# 2002 Italian Formula Three Championship

The 2002 Italian Formula Three Championship was the 38th Italian Formula Three Championship season. It began on 7 April at Vallelunga and ended on 20 October at Magione after nine races.
Miloš Pavlović of Target Racing won races at Vallelunga, Misano, Varano, Binetto, Mugello and had another three podiums and ultimately clinched the title. He finished 27 points clear of Azeta Racing driver Philip Cloostermans, who won races at Pergusa and Monza. Third place went to Pavlović's teammate Christiano Citron, who won the season-ending race at Magione.

## Teams and drivers

Entry List :
| Team | No | Driver | Chassis | Engine | Rounds |
| Campionato Nazionale ||||||
| Passoli Racing | 2 | Fausto Ippoliti | F399 | Fiat | 1–3, 5–9 |
| Passoli Racing | 3 | Leonardo Orecchioni | F399 | Fiat | 1–3 |
| Passoli Racing | 20 | Ivan Bellarosa | F302 | Fiat | 4 |
| Passoli Racing | 21 | Davide Uboldi | F302 | Fiat | 4, 9 |
| Stardrive Motorsport | 4 | Nassim Sidi Said | F399 | Spiess-Opel | 1–5 |
| Target Racing | 5 | Miloš Pavlović | F302 | Spiess-Opel | All |
| Target Racing | 6 | Christiano Citron | F302 | Spiess-Opel | All |
| Brigliadori | 7 | Imeiro Brigliadori | F399 | Spiess-Opel | 1–6, 8–9 |
| Style Car Racing | 8 | Gianpiero Negrotti | F399 | Fiat | 1–6, 8–9 |
| El Kobra | 9 | Andrea Tiso | F302 | Fiat | 1, 4 |
| W.R.C. | 10 | Franco Ghiotto | F302 | Spiess-Opel | 1–2, 4–6, 8–9 |
| W.R.C. | 11 | Sergio Ghiotto | F302 | Spiess-Opel | 1 |
| W.R.C. | 18 | Giampaolo Ermolli | F302 | Spiess-Opel | 2–7 |
| Stentella | 12 | Enzo Stentella | F399 | Spiess-Opel | 1–2 |
| Azeta Racing | 14 | Stefano Mocellini | F399 | Spiess-Opel | 1–6 |
| Azeta Racing | 15 | Philip Cloostermans | F399 | Spiess-Opel | 1–8 |
| Azeta Racing | 19 | Alessandro Vitacolonna | F399 | Spiess-Opel | 4–8 |
| Petroncini | 20 | Roberto Petroncini | F399 | Spiess-Opel | All |
| Scuderia Famà | 22 | Nino Famà | F399 | Spiess-Opel | 5 |
| Bertram Schäfer Racing | 23 | Vitantonio Liuzzi | F302 | Spiess-Opel | 5 |
| Bertram Schäfer Racing | 24 | Rizal Ramli | F302 | Spiess-Opel | 5 |
| Bertram Schäfer Racing | 25 | Bernhard Auinger | F302 | Spiess-Opel | 5 |
| Nemarnik | 26 | Tom Nemarnik | F399 | Fiat | 5 |
| Team Ghinzani | 27 | Robert Doornbos | F302 | Mugen-Honda | 5 |
| Team Ghinzani | 28 | Raffaele Giammaria | F302 | Mugen-Honda | 5, 9 |
| Team Ghinzani | 38 | Andreas Zuber | F302 | Mugen-Honda | 9 |
| Prema Powerteam | 29 | César Campaniço | F302 | Spiess-Opel | 5 |
| Prema Powerteam | 30 | Ryan Briscoe | F302 | Spiess-Opel | 5 |
| Prema Powerteam | 31 | Kosuke Matsuura | F302 | Spiess-Opel | 5 |
| Dracone | 32 | Francesco Dracone | F302 | Spiess-Opel | 5 |
| Gioga | 33 | Giovanni Gaetani | F399 | Fiat | 5 |
| Team Kolles | 35 | Ross Zwolsman | F302 | Mugen-Honda | 5 |
| Team Kolles | 36 | Sakon Yamamoto | F302 | Mugen-Honda | 5 |
| Boga | 37 | Bonifacio Gaetani | F399 | Spiess-Opel | 8–9 |
| Trofeo Nazionale CSAI ||||||
| Passoli Racing | 51 | Carmine Tancredi | F397 | Fiat | All |
| Passoli Racing | 64 | Dino Lusuardi | F393 | Fiat | 5–9 |
| Scuderia Famà | 52 | Nino Famà | F393 | Spiess-Opel | 1–2 |
| Scuderia Famà | 63 | Salvatore Cardullo | F393 | Spiess-Opel | 4 |
| Alberti | 53 | Silvio Alberti | F397 | Fiat | 2, 4–6 |
| Gozzo | 54 | Emanuele Gozzo | F395 | Spiess-Opel | 2, 4–5 |
| Style Car Racing | 55 | Giovanni Rambelli | F393 | Fiat | 1–6, 8–9 |
| Bounomo | 56 | Robert Bounomo | F397 | Fiat | All |
| System Team | 57 | Alberto Morelli | F393 | Fiat | 4–5, 9 |
| Faraonio | 58 | Giovanni Faraonio | F393 | Fiat | 1–2 |
| Bicciato | 59 | Renato Bicciato | F397 | Fiat | 2–8 |
| Gioga | 61 | Giovanni Gaetani | F393 | Fiat | 4 |
| Bendinelli | 65 | Carlo Bendinelli | F393 | Spiess-Opel | 9 |
| Ribaudo | 66 | Giorgio Ribaudo | F393 | Fiat | 5 |
| Bellarosa | 67 | Ivan Bellarosa | F397 | Fiat | 9 |

### Notes

* ↑ All drivers competed in Dallara chassis; model listed.

## Calendar

All rounds were held in Italy.
| Round | Circuit | Date | Pole Position | Winning driver | Winning team | Trophy winner |
| 1 | Vallelunga Circuit, Campagnano di Roma | 7 April | Miloš Pavlović | Miloš Pavlović | Target Racing | Nino Famà |
| 2 | Misano World Circuit | 28 April | Miloš Pavlović | Miloš Pavlović | Target Racing | Giovanni Faraonio |
| 3 | Autodromo di Pergusa, Enna | 19 May | Miloš Pavlović | Philip Cloostermans | Azeta Racing | Carmine Tancredi |
| 4 | Monza Circuit, Monza | 30 June | Philip Cloostermans | Philip Cloostermans | Azeta Racing | Carmine Tancredi |
| 5 | Autodromo Riccardo Paletti, Varano | 21 July | Miloš Pavlović | Miloš Pavlović | Target Racing | Carmine Tancredi |
| 6 | Imola Circuit, Imola | 1 September | Vitantonio Liuzzi | Vitantonio Liuzzi | Bertram Schäfer Racing | Silvio Alberti |
| 7 | Autodromo del Levante, Binetto | 8 September | Christiano Citron | Miloš Pavlović | Target Racing | Carmine Tancredi |
| 8 | Mugello Circuit, Scarperia | 6 October | Miloš Pavlović | Miloš Pavlović | Target Racing | Dino Lusuardi |
| 9 | Autodromo dell'Umbria, Magione | 20 October | Andreas Zuber | Christiano Citron | Target Racing | Alberto Morelli |

## Standings

* Points are awarded as follows:
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 |
| 9 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 1 |
| Pos | Driver | VAL | MIS | PER | MNZ | VAR | IMO | BIN | MUG | MAG | Pts |
| 1 | Miloš Pavlović | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 65 |
| 2 | Philip Cloostermans | Ret | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 3 | 4 | | 38 |
| 3 | Christiano Citron | 2 | 5 | 3 | 5 | Ret | 8 | 7 | 5 | 1 | 25 |
| 4 | Alessandro Vitacolonna | Ret | 4 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 25 | 2 | 2 | | 25 |
| 5 | Fausto Ippoliti | 3 | Ret | 7 | | Ret | 10 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 15 |
| 6 | Roberto Petroncini | 4 | 6 | 4 | Ret | Ret | Ret | 5 | 7 | 5 | 11 |
| 7 | Stefano Mocellini | 5 | 3 | Ret | 4 | 6 | 9 | | | | 10 |
| 8 | Vitantonio Liuzzi | | | | | | 1 | | | | 9 |
| 9 | Kosuke Matsuura | | | | | | 2 | | | | 6 |
| 10 | Giampaolo Ermolli | | Ret | 6 | Ret | 4 | 11 | 6 | | | 5 |
| 11 | Robert Doornbos | | | | | | 3 | | | | 4 |
| 12 | César Campaniço | | | | | | 4 | | | | 3 |
| 13 | Andreas Zuber | | | | | | | | | 4 | 3 |
| 14 | Nino Famà | | | | | 5 | | | | | 2 |
| 15 | Franco Ghiotto | 6 | 7 | | 8 | 7 | 14 | | 6 | 11 | 2 |
| 16 | Davide Uboldi | | | | 6 | | | | | 6 | 2 |
| | Imeiro Brigliadori | Ret | 8 | 8 | 7 | Ret | 15 | | 8 | 7 | 0 |
| | Sergio Ghiotto | 7 | | | | | | | | | 0 |
| | Ross Zwolsman | | | | | | 7 | | | | 0 |
| | Nassim Sidi Said | Ret | 9 | 12 | Ret | 8 | | | | | 0 |
| | Andrea Tiso | 8 | | | | 12 | | | | | 0 |
| | Gianpiero Negrotti | 11 | 12 | Ret | 11 | 13 | 22 | | 9 | Ret | 0 |
| | Rizal Ramli | | | | | | 12 | | | | 0 |
| | Bonifacio Gaetani | | | | | | | | 13 | 13 | 0 |
| | Sakon Yamamoto | | | | | | 13 | | | | 0 |
| | Enzo Stentella | 14 | 17 | | | | | | | | 0 |
| | Francesco Dracone | | | | | | 17 | | | | 0 |
| | Giovanni Gaetani | | | | | | 19 | | | | 0 |
| | Raffaele Giammaria | | | | | | 23 | | | Ret | 0 |
| | Tom Nemarnik | | | | | | 24 | | | | 0 |
| | Ivan Bellarosa | | | | Ret | | | | | | 0 |
| | Bernhard Auinger | | | | | | Ret | | | | 0 |
| | Ryan Briscoe | | | | | | Ret | | | | 0 |
| Class Trofeo ||||||||||||
| 1 | Carmine Tancredi | 12 | 16 | 9 | 9 | 9 | Ret | 8 | Ret | 12 | 44 |
| 2 | Robert Bounomo | 10 | 11 | 10 | 13 | 11 | 18 | 9 | Ret | 9 | 44 |
| 3 | Renato Bicciato | | 14 | 11 | 10 | 12 | 21 | 10 | 12 | | 27 |
| 4 | Dino Lusuardi | | | | | 10 | 20 | DNS | 10 | 15 | 20 |
| 5 | Giovanni Rambelli | Ret | 13 | Ret | Ret | 14 | Ret | | 11 | 14 | 14 |
| 6 | Giovanni Faraonio | 13 | 10 | | | | | | | | 12 |
| 7 | Silvio Alberti | | Ret | | 15 | 15 | 16 | | | | 12 |
| 8 | Alberto Morelli | | | | DNS | Ret | | | | 8 | 9 |
| 9 | Nino Famà | 9 | DNS | | | | | | | | 9 |
| 10 | Ivan Bellarosa | | | | | | | | | 10 | 4 |
| 11 | Giovanni Gaetani | | | | 14 | | | | | | 3 |
| 12 | Emanuele Gozzo | | 15 | | Ret | DNS | | | | | 2 |
| | Giorgio Ribaudo | | | | | 16 | | | | | 0 |
| | Salvatore Cardullo | | | | Ret | | | | | | 0 |
| | Carlo Bendinelli | | | | | | | | | Ret | 0 |
| Pos | Driver | VAL | MIS | PER | MNZ | VAR | IMO | BIN | MUG | MAG | 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) |