2007 Italian Formula Three Championship Explained

The 2007 Italian Formula Three Championship was the 43rd Italian Formula Three Championship season. It began on 1 April at Adria and ended on 21 October at Monza after 16 races.

With victories at Adria, Misano, Vallelunga and Autodromo Nazionale Monza, Paolo Maria Nocera of Lucidi Motors finished the season as champion. He finished 21 points clear of Europa Corse driver Efisio Marchese, who won three races during the season. Third place went to Alan Racing driver Pablo Sánchez López, who also took three victories at Misano, Mugello, and Varano. Fourth place in the championship was claimed by Corbetta Competizioni's Mirko Bortolotti, who won the race at Mugello, while fifth went to his team-mate Fabrizio Crestani.

Teams and drivers

All teams were Italian-registered and all cars competed on Michelin tyres.

Entry List^[1]
Team	No	Driver	Chassis	Engine	Rounds
Campionato Nazionale
Corbetta Competizioni	3	Augusto Scalbi	Dallara F304	Spiess-Opel	All
	4	Fabrizio Crestani	Dallara F304	Spiess-Opel	All
	16	Mirko Bortolotti	Dallara F304	Spiess-Opel	All
Lucidi Motors	5	Nicola de Marco	Dallara F304	Spiess-Opel	All
	6	Paolo Maria Nocera	Dallara F304	Spiess-Opel	All
Europa Corse	7	Efisio Marchese	Dallara F304	Spiess-Opel	All
N.T.	9	Jacopo Faccioni	Dallara F304	Spiess-Opel	All
Team Ghinzani	11	Paolo Bossini	Dallara F304	Mugen-Honda	All
	12	Giuseppe Termine	Dallara F304	Mugen-Honda	All
Alan Racing	14	Pablo Sánchez López	Dallara F304	Spiess-Opel	1–2, 4–8
	15	Sergey Mokshantsev	Dallara F304	Spiess-Opel	8
Trofeo Nazionale CSAI
Europa Corse	51	Matteo Cozzari	Dallara F302	Spiess-Opel	All
System Team	52	Gianpiero Negrotti	Dallara F303	Spiess-Opel	1–4, 8
	85	Dino Lusuardi	Dallara F301	Fiat	1–6
	89	Massimo Ballestri	Dallara F394	Fiat	2
Facondini Racing	53	Molin Pradel	Dallara F302	Spiess-Opel	2
Lido Corse	61	Luciano Baldazzi	Dallara F301	Spiess-Opel	1–6, 8
Beelspeed	83	Mauro Brozzi	Dallara F394	Fiat	1–6
	87	Carlo Bendinelli	Dallara F301	Spiess-Opel	3–4, 6–7
	88	Antonio Vizzaccaro	Dallara F394	Fiat	3
	91	Luigi Folloni	Dallara F394	Fiat	1–2, 4–7
Team Cherubini	92	Federico del Rosso	Dallara F398	Spiess-Opel	All
	93	Antonio di Venere	Dallara F398	Fiat	1
		Marco Cencetti	Dallara F398	Fiat	2–6
	94	Salvatore Cardullo	Dallara F398	Spiess-Opel	3–6, 8

Calendar

All rounds were held in Italy.

Round		Circuit	Date	Pole Position	Fastest Lap	Winning driver	Winning team	Trofeo winner
1	R1	Adria International Raceway	1 April	Paolo Maria Nocera	Efisio Marchese	Paolo Maria Nocera	Lucidi Motors	Mauro Brozzi
	R2			Paolo Maria Nocera	Efisio Marchese	Paolo Maria Nocera	Lucidi Motors	Matteo Cozzari
2	R1	Misano World Circuit	7 June	Fabrizio Crestani	Fabrizio Crestani	Paolo Maria Nocera	Lucidi Motors	Marco Cencetti
	R2		8 June	Fabrizio Crestani	Pablo Sánchez López	Pablo Sánchez López	Alan Racing	Massimo Ballestri
3	R1	Autodromo dell'Umbria, Magione	7 July	Efisio Marchese	Efisio Marchese	Efisio Marchese	Europa Corse	Mauro Brozzi
	R2			Efisio Marchese	Efisio Marchese	Efisio Marchese	Europa Corse	Matteo Cozzari
4	R1	Mugello Circuit	20 July	Pablo Sánchez López	Mirko Bortolotti	Fabrizio Crestani	Corbetta Competizioni	Matteo Cozzari
	R2			Pablo Sánchez López	Pablo Sánchez López	Fabrizio Crestani	Corbetta Competizioni	Matteo Cozzari
5	R1	Mugello Circuit	31 August	Mirko Bortolotti	Paolo Maria Nocera	Mirko Bortolotti	Corbetta Competizioni	Matteo Cozzari
	R2		1 September	Mirko Bortolotti	Nicola de Marco	Pablo Sánchez López	Alan Racing	Matteo Cozzari
6	R1	Autodromo Riccardo Paletti, Varano	13 September	Efisio Marchese	Efisio Marchese	Efisio Marchese	Europa Corse	Marco Cencetti
	R2	14 September				Alan Racing	no finishers
7	R1	ACI Vallelunga Circuit	27 September	Paolo Maria Nocera	Paolo Maria Nocera	Paolo Maria Nocera	Lucidi Motors
	R2			Nicola de Marco	Fabrizio Crestani	Fabrizio Crestani		Luigi Folloni
8	R1	Autodromo Nazionale Monza	18 October	Paolo Maria Nocera	Fabrizio Crestani	Paolo Maria Nocera	Lucidi Motors	Matteo Cozzari
	R2		19 October	Paolo Maria Nocera	Paolo Maria Nocera	Paolo Maria Nocera	Lucidi Motors	no finishers

Standings

• Points are awarded as follows:

Pos Driver ADR MIS MAG MUG MUG VAR VAL MNZ Pts Campionato Nazionale 1 Paolo Maria Nocera 1 1 1 12 5 4 DSQ 4 Ret 2 2 2 1 2 1 1 114 2 Efisio Marchese 2 2 6 5 1 1 5 8 4 4 1 3 7 6 Ret 3 93 3 align=left nowrap Pablo Sánchez López DSQ 4 2 1 3 6 2 1 3 1 Ret 3 3 Ret 84 4 Mirko Bortolotti 3 5 5 4 2 2 2 2 1 8 10 10 3 5 12 5 81 5 Fabrizio Crestani Ret 3 3 2 4 8 1 1 Ret Ret 17 5 Ret 1 2 Ret 73 6 Nicola de Marco 5 7 8 3 3 3 4 3 3 3 4 4 4 Ret 8 Ret 67 7 Giuseppe Termine 4 6 4 6 Ret 6 Ret 5 6 Ret 5 6 2 7 5 4 52 8 Augusto Scalbi 7 8 9 8 7 5 8 9 5 5 7 7 Ret 4 4 2 42 9 Paolo Bossini 6 10 7 7 6 7 6 7 7 6 6 8 6 9 6 6 35 10 Jacopo Faccioni 8 9 Ret 9 9 9 9 11 10 9 8 9 5 8 13 Ret 11 Sergey Mokshantsev Ret Ret 0 Trofeo Nazionale CSAI 1 Matteo Cozzari 10 11 DNS DNS 10 10 7 10 8 7 11 DNS Ret Ret 7 DNS 47 2 Luciano Baldazzi 11 DNS 12 DNS 11 DNS 10 Ret 12 DNS 13 Ret 9 Ret 21 3 Mauro Brozzi 9 DNS DNS DNS 8 Ret Ret 12 11 DNS 17 4 Federico del Rosso 13 DNS 11 DNS 12 DNS 12 DNS 14 DNS 12 DNS 8 DNS DNS DNS 17 5 Marco Cencetti 10 DNS Ret DNS Ret DNS 9 DNS 9 DNS 14 6 Luigi Folloni 15 DNS 16 DNS 13 14 DNS DNS DNS DNS 9 10 12 7 Gianpiero Negrotti Ret 12 15 11 14 13 15 DNS 11 DNS 12 8 Dino Lusuardi 12 DNS 13 DNS 15 11 11 DNS 13 DNS 15 DNS 12 9 Carlo Bendinelli 17 12 14 13 14 Ret DNS DNS 7 10 Massimo Ballestri 14 10 6 11 Salvatore Cardullo 13 DNS DNS DNS 15 DNS 16 DNS 10 DNS 4 12 Antonio di Venere 14 DNS 0 13 Antonio Vizzaccaro 16 Ret 0 14 Molin Pradel 17 DSQ 0 Pos Driver ADR MIS MAG MUG MUG VAR VAL MNZ Pts

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External links

• Official website

Notes and References

1. Web site: Entrylist: Italian Formula 3 Championship – Season 2007. Speedsport Magazine. 12 February 2012.