2000 Italian Formula 3000 Championship

The 2000 Italian Formula 3000 Championship was contested over 8 rounds. 13 different teams, 40 different drivers competed. In this one-make formula all teams had to utilize Lola T96/50 chassis with Zytek engines.

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Team No. Driver Rounds
  Da Vinci Team 1   Giandomenico Brusatin 1-3
  Tomas Scheckter 4
  Giorgio Vinella 5
  Mark Shaw 6
2   Derek Hill 1-6
  Massimo Comelli 8
  Monaco Motorsport 5   Manuel Gião All
6   Gianluca Calcagni All
  GP Racing 7   Thomas Biagi All
8   Gabriele Gardel All
  Sighinolfi Autoracing 9   Gabriele Lancieri All
10   Michele Spoldi 1-4
  Sascha Bert 5-8
  Durango Benetton Junior Team 11   Andrej Pavicevic 1-7
  Soheil Ayari 8
12   Giovanni Montanari 1-3
  Dino Morelli 4
  Michele Spoldi 5-8
  Team Ghinzani 14   Peter Sundberg 1-2
  Marco de Iturbe 3
  Ángel Burgueño 4
  Gabriele Varano 5-8
15   Luca Vacis All
  ADM Competizione 16   Ricardo Sperafico All
17   Paolo Ruberti 1-3
  Salvatore Tavano 4-7
  Tomas Scheckter 8
  Traini Corse 18   "Babalus" All
19   Nikolaus Stremmenos 1-4
  Angelo Lancelotti 5-6
  Marco Cioci 8
  Arden Team Russia 20   Viktor Maslov 1-6
  Darren Manning 7-8
21   Warren Hughes All
  Draco Junior Team 22   Rodrigo Sperafico All
23   Leonardo Nienkötter All
  Orbit Motorsport 24   Sascha Bert 1-3
25   Danilo Rossi 1-3
  B&C Competition 28   Salvatore Tavano 1-3
29   Stefano Comandini 1-2
  Marcelo Battistuzzi 3
  Thomas Bleiner 4
  Monaco Motorsport Junior Team 30   Yann Goudy All
31   Marcelo Battistuzzi 1-2
  Paolo Montin 3
  Danilo Rossi 4-8

Calendar

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Round Circuit/Location Date Laps Distance Time Speed
1   ACI Vallelunga Circuit 2 April 32 3.228=103.296 km 0'38:37.486 160.462 km/h
2   Mugello Circuit 16 April 20 5.245=104.9 km 0'38:34.389 163.170 km/h
3   Autodromo Enzo e Dino Ferrari, Imola 14 May 21 4.933=103.593 km 0'35:43.155 174.012 km/h
4   Autodromo Nazionale Monza 25 June 18 5.793=104.274 km 0'30:12.705 207.086 km/h
5   ACI Vallelunga Circuit 23 July 32 3.228=103.296 km 0'35:19.101 175.483 km/h
6   Donington Park 6 August ? ? km 0'37:16.669 ? km/h
NC   Assen 20 August did not count for the championship
7   Autodromo di Pergusa 9 September 21 4.950=103.95 km 0'33:18.404 187.259 km/h
8   Misano Circuit 22 October ? ? km 0'33:48.550 ? km/h

Results

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Round Circuit/Location Pole Position Fastest Lap Winner Winning Team
1   ACI Vallelunga Circuit   Andrej Pavicevic   Gabriele Lancieri   Gabriele Lancieri   Sighinolfi Autosport
2   Mugello Circuit   Ricardo Sperafico   Ricardo Sperafico   Ricardo Sperafico   ADM Competizione
3   Autodromo Enzo e Dino Ferrari, Imola   Warren Hughes   Warren Hughes   Warren Hughes   Arden Team Russia
4   Autodromo Nazionale Monza   Rodrigo Sperafico   Warren Hughes   Warren Hughes   Arden Team Russia
5   ACI Vallelunga Circuit   Ricardo Sperafico   Thomas Biagi   Ricardo Sperafico   ADM Competizione
6   Donington Park   Ricardo Sperafico   Thomas Biagi   Ricardo Sperafico   ADM Competizione
NC   Assen did not count for the championship
7   Autodromo di Pergusa   Darren Manning   Darren Manning   Darren Manning   Arden Team Russia
8   Misano Circuit   Ricardo Sperafico   Warren Hughes   Ricardo Sperafico   ADM Competizione
Note

Race 5 Pole Position originally won by   Thomas Biagi, but all his times were cancelled and he started from last grid position.

Championships standings

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Pos Driver VLL
 
MUG
 
IMO
 
MNZ
 
VLL
 
DON
 
PER
 
MIS
 
Pts
1   Ricardo Sperafico 19 1 4 Ret 1 1 4 1 46
2   Warren Hughes 3 8 1 1 Ret 2 6 2 37
3   Gabriele Lancieri 1 4 2 5 2 6 12 15 28
4   Rodrigo Sperafico 2 6 3 3 6 4 8 4 22
5   Thomas Biagi 4 2 11 11 16 5 3 10 15
6   Darren Manning 1 3 14
7   Gianluca Calcagni 15 10 6 4 5 Ret 2 7 12
8   Manuel Gião 6 Ret 5 6 Ret 3 5 18 10
9   "Babalus" Ret 3 18 Ret 3 Ret Ret 8 8
10   Tomas Scheckter 2 Ret 6
11   Gabriele Varano 4 Ret Ret 12 3
12   Marcelo Battistuzzi 5 9 12 2
13   Giovanni Montanari 11 5 Ret 2
14   Soheil Ayari 5 2
15   Michele Spoldi Ret 11 Ret 8 10 10 Ret 6 1
-   Sascha Bert 9 7 14 9 7 10 16 0
-   Leonardo Nienkötter 18 Ret 9 7 7 13 Ret 9 0
-   Danilo Rossi Ret 16 7 9 12 12 13 17 0
-   Salvatore Tavano 13 20 Ret 14 13 15 7 0
-   Viktor Maslov 7 18 Ret 15 Ret 16 0
-   Derek Hill Ret 13 8 Ret 11 8 0
-   Yann Goudy 8 15 Ret 12 18 14 Ret Ret 0
-   Andrej Pavicevic 20 Ret 17 Ret 8 Ret Ret 0
-   Gabriele Gardel 10 17 Ret 17 Ret 11 9 11 0
-   Mark Shaw 9 0
-   Paolo Ruberti 14 12 10 0
-   Ángel Burgueño 10 0
-   Luca Vacis 16 Ret 16 Ret 14 Ret 11 14 0
-   Giandomenico Brusatin 12 19 13 0
-   Nikolaus Stremmenos 17 Ret 15 13 0
-   Marco Cioci 13 0
-   Stefano Comandini Ret 14 0
-   Angelo Lancelotti 15 Ret 0
-   Thomas Blainer 16 0
-   Giorgio Vinella 17 0
-   Dino Morelli Ret 0
-   Massimo Comelli Ret 0
-   Peter Sundberg Ret Ret 0
-   Paolo Montin DNS 0
-   Marco de Iturbe DNS 0
Pos Driver VLL
 
MUG
 
IMO
 
MNZ
 
VLL
 
DON
 
PER
 
MIS
 
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)

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