1999 Italian Formula 3000 Championship

The 1999 Italian Formula 3000 Championship was contested over 7 rounds. 16 different teams and 27 different drivers competed. In this one-make formula all teams had to utilize Lola T96/50 chassis with Zytek engines.

Entries

Team No. Driver Rounds
Italy Sighinolfi 0 Italy Oliver Martini 3
2 Italy Gabriele Lancieri All
United Kingdom Edenbridge Racing 3 South Africa Werner Lupberger All
4 Indonesia Ananda Mikola All
Italy Team Martello 5 Italy Giorgio Vinella All
6 Colombia Giandomenico Brusatin All
Italy Durango Formula 7 Poland Jarosław Wierczuk All
8 Italy Paolo Montin All
23 Argentina Nicolás Filiberti 3-7
Italy ADM Competition 9 Italy Cesare Manfredini 1-3
Greece Nikolaus Stremmenos 5-7
Italy Coloni Motorsport 10 Brazil Marcelo Battistuzzi 3-5
Denmark Kristian Kolby 7
11 Spain Polo Villaamil 1, 3-5
United Kingdom Dino Morelli 6-7
United Kingdom Redgrave Racing 12 United Kingdom Mark Shaw All
14 United Kingdom Darren Turner 1
Brazil Marcelo Battistuzzi 2, 6-7
France Jean de Pourtales 4-5
Italy First GP 15 Italy Riccardo Moscatelli 1-4
Italy Fabrizio Gollin 6-7
Monaco Monaco Motorsport 16 Italy Marco Apicella All
17 Malaysia Alex Yoong 3-7
United Kingdom Redman Bright 19 Spain Rafael Sarandeses 4
Italy Team Ghinzani 19 Italy Paolo Ruberti 7
Italy Draco Racing 20 Italy Oliver Martini 5
Austria Walter Thimmler 7
United Kingdom Arden 22 Russia Viktor Maslov 4, 7
Italy GP Racing 24 Italy Thomas Biagi 5-7

Calendar

All races were held in Italy, excepting Donington Park round which held in the United Kingdom.

Round Circuit/Location Date Laps Distance Time Speed
1 ACI Vallelunga Circuit 6 June 32 3.228=103.296 km 0'35:42.203 173.590 km/h
2 Autodromo Nazionale Monza 27 June 25 5.770=144.25 km 0'44:17.382 195.418 km/h
3 Autodromo di Pergusa 18 July 25 4.950=123.75 km 0'39:22.365 188.582 km/h
4 Donington Park 8 August 34 3.150=107.1 km 0'46:59.700 136.738 km/h
5 Misano Circuit 5 September 24 4.060=97.44 km 0'34:16.140 170.603 km/h
6 Misano Circuit 3 October 25 4.060=101.5 km 0'35:57.109 169.393 km/h
7 Autodromo Enzo e Dino Ferrari 24 October 21 4.93=103.53 km 0'41:25.182 149.972 km/h

Results

Round Circuit Pole Position Fastest Lap Winner Winning Team
1 Italy ACI Vallelunga Circuit Spain Polo Villaamil Italy Marco Apicella Italy Marco Apicella Italy Monaco Motorsport
2 Italy Autodromo Nazionale Monza Brazil Marcelo Battistuzzi Brazil Marcelo Battistuzzi Brazil Marcelo Battistuzzi United Kingdom Redgrave Racing
3 Italy Autodromo di Pergusa Indonesia Ananda Mikola Italy Oliver Martini Italy Giorgio Vinella Italy Team Martello
4 United Kingdom Donington Park United Kingdom Mark Shaw Spain Polo Villaamil South Africa Werner Lupberger United Kingdom Edenbridge Racing
5 Italy Misano Circuit Italy Thomas Biagi Italy Marco Apicella Italy Marco Apicella Italy Monaco Motorsport
6 Italy Misano Circuit Italy Marco Apicella Italy Marco Apicella Italy Giorgio Vinella Italy Team Martello
7 Italy Autodromo Enzo e Dino Ferrari United Kingdom Dino Morelli Italy Fabrizio Gollin United Kingdom Dino Morelli Italy Coloni Motorsport
Note

Race 3 Pole Position originally won by Oliver Martini, but all his times were cancelled and he started from last grid position.

Race 3 original first finisher and winner Ananda Mikola, but he was disqualified due to an illegal positioning of the datalogger.

Championships standings

Pos Driver VLL
Italy
MNZ
Italy
PER
Italy
DON
United Kingdom
MIS
Italy
MIS
Italy
IMO
Italy
Pts
1 Italy Giorgio Vinella 4 2 1 Ret 5 1 9 31
2 South Africa Werner Lupberger 6 3 6 1 3 2 6 27
3 Italy Marco Apicella 1 Ret Ret 8 1 11 Ret 20
4 Italy Thomas Biagi 2 3 2 14
5 Brazil Marcelo Battistuzzi 1 11 4 11 14 13 13
6 United Kingdom Dino Morelli 4 1 13
7 Italy Gabriele Lancieri 9 9 3 3 10 5 4 13
8 United Kingdom Mark Shaw 7 4 2 Ret 12 16 NC 9
9 Italy Paolo Montin 2 Ret 8 Ret 4 13 10 9
10 Malaysia Alex Yoong 5 2 9 15 Ret 8
11 Spain Polo Villaamil 3 9 Ret Ret 4
12 Indonesia Ananda Mikola 5 8 DSQ DNS 6 6 Ret 4
13 Italy Paolo Ruberti 3 4
14 Italy Oliver Martini 4 7 3
15 Italy Cesare Manfredini 13 5 10 2
16 Colombia Giandomenico Brusatin 12 7 7 5 Ret 12 Ret 2
17 Denmark Kristian Kolby 5 2
18 Italy Riccardo Moscatelli 10 6 Ret Ret 1
19 Russia Viktor Maslov 6 8 1
- Italy Fabrizio Gollin 7 7 0
- Poland Jarosław Wierczuk 13 Ret Ret 7 13 9 12 0
- Argentina Nicolás Filiberti Ret Ret 8 8 NC 0
- United Kingdom Darren Turner 8 0
- Spain Rafael Sarandeses 9 0
- Greece Nikolaus Stremmenos 15 10 11 0
- France Jean de Pourtales Ret 14 0
- Austria Walter Thimmler Ret 0
Pos Driver VLL
Italy
MNZ
Italy
PER
Italy
DON
United Kingdom
MIS
Italy
MIS
Italy
IMO
Italy
Pts
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)

References