2002 Italian Formula Three Championship

Last updated May 03, 2025

The 2002 Italian Formula Three Championship was the 38th Italian Formula Three Championship season. It began on 7 April at Vallelunga and ended on 20 October at Magione after nine races.^[1]

Miloš Pavlović of Target Racing won races at Vallelunga, Misano, Varano, Binetto, Mugello and had another three podiums and ultimately clinched the title. He finished 27 points clear of Azeta Racing driver Philip Cloostermans, who won races at Pergusa and Monza. Third place went to Pavlović's teammate Christiano Citron, who won the season-ending race at Magione.

Teams and drivers

Entry List^[2]
Team	No	Driver	Chassis^{[N 1]}	Engine	Rounds
Campionato Nazionale
Passoli Racing	2	Fausto Ippoliti	F399	Fiat	1–3, 5–9
	3	Leonardo Orecchioni	F399		1–3
	20	Ivan Bellarosa	F302		4
	21	Davide Uboldi	F302		4, 9
Stardrive Motorsport	4	Nassim Sidi Said	F399	Spiess-Opel	1–5
Target Racing	5	Miloš Pavlović	F302	Spiess-Opel	All
Target Racing	6	Christiano Citron	F302	Spiess-Opel	All
Brigliadori	7	Imeiro Brigliadori	F399	Spiess-Opel	1–6, 8–9
Style Car Racing	8	Gianpiero Negrotti	F399	Fiat	1–6, 8–9
El Kobra	9	Andrea Tiso	F302	Fiat	1, 4
W.R.C.	10	Franco Ghiotto	F302	Spiess-Opel	1–2, 4–6, 8–9
	11	Sergio Ghiotto	F302		1
	18	Giampaolo Ermolli	F302		2–7
Stentella	12	Enzo Stentella	F399	Spiess-Opel	1–2
Azeta Racing	14	Stefano Mocellini	F399	Spiess-Opel	1–6
	15	Philip Cloostermans	F399		1–8
	19	Alessandro Vitacolonna	F399		4–8
Petroncini	20	Roberto Petroncini	F399	Spiess-Opel	All
Scuderia Famà	22	Nino Famà	F399	Spiess-Opel	5
Bertram Schäfer Racing	23	Vitantonio Liuzzi	F302	Spiess-Opel	5
	24	Rizal Ramli	F302		5
	25	Bernhard Auinger	F302		5
Nemarnik	26	Tom Nemarnik	F399	Fiat	5
Team Ghinzani	27	Robert Doornbos	F302	Mugen-Honda	5
	28	Raffaele Giammaria	F302		5, 9
	38	Andreas Zuber	F302		9
Prema Powerteam	29	César Campaniço	F302	Spiess-Opel	5
	30	Ryan Briscoe	F302		5
	31	Kosuke Matsuura	F302		5
Dracone	32	Francesco Dracone	F302	Spiess-Opel	5
Gioga	33	Giovanni Gaetani	F399	Fiat	5
Team Kolles	35	Ross Zwolsman	F302	Mugen-Honda	5
Team Kolles	36	Sakon Yamamoto	F302	Mugen-Honda	5
Boga	37	Bonifacio Gaetani	F399	Spiess-Opel	8–9
Trofeo Nazionale CSAI
Passoli Racing	51	Carmine Tancredi	F397	Fiat	All
Passoli Racing	64	Dino Lusuardi	F393	Fiat	5–9
Scuderia Famà	52	Nino Famà	F393	Spiess-Opel	1–2
Scuderia Famà	63	Salvatore Cardullo	F393	Spiess-Opel	4
Alberti	53	Silvio Alberti	F397	Fiat	2, 4–6
Gozzo	54	Emanuele Gozzo	F395	Spiess-Opel	2, 4–5
Style Car Racing	55	Giovanni Rambelli	F393	Fiat	1–6, 8–9
Bounomo	56	Robert Bounomo	F397	Fiat	All
System Team	57	Alberto Morelli	F393	Fiat	4–5, 9
Faraonio	58	Giovanni Faraonio	F393	Fiat	1–2
Bicciato	59	Renato Bicciato	F397	Fiat	2–8
Gioga	61	Giovanni Gaetani	F393	Fiat	4
Bendinelli	65	Carlo Bendinelli	F393	Spiess-Opel	9
Ribaudo	66	Giorgio Ribaudo	F393	Fiat	5
Bellarosa	67	Ivan Bellarosa	F397	Fiat	9

Notes

↑ All drivers competed in Dallara chassis; model listed.

Calendar

All rounds were held in Italy.

Round	Circuit	Date	Pole Position	Winning driver	Winning team	Trophy winner
1	Vallelunga Circuit, Campagnano di Roma	7 April	Miloš Pavlović	Miloš Pavlović	Target Racing	Nino Famà
2	Misano World Circuit	28 April	Miloš Pavlović	Miloš Pavlović	Target Racing	Giovanni Faraonio
3	Autodromo di Pergusa, Enna	19 May	Miloš Pavlović	Philip Cloostermans	Azeta Racing	Carmine Tancredi
4	Monza Circuit, Monza	30 June	Philip Cloostermans	Philip Cloostermans	Azeta Racing	Carmine Tancredi
5	Autodromo Riccardo Paletti, Varano	21 July	Miloš Pavlović	Miloš Pavlović	Target Racing	Carmine Tancredi
6	Imola Circuit, Imola	1 September	Vitantonio Liuzzi	Vitantonio Liuzzi	Bertram Schäfer Racing	Silvio Alberti
7	Autodromo del Levante, Binetto	8 September	Christiano Citron	Miloš Pavlović	Target Racing	Carmine Tancredi
8	Mugello Circuit, Scarperia	6 October	Miloš Pavlović	Miloš Pavlović	Target Racing	Dino Lusuardi
9	Autodromo dell'Umbria, Magione	20 October	Andreas Zuber	Christiano Citron	Target Racing	Alberto Morelli

Standings

Points are awarded as follows:

1	2	3	4	5	6
9	6	4	3	2	1

Pos	Driver	VAL	MIS	PER	MNZ	VAR	IMO	BIN	MUG	MAG	Pts
1	Miloš Pavlović	1	1	2	2	1	5	1	1	2	65
2	Philip Cloostermans	Ret	2	1	1	2	6	3	4		38
3	Christiano Citron	2	5	3	5	Ret	8	7	5	1	25
4	Alessandro Vitacolonna	Ret	4	5	3	3	25	2	2		25
5	Fausto Ippoliti	3	Ret	7		Ret	10	4	3	3	15
6	Roberto Petroncini	4	6	4	Ret	Ret	Ret	5	7	5	11
7	Stefano Mocellini	5	3	Ret	4	6	9				10
8	Vitantonio Liuzzi						1				9
9	Kosuke Matsuura						2				6
10	Giampaolo Ermolli		Ret	6	Ret	4	11	6			5
11	Robert Doornbos						3				4
12	César Campaniço						4				3
13	Andreas Zuber									4	3
14	Nino Famà					5					2
15	Franco Ghiotto	6	7		8	7	14		6	11	2
16	Davide Uboldi				6					6	2
	Imeiro Brigliadori	Ret	8	8	7	Ret	15		8	7	0
	Sergio Ghiotto	7									0
	Ross Zwolsman						7				0
	Nassim Sidi Said	Ret	9	12	Ret	8					0
	Andrea Tiso	8				12					0
	Gianpiero Negrotti	11	12	Ret	11	13	22		9	Ret	0
	Rizal Ramli						12				0
	Bonifacio Gaetani								13	13	0
	Sakon Yamamoto						13				0
	Enzo Stentella	14	17								0
	Francesco Dracone						17				0
	Giovanni Gaetani						19				0
	Raffaele Giammaria						23			Ret	0
	Tom Nemarnik						24				0
	Ivan Bellarosa				Ret						0
	Bernhard Auinger						Ret				0
	Ryan Briscoe						Ret				0
Class Trofeo
1	Carmine Tancredi	12	16	9	9	9	Ret	8	Ret	12	44
2	Robert Bounomo	10	11	10	13	11	18	9	Ret	9	44
3	Renato Bicciato		14	11	10	12	21	10	12		27
4	Dino Lusuardi					10	20	DNS	10	15	20
5	Giovanni Rambelli	Ret	13	Ret	Ret	14	Ret		11	14	14
6	Giovanni Faraonio	13	10								12
7	Silvio Alberti		Ret		15	15	16				12
8	Alberto Morelli				DNS	Ret				8	9
9	Nino Famà	9	DNS								9
10	Ivan Bellarosa									10	4
11	Giovanni Gaetani				14						3
12	Emanuele Gozzo		15		Ret	DNS					2
	Giorgio Ribaudo					16					0
	Salvatore Cardullo				Ret						0
	Carlo Bendinelli									Ret	0
Pos	Driver	VAL	MIS	PER	MNZ	VAR	IMO	BIN	MUG	MAG	Pts

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

Bold – Pole
Italics – Fastest Lap

References

↑ "Race Calendar: Italian Formula 3 Championship – Season 2002". Speedsport Magazine. Retrieved 28 August 2012.
↑ "Entrylist: Italian Formula 3 Championship – Season 2002". Speedsport Magazine. Retrieved 28 August 2012.

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[3] All drivers competed in Dallara chassis; model listed.

[1] "Race Calendar: Italian Formula 3 Championship – Season 2002". Speedsport Magazine. Retrieved 28 August 2012.

[2] "Entrylist: Italian Formula 3 Championship – Season 2002". Speedsport Magazine. Retrieved 28 August 2012.

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