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

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 3 Ricardo Sperafico All
4 Zsolt Baumgartner 1–9
Christian Montanari 10
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 7–8
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 18 Rob Nguyen 1–3
Will Langhorne 4–8
Ferdinando Monfardini 9–10
19 Valerio Scassellati 1, 5–6, 8
Alessandro Piccolo 2–4, 10
Marc Hynes 7
Giovanni Berton 9
Brand Motorsport 20 Nicolas Minassian 1
21 Gary Paffett 1
Sources:[3][4]

Calendar

The 2003 FIA Formula 3000 International Championship was contested over a ten event series. The round at Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps was cancelled due to the FIA banning tobacco advertising, which cancelled the F1 race. [2][5]

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

Drivers' Championship

Pos[5] 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
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

  • All drivers used Lola B02/50 chassis with Zytek-Judd KV engines and Avon tyres.[3]
  • Championship points were awarded on a 10-8-6-5-4-3-2-1 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.[5]

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.[5] Results from both team cars were taken into account.[1]

Position [5] Team [5] IMO
 CAT
 A1R
 MON
 NUR
 MAG
 SIL
 HOC
 HUN
 MNZ
 Total [5]
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 Blå 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

See also

2003 Euro Formula 3000 season

References

  1. ^ a b 2003 FIA F3000 Sporting Regulations Retrieved from web.archive.org on 19 March 2010
  2. ^ a b c 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. ^ a b "FIA Formula 3000 Int. Championship – 2003: Entrylist". Speedsport Magazine. Retrieved 30 December 2023.
  4. ^ "F3000 International Championship Entry List 2003". Motorsport Stats. Retrieved 30 December 2023.
  5. ^ a b c d e f g 2003 FIA F3000 Championship Classifications Retrieved from web.archive.org on 23 April 2010
  6. ^ "F3000 International Championship Results 2003". Motorsport Stats. Retrieved 30 December 2023.
  7. ^ "F3000 International Championship Standings 2003". Motorsport Stats. Retrieved 30 December 2023.
  8. ^ "FIA Formula 3000 Int. Championship – Season 2003: Results". Speedsport Magazine. Retrieved 30 December 2023.
  9. ^ "2003 FIA International F3000 Championship". Motor Sport. Retrieved 30 December 2023.

Further reading

  • Automobile Year, 2003/04
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