2003 FORMULA 3000 SEASON


The '2003 Formula 3000 season' was contested over ten rounds from April 19 to September 13 2003.

Contents
Calendar
Final points standings
Driver
Drivers' Championship
Complete Overview

Calendar


Race No Track Country Date Laps Distance Time Speed Winner Pole Position Fastest Lap
1 Imola April 20, 2003 31 4.933=152.686 km 0'52:15.743 175.291 km/h Björn Wirdheim Björn Wirdheim Björn Wirdheim
2 Montmeló May 3, 2003 32 4.728=151.233 km 0'52:50.428 171.725 km/h Giorgio Pantano Giorgio Pantano Giorgio Pantano
3 Spielberg May 17, 2003 35 4.326=151.410 km 0'49:08.128 184.888 km/h Ricardo Sperafico Ricardo Sperafico Björn Wirdheim
4 Monaco May 31, 2003 45 3.34=150.3 km 1'09:21.489 130.020 km/h Nicolas Kiesa Björn Wirdheim Björn Wirdheim
5 Nürburgring Europe June 28, 2003 30 5.148=154.423 km 0'55:17.457 167.574 km/h Enrico Toccacelo Björn Wirdheim Björn Wirdheim
6 Magny-Cours July 5, 2003 35 4.411=154.201 km 0'53:58.683 173.276 km/h Giorgio Pantano Giorgio Pantano Giorgio Pantano
7 Silverstone July 19, 2003 30 5.141=154.125 km 0'50:25.858 183.369 km/h Björn Wirdheim Björn Wirdheim Björn Wirdheim
8 Hockenheim August 2, 2003 33 4.574=150.942 km 0'50:25.250 179.618 km/h Ricardo Sperafico Ricardo Sperafico Björn Wirdheim
9 Budapest August 23, 2003 35 4.384=153.328 km 0'58:02.294 158.510 km/h Patrick Friesacher Vitantonio Liuzzi Patrick Friesacher
10 Monza September 13, 2003 26 5.793=150.309 km 0'44:01.863 204.863 km/h Björn Wirdheim Björn Wirdheim Björn Wirdheim

Final points standings


Driver

For every race points were awarded: 10 points to the winner, 8 for runner up, 6 for third place, 5 for fourth place, 4 for fifth place, 3 for sixth place, 2 for seventh place and 1 for eighth. No additional points were awarded.
Place Name Country Team Total Points
1 Björn Wirdheim Arden International 10 8 8 8 - 8 10 8 8 10 78
2 Ricardo Sperafico Coloni Motorsport 6 - 10 - - 6 5 10 - 6 43
3 Giorgio Pantano Durango Formula - 10 6 - - 10 8 2 5 - 41
4 Vitantonio Liuzzi Red Bull Junior Team 5 - 5 - 8 5 6 5 - 5 39
5 Patrick Friesacher Red Bull Junior Team 8 - - - - - 4 6 10 8 36
6 Enrico Toccacelo Super Nova Racing 4 6 4 - 10 - 3 - 2 1 30
7 Nicolas Kiesa Den Blå Avis - - 3 10 6 - 20
Super Nova Racing 1 - - -
Jaroslav Janiš Superfund ISR Charouz - 5 - 5 3 - - 1 4 2 20
9 Townsend Bell Arden International - - 2 3 - - 2 4 6 - 17
10 Raffaele Giammaria Durango Formula 2 - - 6 2 1 - - 3 - 14
Tony Schmidt Team Astromega - 3 - - - 4 - 3 1 3 14
12 Yannick Schroeder Superfund ISR Charouz 3 1 - 2 5 2 - - - - 13
13 Jeffrey van Hooydonk Team Astromega - - - 1 1 3 - - - 4 9
14 Zsolt Baumgartner Coloni Motorsport - 2 - 4 - - - - - - 6
15 Rob Nguyen Team BCN F3000 1 4 - - - - - - - - 5
16 Derek Hill Super Nova Racing - - - - 4 - - - - - 4
17 Philip Giebler Den Blå Avis - - 1 - - - - - - - 1

Drivers' Championship


Pos Driver Team SMR ESP AUT MON EUR FRA GBR GER HUN ITA Pts
1 Björn Wirdheim Arden 1 2 2 2 13 2 1 2 2 1 '78'
2 Ricardo Sperafico Coloni 3 Ret 1 DSQ 14 3 4 1 Ret 3 '43'
3 Giorgio Pantano Durango Ret 1 3 Ret 16 1 2 7 4 Ret '41'
4 Vitantonio Liuzzi Red Bull Junior 4 Ret 4 Ret 2 4 3 4 9 4 '39'
5 Patrick Friesacher Red Bull Junior 2 Ret Ret INJ INJ Ret 5 3 1 2 '36'
6 Enrico Toccacelo Super Nova 5 3 5 Ret 1 13 6 Ret 7 8 '30'
7 Nicolas Kiesa Den Blå Avis, Super Nova 12 10 6 1 3 Ret 8 '20'
8 Jaroslav Janiš ISR-Charouz DNS 4 9 4 6 Ret 10 8 5 6 '20'
9 Townsend Bell Arden 9 12 7 6 Ret 12 7 5 3 Ret '17'
10 Raffaele Giammaria Durango 7 Ret 14 3 7 8 Ret 10 6 Ret '14'
11 Tony Schmidt Astromega Ret 6 Ret Ret 10 5 Ret 6 8 6 '14'
12 Yannick Schroeder ISR-Charouz 6 8 Ret 7 4 7 9 11 '13'
13 Jeffrey van Hooydonk Astromega Ret Ret Ret 8 8 6 5 '9'
14 Zsolt Baumgartner Coloni 10 7 10 5 11 9 11 9 DNS '6'
15 Rob Nguyen BCN 8 5 13 '5'
16 Derek Hill Super Nova 15 11 Ret DSQ 5 10 '4'
17 Philip Giebler Den Blå Avis Ret 8 Ret 9 DNS '1'
18 Nicolas Minassian Brand 11 '0'
19 Valerio Scassellati BCN 13 15 15 14 '0'
20 Gary Paffett Brand 14 '0'
21 Robbie Kerr Den Blå Avis DNS '0'
22 Alessandro Piccolo BCN 9 12 DNS INJ INJ INJ INJ INJ 11 '0'
23 Bernhard Auinger Red Bull Junior 11 9 '0'
24 Will Langhorne BCN 10 12 14 13 12 '0'
25 Michael Keohane Astromega 12 Ret '0'
26 Marc Hynes BCN 14 '0'
27 Sam Hancock Super Nova 13 11 DNS '0'
28 Giovanni Berton BCN 10 '0'
29 Ferdinando Monfardini BCN Ret 10 '0'
30 Christian Montanari Coloni 9 '0'
Pos Driver Team SMR ESP AUT MON EUR FRA GBR GER HUN ITA Pts


★ All drivers used Lola B02/50 chassis, with Zytek-Judd KV engines, and Avon tyres.

Complete Overview


first column of every race 10 = grid position

second column of every race 10 = race result

'R16'=retired, but classified 'R'=retired 'NS'=did not start 'NT'=no time set in qualifiying '13E'=grid position, but started from the end of the grid
'Place' 'Name' 'Country' 'Team' colspan=2 align=center width="60"colspan=2 align=center width="60"|
1 Björn Wirdheim Arden International 1 1 2 2 2 2 1 2 1 13 2 2 1 1 3 2 5 2 1 1
2 Ricardo Sperafico Coloni Motorsport 4 3 4 R 1 1 2 R 2 14 4 3 3 4 1 1 6 R 3 3
3 Giorgio Pantano Durango Formula 7 R 1 1 5 3 3 R 14 R16 1 1 2 2 5 7 2 4 2 R
4 Vitantonio Liuzzi Red Bull Junior Team 3 4 10 R 3 4 4 R 5 2 5 4 4 3 2 4 1 9 12 4
5 Patrick Friesacher Red Bull Junior Team 2 2 12 R - - - - 4 R 8 11 5 5 4 3 3 1 4 2
6 Enrico Toccacelo Super Nova Racing 10 5 7 3 7 5 5 R 3 1 14 13 7 6 7 R 8 7 5 8
7 Nicolas Kiesa Den Blå Avis 13 12 9 10 13 6 6 1 10 3 12 R
Super Nova Racing 11 8 - - - - - -
Jaroslav Janiš Superfund ISR Charouz 15 NS 5 4 10 9 8 4 12 6 3 R 8 10 8 8 7 5 11 7
9 Townsend Bell Arden International 5 9 11 12 4 7 18 6 6 R 11 12 6 7 6 5 4 3 7 R
10 Raffaele Giammaria Durango Formula 8 7 18 R 17 14 9 3 16 7 15 8 14 R 12 10 11 6 8 R
Tony Schmidt Team Astromega 12 R 13 6 6 R15 16 R 13E 10 6 5 9 R 10 6 10 8 10 6
12 Yannick Schroeder Superfund ISR Charouz 6 6 6 8 16 R 12 7 9 4 7 7 10 9 11 11 NT - NT -
13 Jeffrey van Hooydonk Team Astromega 11 R 3 R - - 7 8 8 8 10 6 - - - - - - 6 5
14 Zsolt Baumgartner Coloni Motorsport 16 10 16 7 9 10 10 5 15 11 9 9 12 11 9 9 9 NS - -
15 Rob Nguyen Team BCN F3000 17 8 15 5 15 13 - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
16 Derek Hill Super Nova Racing 19 15 8 11 12 R 14 R 7 5 13 10 - - - - - - - -
17 Philip Giebler Den Blå Avis - - 14 R 8 8 15 R 11 9 16 NS - - - - - - - -
- Alessandro Piccolo Team BCN F3000 - - 17 9 11 12 11 NS - - - - - - - - - - 13 R11
- Bernhard Auinger Red Bull Junior Team - - - - 14 11 13 9 - - - - - - - - - - - -
- Christian Montanari Coloni Motorsport - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 9 9
- Will Langhorne Team BCN F3000 - - - - - - 17 10 17 12 17 14 15 13 13 12 - - - -
- Ferdinando Monfardini Team BCN F3000 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 14 R 14 R10
- Giovanni Berton Team BCN F3000 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 12 10 - -
- Sam Hancock Super Nova Racing - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 14 13 13 11 15 NS
- Nicolas Minassian Brand Motorsport 9 11 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
- Michael Keohane Team Astromega - - - - - - - - - - - - 13 12 16 R NT - - -
- Valerio Scassellati Team BCN F3000 20 13 - - - - - - 18 15 18 15 - - 15 14 - - - -
- Gary Paffett Brand Motorsport 14 14 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
- Marc Hynes Team BCN F3000 - - - - - - - - - - - - 16 14 - - - - - -
- Robbie Kerr Den Blå Avis 18 NS - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -


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