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2000 British Formula Three Championship

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The 2000 British Formula Three season was the 50th British Formula Three Championship season. It commenced on 26 March at Thruxton, and ended on 8 October at Silverstone after fourteenth races.

Brazilian driver Antônio Pizzonia won the title after winning five races and achieved a total of eleven podiums during the season. These results allowed Pizzonia to finish 39 points ahead of Stewart Racing's Tomas Scheckter, who beat Carlin Motorsport's driver Takuma Sato by 32 points.[1]

Drivers and teams

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The following teams and drivers were competitors in the 2000 season. The Scholarship class was for older Formula Three cars, and all cars competed on Avon tyres.

Team No Driver Chassis Engine Rounds
Championship Class
  Manor Motorsport 1   Antônio Pizzonia Dallara F399 Mugen-Honda All
2   Juan Manuel López Dallara F399 Mugen-Honda 1–9
  Westley Barber Dallara F399 Mugen-Honda 11–14
  Stewart Racing 3   Narain Karthikeyan Dallara F399 Mugen-Honda All
4   Tomas Scheckter Dallara F399 Mugen-Honda All
  Promatecme UK 5   Matthew Davies Dallara F399 Renault Sodemo All
6   Andy Priaulx Dallara F399 Renault Sodemo All
  Fortec Motorsport 7   Michael Bentwood Dallara F399 Mugen-Honda All
8   Gianmaria Bruni Dallara F399 Mugen-Honda All
  Carlin Motorsport 9   Takuma Sato Dallara F300 Mugen-Honda All
10   Ben Collins Dallara F399 Mugen-Honda All
20   Rob Austin Dallara F300 Mugen-Honda 13
  RC Motorsport 11   Miloš Pavlović Dallara F300 Spiess-Opel All
12   Nicolas Kiesa Dallara F300 Spiess-Opel All
  Alan Docking Racing 15   Westley Barber Dallara F300 Mugen-Honda 1–9
  Marcos Ambrose Dallara F300 Mugen-Honda 10–14
16   Tor Sriachavanon Dallara F399 Mugen-Honda All
  Rowan Racing 17   Martin O'Connell Dallara F300 Mugen-Honda All
18   Warren Carway Dallara F399 Mugen-Honda All
  Team Avanti 22   Andrew Kirkaldy Dallara F300 Spiess-Opel 4–14
Invitation Entries
  JB Motorsport 31   Val Hillebrand Dallara F300 Spiess-Opel 13
32   Nicolas Stelandre Dallara F300 Spiess-Opel 13
  ASM Elf 33   Tiago Monteiro Dallara F300 Renault Sodemo 13
34   Tristan Gommendy Dallara F300 Renault Sodemo 13
Scholarship Class
  Rowan Racing 51   Christian Colombo Dallara F398 Mugen-Honda All
  Hopkins Motorsport 52   Philip Hopkins Dallara F398 Spiess-Opel 1–10, 14
  Enzo Buscaglia Dallara F398 Spiess-Opel 11–13
  Team Parker F3 53   Julian Westwood Dallara F398 Mugen-Honda 13–14
  ME Motorsport 54   Craig Fleming Dallara F398 Mugen-Honda 1–10
  Rob Austin Dallara F398 Mugen-Honda 12
  Matthew Gilmore Dallara F398 Mugen-Honda 14
  Team Meritus 55   Atsushi Katsumata Dallara F398 TOM'S Toyota All
56   Marcel Romanio Dallara F398 TOM'S Toyota 2–6
  Enzo Buscaglia Dallara F398 TOM'S Toyota 10
  Fred Goddard Racing 61   Gary Paffett Dallara F398 Renault Sodemo All
  Diamond Racing 66   Ryan Walker Dallara F398 Mugen-Honda All
77   Mark Mayall Dallara F398 Mugen-Honda All

Results

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Round Circuit Date Pole Position Fastest Lap Winning Driver Winning Team Schorlaship Class Winner
1   Thruxton Circuit 26 March   Tomas Scheckter   Tomas Scheckter   Antônio Pizzonia   Manor Motorsport   Gary Paffett
2   Croft Circuit 9 April   Nicolas Kiesa   Tomas Scheckter   Antônio Pizzonia   Manor Motorsport   Gary Paffett
3   Oulton Park 30 April   Antônio Pizzonia   Antônio Pizzonia   Tomas Scheckter   Stewart Racing   Gary Paffett
4   Donington Park 7 May   Takuma Sato   Antônio Pizzonia   Ben Collins   Carlin Motorsport   Gary Paffett
5   Tomas Scheckter   Antônio Pizzonia   Tomas Scheckter   Stewart Racing   Gary Paffett
6   Silverstone International 21 May   Takuma Sato   Antônio Pizzonia   Takuma Sato   Carlin Motorsport   Gary Paffett
7   Brands Hatch Indy 4 June   Ben Collins   Antônio Pizzonia   Antônio Pizzonia   Manor Motorsport   Gary Paffett
8   Donington Park GP 2 July   Antônio Pizzonia   Gianmaria Bruni   Antônio Pizzonia   Manor Motorsport   Gary Paffett
9   Nicolas Kiesa   Nicolas Kiesa   Nicolas Kiesa   RC Motorsport   Gary Paffett
10   Croft Circuit 30 July   Takuma Sato   Takuma Sato   Takuma Sato   Carlin Motorsport   Gary Paffett
11   Silverstone GP 20 August   Takuma Sato   Takuma Sato   Takuma Sato   Carlin Motorsport   Gary Paffett
12   Snetterton Motor Racing Circuit 3 September   Antônio Pizzonia   Tomas Scheckter   Antônio Pizzonia   Manor Motorsport   Atsushi Katsumata
13   Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps 24 September   Takuma Sato   Takuma Sato   Tiago Monteiro   ASM Elf   Atsushi Katsumata
14   Silverstone GP 8 October   Andy Priaulx   Takuma Sato   Takuma Sato   Carlin Motorsport   Gary Paffett

Standings

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Pos Driver THR
  		CRO
  		OUL
  		DON
  		SIL
  		BRH
  		DON
  		CRO
  		SIL
  		SNE
  		SPA
  		SIL
  		Pts
1   Antônio Pizzonia 1 1 2 11 2 2 1 1 3 Ret 2 1 2 9 200
2   Tomas Scheckter 2 2 1 Ret 1 4 4 23 6 2 4 2 5 3 161
3   Takuma Sato Ret 5 Ret Ret 9 1 2 3 9 1 1 6 21 1 129
4   Narain Karthikeyan 3 Ret 5 2 8 6 3 4 10 10 5 5 3 Ret 100
5   Gianmaria Bruni 7 4 6 7 Ret 5 8 2 4 19 3 Ret 4 5 95
6   Nicolas Kiesa 8 Ret Ret 5 7 3 12 6 1 3 10 Ret 6 11 77
7   Michael Bentwood Ret 3 7 3 5 Ret 5 7 7 9 11 4 16 7 69
8   Ben Collins Ret 8 21 1 15 8 Ret 8 Ret 4 6 3 Ret 4 67
9   Andy Priaulx 5 9 3 9 3 Ret Ret 9 8 21 12 8 8 2 64
10   Matthew Davies 4 Ret 4 Ret 4 DNS 9 11 19 11 7 7 7 Ret 47
11   Miloš Pavlović 6 6 9 Ret 11 DNS 6 5 5 7 Ret Ret 15 Ret 41
12   Martin O'Connell Ret Ret 8 6 6 9 7 10 12 12 8 11 10 8 32
13   Andrew Kirkaldy 8 14 Ret Ret 13 2 6 13 Ret 9 Ret 28
14   Westley Barber 10 7 12 10 12 19 11 18 10 11 6 17
15   Marcos Ambrose 5 9 9 Ret 10 13
16   Juan Manuel López 12 10 10 Ret 13 7 Ret 14 Ret 6
17   Tor Sriachavanon 11 18 14 Ret Ret 15 13 16 14 Ret 15 15 Ret 14 2
18   Warren Carway 13 Ret 17 12 17 18 14 15 13 14 Ret 12 13 13 0
  Rob Austin Ret 0
Guest drivers ineligible for points
  Tiago Monteiro 1 0
  Tristan Gommendy 12 0
  Val Hillebrand Ret 0
  Nicolas Stelandre Ret 0
Scholarship Class
1   Gary Paffett 9 11 11 4 10 10 10 12 11 8 14 14 Ret 12 268
2   Christian Colombo 14 Ret 19 DNQ 16 12 18 17 15 13 Ret 16 Ret 15 128
3   Ryan Walker Ret 15 15 15 20 14 16 18 17 15 Ret 17 19 17 122
4   Atsushi Katsumata 15 12 Ret Ret 23 11 Ret 21 Ret 16 Ret 13 14 19 108
5   Mark Mayall Ret 17 16 Ret 22 16 17 22 20 Ret 16 18 17 Ret 88
6   Philip Hopkins 16 14 20 14 21 17 DNS 19 18 17 20 76
7   Craig Fleming Ret 13 18 16 19 DNS 15 20 16 Ret 73
8   Marcel Romanio 16 13 13 18 13 58
9   Peter Nilsson 17 19 Ret 16 30
10   Enzo Buscaglia 20 19 DNS 20 22
11   Julian Westwood 18 18 20
12   Matthew Gilmore 21 3
  Rob Austin Ret 0
Pos Driver THR
  		CRO
  		OUL
  		DON
  		SIL
  		BRH
  		DON
  		CRO
  		SIL
  		SNE
  		SPA
  		SIL
  		Pts
Colour Result
Gold Winner
Silver Second place
Bronze Third place
Green Points finish
Blue Non-points finish
Non-classified finish (NC)
Purple Retired (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)

References

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  1. ^ "Green Flag British F3 Championship 2000". Driver Database. Retrieved 28 July 2012.
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