# 2007 Italian Formula Three Championship

The 2007 Italian Formula Three Championship was the 43rd Italian Formula Three Championship season. It began on 1 April at Adria and ended on 21 October at Monza after 16 races.
With victories at Adria, Misano, Vallelunga and Autodromo Nazionale Monza, Paolo Maria Nocera of Lucidi Motors finished the season as champion. He finished 21 points clear of Europa Corse driver Efisio Marchese, who won three races during the season. Third place went to Alan Racing driver Pablo Sánchez López, who also took three victories at Misano, Mugello, and Varano. Fourth place in the championship was claimed by Corbetta Competizioni's Mirko Bortolotti, who won the race at Mugello, while fifth went to his team-mate Fabrizio Crestani.

## Teams and drivers

All teams were Italian-registered and all cars competed on Michelin tyres.
Entry List :
| Team | No | Driver | Chassis | Engine | Rounds |
| Campionato Nazionale ||||||
| Corbetta Competizioni | 3 | Augusto Scalbi | Dallara F304 | Spiess-Opel | All |
| Corbetta Competizioni | 4 | Fabrizio Crestani | Dallara F304 | Spiess-Opel | All |
| Corbetta Competizioni | 16 | Mirko Bortolotti | Dallara F304 | Spiess-Opel | All |
| Lucidi Motors | 5 | Nicola de Marco | Dallara F304 | Spiess-Opel | All |
| Lucidi Motors | 6 | Paolo Maria Nocera | Dallara F304 | Spiess-Opel | All |
| Europa Corse | 7 | Efisio Marchese | Dallara F304 | Spiess-Opel | All |
| N.T. | 9 | Jacopo Faccioni | Dallara F304 | Spiess-Opel | All |
| Team Ghinzani | 11 | Paolo Bossini | Dallara F304 | Mugen-Honda | All |
| Team Ghinzani | 12 | Giuseppe Termine | Dallara F304 | Mugen-Honda | All |
| Alan Racing | 14 | Pablo Sánchez López | Dallara F304 | Spiess-Opel | 1–2, 4–8 |
| Alan Racing | 15 | Sergey Mokshantsev | Dallara F304 | Spiess-Opel | 8 |
| Trofeo Nazionale CSAI ||||||
| Europa Corse | 51 | Matteo Cozzari | Dallara F302 | Spiess-Opel | All |
| System Team | 52 | Gianpiero Negrotti | Dallara F303 | Spiess-Opel | 1–4, 8 |
| System Team | 85 | Dino Lusuardi | Dallara F301 | Fiat | 1–6 |
| System Team | 89 | Massimo Ballestri | Dallara F394 | Fiat | 2 |
| Facondini Racing | 53 | Molin Pradel | Dallara F302 | Spiess-Opel | 2 |
| Lido Corse | 61 | Luciano Baldazzi | Dallara F301 | Spiess-Opel | 1–6, 8 |
| Beelspeed | 83 | Mauro Brozzi | Dallara F394 | Fiat | 1–6 |
| Beelspeed | 87 | Carlo Bendinelli | Dallara F301 | Spiess-Opel | 3–4, 6–7 |
| Beelspeed | 88 | Antonio Vizzaccaro | Dallara F394 | Fiat | 3 |
| Beelspeed | 91 | Luigi Folloni | Dallara F394 | Fiat | 1–2, 4–7 |
| Team Cherubini | 92 | Federico del Rosso | Dallara F398 | Spiess-Opel | All |
| Team Cherubini | 93 | Antonio di Venere | Dallara F398 | Fiat | 1 |
| Team Cherubini | 93 | Marco Cencetti | Dallara F398 | Fiat | 2–6 |
| Team Cherubini | 94 | Salvatore Cardullo | Dallara F398 | Spiess-Opel | 3–6, 8 |

## Calendar

All rounds were held in Italy.
| Round | Round | Circuit | Date | Pole Position | Fastest Lap | Winning driver | Winning team | Trofeo winner |
| 1 | R1 | Adria International Raceway | 1 April | Paolo Maria Nocera | Efisio Marchese | Paolo Maria Nocera | Lucidi Motors | Mauro Brozzi |
| 1 | R2 | Adria International Raceway | 1 April | Paolo Maria Nocera | Efisio Marchese | Paolo Maria Nocera | Lucidi Motors | Matteo Cozzari |
| 2 | R1 | Misano World Circuit | 7 June | Fabrizio Crestani | Fabrizio Crestani | Paolo Maria Nocera | Lucidi Motors | Marco Cencetti |
| 2 | R2 | Misano World Circuit | 8 June | Fabrizio Crestani | Pablo Sánchez López | Pablo Sánchez López | Alan Racing | Massimo Ballestri |
| 3 | R1 | Autodromo dell'Umbria, Magione | 7 July | Efisio Marchese | Efisio Marchese | Efisio Marchese | Europa Corse | Mauro Brozzi |
| 3 | R2 | Autodromo dell'Umbria, Magione | 7 July | Efisio Marchese | Efisio Marchese | Efisio Marchese | Europa Corse | Matteo Cozzari |
| 4 | R1 | Mugello Circuit | 20 July | Pablo Sánchez López | Mirko Bortolotti | Fabrizio Crestani | Corbetta Competizioni | Matteo Cozzari |
| 4 | R2 | Mugello Circuit | 20 July | Pablo Sánchez López | Pablo Sánchez López | Fabrizio Crestani | Corbetta Competizioni | Matteo Cozzari |
| 5 | R1 | Mugello Circuit | 31 August | Mirko Bortolotti | Paolo Maria Nocera | Mirko Bortolotti | Corbetta Competizioni | Matteo Cozzari |
| 5 | R2 | Mugello Circuit | 1 September | Mirko Bortolotti | Nicola de Marco | Pablo Sánchez López | Alan Racing | Matteo Cozzari |
| 6 | R1 | Autodromo Riccardo Paletti, Varano | 13 September | Efisio Marchese | Efisio Marchese | Efisio Marchese | Europa Corse | Marco Cencetti |
| 6 | R2 | Autodromo Riccardo Paletti, Varano | 14 September | Pablo Sánchez López | Pablo Sánchez López | Pablo Sánchez López | Alan Racing | no finishers |
| 7 | R1 | ACI Vallelunga Circuit | 27 September | Paolo Maria Nocera | Paolo Maria Nocera | Paolo Maria Nocera | Lucidi Motors | Federico del Rosso |
| 7 | R2 | ACI Vallelunga Circuit | 28 September | Nicola de Marco | Fabrizio Crestani | Fabrizio Crestani | Corbetta Competizioni | Luigi Folloni |
| 8 | R1 | Autodromo Nazionale Monza | 18 October | Paolo Maria Nocera | Fabrizio Crestani | Paolo Maria Nocera | Lucidi Motors | Matteo Cozzari |
| 8 | R2 | Autodromo Nazionale Monza | 19 October | Paolo Maria Nocera | Paolo Maria Nocera | Paolo Maria Nocera | Lucidi Motors | no finishers |

## Standings

* Points are awarded as follows:
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | PP | FL |
| 10 | 8 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| Pos | Driver | ADR | ADR | MIS | MIS | MAG | MAG | MUG | MUG | MUG | MUG | VAR | VAR | VAL | VAL | MNZ | MNZ | Pts |
| Campionato Nazionale |||||||||||||||||||
| 1 | Paolo Maria Nocera | 1 | 1 | 1 | 12 | 5 | 4 | DSQ | 4 | Ret | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 114 |
| 2 | Efisio Marchese | 2 | 2 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 8 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 6 | Ret | 3 | 93 |
| 3 | Pablo Sánchez López | DSQ | 4 | 2 | 1 | | | 3 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 1 | Ret | 3 | 3 | Ret | 84 |
| 4 | Mirko Bortolotti | 3 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 8 | 10 | 10 | 3 | 5 | 12 | 5 | 81 |
| 5 | Fabrizio Crestani | Ret | 3 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 8 | 1 | 1 | Ret | Ret | 17 | 5 | Ret | 1 | 2 | Ret | 73 |
| 6 | Nicola de Marco | 5 | 7 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 4 | Ret | 8 | Ret | 67 |
| 7 | Giuseppe Termine | 4 | 6 | 4 | 6 | Ret | 6 | Ret | 5 | 6 | Ret | 5 | 6 | 2 | 7 | 5 | 4 | 52 |
| 8 | Augusto Scalbi | 7 | 8 | 9 | 8 | 7 | 5 | 8 | 9 | 5 | 5 | 7 | 7 | Ret | 4 | 4 | 2 | 42 |
| 9 | Paolo Bossini | 6 | 10 | 7 | 7 | 6 | 7 | 6 | 7 | 7 | 6 | 6 | 8 | 6 | 9 | 6 | 6 | 35 |
| 10 | Jacopo Faccioni | 8 | 9 | Ret | 9 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 11 | 10 | 9 | 8 | 9 | 5 | 8 | 13 | Ret | 11 |
| | Sergey Mokshantsev | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | Ret | Ret | 0 |
| Trofeo Nazionale CSAI |||||||||||||||||||
| 1 | Matteo Cozzari | 10 | 11 | DNS | DNS | 10 | 10 | 7 | 10 | 8 | 7 | 11 | DNS | Ret | Ret | 7 | DNS | 47 |
| 2 | Luciano Baldazzi | 11 | DNS | 12 | DNS | 11 | DNS | 10 | Ret | 12 | DNS | 13 | Ret | | | 9 | Ret | 21 |
| 3 | Mauro Brozzi | 9 | DNS | DNS | DNS | 8 | Ret | Ret | 12 | 11 | DNS | | | | | | | 17 |
| 4 | Federico del Rosso | 13 | DNS | 11 | DNS | 12 | DNS | 12 | DNS | 14 | DNS | 12 | DNS | 8 | DNS | DNS | DNS | 17 |
| 5 | Marco Cencetti | | | 10 | DNS | Ret | DNS | Ret | DNS | 9 | DNS | 9 | DNS | | | | | 14 |
| 6 | Luigi Folloni | 15 | DNS | 16 | DNS | | | 13 | 14 | DNS | DNS | DNS | DNS | 9 | 10 | | | 12 |
| 7 | Gianpiero Negrotti | Ret | 12 | 15 | 11 | 14 | 13 | 15 | DNS | | | | | | | 11 | DNS | 12 |
| 8 | Dino Lusuardi | 12 | DNS | 13 | DNS | 15 | 11 | 11 | DNS | 13 | DNS | 15 | DNS | | | | | 12 |
| 9 | Carlo Bendinelli | | | | | 17 | 12 | 14 | 13 | | | 14 | Ret | DNS | DNS | | | 7 |
| 10 | Massimo Ballestri | | | 14 | 10 | | | | | | | | | | | | | 6 |
| 11 | Salvatore Cardullo | | | | | 13 | DNS | DNS | DNS | 15 | DNS | 16 | DNS | | | 10 | DNS | 4 |
| 12 | Antonio di Venere | 14 | DNS | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | 0 |
| 13 | Antonio Vizzaccaro | | | | | 16 | Ret | | | | | | | | | | | 0 |
| 14 | Molin Pradel | | | 17 | DSQ | | | | | | | | | | | | | 0 |
| Pos | Driver | ADR | ADR | MIS | MIS | MAG | MAG | MUG | MUG | MUG | MUG | VAR | VAR | VAL | VAL | MNZ | MNZ | 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) |