2002 Formula Renault 2000 Italia Explained

The 2002 Formula Renault 2000 Italia season was the third season of the Formula Renault 2000 Italia championship. It was won by José María López driving for Cram Competition. He and main rival Robert Kubica of RC Motorsport, both took four wins each.

Drivers and Teams

2002 Entry List^[1]
Team		Driver name	Rounds
nowrap rowspan=2	Prema Powerteam	1	nowrap	Franck Perera	All
2	nowrap	Alexander Storckenfeldt	All
nowrap rowspan=4	Birel Formula	3	nowrap	Angelo Marchesini	All
4	nowrap	Alessandro Pier Guidi	All
5	nowrap	Emanuele Priull	1-3
51	nowrap	Arcangelo Priulla	5, 7
nowrap	M&C Motosport	6	nowrap	Mario Esposito	1, 4-6, 8-10
nowrap rowspan=3	RP Motorsport	7	nowrap	Toni Vilander	2-10
8	nowrap	Marco Bonanomi	All
9	nowrap	Giovanni Berton	1, 6, 8
nowrap rowspan=8	Cram Competition	11	nowrap	Michele Rugolo	1
12	nowrap	Michele Bartyan	All
18	nowrap	Damien Pasini	6, 8
19	nowrap	Roberto Streit	1-9
36	nowrap	Matteo Cressoni	4-7
37	nowrap	José María López	All
58	nowrap	Alessio Farnese	2-3
77	nowrap	Lourenço Beirão da Veiga	9
nowrap rowspan=4	BVM Minardi Jnr.	14	nowrap	Juan Martin Ponte	All
15	nowrap	Matteo Malucelli	1-6
16	nowrap	Stamatis Katsimis	All
73	nowrap	Mauro Contu	9
nowrap rowspan=4	Drumel Motorsport	21	nowrap	Christian Montanari	All
22	nowrap	Davide Di Benedetto	All
23	nowrap	Matteo Meneghello	All
24	nowrap	Andrea Scafuro	All
nowrap	AFC Motorsport	25	nowrap	Nicola Gianniberti	1-3, 5-6, 8-10
nowrap rowspan=4	RC Motorsport	26	nowrap	Carlos Pereira	All
27	nowrap	Robert Kubica	All
35	nowrap	Fernando Rees	2-9
74	nowrap	Paulo Bueno	1
nowrap	Renauer Motorsport	28	nowrap	Hannes Gsell	1
nowrap rowspan=6	Facondini Racing	31	nowrap	Giancarlo Serenelli	1
32	nowrap	Matteo Pellegrino	1-6, 8
55	nowrap	Nicky Pastorelli	2-4
56	nowrap	Rodrigo Bernardes	4
78	nowrap	Andrea Garutti	9
79	nowrap	Olivier Tielemans	9
nowrap rowspan=6	Scuderia Veregra	33	nowrap	Alexio Lattanzi	All
34	nowrap	Colin Brown	All
47	nowrap	Vanderlan de Souza Jr.	1
49	nowrap	Angelo Calisti	5
57	nowrap	Sauro Cesetti	6, 8
76	nowrap	Daniele Cardinali	9
nowrap rowspan=3	Bicar Racing	35	nowrap	Fernando Rees	1
36	nowrap	Matteo Cressoni	1-3
59	nowrap	Andrea Viola	6
nowrap rowspan=2	Vomero Racing Sport Promotion	38	nowrap	Antonio Lubrano	1-6, 8-10
71	nowrap	Giacomo Vargiu	6-7
nowrap rowspan=2	Toby Racing	39	nowrap	Stefano Gattuso	All
48	nowrap	Luigi Ferrara	2-9
nowrap rowspan=2	Durango	41	nowrap	Stephen Simpson	1, 4, 6
42	nowrap	Ferdinando Monfardini	1, 4, 6
nowrap rowspan=3	Euronova Junior Team	43	nowrap	James Kirkpatrick	1-8
44	nowrap	Alessandro Tonoli	All
99	nowrap	Roberto Toninelli	9-10
nowrap rowspan=3	ADM Junior Team	45	nowrap	Mike den Tandt	1, 4, 6, 8
46	nowrap	Grégory Franchi	1, 4, 6, 8-9
75	nowrap	André Prioste	9-10
nowrap	Alan Racing Team	52	nowrap	Mauro Massironi	All
nowrap rowspan=2	Jenzer Motorsport	53	nowrap	Giorgio Mondini	4
54	nowrap	Neel Jani	4
nowrap	System Team	72	nowrap	Matteo Umiker	7

Calendar

Round	Circuit	Date	Pole Position	Fastest Lap	Winning driver	Winning team
1	nowrap	ACI Vallelunga Circuit	nowrap	April 7	nowrap	Robert Kubica	nowrap	Robert Kubica	nowrap	Robert Kubica	nowrap	RC Motorsport
2	nowrap rowspan=2	Autodromo di Pergusa	nowrap	May 25	nowrap	Robert Kubica	nowrap	Robert Kubica	nowrap	Robert Kubica	nowrap	RC Motorsport
3	nowrap	May 26	nowrap	Luigi Ferrara	nowrap	Robert Kubica	nowrap	Luigi Ferrara	nowrap	Toby Racing
4	nowrap	Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps	nowrap	June 9	nowrap	José María López	nowrap	José María López	nowrap	Robert Kubica	nowrap	RC Motorsport
5	nowrap	Autodromo dell'Umbria	nowrap	June 16	nowrap	José María López	nowrap	Roberto Streit	nowrap	Roberto Streit	nowrap	Cram Competition
6	nowrap	Autodromo Nazionale Monza	nowrap	July 7	nowrap	José María López	nowrap	José María López	nowrap	José María López	nowrap	Cram Competition
7	nowrap	Autodromo Riccardo Paletti	nowrap	July 21	nowrap	José María López	nowrap	José María López	nowrap	José María López	nowrap	Cram Competition
8	nowrap	Autodromo Enzo e Dino Ferrari	nowrap	September 1	nowrap	Davide Di Benedetto	nowrap	Robert Kubica	nowrap	Robert Kubica	nowrap	RC Motorsport
9	nowrap	Misano World Circuit	nowrap	September 29	nowrap	José María López	nowrap	José María López	nowrap	José María López	nowrap	Cram Competition
10	nowrap	Mugello Circuit	nowrap	October 6	nowrap	Robert Kubica	nowrap	Robert Kubica	nowrap	José María López	nowrap	Cram Competition

Championship standings

Points are awarded to the drivers as follows:

Drivers

Pos	Driver	VLL	PER		SPA	MAG	MNZ	VAR	IMO	MIS	MUG	Points
	width=25	1	width=25	2	width=25	3	width=25	4	width=25	5	width=25		6	width=25	7	width=25	8	width=25	9	width=25	10
1	align=left nowrap	José María López	13	Ret	2	3	3	1	1	5	1	1	205
2	align=left nowrap	Robert Kubica	1	1	6	1	6	3	Ret	1	25	3	188
3	align=left nowrap	Davide Di Benedetto	12	4	3	5	4	2	5	2	6	4	152
4	align=left nowrap	Roberto Streit	2	12	9	28	1	7	4	9	3		108
5	align=left nowrap	Toni Vilander		9	10	11	2	4	7	10	4	2	96
6	align=left nowrap	Christian Montanari	6	23	8	24	5	Ret	3	Ret	2	6	82
7	align=left nowrap	Carlos Pereira	3	3	Ret	8	Ret	13	6	4	29	8	78
8	align=left nowrap	Franck Perera	14	7	22	WD	Ret	Ret	2	3	5	5	76
9	align=left nowrap	Luigi Ferrara		2	1	13	Ret	DNQ	Ret	11	12	14	55
10	align=left nowrap	Mike den Tandt	4			2		Ret		7			48
11	align=left nowrap	Matteo Meneghello	28	5	5	12	Ret	8	20	13	9	7	42
12	align=left nowrap	Alexander Storckenfeldt	7	Ret	Ret	16	7	10	Ret	12	7	9	30
13	align=left nowrap	Andrea Scafuro	10	26	7	7	16	Ret	Ret	8	31	Ret	24
14	align=left nowrap	Nicola Gianniberti	Ret	17	4		8	Ret		30	26	21	22
15	align=left nowrap	Marco Bonanomi	30	18	26	Ret	11	5	13	6	14	20	22
16	align=left nowrap	Juan Martin Ponte	29	8	Ret	Ret	Ret	9	8	14	27	12	17
17	align=left nowrap	Neel Jani				4							16
18	align=left nowrap	Alessandro Pier Guidi	9	Ret	27	15	14	6	12	16	Ret	16	14
19	align=left nowrap	Matteo Malucelli	5	Ret	14	20	Ret	DNQ					12
20	align=left nowrap	Matteo Cressoni	19	6	20	Ret	Ret	11	11	Ret	30	10	12
21	align=left nowrap	Nicky Pastorelli		10	Ret	6							12
22	align=left nowrap	Matteo Pellegrino	26	25	11	9	9	Ret		19			8
23	align=left nowrap	Roberto Toninelli									8	11	6
24	align=left nowrap	Stephen Simpson	8			14		16					6
25	align=left nowrap	Alexio Lattanzi	20	Ret	Ret	Ret	DNQ	22	9	25	22	Ret	4
26	align=left nowrap	Colin Brown	16	19	24	Ret	10	Ret	16	Ret	10	22	4
27	align=left nowrap	Michele Bartyan	DNQ	24	13	21	12	18	10	26	11	15	2
28	align=left nowrap	Ferdinando Monfardini	27			10		Ret					2
29	align=left nowrap	Alessandro Tonoli	15	11	15	22	DNQ	14	17	Ret	Ret	Ret	0
30	align=left nowrap	Michele Rugolo	11										0
31	align=left nowrap	Fernando Rees	18	Ret	12	23	13	DNQ	14	29	23		0
32	align=left nowrap	Mauro Massironi	25	13	17	19	15	12	Ret	20	18	Ret	0
33	align=left nowrap	Stamatis Katsimis	Ret	20	16	17	Ret	15	15	28	24	13	0
34	align=left nowrap	Grégory Franchi	DNQ			27		DNQ		18	13		0
35	align=left nowrap	Alessio Farnese		14	19								0
36	align=left nowrap	Antonio Lubrano	DNQ	16	Ret	Ret	DNQ	DNQ		22	15	19	0
37	align=left nowrap	Damien Pasini						20		15			0
38	align=left nowrap	Angelo Marchesini	DNQ	15	23	26	DNQ	DNQ	DNQ	27	21	Ret	0
39	align=left nowrap	André Prioste									16	17	0
40	align=left nowrap	Giovanni Berton	17					Ret		17			0
41	align=left nowrap	Giacomo Vargiu						17	DNQ				0
42	align=left nowrap	Mauro Contu									17		0
43	align=left nowrap	Stefano Gattuso	DNQ	22	25	Ret	DNQ	DNQ	18	24	28	18	0
44	align=left nowrap	Emanuele Priulla	DNQ	Ret	18								0
45	align=left nowrap	Rodrigo Bernardes				18							0
46	align=left nowrap	Arcangelo Priulla					DNQ		19				0
47	align=left nowrap	Andrea Viola						19					0
48	align=left nowrap	Andrea Garutti									19		0
49	align=left nowrap	Daniele Cardinali									20		0
50	align=left nowrap	James Kirkpatrick	24	21	21	25	DNQ	21	Ret	23			0
51	align=left nowrap	Sauro Cesetti						DNQ		21			0
52	align=left nowrap	Paulo Bueno	21										0
53	align=left nowrap	Hannes Gsell	22										0
54	align=left nowrap	Vanderlan de Souza Jr.	23										0
55	align=left nowrap	Giorgio Mondini				29							0
56	align=left nowrap	Mario Esposito	DNQ			Ret	DNQ	DNQ		31	Ret	Ret	0
57	align=left nowrap	Olivier Tielemans									32		0
	align=left nowrap	Lourenço Beirão da Veiga									Ret
	align=left nowrap	Giancarlo Serenelli	DNQ
	align=left nowrap	Angelo Calisti					DNQ
	align=left nowrap	Matteo Umiker							DNQ

External links

• http://forix.autosport.com/cp.php?l=0&d=44&r=442002&c=0&x=8&s=0&b=0

Notes and References

1. Web site: 2002 season. Autosport. 20 March 2024.