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
	26	Tony Schmidt	All
	27	Nicolas Kiesa	All

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

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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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

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.

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.^[1]

Position [2]	Team [2]													Points [2]
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		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.^[1]

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

Colour Result Gold Winner Silver 2nd place Bronze 3rd place Green Points finish Blue Non-points finish Non-classified finish (NC) Purple Retired (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.
• Antônio Pizzonia was disqualified from second place at Monza in Italy for running a rear wing element upside-down.
• Alexander Müller was disqualified from sixth place at Monaco when his car was found to be underweight.

Complete Overview[]

R15=retired, but classified R=retired NS=did not start DIS(1)=disqualified after finishing as winner

Place	Name	Team	INT		IMO		CAT		OST		MON		NÜR		SIL		MAG		HOC		HUN		SPA		MNZ
1	Sébastien Bourdais	Super Nova Racing	1	14	1	1	1	3	8	R	1	1	1	1	2	2	2	2	4	R	6	3	1	2	7	R
2	Giorgio Pantano	Coloni F3000	10	8	3	3	3	1	2	4	13	R	6	R	3	4	3	3	1	1	3	2	4	1	2	3
3	Tomáš Enge	Arden International	2	R	7	6	2	2	1	1	7	3	2	13	1	1	1	1	2	R	1	DIS(1)	2	4	3	2
4	Björn Wirdheim	Arden International	5	5	11	7	12	8	5	2	6	R	10	6	7	6	10	R	3	2	9	4	5	R	1	1
5	Ricardo Sperafico	Petrobras Junior Team	9	7	16	14	10	9	9	8	8	5	3	2	4	3	5	15	11	6	4	5	9	3	8	4
6	Rodrigo Sperafico	Durango Formula	4	1	2	2	6	7	13	12	2	R	14	8	9	9	9	8	6	3	17	R15	17	12	11	8
7	Mario Haberfeld	Team Astromega	3	2	13	R	4	5	4	3	9	6	12	R	6	R	4	5	8	4	7	R	8	14	6	9
8	Antônio Pizzonia	Petrobras Junior Team	7	4	4	4	9	10	11		10	4	7	3	5	5	6	4	5	R10	8	R	3	R	5	DIS(2)
9	Enrico Toccacelo	Coloni F3000	6	6	8	12	8	6	3	6	4	R	5	R	8	8	7	6	15	R	2	1	6	R	9	R
10	Patrick Friesacher	Red Bull Junior Team	17	10	9	5	7	11	7	5	3	2	8	4	10	7	11	7	13	R	12	6	13	16	15	R
11	Ricardo Mauricio	Red Bull Junior Team	8	3	10	R	5	4	10	15	12	7	11	9	12	R	12	10	14	R	5	11	10	5	12	R
12	Nicolas Kiesa		19	15	6	8	14	R	20	10	17	R	18	10	16	10	17	R	16	R	13	NS	7	6	14	5
13	Tiago Monteiro	SuperNova Racing	15	9	5	10	15	R	15	16	15	R	16	R	14	13	8	9	9	5	10	13	12	R	16	10
14	Rob Nguyen	Team Astromega	12	13	18	11	17	14	12	9	11	R	4	5	13	15	13	11	12	11	11	10	11	15	4	R
15	Zsolt Baumgartner	Coca-Cola Nordic Racing	20	R	20	9	16	R	14	11	18	R	13	12	18	14	14	12	18	8	14	7	14	8	17	6
16	Thed Björk	Coca-Cola Nordic Racing	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	19	R	20	7	19	8	20	13	18	7
17	Derek Hill	Durango Formula	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	9	7	11	R	15	R	7	9	15	R	16	7	10	13
18	Justin Keen		–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	16	9	18	9	20	R
19	Kristian Kolby		–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	18	12	19	10	19	11
20	Alex Müller	Durango Formula	13	11	12	R	13	R	17	13	16	DIS(6)
													15	R	17	11	16	14	10	R	–	–	–	–	–	–
21	Tony Schmidt		16	16	17	R	19	13	18	14	20	NS	19	R	20	R	18	13	17	R	20	14	15	11	13	12
22	Alexandre Sperafico		18	R	19	15	20	15	19	R	19	R	20	11	19	16	20	R	19	R	–	–	–	–	–	–
23	Ryan Briscoe	Coca-Cola Nordic Racing	11	12	15	13	18	12	16	17	14	R	17	R	15	12	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
24	David Saelens		14	R	14	R	11	R	6	R	5	R	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–

References[]

Further reading[]

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

External links[]

• Teams and drivers at www.f3000.com Archived 2011-09-28 at the Wayback Machine
• Season review at www.carenthusiast.com
• Race results at www.teamdan.com
• Images at www.f3000.com Archived 2011-09-28 at the Wayback Machine