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{{Infobox motor racing team
| name           = {{flagicon|ITA}} First Racing
| logo           =
| founded        = 1969
| principal      = [[Lamberto Leoni]]
| founders       = Lamberto Leoni
| drivers        = {{flagicon|ITA}} [[Marco Apicella]]<br>{{flagicon|ITA}} [[Fabrizio Giovanardi]]<br>{{flagicon|FRA}} [[Éric Hélary]]<br>{{flagicon|ITA}} [[Lamberto Leoni]]<br>{{flagicon|ITA}} [[Pierluigi Martini]]<br>{{flagicon|ITA}} [[Gabriele Tarquini]]<br>{{flagicon|BRA}} [[Marco Greco]]<br>{{flagicon|SWI}} [[Jean-Denis Delétraz]]
| former series  = [[European Formula Two Championship|European F2]]<br>[[International Formula 3000]]
| folded         = 1991
}}
[[File:1990 Life 190.jpg|thumb|200px|The [[Life (Formula One team)|Life]] L190 which was initially developed by FIRST in 1989]]
'''First Racing''' (sometimes written as '''FIRST Racing''') was an Italian motor racing team founded by [[Lamberto Leoni]], which competed in [[International Formula 3000]] from [[1987 International Formula 3000 season|1987]] to [[1991 International Formula 3000 season|1991]] and the [[Italian Formula Three Championship|Italian Formula 3 Championship in 1990]]. The team also made an unsuccessful attempt to enter [[Formula One]] in 1989.

==Formula 3000==
In 1987 former Formula One racing driver Lamberto Leoni returned to competitive racing by founding his own Formula 3000 team. First Racing debuted in [[Silverstone]] with two cars, one for Leoni and another one for [[Gabriele Tarquini]]. Although Leoni was the first of the two drivers to score points, with a sixth place at the [[Pau Grand Prix]], Tarquini was able to finish on the podium twice, with a third place at [[Pergusa]] and a second place at [[Imola]]. Over the course of the season, the team occasionally fielded a third car, with [[Aldo Bertuzzi]], [[Beppe Gabbiani]], [[Claudio Langes]] and [[Alain Ferté]] alternating at the wheel. 
For the following season, Leoni decided to limit his involvement to management, and hired [[Pierluigi Martini]] and [[Marco Apicella]], with Martini scoring the team's first win at [[Pergusa]] and finishing fourth in the championship. In 1989, First set off to a promising start when [[Fabrizio Giovanardi]] won the second round of the championship at [[Vallelunga]]. Apicella, in the second car, proved to be a regular points-scorer, and finished fourth in the final standing podium finishes at Pau, Jerez, Birmingham and Spa. With the line-up of Giovanardi and Apicella confirmed, the team entered the 1990 season full of expectations, but the two drivers, despite scoring points on a regular basis, were not able to win any races. 1991 proved to be First's final season in Formula 3000. Financial difficulties prompted Leoni to hire two [[pay driver]]s, [[Michael Bartels]] and [[Jean-Denis Délétraz]]. The car, however, was uncompetitive, and following a string of poor results, Leoni decided to retire the team and concentrate on managing the career of Apicella.

==Formula One==
Buoyed by the promising results accomplished during his first Formula 3000 season, Leoni commissioned [[Richard Divila]] to design a car for entry into the 1989 [[Formula One]] championship.<ref>{{cite web|title=Richard Divila Profile|url=http://www.grandprix.com/gpe/cref-divric.html|work=Grandprix.com|publisher=Inside F1|access-date=13 January 2016}}</ref> The team opted to use a [[Judd (engine)|Judd]] V8 engine. [[Gabriele Tarquini]] was signed to drive. After a run at the 1989 [[Attilio Bettega]] Memorial event in [[Bologna]]<ref>{{cite web|title=Bologna Sprint|url=http://www.silhouet.com/motorsport/archive/f1/bologna.html|work=Silhouette.com|access-date=13 January 2016}}</ref> and the [[1988 Formula One Indoor Trophy|Formula One Indoor Trophy]], the team realized that the chassis was poorly manufactured due to a temperature mistake in the autoclave, with the result that a second chassis had to be re-commissioned.<ref>Mario Donnini, "First 189 F. 1: Inverno di ristallo', ''Autosprint'',  no. 19, 12–18 May 2020</ref> Having concluded that the delay would cost the team a penalty for missing the first two races of the season, Divila and his engineers tried to reinforce the chassis with injections of a material called Redus 410 NA.<ref>Mario Donnini, "First 189 F. 1: Inverno di ristallo', ''Autosprint'',  no. 19, 12–18 May 2020</ref> Although the car passed the mandatory [[FIA]] pre-season crash test in [[Cranfield]], it was now significantly overweight. Divila himself claimed that the car as it was, was good for nothing but being "an interesting flowerpot".<ref>{{cite web|title=Teams that barely existed|url=http://www.f1db.com/forums/printthread.php?t=5528|work=F1 Database|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130709204627/http://www.f1db.com/forums/printthread.php?t=5528|archive-date=9 July 2013|access-date=13 January 2016}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=Life team profile |url=http://www.f1rejects.com/teams/life/profile.html |work=F1Rejects.com |access-date=13 January 2016 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110926220936/http://f1rejects.com/teams/life/profile.html |archive-date=26 September 2011 }}</ref> Faced with the perspective of racing an uncompetitive car in a packed field (the [[1989 Formula One World Championship]] counted over forty participants with pre-qualifying sessions), Leoni decided to withdraw before the opening [[1989 Brazilian Grand Prix|Brazilian Grand Prix]] and concentrate his efforts on the Formula 3000 season.

The second chassis commissioned by Leoni would be later purchased by Ernesto Vita and used in the [[1990 Formula One World Championship]] for his [[Life (Racing Team)|Life]] L190.

==Competition record==
===Complete Formula 3000 results===
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|second column of every race ||style="background:#DFDDDF;"| 10 ||= race result
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| '''Year''' || '''Name''' || '''Country''' || '''Place''' || '''Chassis''' || '''Engine''' ||colspan=2 align=center width="60"| 1 ||colspan=2 align=center width="60"| 2 ||colspan=2 align=center width="60"| 3 ||colspan=2 align=center width="60"| 4 ||colspan=2 align=center width="60"|5 ||colspan=2 align=center width="60"| 6||colspan=2 align=center width="60"| 7 ||colspan=2 align=center width="60"| 8 ||colspan=2 align=center width="60"| 9 ||colspan=2 align=center width="60"| 10 ||colspan=2 align=center width="60"| 11
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| [[1987 International Formula 3000 season|1987]] ||align="left"| [[Gabriele Tarquini]] ||align="left"| {{ITA}} ||align="left"| = 8th ||align="left"| [[March Engineering|March]] ||align=centre| [[Ford Cosworth]] ||style="background:#DFBBBF;"| 9 ||style="background:#DFDDDF;"| 10 ||style="background:#DFBBBF;"| 9 ||style="background:#DFDDDF;"| R ||style="background:#DFBBBF;"| 11 ||style="background:#DFDDDF;"| 12 ||style="background:#DFBBBF;"| 5 ||style="background:#DFDDDF;"| R11 ||style="background:#DFBBBF;"| 15 ||style="background:#DFDDDF;"| 19 ||style="background:#DFBBBF;"| 7 ||style="background:#DFDDDF;"| 3 ||style="background:#DFBBBF;"| 18 ||style="background:#DFDDDF;"| 17 ||style="background:#DFBBBF;"| 7 ||style="background:#DFDDDF;"| 14 ||style="background:#DFBBBF;"| 8 ||style="background:#DFDDDF;"| 2 ||style="background:#DFBBBF;"| 19 ||style="background:#DFDDDF;"| 5 ||style="background:#DFBBBF;"| 4 ||style="background:#DFDDDF;"| R
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|rowspan=2|[[1987 International Formula 3000 season|1987]] ||rowspan=2 align="left"| [[Lamberto Leoni]] ||rowspan=2 align="left"| {{ITA}} ||rowspan=2 align="left"| = 8th ||align="left"| [[March Engineering|March]] ||align=centre| [[Ford Cosworth]] ||style="background:#DFBBBF;"| 18 ||style="background:#DFDDDF;"| 8 ||style="background:#DFBBBF;"| 8 ||style="background:#DFDDDF;"| 8 ||style="background:#DFBBBF;"| 25 ||style="background:#DFDDDF;"| 13 ||style="background:#DFBBBF;"| 18 ||style="background:#DFDDDF;"| 6 ||style="background:#DFBBBF;"| 6 ||style="background:#DFDDDF;"| R ||style="background:#DFBBBF;"| 10 ||style="background:#DFDDDF;"| 5 ||style="background:#DFBBBF;"| 17 ||style="background:#DFDDDF;"| 11 ||style="background:#DFBBBF;"| 18 ||style="background:#DFDDDF;"| R ||style="background:#DFBBBF;"| ||style="background:#DFDDDF;"| ||style="background:#DFBBBF;"| ||style="background:#DFDDDF;"| ||style="background:#DFBBBF;"| ||style="background:#DFDDDF;"|
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|align="left"| [[March Engineering|March]] ||align=centre| [[Judd (engine)|Judd]] ||style="background:#DFBBBF;"| ||style="background:#DFDDDF;"| ||style="background:#DFBBBF;"| ||style="background:#DFDDDF;"| ||style="background:#DFBBBF;"| ||style="background:#DFDDDF;"| ||style="background:#DFBBBF;"| ||style="background:#DFDDDF;"| ||style="background:#DFBBBF;"| ||style="background:#DFDDDF;"| ||style="background:#DFBBBF;"| ||style="background:#DFDDDF;"| ||style="background:#DFBBBF;"| ||style="background:#DFDDDF;"| ||style="background:#DFBBBF;"| ||style="background:#DFDDDF;"| ||style="background:#DFBBBF;"| 9 ||style="background:#DFDDDF;"| 4 ||style="background:#DFBBBF;"| 12 ||style="background:#DFDDDF;"| 4 ||style="background:#DFBBBF;"| 17 ||style="background:#DFDDDF;"| 4
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|[[1987 International Formula 3000 season|1987]] ||align="left"| [[Beppe Gabbiani]] ||align="left"| {{ITA}} ||align=centre| NC ||align="left"| [[March Engineering|March]] ||align=Centre| [[Ford Cosworth]] ||style="background:#DFBBBF;"| - ||style="background:#DFDDDF;"| - ||style="background:#DFBBBF;"| 20 ||style="background:#DFDDDF;"| 12 ||style="background:#DFBBBF;"| 19 ||style="background:#DFDDDF;"| R ||style="background:#DFBBBF;"| - ||style="background:#DFDDDF;"| - ||style="background:#DFBBBF;"| - ||style="background:#DFDDDF;"| - ||style="background:#DFBBBF;"| - ||style="background:#DFDDDF;"| - ||style="background:#DFBBBF;"| - ||style="background:#DFDDDF;"| - ||style="background:#DFBBBF;"| - ||style="background:#DFDDDF;"| - ||style="background:#DFBBBF;"| - ||style="background:#DFDDDF;"| - ||style="background:#DFBBBF;"| - ||style="background:#DFDDDF;"| - ||style="background:#DFBBBF;"| - ||style="background:#DFDDDF;"| -
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|[[1987 International Formula 3000 season|1987]] ||align="left"| [[Claudio Langes]] ||align="left"| {{ITA}} ||align=centre| NC ||align="left"| [[March Engineering|March]] ||align=centre| [[Ford Cosworth]] ||style="background:#DFBBBF;"| - ||style="background:#DFDDDF;"| - ||style="background:#DFBBBF;"| - ||style="background:#DFDDDF;"| - ||style="background:#DFBBBF;"| - ||style="background:#DFDDDF;"| - ||style="background:#DFBBBF;"| - ||style="background:#DFDDDF;"| - ||style="background:#DFBBBF;"| 29 ||style="background:#DFDDDF;"| NQ ||style="background:#DFBBBF;"| 20 ||style="background:#DFDDDF;"| R ||style="background:#DFBBBF;"| 21 ||style="background:#DFDDDF;"| R ||style="background:#DFBBBF;"| 24 ||style="background:#DFDDDF;"| 10 ||style="background:#DFBBBF;"| - ||style="background:#DFDDDF;"| - ||style="background:#DFBBBF;"| - ||style="background:#DFDDDF;"| - ||style="background:#DFBBBF;"| 15 ||style="background:#DFDDDF;"| R
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|[[1987 International Formula 3000 season|1987]] ||align="left"| [[Alain Ferté]] ||align="left"| {{FRA}} ||align=centre| NC ||align="left"| [[March Engineering|March]] ||align="left"| [[Ford Cosworth]] ||style="background:#DFBBBF;"| - ||style="background:#DFDDDF;"| - ||style="background:#DFBBBF;"| - ||style="background:#DFDDDF;"| - ||style="background:#DFBBBF;"| - ||style="background:#DFDDDF;"| - ||style="background:#DFBBBF;"| - ||style="background:#DFDDDF;"| - ||style="background:#DFBBBF;"| - ||style="background:#DFDDDF;"| - ||style="background:#DFBBBF;"| - ||style="background:#DFDDDF;"| - ||style="background:#DFBBBF;"| - ||style="background:#DFDDDF;"| - ||style="background:#DFBBBF;"| - ||style="background:#DFDDDF;"| - ||style="background:#DFBBBF;"| - ||style="background:#DFDDDF;"| - ||style="background:#DFBBBF;"| 22 ||style="background:#DFDDDF;"| R ||style="background:#DFBBBF;"| - ||style="background:#DFDDDF;"| -
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| [[1988 International Formula 3000 season|1988]] ||align="left"| [[Pierluigi Martini]] ||align="left" | {{ITA}} ||align=center | 4th ||align="left"| [[March Engineering|March]] ||align=center | [[Judd (engine)|Judd]] ||style="background:#DFBBBF;"| 17 ||style="background:#DFDDDF;"| 8 ||style="background:#DFBBBF;"| 16 ||style="background:#DFDDDF;"| 11 ||style="background:#DFBBBF;"| 4 ||style="background:#DFDDDF;"| 3 ||style="background:#DFBBBF;"| 7 ||style="background:#DFDDDF;"| 10 ||style="background:#DFBBBF;"| 6 ||style="background:#DFDDDF;"| R ||style="background:#DFBBBF;"| 2 ||style="background:#DFDDDF;"| 1 ||style="background:#DFBBBF;"| 3 ||style="background:#DFDDDF;"| 2 ||style="background:#DFBBBF;"| 4 ||style="background:#DFDDDF;"| 3 ||style="background:#DFBBBF;"| - ||style="background:#DFDDDF;"| - ||style="background:#DFBBBF;"| 10 ||style="background:#DFDDDF;"| R ||style="background:#DFBBBF;"| 12 ||style="background:#DFDDDF;"| 10
|-style="background:#EFEFEF;"
| [[1988 International Formula 3000 season|1988]] ||align="left"| [[Marco Apicella]] ||align="left" | {{ITA}} ||align=center | 11th ||align="left"| [[March Engineering|March]] ||align=center | [[Judd (engine)|Judd]] ||style="background:#DFBBBF;"| 20 ||style="background:#DFDDDF;"| 13 ||style="background:#DFBBBF;"| 7 ||style="background:#DFDDDF;"| 7 ||style="background:#DFBBBF;"| 17 ||style="background:#DFDDDF;"| 5 ||style="background:#DFBBBF;"| 6 ||style="background:#DFDDDF;"| 6 ||style="background:#DFBBBF;"| 3 ||style="background:#DFDDDF;"| 2 ||style="background:#DFBBBF;"| 7 ||style="background:#DFDDDF;"| R ||style="background:#DFBBBF;"| 18 ||style="background:#DFDDDF;"| R ||style="background:#DFBBBF;"| 5 ||style="background:#DFDDDF;"| R ||style="background:#DFBBBF;"| 11 ||style="background:#DFDDDF;"| R ||style="background:#DFBBBF;"| 21 ||style="background:#DFDDDF;"| R ||style="background:#DFBBBF;"| 15 ||style="background:#DFDDDF;"| R
|-style="background:#EFEFEF;"
| [[1988 International Formula 3000 season|1988]] ||align="left"| [[Alain Ferté]] ||align="left" | {{FRA}} ||align=center | NC ||align="left"| [[March Engineering|March]] ||align=center| [[Judd (engine)|Judd]] ||style="background:#DFBBBF;"| - ||style="background:#DFDDDF;"| - ||style="background:#DFBBBF;"| - ||style="background:#DFDDDF;"| - ||style="background:#DFBBBF;"| - ||style="background:#DFDDDF;"| - ||style="background:#DFBBBF;"| - ||style="background:#DFDDDF;"| - ||style="background:#DFBBBF;"| - ||style="background:#DFDDDF;"| - ||style="background:#DFBBBF;"| - ||style="background:#DFDDDF;"| - ||style="background:#DFBBBF;"| - ||style="background:#DFDDDF;"| - ||style="background:#DFBBBF;"| - ||style="background:#DFDDDF;"| - ||style="background:#DFBBBF;"| 20 ||style="background:#DFDDDF;"| 12 ||style="background:#DFBBBF;"| - ||style="background:#DFDDDF;"| - ||style="background:#DFBBBF;"| - ||style="background:#DFDDDF;"| -
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|rowspan=2| [[1989 International Formula 3000 season|1989]] ||rowspan=2 align="left"| [[Marco Apicella]] ||rowspan=2 align="left"| {{ITA}} ||rowspan=2 align=center | 4th ||align="left"| [[March Engineering|March]] ||align=center | [[Judd (engine)|Judd]] ||style="background:#DFBBBF;"| 13 ||style="background:#DFDDDF;"| 8 ||style="background:#DFBBBF;"| ||style="background:#DFDDDF;"| ||style="background:#DFBBBF;"| ||style="background:#DFDDDF;"| ||style="background:#DFBBBF;"| ||style="background:#DFDDDF;"| ||style="background:#DFBBBF;"| ||style="background:#DFDDDF;"| ||style="background:#DFBBBF;"| ||style="background:#DFDDDF;"| ||style="background:#DFBBBF;"| ||style="background:#DFDDDF;"| ||style="background:#DFBBBF;"| ||style="background:#DFDDDF;"| ||style="background:#DFBBBF;"| ||style="background:#DFDDDF;"| ||style="background:#DFBBBF;"| ||style="background:#DFDDDF;"| ||style="background:#DFBBBF;"|  ||style="background:#DFDDDF;"| 
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| align="left"| [[Reynard Motorsport|Reynard]] ||align=center | [[Judd (engine)|Judd]] ||style="background:#DFBBBF;"| ||style="background:#DFDDDF;"| ||style="background:#DFBBBF;"| 2 ||style="background:#DFDDDF;"| R ||style="background:#DFBBBF;"| 1 ||style="background:#DFDDDF;"| 2 ||style="background:#DFBBBF;"| 5 ||style="background:#DFDDDF;"| 3 ||style="background:#DFBBBF;"| 5 ||style="background:#DFDDDF;"| 4 ||style="background:#DFBBBF;"| 12 ||style="background:#DFDDDF;"| R ||style="background:#DFBBBF;"| 2 ||style="background:#DFDDDF;"| 2 ||style="background:#DFBBBF;"| 8 ||style="background:#DFDDDF;"| 3 ||style="background:#DFBBBF;"| 8 ||style="background:#DFDDDF;"| R ||style="background:#DFBBBF;"| 9 ||style="background:#DFDDDF;"| R ||style="background:#DFBBBF;"|  ||style="background:#DFDDDF;"| 
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|rowspan=2| [[1989 International Formula 3000 season|1989]] ||rowspan=2 align="left"| [[Fabrizio Giovanardi]] ||rowspan=2 align="left"| {{ITA}} ||rowspan=2 align=center| 10th ||align="left"| [[March Engineering|March]] ||align=center | [[Judd (engine)|Judd]] ||style="background:#DFBBBF;"| 28 ||style="background:#DFDDDF;"| NQ ||style="background:#DFBBBF;"| 7 ||style="background:#DFDDDF;"| 1 ||style="background:#DFBBBF;"| ||style="background:#DFDDDF;"| ||style="background:#DFBBBF;"| ||style="background:#DFDDDF;"| ||style="background:#DFBBBF;"| ||style="background:#DFDDDF;"| ||style="background:#DFBBBF;"| ||style="background:#DFDDDF;"| ||style="background:#DFBBBF;"| ||style="background:#DFDDDF;"| ||style="background:#DFBBBF;"| ||style="background:#DFDDDF;"| ||style="background:#DFBBBF;"| ||style="background:#DFDDDF;"| ||style="background:#DFBBBF;"| ||style="background:#DFDDDF;"| ||style="background:#DFBBBF;"| ||style="background:#DFDDDF;"| 
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|align="left"| [[Reynard Motorsport|Reynard]] ||align=center | [[Judd (engine)|Judd]] ||style="background:#DFBBBF;"| ||style="background:#DFDDDF;"| ||style="background:#DFBBBF;"| ||style="background:#DFDDDF;"| ||style="background:#DFBBBF;"| 6 ||style="background:#DFDDDF;"| R ||style="background:#DFBBBF;"| 21 ||style="background:#DFDDDF;"| 14 ||style="background:#DFBBBF;"| 12 ||style="background:#DFDDDF;"| R ||style="background:#DFBBBF;"| 29 ||style="background:#DFDDDF;"| NQ ||style="background:#DFBBBF;"| 21 ||style="background:#DFDDDF;"| NS ||style="background:#DFBBBF;"| 26 ||style="background:#DFDDDF;"| 13 ||style="background:#DFBBBF;"| 28 ||style="background:#DFDDDF;"| NQ ||style="background:#DFBBBF;"| 20 ||style="background:#DFDDDF;"| 12 ||style="background:#DFBBBF;"| ||style="background:#DFDDDF;"| 
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|rowspan=2| [[1989 International Formula 3000 season|1989]] ||rowspan=2 align="left"| [[Jean-Denis Delétraz]] ||rowspan=2 align="left"| {{SUI}} ||rowspan=2 align=center | NC ||align="left"| [[March Engineering|March]] ||align=center | [[Judd (engine)|Judd]] ||style="background:#DFBBBF;"| 26 ||style="background:#DFDDDF;"| 14 ||style="background:#DFBBBF;"| 19 ||style="background:#DFDDDF;"| R ||style="background:#DFBBBF;"| 16 ||style="background:#DFDDDF;"| R ||style="background:#DFBBBF;"| 25 ||style="background:#DFDDDF;"| 15 ||style="background:#DFBBBF;"| ||style="background:#DFDDDF;"| ||style="background:#DFBBBF;"| ||style="background:#DFDDDF;"| ||style="background:#DFBBBF;"| ||style="background:#DFDDDF;"| ||style="background:#DFBBBF;"| ||style="background:#DFDDDF;"| ||style="background:#DFBBBF;"| ||style="background:#DFDDDF;"| ||style="background:#DFBBBF;"| ||style="background:#DFDDDF;"| ||style="background:#DFBBBF;"| ||style="background:#DFDDDF;"|
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|align="left"| [[Reynard Motorsport|Reynard]] ||align=center| [[Judd (engine)|Judd]] ||style="background:#DFBBBF;"| ||style="background:#DFDDDF;"| ||style="background:#DFBBBF;"| ||style="background:#DFDDDF;"| ||style="background:#DFBBBF;"| ||style="background:#DFDDDF;"| ||style="background:#DFBBBF;"| ||style="background:#DFDDDF;"| ||style="background:#DFBBBF;"| 18 ||style="background:#DFDDDF;"| R ||style="background:#DFBBBF;"| 15 ||style="background:#DFDDDF;"| R ||style="background:#DFBBBF;"| 13 ||style="background:#DFDDDF;"| 12 ||style="background:#DFBBBF;"| 27 ||style="background:#DFDDDF;"| NQ ||style="background:#DFBBBF;"| 15 ||style="background:#DFDDDF;"| R ||style="background:#DFBBBF;"| 12 ||style="background:#DFDDDF;"| 9 ||style="background:#DFBBBF;"| ||style="background:#DFDDDF;"|
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| [[1990 International Formula 3000 season|1990]] ||align="left"| [[Marco Apicella]] ||align="left"| {{ITA}} ||align=center| 6th ||align="left"| [[Reynard Motorsport|Reynard]] ||align=center| [[Mugen Motorsports|Mugen Honda]] ||style="background:#DFBBBF;"| 3 ||style="background:#DFDDDF;"| 13 ||style="background:#DFBBBF;"| 6 ||style="background:#DFDDDF;"| 3 ||style="background:#DFBBBF;"| 3 ||style="background:#DFDDDF;"| R ||style="background:#DFBBBF;"| 2 ||style="background:#DFDDDF;"| 2 ||style="background:#DFBBBF;"| 7 ||style="background:#DFDDDF;"| 5 ||style="background:#DFBBBF;"| 2 ||style="background:#DFDDDF;"| R ||style="background:#DFBBBF;"| 2 ||style="background:#DFDDDF;"| 2 ||style="background:#DFBBBF;"| 5 ||style="background:#DFDDDF;"| DIS(3) ||style="background:#DFBBBF;"| 1 ||style="background:#DFDDDF;"| R ||style="background:#DFBBBF;"| 5 ||style="background:#DFDDDF;"| R ||style="background:#DFBBBF;"| 11 ||style="background:#DFDDDF;"| 5
|-style="background:#EFEFEF;"
| [[1990 International Formula 3000 season|1990]] ||align="left"| [[Fabrizio Giovanardi]] ||align="left"| {{ITA}} ||align=center | 10th ||align="left"| [[Reynard Motorsport|Reynard]] ||align=center| [[Mugen Motorsports|Mugen Honda]] ||style="background:#DFBBBF;"| 16 ||style="background:#DFDDDF;"| R ||style="background:#DFBBBF;"| 10 ||style="background:#DFDDDF;"| R ||style="background:#DFBBBF;"| 2 ||style="background:#DFDDDF;"| 2 ||style="background:#DFBBBF;"| 13 ||style="background:#DFDDDF;"| 6 ||style="background:#DFBBBF;"| 21 ||style="background:#DFDDDF;"| 10 ||style="background:#DFBBBF;"| 15 ||style="background:#DFDDDF;"| 6 ||style="background:#DFBBBF;"| 13 ||style="background:#DFDDDF;"| 7 ||style="background:#DFBBBF;"| 19 ||style="background:#DFDDDF;"| R ||style="background:#DFBBBF;"| 18 ||style="background:#DFDDDF;"| 5 ||style="background:#DFBBBF;"| 18 ||style="background:#DFDDDF;"| R ||style="background:#DFBBBF;"| 10 ||style="background:#DFDDDF;"| R
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|[[1990 International Formula 3000 season|1990]] ||align="left"| [[Jean-Denis Délétraz]] ||align="left"| {{SUI}} ||align=center | NC ||align="left"| [[Reynard Motorsport|Reynard]] ||align=center | [[Ford Cosworth]] ||style="background:#DFBBBF;"| 21 ||style="background:#DFDDDF;"| 7 ||style="background:#DFBBBF;"| 31 ||style="background:#DFDDDF;"| NQ ||style="background:#DFBBBF;"| 18 ||style="background:#DFDDDF;"| R ||style="background:#DFBBBF;"| 27 ||style="background:#DFDDDF;"| NQ ||style="background:#DFBBBF;"| 25 ||style="background:#DFDDDF;"| R ||style="background:#DFBBBF;"| - ||style="background:#DFDDDF;"| - ||style="background:#DFBBBF;"| - ||style="background:#DFDDDF;"| - ||style="background:#DFBBBF;"| - ||style="background:#DFDDDF;"| - ||style="background:#DFBBBF;"| - ||style="background:#DFDDDF;"| - ||style="background:#DFBBBF;"| - ||style="background:#DFDDDF;"| - ||style="background:#DFBBBF;"| - ||style="background:#DFDDDF;"| -
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|[[1990 International Formula 3000 season|1990]] ||align="left"| [[Marco Greco]] ||align="left"| {{BRA}} || align=center | NC ||align="left"| [[Reynard Motorsport|Reynard]] ||align=center | [[Ford Cosworth]] ||style="background:#DFBBBF;"| - ||style="background:#DFDDDF;"| - ||style="background:#DFBBBF;"|-  ||style="background:#DFDDDF;"| - ||style="background:#DFBBBF;"|- ||style="background:#DFDDDF;"|- ||style="background:#DFBBBF;"|- ||style="background:#DFDDDF;"|- ||style="background:#DFBBBF;"|- ||style="background:#DFDDDF;"|- ||style="background:#DFBBBF;"| -||style="background:#DFDDDF;"|- ||style="background:#DFBBBF;"|- ||style="background:#DFDDDF;"|- ||style="background:#DFBBBF;"|- ||style="background:#DFDDDF;"|- ||style="background:#DFBBBF;"|- ||style="background:#DFDDDF;"|- ||style="background:#DFBBBF;"| 28 ||style="background:#DFDDDF;"| NQ ||style="background:#DFBBBF;"| 32 ||style="background:#DFDDDF;"| NQ
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|[[1991 International Formula 3000 season|1991]] || align="left"| [[Éric Hélary]] || align="left"| {{FRA}} ||align=center |8th † ||align="left"| [[Reynard Motorsport|Reynard]] ||align=center |[[Ford Cosworth]] ||style="background:#DFBBBF;"| 14 ||style="background:#DFDDDF;"| 11 ||style="background:#DFBBBF;"| 7 ||style="background:#DFDDDF;"| 3 ||style="background:#DFBBBF;"| 16 ||style="background:#DFDDDF;"| R ||style="background:#DFBBBF;"| 17 ||style="background:#DFDDDF;"| R16 ||style="background:#DFBBBF;"| - ||style="background:#DFDDDF;"| - ||style="background:#DFBBBF;"| - ||style="background:#DFDDDF;"| - ||style="background:#DFBBBF;"| -||style="background:#DFDDDF;"|- ||style="background:#DFBBBF;"|- ||style="background:#DFDDDF;"|- ||style="background:#DFBBBF;"|- ||style="background:#DFDDDF;"|- ||style="background:#DFBBBF;"| -||style="background:#DFDDDF;"|- ||style="background:#DFBBBF;"| -||style="background:#DFDDDF;"|-
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|[[1991 International Formula 3000 season|1991]] || align="left"| [[Michael Bartels]] || align="left"| {{GER}} ||align=center |NC ||align="left"| [[Reynard Motorsport|Reynard]] ||align=center | [[Ford Cosworth]] ||style="background:#DFBBBF;"| ||style="background:#DFDDDF;"|- ||style="background:#DFBBBF;"| 11 ||style="background:#DFDDDF;"| 8 ||style="background:#DFBBBF;"| 10 ||style="background:#DFDDDF;"| R ||style="background:#DFBBBF;"| 14 ||style="background:#DFDDDF;"| 15 ||style="background:#DFBBBF;"| - ||style="background:#DFDDDF;"| - ||style="background:#DFBBBF;"| - ||style="background:#DFDDDF;"| - ||style="background:#DFBBBF;"| - ||style="background:#DFDDDF;"| - ||style="background:#DFBBBF;"| - ||style="background:#DFDDDF;"| - ||style="background:#DFBBBF;"| - ||style="background:#DFDDDF;"| - ||style="background:#DFBBBF;"| - ||style="background:#DFDDDF;"| - ||style="background:#DFBBBF;"| - ||style="background:#DFDDDF;"| -
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||[[1991 International Formula 3000 season|1991]] || align="left"| [[Giovanni Bonanno]] || align="left"| {{ITA}} ||align=centre| NC ||align="left"| [[Reynard Motorsport|Reynard]] ||align="left"| [[Ford Cosworth]] ||style="background:#DFBBBF;"| 22 ||style="background:#DFDDDF;"| R ||style="background:#DFBBBF;"| - ||style="background:#DFDDDF;"| - ||style="background:#DFBBBF;"|- ||style="background:#DFDDDF;"|- ||style="background:#DFBBBF;"|- ||style="background:#DFDDDF;"|- ||style="background:#DFBBBF;"|- ||style="background:#DFDDDF;"|- ||style="background:#DFBBBF;"|- ||style="background:#DFDDDF;"|- ||style="background:#DFBBBF;"|- ||style="background:#DFDDDF;"|- ||style="background:#DFBBBF;"|- ||style="background:#DFDDDF;"|- ||style="background:#DFBBBF;"|- ||style="background:#DFDDDF;"|- ||style="background:#DFBBBF;"|- ||style="background:#DFDDDF;"|-||style="background:#DFBBBF;"|- ||style="background:#DFDDDF;"|-
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||[[1991 International Formula 3000 season|1991]] ||align="left"| [[Jean-Denis Délétraz]] ||align="left"| {{SUI}} ||align=centre| NC ||align="left"| [[Reynard Motorsport|Reynard]] ||align="left"| [[Ford Cosworth]] ||style="background:#DFBBBF;"| 15 ||style="background:#DFDDDF;"| NS ||style="background:#DFBBBF;"| 24 ||style="background:#DFDDDF;"| NQ ||style="background:#DFBBBF;"| 13 ||style="background:#DFDDDF;"| R ||style="background:#DFBBBF;"| - ||style="background:#DFDDDF;"| - ||style="background:#DFBBBF;"| - ||style="background:#DFDDDF;"| - ||style="background:#DFBBBF;"| - ||style="background:#DFDDDF;"| - ||style="background:#DFBBBF;"| - ||style="background:#DFDDDF;"| - ||style="background:#DFBBBF;"| - ||style="background:#DFDDDF;"| - ||style="background:#DFBBBF;"| - ||style="background:#DFDDDF;"| - ||style="background:#DFBBBF;"| - ||style="background:#DFDDDF;"| -||style="background:#DFBBBF;"| - ||style="background:#DFDDDF;"| -
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† [[Éric Hélary]] finished season with Cobra Racing

==References==
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*[https://web.archive.org/web/20120425111942/http://www.motorpasion.com.br/competicao/life-style-primeiro-a-first/#more-5859 Article on the First 189 with photos (archived, in Italian)]

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