2000 International Formula 3000 season

2000 FIA International Formula 3000 season
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The 2000 International Formula 3000 season was the 16th season of International Formula 3000 motor racing. It featured the 2000 FIA Formula 3000 International Championship which was contested over ten rounds from 8 April to 26 August 2000. Bruno Junqueira won the Drivers’ Championship and D2 Playlife Super Nova won the Teams’ title.

Drivers and teams

File:Fórmula 3000 (Fernado Alonso)01.jpg

The Lola B99/50 driven to 4th place in the 2000 Drivers' Championship by Fernando Alonso

The following drivers and teams contested the 2000 FIA Formula 3000 International Championship.

Team	No.	Driver	Rounds
MySap.com	1	Stéphane Sarrazin	1-6
		Tomas Scheckter	7-10
	2	Tomáš Enge	All
D2 Playlife Super Nova	3	Nicolas Minassian	All
	4	David Saelens	All
Petrobras Junior Team	5	Jaime Melo	All
	6	Bruno Junqueira	All
Team Astromega	7	Fernando Alonso	All
	8	Fabrice Walfisch	1-6
		Marc Goossens	7-10
Gauloises Formula	9	André Couto	All
	10	Sébastien Bourdais	All
Kid Jensen Racing	11	Andrea Piccini	All
	12	Bas Leinders	All
Red Bull Junior Team F3000	15	Ricardo Mauricio	All
	16	Enrique Bernoldi	All
Nordic Racing	17	Kevin McGarrity	All
	18	Justin Wilson	All
WRT	19	Hidetoshi Mitsusada	1-3
		Marc Hynes	4-6
		Dino Morelli	7-8
		Soheil Ayari	9-10
	20	Ananda Mikola	All
DAMS	21	Franck Montagny	All
	22	Kristian Kolby	All
Arden Team Russia	23	Darren Manning	All
	24	Viktor Maslov	All
European Arrows F3000	25	Mark Webber	All
	26	Christijan Albers	All
Witmeur KTR	27	Jeffrey van Hooydonk	All
	28	Yves Olivier	All
Fortec Motorsport	29	Mario Haberfeld	1-3, 6-10
		Jamie Davies	4-5
	30		10
		Andreas Scheld	1-9
Coloni F3000	31	Soheil Ayari	1-7
		Fabrice Walfisch	9-10
	32	Fabrizio Gollin	All

All cars were Lola B99/50s powered by Zytek V8 engines.

Calendar

Round	Circuit	Date	Laps	Distance	Time	Speed	Pole Position	Fastest Lap	Winner
1	Autodromo Enzo e Dino Ferrari	8 April	42	4.9325=207.165 km	1'11:06.160	174.816 km/h	Bruno Junqueira	Stéphane Sarrazin	Nicolas Minassian
2	Silverstone Circuit	22 April	40	5.14=205.60 km	1'22:24.239	149.702 km/h	Darren Manning	Stéphane Sarrazin	Mark Webber
3	Circuit de Catalunya	5 May	44	4.728=208.032 km	1'11:52.069	173.679 km/h	Enrique Bernoldi	Mark Webber	Bruno Junqueira
4	Nürburgring	20 May	45	4.556=205.02 km	1'24:07.032	146.239 km/h	David Saelens	Bruno Junqueira	Bruno Junqueira
5	Monaco	3 June	50	3.367=168.35 km	1'19:08.755	127.625 km/h	David Saelens	Fernando Alonso	Bruno Junqueira
6	Circuit de Nevers Magny-Cours	1 July	49	4.25=208.25 km	1'15:44.627	164.964 km/h	Sébastien Bourdais	Mark Webber	Nicolas Minassian
7	Österreichring	15 July	48	4.319=207.312 km	1'10:42.354	175.922 km/h	Jeffrey van Hooydonk	Tomáš Enge	Nicolas Minassian
8	Hockenheimring	29 July	31	6.823=211.513 km	1'14:50.567	169.566 km/h	Tomáš Enge	Darren Manning	Tomáš Enge
9	Budapest	12 August	52	3.972=206.544 km	1'21:30.052	152.055 km/h	Bruno Junqueira	Marc Goossens	Bruno Junqueira
10	Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps	26 August	30	6.968=209.04 km	1'08:04.964	184.223 km/h	Fernando Alonso	Fernando Alonso	Fernando Alonso

Final points standings

Drivers

For every race points were awarded: 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. No additional points were awarded.

Place	Name	Country	Team											Total Points
1	Bruno Junqueira	Brazil	Petrobras Junior	6	2	10	10	10	-	-	-	10	-	48
2	Nicolas Minassian	France	Super Nova Racing	10	-	6	-	2	10	10	-	3	4	45
3	Mark Webber	Australia	European Formula Arrows Junior	4	10	-	-	-	-	3	4	-	-	22
4	Fernando Alonso	Spain	Team Astromega	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	6	10	17
5	Justin Wilson	United Kingdom	Nordic Racing	-	4	2	-	-	-	6	-	2	2	16
6	David Saelens	Belgium	Super Nova Racing	-	-	4	-	4	4	-	-	-	3	15
	Tomáš Enge	Czech Republic	mySAP.com Team	2	-	-	-	-	2	-	10	-	1	15
8	Darren Manning	United Kingdom	Arden Team Russia	-	6	-	-	-	-	4	-	-	-	10
9	Sébastien Bourdais	France	Gauloises Formula	-	-	-	3	-	6	-	-	-	-	9
10	Fabrizio Gollin	Italy	Coloni Motorsport	1	-	-	6	-	-	-	-	-	-	7
11	Jamie Davies	United Kingdom	Fortec Motorsport	-	-	-	-	6	-	-	-	-	-	6
	Jaime Melo, Jr.	Brazil	Petrobras Junior	3	-	-	1	-	-	2	-	-	-	6
	Tomas Scheckter	South Africa	mySAP.com Team	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6	-	-	6
	Marc Goossens	Belgium	Team Astromega	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6	6
15	Franck Montagny	France	DAMS	-	-	1	-	1	3	-	-	-	-	5
	Enrique Bernoldi	Brazil	Red Bull Junior Team	-	3	-	-	-	-	-	1	1	-	5
17	André Couto	Portugal	Gauloises Formula	-	-	-	4	-	-	-	-	-	-	4
	Ricardo Mauricio	Brazil	Red Bull Junior Team	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	4	-	4
19	Jeffrey van Hooydonk	Belgium	Witmeur KTR	-	-	3	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	3
	Kevin McGarrity	United Kingdom	Nordic Racing	-	-	-	-	3	-	-	-	-	-	3
	Stéphane Sarrazin	France	mySAP.com Team	-	-	-	2	-	1	-	-	-	-	3
	Andrea Piccini	Italy	Kid Jensen Racing	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	3	-	-	3
23	Kristian Kolby	Denmark	DAMS	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	2	-	-	2
24	Soheil Ayari	France	Coloni Motorsport	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1

Teams

Position	Team	Imo	Sil	Bar	Nur	Mon	Mag	A1-R	Hoc	Hun	Spa	Total
1	D2 Playlife Super Nova	10	-	10	-	6	14	10	-	3	7	60
2	Petrobras Junior Team	9	2	10	11	10	-	2	-	10	-	54
3	MySAP.com Team	2	-	-	2	-	3	-	16	-	1	24
4	Team Astromega	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	6	16	23
5	European Arrows Team	4	10	-	-	-	-	3	4	-	-	21
6	Nordic Racing.com	-	4	2	-	3	-	6	-	2	2	19
7	Gauloises Formula	-	-	-	7	-	6	-	-	-	-	13
8	Arden Team Russia	-	6	-	-	-	-	4	-	-	-	10
9	Red Bull Junior Team	-	3	-	-	-	-	-	1	5	-	9
10	Coloni F3000	1	1	-	6	-	-	-	-	-	-	8
11	DAMS	-	-	1	-	1	3	-	2	-	-	7
12	Fortec Motorsport	-	-	-	-	6	-	-	-	-	-	6
13	Witmeur Team KTR	-	-	3	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	3
14	Kid Jensen Racing	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	3	-	-	3
15	World Racing Team	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0

Drivers' Championship

Pos Driver IMO SIL CAT NUR MON MAG A1R HOC HUN SPA Pts 1 Bruno Junqueira 2 5 1 1 1 13 7 Ret 1 9 48 2 Nicolas Minassian 1 11 2 Ret 5 1 1 7 4 3 45 3 Mark Webber 3 1 Ret Ret Ret 16 4 3 9 16 21 4 Fernando Alonso 9 EX 15 Ret 8 Ret 6 Ret 2 1 17 5 Justin Wilson 8 3 5 Ret 7 9 2 Ret 5 5 16 6 Tomáš Enge 5 13 Ret Ret DNQ 5 16 1 17 6 15 7 David Saelens Ret 8 3 Ret 3 3 Ret 18 11 4 15 8 Darren Manning 12 2 7 Ret Ret 8 3 13 8 Ret 10 9 Sébastien Bourdais Ret 10 8 4 Ret 2 9 DNS 14 Ret 9 10 Fabrizio Gollin 6 DNQ 17 2 10 14 DNQ Ret 18 Ret 7 11 Jamie Davies 8 2 12 6 12 Marc Goossens 10 10 19 2 6 13 Tomas Scheckter 18 2 21 DNS 6 14 Jaime Melo, Jr. 4 16 14 6 DNQ 17 5 8 DNQ 18 6 15 Franck Montagny Ret 7 6 Ret 6 4 17 Ret 12 Ret 5 16 Enrique Bernoldi Ret 4 Ret Ret Ret 23 14 6 6 10 5 17 Ricardo Mauricio Ret Ret Ret Ret Ret Ret Ret 14 3 7 4 18 André Couto Ret 14 10 3 Ret 21 Ret 17 Ret 11 4 19 Jeffrey van Hooydonk 13 9 4 Ret 9 19 12 Ret Ret Ret 3 20 Andrea Piccini Ret DNQ 11 9 Ret 12 Ret 4 16 13 3 21 Kevin McGarrity 15 Ret Ret Ret 4 15 DNQ 11 Ret DNQ 3 22 Stéphane Sarrazin 7 19 9 5 Ret 6 3 23 Kristian Kolby 11 12 Ret DNQ DNQ DNQ DNQ 5 20 15 2 24 Soheil Ayari 14 6 Ret Ret Ret 22 Ret 13 14 1 25 Christijan Albers Ret Ret 12 Ret Ret 7 Ret DNQ Ret 8 0 26 Bas Leinders 16 Ret 13 Ret Ret 10 11 DNQ 7 Ret 0 27 Yves Olivier DNQ 20 16 7 DNQ DNQ 13 16 DNQ 17 0 28 Mario Haberfeld 10 17 DNS 11 8 9 15 Ret 0 29 Fabrice Walfisch Ret Ret DNQ Ret Ret 18 10 DNQ 0 30 Andreas Scheld DNQ Ret DNQ DSQ 11 DNQ Ret 12 DNQ 0 31 Ananda Mikola Ret 15 19 DNQ Ret 20 15 DNQ Ret DNQ 0 32 Viktor Maslov DNQ Ret 18 DNQ Ret DNQ Ret 15 DNQ DNQ 0 – Marc Hynes DNQ Ret Ret 0 – Dino Morelli DNQ Ret 0 – Hidetoshi Mitsusada DNQ DNQ DNQ 0 Pos Driver IMO SIL CAT NUR MON MAG A1R HOC HUN SPA Pts

Colour Result Gold Winner Silver 2nd place Bronze 3rd 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 participate (DNP) Excluded (EX)

Notes

• Results in bold indicate pole position.
• Results in italics indicate fastest lap.
• All drivers used Lola B99/50 chassis, with Zytek V8 engines, and Avon tyres.
• Andreas Scheld was disqualified from second place at the European round (Nürburgring) for using an illegal front wing.

Complete Overview

first column of every race

10

= grid position

second column of every race

10

= race result

R20=retired, but classified R=retired NC=not classified NS=did not start NQ=did not qualify NT=no time set in qualifying DIS(2)=disqualified after finishing in second place (6)DIS=disqualified after finishing sixth in qualifying

Place	Name	Country	Team
1	Bruno Junqueira	Brazil	Petrobras Junior	1	2	5	5	2	1	2	1	3	1	9	13	20	7	12	R	1	1	3	9
2	Nicolas Minassian	France	Super Nova Racing	2	1	16	11	5	2	9	R	9	5	2	1	4	1	13	7	4	4	8	3
3	Mark Webber	Australia	European Formula Arrows Junior	3	3	2	1	16	R20	16	R	7	R12	7	16	3	4	3	3	11	9	7	16
4	Fernando Alonso	Spain	Team Astromega	11	9	(6)DIS	-	17	15	20	R	13	8	3	R	15	6	6	R	3	2	1	1
5	Justin Wilson	United Kingdom	Nordic Racing	16	8	3	3	10	5	5	R	16	7	13	9	11	2	22	R	2	5	6	5
6	David Saelens	Belgium	Super Nova Racing	14	R	11	8	4	3	1	R	1	3	4	3	2	R	11	18	13	11	5	4
	Tomáš Enge	Czech Republic	mySAP.com Team	7	5	20	13	3	R	3	R	28	NQ	10	5	10	16	1	1	10	17	13	6
8	Darren Manning	United Kingdom	Arden Team Russia	18	12	1	2	19	7	25	R	18	R	8	8	7	3	26	13	8	8	21	R
9	Sébastien Bourdais	France	Gauloises Formula	8	R	13	10	15	8	13	4	2	R	1	2	9	9	4	NS	16	14	14	R
10	Fabrizio Gollin	Italy	Coloni Motorsport	9	6	28	NQ	24	17	14	2	17	10	18	14	27	NQ	15	R	14	18	12	R
11	Jamie Davies	United Kingdom	Fortec Motorsport	-	-	-	-	-	-	18	8	4	2	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	23	12
	Jaime Melo, Jr.	Brazil	Petrobras Junior	4	4	23	16	11	14	11	6	29	NQ	14	17	5	5	20	8	30	NQ	24	18
	Tomas Scheckter	South Africa	mySAP.com Team	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	19	NC	2	2	17	21	17	NS
	Marc Goossens	Belgium	Team Astromega	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	14	10	14	10	12	19	2	2
15	Franck Montagny	France	DAMS	23	R	9	7	9	6	6	R	12	6	6	4	8	17	9	R	15	12	9	R
	Enrique Bernoldi	Brazil	Red Bull Junior Team	5	R	4	4	1	R	4	R	6	R	11	23	16	14	8	6	6	6	10	10
17	André Couto	Portugal	Gauloises Formula	24	R	19	14	18	10	19	3	19	R	20	21	18	R	16	17	24	R	22	11
	Ricardo Mauricio	Brazil	Red Bull Junior Team	13	R	15	R	12	R	12	R	8	R	21	R	12	R	24	14	5	3	4	7
19	Jeffrey van Hooydonk	Belgium	Witmeur KTR	21	13	12	9	7	4	22	R	25	9	19	19	1	12	5	R	22	R	16	R
	Kevin McGarrity	United Kingdom	Nordic Racing	17	15	17	R18	8	R	10	R	10	4	24	15	29	NQ	19	11	19	R	27	NQ
	Stéphane Sarrazin	France	mySAP.com Team	18	7	18	19	14	9	15	5	5	R	15	6	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
	Andrea Piccini	Italy	Kid Jensen Racing	12	R	30	NQ	22	11	24	9	14	R	23	12	26	R	7	4	23	16	20	13
23	Kristian Kolby	Denmark	DAMS	20	11	10	12	20	R	27	NQ	27	NQ	27	NQ	28	NQ	17	5	25	20	25	15
24	Soheil Ayari	France	Coloni Motorsport	22	14	6	6	6	R	7	R	15	R	12	22	13	R
			WRT Racing																	21	13	15	14
-	Christijan Albers	Netherlands	European Formula Arrows Junior	25	R	7	R	21	12	21	R	22	R	17	7	6	R	27	NQ	18	R	18	8
-	Bas Leinders	Belgium	Kid Jensen Racing	15	16	25	R	13	13	17	R	11	R	22	10	17	11	28	NQ	7	7	19	R
-	Yves Olivier	Belgium	Witmeur KTR	28	NQ	26	20	25	16	26	7	30	NQ	28	NQ	25	13	21	16	27	NQ	26	17
-	Mario Haberfeld	Brazil	Fortec Motorsport	10	10	14	17	(7)	NS	-	-	-	-	5	11	23	8	18	9	20	15	11	R
-	Fabrice Walfisch	France	Team Astromega	6	R	8	R	NT	-	8	R	23	R	16	18	-	-	-	-
			Coloni Motorsport																	9	10	28	NQ
-	Andreas Scheld	Germany	Fortec Motorsport	30	NQ	24	R	28	NQ	23	DIS(2)	24	11	30	NQ	24	R	23	12	29	NQ	-	-
-	Ananda Mikola	Indonesia	WRT Racing	26	R	21	15	23	19	28	NQ	21	R	26	20	22	15	29	NQ	26	R	29	NQ
-	Viktor Maslov	Russia	Arden Team Russia	29	NQ	22	R	26	18	30	NQ	26	R	29	NQ	21	R	25	15	28	NQ	30	NQ
-	Marc Hynes	United Kingdom	WRT Racing	-	-	-	-	-	-	29	NQ	20	R	25	R	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
-	Dino Morelli	United Kingdom	WRT Racing	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	30	NQ	10	R	-	-	-	-
-	Hidetoshi Mitsusada	Japan	WRT Racing	27	NQ	29	NQ	29	NQ	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-