1994 International Formula 3000 Championship

The 1994 Formula 3000 International Championship was the tenth season of Formula 3000 in Europe. Jean-Christophe Boullion won the championship after eight rounds.

Technical changes

After a year out of Europe, Lola returned with an extensively developed new car. Reynard was still the dominant manufacturer, and retained many components from its previous car while introducing an F1-style high nose.

The regulation requiring long sidepods was removed, which meant that the cars became less pitch-sensitive.[1] The long —vortex generators— on the front wing endplates were banned as part of an ongoing effort to reduce costs.[2]

Drivers and constructors

Team	Chassis	Engine	No.	Driver	Rounds
DAMS	Reynard 94D	Ford Cosworth AC	1	Jean-Christophe Boullion	All
			2	Guillaume Gomez	All
Paul Stewart Racing	Reynard 94D	Zytek Judd KV	5	Gil de Ferran	All
			6	Didier Cottaz	All
Auto Sport Racing	Reynard 93D	Ford Cosworth AC	7	Paolo Delle Piane	4-8
Forti Corse	Reynard 94D	Ford Cosworth AC	9	Pedro Diniz	All
			10	Hideki Noda	All
Mythos Racing	Reynard 94D	Zytek Judd KV	11	Fabrizio De Simone	All
			12	Massimiliano Papis	All
Apomatox	Reynard 94D	Ford Cosworth AC	14	Emmanuel Clérico	All
			15	Franck Lagorce	All
Vortex Motorsport	Reynard 94D	Ford Cosworth AC	16	Paolo Delle Piane	1-3
				James Taylor	4-8
			17	Tarso Marques	All
			25	David Coulthard	1
				Allan McNish	2
Omegaland	Lola T94/50	Zytek Judd KV	18	Oliver Gavin	1-4
				Marc Rostan	7-8
	Lola T92/50		19	Robbie Stirling	1
				Patrick Crinelli	2-3
				Norio Matsubara	4
				Elton Julian	6-8
Nordic Racing	Lola T94/50	Ford Cosworth AC	20	Marc Goossens	All
			21	Jordi Gené	1-3
				Oliver Gavin	5
				Paolo Carcasci	7
Danielson	Reynard 94D	Ford Cosworth DFV	24	Nicolas Leboisettier	All
			25	Jérôme Policand	All
Madgwick International	Reynard 94D	Zytek Judd KV	26	Mikke Van Hool	All
			27	Kenny Bräck	All
Durango Equipe	Reynard 93D	Ford Cosworth AC	30	Severino Nardozzi	All
			31	Christian Pescatori	All
Super Nova Racing	Reynard 94D	Ford Cosworth AC	32	Vincenzo Sospiri	All
			33	Taki Inoue	All
Racing Wim Eyckmans	Reynard 93D	Ford Cosworth AC	35	Wim Eyckmans	1, 3
	Reynard 94D				5-8
Sources:[3][4]

Calendar

Four F3000 races (Spain, Germany, Belgium and Portugal) were held in Formula One Grand Prix weekends, the highest number in the championship's history so far.

Round	Circuit	Date	Laps	Distance	Time	Speed	Pole Position	Fastest Lap	Winner
1	Silverstone Circuit	2 May	38	5.226=198.588 km	1'01:56.79	192.33 km/h	Franck Lagorce	Franck Lagorce	Franck Lagorce
2	Pau Grand Prix	23 May	71	2.76=195.96 km	1'25:39.269	137.267 km/h	Gil de Ferran	Vincenzo Sospiri	Gil de Ferran
3	Circuit de Catalunya	28 May	41	4.747=194.627 km	1'05:41.000	177.768 km/h	Massimiliano Papis	Jean-Christophe Boullion	Massimiliano Papis
4	Autodromo di Pergusa	17 July	40	4.95=198.00 km	0'51:41.731	205.908 km/h	Franck Lagorce	Christian Pescatori	Gil de Ferran
5	Hockenheimring	30 July	29	6.815=197.635 km	0'58:07.686	204.238 km/h	Guillaume Gomez	Franck Lagorce	Franck Lagorce
6	Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps	27 August	27	7.001=189.027 km	1'11:34.525	156.456 km/h	Franck Lagorce	Tarso Marques	Jean-Christophe Boullion
7	Autódromo do Estoril	25 September	44	4.36=191.84 km	1'08:11.419	168.798 km/h	Emmanuel Clérico	Emmanuel Clérico	Jean-Christophe Boullion
8	Circuit de Nevers Magny-Cours	2 October	48	4.25=204.000 km	1'10:41.298	173.154 km/h	Franck Lagorce	Franck Lagorce	Jean-Christophe Boullion
Source:[5]

Drivers' Championship

Pos Driver SIL PAU CAT PER HOC SPA EST MAG Points 1 Jean-Christophe Boullion 8 4 Ret 14 2 1 1 1 36 2 Franck Lagorce 1 5 5 2 1 13 8 2 34 3 Gil de Ferran 3 1 Ret 1 3 5 Ret Ret 28 4 Vincenzo Sospiri 4 2 3 Ret 4 Ret 2 5 24 5 Massimiliano Papis 7 Ret 1 4 Ret 11 13 6 13 6 Didier Cottaz 6 3 7 9 11 2 5 7 13 7 Guillaume Gomez 11 6 8 10 Ret 4 3 3 12 8 Fabrizio De Simone 16 10 2 Ret 14 6 Ret Ret 7 9 David Coulthard 2 6 10 Hideki Noda 5 Ret Ret 3 Ret 7 16 11 6 11 Kenny Bräck 12 DNS 11 11 9 3 6 10 5 12 Tarso Marques 13 Ret DNS 12 10 8 12 4 3 13 Jordi Gené 9 9 4 3 14 Pedro Diniz Ret Ret 10 Ret Ret 9 4 Ret 3 15 Marc Goossens Ret Ret 6 7 5 Ret Ret Ret 3 16 Jérôme Policand 14 8 Ret 5 7 12 17 Ret 2 17 Christian Pescatori NC 7 9 6 8 10 Ret 9 1 18 Wim Eyckmans Ret Ret 6 17 Ret Ret 1 19 Emmanuel Clérico Ret Ret Ret Ret 15 Ret 7 Ret 0 20 Paolo Delle Piane Ret DNS Ret 8 Ret Ret Ret 8 0 21 Taki Inoue 15 Ret 13 13 12 14 9 Ret 0 22 Nicolas Leboisettier Ret Ret Ret Ret Ret 10 12 0 23 Oliver Gavin 10 DNQ Ret Ret DNS 0 24 Mikke Van Hool DNS Ret 12 Ret 13 Ret 11 Ret 0 25 Elton Julian 15 14 13 0 26 Marc Rostan Ret 14 0 27 James Taylor 15 Ret Ret 15 Ret 0 28 Severino Nardozzi 17 DNQ Ret DNQ 16 16 Ret 15 0 Patrick Crinelli Ret Ret Robbie Stirling Ret Allan McNish Ret Norio Matsubara Ret Paolo Carcasci Ret Pos Driver SIL PAU CAT PER HOC SPA EST MAG Points Sources:[6][7][8]

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) Bold — Pole Italics — Fastest lap

Notes

• Drivers who did not finish the race but were classified are marked with .

Complete Overview

first column of every race

10

= grid position

second column of every race

10

= race result

R16=retired, but classified NC=not classified R=retired NS=did not start NQ=did not qualify (21)=place after practice, but grid position not held free 9P=grid position, but started from pit lane

Place	Name	Team	Chassis	Engine	SIL		PAU		CAT		PER		HOC		SPA		EST		MAG
1	Jean-Christophe Boullion	DAMS	Reynard	Ford Cosworth	5	8	5	4	2	R	13	14	4	2	2	1	3	1	2	1
2	Franck Lagorce	Apomatox	Reynard	Ford Cosworth	1	1	3	5	16	5	1	2	3	1	1	13	6	8	1	2
3	Gil de Ferran	Paul Stewart Racing	Reynard	Zytek Judd	2	3	1	1	18	R	2	1	2	3	7	5	2	R	11	R
4	Vincenzo Sospiri	SuperNova Racing	Reynard	Ford Cosworth	8	4	2	2	6	3	4	R	20	4	10	R	8	2	16	5
5	Didier Cottaz	Paul Stewart Racing	Reynard	Zytek Judd	10	6	4	3	15	7	16	9	7	11	8	2	15	5	12	7
6	Massimiliano Papis	Mythos Racing	Reynard	Judd	11	7	6	R	1	1	11	4	8	R	12	11	18	13	8	6
7	Guillaume Gomez	DAMS	Reynard	Ford Cosworth	16	11	10	6	20	8	14	10	1	R	11	4	4	3	6	3
8	Fabrizio De Simone	Mythos Racing	Reynard	Judd	9	16	17	10	3	2	7	R	12	14	3	6	5	R	7	R
9	David Coulthard	Vortex European	Reynard	Ford Cosworth	3	2	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
	Hideki Noda	Forti Corse	Reynard	Ford Cosworth	4	5	16	R	5	R	6	3	5	R	19	7	11	R16	15	11
11	Kenny Bräck	Madgwick International	Reynard	Zytek Judd	17	12	(21)	NS	14	11	15	11	17	9	5	3	7	6	10	10
12	Jordi Gené	Nordic Racing	Lola	Zytek Judd	13	9	9	9	9	4	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
	Marc Goossens	Nordic Racing	Lola	Zytek Judd	15	R	20	R	11	6	9P	7	14	5	13	R	19	R	19	R
	Pedro Diniz	Forti Corse	Reynard	Ford Cosworth	6	R	11	R	7	10	5	R	13	R	4	9	10	4	21	R
	Tarso Marques	Vortex Motorsport	Reynard	Ford Cosworth	19	13	15	R	12	NS	12	12	16	10	16	8	14	12	5	4
16	Jérôme Policand	Danielson	Reynard	Zytek Judd	18	14	12	8	10	R	10	5	10	7	18	12	16	17	14	R
17	Christian Pescatori	Durango	Reynard	Ford Cosworth	23	NC	13	7	13	9	8	6	15	8	14	10	13	R	13	9
	Wim Eyckmans	Eyckmans Racing	Reynard	Ford Cosworth	20	R	-	-	21	R	-	-	9	6	9	17	12	R	4	R
-	Emmanuel Clérico	Apomatox	Reynard	Ford Cosworth	7	R	8	R	4	R	3	R	6	15	6	R	1	7	3	R
-	Paolo Delle Piane	Vortex Motorsport	Reynard	Ford Cosworth	12	R	18	NS	17	R
		Auto Sport Racing	Reynard	Ford Cosworth							17P	8	18	R	20	R	22	R	9	8
-	Taki Inoue	SuperNova Racing	Reynard	Ford Cosworth	21	15	21	R	19	13	19	13	21	12	15	14	17	9	20	R
-	Nicolas Leboisettier	Danielson	Reynard	Zytek Judd	22	R	14	R	-	-	21	R	11	R	17	R
		Danielson	Reynard	Ford Cosworth													9	10	17	12
-	Oliver Gavin	Omegaland	Lola	Zytek Judd	14	10	24	NQ	8	R	18	R
		Nordic Racing	Lola	Zytek Judd									19	NS	-	-	-	-	-	-
-	Mikke Van Hool	Madgwick International	Reynard	Zytek Judd	(24)	NS	22	R	23	12	20	R	22	13	21	R	21	11	18	R
-	Elton Julian	Omegaland	Lola	Zytek Judd	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	22	15	24	14	22	13
-	Marc Rostan	Omegaland	Lola	Zytek Judd	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	25	R	23	14
-	James Taylor	Vortex Motorsport	Reynard	Ford Cosworth	-	-	-	-	-	-	22	15	23	R	23	R	23	15	25	R
-	Severino Nardozzi	Durango	Reynard	Ford Cosworth	25	17	25	NQ	24	R	24	NQ	24	16	24	16	26	R	24	15
-	Patrick Crinelli	Omegaland	Lola	Zytek Judd	-	-	19	R	22	R	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
-	Robbie Stirling	Omegaland	Lola	Zytek Judd	24	R	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
-	Allan McNish	Vortex European	Reynard	Ford Cosworth	-	-	7	R	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
-	Norio Matsubara	Omegaland	Lola	Zytek Judd	-	-	-	-	-	-	23	R	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
-	Paolo Carcasci	Nordic Racing	Lola	Zytek Judd	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	20	R	-	-

References

1. Starkey, John. Lola - All The Sports Racing & Single-seater Racing Cars from 1978-1997, pp. 151.
2. L'annee Formule 3000 1992. Drapeau a Damier.
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