1999 International Formula 3000 season

1999 FIA International Formula 3000 season
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The 1999 International Formula 3000 season featured the 1999 FIA Formula 3000 International Championship which was an FIA sanctioned motor racing title for drivers of Formula 3000 racing cars. The title was contested over a ten round series from May 1 to September 25, 1999. This was the first F3000 season in which every International Championship race took place during a Formula One weekend and supported the Grand Prix itself.

Drivers and teams

The Lola B99/50 of Drivers' Champion Nick Heidfeld.

The following drivers and teams took part in the 1999 FIA Formula 3000 International Championship. A Lola B99/50 chassis powered by a Zytek V8 engine was mandatory for all entries.

Team	Car #	Driver	Race weekends
Super Nova Racing	1	Ricardo Mauricio	1-3
		David Saelens	4-10
	2	Jason Watt	All
West Competition	3	Nick Heidfeld	All
	4	Mario Haberfeld	All
Den Blå Avis Petrobras Junior Team	5	Max Wilson	1-8, 10
		Marcelo Battistuzzi	9
	6	Bruno Junqueira	All
Team Astromega	7	Justin Wilson	All
	8	Gonzalo Rodríguez	1-9
Gauloises Junior	9	André Couto	All
	10	Stéphane Sarrazin	All
Durango	11	Paolo Ruberti	All
	12	Wolf Henzler	1-7
		Nicolas Filiberti	8
		Giovanni Montanari	9-10
Lukoil Arden	15	Viktor Maslov	All
	16	Marc Goossens	All
European Edenbridge Racing	17	Oliver Gavin	All
	18	Jamie Davies	All
DAMS	19	Franck Montagny	All
	20	David Terrien	All
Cica Team Oreca	23	Grégoire de Galzain	1-4
		Alex Müller	5-8
		Steve Hiesse	9
		Romain Dumas	10
	24	Soheil Ayari	All
Coloni Motorsport	25	Polo Villaamil	All
	26	Norman Simon	1-7
		Marcelo Battistuzzi	8
		Dino Morelli	9-10
Nordic Racing	27	Sascha Bert	1-3
		Arnd Meier	4-10
	28	Kevin McGarrity	All
Draco Engineering	29	Fabrice Walfisch	All
	30	Olivier Martini	1-9
		Cyrille Sauvage	10
GP Racing	31	Giovanni Montanari	1-4
		Gastón Mazzacane	5
		Laurent Delahaye	6-10
	32	Fabrizio Gollin	All
Fortec Motorsport	35	Norberto Fontana	All
	36	Andrej Pavicevic	All
Monaco Motorsport	37	Thomas Biagi	1-5
		Alex Yoong	6-10
	38	Brian Smith	1-4
		Cyrille Sauvage	5-8
		Marco Apicella	9
		Marcelo Battistuzzi	10
Red Bull Junior/RSM Marko	39	Enrique Bernoldi	All
	40	Markus Friesacher	1-3
		Ricardo Mauricio	4-10
Portman-Arrows	41	Boris Derichbourg	1-3
	42	Marcelo Battistuzzi	1-3
WRT Fina	43	Tomáš Enge	All
	44	David Saelens	1-3
		Andrea Boldrini	4-8
		Norman Simon	9-10
Witmeur KTR	45	Bas Leinders	All
	46	Jeffrey van Hooydonk	All
Kid Jensen Racing	47	Nicolas Minassian	All
	48	Andrea Piccini	All

Calendar

Starting in 1999, all International Formula 3000 were held in Formula One Grand Prix.

Race No	Track	Country	Date	Laps	Distance	Time	Speed	Winner	Pole Position	Fastest Lap
1	Imola	Italy	May 1, 1999	42	4.93=207.06 km	1.11:29.942	173.584 km/h	Nick Heidfeld	Max Wilson	Nick Heidfeld
2	Monaco	Monaco	May 15, 1999	50	3.367=168.35 km	1'18:22.018	128.693 km/h	Gonzalo Rodríguez	Nick Heidfeld	Stéphane Sarrazin
3	Montmeló	Spain	May 29, 1999	44	4.728=208.032 km	1'13:16.982	170.982 km/h	Nick Heidfeld	Nick Heidfeld	Nick Heidfeld
4	Magny-Cours	France	June 26, 1999	49	4.25=208.25 km	1'25:56.738	145.252 km/h	Nick Heidfeld	Bruno Junqueira	Soheil Ayari
5	Silverstone	United Kingdom	July 10, 1999	40	5.14=205.60 km	1'07:48.722	181.622 km/h	Nicolas Minassian	Nicolas Minassian	Nick Heidfeld
6	Spielberg	Austria	July 24, 1999	48	4.319=207.312 km	1'07:50.994	183.327 km/h	Nick Heidfeld	Nick Heidfeld	Nick Heidfeld
7	Hockenheim	Germany	July 31, 1999	30	6.823=204.69 km	1'00:17.627	200.369 km/h	Bruno Junqueira	Max Wilson	Gonzalo Rodríguez
8	Budapest	Hungary	August 14, 1999	52	3.972=206.544 km	1'19:43.676	155.475 km/h	Stéphane Sarrazin	Fabrice Walfisch	Nick Heidfeld
9	Spa-Francorchamps	Belgium	August 28, 1999	30	6.968=209.04 km	1'13:57.599	169.571 km/h	Jason Watt	Jason Watt	Gonzalo Rodríguez
10	Nürburgring	Germany	September 25, 1999	45	4.556=205.02 km	1'09:35.500	176.763 km/h	Jason Watt	Nick Heidfeld	Nick Heidfeld

Final points standings

Driver

For every race points were awarded: 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. No additional points were awarded.

Place	Name	Country	Team											Total Points
1	Nick Heidfeld	Germany	West Competition Team	10	-	10	10	4	10	-	6	3	6	59
2	Jason Watt	Denmark	SuperNova Racing	-	6	-	-	-	3	-	1	10	10	30
3	Gonzalo Rodríguez	Uruguay	Team Astromega	2	10	6	-	-	-	3	-	6	-	27
4	Stéphane Sarrazin	France	Gauloises Formula	3	-	2	2	-	1	4	10	-	-	22
5	Bruno Junqueira	Brazil	Den Blå Avis/Petrobras Junior Team	-	1	3	-	6	-	10	-	-	-	20
	Nicolas Minassian	France	Kid Jensen Racing	-	-	-	-	10	4	-	2	4	-	20
7	Soheil Ayari	France	Cica Team Oreca	-	-	-	-	3	6	-	3	-	3	15
8	Max Wilson	Brazil	Den Blå Avis/Petrobras Junior Team	-	4	-	-	-	-	6	-	-	4	14
9	David Saelens	Belgium	SuperNova Racing	-	-	-	4	-	-	-	-	2	2	8
10	Kevin McGarrity	United Kingdom	Nordic Racing	6	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6
	Tomáš Enge	Czech Republic	WRT FINA Racing	-	-	-	6	-	-	-	-	-	-	6
	Franck Montagny	France	DAMS	-	-	-	-	1	-	1	4	-	-	6
13	Fabrice Walfisch	France	Draco	4	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	4
	André Couto	Portugal	Gauloises Formula	-	-	4	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	4
	Norberto Fontana	Argentina	Fortec Motorsport	-	2	-	-	2	-	-	-	-	-	4
16	Oliver Gavin	United Kingdom	European Edenbridge Racing	-	3	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	3
	Jeffrey van Hooydonk	Belgium	Witmeur Team KTR	-	-	-	3	-	-	-	-	-	-	3
18	Justin Wilson	United Kingdom	Team Astromega	1	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	2
	Andrea Piccini	Italy	Kid Jensen Racing	-	-	-	-	-	2	-	-	-	-	2
	Enrique Bernoldi	Brazil	Red Bull Junior/RSM Marko	-	-	-	-	-	-	2	-	-	-	2
21	Bas Leinders	Belgium	Witmeur Team KTR	-	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	1
	Ricardo Mauricio	Brazil	Red Bull Junior/RSM Marko	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	1
	Jamie Davies	United Kingdom	European Edenbridge Racing	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	1

Drivers' Championship

Pos Driver IMO MON CAT MAG SIL A1R HOC HUN SPA NUR Pts 1 Nick Heidfeld 1 7 1 1 3 1 Ret 2 4 2 59 2 Jason Watt Ret 2 Ret Ret 10 4 7 6 1 1 30 3 Gonzalo Rodríguez 5 1 2 Ret 15 DNQ 4 Ret 2 27 4 Stéphane Sarrazin 4 14 5 5 7 6 3 1 Ret 17 22 5 Bruno Junqueira Ret 6 4 Ret 2 DNQ 1 15 Ret 16 20 6 Nicolas Minassian 13 Ret 8 14 1 3 Ret 5 3 Ret 20 7 Soheil Ayari Ret Ret 10 8 4 2 12 4 Ret 4 15 8 Max Wilson Ret 3 Ret Ret Ret Ret 2 Ret 3 14 9 David Saelens DNQ DNQ DNQ 3 9 Ret 8 DNQ 5 5 8 10 Kevin McGarrity 2 DNQ 9 Ret 23 DNQ 15 10 Ret 7 6 11 Tomáš Enge DNQ DNQ 14 2 17 11 Ret 14 11 Ret 6 12 Franck Montagny 10 9 Ret 7 6 12 6 3 Ret 9 6 13 André Couto Ret Ret 3 Ret DNQ 7 Ret Ret 7 DNS 4 14 Fabrice Walfisch 3 DNQ Ret Ret 13 Ret Ret Ret 16 Ret 4 15 Norberto Fontana Ret 5 Ret Ret 5 8 Ret Ret 14 10 4 16 Oliver Gavin 12 4 DNQ DNQ 14 DNQ DNQ DNQ 9 8 3 17 Jeffrey van Hooydonk Ret 10 11 4 19 DNQ DNQ Ret DNQ 12 3 18 Enrique Bernoldi 9 15 Ret 12 20 Ret 5 8 DNQ DNQ 2 19 Andrea Piccini Ret Ret DNQ 13 8 5 DNQ Ret DNQ DNQ 2 20 Justin Wilson 6 Ret 6 10 Ret Ret Ret 7 Ret Ret 2 21 Jamie Davies 7 13 7 DNQ 12 DNQ 9 12 12 6 1 22 Ricardo Mauricio 15 Ret Ret DNQ DNQ 15 DNQ 9 6 Ret 1 23 Bas Leinders DNQ DNQ Ret 6 16 Ret Ret Ret DNQ Ret 1 – David Terrien DNQ 8 Ret 9 11 DNQ DNQ DNQ 8 11 0 – Brian Smith 8 Ret DNQ DNQ 0 – Polo Villaamil DNQ DNQ DNQ DNQ DNQ 9 DNQ Ret DNQ DNQ 0 – Norman Simon Ret DNQ 18 DNQ 22 10 DNQ DNQ 15 0 – Oliver Martini DNQ Ret DNQ DNQ DNQ 16 10 DNQ DNQ 0 – Dino Morelli 10 DNQ 0 – Fabrizio Gollin DNQ 11 12 11 DNQ Ret Ret 11 13 18 0 – Marcello Battistuzzi 11 12 DNQ 13 17 DNQ 0 – Cyrille Sauvage DNQ 14 11 DNQ 14 0 – Andrej Pavicevic DNQ DNQ DNQ DNQ 21 DNQ 13 DNQ 15 13 0 – Wolf Henzler Ret DNQ DNQ Ret DNQ 13 DNQ 0 – Paolo Ruberti 14 Ret Ret 15 Ret DNQ Ret Ret DNQ 19 0 – Mario Haberfeld DNQ DNQ Ret Ret 18 Ret 14 DNQ DNQ DNQ 0 – Marc Goossens DNQ DNQ Ret Ret DNQ Ret Ret DSQ Ret DNQ 0 – Boris Derichebourg Ret Ret DNQ 0 – Alex Yoong DNQ DNQ DNQ Ret Ret 0 – Andrea Boldrini DNQ DNQ Ret DNQ DNQ 0 – Laurent Delahaye DNQ DNQ DNQ DNS DNQ 0 – Marco Apicella DNQ 0 – Romain Dumas DNQ 0 – Nicolas Filiberti DNQ 0 – Steve Hiesse DNQ 0 – Gastón Mazzacane DNQ 0 – Sascha Bert DNQ DNQ DNQ 0 – Markus Friesacher DNQ DNQ DNQ 0 – Grégoire de Galzain DNQ DNQ DNQ DNQ 0 – Alex Müller DNQ DNQ DNQ DNQ 0 – Thomas Biagi DNQ DNQ DNQ DNQ DNQ 0 – Giovanni Montanari DNQ DNQ DNQ DNQ DNQ DNQ 0 – Arnd Meier DNQ DNQ DNQ DNQ DNQ DNQ DNQ 0 – Viktor Maslov DNQ DNQ DNQ DNQ DNQ DNQ DNQ DNQ DNQ DNQ 0 Pos Driver IMO MON CAT MAG SIL A1R HOC HUN SPA NUR Pts

Colour Result Gold Winner Silver 2nd place Bronze 3rd place Green Finished, in points Blue Finished, no points Not classified (NC) Purple Did not finish (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 participate Excluded (EX)

Notes

• Results in bold indicate pole position.
• Results in italics indicate fastest lap.
• All drivers used Lola B99/50 chassis, with Zytek V8 engines, and Avon tyres.
• Marc Goossens was disqualified from the Hungarian round of the championship due to an illegal suspension damper.

Complete Overview

first column of every race

10

= grid position

second column of every race

10

= race result

R=retired NC=not classified NS=did not start NQ=did not qualify NT=no time set in qualifying DIS(3)=disqualified after finishing in third place DIS=disqualified in practice

Place	Name	Country	Team
1	Nick Heidfeld	Germany	West Competition Team	3	1	1	7	1	1	2	1	3	3	1	1	5	R	3	2	10	4	1	2
2	Jason Watt	Denmark	SuperNova Racing	6	R	4	2	20	R	3	R	14	10	6	4	10	7	12	6	1	1	2	1
3	Gonzalo Rodríguez	Uruguay	Team Astromega	8	5	2	1	2	2	17	R	16	15	30	NQ	4	4	4	R	9	2	-	-
4	Stéphane Sarrazin	France	Gauloises Formula	10	4	8	14	6	5	7	5	6	7	26	6	6	3	2	1	5	R	6	17
5	Bruno Junqueira	Brazil	Den Blå Avis/Petrobras Junior Team	4	R	14	6	16	4	1	R	2	2	38	NQ	2	1	18	15	3	R	4	16
	Nicolas Minassian	France	Kid Jensen Racing	15	13	3	16	21	8	8	14	1	1	7	3	19	R	11	5	4	3	22	R
7	Soheil Ayari	France	Cica Team Oreca	14	R	10	R	4	10	9	8	4	4	4	2	8	12	8	4	7	R	7	4
8	Max Wilson	Brazil	Den Blå Avis/Petrobras Junior Team	1	R	7	3	3	DIS(13)	6	R	9	R	17	R	1	2	21	R	-	-	3	3
9	David Saelens	Belgium	WRT FINA Racing	29	NQ	28	NQ	31	NQ
			SuperNova Racing							12	3	11	9	21	R	17	8	29	NQ	8	5	8	5
10	Kevin McGarrity	Ireland	Nordic Racing	2	2	30	NQ	22	9	15	R	18	23	34	NQ	12	15	14	10	23	R	11	7
	Tomáš Enge	Czech Republic	WRT FINA Racing	28	NQ	29	NQ	25	13	4	2	19	17	9	11	21	R	17	14	18	11	10	R
	Franck Montagny	France	DAMS	17	10	21	9	7	R	18	7	7	6	3	12	3	6	7	3	6	R	16	9
13	Fabrice Walfisch	France	Draco	9	3	31	NQ	23	16	20	R	15	13	23	R	11	R	1	R	2	16	20	R
	André Couto	Portugal	Gauloises Formula	7	R	5	NS	13	3	24	17	33	NQ	25	7	15	R	5	R	14	7	DIS	-
	Norberto Fontana	Argentina	Fortec Motorsport	5	R	19	5	9	14	14	R	5	5	5	8	9	16	19	R	22	14	12	10
16	Oliver Gavin	United Kingdom	European Edenbridge Racing	21	12	11	4	29	NQ	28	NQ	21	14	27	NQ	31	NQ	27	NQ	12	9	14	8
	Jeffrey van Hooydonk	Belgium	Witmeur Team KTR	22	R	16	10	10	11	11	4	12	19	36	NQ	29	NQ	10	16	35	NQ	13	12
18	Justin Wilson	United Kingdom	Team Astromega	11	6	13	R	5	6	26	10	23	R	11	17	23	R	9	7	20	R	5	R
	Andrea Piccini	Italy	Kid Jensen Racing	12	R	24	R	30	NQ	23	13	8	8	14	5	27	NQ	16	R	27	NQ	34	NQ
	Enrique Bernoldi	Brazil	Red Bull Junior/RSM Marko	19	9	23	15	15	15	10	12	25	20	13	R	7	5	15	8	28	NQ	NT	-
21	Bas Leinders	Belgium	Witmeur Team KTR	30	NQ	17	NS	19	R	16	6	13	16	15	R	13	R	25	R	34	NQ	18	R
	Ricardo Mauricio	Brazil	SuperNova Racing	25	15	25	R	17	R
			Red Bull Junior/RSM Marko							33	NQ	34	NQ	12	15	35	NQ	22	9	11	6	21	20
	Jamie Davies	United Kingdom	European Edenbridge Racing	20	7	12	13	12	7	37	NQ	10	12	40	NQ	16	9	26	12	19	12	9	6
-	David Terrien	France	DAMS	32	NQ	18	8	14	R	19	9	20	11	28	NQ	30	NQ	30	NQ	25	8	19	11
-	Brian Smith	Argentina	Monaco Motorsport	16	8	20	R	39	NQ	35	NQ	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
-	Polo Villaamil	Spain	Coloni Motorsport	33	NQ	37	NQ	27	NQ	32	NQ	37	NQ	19	9	33	NQ	23	R	32	NQ	27	NQ
-	Norman Simon	Germany	Coloni Motorsport	26	R	34	NQ	26	R	29	NQ	24	22	24	10	32	NQ	-	-
			WRT FINA Racing																	29	NQ	15	15
-	Oliver Martini	Italy	Draco	35	NQ	6	R	35	NQ	27	NQ	36	NQ	16	16	22	10	32	NQ	31	NQ	-	-
-	Dino Morelli	United Kingdom	Coloni Motorsport	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	15	10	28	NQ
-	Fabrizio Gollin	Italy	GP Racing	27	NQ	22	11	24	12	21	11	28	NQ	10	R	20	R	24	11	17	13	23	18
-	Marcelo Battistuzzi	Brazil	Portman-Arrows Racing	18	11	26	12	28	NQ	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
			Coloni Motorsport															20	13
			Den Blå Avis/Petrobras Junior Team																	24	17	-	-
-	Cyrille Sauvage	France	Monaco Motorsport	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	40	NQ	22	14	24	11	28	NQ	-	-
			Draco																			26	14
-	Andrej Pavicevic	Australia	Fortec Motorsport	42	NQ	36	NQ	38	NQ	31	NQ	26	21	32	NQ	26	13	40	NQ	21	15	17	13
-	Wolf Henzler	Germany	Durango Formula	24	R	32	NQ	33	NQ	25	R	32	NQ	2	13	28	NQ	-	-	-	-	-	-
-	Paolo Ruberti	Italy	Durango Formula	13	14	9	R	11	R	22	15	17	R	29	NQ	25	R	13	R	36	NQ	24	19
-	Mario Haberfeld	Brazil	West Competition Team	36	NQ	41	NQ	8	R	13	R	22	18	8	R	18	14	36	NQ	33	NQ	32	NQ
-	Marc Goossens	Belgium	Lukoil Arden Racing	37	NQ	38	NQ	18	R	5	16	30	NQ	20	R	14	R	6	DIS(3)	13	R	30	NQ
-	Alex Yoong	Malaysia	Monaco Motorsport	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	37	NQ	38	NQ	39	NQ	16	R	25	R
-	Boris Derichbourg	France	Portman-Arrows Racing	23	R	15	R	34	NQ	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
-	Andrea Boldrini	Italy	WRT FINA Racing	-	-	-	-	-	-	39	NQ	38	NQ	18	9	34	NQ	34	NQ	-	-	-	-
-	Laurent Delahaye	France	GP Racing	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	39	NQ	39	NQ	33	NQ	26	R	31	NQ
-	Viktor Maslov	Russia	Lukoil Arden Racing	39	NQ	39	NQ	41	NQ	38	NQ	39	NQ	35	NQ	40	NQ	35	NQ	30	NQ	35	NQ
-	Arnd Meier	Germany	Nordic Racing	-	-	-	-	-	-	40	NQ	27	NQ	33	NQ	37	NQ	37	NQ	40	NQ	29	NQ
-	Giovanni Montanari	Italy	GP Racing	31	NQ	27	NQ	36	NQ	36	NQ	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
			Durango Formula																	37	NQ	36	NQ
-	Thomas Biagi	Italy	Monaco Motorsport	34	NQ	33	NQ	37	NQ	34	NQ	35	NQ	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
-	Grégoire de Galzain	France	Cica Team Oreca	38	NQ	35	NQ	32	NQ	30	NQ	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
-	Alex Müller	Germany	Cica Team Oreca	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	29	NQ	31	NQ	36	NQ	31	NQ	-	-	-	-
-	Sascha Bert	Germany	Nordic Racing	40	NQ	NT	-	40	NQ	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
-	Markus Friesacher	Austria	Red Bull Junior/RSM Marko	41	NQ	40	NQ	42	NQ	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
-	Gastón Mazzacane	Argentina	GP Racing	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	31	NQ	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
-	Nicolas Filiberti	Argentina	Durango Formula	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	38	NQ	-	-	-	-
-	Steve Hiesse	France	Cica Team Oreca	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	38	NQ	-	-
-	Marco Apicella	Italy	Monaco Motorsport	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	39	NQ	-	-
-	Romain Dumas	France	Cica Team Oreca	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	33	NQ

See also

1999 Italian Formula 3000 season

Further reading

• Heidfeld's Year, Formula 3000 Review, Autocourse, 1999/2000, pages 238-241
• Other Major Results, Autocourse, 1999/2000, pages 281-282
• Automobile Year, 1999/2000 (championship points table), page 258

External links

• Unofficial F3000 Information - 1999
• 1999 Formula 3000 International Championship - Race results
• 1999 F3000 image gallery