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
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]
Drivers' Championship
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Bold � Pole |
- 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 race | 10 | = grid position |
second column of every race | 10 | = 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
See also
References
- 2003 FIA F3000 Sporting Regulations Retrieved from web.archive.org on 19 March 2010
- 2003 F3000 Results from www.teamdan.com Archived 2012-02-24 at the Wayback Machine Retrieved from www.teamdan.com on 19 March 2010
- 2003 FIA F3000 Championship Classifications Retrieved from web.archive.org on 23 April 2010
Further reading
- Automobile Year, 2003/04