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
		Thed Björk	8–12
	2	Zsolt Baumgartner	All
Petrobras Junior Team	3	Antônio Pizzonia	All
	4	Ricardo Sperafico	All
Super Nova Racing	5	Sébastien Bourdais	All
	6	Tiago Monteiro	All
Red Bull Junior Team	9	Patrick Friesacher	All
	10	Ricardo Mauricio	All
Team Astromega	14	Mario Haberfeld	All
	15	Rob Nguyen	All
European Minardi F3000	16	Alexandre Sperafico	1–9
		Justin Keen	10–12
	17	David Saelens	1–5
		Alex Müller	6–9
		Kristian Kolby	10–12
Arden International	18	Björn Wirdheim	All
	19	Tomáš Enge	All
Durango Formula	20	Alex Müller	1–5
		Derek Hill	6–12
	21	Rodrigo Sperafico	All
Coloni F3000	24	Enrico Toccacelo	All
	25	Giorgio Pantano	All
PSM Racing Line	26	Tony Schmidt	All
	27	Nicolas Kiesa	All
Sources:[1][2]

Note: Each entry used a Lola B02/50 chassis with a Zytek-Judd KV engine and Avon tyres, as mandated by the championship regulations.^[1]

Calendar

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

Round	Circuit	Date	Laps	Distance	Time	Speed	Pole Position	Fastest Lap	Winner	Winning Team	Report
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	Durango Formula	Report
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	Super Nova Racing	Report
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	Coloni F3000	Report
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	Arden Team Russia	Report
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	Super Nova Racing	Report
6	Nürburgring	22 June	30	5.138=154.14 km	0'54:55.289	168.393 km/h	Sébastien Bourdais	Tomáš Enge	Sébastien Bourdais	Super Nova Racing	Report
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	Arden Team Russia	Report
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	Arden Team Russia	Report
9	Hockenheimring	27 July	33	4.574=150.942 km	0'50:00.768	181.084 km/h	Giorgio Pantano	Ricardo Sperafico	Giorgio Pantano	Coloni F3000	Report
10	Hungaroring	17 August	38	3.975=151.044 km	0'59:25.829	152.491 km/h	Tomáš Enge	Ricardo Sperafico	Enrico Toccacelo	Coloni F3000	Report
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	Coloni F3000	Report
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	Arden Team Russia	Report
Source:[3]

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.^[4]

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.^[5]

Position [6]	Team [6]													Points [6]
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.^[5]

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 Sources:[7][8][9]

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) Bold – Pole Italics – Fastest lap

Notes

• Tomáš Enge was disqualified from first place in Hungary after failing a drug test.^[10]
• Antônio Pizzonia was disqualified from second place at Monza in Italy for running a rear wing element upside-down.^[11]
• Alexander Müller was disqualified from sixth place at Monaco when his car was found to be underweight.^[12]

References

1. "FIA Formula 3000 Int. Championship - 2002: Entrylist". Speedsport Magazine. Retrieved 30 December 2023.
2. "F3000 International Championship Entry List 2002". Motorsport Stats. Retrieved 30 December 2023.
3. "F3000 International Championship Results 2002". Motorsport Stats. Retrieved 30 December 2023.
4. "Enge Happy to be Allowed to Race On". Autosport. Reuters. 1 October 2002. Retrieved 8 November 2024.
5. Sporting Regulations at www.fia.com Retrieved from replay.waybackmachine.org on 23 March 2011
6. Teams Classifications at www.fia.com Retrieved from replay.waybackmachine.org on 22 March 2011
7. "F3000 International Championship Standings 2002". Motorsport Stats. Retrieved 30 December 2023.
8. "FIA Formula 3000 Int. Championship - Season 2002: Results". Speedsport Magazine. Retrieved 30 December 2023.
9. "2002 FIA International F3000 Championship". Motor Sport. Retrieved 30 December 2023.
10. "Motorsport: FIA strip enge of F3000 crown". Belfast Telegraph. 2 October 2002. Retrieved 30 December 2023.
11. Alan Jones, Mark; Wright, David (9 October 2002). "Elsewhere in Racing - Updates from the Rest of the Racing World - Formula 3000 - Bourdais Confirmed As Champion". AtlasF1. 8 (41). Retrieved 8 November 2024.
12. Alan Jones, Mark; Wright, David (29 May 2002). "Elsewhere in Racing - Updates from the Rest of the Racing World - Formula 3000 - Blockbuster Bourdais". AtlasF1. 8 (22). Retrieved 8 November 2024.

Further reading

• Automobile Year 2002/2003, pages 234–238 & 270

External links

• Teams and drivers at www.f3000.com Archived 2011-09-28 at the Wayback Machine
• Season review at www.carenthusiast.com
• Race results at www.teamdan.com Archived 2017-12-11 at the Wayback Machine
• Images at www.f3000.com Archived 2011-09-28 at the Wayback Machine