1997 International Formula 3000 Championship

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The 1997 International Formula 3000 season was the thirty-first season of the second-tier of Formula One feeder championship and also thirteenth season under the International Formula 3000 Championship moniker. The championship[1] was a ten-round series contested from 11 May to 25 October 1997. The Drivers' Championship was won by Brazilian Ricardo Zonta of Super Nova Racing, who won three races.

Drivers and teams

The following teams and drivers contested the 1997 FIA Formula 3000 International Championship. The Lola T96/50 Zytek-Judd was used by all teams,[2] as was mandatory under the championship regulations.

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Template:Flagicon RSM Marko 1 Template:Flagicon Craig Lowndes All
2 Template:Flagicon Juan Pablo Montoya All
Template:Flagicon Super Nova Racing 3 Template:Flagicon Ricardo Zonta All
4 Template:Flagicon Laurent Redon All
Template:Flagicon Team Astromega 5 Template:Flagicon Boris Derichebourg All
6 Template:Flagicon Soheil Ayari All
Template:Flagicon Draco Engineering 7 Template:Flagicon Cyrille Sauvage All
8 Template:Flagicon Pedro Couceiro All
Template:Flagicon Apomatox 9 Template:Flagicon Fabrizio Gollin 1-3, 9
Template:Flagicon Emmanuel Clérico 4
10 Template:Flagicon Jean-Philippe Belloc 1-4
Template:Flagicon Edenbridge Racing 11 Template:Flagicon Werner Lupberger All
12 Template:Flagicon Max Wilson All
Template:Flagicon Pacific Racing 14 Template:Flagicon Oliver Tichy 1-8
15 Template:Flagicon Marc Gené 1-2
Template:Flagicon DAMS 16 Template:Flagicon Grégoire de Galzain All
17 Template:Flagicon Jamie Davies All
Template:Flagicon Durango Formula 18 Template:Flagicon Stephen Watson All
19 Template:Flagicon Gareth Rees All
Template:Flagicon Auto Sport Racing 20 Template:Flagicon Gastón Mazzacane All
21 Template:Flagicon Tom Kristensen All
Template:Flagicon Nordic Racing 22 Template:Flagicon Thomas Biagi 1-3
Template:Flagicon Marc Gené 4-6, 10
Template:Flagicon Mario Waltner 7-8
Template:Flagicon Gianluca Paglicci 9
23 Template:Flagicon Rui Águas All
Template:Flagicon Bob Salisbury Engineering 24 Template:Flagicon Oliver Gavin 1-3
Template:Flagicon James Taylor 4-10
25 Template:Flagicon Thomas Schie All
Template:Flagicon Den Blå Avis 26 Template:Flagicon Jason Watt All
Template:Flagicon DC Cook Motorsport 27 Template:Flagicon David Cook All
28 Template:Flagicon Patrick Lemarié 9-10
Template:Flagicon Coloni Motorsport 29 Template:Flagicon Markus Friesacher All
30 Template:Flagicon Emiliano Spataro 1-9
Template:Flagicon Oliver Tichy 10
Template:Flagicon Ravarotto Racing 31 Template:Flagicon Anthony Beltoise 1-7
32 Template:Flagicon Patrick Lemarié 1-5, 7
Template:Flagicon GP Racing 33 Template:Flagicon Thomas Biagi 4-10
Template:Flagicon Elide Racing 34 Template:Flagicon Miguel Ángel de Castro 10
Template:Flagicon Arden International 35 Template:Flagicon Christian Horner All
Template:Flagicon KTR 36 Template:Flagicon Kurt Mollekens All
Template:Flagicon Redman & Bright F3000 37 Template:Flagicon Gonzalo Rodríguez 1, 3-7, 9-10
Template:Flagicon DKS Racing 38 Template:Flagicon Dino Morelli 1-4
Sources:[3][4]

Calendar

Round Circuit Date Pole position Fastest lap Winning driver Winning team Report
1 Template:Flagicon Silverstone Circuit 11 May Template:Flagicon Ricardo Zonta Template:Flagicon Marc Gené Template:Flagicon Tom Kristensen Template:Flagicon Auto Sport Racing Report
2 Template:Flagicon Pau Grand Prix 19 May Template:Flagicon Juan Pablo Montoya Template:Flagicon Juan Pablo Montoya Template:Flagicon Juan Pablo Montoya Template:Flagicon RSM Marko Report
3 Template:Flagicon Helsinki Thunder 25 May Template:Flagicon Juan Pablo Montoya Template:Flagicon Juan Pablo Montoya Template:Flagicon Soheil Ayari Template:Flagicon Team Astromega Report
4 Template:Flagicon Nürburgring 29 June Template:Flagicon Ricardo Zonta Template:Flagicon Ricardo Zonta Template:Flagicon Ricardo Zonta Template:Flagicon Super Nova Racing Report
5 Template:Flagicon Autodromo di Pergusa 20 July Template:Flagicon Jamie Davies Template:Flagicon Jamie Davies Template:Flagicon Jamie Davies Template:Flagicon DAMS Report
6 Template:Flagicon Hockenheimring 26 July Template:Flagicon Tom Kristensen Template:Flagicon Juan Pablo Montoya Template:Flagicon Ricardo Zonta Template:Flagicon Super Nova Racing Report
7 Template:Flagicon A1 Ring 3 August Template:Flagicon Juan Pablo Montoya Template:Flagicon Ricardo Zonta Template:Flagicon Juan Pablo Montoya Template:Flagicon RSM Marko Report
8 Template:Flagicon Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps 22 August Template:Flagicon Tom Kristensen Template:Flagicon Rui Águas Template:Flagicon Jason Watt Template:Flagicon Den Blå Avis Report
9 Template:Flagicon Mugello Circuit 29 September Template:Flagicon Ricardo Zonta Template:Flagicon Ricardo Zonta Template:Flagicon Ricardo Zonta Template:Flagicon Super Nova Racing Report
10 Template:Flagicon Circuito de Jerez 25 October Template:Flagicon Ricardo Zonta Template:Flagicon Ricardo Zonta Template:Flagicon Juan Pablo Montoya Template:Flagicon RSM Marko Report
Source:[5]

Season summary

After finishing the season with two wins in the last three races of 1996, Brazil's Ricardo Zonta entered 1997 as the pre-season title favourite with the Super Nova team. However, he endured a frustrating start with no points from the first three races. The early pace in the championship battle was set by Denmark's Tom Kristensen, who inherited the race victory at a damp Silverstone from the disqualified Zonta, and then finished behind Juan Pablo Montoya on the street circuit at Pau. After an attritional race in Helsinki won by Soheil Ayari, where most of the major title contenders failed to finish and just nine drivers made it to the chequered flag, the field endured another wet race at the Nurburgring. It was marred by a serious accident involving British drivers Dino Morelli and Gareth Rees, in which Morelli suffered severe leg injuries which would keep him out of racing for the rest of the season.[6] With the race abandoned after just four laps, Zonta was declared the winner, but with only half-points awarded.

By mid-season, the competitive start to the season left the championship battle wide open, with Kristensen and Enna winner Jamie Davies leading the standings halfway through the season ahead of Montoya, Zonta and Ayari. Zonta became the first driver to win twice with a dominant drive at Hockenheim, but left Germany a point behind the consistent Davies, who had been on the podium in four of the six races so far. However, at the A1-Ring, a disastrous qualifying left the British driver down in 24th place on the grid, leaving him out of contention for points. Montoya led home Zonta, who became the new championship leader.

The race at Spa-Francorchamps was another overshadowed by a large crash, as Kristensen crashed heavily while leading at the high-speed Blanchimont corner, triggering a pile-up, though no drivers were seriously injured.[7] Denmark's Jason Watt took his first Formula 3000 race win to enter title contention, as Zonta could only manage to finish fifth, and his rivals all failed to score points. However, a month later, a controversial round at Mugello settled the championship - Kristensen was excluded from the event for running an illegal spacer, while Davies and DAMS team mate Gregoire de Galzain were also excluded for failure to attend the drivers' briefing. Zonta's race win, with Montoya only finishing third behind Watt, meant that the Brazilian was declared champion. The Auto Sport and Durango teams protested Zonta and Watt's results for allegedly having used illegal fuel and car parts, but this protest was quashed and the results stood.[8] Montoya went on to win the final round at Jerez, securing second place in the championship. Watt finished third ahead of Davies, who had failed to score any points since taking the lead of the championship with four races to go.

None of the drivers who participated in the 1997 season were able to take seats on the 1998 Formula One grid. Zonta moved to the AMG Mercedes team in the FIA GT Championship, which he won jointly with Klaus Ludwig, and went on to drive for BAR in Formula One in 1999. Kristensen, who had won the 1997 24 Hours of Le Mans, moved into sportscar racing, while the remaining major contenders would return to Formula 3000 in 1998. Having won the 1996 Australian Touring Car Championship on debut, Craig Lowndes returned to Australia the following year and won a second ATCC title in as many attempts.

Drivers' Championship

Pos Driver SIL
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Template:Flagicon 		HOC
Template:Flagicon 		A1R
Template:Flagicon 		SPA
Template:Flagicon 		MUG
Template:Flagicon 		JER
Template:Flagicon 		Points
1 Template:Flagicon Ricardo Zonta DSQ Ret Ret 1 2 1 2 5 1 Ret 39
2 Template:Flagicon Juan Pablo Montoya Ret 1 Ret 4 11 5 1 DSQ 3 1 37.5
3 Template:Flagicon Jason Watt 4 12 DNS 2 Ret 4 Ret 1 2 Ret 25
4 Template:Flagicon Jamie Davies 3 3 Ret 8 1 3 9 8 EX Ret 22
5 Template:Flagicon Max Wilson Ret 7 Ret 5 3 2 8 2 4 10 21
6 Template:Flagicon Tom Kristensen 1 2 Ret 3 Ret Ret 6 Ret EX Ret 19
7 Template:Flagicon Oliver Tichy 8 8 2 9 Ret 7 5 Ret 2 14
8 Template:Flagicon Soheil Ayari Ret 6 1 19 Ret Ret 10 Ret 6 Ret 12
9 Template:Flagicon Laurent Redon Ret 4 Ret 21 6 Ret 3 14 5 11 10
10 Template:Flagicon Rui Águas Ret 9 5 7 Ret DSQ 4 9 12 5 7
11 Template:Flagicon Pedro Couceiro 2 Ret Ret 15 DNS Ret 11 7 Ret Ret 6
12 Template:Flagicon Dino Morelli 5 11 3 Ret 6
13 Template:Flagicon Cyrille Sauvage 7 5 Ret Ret 8 Ret Ret 4 9 DSQ 5
14 Template:Flagicon Gareth Rees Ret Ret Ret Ret 16 11 Ret Ret 7 3 4
15 Template:Flagicon Boris Derichebourg 12 15 8 Ret 9 DNQ 13 3 22 15 4
16 Template:Flagicon Patrick Lemarié 6 13 4 13 Ret 14 DNQ 4
17 Template:Flagicon Craig Lowndes 14 Ret Ret Ret 4 Ret Ret Ret 21 9 3
18 Template:Flagicon Werner Lupberger 11 DNQ DNQ 18 Ret 14 Ret 13 11 4 3
19 Template:Flagicon Kurt Mollekens EX 10 Ret DNQ 5 6 Ret Ret Ret Ret 3
20 Template:Flagicon Stephen Watson 15 DNQ 6 16 7 12 Ret 6 15 Ret 2
21 Template:Flagicon Christian Horner 16 DNQ DNQ DNQ DNQ DNQ 16 DNQ 17 6 1
22 Template:Flagicon Gonzalo Rodríguez DNQ Ret 6 Ret 17 7 8 Ret 0.5
23 Template:Flagicon David Cook Ret DNQ 7 DNQ Ret DNQ 14 Ret Ret 7 0
24 Template:Flagicon Grégoire de Galzain DNQ DNQ DNQ 17 Ret 9 15 Ret EX 8 0
25 Template:Flagicon Marc Gené 13 DNQ DNQ Ret 8 Ret 0
26 Template:Flagicon Anthony Beltoise Ret Ret 9 14 12 13 Ret 0
27 Template:Flagicon Jean-Philippe Belloc 9 Ret Ret 20 0
28 Template:Flagicon Gastón Mazzacane 10 DNQ Ret 10 15 10 17 11 10 Ret 0
29 Template:Flagicon Thomas Schie DNQ 14 DNQ DNQ DNQ 15 DNQ 10 18 Ret 0
30 Template:Flagicon Emiliano Spataro DNQ DNQ DNQ 11 13 16 12 Ret Ret 0
31 Template:Flagicon Thomas Biagi DNQ DNQ DNQ DNQ 14 18 Ret Ret 16 12 0
32 Template:Flagicon Emmanuel Clérico 12 0
33 Template:Flagicon James Taylor DNQ DNQ DNQ DNQ 12 DNQ DNQ 0
34 Template:Flagicon Fabrizio Gollin Ret Ret Ret 13 0
35 Template:Flagicon Markus Friesacher DNQ DNQ DNQ DNQ 17 DNQ DNQ Ret 19 DNQ 0
36 Template:Flagicon Gianluca Paglicci 20 0
 – Template:Flagicon Miguel Ángel de Castro DNQ 0
 – Template:Flagicon Mario Waltner DNQ DNQ 0
– Template:Flagicon Oliver Gavin DNQ DNQ DNQ 0
Pos Driver SIL
Template:Flagicon 		PAU
Template:Flagicon 		HEL
Template:Flagicon 		NÜR
Template:Flagicon 		PER
Template:Flagicon 		HOC
Template:Flagicon 		A1R
Template:Flagicon 		SPA
Template:Flagicon 		MUG
Template:Flagicon 		JER
Template:Flagicon 		Points
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Bold – Pole
Italics – Fastest lap

Notes

Complete Overview

first column of every race 10 = grid position
second column of every race 10 = race result

R24=retired, but classified R=retired NS=did not start NQ=did not qualify NT=no time set in qualifying DIS(1)=disqualified after finishing as winner (13)=place after practice, but grid position not held free DIS=disqualified in practice

Place Name Team SIL
Template:Flagicon 		PAU
Template:Flagicon 		HEL
Template:Flagicon 		NÜR
Template:Flagicon 		PER
Template:Flagicon 		HOC
Template:Flagicon 		OST
Template:Flagicon 		SPA
Template:Flagicon 		MUG
Template:Flagicon 		JER
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1 Template:Flagicon Ricardo Zonta SuperNova Racing 1 DIS(1) 8 R 8 R 1 1 2 2 2 1 2 2 5 5 1 1 1 R
2 Template:Flagicon Juan Pablo Montoya RSM Marko 2 R 1 1 1 R 4 4 6 11 15 5 1 1 4 R 2 3 4 1
3 Template:Flagicon Jason Watt Den Blå Avis 3 4 15 12 (13) NS 3 2 8 R 5 4 9 R 2 1 4 2 6 R
4 Template:Flagicon Jamie Davies DAMS 23 3 4 3 2 R 13 8 1 1 6 3 24 9 15 8 DIS - 3 R
5 Template:Flagicon Max Wilson Edenbridge Racing 8 R 11 7 21 R 5 5 4 3 3 2 14 8 8 2 3 4 9 10
6 Template:Flagicon Tom Kristensen Auto Sport Racing 12 1 2 2 6 R 2 3 10 R 1 R 3 6 1 R DIS - 2 R
7 Template:Flagicon Oliver Tichy Pacific Racing 7 8 9 8 3 2 17 9 9 R 17 7 16 5 21 R - -
Coloni Motorsport 7 2
8 Template:Flagicon Soheil Ayari Team Astromega 4 R 5 6 9 1 8 19 13 R 8 R 6 10 3 R 7 6 8 R
9 Template:Flagicon Laurent Rédon SuperNova Racing 10 R 3 4 11 R 7 21 11 6 9 R 5 3 9 14 6 5 16 11
10 Template:Flagicon Rui Águas Nordic Racing 5 R 12 9 18 5 12 7 7 R 4 R 8 4 17 9 13 12 10 5
11 Template:Flagicon Pedro Couceiro Draco Engineering 22 2 7 R 19 R 14 15 (12) NS 24 R 13 11 16 7 17 R 19 R
Template:Flagicon Dino Morelli DKS Racing 11 5 19 11 7 3 16 R24 - - - - - - - - - - - -
13 Template:Flagicon Cyrille Sauvage Draco Engineering 13 7 6 5 4 R 15 R23 3 8 13 R 7 R 24 4 9 9 5 DIS(2)
14 Template:Flagicon Patrick Lemarié Ravarotto Racing 25 6 17 13 13 4 11 13 - - 16 R - - - -
D C Cook Motorsport 19 14 27 NQ
Template:Flagicon Boris Derichebourg Team Astromega 20 12 21 15 22 8 6 R 16 9 27 NQ 22 13 6 3 11 22 15 R
Template:Flagicon Gareth Rees Durango Formula 15 R 16 R 12 R 9 R22 20 16 19 11 18 R 11 R 5 7 11 3
17 Template:Flagicon Craig Lowndes RSM Marko 6 14 14 R 20 R 23 R25 15 4 10 R 10 R 20 R 10 21 13 9
Template:Flagicon Kurt Mollekens KTR DIS - 13 10 5 R 32 NQ 12 5 26 6 12 R 18 R 24 R 21 R
Template:Flagicon Werner Lupberger Edenbridge Racing 26 11 28 NQ 30 NQ 19 18 21 R 23 14 15 R 10 13 14 11 14 4
20 Template:Flagicon Stephen Watson Durango Formula 21 15 25 NQ 15 6 18 16 19 7 18 12 21 R 7 6 18 15 22 R
21 Template:Flagicon Christian Horner Arden International 24 R16 33 NQ 29 NQ 33 NQ 30 NQ 29 NQ 25 16 27 NQ 22 17 24 6
22 Template:Flagicon Gonzalo Rodríguez Redman & Bright F3000 31 NQ - - 14 R 10 6 5 R 7 17 4 7 - - 8 8 12 R
- Template:Flagicon David Cook D C Cook Motorsport 14 R 31 NQ 24 7 30 NQ 26 R 30 NQ 26 14 22 R 16 R 26 7
- Template:Flagicon Grégoire de Galzain DAMS 29 NQ 32 NQ 32 NQ 26 17 23 R 20 9 23 15 23 R DIS - 17 8
- Template:Flagicon Marc Gené Pacific Racing 16 13 23 NQ - -
Nordic Racing 31 NQ 12 R10 11 8 - - - - - - 20 R
- Template:Flagicon Anthony Beltoise Ravarotto Racing 17 R 18 R 16 9 22 14 22 12 21 13 17 R - - - - - -
- Template:Flagicon Jean-Philippe Belloc Apomatox 19 9 22 R 17 R 24 20 - - - - - - - - - - - -
- Template:Flagicon Gastón Mazzacane Auto Sport Racing 9 10 24 NQ 23 R 20 10 17 15 12 10 11 17 19 11 12 10 18 R
- Template:Flagicon Thomas Schie BSE Salisbury Engineering 32 NQ 20 14 26 NQ 28 NQ 28 NQ 22 15 27 NQ 13 10 23 18 25 R
- Template:Flagicon Emiliano Spataro Coloni Motorsport 32 NQ 29 NQ 27 NQ 21 11 24 13 25 16 23 15 20 12 15 R - -
- Template:Flagicon Thomas Biagi Nordic Racing 28 NQ 26 NQ 31 NQ
GP Racing 27 NQ 18 14 14 18 19 R 25 R 20 16 23 12
- Template:Flagicon Emmanuel Clérico Apomatox - - - - - - 25 12 - - - - - - - - - - - -
- Template:Flagicon James Taylor BSE Salisbury Engineering - - - - - - 34 NQ 29 NQ 31 NQ NT - 26 12 27 NQ 30 NQ
- Template:Flagicon Fabrizio Gollin Apomatox 18 R 10 R 10 R - - - - - - - - - - 21 13 - -
- Template:Flagicon Markus Friesacher Coloni Motorsport 27 NQ 30 NQ 28 NQ 29 NQ 25 17 28 NQ 28 NQ 14 R 26 19 28 NQ
- Template:Flagicon Gianluca Paglicci Nordic Racing - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 25 20 - -
- Template:Flagicon Oliver Gavin BSE Salisbury Engineering 30 NQ 27 NQ 33 NQ - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
- Template:Flagicon Mario Waltner Nordic Racing - - - - - - - - - - - - 29 NQ 28 NQ - - - -
- Template:Flagicon Miguel Ángel de Castro Elide Racing - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 29 NQ

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