2003 International Formula 3000 Championship

2003 FIA International Formula 3000 Championship

Drivers' Champion: Björn Wirdheim
Teams' Champion: Arden International

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Parent series:
Formula One
Support series:
Porsche Supercup

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. The championship was contested over ten events from 19 April to 13 September 2003.

The Drivers Championship was won by Björn Wirdheim and the Teams Championship was awarded to Arden International Ltd.

Teams and drivers

File:Bjorn Wirdheim 2003 F3000 Hungary.jpg

Björn Wirdheim, pictured at the Hungaroring round, won the Drivers' Championship

File:Vitantonio Liuzzi 2003 F3000 Hungary.jpg

Vitantonio Liuzzi pictured at the Hungaroring round, placed fourth in the Drivers' Championship

The following teams and drivers contested the 2003 FIA Formula 3000 International Championship.

Team	No.	Driver	Rounds
Template:Flagicon Arden International	1	Template:Flagicon Björn Wirdheim	All
	2	Template:Flagicon Townsend Bell	All
Template:Flagicon Coloni Motorsport	3	Template:Flagicon Ricardo Sperafico	All
	4	Template:Flagicon Zsolt Baumgartner	1–9
		Template:Flagicon Christian Montanari	10
Template:Flagicon Super Nova Racing	5	Template:Flagicon Enrico Toccacelo	All
	6	Template:Flagicon Derek Hill	1–6
		Template:Flagicon Nicolas Kiesa	7
		Template:Flagicon Sam Hancock	8–10
Template:Flagicon Den Blå Avis	7	Template:Flagicon Nicolas Kiesa	1–6
	8	Template:Flagicon Robbie Kerr	1
		Template:Flagicon Philip Giebler	2–6
Template:Flagicon Durango	9	Template:Flagicon Giorgio Pantano	All
	10	Template:Flagicon Raffaele Giammaria	All
Template:Flagicon Team Astromega	11	Template:Flagicon Tony Schmidt	All
	12	Template:Flagicon Jeffrey van Hooydonk	1–2, 4–6, 10
		Template:Flagicon Michael Keohane	7–8
Template:Flagicon Superfund ISR – Charouz	14	Template:Flagicon Jaroslav Janiš	All
	15	Template:Flagicon Yannick Schroeder	1–8
Template:Flagicon Red Bull Junior Team	16	Template:Flagicon Vitantonio Liuzzi	All
	17	Template:Flagicon Patrick Friesacher	1–2, 5–10
		Template:Flagicon Bernhard Auinger	3–4
Template:Flagicon BCN F3000	18	Template:Flagicon Rob Nguyen	1–3
		Template:Flagicon Will Langhorne	4–8
		Template:Flagicon Ferdinando Monfardini	9–10
	19	Template:Flagicon Valerio Scassellati	1, 5–6, 8
		Template:Flagicon Alessandro Piccolo	2–4, 10
		Template:Flagicon Marc Hynes	7
		Template:Flagicon Giovanni Berton	9
Template:Flagicon Brand Motorsport	20	Template:Flagicon Nicolas Minassian	1
	21	Template:Flagicon Gary Paffett	1
Sources:

Calendar

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.

Event	Circuit	Date	Distance	Pole Position	Fastest Lap	Winning Driver	Winning Team	Report
1	Template:Flagicon Autodromo Enzo e Dino Ferrari	20 April	31 laps / 152.686 km	Template:Flagicon Björn Wirdheim	Template:Flagicon Björn Wirdheim	Template:Flagicon Björn Wirdheim	Template:Flagicon Arden International	Report
2	Template:Flagicon Circuit de Catalunya	3 May	33 laps / 152.565 km	Template:Flagicon Giorgio Pantano	Template:Flagicon Giorgio Pantano	Template:Flagicon Giorgio Pantano	Template:Flagicon Durango	Report
3	Template:Flagicon A1-Ring	17 May	35 laps / 151.410 km	Template:Flagicon Ricardo Sperafico	Template:Flagicon Björn Wirdheim	Template:Flagicon Ricardo Sperafico	Template:Flagicon Coloni Motorsport	Report
4	Template:Flagicon Circuit de Monaco	31 May	45 laps / 150.3 km	Template:Flagicon Björn Wirdheim	Template:Flagicon Björn Wirdheim	Template:Flagicon Nicolas Kiesa	Template:Flagicon Den Blå Avis	Report
5	Template:Flagicon Nürburgring	28 June	30 laps / 154.423 km	Template:Flagicon Björn Wirdheim	Template:Flagicon Björn Wirdheim	Template:Flagicon Enrico Toccacelo	Template:Flagicon Super Nova Racing	Report
6	Template:Flagicon Circuit de Nevers Magny-Cours	5 July	35 laps / 154.201 km	Template:Flagicon Giorgio Pantano	Template:Flagicon Giorgio Pantano	Template:Flagicon Giorgio Pantano	Template:Flagicon Durango	Report
7	Template:Flagicon Silverstone Circuit	19 July	30 laps / 154.125 km	Template:Flagicon Björn Wirdheim	Template:Flagicon Björn Wirdheim	Template:Flagicon Björn Wirdheim	Template:Flagicon Arden International	Report
8	Template:Flagicon Hockenheimring	2 August	33 laps / 150.942 km	Template:Flagicon Ricardo Sperafico	Template:Flagicon Björn Wirdheim	Template:Flagicon Ricardo Sperafico	Template:Flagicon Coloni Motorsport	Report
9	Template:Flagicon Hungaroring	23 August	35 laps / 153.440 km	Template:Flagicon Vitantonio Liuzzi	Template:Flagicon Patrick Friesacher	Template:Flagicon Patrick Friesacher	Template:Flagicon Red Bull Junior Team	Report
10	Template:Flagicon Autodromo Nazionale Monza	13 September	26 laps / 150.353 km	Template:Flagicon Björn Wirdheim	Template:Flagicon Björn Wirdheim	Template:Flagicon Björn Wirdheim	Template:Flagicon Arden International	Report
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Drivers' Championship

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• All drivers used Lola B02/50 chassis with Zytek-Judd KV engines and Avon tyres.
• 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.

Teams Championship

Points for the 2003 FIA Formula 300 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. Results from both team cars were taken into account.

Position	Team	IMO Template:Flagicon	CAT Template:Flagicon	A1R Template:Flagicon	MON Template:Flagicon	NUR Template:Flagicon	MAG Template:Flagicon	SIL Template:Flagicon	HOC Template:Flagicon	HUN Template:Flagicon	MNZ Template:Flagicon	Total
1	Template:Flagicon Arden International Ltd	10	8	10	11	0	8	12	12	14	10	95
2	Template:Flagicon Red Bull Junior Team F3000	13	0	5	0	8	5	10	11	10	13	75
3	Template:Flagicon Durango Formula	2	10	6	6	2	11	8	2	8	0	55
4	Template:Flagicon Coloni Motorsport	6	2	10	4	0	6	5	10	0	6	49
5	Template:Flagicon Super Nova Racing Ltd	4	6	4	0	14	0	4	0	2	1	35
6	Template:Flagicon ISR – Charouz	3	6	0	7	8	2	0	1	4	2	33
7	Template:Flagicon Team Astromega	0	3	0	1	1	7	0	3	1	7	23
8	Template:Flagicon Den Blå Avis	0	0	4	10	6	0	–	–	–	–	20
9	Template:Flagicon BCN F3000	1	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	5
10	Template:Flagicon Brand Motorsports	0	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	0

See also

2003 Euro Formula 3000 season

Further reading

• Automobile Year, 2003/04

External links

• FIA F3000 Season Guide
• Barcelona testing images from www.motorsport.com