2002 International Formula 3000 Championship

The 2002 International Formula 3000 season was the thirty-sixth season of the second-tier of Formula One feeder championship and also eighteenth season under the International Formula 3000 Championship moniker. It featured the 2002 FIA Formula 3000 International Championship which was contested over twelve races from 30 March to 14 September 2002. Championship titles were awarded for both Drivers and Teams.

Teams and drivers

The following teams and drivers contested the 2002 FIA Formula 3000 International Championship.

Team	No.	Driver	Rounds
Coca-Cola Nordic Racing	1	Ryan Briscoe	1-7
	1	Thed Björk	8-12
	2	Zsolt Baumgartner	All
Petrobras Junior Team	3	Antônio Pizzonia	All
Petrobras Junior Team	4	Ricardo Sperafico	All
Super Nova Racing	5	Sébastien Bourdais	All
Super Nova Racing	6	Tiago Monteiro	All
Red Bull Junior Team	9	Patrick Friesacher	All
Red Bull Junior Team	10	Ricardo Mauricio	All
Team Astromega	14	Mario Haberfeld	All
Team Astromega	15	Rob Nguyen	All
European Minardi F3000	16	Alexandre Sperafico	1-9
	16	Justin Keen	10-12
	17	David Saelens	1-5
		Alex Müller	6-9
		Kristian Kolby	10-12
Arden International	18	Björn Wirdheim	All
Arden International	19	Tomáš Enge	All
Durango Formula	20	Alex Müller	1-5
	20	Derek Hill	6-12
	21	Rodrigo Sperafico	All
Coloni F3000	24	Enrico Toccacelo	All
Coloni F3000	25	Giorgio Pantano	All
PSM Racing Line	26	Tony Schmidt	All
PSM Racing Line	27	Nicolas Kiesa	All

Note: Each entry used a Lola B02/50 chassis with a Zytek-Judd KV engine and Avon tyres, as mandated by the championship regulations.

Calendar

The FIA Formula 3000 International Championship was contested over twelve races.

Round	Circuit	Date	Laps	Distance	Time	Speed	Pole Position	Fastest Lap	Winner
1	Autódromo José Carlos Pace	30 March	35	4.309=150.785 km	0'53:24.841	169.395 km/h	Sébastien Bourdais	Sébastien Bourdais	Rodrigo Sperafico
2	Autodromo Enzo e Dino Ferrari	13 April	32	4.933=157.619 km	0'51:39.076	183.096 km/h	Sébastien Bourdais	Giorgio Pantano	Sébastien Bourdais
3	Circuit de Catalunya	27 April	32	4.728=151.233 km	0'51:44.572	175.367 km/h	Sébastien Bourdais	Sébastien Bourdais	Giorgio Pantano
4	A1 Ring	11 May	35	4.326=151.410 km	0'48:53.862	185.788 km/h	Tomáš Enge	Tomáš Enge	Tomáš Enge
5	Circuit de Monaco	25 May	45	3.37=151.65 km	1'07:40.545	134.449 km/h	Sébastien Bourdais	Tomáš Enge	Sébastien Bourdais
6	Nürburgring	22 June	30	5.138=154.14 km	0'54:55.289	168.393 km/h	Sébastien Bourdais	Tomáš Enge	Sébastien Bourdais
7	Silverstone Circuit	6 July	30	5.141=154.126 km	0'49:45.388	185.856 km/h	Tomáš Enge	Tomáš Enge	Tomáš Enge
8	Circuit de Nevers Magny-Cours	20 July	35	4.251=148.599 km	0'54:58.076	162.202 km/h	Tomáš Enge	Tomáš Enge	Tomáš Enge
9	Hockenheimring	27 July	33	4.574=150.942 km	0'50:00.768	181.084 km/h	Giorgio Pantano	Ricardo Sperafico	Giorgio Pantano
10	Hungaroring	17 August	38	3.975=151.044 km	0'59:25.829	152.491 km/h	Tomáš Enge	Ricardo Sperafico	Enrico Toccacelo
11	Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps	31 August	22	6.968=153.296 km	0'47:06.609	195.239 km/h	Sébastien Bourdais	Sébastien Bourdais	Giorgio Pantano
12	Autodromo Nazionale Monza	14 September	26	5.793=150.353 km	0'44:57.538	200.654 km/h	Björn Wirdheim	Giorgio Pantano	Björn Wirdheim

Note: The race time/average speed for the provisional winner of Race 10 (Tomáš Enge) was 0'59:24.642/152.546 km/h. Enge was subsequently disqualified after failing a drug test.

Championship standings

Teams Championship

Teams Championship points were awarded on a 10-6-4-3-2-1 basis for the first six places at each race with points from both team cars counting towards each team�s total.^[1]

Position ^[2]	Team ^[2]													Points ^[2]
1	Arden International	2	1	6	16	4	1	11	10	6	3	3	16	79
2	Coloni F3000	1	4	11	4	-	-	3	5	10	16	10	4	68
3	Super Nova Racing	0	10	4	0	10	10	6	6	2	4	6	0	58
4	Petrobras Junior Team	3	3	0	0	5	10	6	3	1	2	4	3	40
5	Red Bull Junior Team	4	2	3	2	6	3	0	0	-	1	2	-	23
6	Durango Formula	10	6	0	0	-	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	20
7	Team Astromega	6	0	2	4	1	2	0	2	3	0	0	0	20
8	PSM Racing Line	0	0	0	0	-	0	0	0	-	0	1	2	3
9	Coca Cola Nordic Racing	0	0	0	0	-	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1
10	European Minardi F3000	-	0	0	-	-	0	0	0	-	0	0	0	0

Race results

Drivers Championship points were awarded at each race as follows: 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.^[1]

Pos	Driver	INT	IMO	CAT	A1R	MON	NÜR	SIL	MAG	HOC	HUN	SPA	MNZ	Points
1	Sébastien Bourdais	14	1	3	Ret	1	1	2	2	Ret	3	2	Ret	56
2	Giorgio Pantano	8	3	1	4	Ret	Ret	4	3	1	2	1	3	54
3	Tomáš Enge	Ret	6	2	1	3	13	1	1	Ret	DSQ	4	2	50
4	Björn Wirdheim	5	7	8	2	Ret	6	6	Ret	2	4	Ret	1	29
5	Ricardo Sperafico	7	14	9	8	5	2	3	15	6	5	3	4	22
6	Rodrigo Sperafico	1	2	7	12	Ret	8	9	8	3	Ret	12	8	20
7	Mário Haberfeld	2	Ret	5	3	6	Ret	Ret	5	4	Ret	14	9	18
8	Antônio Pizzonia	4	4	10	7	4	3	5	4	Ret	Ret	Ret	DSQ	18
9	Enrico Toccacelo	6	12	6	6	Ret	Ret	8	6	Ret	1	Ret	Ret	14
10	Patrick Friesacher	10	5	11	5	2	4	7	7	Ret	6	16	Ret	14
11	Ricardo Maurício	3	Ret	4	15	7	9	Ret	10	Ret	11	5	Ret	9
12	Nicolas Kiesa	15	8	Ret	10	Ret	10	10	Ret	Ret	Ret	6	5	3
13	Tiago Monteiro	9	10	Ret	16	Ret	Ret	13	9	5	13	Ret	10	2
14	Rob Nguyen	13	11	14	9	Ret	5	15	11	11	10	15	Ret	2
15	Zsolt Baumgartner	Ret	9	Ret	11	Ret	12	14	12	8	7	8	6	1
16	Thed Björk								Ret	7	8	13	7	0
17	Derek Hill						7	Ret	Ret	9	Ret	7	Ret	0
18	Justin Keen										9	9	Ret	0
19	Kristian Kolby										12	10	11	0
20	Alex Müller	11	Ret	Ret	13	DSQ	Ret	11	14	Ret				0
21	Tony Schmidt	16	Ret	13	14	Ret	Ret	Ret	13	Ret	14	11	12	0
22	Alexandre Sperafico	Ret	15	15	Ret	Ret	11	Ret	Ret	Ret				0
23	Ryan Briscoe	12	13	12	17	Ret	Ret	12						0
24	David Saelens	Ret	Ret	16	Ret	Ret								0
Pos	Driver	INT	IMO	CAT	A1R	MON	NÜR	SIL	MAG	HOC	HUN	SPA	MNZ	Points

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

Notes

Tomáš Enge was disqualified from first place in Hungary after failing a drug test.
Antônio Pizzonia was disqualified from second place at Monza in Italy for running a rear wing element upside-down.
Alexander Müller was disqualified from sixth place at Monaco when his car was found to be underweight.

Complete Overview

first column of every race

10

= grid position

second column of every race

10

= race result

R15=retired, but classified R=retired NS=did not start DIS(1)=disqualified after finishing as winner

Place	Name	Team	INT		IMO		CAT		OST		MON		NÜR		SIL		MAG		HOC		HUN		SPA		MNZ
1	Sébastien Bourdais	Super Nova Racing	1	14	1	1	1	3	8	R	1	1	1	1	2	2	2	2	4	R	6	3	1	2	7	R
2	Giorgio Pantano	Coloni F3000	10	8	3	3	3	1	2	4	13	R	6	R	3	4	3	3	1	1	3	2	4	1	2	3
3	Tomáš Enge	Arden International	2	R	7	6	2	2	1	1	7	3	2	13	1	1	1	1	2	R	1	DIS(1)	2	4	3	2
4	Björn Wirdheim	Arden International	5	5	11	7	12	8	5	2	6	R	10	6	7	6	10	R	3	2	9	4	5	R	1	1
5	Ricardo Sperafico	Petrobras Junior Team	9	7	16	14	10	9	9	8	8	5	3	2	4	3	5	15	11	6	4	5	9	3	8	4
6	Rodrigo Sperafico	Durango Formula	4	1	2	2	6	7	13	12	2	R	14	8	9	9	9	8	6	3	17	R15	17	12	11	8
7	Mario Haberfeld	Team Astromega	3	2	13	R	4	5	4	3	9	6	12	R	6	R	4	5	8	4	7	R	8	14	6	9
8	Antônio Pizzonia	Petrobras Junior Team	7	4	4	4	9	10	11		10	4	7	3	5	5	6	4	5	R10	8	R	3	R	5	DIS(2)
9	Enrico Toccacelo	Coloni F3000	6	6	8	12	8	6	3	6	4	R	5	R	8	8	7	6	15	R	2	1	6	R	9	R
10	Patrick Friesacher	Red Bull Junior Team	17	10	9	5	7	11	7	5	3	2	8	4	10	7	11	7	13	R	12	6	13	16	15	R
11	Ricardo Mauricio	Red Bull Junior Team	8	3	10	R	5	4	10	15	12	7	11	9	12	R	12	10	14	R	5	11	10	5	12	R
12	Nicolas Kiesa	PSM Racing Line	19	15	6	8	14	R	20	10	17	R	18	10	16	10	17	R	16	R	13	NS	7	6	14	5
13	Tiago Monteiro	SuperNova Racing	15	9	5	10	15	R	15	16	15	R	16	R	14	13	8	9	9	5	10	13	12	R	16	10
14	Rob Nguyen	Team Astromega	12	13	18	11	17	14	12	9	11	R	4	5	13	15	13	11	12	11	11	10	11	15	4	R
15	Zsolt Baumgartner	Coca-Cola Nordic Racing	20	R	20	9	16	R	14	11	18	R	13	12	18	14	14	12	18	8	14	7	14	8	17	6
16	Thed Björk	Coca-Cola Nordic Racing	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	19	R	20	7	19	8	20	13	18	7
17	Derek Hill	Durango Formula	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	9	7	11	R	15	R	7	9	15	R	16	7	10	13
18	Justin Keen	European Minardi F3000	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	16	9	18	9	20	R
19	Kristian Kolby	European Minardi F3000	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	18	12	19	10	19	11
20	Alex Müller	Durango Formula	13	11	12	R	13	R	17	13	16	DIS(6)
20	Alex Müller	European Minardi F3000											15	R	17	11	16	14	10	R	-	-	-	-	-	-
21	Tony Schmidt	PSM Racing Line	16	16	17	R	19	13	18	14	20	NS	19	R	20	R	18	13	17	R	20	14	15	11	13	12
22	Alexandre Sperafico	European Minardi F3000	18	R	19	15	20	15	19	R	19	R	20	11	19	16	20	R	19	R	-	-	-	-	-	-
23	Ryan Briscoe	Coca-Cola Nordic Racing	11	12	15	13	18	12	16	17	14	R	17	R	15	12	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
24	David Saelens	European Minardi F3000	14	R	14	R	11	R	6	R	5	R	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

References

^ ^a ^b Sporting Regulations at www.fia.com Retrieved from replay.waybackmachine.org on 23 March 2011
^ ^a ^b ^c Teams Classifications at www.fia.com Retrieved from replay.waybackmachine.org on 22 March 2011

External links

[SportingRegs-1] Sporting Regulations at www.fia.com Retrieved from replay.waybackmachine.org on 23 March 2011

[TeamsPoints-2] Teams Classifications at www.fia.com Retrieved from replay.waybackmachine.org on 22 March 2011

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