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

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

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

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

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

External links

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