# 2000 Italian Formula 3000 Championship

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.

## Entries

| Team | No. | Driver | Rounds |
| Da Vinci Team | 1 | Giandomenico Brusatin | 1-3 |
| Da Vinci Team | 1 | Tomas Scheckter | 4 |
| Da Vinci Team | 1 | Giorgio Vinella | 5 |
| Da Vinci Team | 1 | Mark Shaw | 6 |
| Da Vinci Team | 2 | Derek Hill | 1-6 |
| Da Vinci Team | 2 | Massimo Comelli | 8 |
| Monaco Motorsport | 5 | Manuel Gião | All |
| Monaco Motorsport | 6 | Gianluca Calcagni | All |
| GP Racing | 7 | Thomas Biagi | All |
| GP Racing | 8 | Gabriele Gardel | All |
| Sighinolfi Autoracing | 9 | Gabriele Lancieri | All |
| Sighinolfi Autoracing | 10 | Michele Spoldi | 1-4 |
| Sighinolfi Autoracing | 10 | Sascha Bert | 5-8 |
| Durango Benetton Junior Team | 11 | Andrej Pavicevic | 1-7 |
| Durango Benetton Junior Team | 11 | Soheil Ayari | 8 |
| Durango Benetton Junior Team | 12 | Giovanni Montanari | 1-3 |
| Durango Benetton Junior Team | 12 | Dino Morelli | 4 |
| Durango Benetton Junior Team | 12 | Michele Spoldi | 5-8 |
| Team Ghinzani | 14 | Peter Sundberg | 1-2 |
| Team Ghinzani | 14 | Marco de Iturbe | 3 |
| Team Ghinzani | 14 | Ángel Burgueño | 4 |
| Team Ghinzani | 14 | Gabriele Varano | 5-8 |
| Team Ghinzani | 15 | Luca Vacis | All |
| ADM Competizione | 16 | Ricardo Sperafico | All |
| ADM Competizione | 17 | Paolo Ruberti | 1-3 |
| ADM Competizione | 17 | Salvatore Tavano | 4-7 |
| ADM Competizione | 17 | Tomas Scheckter | 8 |
| Traini Corse | 18 | "Babalus" | All |
| Traini Corse | 19 | Nikolaus Stremmenos | 1-4 |
| Traini Corse | 19 | Angelo Lancelotti | 5-6 |
| Traini Corse | 19 | Marco Cioci | 8 |
| Arden Team Russia | 20 | Viktor Maslov | 1-6 |
| Arden Team Russia | 20 | Darren Manning | 7-8 |
| Arden Team Russia | 21 | Warren Hughes | All |
| Draco Junior Team | 22 | Rodrigo Sperafico | All |
| Draco Junior Team | 23 | Leonardo Nienkötter | All |
| Orbit Motorsport | 24 | Sascha Bert | 1-3 |
| Orbit Motorsport | 25 | Danilo Rossi | 1-3 |
| B&C Competition | 28 | Salvatore Tavano | 1-3 |
| B&C Competition | 29 | Stefano Comandini | 1-2 |
| B&C Competition | 29 | Marcelo Battistuzzi | 3 |
| B&C Competition | 29 | Thomas Bleiner | 4 |
| Monaco Motorsport Junior Team | 30 | Yann Goudy | All |
| Monaco Motorsport Junior Team | 31 | Marcelo Battistuzzi | 1-2 |
| Monaco Motorsport Junior Team | 31 | Paolo Montin | 3 |
| Monaco Motorsport Junior Team | 31 | 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 | did not count for the championship | did not count for the championship | 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 | did not count for the championship | did not count for the championship | 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 finish |
| Blue | Non-points finish |
| Blue | Non-classified finish (NC) |
| Purple | Retired (Ret) |
| Red | Did not qualify (DNQ) |
| Red | Did not pre-qualify (DNPQ) |
| Black | Disqualified (DSQ) |
| White | Did not start (DNS) |
| White | Withdrew (WD) |
| White | Race cancelled (C) |
| Blank | Did not practice (DNP) |
| Blank | Did not arrive (DNA) |
| Blank | Excluded (EX) |