2002 Italian Formula Three Championship

The 2002 Italian Formula Three Championship was the 38th Italian Formula Three Championship season. It began on 7 April at Vallelunga and ended on 20 October at Magione after nine races.^[1]

Miloš Pavlović of Target Racing won races at Vallelunga, Misano, Varano, Binetto, Mugello and had another three podiums and ultimately clinched the title. He finished 27 points clear of Azeta Racing driver Philip Cloostermans, who won races at Pergusa and Monza. Third place went to Pavlović's teammate Christiano Citron, who won the season-ending race at Magione.

Teams and drivers[]

Entry List[2] Team No Driver Chassis[N 1] Engine Rounds Campionato Nazionale Passoli Racing 2 Fausto Ippoliti F399 Fiat 1–3, 5–9 3 Leonardo Orecchioni F399 1–3 20 Ivan Bellarosa F302 4 21 Davide Uboldi F302 4, 9 Stardrive Motorsport 4 Nassim Sidi Said F399 Spiess-Opel 1–5 Target Racing 5 Miloš Pavlović F302 Spiess-Opel All 6 Christiano Citron F302 All Brigliadori 7 Imeiro Brigliadori F399 Spiess-Opel 1–6, 8–9 Style Car Racing 8 Gianpiero Negrotti F399 Fiat 1–6, 8–9 El Kobra 9 Andrea Tiso F302 Fiat 1, 4 W.R.C. 10 Franco Ghiotto F302 Spiess-Opel 1–2, 4–6, 8–9 11 Sergio Ghiotto F302 1 18 Giampaolo Ermolli F302 2–7 Stentella 12 Enzo Stentella F399 Spiess-Opel 1–2 Azeta Racing 14 Stefano Mocellini F399 Spiess-Opel 1–6 15 Philip Cloostermans F399 1–8 19 Alessandro Vitacolonna F399 4–8 Petroncini 20 Roberto Petroncini F399 Spiess-Opel All Scuderia Famà 22 Nino Famà F399 Spiess-Opel 5 Bertram Schäfer Racing 23 Vitantonio Liuzzi F302 Spiess-Opel 5 24 Rizal Ramli F302 5 25 Bernhard Auinger F302 5 Nemarnik 26 Tom Nemarnik F399 Fiat 5 Team Ghinzani 27 Robert Doornbos F302 Mugen-Honda 5 28 Raffaele Giammaria F302 5, 9 38 Andreas Zuber F302 9 Prema Powerteam 29 César Campaniço F302 Spiess-Opel 5 30 Ryan Briscoe F302 5 31 Kosuke Matsuura F302 5 Dracone 32 Francesco Dracone F302 Spiess-Opel 5 Gioga 33 Giovanni Gaetani F399 Fiat 5 Team Kolles 35 Ross Zwolsman F302 Mugen-Honda 5 36 Sakon Yamamoto F302 5 Boga 37 Bonifacio Gaetani F399 Spiess-Opel 8–9 Trofeo Nazionale CSAI Passoli Racing 51 Carmine Tancredi F397 Fiat All 64 Dino Lusuardi F393 5–9 Scuderia Famà 52 Nino Famà F393 Spiess-Opel 1–2 63 Salvatore Cardullo F393 4 Alberti 53 Silvio Alberti F397 Fiat 2, 4–6 Gozzo 54 Emanuele Gozzo F395 Spiess-Opel 2, 4–5 Style Car Racing 55 Giovanni Rambelli F393 Fiat 1–6, 8–9 Bounomo 56 Robert Bounomo F397 Fiat All System Team 57 Alberto Morelli F393 Fiat 4–5, 9 Faraonio 58 Giovanni Faraonio F393 Fiat 1–2 Bicciato 59 Renato Bicciato F397 Fiat 2–8 Gioga 61 Giovanni Gaetani F393 Fiat 4 Bendinelli 65 Carlo Bendinelli F393 Spiess-Opel 9 Ribaudo 66 Giorgio Ribaudo F393 Fiat 5 Bellarosa 67 Ivan Bellarosa F397 Fiat 9 Notes ^ All drivers competed in Dallara chassis; model listed. Calendar[] All rounds were held in Italy. Round Circuit Date Pole Position Winning driver Winning team Trophy winner 1 ACI Vallelunga Circuit, Campagnano di Roma 7 April Miloš Pavlović Miloš Pavlović Target Racing Nino Famà 2 Misano World Circuit 28 April Miloš Pavlović Miloš Pavlović Target Racing Giovanni Faraonio 3 Autodromo di Pergusa, Enna 19 May Miloš Pavlović Philip Cloostermans Azeta Racing Carmine Tancredi 4 Autodromo Nazionale Monza 30 June Philip Cloostermans Philip Cloostermans Azeta Racing Carmine Tancredi 5 Autodromo Riccardo Paletti, Varano 21 July Miloš Pavlović Miloš Pavlović Target Racing Carmine Tancredi 6 Autodromo Enzo e Dino Ferrari, Imola 1 September Vitantonio Liuzzi Vitantonio Liuzzi Bertram Schäfer Racing Silvio Alberti 7 Autodromo del Levante, Binetto 8 September Christiano Citron Miloš Pavlović Target Racing Carmine Tancredi 8 Mugello Circuit, Scarperia 6 October Miloš Pavlović Miloš Pavlović Target Racing Dino Lusuardi 9 Autodromo dell'Umbria, Magione 20 October Andreas Zuber Christiano Citron Target Racing Alberto Morelli Standings[] Points are awarded as follows: 1 2 3 4 5 6 9 6 4 3 2 1 Pos Driver VAL MIS PER MNZ VAR IMO BIN MUG MAG Pts 1 Miloš Pavlović 1 1 2 2 1 5 1 1 2 65 2 Philip Cloostermans Ret 2 1 1 2 6 3 4 38 3 Christiano Citron 2 5 3 5 Ret 8 7 5 1 25 4 Alessandro Vitacolonna Ret 4 5 3 3 25 2 2 25 5 Fausto Ippoliti 3 Ret 7 Ret 10 4 3 3 15 6 Roberto Petroncini 4 6 4 Ret Ret Ret 5 7 5 11 7 Stefano Mocellini 5 3 Ret 4 6 9 10 8 Vitantonio Liuzzi 1 9 9 Kosuke Matsuura 2 6 10 Giampaolo Ermolli Ret 6 Ret 4 11 6 5 11 Robert Doornbos 3 4 12 César Campaniço 4 3 13 Andreas Zuber 4 3 14 Nino Famà 5 2 15 Franco Ghiotto 6 7 8 7 14 6 11 2 16 Davide Uboldi 6 6 2 Imeiro Brigliadori Ret 8 8 7 Ret 15 8 7 0 Sergio Ghiotto 7 0 Ross Zwolsman 7 0 Nassim Sidi Said Ret 9 12 Ret 8 0 Andrea Tiso 8 12 0 Gianpiero Negrotti 11 12 Ret 11 13 22 9 Ret 0 Rizal Ramli 12 0 Bonifacio Gaetani 13 13 0 Sakon Yamamoto 13 0 Enzo Stentella 14 17 0 Francesco Dracone 17 0 Giovanni Gaetani 19 0 Raffaele Giammaria 23 Ret 0 Tom Nemarnik 24 0 Ivan Bellarosa Ret 0 Bernhard Auinger Ret 0 Ryan Briscoe Ret 0 Class Trofeo 1 Carmine Tancredi 12 16 9 9 9 Ret 8 Ret 12 44 2 Robert Bounomo 10 11 10 13 11 18 9 Ret 9 44 3 Renato Bicciato 14 11 10 12 21 10 12 27 4 Dino Lusuardi 10 20 DNS 10 15 20 5 Giovanni Rambelli Ret 13 Ret Ret 14 Ret 11 14 14 6 Giovanni Faraonio 13 10 12 7 Silvio Alberti Ret 15 15 16 12 8 Alberto Morelli DNS Ret 8 9 9 Nino Famà 9 DNS 9 10 Ivan Bellarosa 10 4 11 Giovanni Gaetani 14 3 12 Emanuele Gozzo 15 Ret DNS 2 Giorgio Ribaudo 16 0 Salvatore Cardullo Ret 0 Carlo Bendinelli Ret 0 Pos Driver VAL MIS PER MNZ VAR IMO BIN MUG MAG Pts 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 References[] ^ "Race Calendar: Italian Formula 3 Championship – Season 2002". Speedsport Magazine. Retrieved 28 August 2012. ^ "Entrylist: Italian Formula 3 Championship – Season 2002". Speedsport Magazine. Retrieved 28 August 2012. External links[] Official website