2003 Euro Formula 3000 Series Explained

The 2003 Euro Formula 3000 Series was scheduled over 10 rounds and contested over 9 rounds. 10 different teams, 26 different drivers competed. All teams raced with Lola T99/50 chassis with Zytek engines.

Driver and team lineup

Team		Driver	Rounds
Traini Corse	1	Matteo Grassotto	All
	2	Colin Brown	1-6
		Matteo Cressoni	7
		Nicolas Dalli	8
		nowrap	Leonardo Orecchioni	9
John Village Automotive	3	Peter Boss	All
4	Joel Nelson	All
GP Racing	5	Roman Rusinov	1-7
		Maxime Hodencq	8-9
	6	Fabrizio del Monte	All
Draco Junior Team	7	Sven Heidfeld	All
	8	Augusto Farfus	All
B & C Competition	11	Massimo Carli	2
	12	Paolo Biglieri	2
Euronova Racing	14	Norbert Siedler	9
	15	Vitaly Petrov	9
ADM Motorsport	16	Gianmaria Bruni	1-7
		Jaime Melo	8-9
	17	Rafael Sperafico	1-7
		Mauro Contu	9
Scuderia Famà	18		1-4
		Jean de Pourtales	5-9
	19	Nicky Pastorelli	All
Energy Racing	23	Miloš Pavlović	1-2
Uboldi Corse	34	Gabriele Lancieri	4
		Jaime Melo	5
		Giacomo Vargiu	9

Race calendar

The season was scheduled to start at Autódromo do Estoril on 27 April, but the round was cancelled by promoter.

Round	Circuit/Location	Date	Laps	Distance	Time	Speed
1	Nürburgring	4 May	30	5.148=154.44 km	0'56:20.557	164.465 km/h
2	nowrap	Circuit de Nevers Magny-Cours	11 May	35	4.25=148.75 km	0'52:45.207	169.183 km/h
3	Autodromo di Pergusa	25 May	31	4.950=153.45 km	0'48:37.392	189.354 km/h
4	Autodromo Nazionale Monza	29 June	25	5.770=144.25 km	0'42:45.086	202.449 km/h
5	Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps	20 July	19	6.968=132.392 km	?	? km/h
6	Donington Park	10 August	38	4.023=152.874 km	1'05:21.400	140.344 km/h
7	Masaryk Circuit, Brno	nowrap	21 September	27	5.403=145.881 km	0'51:04.514	? km/h
8	Circuito Permanente de Jerez	12 October	34	4.428=150.552 km	0'56:27.791	159.982 km/h
9	Circuito di Cagliari	2 November	60	2.414=144.84 km	1'09:14.803	125.499 km/h

Results

Round	Circuit	Pole Position	Fastest Lap	Winner	Winning Team
1	Nürburgring	Roman Rusinov	Augusto Farfus	Gianmaria Bruni	ADM Motorsport
2	nowrap	Circuit de Nevers Magny-Cours	Augusto Farfus	Gianmaria Bruni	Gianmaria Bruni	ADM Motorsport
3	Autodromo di Pergusa	Augusto Farfus	Augusto Farfus	Augusto Farfus	nowrap	Draco Junior Team
4	Autodromo Nazionale Monza	Augusto Farfus	nowrap	Fabrizio del Monte	Augusto Farfus	Draco Junior Team
5	Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps	Augusto Farfus	unknown	Augusto Farfus	Draco Junior Team
6	Donington Park	nowrap	Gianmaria Bruni	Sven Heidfeld	Gianmaria Bruni	ADM Motorsport
7	Masaryk Circuit, Brno	Augusto Farfus	nowrap	Fabrizio del Monte	nowrap	Fabrizio del Monte	GP Racing
8	Circuito Permanente de Jerez	Joel Nelson	Augusto Farfus	Augusto Farfus	Draco Junior Team
9	Circuito di Cagliari	Jaime Melo	Jaime Melo	Jaime Melo	ADM Motorsport

Championships standings

valign=middle Pos valign=middle Driver NÜR MAG PER MNZ SPA DON BRN JER CAG Pts 1 Augusto Farfus 2 3 1 1 1 3 Ret 1 2 60 2 Fabrizio del Monte Ret 9 6 3 3 4 1 2 4 31 3 Gianmaria Bruni 1 1 Ret Ret 9 1 Ret 30 4 Matteo Grassotto 3 2 4 2 Ret 10† 3 Ret 12† 23 5 Nicky Pastorelli 8 5 2 7 7 2 DNS 4 5 19 6 Jaime Melo 5 5 1 14 7 Peter Boss 5 10 3 4 4 Ret 8 Ret 8 12 8 Joel Nelson 10 Ret Ret Ret 2 7 2 7 Ret 12 9 Roman Rusinov 6 4 Ret Ret Ret 5 DNS 6 10 4 7 5 Ret 5 11 Colin Brown DNS 6 Ret 6 6 6 4 12 Sven Heidfeld Ret 8 7 Ret Ret 8 7 3 11† 4 13 Norbert Siedler 3 4 14 Matteo Cressoni 4 3 15 Gabriele Lancieri 5 2 16 Rafael Sperafico 9 12 Ret Ret Ret 9 5 2 17 Jean de Pourtales 8 Ret 6 Ret 6 1 18 Nicolas Dalli 6 1 - Milos Pavlovic 7 11 0 - Giacomo Vargiu 7 0 - Mauro Contu 9 0 - Vitaly Petrov 10 0 - Massimo Carli 13 0 - Maxime Hodencq Ret Ret 0 - align=left nowrap Leonardo Orecchioni Ret 0 - Paolo Biglieri DNQ 0 valign=middle Pos valign=middle Driver NÜR MAG PER MNZ SPA DON BRN JER CAG Pts

• † — Drivers did not finish the race, but were classified as they completed over 90% of the race distance.

See also

• 2003 International Formula 3000 season

External links

• Official Euroseries 3000 site