1996 International Formula 3000 Championship

1996 FIA International Formula 3000 Championship

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Related series:
1996 Formula Nippon Championship
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^[1] The 1996 International Formula 3000 Championship was contested over ten rounds from 11 May to 12 October 1996. This was the first F3000 season in which every team had the same chassis, engine and tyres.

Drivers and constructors

Team	No.	Driver	Rounds
Super Nova Racing	1	Kenny Bräck	All
	2	Marcos Gueiros	All
Madgwick International	3	Pedro Couceiro	1-6
	4	Marc Rostan	9-10
Nordic Racing	5	Elton Julian	All
	6	Akira Iida	All
DAMS	7	Jean-Philippe Belloc	All
	8	Laurent Redon	All
Apomatox	9	Christophe Tinseau	All
	10	Cyrille Sauvage	All
RSM Marko	11	Oliver Tichy	All
	33	Jörg Müller	All
Durango Equipe	14	Fabrizio Gollin	All
	15	Christian Pescatori	All
Draco Engineering	16	Ricardo Zonta	All
	17	Alexandre de Andrade	1
		Sergio Paese	2-4
		Esteban Tuero	5-10
Team Astromega	18	Guillaume Gomez	1-9
	19	Marc Goossens	All
Auto Sport Racing	20	Thomas Biagi	1-4, 6-10
	21	Gastón Mazzacane	All
Bob Salisbury Engineering	22	James Taylor	5-10
Team Alpha Plus	24	Stephen Watson	All
	25	Carl Rosenblad	All
Edenbridge Racing	26	David Dussau	1-2
		Tom Kristensen	4-6, 9-10
		Norberto Fontana	8
	27	Peter Olsson	1-3
		Steve Arnold	5
		Pedro Couceiro	8-10
Pacific Racing	28	Patrick Lemarié	All
	29	Cristiano da Matta	All
Shannon Racing Team Italia	30	Tom Kristensen	1-2
	31	Luca Rangoni	2
Sources: [2] [3]

Calendar

Round	Circuit	Date	Laps	Distance	Time	Speed	Pole position	Fastest lap	Winner
1	Nürburgring	11 May	43	4.556=195.908 km	1'07:04.885	175.227 km/h	Kenny Bräck	Kenny Bräck Jörg Müller	Kenny Bräck
2	Pau Grand Prix	27 May	72	2.760=198.720 km	1'28:55.055	134.093 km/h	Tom Kristensen	Tom Kristensen	Jörg Müller
3	Autodromo di Pergusa	21 July	40	4.950=198.000 km	1'03:33.989	186.891 km/h	Marc Goossens	Jörg Müller	Marc Goossens
4	Hockenheimring	27 July	29	6.823=197.867 km	0'59:58.819	197.932 km/h	Kenny Bräck	Kenny Bräck	Kenny Bräck
5	Silverstone Circuit	18 August	40	5.072=202.880 km	1'09:17.948	175.656 km/h	Kenny Bräck	Tom Kristensen	Kenny Bräck
6	Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps	24 August	22	6.968=153.296 km	0'48:24.693	189.991 km/h	Tom Kristensen	Jörg Müller	Jörg Müller
7	Circuit de Nevers Magny-Cours	14 September	47	4.250=199.750 km	1'10:45.670	169.373 km/h	Marc Goossens	Kenny Bräck	Marc Goossens
8	Autódromo do Estoril	21 September	46	4.360=200.560 km	1'14:55.143	160.621 km/h	Jörg Müller	Ricardo Zonta	Ricardo Zonta
9	Mugello Circuit	28 September	38	5.245=199.31 km	1'05:44.337	181.910 km/h	Ricardo Zonta	Ricardo Zonta	Ricardo Zonta
10	Hockenheimring	12 October	29	6.823=197.867 km	0'59:24.317	199.848 km/h	Jörg Müller	Jörg Müller	Christophe Tinseau
Source: [4]

Final points standings

Drivers' Championship

Pos Driver NÜR PAU PER HOC SIL SPA MAG EST MUG HOC Points 1 Jörg Müller 2 1 2 2 Ret 1 3 2 2 Ret 52 2 Kenny Bräck 1 2 Ret 1 1 5 2 3 3 DSQ 49 3 Marc Goossens Ret Ret 1 Ret 16 2 1 4 6 Ret 28 4 Ricardo Zonta Ret 3 Ret 6 3 9 Ret 1 1 11 27 5 Marcos Gueiros 3 Ret 4 3 4 15 Ret Ret 17 2 20 6 Christophe Tinseau 8 Ret 3 4 6 6 9 11 11 1 18 7 Tom Kristensen 4 Ret 5 2 3 4 Ret 18 8 Laurent Redon 6 Ret 10 Ret Ret 12 4 DSQ 8 4 7 9 Cristiano da Matta 9 4 5 Ret Ret 10 5 7 Ret Ret 7 10 Oliver Tichy 11 DNQ 6 Ret Ret 8 Ret Ret 7 3 5 11 Christian Pescatori 10 Ret Ret 9 5 4 Ret Ret Ret Ret 5 12 Thomas Biagi Ret DNQ 8 DSQ DNQ 6 6 5 7 4 13 Pedro Couceiro 5 Ret 7 Ret Ret 13 8 15 Ret 2 14 Elton Julian 13 DNS Ret Ret 7 14 12 18 14 5 2 15 Patrick Lemarié 12 5 13 10 8 Ret 8 15 Ret 8 2 16 Fabrizio Gollin Ret 10 9 Ret 9 11 Ret 5 22 DNQ 2 17 Cyrille Sauvage Ret 7 Ret 7 10 7 Ret 13 12 6 1 18 Luca Rangoni 6 1 19 Jean-Philippe Belloc 7 9 Ret 8 17 20 Ret 14 9 Ret 0 20 Guillaume Gomez Ret DNS 12 11 12 18 7 9 10 0 21 Akira Iida 14 8 11 12 13 Ret 14 12 18 9 0 22 Gastón Mazzacane Ret DNQ 14 Ret 11 19 Ret 10 Ret Ret 0 23 Stephen Watson Ret Ret Ret Ret 18 16 11 Ret 16 10 0 24 Esteban Tuero 14 17 10 Ret 13 Ret 0 25 Carl Rosenblad Ret DNQ Ret 13 19 Ret 13 Ret 19 12 0 26 James Taylor Ret Ret 15 Ret 21 Ret 0 27 Steve Arnold 15 0 28 Marc Rostan 23 Ret 0  – Peter Olsson DSQ DNQ Ret 0 – David Dussau Ret Ret 0 – Sergio Paese Ret DNQ Ret 0 – Alexandre de Andrade Ret 0 – Norberto Fontana Ret 0 Pos Driver NÜR PAU PER HOC SIL SPA MAG EST MUG HOC Points Sources: [5] [6] [7]

Colour Result Gold Winner Silver Second place Bronze Third place Green Points classification Blue Non-points classification Non-classified finish (NC) Purple Retired, not classified (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

Notes

• All drivers used Lola T96/50 chassis, with Zytek-Judd engines, and Avon tyres. ^[2]
• Kenny Bräck was disqualified from first place from the second race at Hockenheim for dangerous driving.
• Laurent Redon was disqualified from the race at Estoril due to taking the wrong position on the grid.
• Thomas Biagi was disqualified from the first race at Hockenheim for ignoring a drive-through penalty.

Complete Overview

first column of every race

10

= grid position

second column of every race

10

= race result

R22=retired, but classified R=retired NC=not classified NS=did not start NQ=did not qualify DIS(1)=disqualified after finishing as winner 17E=grid position, but started from the end of the grid

Place	Name	Team	NÜR		PAU		PER		HOC		SIL		SPA		MAG		EST		MUG		HOC
1	Jörg Müller	RSM Marko	4	2	2	1	2	2	4	2	5	R	4	1	5	3	1	2	4	2	1	R
2	Kenny Bräck	SuperNova Racing	1	1	3	2	12	R	1	1	1	1	5	5	2	2	4	3	3	3	2	DIS(1)
3	Marc Goossens	Team Astromega	15	R	10	R	1	1	2	R	14	16	3	2	1	1	6	4	2	6	8	R
4	Ricardo Zonta	Draco Engineering	9	R	13	3	3	R	5	6	4	3	12	9	17	R	3	1	1	1	12	11
5	Marcos Gueiros	SuperNova Racing	2	3	5	R	8	4	3	3	6	4	6	15	8	R	5	R	6	17	6	2
6	Tom Kristensen	Shannon Racing	5	4	1	R	-	-
		Edenbridge Racing							13	5	2	2	1	3	-	-	-	-	5	4	3	R
	Christophe Tinseau	Apomatox	12	8	6	R	4	3	6	4	8	6	8	6	14	9	18	11	13	11	4	1
8	Cristiano da Matta	Pacific Racing	10	9	12	4	6	5	9	R	3	R	10	10	12	5	9	7	10	20	5	R
	Laurent Rédon	DAMS	3	6	4	R	9	10	7	R	10	R	13	12	7	4	7	R	8	8	7	4
10	Christian Pescatori	Durango Équipe	19	10	7	R	15	R	14	9	7	5	2	4	6	R	2	R	14	R	10	R
	Oliver Tichy	RSM Marko	25	11	25	NQ	11	6	11	R	11	R	7	8	3	R	8	R	12	7	11	3
12	Thomas Biagi	Autosport Racing	11	R	24	NQ	19	8	16	R	-	-	25	NQ	9	6	11	6	7	5	16	7
13	Pedro Couceiro	Madgwick International	7	5	16	R	16	7	17	R	12	R	16	13	-	-
		Edenbridge Racing															16	8	20	15	17	R
	Patrick Lemarié	Pacific Racing	20	12	19	5	21	13	21	10	15	8	20	R	13	8	20	15	18	R	9	8
	Fabrizio Gollin	Durango Équipe	16	R	21	10	14	9	8	R	20	9	11	11	16	R	13	5	11	R22	25	NQ
	Elton Julian	Nordic Racing	8	13	11	NS	5	R	18	R	9	7	15	14	20	12	22	NC	21	14	13	5
17	Luca Rangoni	Shannon Racing	-	-	18	6	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
	Cyrille Sauvage	Apomatox	22	R	20	7	10	R	12	7	16	10	9	7	10	R	14	13	17	12	19	6
-	Jean-Philippe Belloc	DAMS	6	7	14	9	20	R	10	8	22	17	14	20	4	R	10	14	16	9	14	R
-	Guillaume Gomez	Team Astromega	14	R	9	NS	17E	12	19	11	13	12	19	18	11	7	12	9	15	10	-	-
-	Akira Iida	Nordic Racing	23	14	17	8	18	11	23	12	24	13	18	R	22	14	23	12	23	18	18	9
-	Gastón Mazzacane	Auto Sport Racing	13	R	23	NQ	7	14	15	R	18	11	21	19	15	R	17	10	9	R	20	R
-	Stephen Watson	Alpha Plus	18	R	15	R	13	R	20	R	19	18	17	16	18	11	15	R	22	16	21	10
-	Carl Rosenblad	Alpha Plus	26	R	27	NQ	23	R	24	13	23	19	23	R	21	13	24	R	24	19	22	12
-	Esteban Tuero	Draco Engineering	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	21	14	22	17	19	10	21	R	19	13	15	R
-	James Taylor	Salisbury Engineering	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	25	R	24	R	23	15	25	R	26	21	24	R
-	Steve Arnold	Edenbridge Racing	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	17	15	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
-	Marc Rostan	Madgwick International	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	25	23	23	R
-	Peter Olsson	Edenbridge Racing	21	R	26	NQ	22	R	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
-	Sergio Paese	Draco Engineering	-	-	22	R	24	NQ	22	R	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
-	David Dussau	Edenbridge Racing	17	R	8	R	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
-	Alexandre de Andrade	Draco Engineering	24	R	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
-	Norberto Fontana	Edenbridge Racing	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	19	R	-	-	-	-

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