2002 International Formula 3000 Championship
2002 FIA International Formula 3000 Championship | |||
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Related series: 2002 Euro Formula 3000 Championship 2002 Formula Nippon 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 |
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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 |
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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]
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Bold � Pole |
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[]
first column of every race | 10 | = grid position |
second column of every race | 10 | = race result |
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 | ||||||||||||
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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[]
- ^ Jump up to: a b Sporting Regulations at www.fia.com Retrieved from replay.waybackmachine.org on 23 March 2011
- ^ Jump up to: a b c Teams Classifications at www.fia.com Retrieved from replay.waybackmachine.org on 22 March 2011
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
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