2003 Italian Formula Three Championship Explained

The 2003 Italian Formula Three Championship was the 39th Italian Formula Three Championship season. It began on 30 March at Misano and ended on 12 October at Vallelunga after nine races.^[1]

Fausto Ippoliti of Ombra Racing won race at Binetto, race at Magione and another two podiums and ultimately clinched the title. He finished three points clear of Coloni Motorsport driver Christian Montanari, who won race at Mugello and season-ending races at Monza and Vallelunga. Third place went to Lucidi Motors driver Gregory Franchi, who finished ahead of Imola winner Marco Bonanomi.

Teams and drivers

Entry List^[2]
Team	No	Driver	Chassis	Engine	Rounds
Target Racing	2	Fausto Ippoliti	Dallara F302	Spiess-Opel	All
	3	Omar Galeffi	Dallara F302	Spiess-Opel	All
Azeta Racing	4	Giorgio Sernagiotto	Dallara F302	Spiess-Opel	1–4
	5	Gianmaria Gabbiani	Dallara F399	Spiess-Opel	6, 8
W.R.C. / RP Motorsport	8	Giovanni Berton	Dallara F302	Spiess-Opel	1–5, 8
		Franco Ghiotto	Dallara F302	Spiess-Opel	6
	29	Matteo Cressoni	Dallara F302	Spiess-Opel	4–9
Passoli Racing	9	Giacomo Mettel	Dallara F302	Spiess-Opel	1–5, 7
	11	Leonardo Orecchioni	Dallara F302	Spiess-Opel	1–4
	31	Alessandro Bonetti	Dallara F302	Spiess-Opel	6–9
Corbetta Competizioni	12	Davide Mazzoleni	Dallara F302	Mugen-Honda	All
	14	Stefano Gattuso	Dallara F302	Mugen-Honda	All
Imola Racing	15	Giacomo Piccini	Dallara F302	Spiess-Opel	All
	16	Nicky Pastorelli	Dallara F302	Spiess-Opel	1–2
Style Car Racing	18	Imeiro Brigliadori	Dallara F302	Spiess-Opel	All
	19	Gianpiero Negrotti	Dallara F302	Spiess-Opel	All
Coloni Motorsport	21	Christian Montanari	Lola-Dome F106	Spiess-Opel	All
	22	Marco Bonanomi	Lola-Dome F106	Spiess-Opel	All
Lucidi Motors	23	Gregory Franchi	Dallara F302	Spiess-Opel	All
Savelli Racing	24	Andrea Tiso	Dallara F302	Spiess-Opel	1–4, 6–9
Team Ghinzani	25	Álvaro Parente	Dallara F302	Mugen-Honda	1, 9
	26	Robert Doornbos	Dallara F302	Mugen-Honda	1
	27	Philipp Baron	Dallara F302	Mugen-Honda	8–9
Dracone	28	Francesco Dracone	Dallara F302	Spiess-Opel	4, 7
RP Motorsport	32	Davide Valsecchi	Dallara F302	Spiess-Opel	9
	37	Toni Vilander	Dallara F302	Renault	6, 9
Drumel Motorsport	38	Philipp Baron	Dallara F302	Renault	4
JMP Racing	39	Jean Louis Bianchina	Dallara F302	Renault	8
Merelli	38	Alfredo Merelli	Dallara F395	Fiat	1, 3–4
Gozzo	38	Emanuele Gozzo	Dallara F395	Fiat	4

Calendar

All rounds were held in Italy.

Round	Circuit	Date	Pole Position	Fastest Lap	Winning driver	Winning team
1	Misano World Circuit	30 March	Álvaro Parente	Álvaro Parente	Álvaro Parente	Team Ghinzani
2	Autodromo del Levante, Binetto	13 April	Fausto Ippoliti	Gregory Franchi	Fausto Ippoliti	Target Racing
3	Autodromo dell'Umbria, Magione	27 April	Fausto Ippoliti	Fausto Ippoliti	Fausto Ippoliti	Target Racing
4	Imola Circuit, Imola	18 May	Omar Galeffi	Davide Mazzoleni	Marco Bonanomi	Coloni Motorsport
5	Autodromo di Pergusa, Enna	15 June	Omar Galeffi	Omar Galeffi	Omar Galeffi	Target Racing
6	Mugello Circuit, Scarperia	13 July	Toni Vilander	Christian Montanari	Christian Montanari	Coloni Motorsport
7	Autodromo Riccardo Paletti, Varano	7 September	Marco Bonanomi	Marco Bonanomi	Davide Mazzoleni	Corbetta Competizioni
8	Monza Circuit, Monza	28 September	Christian Montanari	Gregory Franchi	Christian Montanari	Coloni Motorsport
9	Vallelunga Circuit, Campagnano di Roma	12 October	Christian Montanari	Christian Montanari	Christian Montanari	Coloni Motorsport

Standings

• Points are awarded as follows:

Pos Driver MIS BIN MAG IMO PER MUG VAR MNZ VAL Pts 1 Fausto Ippoliti 2 1 1 6 2 7 5 9 5 101 2 Christian Montanari Ret 3 Ret 3 4 1 Ret 1 1 98 3 Gregory Franchi 3 Ret 5 4 3 3 4 3 Ret 78 4 Marco Bonanomi Ret Ret 2 1 9 5 Ret 2 2 77 5 Giacomo Piccini Ret 2 8 2 6 4 7 5 4 71 6 Omar Galeffi 8 6 3 7 1 10 3 12 7 65 7 Stefano Gattuso 9 5 Ret 5 5 9 2 11 8 46 8 Davide Mazzoleni 7 4 9 13 7 8 1 17 10 45 9 Álvaro Parente 1 3 34 10 Giovanni Berton 5 8 4 9 8 6 32 11 Matteo Cressoni 8 Ret 6 Ret 4 14 19 12 Toni Vilander 2 DNS 16 13 Giorgio Sernagiotto 4 Ret 7 Ret 14 14 Andrea Tiso 10 9 12 Ret 12 6 10 9 12 15 Philipp Baron 10 8 6 10 16 Leonardo Orecchioni 14 Ret 6 Ret 6 17 Robert Doornbos 6 6 18 Alessandro Bonetti 11 9 7 12 6 19 Nicky Pastorelli Ret 7 4 20 Giacomo Mettel 11 Ret 11 12 12 8 3 21 Imeiro Brigliadori 12 Ret 10 11 10 Ret 10 14 11 3 22 Gianpiero Negrotti 13 10 13 Ret 11 14 11 16 13 1 23 Gianmaria Gabbiani 13 13 0 24 Alfredo Merelli Ret 14 Ret 0 25 Francesco Dracone 14 Ret 0 26 Emanuele Gozzo 15 0 27 Jean Louis Bianchina 15 0 Franco Ghiotto Ret 0 Davide Valsecchi Ret 0 Pos Driver MIS BIN MAG IMO PER MUG VAR MNZ VAL Pts

Bold – Pole Italics – Fastest Lap

External links

• Official website

Notes and References

1. Web site: Race Calendar: Italian Formula 3 Championship – Season 2003. Speedsport Magazine. 27 August 2012.
2. Web site: Entrylist: Italian Formula 3 Championship – Season 2003. Speedsport Magazine. 27 August 2012.