2002 Italian Formula Three Championship Explained

The 2002 Italian Formula Three Championship was the 38th Italian Formula Three Championship season. It began on 7 April at Vallelunga and ended on 20 October at Magione after nine races.^[1]

Miloš Pavlović of Target Racing won races at Vallelunga, Misano, Varano, Binetto, Mugello and had another three podiums and ultimately clinched the title. He finished 27 points clear of Azeta Racing driver Philip Cloostermans, who won races at Pergusa and Monza. Third place went to Pavlović's teammate Christiano Citron, who won the season-ending race at Magione.

Teams and drivers

Entry List^[2]
Team	No	Driver	Chassis	Engine	Rounds
Campionato Nazionale
Passoli Racing	2	Fausto Ippoliti	F399	Fiat	1–3, 5–9
	3	Leonardo Orecchioni	F399		1–3
	20	Ivan Bellarosa	F302		4
	21	Davide Uboldi	F302		4, 9
Stardrive Motorsport	4	Nassim Sidi Said	F399	Spiess-Opel	1–5
Target Racing	5	Miloš Pavlović	F302	Spiess-Opel	All
	6	Christiano Citron	F302		All
Brigliadori	7	Imeiro Brigliadori	F399	Spiess-Opel	1–6, 8–9
Style Car Racing	8	Gianpiero Negrotti	F399	Fiat	1–6, 8–9
El Kobra	9	Andrea Tiso	F302	Fiat	1, 4
W.R.C.	10	Franco Ghiotto	F302	Spiess-Opel	1–2, 4–6, 8–9
	11	Sergio Ghiotto	F302		1
	18	Giampaolo Ermolli	F302		2–7
Stentella	12	Enzo Stentella	F399	Spiess-Opel	1–2
Azeta Racing	14	Stefano Mocellini	F399	Spiess-Opel	1–6
	15	Philip Cloostermans	F399		1–8
	19	Alessandro Vitacolonna	F399		4–8
Petroncini	20	Roberto Petroncini	F399	Spiess-Opel	All
Scuderia Famà	22	Nino Famà	F399	Spiess-Opel	5
Bertram Schäfer Racing	23	Vitantonio Liuzzi	F302	Spiess-Opel	5
	24	Rizal Ramli	F302		5
	25	Bernhard Auinger	F302		5
Nemarnik	26	Tom Nemarnik	F399	Fiat	5
Team Ghinzani	27	Robert Doornbos	F302	Mugen-Honda	5
	28	Raffaele Giammaria	F302		5, 9
	38	Andreas Zuber	F302		9
Prema Powerteam	29	César Campaniço	F302	Spiess-Opel	5
	30	Ryan Briscoe	F302		5
	31	Kosuke Matsuura	F302		5
Dracone	32	Francesco Dracone	F302	Spiess-Opel	5
Gioga	33	Giovanni Gaetani	F399	Fiat	5
Team Kolles	35	Ross Zwolsman	F302	Mugen-Honda	5
	36	Sakon Yamamoto	F302		5
Boga	37	Bonifacio Gaetani	F399	Spiess-Opel	8–9
Trofeo Nazionale CSAI
Passoli Racing	51	Carmine Tancredi	F397	Fiat	All
	64	Dino Lusuardi	F393		5–9
Scuderia Famà	52	Nino Famà	F393	Spiess-Opel	1–2
	63	Salvatore Cardullo	F393		4
Alberti	53	Silvio Alberti	F397	Fiat	2, 4–6
Gozzo	54	Emanuele Gozzo	F395	Spiess-Opel	2, 4–5
Style Car Racing	55	Giovanni Rambelli	F393	Fiat	1–6, 8–9
Bounomo	56	Robert Bounomo	F397	Fiat	All
System Team	57	Alberto Morelli	F393	Fiat	4–5, 9
Faraonio	58	Giovanni Faraonio	F393	Fiat	1–2
Bicciato	59	Renato Bicciato	F397	Fiat	2–8
Gioga	61	Giovanni Gaetani	F393	Fiat	4
Bendinelli	65	Carlo Bendinelli	F393	Spiess-Opel	9
Ribaudo	66	Giorgio Ribaudo	F393	Fiat	5
Bellarosa	67	Ivan Bellarosa	F397	Fiat	9

Notes:

Calendar

All rounds were held in Italy.

Round	Circuit	Date	Pole Position	Winning driver	Winning team	Trophy winner
1	nowrap	Vallelunga Circuit, Campagnano di Roma	7 April	Miloš Pavlović	Miloš Pavlović	Target Racing	Nino Famà
2	Misano World Circuit	28 April	Miloš Pavlović	Miloš Pavlović	Target Racing	nowrap	Giovanni Faraonio
3	Autodromo di Pergusa, Enna	19 May	Miloš Pavlović	Philip Cloostermans	Azeta Racing	Carmine Tancredi
4	Monza Circuit, Monza	30 June	nowrap	Philip Cloostermans	nowrap	Philip Cloostermans	Azeta Racing	Carmine Tancredi
5	Autodromo Riccardo Paletti, Varano	21 July	Miloš Pavlović	Miloš Pavlović	Target Racing	Carmine Tancredi
6	Imola Circuit, Imola	1 September	nowrap	Vitantonio Liuzzi	nowrap	Vitantonio Liuzzi	nowrap	Bertram Schäfer Racing	Silvio Alberti
7	Autodromo del Levante, Binetto	nowrap	8 September	Christiano Citron	Miloš Pavlović	Target Racing	Carmine Tancredi
8	Mugello Circuit, Scarperia	6 October	Miloš Pavlović	Miloš Pavlović	Target Racing	Dino Lusuardi
9	Autodromo dell'Umbria, Magione	20 October	Andreas Zuber	Christiano Citron	Target Racing	Alberto Morelli

Standings

• Points are awarded as follows:

Pos Driver VAL MIS PER MNZ VAR IMO BIN MUG MAG Pts 1 Miloš Pavlović 1 1 2 2 1 5 1 1 2 65 2 Philip Cloostermans Ret 2 1 1 2 6 3 4 38 3 Christiano Citron 2 5 3 5 Ret 8 7 5 1 25 4 Alessandro Vitacolonna Ret 4 5 3 3 25 2 2 25 5 Fausto Ippoliti 3 Ret 7 Ret 10 4 3 3 15 6 Roberto Petroncini 4 6 4 Ret Ret Ret 5 7 5 11 7 Stefano Mocellini 5 3 Ret 4 6 9 10 8 Vitantonio Liuzzi 1 9 9 Kosuke Matsuura 2 6 10 Giampaolo Ermolli Ret 6 Ret 4 11 6 5 11 Robert Doornbos 3 4 12 César Campaniço 4 3 13 Andreas Zuber 4 3 14 Nino Famà 5 2 15 Franco Ghiotto 6 7 8 7 14 6 11 2 16 Davide Uboldi 6 6 2 Imeiro Brigliadori Ret 8 8 7 Ret 15 8 7 0 Sergio Ghiotto 7 0 Ross Zwolsman 7 0 Nassim Sidi Said Ret 9 12 Ret 8 0 Andrea Tiso 8 12 0 Gianpiero Negrotti 11 12 Ret 11 13 22 9 Ret 0 Rizal Ramli 12 0 Bonifacio Gaetani 13 13 0 Sakon Yamamoto 13 0 Enzo Stentella 14 17 0 Francesco Dracone 17 0 Giovanni Gaetani 19 0 Raffaele Giammaria 23 Ret 0 Tom Nemarnik 24 0 Ivan Bellarosa Ret 0 Bernhard Auinger Ret 0 Ryan Briscoe Ret 0 Class Trofeo 1 Carmine Tancredi 12 16 9 9 9 Ret 8 Ret 12 44 2 Robert Bounomo 10 11 10 13 11 18 9 Ret 9 44 3 Renato Bicciato 14 11 10 12 21 10 12 27 4 Dino Lusuardi 10 20 DNS 10 15 20 5 Giovanni Rambelli Ret 13 Ret Ret 14 Ret 11 14 14 6 Giovanni Faraonio 13 10 12 7 Silvio Alberti Ret 15 15 16 12 8 Alberto Morelli DNS Ret 8 9 9 Nino Famà 9 DNS 9 10 Ivan Bellarosa 10 4 11 Giovanni Gaetani 14 3 12 Emanuele Gozzo 15 Ret DNS 2 Giorgio Ribaudo 16 0 Salvatore Cardullo Ret 0 Carlo Bendinelli Ret 0 Pos Driver VAL MIS PER MNZ VAR IMO BIN MUG MAG Pts

Bold – Pole Italics – Fastest Lap

External links

• Official website

Notes and References

1. Web site: Race Calendar: Italian Formula 3 Championship – Season 2002. Speedsport Magazine. 28 August 2012.
2. Web site: Entrylist: Italian Formula 3 Championship – Season 2002. Speedsport Magazine. 28 August 2012.