2002 International Formula 3000 Championship

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The 2002 International Formula 3000 season was the thirty-sixth season of the second-tier of Formula One feeder championship and also eighteenth season under the International Formula 3000 Championship moniker. It featured the 2002 FIA Formula 3000 International Championship which was contested over twelve races from 30 March to 14 September 2002. Championship titles were awarded for both Drivers and Teams.

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Teams and drivers

The following teams and drivers contested the 2002 FIA Formula 3000 International Championship.

TeamNo.DriverRounds
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Coca-Cola Nordic Racing 1 Flag of Australia (converted).svg Ryan Briscoe 1–7
Flag of Sweden.svg Thed Björk 8–12
2 Flag of Hungary.svg Zsolt Baumgartner All
Flag of Brazil.svg Petrobras Junior Team 3 Flag of Brazil.svg Antônio Pizzonia All
4 Flag of Brazil.svg Ricardo Sperafico All
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Super Nova Racing 5 Flag of France.svg Sébastien Bourdais All
6 Flag of Portugal (official).svg Tiago Monteiro All
Flag of Austria.svg Red Bull Junior Team 9 Flag of Austria.svg Patrick Friesacher All
10 Flag of Brazil.svg Ricardo Mauricio All
Flag of Belgium (civil).svg Team Astromega 14 Flag of Brazil.svg Mario Haberfeld All
15 Flag of Australia (converted).svg Rob Nguyen All
Flag of Italy.svg European Minardi F3000 16 Flag of Brazil.svg Alexandre Sperafico 1–9
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Justin Keen 10–12
17 Flag of Belgium (civil).svg David Saelens 1–5
Flag of Germany.svg Alex Müller 6–9
Flag of Denmark.svg Kristian Kolby 10–12
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Arden International 18 Flag of Sweden.svg Björn Wirdheim All
19 Flag of the Czech Republic.svg Tomáš Enge All
Flag of Italy.svg Durango Formula 20 Flag of Germany.svg Alex Müller 1–5
Flag of the United States.svg Derek Hill 6–12
21 Flag of Brazil.svg Rodrigo Sperafico All
Flag of Italy.svg Coloni F3000 24 Flag of Italy.svg Enrico Toccacelo All
25 Flag of Italy.svg Giorgio Pantano All
Flag of Germany.svg PSM Racing Line 26 Flag of Germany.svg Tony Schmidt All
27 Flag of Denmark.svg Nicolas Kiesa All
Sources: [1] [2]

Note: Each entry used a Lola B02/50 chassis with a Zytek-Judd KV engine and Avon tyres, as mandated by the championship regulations. [1]

Calendar

The FIA Formula 3000 International Championship was contested over twelve races.

RoundCircuitDateLapsDistanceTimeSpeedPole PositionFastest LapWinnerWinning TeamReport
1 Flag of Brazil.svg Autódromo José Carlos Pace 30 March354.309=150.785 km0'53:24.841169.395 km/h Flag of France.svg Sébastien Bourdais Flag of France.svg Sébastien Bourdais Flag of Brazil.svg Rodrigo Sperafico Flag of Italy.svg Durango Formula Report
2 Flag of Italy.svg Autodromo Enzo e Dino Ferrari 13 April324.933=157.619 km0'51:39.076183.096 km/h Flag of France.svg Sébastien Bourdais Flag of Italy.svg Giorgio Pantano Flag of France.svg Sébastien Bourdais Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Super Nova Racing Report
3 Flag of Spain.svg Circuit de Catalunya 27 April324.728=151.233 km0'51:44.572175.367 km/h Flag of France.svg Sébastien Bourdais Flag of France.svg Sébastien Bourdais Flag of Italy.svg Giorgio Pantano Flag of Italy.svg Coloni F3000 Report
4 Flag of Austria.svg A1 Ring 11 May354.326=151.410 km0'48:53.862185.788 km/h Flag of the Czech Republic.svg Tomáš Enge Flag of the Czech Republic.svg Tomáš Enge Flag of the Czech Republic.svg Tomáš Enge Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Arden Team Russia Report
5 Flag of Monaco.svg Circuit de Monaco 25 May453.37=151.65 km1'07:40.545134.449 km/h Flag of France.svg Sébastien Bourdais Flag of the Czech Republic.svg Tomáš Enge Flag of France.svg Sébastien Bourdais Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Super Nova Racing Report
6 Flag of Germany.svg Nürburgring 22 June305.138=154.14 km0'54:55.289168.393 km/h Flag of France.svg Sébastien Bourdais Flag of the Czech Republic.svg Tomáš Enge Flag of France.svg Sébastien Bourdais Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Super Nova Racing Report
7 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Silverstone Circuit 6 July305.141=154.126 km0'49:45.388185.856 km/h Flag of the Czech Republic.svg Tomáš Enge Flag of the Czech Republic.svg Tomáš Enge Flag of the Czech Republic.svg Tomáš Enge Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Arden Team Russia Report
8 Flag of France.svg Circuit de Nevers Magny-Cours 20 July354.251=148.599 km0'54:58.076162.202 km/h Flag of the Czech Republic.svg Tomáš Enge Flag of the Czech Republic.svg Tomáš Enge Flag of the Czech Republic.svg Tomáš Enge Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Arden Team Russia Report
9 Flag of Germany.svg Hockenheimring 27 July334.574=150.942 km0'50:00.768181.084 km/h Flag of Italy.svg Giorgio Pantano Flag of Brazil.svg Ricardo Sperafico Flag of Italy.svg Giorgio Pantano Flag of Italy.svg Coloni F3000 Report
10 Flag of Hungary.svg Hungaroring 17 August383.975=151.044 km0'59:25.829152.491 km/h Flag of the Czech Republic.svg Tomáš Enge Flag of Brazil.svg Ricardo Sperafico Flag of Italy.svg Enrico Toccacelo Flag of Italy.svg Coloni F3000 Report
11 Flag of Belgium (civil).svg Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps 31 August226.968=153.296 km0'47:06.609195.239 km/h Flag of France.svg Sébastien Bourdais Flag of France.svg Sébastien Bourdais Flag of Italy.svg Giorgio Pantano Flag of Italy.svg Coloni F3000 Report
12 Flag of Italy.svg Autodromo Nazionale Monza 14 September265.793=150.353 km0'44:57.538200.654 km/h Flag of Sweden.svg Björn Wirdheim Flag of Italy.svg Giorgio Pantano Flag of Sweden.svg Björn Wirdheim Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Arden Team Russia Report
Source: [3]

Note: The race time/average speed for the provisional winner of Race 10 (Tomáš Enge) was 0'59:24.642/152.546 km/h. Enge was subsequently disqualified after failing a drug test. [4]

Championship standings

Teams Championship

Teams Championship points were awarded on a 10-6-4-3-2-1 basis for the first six places at each race with points from both team cars counting towards each team’s total. [5]

Position [6] Team [6] Flag of Brazil.svg Flag of Italy.svg Flag of Spain.svg Flag of Austria.svg Flag of Monaco.svg Flag of Germany.svg Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Flag of France.svg Flag of Germany.svg Flag of Hungary.svg Flag of Belgium (civil).svg Flag of Italy.svg Points [6]
1 Arden International 216164111106331679
2 Coloni F3000 1411435101610468
3 Super Nova Racing 01040101066246058
4 Petrobras Junior Team 330051063124340
5 Red Bull Junior Team 423263001223
6 Durango Formula 10600000400020
7 Team Astromega 60241202300020
8 PSM Racing Line 00000000123
9 Coca-Cola Nordic Racing 000000000011
10 European Minardi F3000 000000000

Race results

Drivers Championship points were awarded at each race as follows: 10 points to the winner, 6 for runner-up, 4 for third place, 3 for fourth place, 2 for fifth place and 1 for sixth place. [5]

PosDriver INT
Flag of Brazil.svg
IMO
Flag of Italy.svg
CAT
Flag of Spain.svg
A1R
Flag of Austria.svg
MON
Flag of Monaco.svg
NÜR
Flag of Germany.svg
SIL
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg
MAG
Flag of France.svg
HOC
Flag of Germany.svg
HUN
Flag of Hungary.svg
SPA
Flag of Belgium (civil).svg
MNZ
Flag of Italy.svg
Points
1 Flag of France.svg Sébastien Bourdais 1413Ret1122Ret32Ret56
2 Flag of Italy.svg Giorgio Pantano 8314RetRet43121354
3 Flag of the Czech Republic.svg Tomáš Enge Ret62131311RetDSQ4250
4 Flag of Sweden.svg Björn Wirdheim 5782Ret66Ret24Ret129
5 Flag of Brazil.svg Ricardo Sperafico 7149852315653422
6 Flag of Brazil.svg Rodrigo Sperafico 12712Ret8983Ret12820
7 Flag of Brazil.svg Mário Haberfeld 2Ret536RetRet54Ret14918
8 Flag of Brazil.svg Antônio Pizzonia 441074354RetRetRetDSQ18
9 Flag of Italy.svg Enrico Toccacelo 61266RetRet86Ret1RetRet14
10 Flag of Austria.svg Patrick Friesacher 1051152477Ret616Ret14
11 Flag of Brazil.svg Ricardo Maurício 3Ret41579Ret10Ret115Ret9
12 Flag of Denmark.svg Nicolas Kiesa 158Ret10Ret1010RetRetRet653
13 Flag of Portugal (official).svg Tiago Monteiro 910Ret16RetRet139513Ret102
14 Flag of Australia (converted).svg Rob Nguyen 1311149Ret51511111015Ret2
15 Flag of Hungary.svg Zsolt Baumgartner Ret9Ret11Ret12141287861
16 Flag of Sweden.svg Thed Björk Ret781370
17 Flag of the United States.svg Derek Hill 7RetRet9Ret7Ret0
18 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Justin Keen 99Ret0
19 Flag of Denmark.svg Kristian Kolby 1210110
20 Flag of Germany.svg Alex Müller 11RetRet13DSQRet1114Ret0
21 Flag of Germany.svg Tony Schmidt 16Ret1314RetRetRet13Ret1411120
22 Flag of Brazil.svg Alexandre Sperafico Ret1515RetRet11RetRetRet0
23 Flag of Australia (converted).svg Ryan Briscoe 12131217RetRet120
24 Flag of Belgium (civil).svg David Saelens RetRet16RetRet0
PosDriver INT
Flag of Brazil.svg
IMO
Flag of Italy.svg
CAT
Flag of Spain.svg
A1R
Flag of Austria.svg
MON
Flag of Monaco.svg
NÜR
Flag of Germany.svg
SIL
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg
MAG
Flag of France.svg
HOC
Flag of Germany.svg
HUN
Flag of Hungary.svg
SPA
Flag of Belgium (civil).svg
MNZ
Flag of Italy.svg
Points
Sources: [7] [8] [9]
ColourResult
GoldWinner
SilverSecond place
BronzeThird place
GreenPoints classification
BlueNon-points classification
Non-classified finish (NC)
PurpleRetired, not classified (Ret)
RedDid not qualify (DNQ)
Did not pre-qualify (DNPQ)
BlackDisqualified (DSQ)
WhiteDid not start (DNS)
Withdrew (WD)
Race cancelled (C)
BlankDid not practice (DNP)
Did not arrive (DNA)
Excluded (EX)

Bold – Pole
Italics – Fastest lap

Notes

References

  1. 1 2 "FIA Formula 3000 Int. Championship - 2002: Entrylist". Speedsport Magazine. Retrieved 30 December 2023.
  2. "F3000 International Championship Entry List 2002". Motorsport Stats. Retrieved 30 December 2023.
  3. "F3000 International Championship Results 2002". Motorsport Stats. Retrieved 30 December 2023.
  4. "Enge Happy to be Allowed to Race On". Autosport . Reuters. 1 October 2002. Retrieved 8 November 2024.
  5. 1 2 Sporting Regulations at www.fia.com Retrieved from replay.waybackmachine.org on 23 March 2011
  6. 1 2 3 Teams Classifications at www.fia.com Retrieved from replay.waybackmachine.org on 22 March 2011
  7. "F3000 International Championship Standings 2002". Motorsport Stats. Retrieved 30 December 2023.
  8. "FIA Formula 3000 Int. Championship - Season 2002: Results". Speedsport Magazine. Retrieved 30 December 2023.
  9. "2002 FIA International F3000 Championship". Motor Sport . Retrieved 30 December 2023.
  10. "Motorsport: FIA strip enge of F3000 crown". Belfast Telegraph . 2 October 2002. Retrieved 30 December 2023.
  11. Alan Jones, Mark; Wright, David (9 October 2002). "Elsewhere in Racing - Updates from the Rest of the Racing World - Formula 3000 - Bourdais Confirmed As Champion". AtlasF1 . 8 (41). Retrieved 8 November 2024.
  12. Alan Jones, Mark; Wright, David (29 May 2002). "Elsewhere in Racing - Updates from the Rest of the Racing World - Formula 3000 - Blockbuster Bourdais". AtlasF1 . 8 (22). Retrieved 8 November 2024.

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