2000 International Formula 3000 Championship

The 2000 International Formula 3000 season was the thirty-fourth season of the second-tier of Formula One feeder championship and also sixteenth season under the International Formula 3000 Championship moniker. 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[1] and D2 Playlife Super Nova won the Teams’ title.[2]

For 2000, the FIA imposed an upper limit of 15 teams of 2 cars each, with one of the places reserved for the winning team of the 1999 Italian Formula 3000 Championship; therefore, 7 bottom-ranked teams of 1999 would not have been eligible to advance to the next year.[3] Portman-Arrows team collapsed midway through the 1999 championship, and 6 formerly competing teams were initially excluded from the 2000 championship.

In between the seasons, RSM Marko managed to buy the Oreca's slot (at the same time adopting the name Red Bull Junior Team), Arden merged with Draco, and Coloni bought the slot from Team Martello, the winners of the Italian championship; therefore, only Monaco Motorsport, GP Racing and Durango were left behind. Additionally, West Competition was renamed to mySap.com, and the second Super Nova squad (former Den Blå Avis) continued to operate under the name of Petrobras Junior Team.[4]

As the FIA was changing the operational structure of Formula 3000 for the latter to be more of a proper seeder and supporting series for Formula One, a few F3000 teams announced their collaboration with Formula One teams. European Formula was confirmed as a junior team for Arrows instead of the de-funct Portman team, Team Astromega announced partnership with Minardi, and Super Nova announced two partnerships: with Benetton, as D2 Super Nova, and with Williams, as Petrobras Junior Team (former Den Blå Avis). Additionally, mySap.com was officially recognized as the McLaren junior team, Red Bull Junior Team retained the status of a junior team for Sauber, and Apomatox continued to run under Prost as Gauloises Formula. Although Arden's Darren Manning spent the full year as a BAR test driver, the BAR team opted not to work with Arden, and Ferrari, Jordan, and Jaguar also did not maintain active partnerships with any of the Formula 3000 teams.

Drivers and teams
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.[5]

Calendar
RoundCircuitDateLapsDistanceTimeSpeedPole PositionFastest LapWinnerWinning Team
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 D2 Playlife Super Nova
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 European Arrows F3000
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 Petrobras Junior Team
4 Nürburgring 20 May 45 4.556=205.02 km 1'24:07.032 146.239 km/h David Saelens Bruno Junqueira Bruno Junqueira Petrobras Junior Team
5 Circuit de Monaco 3 June 50 3.367=168.35 km 1'19:08.755 127.625 km/h David Saelens Fernando Alonso Bruno Junqueira Petrobras Junior Team
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 D2 Playlife Super Nova
7 A1 Ring 15 July 48 4.319=207.312 km 1'10:42.354 175.922 km/h Jeffrey van Hooydonk Tomáš Enge Nicolas Minassian D2 Playlife Super Nova
8 Hockenheimring 29 July 31 6.823=211.513 km 1'14:50.567 169.566 km/h Tomáš Enge Darren Manning Tomáš Enge MySap.com
9 Hungaroring 12 August 52 3.972=206.544 km 1'21:30.052 152.055 km/h Bruno Junqueira Marc Goossens Bruno Junqueira Petrobras Junior Team
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 Team Astromega

Final points standings

Teams
Position[2] Team[2] Imo Sil Bar Nur Mon Mag A1-R Hoc Hun Spa Total[2]
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
 Points
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
 Points
ColourResult
GoldWinner
SilverSecond place
BronzeThird place
GreenPoints finish
BlueNon-points finish
Non-classified finish (NC)
PurpleRetired (Ret)
RedDid not qualify (DNQ)
Did not pre-qualify (DNPQ)
BlackDisqualified (DSQ)
WhiteDid not start (DNS)
Withdrew (WD)
Race cancelled (C)
Blank Did not practice (DNP)
Did not arrive (DNA)
Excluded (EX)

Bold – Pole
Italics – Fastest lap

Notes
  • 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.

References
  1. 2000 FIA Formula 3000 International Championship – Drivers Retrieved on 8 September 2011
  2. 2000 FIA Formula 3000 International Championship – Teams Retrieved on 8 September 2011
  3. The dust settles in Formula 3000
  4. FIA International F3000 - Season Review 2000
  5. International Formual 3000 Championship, Autocourse - 2000/2001, page 297
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