1994 International Formula 3000 Championship Explained

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		Driver	Rounds
DAMS	Reynard 94D	Ford Cosworth AC	1	Jean-Christophe Boullion	All
DAMS	Reynard 94D	Ford Cosworth AC	2	Guillaume Gomez	All
Paul Stewart Racing	Reynard 94D	Zytek Judd KV	5	Gil de Ferran	All
Paul Stewart Racing	Reynard 94D	Zytek Judd KV	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
Forti Corse	Reynard 94D	Ford Cosworth AC	10	Hideki Noda	All
Mythos Racing	Reynard 94D	Zytek Judd KV	11	Fabrizio De Simone	All
Mythos Racing	Reynard 94D	Zytek Judd KV	12	Massimiliano Papis	All
Apomatox	Reynard 94D	Ford Cosworth AC	14	Emmanuel Clérico	All
Apomatox	Reynard 94D	Ford Cosworth AC	15	Franck Lagorce	All
Vortex Motorsport	Reynard 94D	Ford Cosworth AC	16	Paolo Delle Piane	1-3
			16	James Taylor	4-8
			17	Tarso Marques	All
			25	David Coulthard	1
			25	Allan McNish	2
Omegaland	Lola T94/50	Zytek Judd KV	18	Oliver Gavin	1-4
	Lola T94/50		18	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
Danielson	Reynard 94D	Ford Cosworth DFV	25	Jérôme Policand	All
Madgwick International	Reynard 94D	Zytek Judd KV	26	Mikke Van Hool	All
Madgwick International	Reynard 94D	Zytek Judd KV	27	Kenny Bräck	All
Durango Equipe	Reynard 93D	Ford Cosworth AC	30	Severino Nardozzi	All
Durango Equipe	Reynard 93D	Ford Cosworth AC	31	Christian Pescatori	All
Super Nova Racing	Reynard 94D	Ford Cosworth AC	32	Vincenzo Sospiri	All
Super Nova Racing	Reynard 94D	Ford Cosworth AC	33	Taki Inoue	All
Racing Wim Eyckmans	Reynard 93D	Ford Cosworth AC	35	Wim Eyckmans	1, 3
Racing Wim Eyckmans	Reynard 94D	Ford Cosworth AC	35	Wim Eyckmans	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	Laps	Distance	Time	Speed	Pole Position	Fastest Lap	Winner
1	nowrap	nowrap	2 May	38	5.226=198.588 km	1'01:56.79	192.33 km/h	nowrap	Franck Lagorce	nowrap	Franck Lagorce	nowrap	Franck Lagorce
2	nowrap	nowrap	23 May	71	2.76=195.96 km	1'25:39.269	137.267 km/h	nowrap		nowrap	Vincenzo Sospiri	nowrap
3	nowrap	nowrap	28 May	41	4.747=194.627 km	1'05:41.000	177.768 km/h	nowrap	Massimiliano Papis	nowrap	Jean-Christophe Boullion	nowrap	Massimiliano Papis
4	nowrap	nowrap	17 July	40	4.95=198.00 km	0'51:41.731	205.908 km/h	nowrap	Franck Lagorce	nowrap	Christian Pescatori	nowrap
5	nowrap	nowrap	30 July	29	6.815=197.635 km	0'58:07.686	204.238 km/h	nowrap	Guillaume Gomez	nowrap	Franck Lagorce	nowrap	Franck Lagorce
6	nowrap	nowrap	27 August	27	7.001=189.027 km	1'11:34.525	156.456 km/h	nowrap	Franck Lagorce	nowrap	Tarso Marques	nowrap
7	nowrap	nowrap	25 September	44	4.36=191.84 km	1'08:11.419	168.798 km/h	nowrap		nowrap		nowrap	Jean-Christophe Boullion
8	nowrap	nowrap	2 October	48	4.25=204.000 km	1'10:41.298	173.154 km/h	nowrap	Franck Lagorce	nowrap	Franck Lagorce	nowrap	Jean-Christophe Boullion
Source:^[5]

Drivers' Championship

Pos	Driver	SIL	PAU	CAT	PER	HOC	SPA	EST	MAG	Points
1		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]

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

= grid position

second column of every race

= 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					5	8	5	4	2	R	13	14	4	2	2	1	3	1	2	1
2					1	1	3	5	16	5	1	2	3	1	1	13	6	8	1	2
3					2	3	1	1	18	R	2	1	2	3	7	5	2	R	11	R
4					8	4	2	2	6	3	4	R	20	4	10	R	8	2	16	5
5					10	6	4	3	15	7	16	9	7	11	8	2	15	5	12	7
6					11	7	6	R	1	1	11	4	8	R	12	11	18	13	8	6
7					16	11	10	6	20	8	14	10	1	R	11	4	4	3	6	3
8					9	16	17	10	3	2	7	R	12	14	3	6	5	R	7	R
9					3	2	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
					4	5	16	R	5	R	6	3	5	R	19	7	11	R16	15	11
11					17	12	(21)	NS	14	11	15	11	17	9	5	3	7	6	10	10
12					13	9	9	9	9	4	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
					15	R	20	R	11	6	9P	7	14	5	13	R	19	R	19	R
					6	R	11	R	7	10	5	R	13	R	4	9	10	4	21	R
					19	13	15	R	12	NS	12	12	16	10	16	8	14	12	5	4
16					18	14	12	8	10	R	10	5	10	7	18	12	16	17	14	R
17					23	NC	13	7	13	9	8	6	15	8	14	10	13	R	13	9
					20	R	-	-	21	R	-	-	9	6	9	17	12	R	4	R
-					7	R	8	R	4	R	3	R	6	15	6	R	1	7	3	R
-					12	R	18	NS	17	R
-										17P	8	18	R	20	R	22	R	9	8
-					21	15	21	R	19	13	19	13	21	12	15	14	17	9	20	R
-					22	R	14	R	-	-	21	R	11	R	17	R
-																9	10	17	12
-					14	10	24	NQ	8	R	18	R
-												19	NS	-	-	-	-	-	-
-	Mikke Van Hool				(24)	NS	22	R	23	12	20	R	22	13	21	R	21	11	18	R
-					-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	22	15	24	14	22	13
-					-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	25	R	23	14
-					-	-	-	-	-	-	22	15	23	R	23	R	23	15	25	R
-					25	17	25	NQ	24	R	24	NQ	24	16	24	16	26	R	24	15
-					-	-	19	R	22	R	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
-					24	R	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
-					-	-	7	R	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
-					-	-	-	-	-	-	23	R	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
-					-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	20	R	-	-

Notes and References

Starkey, John. Lola - All The Sports Racing & Single-seater Racing Cars from 1978-1997, pp. 151.
L'annee Formule 3000 1992. Drapeau a Damier.
Web site: FIA Formula 3000 Int. Championship - 1994: Entrylist. Speedsport Magazine. 30 December 2023.
Web site: F3000 International Championship Entry List 1994. Motorsport Stats. 30 December 2023.
Web site: F3000 International Championship Results 1994. Motorsport Stats. 30 December 2023.
Web site: F3000 International Championship Standings 1994. Motorsport Stats. 30 December 2023.
Web site: FIA Formula 3000 Int. Championship - Season 1994: Results. Speedsport Magazine. 30 December 2023.
Web site: 1994 FIA International F3000 Championship. Motor Sport. 30 December 2023.