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
Sighinolfi	0	Oliver Martini	3
	2	Gabriele Lancieri	All
Edenbridge Racing	3	Werner Lupberger	All
	4	Ananda Mikola	All
Team Martello	5	Giorgio Vinella	All
	6	Giandomenico Brusatin	All
Durango Formula	7	Jarosław Wierczuk	All
	8	Paolo Montin	All
	23	Nicolás Filiberti	3-7
ADM Competition	9	Cesare Manfredini	1-3
		Nikolaus Stremmenos	5-7
Coloni Motorsport	10	Marcelo Battistuzzi	3-5
		Kristian Kolby	7
	11	Polo Villaamil	1, 3-5
		Dino Morelli	6-7
Redgrave Racing	12	Mark Shaw	All
	14	Darren Turner	1
		Marcelo Battistuzzi	2, 6-7
		Jean de Pourtales	4-5
First GP	15	Riccardo Moscatelli	1-4
		Fabrizio Gollin	6-7
Monaco Motorsport	16	Marco Apicella	All
	17	Alex Yoong	3-7
Redman Bright	19	Rafael Sarandeses	4
Team Ghinzani	19	Paolo Ruberti	7
Draco Racing	20	Oliver Martini	5
		Walter Thimmler	7
Arden	22	Viktor Maslov	4, 7
GP Racing	24	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	ACI Vallelunga Circuit	Polo Villaamil	Marco Apicella	Marco Apicella	Monaco Motorsport
2	Autodromo Nazionale Monza	Marcelo Battistuzzi	Marcelo Battistuzzi	Marcelo Battistuzzi	Redgrave Racing
3	Autodromo di Pergusa	Ananda Mikola	Oliver Martini	Giorgio Vinella	Team Martello
4	Donington Park	Mark Shaw	Polo Villaamil	Werner Lupberger	Edenbridge Racing
5	Misano Circuit	Thomas Biagi	Marco Apicella	Marco Apicella	Monaco Motorsport
6	Misano Circuit	Marco Apicella	Marco Apicella	Giorgio Vinella	Team Martello
7	Autodromo Enzo e Dino Ferrari	Dino Morelli	Fabrizio Gollin	Dino Morelli	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 MNZ PER DON MIS MIS IMO Pts 1 Giorgio Vinella 4 2 1 Ret 5 1 9 31 2 Werner Lupberger 6 3 6 1 3 2 6 27 3 Marco Apicella 1 Ret Ret 8 1 11 Ret 20 4 Thomas Biagi 2 3 2 14 5 Marcelo Battistuzzi 1 11 4 11 14 13 13 6 Dino Morelli 4 1 13 7 Gabriele Lancieri 9 9 3 3 10 5 4 13 8 Mark Shaw 7 4 2 Ret 12 16 NC 9 9 Paolo Montin 2 Ret 8 Ret 4 13 10 9 10 Alex Yoong 5 2 9 15 Ret 8 11 Polo Villaamil 3 9 Ret Ret 4 12 Ananda Mikola 5 8 DSQ DNS 6 6 Ret 4 13 Paolo Ruberti 3 4 14 Oliver Martini 4 7 3 15 Cesare Manfredini 13 5 10 2 16 Giandomenico Brusatin 12 7 7 5 Ret 12 Ret 2 17 Kristian Kolby 5 2 18 Riccardo Moscatelli 10 6 Ret Ret 1 19 Viktor Maslov 6 8 1 - Fabrizio Gollin 7 7 0 - Jarosław Wierczuk 13 Ret Ret 7 13 9 12 0 - Nicolás Filiberti Ret Ret 8 8 NC 0 - Darren Turner 8 0 - Rafael Sarandeses 9 0 - Nikolaus Stremmenos 15 10 11 0 - Jean de Pourtales Ret 14 0 - Walter Thimmler Ret 0 Pos Driver VLL MNZ PER DON MIS MIS IMO 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