ricardo Sperafico All
Super Nova Racing 5 Sébastien Bourdais All
6 Tiago Monteiro All
Red Bull Junior Team 9 Patrick Friesacher All
10 Ricardo Mauricio All
Team Astromega 14 Mario Haberfeld All
15 Rob Nguyen All
European Minardi F3000 16 Alexandre Sperafico 1–9
Justin Keen 10–12
17 David Saelens 1–5
Alex Müller 6–9
Kristian Kolby 10–12
Arden International 18 Björn Wirdheim All
19 Tomáš Enge All
Durango Formula 20 Alex Müller 1–5
Derek Hill 6–12
21 Rodrigo Sperafico All
Coloni F3000 24 Enrico Toccacelo All
25 Giorgio Pantano All
PSM Racing Line 26 Tony Schmidt All
27 Nicolas Kiesa All
Sources:[1][2]

Note: Each entry used a Lola B02/50 chassis with a Zytek-Judd KV engine and Avon tyres, as mandated by the championship regulations.[1]

Calendar

The FIA Formula 3000 International Championship was contested over twelve races.

Round Circuit Date Laps Distance Time Speed Pole Position Fastest Lap Winner Winning Team Report
1 Autódromo José Carlos Pace 30 March 35 4.309=150.785 km 0'53:24.841 169.395 km/h Sébastien Bourdais Sébastien Bourdais Rodrigo Sperafico Durango Formula Report
2 Autodromo Enzo e Dino Ferrari 13 April 32 4.933=157.619 km 0'51:39.076 183.096 km/h Sébastien Bourdais Giorgio Pantano Sébastien Bourdais Super Nova Racing Report
3 Circuit de Catalunya 27 April 32 4.728=151.233 km 0'51:44.572 175.367 km/h Sébastien Bourdais Sébastien Bourdais Giorgio Pantano Coloni F3000 Report
4 A1 Ring 11 May 35 4.326=151.410 km 0'48:53.862 185.788 km/h Tomáš Enge Tomáš Enge Tomáš Enge Arden Team Russia Report
5 Circuit de Monaco 25 May 45 3.37=151.65 km 1'07:40.545 134.449 km/h Sébastien Bourdais Tomáš Enge Sébastien Bourdais Super Nova Racing Report
6 Nürburgring 22 June 30 5.138=154.14 km 0'54:55.289 168.393 km/h Sébastien Bourdais Tomáš Enge Sébastien Bourdais Super Nova Racing Report
7 Silverstone Circuit 6 July 30 5.141=154.126 km 0'49:45.388 185.856 km/h Tomáš Enge Tomáš Enge Tomáš Enge Arden Team Russia Report
8 Circuit de Nevers Magny-Cours 20 July 35 4.251=148.599 km 0'54:58.076 162.202 km/h Tomáš Enge Tomáš Enge Tomáš Enge Arden Team Russia Report
9 Hockenheimring 27 July 33 4.574=150.942 km 0'50:00.768 181.084 km/h Giorgio Pantano Ricardo Sperafico Giorgio Pantano Coloni F3000 Report
10 Hungaroring 17 August 38 3.975=151.044 km 0'59:25.829 152.491 km/h Tomáš Enge Ricardo Sperafico Enrico Toccacelo Coloni F3000 Report
11 Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps 31 August 22 6.968=153.296 km 0'47:06.609 195.239 km/h Sébastien Bourdais Sébastien Bourdais Giorgio Pantano Coloni F3000 Report
12 Autodromo Nazionale Monza 14 September 26 5.793=150.353 km 0'44:57.538 200.654 km/h Björn Wirdheim Giorgio Pantano Björn Wirdheim Arden Team Russia Report
Source:[3]

Note: The race time/average speed for the provisional winner of Race 10 (Tomáš Enge) was 0'59:24.642/152.546 km/h. Enge was subsequently disqualified after failing a drug test.[4]

Championship standings

Teams Championship

Teams Championship points were awarded on a 10-6-4-3-2-1 basis for the first six places at each race with points from both team cars counting towards each team’s total.[5]

Position [6] Team [6] Points [6]
1 Arden International 2 1 6 16 4 1 11 10 6 3 3 16 79
2 Coloni F3000 1 4 11 4 – – 3 5 10 16 10 4 68
3 Super Nova Racing 0 10 4 0 10 10 6 6 2 4 6 0 58
4 Petrobras Junior Team 3 3 0 0 5 10 6 3 1 2 4 3 40
5 Red Bull Junior Team 4 2 3 2 6 3 0 0 – 1 2 – 23
6 Durango Formula 10 6 0 0 – 0 0 0 4 0 0 0 20
7 Team Astromega 6 0 2 4 1 2 0 2 3 0 0 0 20
8 PSM Racing Line 0 0 0 0 – 0 0 0 – 0 1 2 3
9 Coca-Cola Nordic Racing 0 0 0 0 – 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1
10 European Minardi F3000 – 0 0 – – 0 0 0 – 0 0 0 0

Race results

Drivers Championship points were awarded at each race as follows: 10 points to the winner, 6 for runner-up, 4 for third place, 3 for fourth place, 2 for fifth place and 1 for sixth place.[5]

Pos Driver INT
 IMO
 CAT
 A1R
 MON
 NÜR
 SIL
 MAG
 HOC
 HUN
 SPA
 MNZ
 Points
1 Sébastien Bourdais 14 1 3 Ret 1 1 2 2 Ret 3 2 Ret 56
2 Giorgio Pantano 8 3 1 4 Ret Ret 4 3 1 2 1 3 54
3 Tomáš Enge Ret 6 2 1 3 13 1 1 Ret DSQ 4 2 50
4 Björn Wirdheim 5 7 8 2 Ret 6 6 Ret 2 4 Ret 1 29
5 Ricardo Sperafico 7 14 9 8 5 2 3 15 6 5 3 4 22
6 Rodrigo Sperafico 1 2 7 12 Ret 8 9 8 3 Ret 12 8 20
7 Mário Haberfeld 2 Ret 5 3 6 Ret Ret 5 4 Ret 14 9 18
8 Antônio Pizzonia 4 4 10 7 4 3 5 4 Ret Ret Ret DSQ 18
9 Enrico Toccacelo 6 12 6 6 Ret Ret 8 6 Ret 1 Ret Ret 14
10 Patrick Friesacher 10 5 11 5 2 4 7 7 Ret 6 16 Ret 14
11 Ricardo Maurício 3 Ret 4 15 7 9 Ret 10 Ret 11 5 Ret 9
12 Nicolas Kiesa 15 8 Ret 10 Ret 10 10 Ret Ret Ret 6 5 3
13 Tiago Monteiro 9 10 Ret 16 Ret Ret 13 9 5 13 Ret 10 2
14 Rob Nguyen 13 11 14 9 Ret 5 15 11 11 10 15 Ret 2
15 Zsolt Baumgartner Ret 9 Ret 11 Ret 12 14 12 8 7 8 6 1
16 Thed Björk Ret 7 8 13 7 0
17 Derek Hill 7 Ret Ret 9 Ret 7 Ret 0
18 Justin Keen 9 9 Ret 0
19 Kristian Kolby 12 10 11 0
20 Alex Müller 11 Ret Ret 13 DSQ Ret 11 14 Ret 0
21 Tony Schmidt 16 Ret 13 14 Ret Ret Ret 13 Ret 14 11 12 0
22 Alexandre Sperafico Ret 15 15 Ret Ret 11 Ret Ret Ret 0
23 Ryan Briscoe 12 13 12 17 Ret Ret 12 0
24 David Saelens Ret Ret 16 Ret Ret 0
Pos Driver INT
 IMO
 CAT
 A1R
 MON
 NÜR
 SIL
 MAG
 HOC
 HUN
 SPA
 MNZ
 Points
Sources:[7][8][9]
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)

Bold – Pole
Italics – Fastest lap

Notes

  • Tomáš Enge was disqualified from first place in Hungary after failing a drug test.[10]
  • Antônio Pizzonia was disqualified from second place at Monza in Italy for running a rear wing element upside-down.[11]
  • Alexander Müller was disqualified from sixth place at Monaco when his car was found to be underweight.[12]

References

  1. ^ a b "FIA Formula 3000 Int. Championship - 2002: Entrylist". Speedsport Magazine. Retrieved 30 December 2023.
  2. ^ "F3000 International Championship Entry List 2002". Motorsport Stats. Retrieved 30 December 2023.
  3. ^ "F3000 International Championship Results 2002". Motorsport Stats. Retrieved 30 December 2023.
  4. ^ "Enge Happy to be Allowed to Race On". Autosport. Reuters. 1 October 2002. Retrieved 8 November 2024.
  5. ^ a b Sporting Regulations at www.fia.com Retrieved from replay.waybackmachine.org on 23 March 2011
  6. ^ a b c Teams Classifications at www.fia.com Retrieved from replay.waybackmachine.org on 22 March 2011
  7. ^ "F3000 International Championship Standings 2002". Motorsport Stats. Retrieved 30 December 2023.
  8. ^ "FIA Formula 3000 Int. Championship - Season 2002: Results". Speedsport Magazine. Retrieved 30 December 2023.
  9. ^ "2002 FIA International F3000 Championship". Motor Sport. Retrieved 30 December 2023.
  10. ^ "Motorsport: FIA strip enge of F3000 crown". Belfast Telegraph. 2 October 2002. Retrieved 30 December 2023.
  11. ^ Alan Jones, Mark; Wright, David (9 October 2002). "Elsewhere in Racing - Updates from the Rest of the Racing World - Formula 3000 - Bourdais Confirmed As Champion". AtlasF1. 8 (41). Retrieved 8 November 2024.
  12. ^ Alan Jones, Mark; Wright, David (29 May 2002). "Elsewhere in Racing - Updates from the Rest of the Racing World - Formula 3000 - Blockbuster Bourdais". AtlasF1. 8 (22). Retrieved 8 November 2024.

Further reading

  • Automobile Year 2002/2003, pages 234–238 & 270
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