# 1992 International Formula 3000 Championship

The 1992 Formula 3000 International Championship was the eighth season of Formula 3000 in Europe. Luca Badoer won the ten-round championship.

## Technical changes

Reynard was once again the dominant manufacturer. After Lola failed to win a race in 1991, there were only six of their cars on the grid in 1992. Simtek produced an upgrade of the previous year's RALT. Two cars were produced and sold to Piquet Racing, however after a test by Nelson Piquet himself they were sold in favor of a Reynard. Piemme Motors bought one car for Giambattista Busi, who usually started near the back of the grid and never managed to finish a race. The other car was sold to Japan, and RALT announced its withdrawal from F3000 early in the season.
Exotic fuel blends were banned after Agip's success in 1991. A stricter interpretation of the rules gave the cars long sidepods, which greatly increased the area of the flat floor, making the cars very sensitive to pitch changes.

## Season summary

Jordi Gené won on his debut at the Silverstone, which would turn out to be his only F3000 victory. Emanuele Naspetti won on the streets of Pau in spite of a collision with Andrea Montermini. Both continued, but Montermini later crashed at the Foch statue. Montermini won the next race in Barcelona.
At Enna, the Crypton team introduced a monodamper front suspension, and their driver Luca Badoer took the victory. He then won the next two rounds in Germany as other teams scrambled to catch up, either by switching to the dominant Mader-tuned Cosworth DFVs or with monodampers, now available as an upgrade from Reynard.
At Spa-Francorchamps, Badoer suffered a high-speed accident at Radillion. His car went into the barriers backwards, and Badoer's head hit the steel roll hoop, which broke his helmet and knocked him unconscious. Montermini took the victory, and followed this with a win on F3000's only visit to the twisty Albacete circuit in Spain.
At Nogaro, Badoer took pole position drove away to a convincing victory to clinch the title with a round to spare. In the finale, Badoer and Montermini collided, leaving Jean-Marc Gounon to take Lola's only victory of the year, followed by Olivier Panis in another Lola and David Coulthard.

## Drivers and teams

| Team | Chassis | Engine | No. | Driver | Rounds |
| Pacific Racing | Reynard 92D | Mugen Honda | 1 | Laurent Aïello | All |
| Pacific Racing | Reynard 92D | Mugen Honda | 2 | Jordi Gené | All |
| Forti Corse | Reynard 92D | Ford Cosworth | 3 | Emanuele Naspetti | 1-6 |
| Forti Corse | Reynard 92D | Ford Cosworth | 3 | Andrea Montermini | 7-10 |
| Forti Corse | Reynard 92D | Ford Cosworth | 4 | Alessandro Zampedri | All |
| Piquet Racing | Reynard 92D | Mugen Honda | 5 | Olivier Beretta | 1-6 |
| Piquet Racing | Reynard 92D | Ford Cosworth | 5 | Olivier Beretta | 7-10 |
| DAMS | Lola T92/50 | Ford Cosworth | 6 | Frédéric Gosparini | 1-7 |
| DAMS | Lola T92/50 | Ford Cosworth | 6 | Éric Hélary | 8 |
| DAMS | Lola T92/50 | Ford Cosworth | 6 | Jérôme Policand | 9-10 |
| DAMS | Lola T92/50 | Ford Cosworth | 7 | Jean-Marc Gounon | All |
| Il Barone Rampante | Reynard 92D | Judd | 8 | Andrea Montermini | 1-5 |
| Il Barone Rampante | Reynard 92D | Ford Cosworth | 8 | Andrea Montermini | 6 |
| Il Barone Rampante | Reynard 92D | Ford Cosworth | 8 | Pedro Chaves | 7-10 |
| Il Barone Rampante | Reynard 92D | Judd | 9 | Rubens Barrichello | 1-5 |
| Il Barone Rampante | Reynard 92D | Ford Cosworth | 9 | Rubens Barrichello | 6-10 |
| Il Barone Rampante | Reynard 92D | Judd | 10 | Fabiano Vandone | 1-5 |
| Il Barone Rampante | Reynard 92D | Judd | 10 | Giampiero Simoni | 6-10 |
| 3001 International | Reynard 92D | Mugen Honda | 14 | Hideki Noda | All |
| 3001 International | Reynard 92D | Mugen Honda | 15 | Allan McNish | 1, 3-8 |
| 3001 International | Reynard 92D | Mugen Honda | 15 | Mark Skaife | 9-10 |
| Paul Stewart Racing | Reynard 92D | Judd | 17 | Paul Stewart | All |
| Paul Stewart Racing | Reynard 92D | Judd | 18 | David Coulthard | All |
| CoBRa Motorsports | Reynard 92D | Ford Cosworth | 19 | Paolo Delle Piane | All |
| CoBRa Motorsports | Reynard 92D | Ford Cosworth | 20 | Guido Knycz | 6-10 |
| Vortex Motorsport | Reynard 92D | Mugen Honda | 21 | Phil Andrews | 1-8 |
| Vortex Motorsport | Reynard 92D | Ford Cosworth | 21 | Phil Andrews | 9-10 |
| Vortex Motorsport | Reynard 92D | Mugen Honda | 22 | Giuseppe Bugatti | All |
| GJ Motorsport | Lola T92/50 | Mugen Honda | 26 | Pedro Chaves | 1-6 |
| GJ Motorsport | Lola T92/50 | Mugen Honda | 26 | Richard Dean | 7 |
| GJ Motorsport | Lola T92/50 | Mugen Honda | 27 | Jérôme Policand | 1-7 |
| Crypton Engineering | Reynard 92D | Ford Cosworth | 28 | Michael Bartels | All |
| Crypton Engineering | Reynard 92D | Ford Cosworth | 29 | Luca Badoer | All |
| Apomatox | Reynard 92D | Ford Cosworth | 30 | Olivier Panis | All |
| Apomatox | Reynard 92D | Ford Cosworth | 31 | Emmanuel Collard | All |
| Advance Racing | Reynard 92D | Ford Cosworth | 32 | Vittorio Zoboli | 1-3, 5-10 |
| Piemme Motors | Ralt RT24 | Ford Cosworth | 35 | Giambattista Busi | 1, 4-10 |
| Superpower | Reynard 92D | Ford Cosworth | 36 | Steve Robertson | 1, 3-10 |
| SC Lazio Oil | Reynard 92D | Ford Cosworth | 38 | Giovanni Bonanno | 4-10 |
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## Calendar

| Round | Circuit | Date | Laps | Distance | Time | Speed | Pole Position | Fastest Lap | Winner |
| 1 | Silverstone Circuit | 10 May | 37 | 5.230=193.510 km | 0'59:21.470 | 195.454 km/h | Jordi Gené | Rubens Barrichello | Jordi Gené |
| 2 | Pau Grand Prix | 8 June | 72 | 2.78=200.16 km | 1'25:38.91 | 139.210 km/h | Andrea Montermini | Emanuele Naspetti | Emanuele Naspetti |
| 3 | Circuit de Catalunya | 21 June | 43 | 4.747=204.121 km | 1'06:51.154 | 183.198 km/h | Andrea Montermini | Emanuele Naspetti | Andrea Montermini |
| 4 | Autodromo di Pergusa | 12 July | 40 | 4.95=178.200 km | 0'58:20.958 | 203.601 km/h | Luca Badoer | Luca Badoer | Luca Badoer |
| 5 | Hockenheimring | 25 July | 29 | 6.815=197.635 km | 0'56:24.640 | 210.210 km/h | Luca Badoer | Luca Badoer | Luca Badoer |
| 6 | Nürburgring | 23 August | 45 | 4.542=204.39 km | 1'06:10.45 | 185.320 km/h | Emanuele Naspetti | Rubens Barrichello | Luca Badoer |
| 7 | Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps | 29 August | 25 | 6.94=173.500 km | 0'53:48.61 | 194.406 km/h | Andrea Montermini | Andrea Montermini | Andrea Montermini |
| 8 | Circuito de Albacete | 13 September | 58 | 3.598=208.684 km | 1'20:36.22 | 155.341 km/h | Luca Badoer | Andrea Montermini | Andrea Montermini |
| 9 | Circuit Paul Armagnac | 11 October | 55 | 3.636=199.980 km | 1'14:39.54 | 160.699 km/h | Luca Badoer | Luca Badoer | Luca Badoer |
| 10 | Circuit de Nevers Magny-Cours | 18 October | 47 | 4.25=199.750 km | 1'08:13.148 | 175.684 km/h | Luca Badoer | David Coulthard | Jean-Marc Gounon |
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## Final points standings
### Driver

For every race points were awarded: 9 points to the winner, 6 for runner-up, 4 for third place, 3 for fourth place, 2 for fifth place and 1 for sixth place. No additional points were awarded.
| Pos | Driver | SIL | PAU | CAT | PER | HOC | NÜR | SPA | ALB | NOG | MAG | Points |
| 1 | Luca Badoer | 5 | 6 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 1 | Ret | 2 | 1 | Ret | 46 |
| 2 | Andrea Montermini | Ret | Ret | 1 | 3 | 9 | Ret | 1 | 1 | 4 | Ret | 34 |
| 3 | Rubens Barrichello | 2 | 3 | 2 | Ret | 6 | 3 | 5 | 6 | 6 | 5 | 27 |
| 4 | Michael Bartels | Ret | 2 | Ret | 4 | 2 | 2 | 3 | Ret | Ret | DSQ | 25 |
| 5 | Jordi Gené | 1 | Ret | 3 | Ret | 5 | 8 | 2 | Ret | 8 | 10 | 21 |
| 6 | Jean-Marc Gounon | 4 | Ret | Ret | Ret | Ret | 6 | 9 | 16† | 2 | 1 | 19 |
| 7 | Emanuele Naspetti | 6 | 1 | 16† | 2 | 4 | Ret | | | | | 19 |
| 8 | Emmanuel Collard | Ret | Ret | 4 | Ret | 12 | 4 | DNQ | 3 | 15 | 4 | 13 |
| 9 | David Coulthard | 7 | Ret | 8 | Ret | Ret | 7 | 4 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 11 |
| 10 | Olivier Panis | 3 | Ret | 7 | Ret | 20 | Ret | Ret | Ret | Ret | 2 | 10 |
| 11 | Allan McNish | Ret | | 5 | Ret | 3 | Ret | 12 | 5 | | | 8 |
| 12 | Alessandro Zampedri | Ret | Ret | 11 | 5 | 7 | Ret | 7 | 8 | 5 | Ret | 4 |
| 13 | Paul Stewart | 8 | 11 | 9 | 8 | 16 | 10 | 11 | 4 | Ret | Ret | 3 |
| 14 | Vittorio Zoboli | Ret | 4 | 12 | | 14 | 12 | 15 | 13 | 12 | Ret | 3 |
| 15 | Laurent Aïello | Ret | Ret | 15† | 11 | 10 | 5 | 6 | 15† | 7 | Ret | 3 |
| 16 | Giuseppe Bugatti | DNS | 5 | Ret | Ret | 8 | Ret | 14 | DNQ | Ret | Ret | 2 |
| 17 | Giampiero Simoni | | | | | | Ret | 10 | 9 | Ret | 6 | 1 |
| 18 | Jérôme Policand | Ret | Ret | Ret | 6 | 19† | Ret | 13 | | 13 | Ret | 1 |
| 19 | Phil Andrews | 12 | 7 | 10 | 9 | 11 | DNQ | 18 | 10 | 14 | Ret | 0 |
| 20 | Pedro Chaves | Ret | 9 | Ret | 7 | 13 | 13 | DNQ | 11 | 10 | Ret | 0 |
| 21 | Steve Robertson | Ret | | DNQ | Ret | 18 | Ret | DNS | Ret | 11 | 7 | 0 |
| 22 | Frédéric Gosparini | Ret | 8 | Ret | Ret | Ret | 11 | 16 | | | | 0 |
| 23 | Hideki Noda | Ret | DNQ | Ret | Ret | DNS | 14 | 17 | 12 | Ret | 8 | 0 |
| 24 | Giovanni Bonanno | | | | Ret | 15 | Ret | 8 | DNQ | Ret | Ret | 0 |
| 25 | Olivier Beretta | 9 | Ret | Ret | Ret | Ret | 9 | Ret | 17† | 9 | Ret | 0 |
| 26 | Guido Knycz | | | | | | DNQ | Ret | 14 | Ret | 9 | 0 |
| 27 | Fabiano Vandone | 10 | Ret | 14 | 10 | 17 | | | | | | 0 |
| 28 | Paolo Delle Piane | 11 | 10 | 13 | Ret | Ret | 15 | Ret | Ret | Ret | Ret | 0 |
| 29 | Mark Skaife | | | | | | | | | 16 | Ret | 0 |
| | Giambattista Busi | Ret | | | Ret | Ret | Ret | Ret | Ret | DNS | Ret | |
| | Richard Dean | | | | | | | Ret | | | | |
| | Éric Hélary | | | | | | | | Ret | | | |
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## Complete Overview

| first column of every race | 10 | = grid position |
| second column of every race | 10 | = race result |
R16=retired, but classified R=retired NS=did not start NQ=did not qualify DIS(6)=disqualified after finishing in eleventh place (25)=place after practice, but grid position not held free
| Place | Name | Team | Chassis | Engine | SIL | SIL | PAU | PAU | CAT | CAT | PER | PER | HOC | HOC | NÜR | NÜR | SPA | SPA | ALB | ALB | NOG | NOG | MAG | MAG |
| 1 | Luca Badoer | Crypton Engineering | Reynard | Ford Cosworth | 5 | 5 | 10 | 6 | 11 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 6 | R | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | R |
| 2 | Andrea Montermini | Il Barone Rampante | Reynard | Judd | 12 | R | 1 | R | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 8 | 9 | | | | | | | | | | |
| 2 | Andrea Montermini | Il Barone Rampante | Reynard | Ford Cosworth | | | | | | | | | | | 8 | R | | | | | | | | |
| 2 | Andrea Montermini | Forti Corse | Reynard | Ford Cosworth | | | | | | | | | | | | | 1 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 2 | R |
| 3 | Rubens Barrichello | Il Barone Rampante | Reynard | Judd | 9 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 10 | R | 10 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | |
| 3 | Rubens Barrichello | Il Barone Rampante | Reynard | Ford Cosworth | | | | | | | | | | | 5 | 3 | 9 | 5 | 2 | 6 | 5 | 6 | 5 | 5 |
| 4 | Michael Bartels | Crypton Engineering | Reynard | Ford Cosworth | 8 | R | 3 | 2 | 7 | R | 6 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 13 | R | 6 | R | 10 | DIS(11) |
| 5 | Jordi Gené | Pacific Racing | Reynard | Mugen Honda | 1 | 1 | 11 | R | 3 | 3 | 13 | R | 2 | 5 | 10 | 8 | 7 | 2 | 8 | R | 13 | 8 | 20 | 10 |
| 6 | Emanuele Naspetti | Forti Corse | Reynard | Ford Cosworth | 20 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 4 | R16 | 5 | 2 | 13 | 4 | 1 | R | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| | Jean-Marc Gounon | DAMS | Lola | Ford Cosworth | 11 | 4 | 6 | R | 5 | R | 7 | R | 5 | R | 7 | 6 | 13 | 9 | 7 | R16 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 1 |
| 8 | Emmanuel Collard | Apomatox | Lola | Ford Cosworth | 22 | R | 18 | R | 13 | 4 | 22 | R | 20 | 12 | 4 | 4 | 28 | NQ | 6 | 3 | 22 | 15 | 3 | 4 |
| 9 | David Coulthard | Paul Stewart Racing | Reynard | Judd | 25 | 7 | 7 | R | 12 | 8 | 11 | R | 9 | R | 9 | 7 | 8 | 4 | 17 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 8 | 3 |
| 10 | Olivier Panis | Apomatox | Lola | Ford Cosworth | 2 | 3 | 19 | R | 15 | 7 | 14 | R | 26 | 20 | 6 | R | 15 | R | 10 | R | 9 | R | 4 | 2 |
| 11 | Allan McNish | 3001 International | Reynard | Mugen Honda | 21 | R | - | - | 8 | 5 | 3 | R | 7 | 3 | 11 | R | 5 | 12 | 12 | 5 | - | - | - | - |
| 12 | Alessandro Zampedri | Forti Corse | Reynard | Ford Cosworth | 7 | R | 15 | R | 9 | 11 | 16 | 5 | 12 | 7 | 17 | R | 12 | 7 | 14 | 8 | 8 | 5 | 12 | R |
| 13 | Vittorio Zoboli | Advance Racing | Reynard | Ford Cosworth | 18 | R | 9 | 4 | 22 | 12 | - | - | 17 | 14 | 15 | 12 | 23 | 15 | 18 | 13 | 11 | 12 | 13 | R |
| | Laurent Aïello | Pacific Racing | Reynard | Mugen Honda | 4 | R | 8 | R | 6 | R15 | 9 | 11 | 3 | 10 | 12 | 5 | 4 | 6 | 4 | R15 | 7 | 7 | 9 | R |
| | Paul Stewart | Paul Stewart Racing | Reynard | Judd | 6 | 8 | 16 | 11 | 14 | 9 | 12 | 8 | 23 | 16 | 18 | 10 | 14 | 11 | 5 | 4 | 10 | R | 11 | R |
| 16 | Giuseppe Bugatti | Vortex | Reynard | Ford Cosworth | 3 | NS | 5 | 5 | 18 | R | 23 | R | 6 | 8 | 19 | R | 18 | 14 | 26 | NQ | 18 | R | 18 | R |
| 17 | Jérôme Policand | GJ Motorsports | Lola | Mugen Honda | 13 | R | 20 | R | 20 | R | 18 | 6 | 19 | R19 | 22 | R | 17 | 13 | - | - | | | | |
| 17 | Jérôme Policand | DAMS | Lola | Ford Cosworth | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | 15 | 13 | 17 | R |
| | Giampiero Simoni | Il Barone Rampante | Reynard | Judd | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 23 | R | 11 | 10 | 15 | 9 | 19 | R | 15 | 6 |
| - | Phil Andrews | Vortex | Reynard | Mugen Honda | 24 | 12 | 14 | 7 | 19 | 10 | 25 | 9 | 11 | 11 | 27 | NQ | 16 | 18 | 19 | 10 | | | | |
| - | Phil Andrews | Vortex | Reynard | Judd | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | 20 | 14 | 19 | R |
| - | Pedro Chaves | GJ Motorsports | Lola | Mugen Honda | 10 | R | 21 | 9 | 24 | R | 15 | 7 | 15 | 13 | 14 | 13 | | | | | | | | |
| - | Pedro Chaves | Il Barone Rampante | Reynard | Ford Cosworth | | | | | | | | | | | | | 27 | NQ | 16 | 11 | 14 | 10 | 22 | R |
| - | Steve Robertson | Superpower | Reynard | Ford Cosworth | 23 | R | - | - | 25 | NQ | 26 | R | 18 | 18 | 24 | R | 26 | NS | 20 | R | 16 | 11 | 21 | 7 |
| - | Frédéric Gosparini | DAMS | Lola | Ford Cosworth | 16 | R | 17 | 8 | 10 | R | 19 | R | 21 | R | 13 | 11 | 22 | 16 | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| - | Hideki Noda | 3001 International | Reynard | Mugen Honda | 26 | R | 23 | NQ | 21 | R | 21 | R | (25) | NS | 26 | 14 | 24 | 17 | 23 | 12 | 21 | R | 23 | 8 |
| - | Giovanni Bonanno | SC Lazio Oil | Reynard | Ford Cosworth | - | - | - | - | - | - | 4 | R | 16 | 15 | 21 | R | 10 | 8 | 25 | NQ | 25 | R | 16 | R |
| - | Olivier Beretta | Piquet Racing | Reynard | Mugen Honda | 14 | 9 | 12 | R | 17 | R | 8 | R | 14 | R | 20 | 9 | | | | | | | | |
| - | Olivier Beretta | Piquet Racing | Reynard | Ford Cosworth | | | | | | | | | | | | | 3 | R | 9 | R17 | 12 | 9 | 7 | R |
| - | Guido Knycz | CoBra Motorsports | Reynard | Ford Cosworth | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 28 | NQ | 25 | R | 22 | 14 | 24 | R | 25 | 9 |
| - | Fabiano Vandone | Il Barone Rampante | Reynard | Judd | 19 | 10 | 13 | R | 16 | 14 | 17 | 10 | 22 | 17 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| - | Paolo Delle Piane | CoBRa Motorsports | Reynard | Ford Cosworth | 17 | 11 | 22 | 10 | 23 | 13 | 20 | R | 24 | R | 16 | 15 | 20 | R | 21 | R | 17 | R | 14 | R |
| - | Mark Skaife | 3001 International | Reynard | Mugen Honda | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 23 | 16 | 24 | R |
| - | Giambattista Busi | Piemme Motors | Ralt | Ford Cosworth | 15 | R | - | - | - | - | 24 | R | 25 | R | 25 | R | 19 | R | 24 | R | 26 | NS | 26 | R |
| - | Richard Dean | GJ Motorsports | Lola | Mugen Honda | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 21 | R | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| - | Éric Hélary | DAMS | Lola | Ford Cosworth | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 11 | R | - | - | - | - |