# Italian Formula Three Championship

The Italian Formula Three Championship was the Formula Three racing competition in Italy.

## History

Formula Three has traditionally been regarded as the first major stepping stone for F1 hopefuls - it is typically the first point in a driver's career at which most drivers in the series are aiming at professional careers in racing rather than being amateurs and enthusiasts. Success in F3 can lead directly to more senior formulae such as GP2, A1 Grand Prix, or even a Formula One test or race seat.
Most notably in the late 1980s and early 1990s, the Italian F3 championship produced drivers who graduated to Formula One to varying success. As of 2010, the last Italian Formula Three driver to graduate to Formula One was 1994 Italian F3 champion Giancarlo Fisichella, who debuted with Minardi's F1 team in 1996. Other champions include successful World Sportscar driver Max Angelelli (1992 series champion) and Riccardo Patrese.
In December 2012, CSAI (the Italian motorsports commission) announced it would cancel the Formula 3 championship to focus on Formula Abarth.

## Scoring system

* Since the 2012 season, points are awarded for race finishing drivers as follows:
| | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | PP | FL |
| Feature races | 20 | 15 | 12 | 10 | 8 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| Sprint | 13 | 11 | 9 | 7 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 1 | | 1 |

## Champions

| Season | Champion | Team | Car |
| 1964 | Giacomo "Geki" Russo | Scuderia Sorocaima | De Sanctis-Ford |
| 1965 | Andrea de Adamich | Jolly Club | Lola-Ford T53 Brabham-Ford BT15 |
| 1966 | Tino Brambilla | Scuderia Madunina | Brabham-Ford BT15 |
| 1967 | No championship title attributed | No championship title attributed | |
| 1968 | Franco Bernabei | | Tecno-Ford 68 |
| 1969 | Gianluigi Picchi | Tecno Racing Team | Tecno-Ford 69 |
| 1970 | Giovanni Salvati | | Tecno-Ford 70 |
| 1971 | Giancarlo Naddeo | | Tecno-Ford 69 |
| 1972 | Vittorio Brambilla | Team Brambilla Scuderia Italia | Birel-Alfa Romeo 72 Birel-Ford 72 Brabham-Ford BT38 |
| 1973 | Carlo Giorgio | Jolly Club Trivellato Racing | Ensign-Ford LNF3 March-Ford 733 |
| 1974 | Alberto Colombo | Scuderia Del Lario | GRD-Ford 374 March-Ford 743 March-Toyota 743 |
| 1975 | Luciano Pavesi | Scuderia Ala d'Oro | Brabham-Toyota BT41 March-Toyota 753 |
| 1976 | Riccardo Patrese | Trivellato Racing | Chevron-Toyota B34 |
| 1977 | Elio de Angelis | Trivellato Racing | Chevron-Toyota B38 Ralt-Toyota RT1 |
| 1978 | Siegfried Stohr | Trivellato Racing | Chevron-Toyota B43 |
| 1979 | Piercarlo Ghinzani | Euroracing | March-Alfa Romeo 793 |
| 1980 | Guido Pardini | Scuderia Emiliani | Dallara-Toyota F380 |
| 1981 | Eddy Bianchi | Team del Porto | Martini-Toyota MK34 Martini-Alfa Romeo MK37 |
| 1982 | Enzo Coloni | Coloni Racing | March-Alfa Romeo 813 Ralt-Alfa Romeo RT3 |
| 1983 | Ivan Capelli | Coloni Racing | Ralt-Alfa Romeo RT3 |
| 1984 | Alessandro Santin | Coloni Racing | Ralt-Alfa Romeo RT3 |
| 1985 | Franco Forini | Forti Corse | Dallara-VW F385 |
| 1986 | Nicola Larini | Coloni Racing | Dallara-Alfa Romeo F386 |
| 1987 | Enrico Bertaggia | Forti Corse | Dallara-Alfa Romeo F387 |
| 1988 | Emanuele Naspetti | Forti Corse | Dallara-Alfa Romeo F388 |
| 1989 | Gianni Morbidelli | Forti Corse | Dallara-Alfa Romeo F389 |
| 1990 | Roberto Colciago | Prema Powerteam | Reynard-Alfa Romeo 903 |
| 1991 | Giambattista Busi | PiEmme Motors | Dallara-VW F391 |
| 1992 | Max Angelelli | RC Motorsport | Dallara-Opel F392 |
| 1993 | Christian Pescatori | Supercars | Dallara-Fiat F393 |
| 1994 | Giancarlo Fisichella | RC Motorsport | Dallara-Opel F394 |
| 1995 | Luca Rangoni | EF Project | Dallara-Fiat F395 |
| 1996 | Andrea Boldrini | RC Motorsport | Dallara-Opel F395 |
| 1997 | Oliver Martini | RC Motorsport | Dallara-Opel F397 |
| 1998 | Donny Crevels | Prema Powerteam | Dallara-Opel F397 |
| 1999 | Peter Sundberg | Prema Powerteam | Dallara-Opel F399 |
| 2000 | Davide Uboldi | Uboldi Motorsport | Dallara-Opel F399 |
| 2001 | Lorenzo Del Gallo | Scuderia Del Gallo | Dallara-Fiat F301 |
| 2002 | Miloš Pavlović | Target Racing Conrero | Dallara-Opel F302 |
| 2003 | Fausto Ippoliti | Target Racing Conrero | Dallara-Opel F303 |
| 2004 | Matteo Cressoni | Ombra Racing | Dallara-Mugen Honda F304 |
| 2005 | Luigi Ferrara | Corbetta | Dallara-Mugen Honda F304 |
| 2006 | Mauro Massironi | Passoli Racing | Dallara-Opel F304 |
| 2007 | Paolo Maria Nocera | Lucidi Motors | Dallara-Opel F304 |
| 2008 | Mirko Bortolotti | Lucidi Motors | Dallara-FPT F308 |
| 2009 | Daniel Zampieri | BVM - Target Racing | Dallara-FPT F308 |
| 2010 | César Ramos | Lucidi Motors | Dallara-FPT F310 |
| 2011 | Sergio Campana | BVM - Target Racing | Dallara-FPT F308 |
| 2012 | E: Riccardo Agostini | JD Motorsport | Mygale-FPT M10 |
| 2012 | I: Riccardo Agostini | JD Motorsport | Mygale-FPT M10 |