# 2000 Formula Renault 2000 Italia

The 2000 Formula Renault 2000 Italia season was the inaugural season of the Formula Renault 2000 Italia championship. It was won by Felipe Massa driving for Cram Competition. He had scored the same amount of points as Raffaele Giammaria but was given the title on account of having more wins.

## Drivers and Teams

2000 Entry List :
| Team | No. | Driver name | Rounds |
| A.S. Fast Wheels | 1 | Lorenzo Bontempelli | All |
| A.S. Fast Wheels | 2 | Nicola Fleury | 1-2 |
| A.S. Fast Wheels | 2 | Paolo Pezzoli | 3-6 |
| ADM International | 2 | Fabio Carbone | 10 |
| ADM International | 6 | Luis Mussi | 10 |
| Scuderia Veregra | 3 | Daniele Cardinali | 1-9 |
| Scuderia Veregra | 8 | Enzo Stentella | 1-3 |
| Scuderia Veregra | 85 | Enrico Moncada | 5-7, 9 |
| D&B Competition | 4 | Giampaolo Mele | 1-8 |
| D&B Competition | 4 | Irish Scarlato | 9 |
| D&B Competition | 5 | Mario Esposito | 1-9 |
| D&B Competition | 6 | Michael Rangoni | 3 |
| D&B Competition | 6 | Irish Scarlato | 4 |
| D&B Competition | 6 | Pascal Umdenstock | 5-9 |
| D&B Competition | 49 | Gianluca Pazzaglia | 1 |
| Fire Wake Competition | 7 | Michele Terruso | 1 |
| Fire Wake Competition | 9 | Enrico Moncada | 2 |
| Fire Wake Competition | 9 | Gianluca Petroselli | 3-6 |
| Fire Wake Competition | 19 | Ron van Toren | 1 |
| Cram Competition | 7 | Michele Terruso | 2-7, 9-10 |
| Cram Competition | 18 | Augusto Farfus | 1-7, 9-10 |
| Cram Competition | 51 | Jérôme Thiry | 4 |
| Cram Competition | 91 | Felipe Massa | 1-7, 10 |
| LT Motorsport | 8 | Enzo Stentella | 5-6 |
| Toby Racing | 9 | Denis Babuin | 8-9 |
| Toby Racing | 58 | Natale Maggio | All |
| Prema Powerteam | 11 | Ronnie Quintarelli | All |
| Prema Powerteam | 12 | Stefano Attianese | 1-6 |
| Prema Powerteam | 12 | Luca Scarcia | 7-9 |
| Prema Powerteam | 12 | Ryan Briscoe | 10 |
| Nastro Azzurro JD Motorsport | 14 | Richard Antinucci | 2-5, 7, 10 |
| Nastro Azzurro JD Motorsport | 31 | Matteo Grassotto | 2, 4-6 |
| Nastro Azzurro JD Motorsport | 32 | Jean de Pourtales | 4, 10 |
| SL Racing | 15 | Markus Winkelhock | 4-6, 10 |
| SL Racing | 17 | Marco Knauf | 4-6, 10 |
| BVM Racing | 19 | Ron van Toren | 2-6 |
| BVM Racing | 42 | Alessandro Piccolo | All |
| BVM Racing | 43 | Antony Bertocchi | 1, 10 |
| Drumel Motorsport | 21 | Fausto Ippoliti | All |
| Drumel Motorsport | 22 | Raffaele Giammaria | All |
| Drumel Motorsport | 23 | Alessandro Boz | 1-3 |
| Drumel Motorsport | 23 | Enrico Garbelli | 4 |
| Drumel Motorsport | 23 | Alfonso Di Benedetto | 5-7 |
| Drumel Motorsport | 23 | Antonio De Pace | 8 |
| Drumel Motorsport | 23 | Alessandro Tonoli | 9 |
| Drumel Motorsport | 23 | Andrea Scafuro | 10 |
| Drumel Motorsport | 24 | Alessandro Terlizzi | 1-6 |
| Drumel Motorsport | 24 | Fabrizio De Pace | 8 |
| Drumel Motorsport | 24 | David Bruni | 10 |
| Drumel Motorsport | 25 | Mirko Venturi | All |
| Drumel Motorsport | 45 | Ettore Colla | 9 |
| RC Benetton Junior Team | 26 | Fabrizio del Monte | All |
| RC Benetton Junior Team | 27 | Antonio De Pace | 1-3 |
| RC Benetton Junior Team | 27 | Tommaso Baschera | 5-10 |
| RC Benetton Junior Team | 28 | Fabrizio De Pace | 1-3 |
| RC Benetton Junior Team | 28 | Alessandro Terlizzi | 7-8 |
| RC Benetton Junior Team | 28 | Massimiliano Russomando | 9 |
| RP Motorsport | 29 | Stefano D'Aste | 1-6 |
| RP Motorsport | 29 | Giovanni Berton | 8-10 |
| RP Motorsport | 66 | Alessandro Vitacolonna | 1-6, 8-9 |
| RP Motorsport | 69 | Filippo Magni | 1-2, 4 |
| RP Motorsport | 69 | Alessandro Cisternino | 8-9 |
| Door's Engineering | 33 | Luca Pasquesi | 1-9 |
| Door's Engineering | 33 | Matteo Pellegrino | 10 |
| Door's Engineering | 34 | Emilio Berti | All |
| Door's Engineering | 35 | Denis Babuin | 1-2, 4-6 |
| Door's Engineering | 36 | Nicola Gianniberti | All |
| Door's Engineering | 37 | Enea Casoni | 1 |
| Door's Engineering | 38 | Davide Mastracci | 1-9 |
| Door's Engineering | 87 | Nicola Cadei | 7 |
| Bicar Racing | 37 | Enea Casoni | 3-10 |
| Bicar Racing | 41 | Roberto Toninelli | All |
| Aquila Automotive | 39 | Norbert Groer | 1, 4 |
| Emmegi Promotion | 44 | Bernardo Manfrè | 1, 3-4, 7, 9 |
| Durango Benetton Junior Team | 46 | Michele Rugolo | All |
| Durango Benetton Junior Team | 65 | Stefano Mocellini | 1-2, 5-10 |
| Durango Benetton Junior Team | 82 | Simone Galluzzo | 3-4 |
| B&B Birel | 48 | Mauro Massironi | All |
| Savelli Racing Team | 55 | Andrea Tiso | 1-2, 8-9 |
| System Team | 56 | Alessandro Tonoli | 1-6 |
| Lucidi Motors Srl | 67 | Daniele Toia | 1-2, 4-8 |
| Lucidi Motors Srl | 68 | Filippo Zadotti | All |
| Sport Autoclub Racing | 94 | Aleksey Dudukalo | 10 |
| Sport Autoclub Racing | 95 | Sergey Zlobin | 10 |

## Calendar

| Round | Circuit | Date | Pole Position | Fastest Lap | Winning driver | Winning team |
| 1 | Autodromo Enzo e Dino Ferrari | May 14 | Ronnie Quintarelli | Alessandro Piccolo | Felipe Massa | Cram Competition |
| 2 | Autodromo dell'Umbria | May 28 | Richard Antinucci | Alessandro Piccolo | Ronnie Quintarelli | Prema Powerteam |
| 3 | Autodromo Riccardo Paletti | June 18 | Felipe Massa | Felipe Massa | Ronnie Quintarelli | Prema Powerteam |
| 4 | Autodromo Nazionale Monza | June 25 | Felipe Massa | Nicola Gianniberti | Felipe Massa | Cram Competition |
| 5 | ACI Vallelunga Circuit | July 22 | Felipe Massa | Raffaele Giammaria | Raffaele Giammaria | Drumel Motorsport |
| 6 | ACI Vallelunga Circuit | July 23 | Felipe Massa | Felipe Massa | Felipe Massa | Cram Competition |
| 7 | Autodromo di Pergusa | September 3 | Nicola Gianniberti | Fabrizio del Monte | Nicola Gianniberti | Door's Engineering |
| 8 | Binetto | September 24 | Fabrizio del Monte | Raffaele Giammaria | Raffaele Giammaria | Drumel Motorsport |
| 9 | Misano World Circuit | October 22 | Augusto Farfus | Augusto Farfus | Augusto Farfus | Cram Competition |
| 10 | Circuit Ricardo Tormo | December 9 | Raffaele Giammaria | Felipe Massa | Felipe Massa | Cram Competition |

## Championship standings

Points are awarded to the drivers as follows:
| Position | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | PP | FL |
| Points | 30 | 24 | 20 | 16 | 12 | 10 | 8 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 2 |

### Drivers

| Pos | Driver | IMO | MAG | VAR | MNZ | VLL | VLL | PER | BIN | MIS | VAL | Points |
| Pos | Driver | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | Points |
| 1 | Felipe Massa | 1 | Ret | Ret | 1 | 14 | 1 | 3 | | | 1 | 147 |
| 2 | Raffaele Giammaria | 4 | 20 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 24 | 5 | 1 | 9 | 3 | 147 |
| 3 | Ronnie Quintarelli | 2 | 1 | 1 | 11 | 26 | 9 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 145 |
| 4 | Alessandro Piccolo | 3 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 4 | 15 | 5 | 27 | 131 |
| 5 | Roberto Toninelli | 6 | 9 | 4 | 3 | 8 | 13 | 7 | 12 | 4 | 7 | 88 |
| 6 | Fabrizio del Monte | 30 | 2 | Ret | Ret | 7 | 2 | 13 | 14 | 2 | 11 | 82 |
| 7 | Mirko Venturi | 5 | Ret | Ret | 10 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 13 | 19 | 12 | 82 |
| 8 | Nicola Gianniberti | 31 | 4 | Ret | 14 | 9 | 28 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 26 | 74 |
| 9 | Natale Maggio | 10 | 7 | 7 | 6 | 6 | 5 | 12 | 6 | 8 | 5 | 74 |
| 10 | Augusto Farfus | 11 | Ret | 15 | 23 | Ret | Ret | 6 | | 1 | 9 | 46 |
| 11 | Filippo Zadotti | 8 | Ret | 9 | 26 | 3 | 7 | 15 | 7 | 14 | Ret | 46 |
| 12 | Matteo Grassotto | | 3 | | 7 | Ret | 4 | | | | | 44 |
| 13 | Richard Antinucci | | Ret | Ret | 4 | Ret | | 10 | | | 2 | 42 |
| 14 | Fausto Ippoliti | 7 | 19 | 6 | 12 | 20 | Ret | Ret | 4 | 16 | 8 | 40 |
| 15 | Alessandro Vitacolonna | 18 | Ret | 5 | Ret | 16 | 26 | | 2 | 13 | | 36 |
| 16 | Davide Mastracci | Ret | 8 | 12 | DNQ | 4 | 8 | 14 | 18 | 10 | | 30 |
| 17 | Ryan Briscoe | | | | | | | | | | 4 | 16 |
| 18 | Luca Pasquesi | 12 | Ret | 8 | Ret | 10 | 11 | 9 | 17 | 23 | | 12 |
| 19 | Fabrizio De Pace | DNQ | 6 | DNQ | | | | | 16 | | | 10 |
| 20 | Michele Rugolo | Ret | 14 | DNQ | 24 | Ret | 12 | Ret | Ret | 7 | 10 | 10 |
| 21 | Markus Winkelhock | | | | 8 | 23 | 10 | | | | 28 | 8 |
| 22 | Luca Scarcia | | | | | | | 17 | 8 | 11 | | 6 |
| 23 | Stefano D'Aste | 9 | Ret | 10 | Ret | 11 | 18 | | | | | 6 |
| 24 | Denis Babuin | 23 | 10 | | 9 | 24 | Ret | | DNQ | Ret | | 6 |
| 25 | Giovanni Berton | | | | | | | | 9 | 20 | 21 | 4 |
| 26 | Stefano Mocellini | 17 | DNQ | | | Ret | DNQ | 25 | 10 | Ret | 13 | 2 |
| 27 | Lorenzo Bontempelli | 14 | 16 | 11 | 17 | 12 | 14 | 11 | Ret | 18 | 20 | 0 |
| 28 | Andrea Tiso | 20 | DNQ | | | | | | 11 | 26 | | 0 |
| 29 | Antonio De Pace | DNQ | 11 | DNQ | | | | | DNQ | | | 0 |
| 30 | Alessandro Boz | Ret | 12 | 14 | | | | | | | | 0 |
| 31 | Massimiliano Russomando | | | | | | | | | 12 | | 0 |
| 32 | Alessandro Terlizzi | 13 | 15 | Ret | 13 | 22 | 25 | Ret | DNQ | | | 0 |
| 33 | Daniele Cardinali | Ret | 13 | DNQ | Ret | 13 | 20 | Ret | DNQ | 17 | | 0 |
| 34 | Stefano Attianese | 29 | DNQ | 13 | 27 | DNQ | 27 | | | | | 0 |
| 35 | Antony Bertocchi | 15 | | | | | | | | | 14 | 0 |
| 36 | Alfonso Di Benedetto | | | | | 15 | 17 | 16 | | | | 0 |
| 37 | Gianluca Petroselli | | | DNQ | 15 | 25 | 16 | | | | | 0 |
| 38 | Mauro Massironi | 19 | 18 | DNQ | Ret | 17 | Ret | 18 | DNQ | 21 | 15 | 0 |
| 39 | Ron van Toren | 24 | DNQ | DNQ | DNQ | 21 | 15 | | | | | 0 |
| 40 | Alessandro Cisternino | | | | | | | | Ret | 15 | | 0 |
| 41 | Jean de Pourtales | | | | 16 | | | | | | 16 | 0 |
| 42 | Nicola Fleury | 16 | DNQ | | | | | | | | | 0 |
| 43 | Alessandro Tonoli | DNQ | 17 | DNQ | DNQ | 19 | 19 | | | 22 | | 0 |
| 44 | Marco Knauf | | | | DNQ | DNQ | 21 | | | | 17 | 0 |
| 45 | Emilio Berti | DNQ | DNQ | DNQ | 18 | Ret | DNQ | 20 | DNQ | 31 | Ret | 0 |
| 46 | Tommaso Baschera | | | | | 18 | Ret | 22 | DNQ | 27 | Ret | 0 |
| 47 | Luis Mussi | | | | | | | | | | 18 | 0 |
| 48 | Bernardo Manfrè | Ret | | DNQ | 19 | | | 19 | | 24 | | 0 |
| 49 | Fabio Carbone | | | | | | | | | | 19 | 0 |
| 50 | Enrico Garbelli | | | | 20 | | | | | | | 0 |
| 51 | Enrico Moncada | | DNQ | | | DNQ | 22 | 21 | | 30 | | 0 |
| 52 | Giampaolo Mele | DNQ | DNQ | DNQ | 21 | DNQ | DNQ | 24 | DNQ | | 25 | 0 |
| 53 | Daniele Toia | 21 | DNQ | | DNQ | Ret | DNQ | Ret | DNQ | | | 0 |
| 54 | Enea Casoni | 22 | | DNQ | DNQ | DNQ | DNQ | Ret | DNQ | 32 | 22 | 0 |
| 55 | Norbert Groer | 27 | | | 22 | | | | | | | 0 |
| 56 | Michele Terruso | DNQ | DNQ | DNQ | DNQ | DNQ | 23 | Ret | | 29 | 24 | 0 |
| 57 | Pascal Umdenstock | | | | | DNQ | DNQ | 23 | DNQ | 28 | | 0 |
| 58 | Aleksey Dudukalo | | | | | | | | | | 23 | 0 |
| 59 | Irish Scarlato | | | | 25 | | | | | 33 | | 0 |
| 60 | Filippo Magni | 25 | DNQ | | Ret | | | | | | | 0 |
| 61 | Ettore Colla | | | | | | | | | 25 | | 0 |
| 62 | Enzo Stentella | 26 | DNQ | DNQ | | DNQ | Ret | | | | | 0 |
| 63 | Gianluca Pazzaglia | 28 | | | | | | | | | | 0 |
| | Mario Esposito | DNQ | DNQ | DNQ | DNQ | DNQ | DNQ | Ret | DNQ | Ret | | 0 |
| | Michael Rangoni | | | Ret | | | | | | | | 0 |
| | Jérôme Thiry | | | | Ret | | | | | | | 0 |
| | Nicola Cadei | | | | | | | Ret | | | | 0 |
| | David Bruni | | | | | | | | | | Ret | 0 |
| | Andrea Scafuro | | | | | | | | | | Ret | 0 |
| | Sergey Zlobin | | | | | | | | | | Ret | 0 |
| | Matteo Pellegrino | | | | | | | | | | Ret | 0 |
| | Paolo Pezzoli | | | DNQ | DNQ | DNQ | DNQ | | | | | 0 |
| | Simone Galluzzo | | | DNQ | DNQ | | | | | | | 0 |