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2003 International Formula 3000 Championship

Motor racing competition

Teams' Champion: Arden International 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.

Teams and drivers

The following teams and drivers contested the championship.

Team	No.	Driver	Rounds
GBR Arden International	1	SWE Björn Wirdheim	All
2	USA Townsend Bell	All
ITA Coloni Motorsport	3	BRA Ricardo Sperafico	All
4	HUN Zsolt Baumgartner	1–9
SMR Christian Montanari	10
GBR Super Nova Racing	5	ITA Enrico Toccacelo	All
6	USA Derek Hill	1–6
DNK Nicolas Kiesa	7
GBR Sam Hancock	8–10
DNK Den Blå Avis	7	DNK Nicolas Kiesa	1–6
8	GBR Robbie Kerr	1
USA Philip Giebler	2–6
ITA Durango	9	ITA Giorgio Pantano	All
10	ITA Raffaele Giammaria	All
BEL Team Astromega	11	DEU Tony Schmidt	All
12	BEL Jeffrey van Hooydonk	1–2, 4–6, 10
IRL Michael Keohane	7–8
CZE Superfund ISR – Charouz	14	CZE Jaroslav Janiš	All
15	FRA Yannick Schroeder	1–8
AUT Red Bull Junior Team	16	ITA Vitantonio Liuzzi	All
17	AUT Patrick Friesacher	1–2, 5–10
AUT Bernhard Auinger	3–4
ESP BCN F3000	18	AUS Rob Nguyen	1–3
USA Will Langhorne	4–8
ITA Ferdinando Monfardini	9–10
19	ITA Valerio Scassellati	1, 5–6, 8
ITA Alessandro Piccolo	2–4, 10
GBR Marc Hynes	7
ITA Giovanni Berton	9
GBR Brand Motorsport	20	FRA Nicolas Minassian	1
21	GBR 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	2
ITA Autodromo Enzo e Dino Ferrari	20 April	nowrap	31 laps / 152.686 km	SWE Björn Wirdheim	SWE Björn Wirdheim	SWE Björn Wirdheim	UK Arden International	[Report](2003-imola-f3000-round)
ESP Circuit de Catalunya	3 May	33 laps / 152.565 km	ITA Giorgio Pantano	ITA Giorgio Pantano	ITA Giorgio Pantano	ITA Durango	[Report](2003-barcelona-f3000-round)
AUT A1-Ring	17 May	35 laps / 151.410 km	BRA Ricardo Sperafico	SWE Björn Wirdheim	BRA Ricardo Sperafico	ITA Coloni Motorsport	[Report](2003-a1-ring-f3000-round)
MON Circuit de Monaco	31 May	45 laps / 150.3 km	SWE Björn Wirdheim	SWE Björn Wirdheim	DEN Nicolas Kiesa	DEN Den Blå Avis	[Report](2003-monaco-f3000-round)
DEU Nürburgring	28 June	30 laps / 154.423 km	SWE Björn Wirdheim	SWE Björn Wirdheim	ITA Enrico Toccacelo	UK Super Nova Racing	[Report](2003-nurburgring-f3000-round)
nowrap	FRA Circuit de Nevers Magny-Cours	5 July	35 laps / 154.201 km	ITA Giorgio Pantano	ITA Giorgio Pantano	ITA Giorgio Pantano	ITA Durango	[Report](2003-magny-cours-f3000-round)
UK Silverstone Circuit	19 July	30 laps / 154.125 km	SWE Björn Wirdheim	SWE Björn Wirdheim	SWE Björn Wirdheim	UK Arden International	[Report](2003-silverstone-f3000-round)
GER Hockenheimring	2 August	33 laps / 150.942 km	nowrap	BRA Ricardo Sperafico	SWE Björn Wirdheim	nowrap	BRA Ricardo Sperafico	ITA Coloni Motorsport	[Report](2003-hockenheimring-f3000-round)
HUN Hungaroring	23 August	35 laps / 153.440 km	ITA Vitantonio Liuzzi	nowrap	AUT Patrick Friesacher	nowrap	AUT Patrick Friesacher	nowrap	AUT Red Bull Junior Team	[Report](2003-hungaroring-f3000-round)
nowrap	ITA Autodromo Nazionale Monza	nowrap	13 September	26 laps / 150.353 km	SWE Björn Wirdheim	SWE Björn Wirdheim	SWE Björn Wirdheim	UK Arden International	[Report](2003-monza-f3000-round)
Source:

Drivers' Championship

Pos	Driver	IMO
Italy	CAT
Spain	A1R
Austria	MON
Monaco	NÜR
Germany	MAG
France	SIL
UK	HOC
Germany	HUN
Hungary	MNZ
Italy	Points	1	78	2	43	3	41	4	39	5	36	6	30	7	20	8	20	9	17	10	14	11	14	12	13	13	9	14	6	15	5	16	4	17	1	18	0	19	0	20	0	21	0	22	0	23	0	24	0	25	0	26	0	27	0	28	0	29	0	–	0	Pos	Driver	IMO
Italy	CAT
Spain	A1R
Austria	MON
Monaco	NÜR
Germany	MAG
France	SIL
UK	HOC
Germany	HUN
Hungary	MNZ
Italy	Points
Sweden Björn Wirdheim	*1*	2	2	*2*	*13*	2	*1*	2	2	*1*
Brazil Ricardo Sperafico	3	Ret	1	DSQ	14	3	4	1	Ret	3
Italy Giorgio Pantano	Ret	*1*	3	Ret	16	*1*	2	7	4	Ret
Italy Vitantonio Liuzzi	4	Ret	4	Ret	2	4	3	4	9	4
Austria Patrick Friesacher	2	Ret			Ret	11	5	3	1	2
Italy Enrico Toccacelo	5	3	5	Ret	1	13	6	Ret	7	8
Denmark Nicolas Kiesa	12	10	6	1	3	Ret	8
CZE Jaroslav Janiš	DNS	4	9	4	6	Ret	10	8	5	7
USA Townsend Bell	9	12	7	6	Ret	12	7	5	3	Ret
Italy Raffaele Giammaria	7	Ret	14	3	7	8	Ret	10	6	Ret
Germany Tony Schmidt	Ret	6	Ret	Ret	10	5	Ret	6	8	6
France Yannick Schroeder	6	8	Ret	7	4	7	9	11
Belgium Jeffrey van Hooydonk	Ret	Ret			8	8	6							5
Hungary Zsolt Baumgartner	10	7	10	5	11	9	11	9	DNS
Australia Rob Nguyen	8	5	13
USA Derek Hill	15	11	Ret	DSQ	5	10
USA Phil Giebler		Ret	8	Ret	9	DNS
Italy Alessandro Piccolo		9	12	DNS						11
Austria Bernhard Auinger			11	9
San Marino Christian Montanari										9
USA Will Langhorne				10	12	14	13	12
Italy Ferdinando Monfardini									Ret	10
Italy Giovanni Berton									10
UK Sam Hancock								13	11	DNS
France Nicolas Minassian	11
Ireland Michael Keohane							12	Ret
Italy Valerio Scassellati	13				15	15		14
UK Marc Hynes							14
UK Gary Paffett	14
UK Robbie Kerr	DNS
Sources:

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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 3000 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.

10	GBR Brand Motorsports	0	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	0

References

[https://web.archive.org/web/20040226231219/http://www.fia.com/Reglements-sportifs/2002%20F3000%20SportRegsInternet%2031-10-01.pdf 2003 FIA F3000 Sporting Regulations] Retrieved from web.archive.org on 19 March 2010
[http://www.teamdan.com/archive/2003/f3000.html 2003 F3000 Results from www.teamdan.com] {{Webarchive. link. (2012-02-24 Retrieved from www.teamdan.com on 19 March 2010)
"FIA Formula 3000 Int. Championship – 2003: Entrylist". Speedsport Magazine.
"F3000 International Championship Entry List 2003". Motorsport Stats.
[https://web.archive.org/web/20031002220706/http://www.fia.com/FreePress/F3000_Guide_2003/Championship.html 2003 FIA F3000 Championship Classifications] Retrieved from web.archive.org on 23 April 2010
"F3000 International Championship Results 2003". Motorsport Stats.
"F3000 International Championship Standings 2003". Motorsport Stats.
"FIA Formula 3000 Int. Championship – Season 2003: Results". Speedsport Magazine.
"2003 FIA International F3000 Championship". [[Motor Sport (magazine).

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