2000 British Formula Three Championship Explained

The 2000 British Formula Three season was the 50th British Formula Three Championship season. It commenced on 26 March at Thruxton, and ended on 8 October at Silverstone after fourteenth races.

Brazilian driver Antônio Pizzonia won the title after winning five races and achieved a total of eleven podiums during the season. These results allowed Pizzonia to finish 39 points ahead of Stewart Racing's Tomas Scheckter, who beat Carlin Motorsport's driver Takuma Sato by 32 points.^[1]

Drivers and teams

The following teams and drivers were competitors in the 2000 season. The Scholarship class was for older Formula Three cars, and all cars competed on Avon tyres.

Team	No	Driver	Chassis	Engine	Rounds
Championship Class
Manor Motorsport	1	Antônio Pizzonia	nowrap	Dallara F399	Mugen-Honda	All
	2	nowrap	Juan Manuel López	Dallara F399	Mugen-Honda	1–9
		Westley Barber	Dallara F399	Mugen-Honda	11–14
Stewart Racing	3	Narain Karthikeyan	Dallara F399	Mugen-Honda	All
	4	Tomas Scheckter	Dallara F399	Mugen-Honda	All
Promatecme UK	5	Matthew Davies	Dallara F399	Renault Sodemo	All
	6	Andy Priaulx	Dallara F399	Renault Sodemo	All
Fortec Motorsport	7	Michael Bentwood	Dallara F399	Mugen-Honda	All
	8	Gianmaria Bruni	Dallara F399	Mugen-Honda	All
Carlin Motorsport	9	Takuma Sato	Dallara F300	Mugen-Honda	All
	10	Ben Collins	Dallara F399	Mugen-Honda	All
	20	Rob Austin	Dallara F300	Mugen-Honda	13
RC Motorsport	11	Miloš Pavlović	Dallara F300	Spiess-Opel	All
	12	Nicolas Kiesa	Dallara F300	Spiess-Opel	All
Alan Docking Racing	15	Westley Barber	Dallara F300	Mugen-Honda	1–9
		Marcos Ambrose	Dallara F300	Mugen-Honda	10–14
	16	Tor Sriachavanon	Dallara F399	Mugen-Honda	All
Rowan Racing	17	Martin O'Connell	Dallara F300	Mugen-Honda	All
	18	Warren Carway	Dallara F399	Mugen-Honda	All
Team Avanti	22	Andrew Kirkaldy	Dallara F300	Spiess-Opel	4–14
Invitation Entries
JB Motorsport	31	Val Hillebrand	Dallara F300	Spiess-Opel	13
	32	Nicolas Stelandre	Dallara F300	Spiess-Opel	13
ASM Elf	33	Tiago Monteiro	Dallara F300	Renault Sodemo	13
	34	Tristan Gommendy	Dallara F300	Renault Sodemo	13
Scholarship Class
Rowan Racing	51	Christian Colombo	Dallara F398	Mugen-Honda	All
Hopkins Motorsport	52	Philip Hopkins	Dallara F398	Spiess-Opel	1–10, 14
		Enzo Buscaglia	Dallara F398	Spiess-Opel	11–13
Team Parker F3	53	Julian Westwood	Dallara F398	Mugen-Honda	13–14
ME Motorsport	54	Craig Fleming	Dallara F398	Mugen-Honda	1–10
		Rob Austin	Dallara F398	Mugen-Honda	12
		Matthew Gilmore	Dallara F398	Mugen-Honda	14
Team Meritus	55	Atsushi Katsumata	Dallara F398	TOM'S Toyota	All
	56	Marcel Romanio	Dallara F398	TOM'S Toyota	2–6
		Enzo Buscaglia	Dallara F398	TOM'S Toyota	10
nowrap	Fred Goddard Racing	61	Gary Paffett	Dallara F398	Renault Sodemo	All
Diamond Racing	66	Ryan Walker	Dallara F398	Mugen-Honda	All
	77	Mark Mayall	Dallara F398	Mugen-Honda	All

Results

Round	nowrap	Circuit	nowrap	Date	nowrap	Pole Position	nowrap	Fastest Lap	nowrap	Winning Driver	nowrap	Winning Team	nowrap	Schorlaship Class Winner
1	Thruxton Circuit	26 March	nowrap	Tomas Scheckter	nowrap	Tomas Scheckter	nowrap	Antônio Pizzonia	nowrap	Manor Motorsport	Gary Paffett
2	Croft Circuit	9 April	Nicolas Kiesa	Tomas Scheckter	Antônio Pizzonia	Manor Motorsport	Gary Paffett
3	Oulton Park	30 April	Antônio Pizzonia	Antônio Pizzonia	nowrap	Tomas Scheckter	Stewart Racing	Gary Paffett
4	Donington Park	7 May	Takuma Sato	Antônio Pizzonia	Ben Collins	Carlin Motorsport	Gary Paffett
5			Tomas Scheckter	Antônio Pizzonia	Tomas Scheckter	Stewart Racing	Gary Paffett
6	Silverstone International	21 May	Takuma Sato	Antônio Pizzonia	Takuma Sato	Carlin Motorsport	Gary Paffett
7	Brands Hatch Indy	4 June	Ben Collins	Antônio Pizzonia	Antônio Pizzonia	Manor Motorsport	Gary Paffett
8	Donington Park GP	2 July	Antônio Pizzonia	Gianmaria Bruni	Antônio Pizzonia	Manor Motorsport	Gary Paffett
9			Nicolas Kiesa	Nicolas Kiesa	Nicolas Kiesa	RC Motorsport	Gary Paffett
10	Croft Circuit	30 July	Takuma Sato	Takuma Sato	Takuma Sato	Carlin Motorsport	Gary Paffett
11	Silverstone GP	20 August	Takuma Sato	Takuma Sato	Takuma Sato	Carlin Motorsport	Gary Paffett
12	nowrap	Snetterton Motor Racing Circuit	3 September	Antônio Pizzonia	Tomas Scheckter	Antônio Pizzonia	Manor Motorsport	Atsushi Katsumata
13	nowrap	Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps	nowrap	24 September	Takuma Sato	Takuma Sato	Tiago Monteiro	ASM Elf	Atsushi Katsumata
14	Silverstone GP	8 October	Andy Priaulx	Takuma Sato	Takuma Sato	Carlin Motorsport	Gary Paffett

Standings

Pos Driver THR CRO OUL DON SIL BRH DON CRO SIL SNE SPA SIL Pts 1 Antônio Pizzonia 1 1 2 11 2 2 1 1 3 Ret 2 1 2 9 200 2 Tomas Scheckter 2 2 1 Ret 1 4 4 23 6 2 4 2 5 3 161 3 Takuma Sato Ret 5 Ret Ret 9 1 2 3 9 1 1 6 21 1 129 4 Narain Karthikeyan 3 Ret 5 2 8 6 3 4 10 10 5 5 3 Ret 100 5 Gianmaria Bruni 7 4 6 7 Ret 5 8 2 4 19 3 Ret 4 5 95 6 Nicolas Kiesa 8 Ret Ret 5 7 3 12 6 1 3 10 Ret 6 11 77 7 Michael Bentwood Ret 3 7 3 5 Ret 5 7 7 9 11 4 16 7 69 8 Ben Collins Ret 8 21 1 15 8 Ret 8 Ret 4 6 3 Ret 4 67 9 Andy Priaulx 5 9 3 9 3 Ret Ret 9 8 21 12 8 8 2 64 10 Matthew Davies 4 Ret 4 Ret 4 DNS 9 11 19 11 7 7 7 Ret 47 11 Miloš Pavlović 6 6 9 Ret 11 DNS 6 5 5 7 Ret Ret 15 Ret 41 12 Martin O'Connell Ret Ret 8 6 6 9 7 10 12 12 8 11 10 8 32 13 Andrew Kirkaldy 8 14 Ret Ret 13 2 6 13 Ret 9 Ret 28 14 Westley Barber 10 7 12 10 12 19 11 18 10 11 6 17 15 Marcos Ambrose 5 9 9 Ret 10 13 16 align=left nowrap Juan Manuel López 12 10 10 Ret 13 7 Ret 14 Ret 6 17 Tor Sriachavanon 11 18 14 Ret Ret 15 13 16 14 Ret 15 15 Ret 14 2 18 Warren Carway 13 Ret 17 12 17 18 14 15 13 14 Ret 12 13 13 0 Rob Austin Ret 0 Guest drivers ineligible for points Tiago Monteiro 1 0 Tristan Gommendy 12 0 Val Hillebrand Ret 0 Nicolas Stelandre Ret 0 Scholarship Class 1 Gary Paffett 9 11 11 4 10 10 10 12 11 8 14 14 Ret 12 268 2 Christian Colombo 14 Ret 19 DNQ 16 12 18 17 15 13 Ret 16 Ret 15 128 3 Ryan Walker Ret 15 15 15 20 14 16 18 17 15 Ret 17 19 17 122 4 Atsushi Katsumata 15 12 Ret Ret 23 11 Ret 21 Ret 16 Ret 13 14 19 108 5 Mark Mayall Ret 17 16 Ret 22 16 17 22 20 Ret 16 18 17 Ret 88 6 Philip Hopkins 16 14 20 14 21 17 DNS 19 18 17 20 76 7 Craig Fleming Ret 13 18 16 19 DNS 15 20 16 Ret 73 8 Marcel Romanio 16 13 13 18 13 58 9 Peter Nilsson 17 19 Ret 16 30 10 Enzo Buscaglia 20 19 DNS 20 22 11 Julian Westwood 18 18 20 12 Matthew Gilmore 21 3 Rob Austin Ret 0 Pos Driver THR CRO OUL DON SIL BRH DON CRO SIL SNE SPA SIL Pts

External links

• http://www.driverdb.com/standings/16-2000/stats/
• The official website of the British Formula 3 Championship

Notes and References

1. Web site: Green Flag British F3 Championship 2000. Driver Database. 28 July 2012.