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2003 International Formula 3000 Championship

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The 2003 International Formula 3000 season was the thirty-seventh season of the second-tier of Formula One feeder championship and also nineteenth season under the International Formula 3000 Championship moniker. It featured the 2003 FIA Formula 3000 International Championship with titles awarded for both Drivers and Teams.[1] The championship was contested over ten events from 19 April to 13 September 2003.[2]

The Drivers Championship was won by Björn Wirdheim (pictured in 2008), and the Teams Championship was awarded to Arden International Ltd

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Teams and drivers

Björn Wirdheim, pictured at the Hungaroring round, won the Drivers' Championship. Vitantonio Liuzzi, driving the car behind him, placed fourth.

The following teams and drivers contested the championship.[2]

More information Team, No. ...
Team No. Driver Rounds
United Kingdom Arden International 1 Sweden Björn Wirdheim All
2 United States Townsend Bell All
Italy Coloni Motorsport 3 Brazil Ricardo Sperafico All
4 Hungary Zsolt Baumgartner 1–9
San Marino Christian Montanari 10
United Kingdom Super Nova Racing 5 Italy Enrico Toccacelo All
6 United States Derek Hill 1–6
Denmark Nicolas Kiesa 7
United Kingdom Sam Hancock 8–10
Denmark Den Blå Avis 7 Denmark Nicolas Kiesa 1–6
8 United Kingdom Robbie Kerr 1
United States Philip Giebler 2–6
Italy Durango 9 Italy Giorgio Pantano All
10 Italy Raffaele Giammaria All
Belgium Team Astromega 11 Germany Tony Schmidt All
12 Belgium Jeffrey van Hooydonk 1–2, 4–6, 10
Republic of Ireland Michael Keohane 7–8
Czech Republic Superfund ISRCharouz 14 Czech Republic Jaroslav Janiš All
15 France Yannick Schroeder 1–8
Austria Red Bull Junior Team 16 Italy Vitantonio Liuzzi All
17 Austria Patrick Friesacher 1–2, 5–10
Austria Bernhard Auinger 3–4
Spain BCN F3000 18 Australia Rob Nguyen 1–3
United States Will Langhorne 4–8
Italy Ferdinando Monfardini 9–10
19 Italy Valerio Scassellati 1, 5–6, 8
Italy Alessandro Piccolo 2–4, 10
United Kingdom Marc Hynes 7
Italy Giovanni Berton 9
United Kingdom Brand Motorsport 20 France Nicolas Minassian 1
21 United Kingdom Gary Paffett 1
Sources:[3][4]
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The 2003 FIA Formula 3000 International Championship was contested over a ten event series. The round at Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps was cancelled due to the FIA banning tobacco advertising, which cancelled the F1 race. [2][5]

More information Event, Circuit ...
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Drivers' Championship

More information Pos, Driver ...
Pos[5] Driver IMO
Italy
CAT
Spain
A1R
Austria
MON
Monaco
NÜR
Germany
MAG
France
SIL
United Kingdom
HOC
Germany
HUN
Hungary
MNZ
Italy
Points
1 Sweden Björn Wirdheim 1 2 2 2 13 2 1 2 2 1 78
2 Brazil Ricardo Sperafico 3 Ret 1 DSQ 14 3 4 1 Ret 3 43
3 Italy Giorgio Pantano Ret 1 3 Ret 16 1 2 7 4 Ret 41
4 Italy Vitantonio Liuzzi 4 Ret 4 Ret 2 4 3 4 9 4 39
5 Austria Patrick Friesacher 2 Ret Ret 11 5 3 1 2 36
6 Italy Enrico Toccacelo 5 3 5 Ret 1 13 6 Ret 7 8 30
7 Denmark Nicolas Kiesa 12 10 6 1 3 Ret 8 20
8 Czech Republic Jaroslav Janiš DNS 4 9 4 6 Ret 10 8 5 7 20
9 United States Townsend Bell 9 12 7 6 Ret 12 7 5 3 Ret 17
10 Italy Raffaele Giammaria 7 Ret 14 3 7 8 Ret 10 6 Ret 14
11 Germany Tony Schmidt Ret 6 Ret Ret 10 5 Ret 6 8 6 14
12 France Yannick Schroeder 6 8 Ret 7 4 7 9 11 13
13 Belgium Jeffrey van Hooydonk Ret Ret 8 8 6 5 9
14 Hungary Zsolt Baumgartner 10 7 10 5 11 9 11 9 DNS 6
15 Australia Rob Nguyen 8 5 13 5
16 United States Derek Hill 15 11 Ret DSQ 5 10 4
17 United States Phil Giebler Ret 8 Ret 9 DNS 1
18 Italy Alessandro Piccolo 9 12 DNS 11 0
19 Austria Bernhard Auinger 11 9 0
20 San Marino Christian Montanari 9 0
21 United States Will Langhorne 10 12 14 13 12 0
22 Italy Ferdinando Monfardini Ret 10 0
23 Italy Giovanni Berton 10 0
24 United Kingdom Sam Hancock 13 11 DNS 0
25 France Nicolas Minassian 11 0
26 Republic of Ireland Michael Keohane 12 Ret 0
27 Italy Valerio Scassellati 13 15 15 14 0
28 United Kingdom Marc Hynes 14 0
29 United Kingdom Gary Paffett 14 0
United Kingdom Robbie Kerr DNS 0
Pos Driver IMO
Italy
CAT
Spain
A1R
Austria
MON
Monaco
NÜR
Germany
MAG
France
SIL
United Kingdom
HOC
Germany
HUN
Hungary
MNZ
Italy
Points
Sources:[7][8][9]
ColourResult
GoldWinner
SilverSecond place
BronzeThird place
GreenPoints classification
BlueNon-points classification
Non-classified finish (NC)
PurpleRetired, not classified (Ret)
RedDid not qualify (DNQ)
Did not pre-qualify (DNPQ)
BlackDisqualified (DSQ)
WhiteDid not start (DNS)
Withdrew (WD)
Race cancelled (C)
Blank Did not practice (DNP)
Did not arrive (DNA)
Excluded (EX)

Bold – Pole
Italics – Fastest lap

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  • All drivers used Lola B02/50 chassis with Zytek-Judd KV engines and Avon tyres.[3]
  • Championship points were awarded on a 10-8-6-5-4-3-2-1 basis to the first eight finishers at each event. If two or more drivers had the same number of points (including 0 points), their positions in the Championship was fixed according to the quality of their places. Under this system one first place was better than any number of second places, one second place was better than any number of third places and so on.[5]

Teams Championship

Points for the 2003 FIA Formula 3000 International Championship for Teams were awarded on a 10-8-6-5-4-3-2-1 basis for the first eight places at each event.[5] Results from both team cars were taken into account.[1]

Position [5] Team [5] IMO
Italy
CAT
Spain
A1R
Austria
MON
Monaco
NUR
Germany
MAG
France
SIL
United Kingdom
HOC
Germany
HUN
Hungary
MNZ
Italy
Total [5]
1 United Kingdom Arden International Ltd 10 8 10 11 0 8 12 12 14 10 95
2 Austria Red Bull Junior Team F3000 13 0 5 0 8 5 10 11 10 13 75
3 Italy Durango Formula 2 10 6 6 2 11 8 2 8 0 55
4 Italy Coloni Motorsport 6 2 10 4 0 6 5 10 0 6 49
5 United Kingdom Super Nova Racing Ltd 4 6 4 0 14 0 4 0 2 1 35
6 Czech Republic ISRCharouz 3 6 0 7 8 2 0 1 4 2 33
7 Belgium Team Astromega 0 3 0 1 1 7 0 3 1 7 23
8 Denmark Den Blå Avis 0 0 4 10 6 0 20
9 Spain BCN F3000 1 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5
10 United Kingdom Brand Motorsports 0 0

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