2000 Italian Formula 3000 Championship

The 2000 Italian Formula 3000 Championship was contested over 8 rounds. 13 different teams, 40 different drivers competed. In this one-make formula all teams had to utilize Lola T96/50 chassis with Zytek engines.

Entries[edit]

Team	No.	Driver	Rounds
Da Vinci Team	1	Giandomenico Brusatin	1-3
		Tomas Scheckter	4
		Giorgio Vinella	5
		Mark Shaw	6
	2	Derek Hill	1-6
	2	Massimo Comelli	8
Monaco Motorsport	5	Manuel Gião	All
Monaco Motorsport	6	Gianluca Calcagni	All
GP Racing	7	Thomas Biagi	All
GP Racing	8	Gabriele Gardel	All
Sighinolfi Autoracing	9	Gabriele Lancieri	All
	10	Michele Spoldi	1-4
	10	Sascha Bert	5-8
Durango Benetton Junior Team	11	Andrej Pavicevic	1-7
	11	Soheil Ayari	8
	12	Giovanni Montanari	1-3
		Dino Morelli	4
		Michele Spoldi	5-8
Team Ghinzani	14	Peter Sundberg	1-2
		Marco de Iturbe	3
		Ángel Burgueño	4
		Gabriele Varano	5-8
	15	Luca Vacis	All
ADM Competizione	16	Ricardo Sperafico	All
	17	Paolo Ruberti	1-3
		Salvatore Tavano	4-7
		Tomas Scheckter	8
Traini Corse	18	"Babalus"	All
	19	Nikolaus Stremmenos	1-4
		Angelo Lancelotti	5-6
		Marco Cioci	8
Arden Team Russia	20	Viktor Maslov	1-6
	20	Darren Manning	7-8
	21	Warren Hughes	All
Draco Junior Team	22	Rodrigo Sperafico	All
Draco Junior Team	23	Leonardo Nienkötter	All
Orbit Motorsport	24	Sascha Bert	1-3
Orbit Motorsport	25	Danilo Rossi	1-3
B&C Competition	28	Salvatore Tavano	1-3
	29	Stefano Comandini	1-2
		Marcelo Battistuzzi	3
		Thomas Bleiner	4
Monaco Motorsport Junior Team	30	Yann Goudy	All
	31	Marcelo Battistuzzi	1-2
		Paolo Montin	3
		Danilo Rossi	4-8

Calendar[edit]

Round	Circuit/Location	Date	Laps	Distance	Time	Speed
1	ACI Vallelunga Circuit	2 April	32	3.228=103.296 km	0'38:37.486	160.462 km/h
2	Mugello Circuit	16 April	20	5.245=104.9 km	0'38:34.389	163.170 km/h
3	Autodromo Enzo e Dino Ferrari, Imola	14 May	21	4.933=103.593 km	0'35:43.155	174.012 km/h
4	Autodromo Nazionale Monza	25 June	18	5.793=104.274 km	0'30:12.705	207.086 km/h
5	ACI Vallelunga Circuit	23 July	32	3.228=103.296 km	0'35:19.101	175.483 km/h
6	Donington Park	6 August	?	? km	0'37:16.669	? km/h
NC	Assen	20 August	did not count for the championship
7	Autodromo di Pergusa	9 September	21	4.950=103.95 km	0'33:18.404	187.259 km/h
8	Misano Circuit	22 October	?	? km	0'33:48.550	? km/h

Results[edit]

Round	Circuit/Location	Pole Position	Fastest Lap	Winner	Winning Team
1	ACI Vallelunga Circuit	Andrej Pavicevic	Gabriele Lancieri	Gabriele Lancieri	Sighinolfi Autosport
2	Mugello Circuit	Ricardo Sperafico	Ricardo Sperafico	Ricardo Sperafico	ADM Competizione
3	Autodromo Enzo e Dino Ferrari, Imola	Warren Hughes	Warren Hughes	Warren Hughes	Arden Team Russia
4	Autodromo Nazionale Monza	Rodrigo Sperafico	Warren Hughes	Warren Hughes	Arden Team Russia
5	ACI Vallelunga Circuit	Ricardo Sperafico	Thomas Biagi	Ricardo Sperafico	ADM Competizione
6	Donington Park	Ricardo Sperafico	Thomas Biagi	Ricardo Sperafico	ADM Competizione
NC	Assen	did not count for the championship
7	Autodromo di Pergusa	Darren Manning	Darren Manning	Darren Manning	Arden Team Russia
8	Misano Circuit	Ricardo Sperafico	Warren Hughes	Ricardo Sperafico	ADM Competizione

Note

Race 5 Pole Position originally won by Thomas Biagi, but all his times were cancelled and he started from last grid position.

Championships standings[edit]

Pos	Driver	VLL	MUG	IMO	MNZ	VLL	DON	PER	MIS	Pts
1	Ricardo Sperafico	19	1	4	Ret	1	1	4	1	46
2	Warren Hughes	3	8	1	1	Ret	2	6	2	37
3	Gabriele Lancieri	1	4	2	5	2	6	12	15	28
4	Rodrigo Sperafico	2	6	3	3	6	4	8	4	22
5	Thomas Biagi	4	2	11	11	16	5	3	10	15
6	Darren Manning							1	3	14
7	Gianluca Calcagni	15	10	6	4	5	Ret	2	7	12
8	Manuel Gião	6	Ret	5	6	Ret	3	5	18	10
9	"Babalus"	Ret	3	18	Ret	3	Ret	Ret	8	8
10	Tomas Scheckter				2				Ret	6
11	Gabriele Varano					4	Ret	Ret	12	3
12	Marcelo Battistuzzi	5	9	12						2
13	Giovanni Montanari	11	5	Ret						2
14	Soheil Ayari								5	2
15	Michele Spoldi	Ret	11	Ret	8	10	10	Ret	6	1
-	Sascha Bert	9	7	14		9	7	10	16	0
-	Leonardo Nienkötter	18	Ret	9	7	7	13	Ret	9	0
-	Danilo Rossi	Ret	16	7	9	12	12	13	17	0
-	Salvatore Tavano	13	20	Ret	14	13	15	7		0
-	Viktor Maslov	7	18	Ret	15	Ret	16			0
-	Derek Hill	Ret	13	8	Ret	11	8			0
-	Yann Goudy	8	15	Ret	12	18	14	Ret	Ret	0
-	Andrej Pavicevic	20	Ret	17	Ret	8	Ret	Ret		0
-	Gabriele Gardel	10	17	Ret	17	Ret	11	9	11	0
-	Mark Shaw						9			0
-	Paolo Ruberti	14	12	10						0
-	Ángel Burgueño				10					0
-	Luca Vacis	16	Ret	16	Ret	14	Ret	11	14	0
-	Giandomenico Brusatin	12	19	13						0
-	Nikolaus Stremmenos	17	Ret	15	13					0
-	Marco Cioci								13	0
-	Stefano Comandini	Ret	14							0
-	Angelo Lancelotti					15	Ret			0
-	Thomas Blainer				16					0
-	Giorgio Vinella					17				0
-	Dino Morelli				Ret					0
-	Massimo Comelli								Ret	0
-	Peter Sundberg	Ret	Ret							0
-	Paolo Montin			DNS						0
-	Marco de Iturbe			DNS						0
Pos	Driver	VLL	MUG	IMO	MNZ	VLL	DON	PER	MIS	Pts

Colour	Result
Gold	Winner
Silver	Second place
Bronze	Third place
Green	Points finish
Blue	Non-points finish
Blue	Non-classified finish (NC)
Purple	Retired (Ret)
Red	Did not qualify (DNQ)
Red	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)

References[edit]

External links[edit]

Official Euroseries 3000 site Archived 2009-12-25 at the Wayback Machine

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