2007 Italian Formula Three Championship

The 2007 Italian Formula Three Championship was the 43rd Italian Formula Three Championship season. It began on 1 April at Adria and ended on 21 October at Monza after 16 races.

With victories at Adria, Misano, Vallelunga and Autodromo Nazionale Monza, Paolo Maria Nocera of Lucidi Motors finished the season as champion. He finished 21 points clear of Europa Corse driver Efisio Marchese, who won three races during the season. Third place went to Alan Racing driver Pablo Sánchez López, who also took three victories at Misano, Mugello, and Varano. Fourth place in the championship was claimed by Corbetta Competizioni's Mirko Bortolotti, who won the race at Mugello, while fifth went to his team-mate Fabrizio Crestani.

Teams and drivers

All teams were Italian-registered and all cars competed on Michelin tyres.

Entry List^[1]
Team	No	Driver	Chassis	Engine	Rounds
Campionato Nazionale
Corbetta Competizioni	3	Augusto Scalbi	Dallara F304	Spiess-Opel	All
	4	Fabrizio Crestani	Dallara F304	Spiess-Opel	All
	16	Mirko Bortolotti	Dallara F304	Spiess-Opel	All
Lucidi Motors	5	Nicola de Marco	Dallara F304	Spiess-Opel	All
Lucidi Motors	6	Paolo Maria Nocera	Dallara F304	Spiess-Opel	All
Europa Corse	7	Efisio Marchese	Dallara F304	Spiess-Opel	All
N.T.	9	Jacopo Faccioni	Dallara F304	Spiess-Opel	All
Team Ghinzani	11	Paolo Bossini	Dallara F304	Mugen-Honda	All
Team Ghinzani	12	Giuseppe Termine	Dallara F304	Mugen-Honda	All
Alan Racing	14	Pablo Sánchez López	Dallara F304	Spiess-Opel	1–2, 4–8
Alan Racing	15	Sergey Mokshantsev	Dallara F304	Spiess-Opel	8
Trofeo Nazionale CSAI
Europa Corse	51	Matteo Cozzari	Dallara F302	Spiess-Opel	All
System Team	52	Gianpiero Negrotti	Dallara F303	Spiess-Opel	1–4, 8
	85	Dino Lusuardi	Dallara F301	Fiat	1–6
	89	Massimo Ballestri	Dallara F394	Fiat	2
Facondini Racing	53	Molin Pradel	Dallara F302	Spiess-Opel	2
Lido Corse	61	Luciano Baldazzi	Dallara F301	Spiess-Opel	1–6, 8
Beelspeed	83	Mauro Brozzi	Dallara F394	Fiat	1–6
	87	Carlo Bendinelli	Dallara F301	Spiess-Opel	3–4, 6–7
	88	Antonio Vizzaccaro	Dallara F394	Fiat	3
	91	Luigi Folloni	Dallara F394	Fiat	1–2, 4–7
Team Cherubini	92	Federico del Rosso	Dallara F398	Spiess-Opel	All
	93	Antonio di Venere	Dallara F398	Fiat	1
	93	Marco Cencetti	Dallara F398	Fiat	2–6
	94	Salvatore Cardullo	Dallara F398	Spiess-Opel	3–6, 8

Calendar

All rounds were held in Italy.

Round		Circuit	Date	Pole Position	Fastest Lap	Winning driver	Winning team	Trofeo winner
1	R1	Adria International Raceway	1 April	Paolo Maria Nocera	Efisio Marchese	Paolo Maria Nocera	Lucidi Motors	Mauro Brozzi
1	R2	Adria International Raceway	1 April	Paolo Maria Nocera	Efisio Marchese	Paolo Maria Nocera	Lucidi Motors	Matteo Cozzari
2	R1	Misano World Circuit	7 June	Fabrizio Crestani	Fabrizio Crestani	Paolo Maria Nocera	Lucidi Motors	Marco Cencetti
2	R2	Misano World Circuit	8 June	Fabrizio Crestani	Pablo Sánchez López	Pablo Sánchez López	Alan Racing	Massimo Ballestri
3	R1	Autodromo dell'Umbria, Magione	7 July	Efisio Marchese	Efisio Marchese	Efisio Marchese	Europa Corse	Mauro Brozzi
3	R2	Autodromo dell'Umbria, Magione	7 July	Efisio Marchese	Efisio Marchese	Efisio Marchese	Europa Corse	Matteo Cozzari
4	R1	Mugello Circuit	20 July	Pablo Sánchez López	Mirko Bortolotti	Fabrizio Crestani	Corbetta Competizioni	Matteo Cozzari
4	R2	Mugello Circuit	20 July	Pablo Sánchez López	Pablo Sánchez López	Fabrizio Crestani	Corbetta Competizioni	Matteo Cozzari
5	R1	Mugello Circuit	31 August	Mirko Bortolotti	Paolo Maria Nocera	Mirko Bortolotti	Corbetta Competizioni	Matteo Cozzari
5	R2	Mugello Circuit	1 September	Mirko Bortolotti	Nicola de Marco	Pablo Sánchez López	Alan Racing	Matteo Cozzari
6	R1	Autodromo Riccardo Paletti, Varano	13 September	Efisio Marchese	Efisio Marchese	Efisio Marchese	Europa Corse	Marco Cencetti
6	R2	Autodromo Riccardo Paletti, Varano	14 September	Pablo Sánchez López	Pablo Sánchez López	Pablo Sánchez López	Alan Racing	no finishers
7	R1	ACI Vallelunga Circuit	27 September	Paolo Maria Nocera	Paolo Maria Nocera	Paolo Maria Nocera	Lucidi Motors	Federico del Rosso
7	R2	ACI Vallelunga Circuit	28 September	Nicola de Marco	Fabrizio Crestani	Fabrizio Crestani	Corbetta Competizioni	Luigi Folloni
8	R1	Autodromo Nazionale Monza	18 October	Paolo Maria Nocera	Fabrizio Crestani	Paolo Maria Nocera	Lucidi Motors	Matteo Cozzari
8	R2	Autodromo Nazionale Monza	19 October	Paolo Maria Nocera	Paolo Maria Nocera	Paolo Maria Nocera	Lucidi Motors	no finishers

Standings

Points are awarded as follows:

1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	PP	FL
10	8	6	5	4	3	2	1	1	1

Pos	Driver	ADR		MIS		MAG		MUG		MUG		VAR		VAL		MNZ		Pts
Campionato Nazionale
1	Paolo Maria Nocera	1	1	1	12	5	4	DSQ	4	Ret	2	2	2	1	2	1	1	114
2	Efisio Marchese	2	2	6	5	1	1	5	8	4	4	1	3	7	6	Ret	3	93
3	Pablo Sánchez López	DSQ	4	2	1			3	6	2	1	3	1	Ret	3	3	Ret	84
4	Mirko Bortolotti	3	5	5	4	2	2	2	2	1	8	10	10	3	5	12	5	81
5	Fabrizio Crestani	Ret	3	3	2	4	8	1	1	Ret	Ret	17	5	Ret	1	2	Ret	73
6	Nicola de Marco	5	7	8	3	3	3	4	3	3	3	4	4	4	Ret	8	Ret	67
7	Giuseppe Termine	4	6	4	6	Ret	6	Ret	5	6	Ret	5	6	2	7	5	4	52
8	Augusto Scalbi	7	8	9	8	7	5	8	9	5	5	7	7	Ret	4	4	2	42
9	Paolo Bossini	6	10	7	7	6	7	6	7	7	6	6	8	6	9	6	6	35
10	Jacopo Faccioni	8	9	Ret	9	9	9	9	11	10	9	8	9	5	8	13	Ret	11
	Sergey Mokshantsev															Ret	Ret	0
Trofeo Nazionale CSAI
1	Matteo Cozzari	10	11	DNS	DNS	10	10	7	10	8	7	11	DNS	Ret	Ret	7	DNS	47
2	Luciano Baldazzi	11	DNS	12	DNS	11	DNS	10	Ret	12	DNS	13	Ret			9	Ret	21
3	Mauro Brozzi	9	DNS	DNS	DNS	8	Ret	Ret	12	11	DNS							17
4	Federico del Rosso	13	DNS	11	DNS	12	DNS	12	DNS	14	DNS	12	DNS	8	DNS	DNS	DNS	17
5	Marco Cencetti			10	DNS	Ret	DNS	Ret	DNS	9	DNS	9	DNS					14
6	Luigi Folloni	15	DNS	16	DNS			13	14	DNS	DNS	DNS	DNS	9	10			12
7	Gianpiero Negrotti	Ret	12	15	11	14	13	15	DNS							11	DNS	12
8	Dino Lusuardi	12	DNS	13	DNS	15	11	11	DNS	13	DNS	15	DNS					12
9	Carlo Bendinelli					17	12	14	13			14	Ret	DNS	DNS			7
10	Massimo Ballestri			14	10													6
11	Salvatore Cardullo					13	DNS	DNS	DNS	15	DNS	16	DNS			10	DNS	4
12	Antonio di Venere	14	DNS															0
13	Antonio Vizzaccaro					16	Ret											0
14	Molin Pradel			17	DSQ													0
Pos	Driver	ADR		MIS		MAG		MUG		MUG		VAR		VAL		MNZ		Pts

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

References

^ "Entrylist: Italian Formula 3 Championship – Season 2007". Speedsport Magazine. Retrieved 12 February 2012.

External links

Official website

[1] "Entrylist: Italian Formula 3 Championship – Season 2007". Speedsport Magazine. Retrieved 12 February 2012.

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