The 2000 Italian Formula 3000 Championship was contested over 8 rounds. 13 different teams, 40 different drivers competed. In this one-make formula all teams had to utilize Lola T96/50 chassis with Zytek engines.

The scoring system for this season was 10-6-4-3-2-1 points awarded to the first six classified finishers.

Entries

Team	No.	Driver	Rounds
Da Vinci Team	1	Giandomenico Brusatin	1-3
		Tomas Scheckter	4
		Giorgio Vinella	5
		Mark Shaw	6
	2	Derek Hill	1-6
		Massimo Comelli	8
Monaco Motorsport	5	Manuel Gião	All
	6	Gianluca Calcagni	All
GP Racing	7	Thomas Biagi	All
	8	Gabriele Gardel	All
Sighinolfi Autoracing	9	Gabriele Lancieri	All
	10	Michele Spoldi	1-4
		Sascha Bert	5-8
Durango Benetton Junior Team	11	Andrej Pavicevic	1-7
		Soheil Ayari	8
	12	Giovanni Montanari	1-3
		Dino Morelli	4
		Michele Spoldi	5-8
Team Ghinzani	14	Peter Sundberg	1-2
		Marco de Iturbe	3
		Ángel Burgueño	4
		Gabriele Varano	5-8
	15	Luca Vacis	All
ADM Competizione	16	Ricardo Sperafico	All
	17	Paolo Ruberti	1-3
		Salvatore Tavano	4-7
		Tomas Scheckter	8
Traini Corse	18	"Babalus"	All
	19	Nikolaus Stremmenos	1-4
		Angelo Lancelotti	5-6
		Marco Cioci	8
Arden Team Russia	20	Viktor Maslov	1-6
		Darren Manning	7-8
	21	Warren Hughes	All
Draco Junior Team	22	Rodrigo Sperafico	All
	23	Leonardo Nienkötter	All
Orbit Motorsport	24	Sascha Bert	1-3
	25	Danilo Rossi	1-3
B&C Competition	28	Salvatore Tavano	1-3
	29	Stefano Comandini	1-2
		Marcelo Battistuzzi	3
		Thomas Bleiner	4
Monaco Motorsport Junior Team	30	Yann Goudy	All
	31	Marcelo Battistuzzi	1-2
		Paolo Montin	3
		Danilo Rossi	4-8

Calendar

Round	Circuit/Location	Date	Laps	Distance	Time	Speed
1	ACI Vallelunga Circuit	2 April	32	3.228=103.296 km	0'38:37.486	160.462 km/h
2	Mugello Circuit	16 April	20	5.245=104.9 km	0'38:34.389	163.170 km/h
3	Autodromo Enzo e Dino Ferrari, Imola	14 May	21	4.933=103.593 km	0'35:43.155	174.012 km/h
4	Autodromo Nazionale Monza	25 June	18	5.793=104.274 km	0'30:12.705	207.086 km/h
5	ACI Vallelunga Circuit	23 July	32	3.228=103.296 km	0'35:19.101	175.483 km/h
6	Donington Park	6 August	?	? km	0'37:16.669	? km/h
NC	Assen	20 August	did not count for the championship
7	Autodromo di Pergusa	9 September	21	4.950=103.95 km	0'33:18.404	187.259 km/h
8	Misano Circuit	22 October	?	? km	0'33:48.550	? km/h

Results

Round	Circuit/Location	Pole position	Fastest lap	Winner	Winning team
1	ACI Vallelunga Circuit	Andrej Pavicevic	Gabriele Lancieri	Gabriele Lancieri	Sighinolfi Autosport
2	Mugello Circuit	Ricardo Sperafico	Ricardo Sperafico	Ricardo Sperafico	ADM Competizione
3	Autodromo Enzo e Dino Ferrari, Imola	Warren Hughes	Warren Hughes	Warren Hughes	Arden Team Russia
4	Autodromo Nazionale Monza	Rodrigo Sperafico	Warren Hughes	Warren Hughes	Arden Team Russia
5	ACI Vallelunga Circuit	Ricardo Sperafico	Thomas Biagi	Ricardo Sperafico	ADM Competizione
6	Donington Park	Ricardo Sperafico	Thomas Biagi	Ricardo Sperafico	ADM Competizione
NC	Assen	did not count for the championship
7	Autodromo di Pergusa	Darren Manning	Darren Manning	Darren Manning	Arden Team Russia
8	Misano Circuit	Ricardo Sperafico	Warren Hughes	Ricardo Sperafico	ADM Competizione

Note

Race 5 Pole Position originally won by Thomas Biagi, but all his times were cancelled and he started from last grid position.

Championships standings

Pos Driver VLL MUG IMO MNZ VLL DON PER MIS Pts 1 Ricardo Sperafico 19 1 4 Ret 1 1 4 1 46 2 Warren Hughes 3 8 1 1 Ret 2 6 2 37 3 Gabriele Lancieri 1 4 2 5 2 6 12 15 28 4 Rodrigo Sperafico 2 6 3 3 6 4 8 4 22 5 Thomas Biagi 4 2 11 11 16 5 3 10 15 6 Darren Manning 1 3 14 7 Gianluca Calcagni 15 10 6 4 5 Ret 2 7 12 8 Manuel Gião 6 Ret 5 6 Ret 3 5 18 10 9 "Babalus" Ret 3 18 Ret 3 Ret Ret 8 8 10 Tomas Scheckter 2 Ret 6 11 Gabriele Varano 4 Ret Ret 12 3 12 Marcelo Battistuzzi 5 9 12 2 13 Giovanni Montanari 11 5 Ret 2 14 Soheil Ayari 5 2 15 Michele Spoldi Ret 11 Ret 8 10 10 Ret 6 1 - Sascha Bert 9 7 14 9 7 10 16 0 - Leonardo Nienkötter 18 Ret 9 7 7 13 Ret 9 0 - Danilo Rossi Ret 16 7 9 12 12 13 17 0 - Salvatore Tavano 13 20 Ret 14 13 15 7 0 - Viktor Maslov 7 18 Ret 15 Ret 16 0 - Derek Hill Ret 13 8 Ret 11 8 0 - Yann Goudy 8 15 Ret 12 18 14 Ret Ret 0 - Andrej Pavicevic 20 Ret 17 Ret 8 Ret Ret 0 - Gabriele Gardel 10 17 Ret 17 Ret 11 9 11 0 - Mark Shaw 9 0 - Paolo Ruberti 14 12 10 0 - Ángel Burgueño 10 0 - Luca Vacis 16 Ret 16 Ret 14 Ret 11 14 0 - Giandomenico Brusatin 12 19 13 0 - Nikolaus Stremmenos 17 Ret 15 13 0 - Marco Cioci 13 0 - Stefano Comandini Ret 14 0 - Angelo Lancelotti 15 Ret 0 - Thomas Blainer 16 0 - Giorgio Vinella 17 0 - Dino Morelli Ret 0 - Massimo Comelli Ret 0 - Peter Sundberg Ret Ret 0 - Paolo Montin DNS 0 - Marco de Iturbe DNS 0 Pos Driver VLL MUG IMO MNZ VLL DON PER MIS Pts

Colour Result Gold Winner Silver Second place Bronze Third place Green Points classification Blue Non-points classification Non-classified finish (NC) Purple Retired, not classified (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)

References

External links

• Official Euroseries 3000 site Archived 2009-12-25 at the Wayback Machine