2003 International Formula 3000 Championship

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The 2003 International Formula 3000 season was the thirty-seventh season of the second-tier of Formula One feeder championship and also nineteenth season under the International Formula 3000 Championship moniker. It featured the 2003 FIA Formula 3000 International Championship with titles awarded for both Drivers and Teams.^[1] The championship was contested over ten events from 19 April to 13 September 2003.^[2]

Teams and drivers

The following teams and drivers contested the 2003 FIA Formula 3000 International Championship.^[2]

Team	No.	Driver	Rounds
Arden International	1	Björn Wirdheim	All
Arden International	2	Townsend Bell	All
Coloni Motorsport	3	Ricardo Sperafico	All
	4	Zsolt Baumgartner	1–9
	4	Christian Montanari	10
Super Nova Racing	5	Enrico Toccacelo	All
	6	Derek Hill	1–6
		Nicolas Kiesa	7
		Sam Hancock	8–10
Den Blå Avis	7	Nicolas Kiesa	1–6
	8	Robbie Kerr	1
	8	Philip Giebler	2–6
Durango	9	Giorgio Pantano	All
Durango	10	Raffaele Giammaria	All
Team Astromega	11	Tony Schmidt	All
	12	Jeffrey van Hooydonk	1–2, 4–6, 10
	12	Michael Keohane	7–9
Superfund ISR – Charouz	14	Jaroslav Janiš	All
Superfund ISR – Charouz	15	Yannick Schroeder	1–8
Red Bull Junior Team	16	Vitantonio Liuzzi	All
	17	Patrick Friesacher	1–2, 5–10
	17	Bernhard Auinger	3–4
BCN F3000	18	Rob Nguyen	1–3
		Will Langhorne	4–8
		Ferdinando Monfardini	9–10
	19	Valerio Scassellati	1, 5–6, 8
		Alessandro Piccolo	2–4, 10
		Marc Hynes	7
		Giovanni Berton	9
Brand Motorsport	20	Nicolas Minassian	1
Brand Motorsport	21	Gary Paffett	1
Sources:^[3]^[4]

Calendar

The 2003 FIA Formula 3000 International Championship was contested over a ten event series.^[2]^[5]

Event	Circuit	Date	Distance	Pole Position	Fastest Lap	Winning Driver	Winning Team	Report
1	Autodromo Enzo e Dino Ferrari	20 April	31 laps / 152.686 km	Björn Wirdheim	Björn Wirdheim	Björn Wirdheim	Arden International	Report
2	Circuit de Catalunya	3 May	33 laps / 152.565 km	Giorgio Pantano	Giorgio Pantano	Giorgio Pantano	Durango	Report
3	A1-Ring	17 May	35 laps / 151.410 km	Ricardo Sperafico	Björn Wirdheim	Ricardo Sperafico	Coloni Motorsport	Report
4	Circuit de Monaco	31 May	45 laps / 150.3 km	Björn Wirdheim	Björn Wirdheim	Nicolas Kiesa	Den Blå Avis	Report
5	Nürburgring	28 June	30 laps / 154.423 km	Björn Wirdheim	Björn Wirdheim	Enrico Toccacelo	Super Nova Racing	Report
6	Circuit de Nevers Magny-Cours	5 July	35 laps / 154.201 km	Giorgio Pantano	Giorgio Pantano	Giorgio Pantano	Durango	Report
7	Silverstone Circuit	19 July	30 laps / 154.125 km	Björn Wirdheim	Björn Wirdheim	Björn Wirdheim	Arden International	Report
8	Hockenheimring	2 August	33 laps / 150.942 km	Ricardo Sperafico	Björn Wirdheim	Ricardo Sperafico	Coloni Motorsport	Report
9	Hungaroring	23 August	35 laps / 153.440 km	Vitantonio Liuzzi	Patrick Friesacher	Patrick Friesacher	Red Bull Junior Team	Report
10	Autodromo Nazionale Monza	13 September	26 laps / 150.353 km	Björn Wirdheim	Björn Wirdheim	Björn Wirdheim	Arden International	Report
Source:^[6]

Drivers' Championship

Pos^[5]	Driver	IMO	CAT	A1R	MON	NÜR	MAG	SIL	HOC	HUN	MNZ	Points
1	Björn Wirdheim	1	2	2	2	13	2	1	2	2	1	78
2	Ricardo Sperafico	3	Ret	1	DSQ	14	3	4	1	Ret	3	43
3	Giorgio Pantano	Ret	1	3	Ret	16	1	2	7	4	Ret	41
4	Vitantonio Liuzzi	4	Ret	4	Ret	2	4	3	4	9	4	39
5	Patrick Friesacher	2	Ret			Ret	11	5	3	1	2	36
6	Enrico Toccacelo	5	3	5	Ret	1	13	6	Ret	7	8	30
7	Nicolas Kiesa	12	10	6	1	3	Ret	8				20
8	Jaroslav Janiš	DNS	4	9	4	6	Ret	10	8	5	7	20
9	Townsend Bell	9	12	7	6	Ret	12	7	5	3	Ret	17
10	Raffaele Giammaria	7	Ret	14	3	7	8	Ret	10	6	Ret	14
11	Tony Schmidt	Ret	6	Ret	Ret	10	5	Ret	6	8	6	14
12	Yannick Schroeder	6	8	Ret	7	4	7	9	11			13
13	Jeffrey van Hooydonk	Ret	Ret		8	8	6				5	9
14	Zsolt Baumgartner	10	7	10	5	11	9	11	9	DNS		6
15	Rob Nguyen	8	5	13								5
16	Derek Hill	15	11	Ret	DSQ	5	10					4
17	Phil Giebler		Ret	8	Ret	9	DNS					1
18	Alessandro Piccolo		9	12	DNS						11	0
19	Bernhard Auinger			11	9							0
20	Christian Montanari										9	0
21	Will Langhorne				10	12	14	13	12			0
22	Ferdinando Monfardini									Ret	10	0
23	Giovanni Berton									10		0
24	Sam Hancock								13	11	DNS	0
25	Nicolas Minassian	11										0
26	Michael Keohane							12	Ret			0
27	Valerio Scassellati	13				15	15		14			0
28	Marc Hynes							14				0
29	Gary Paffett	14										0
–	Robbie Kerr	DNS										0
Pos	Driver	IMO	CAT	A1R	MON	NÜR	MAG	SIL	HOC	HUN	MNZ	Points
Sources:^[7]^[8]^[9]

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)

Bold – Pole
Italics – Fastest lap

All drivers used Lola B02/50 chassis with Zytek-Judd KV engines and Avon tyres.^[3]
Championship points were awarded on a 10-8-6-5-4-3-2-1 basis to the first eight finishers at each event. If two or more drivers had the same number of points (including 0 points), their positions in the Championship was fixed according to the quality of their places. Under this system one first place was better than any number of second places, one second place was better than any number of third places and so on.^[5]

Teams Championship

Points for the 2003 FIA Formula 300 International Championship for Teams were awarded on a 10-8-6-5-4-3-2-1 basis for the first eight places at each event.^[5] Results from both team cars were taken into account.^[1]

Position ^[5]	Team ^[5]	IMO	CAT	A1R	MON	NUR	MAG	SIL	HOC	HUN	MNZ	Total ^[5]
1	Arden International Ltd	10	8	10	11	0	8	12	12	14	10	95
2	Red Bull Junior Team F3000	13	0	5	0	8	5	10	11	10	13	75
3	Durango Formula	2	10	6	6	2	11	8	2	8	0	55
4	Coloni Motorsport	6	2	10	4	0	6	5	10	0	6	49
5	Super Nova Racing Ltd	4	6	4	0	14	0	4	0	2	1	35
6	ISR – Charouz	3	6	0	7	8	2	0	1	4	2	33
7	Team Astromega	0	3	0	1	1	7	0	3	1	7	23
8	Den Blå Avis	0	0	4	10	6	0	–	–	–	–	20
9	BCN F3000	1	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	5
10	Brand Motorsports	0	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	0

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References

1 2 2003 FIA F3000 Sporting Regulations Retrieved from web.archive.org on 19 March 2010
1 2 3 2003 F3000 Results from www.teamdan.com Archived 2012-02-24 at the Wayback Machine Retrieved from www.teamdan.com on 19 March 2010
1 2 "FIA Formula 3000 Int. Championship – 2003: Entrylist". Speedsport Magazine. Retrieved 30 December 2023.
↑ "F3000 International Championship Entry List 2003". Motorsport Stats. Retrieved 30 December 2023.
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 2003 FIA F3000 Championship Classifications Retrieved from web.archive.org on 23 April 2010
↑ "F3000 International Championship Results 2003". Motorsport Stats. Retrieved 30 December 2023.
↑ "F3000 International Championship Standings 2003". Motorsport Stats. Retrieved 30 December 2023.
↑ "FIA Formula 3000 Int. Championship – Season 2003: Results". Speedsport Magazine. Retrieved 30 December 2023.
↑ "2003 FIA International F3000 Championship". Motor Sport . Retrieved 30 December 2023.

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[SportRegs-1] 1 2 2003 FIA F3000 Sporting Regulations Retrieved from web.archive.org on 19 March 2010

[Teamdan-2] 1 2 3 2003 F3000 Results from www.teamdan.com Archived 2012-02-24 at the Wayback Machine Retrieved from www.teamdan.com on 19 March 2010

[2003Entry-3] 1 2 "FIA Formula 3000 Int. Championship – 2003: Entrylist". Speedsport Magazine. Retrieved 30 December 2023.

[4] "F3000 International Championship Entry List 2003". Motorsport Stats. Retrieved 30 December 2023.

[Classifications-5] 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 2003 FIA F3000 Championship Classifications Retrieved from web.archive.org on 23 April 2010

[6] "F3000 International Championship Results 2003". Motorsport Stats. Retrieved 30 December 2023.

[7] "F3000 International Championship Standings 2003". Motorsport Stats. Retrieved 30 December 2023.

[8] "FIA Formula 3000 Int. Championship – Season 2003: Results". Speedsport Magazine. Retrieved 30 December 2023.

[9] "2003 FIA International F3000 Championship". Motor Sport . Retrieved 30 December 2023.

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