2003 Euro Formula 3000 Series

The 2003 Euro Formula 3000 Series was scheduled over 10 rounds and contested over 9 rounds. 10 different teams, 26 different drivers competed. All teams raced with Lola T99/50 chassis with Zytek engines.

Driver and team lineup

Team No. Driver Rounds
Traini Corse 1 Matteo Grassotto All
2 Colin Brown 1-6
Matteo Cressoni 7
Nicolas Dalli 8
Leonardo Orecchioni 9
John Village Automotive 3 Peter Boss All
4 Joel Nelson All
GP Racing 5 Roman Rusinov 1-7
Maxime Hodencq 8-9
6 Fabrizio del Monte All
Draco Junior Team 7 Sven Heidfeld All
8 Augusto Farfus All
B & C Competition 11 Massimo Carli 2
12 Paolo Leonardo Biglieri 2
Euronova Racing 14 Norbert Siedler 9
15 Vitaly Petrov 9
ADM Motorsport 16 Gianmaria Bruni 1-7
Jaime Melo 8-9
17 Rafael Sperafico 1-7
Mauro Contu 9
Scuderia Famà 18 "Babalus" 1-4
Jean de Pourtales 5-9
19 Nicky Pastorelli All
Energy Racing 23 Miloš Pavlović 1-2
Uboldi Corse 34 Gabriele Lancieri 4
Jaime Melo 5
Giacomo Vargiu 9

Race calendar

The season was scheduled to start at Autódromo do Estoril on 27 April, but the round was cancelled by promoter.

Round Circuit/Location Date Laps Distance Time Speed
1 Nürburgring 4 May 30 5.148=154.44 km 0'56:20.557 164.465 km/h
2 Circuit de Nevers Magny-Cours 11 May 35 4.25=148.75 km 0'52:45.207 169.183 km/h
3 Autodromo di Pergusa 25 May 31 4.950=153.45 km 0'48:37.392 189.354 km/h
4 Autodromo Nazionale Monza 29 June 25 5.770=144.25 km 0'42:45.086 202.449 km/h
5 Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps 20 July 19 6.968=132.392 km 0´46:20.006 ? km/h
6 Donington Park 10 August 38 4.023=152.874 km 1'05:21.400 140.344 km/h
7 Masaryk Circuit, Brno 21 September 27 5.403=145.881 km 0'51:04.514 ? km/h
8 Circuito Permanente de Jerez 12 October 34 4.428=150.552 km 0'56:27.791 159.982 km/h
9 Circuito di Cagliari 2 November 60 2.414=144.84 km 1'09:14.803 125.499 km/h

Results

Round Circuit Pole Position Fastest Lap Winner Winning Team
1 Nürburgring Roman Rusinov Augusto Farfus Gianmaria Bruni ADM Motorsport
2 Circuit de Nevers Magny-Cours Augusto Farfus Gianmaria Bruni Gianmaria Bruni ADM Motorsport
3 Autodromo di Pergusa Augusto Farfus Augusto Farfus Augusto Farfus Draco Junior Team
4 Autodromo Nazionale Monza Augusto Farfus Fabrizio del Monte Augusto Farfus Draco Junior Team
5 Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps Augusto Farfus unknown Augusto Farfus Draco Junior Team
6 Donington Park Gianmaria Bruni Sven Heidfeld Gianmaria Bruni ADM Motorsport
7 Masaryk Circuit, Brno Augusto Farfus Fabrizio del Monte Fabrizio del Monte GP Racing
8 Circuito Permanente de Jerez Joel Nelson Augusto Farfus Augusto Farfus Draco Junior Team
9 Circuito di Cagliari Jaime Melo Jaime Melo Jaime Melo ADM Motorsport

Championships standings

Pos Driver NÜR
MAG
PER
MNZ
SPA
DON
BRN
JER
CAG
Pts
1 Augusto Farfus 2 3 1 1 1 3 Ret 1 2 60
2 Fabrizio del Monte Ret 9 6 3 3 4 1 2 4 31
3 Gianmaria Bruni 1 1 Ret Ret 9 1 Ret 30
4 Matteo Grassotto 3 2 4 2 Ret 10† 3 Ret 12† 23
5 Nicky Pastorelli 8 5 2 7 7 2 DNS 4 5 19
6 Jaime Melo 5 5 1 14
7 Peter Boss 5 10 3 4 4 Ret 8 Ret 8 12
8 Joel Nelson 10 Ret Ret Ret 2 7 2 7 Ret 12
9 Roman Rusinov 6 4 Ret Ret Ret 5 DNS 6
10 "Babalus" 4 7 5 Ret 5
11 Colin Brown DNS 6 Ret 6 6 6 4
12 Sven Heidfeld Ret 8 7 Ret Ret 8 7 3 11† 4
13 Norbert Siedler 3 4
14 Matteo Cressoni 4 3
15 Gabriele Lancieri 5 2
16 Rafael Sperafico 9 12 Ret Ret Ret 9 5 2
17 Jean de Pourtales 8 Ret 6 Ret 6 1
18 Nicolas Dalli 6 1
- Milos Pavlovic 7 11 0
- Giacomo Vargiu 7 0
- Mauro Contu 9 0
- Vitaly Petrov 10 0
- Massimo Carli 13 0
- Maxime Hodencq Ret Ret 0
- Leonardo Orecchioni Ret 0
- Paolo Leonardo Biglieri DNQ 0
Pos Driver NÜR
MAG
PER
MNZ
SPA
DON
BRN
JER
CAG
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)
  • † — Drivers did not finish the race, but were classified as they completed over 90% of the race distance.

See also

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