2002 Italian Formula Three Championship

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 edit

Entry List[2]
Team No Driver Chassis[N 1] 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
  1. ^ All drivers competed in Dallara chassis; model listed.

Calendar edit

All rounds were held in Italy.

Round Circuit Date Pole Position Winning driver Winning team Trophy winner
1 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   Giovanni Faraonio
3 Autodromo di Pergusa, Enna 19 May   Miloš Pavlović   Philip Cloostermans   Azeta Racing   Carmine Tancredi
4 Monza Circuit, Monza 30 June   Philip Cloostermans   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   Vitantonio Liuzzi   Vitantonio Liuzzi   Bertram Schäfer Racing   Silvio Alberti
7 Autodromo del Levante, Binetto 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 edit

  • Points are awarded as follows:
1 2 3 4 5 6
9 6 4 3 2 1
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
Colour Result
Gold Winner
Silver Second place
Bronze Third place
Green Points finish
Blue Non-points finish
Non-classified finish (NC)
Purple Retired (Ret)
Red Did not qualify (DNQ)
Did not pre-qualify (DNPQ)
Black Disqualified (DSQ)
White Did not start (DNS)
Withdrew (WD)
Race cancelled (C)
Blank Did not practice (DNP)
Did not arrive (DNA)
Excluded (EX)

Bold – Pole
Italics – Fastest Lap

References edit

  1. ^ "Race Calendar: Italian Formula 3 Championship – Season 2002". Speedsport Magazine. Retrieved 28 August 2012.
  2. ^ "Entrylist: Italian Formula 3 Championship – Season 2002". Speedsport Magazine. Retrieved 28 August 2012.

External links edit