2007 Italian Formula Three Championship

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 edit

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 edit

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   Pablo Sánchez López   Pablo Sánchez López   Pablo Sánchez López Alan Racing no finishers
7 R1 ACI Vallelunga Circuit 27 September   Paolo Maria Nocera   Paolo Maria Nocera   Paolo Maria Nocera Lucidi Motors   Federico del Rosso
R2 28 September   Nicola de Marco   Fabrizio Crestani   Fabrizio Crestani Corbetta Competizioni   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 edit

  • Points are awarded as follows:
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 PP FL
10 8 6 5 4 3 2 1 1 1
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   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
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. ^ "Entrylist: Italian Formula 3 Championship – Season 2007". Speedsport Magazine. Retrieved 12 February 2012.

External links edit