1997 International Formula 3000 season

1997 FIA International Formula 3000 season
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The 1997 International Formula 3000 season featured the 1997 FIA Formula 3000 International Championship ^[1] which was contested over a ten round series from 11 May to 25 October 1997.

Drivers and teams

The following teams and drivers contested the 1997 FIA Formula 3000 International Championship. The Lola T96/50 Zytek-Judd was used by all teams,^[2] as was mandatory under the championship regulations.

Team	Car #	Driver	Race weekends
23x15px RSM Marko	1	23x15px Craig Lowndes	All
23x15px RSM Marko	2	23x15px Juan Pablo Montoya	All
23x15px Super Nova Racing	3	23x15px Ricardo Zonta	All
23x15px Super Nova Racing	4	23x15px Laurent Redon	All
23x15px Team Astromega	5	23x15px Boris Derichebourg	All
23x15px Team Astromega	6	23x15px Soheil Ayari	All
23x15px Draco Engineering	7	23x15px Cyrille Sauvage	All
23x15px Draco Engineering	8	23x15px Pedro Couceiro	All
23x15px Apomatox	9	23x15px Fabrizio Gollin	1-3, 9
	9	23x15px Emmanuel Clérico	4
	10	23x15px Jean-Philippe Belloc	1-4
23x15px Edenbridge Racing	11	23x15px Werner Lupberger	All
23x15px Edenbridge Racing	12	23x15px Max Wilson	All
23x15px Pacific Racing	14	23x15px Oliver Tichy	1-8
23x15px Pacific Racing	15	23x15px Marc Gené	1-2
23x15px DAMS	16	23x15px Grégoire de Galzain	All
23x15px DAMS	17	23x15px Jamie Davies	All
23x15px Durango Formula	18	23x15px Stephen Watson	All
23x15px Durango Formula	19	23x15px Gareth Rees	All
23x15px Auto Sport Racing	20	23x15px Gastón Mazzacane	All
23x15px Auto Sport Racing	21	23x15px Tom Kristensen	All
23x15px Nordic Racing	22	23x15px Thomas Biagi	1-3
		23x15px Marc Gené	4-6, 10
		23x15px Mario Waltner	7-8
		23x15px Gianluca Paglicci	9
	23	23x15px Rui Águas	All
23x15px Bob Salisbury Engineering	24	23x15px Oliver Gavin	1-3
	24	23x15px James Taylor	4-10
	25	23x15px Thomas Schie	All
23x15px Den Blå Avis	26	23x15px Jason Watt	All
23x15px DC Cook Motorsport	27	23x15px David Cook	All
23x15px DC Cook Motorsport	28	23x15px Patrick Lemarié	9-10
23x15px Coloni Motorsport	29	23x15px Markus Friesacher	All
	30	23x15px Emiliano Spataro	1-9
	30	23x15px Oliver Tichy	10
23x15px Ravarotto Racing	31	23x15px Anthony Beltoise	1-7
23x15px Ravarotto Racing	32	23x15px Patrick Lemarié	1-4, 6
23x15px GP Racing	33	23x15px Thomas Biagi	4-10
23x15px Elide Racing	34	23x15px Miguel Ángel de Castro	10
23x15px Arden International	35	23x15px Christian Horner	All
23x15px KTR	36	23x15px Kurt Mollekens	All
23x15px Redman & Bright F3000	37	23x15px Gonzalo Rodríguez	1, 3-7, 9-10
23x15px DKS Racing	38	23x15px Dino Morelli	1-4

Calendar

Race No	Track	Country	Date	Laps	Distance	Time	Speed	Winner	Pole Position	Fastest Lap
1	Silverstone	23x15px United Kingdom	11 May 1997	40	5.14=205.60 km	1'21:15.501	151.990 km/h	Tom Kristensen	Ricardo Zonta	Marc Gené
2	Pau	23x15px France	19 May 1997	75	2.76=207.00 km	1'32:44.230	133.927 km/h	Juan Pablo Montoya	Juan Pablo Montoya	Juan Pablo Montoya
3	Helsinki	23x15px Finland	25 May 1997	65	3.18=206.7 km	1'38:32.881	125.847 km/h	Soheil Ayari	Juan Pablo Montoya	Juan Pablo Montoya
4	Nürburgring	23x15px Germany	29 June 1997	4	4.556=18.224 km	0'07:57.334	137.443 km/h	Ricardo Zonta	Ricardo Zonta	Ricardo Zonta
5	Pergusa-Enna	23x15px Italy	20 July 1997	41	4.95=202.95 km	1'04:48.310	187.902 km/h	Jamie Davies	Jamie Davies	Jamie Davies
6	Hockenheim	23x15px Germany	26 July 1997	31	6.823=211.513 km	1'04:33.262	196.591 km/h	Ricardo Zonta	Tom Kristensen	Juan Pablo Montoya
7	Spielberg	23x15px Austria	3 August 1997	48	4.319=207.312 km	1'12:39.794	171.183 km/h	Juan Pablo Montoya	Juan Pablo Montoya	Ricardo Zonta
8	Spa-Francorchamps	23x15px Belgium	22 August 1997	29	6.968=202.072 km	1'05:19.036	185.622 km/h	Jason Watt	Tom Kristensen	Rui Águas
9	Mugello	23x15px Italy	29 September 1997	40	5.245=209.8 km	1'09:03.576	182.277 km/h	Ricardo Zonta	Ricardo Zonta	Ricardo Zonta
10	Jerez	23x15px Spain	25 October 1997	44	4.428=194.832 km	1'13:47.224	158.428 km/h	Juan Pablo Montoya	Ricardo Zonta	Ricardo Zonta

Note:

The Silverstone round was the Autosport International Trophy ^[2]
The Pau round was the 57th Grand Prix Automobile du Pau ^[2]
The Pergusa-Enna round was the 35th Gran Premio del Mediterraneo ^[2]

Drivers' Championship

Pos	Driver	SIL 23x15px	PAU 23x15px	HEL 23x15px	NÜR 23x15px	PER 23x15px	HOC 23x15px	A1 23x15px	SPA 23x15px	MUG 23x15px	JER 23x15px	Pts
1	23x15px Ricardo Zonta	DSQ	Ret	Ret	1	2	1	2	5	1	Ret	39
2	23x15px Juan Pablo Montoya	Ret	1	Ret	4	11	5	1	DSQ	3	1	37.5
3	23x15px Jason Watt	4	12	DNS	2	Ret	4	Ret	1	2	Ret	25
4	23x15px Jamie Davies	3	3	Ret	8	1	3	9	8	EX	Ret	22
5	23x15px Max Wilson	Ret	7	Ret	5	3	2	8	2	4	10	21
6	23x15px Tom Kristensen	1	2	Ret	3	Ret	Ret	6	Ret	EX	Ret	19
7	23x15px Oliver Tichy	8	8	2	9	Ret	7	5	Ret		2	14
8	23x15px Soheil Ayari	Ret	6	1	19	Ret	Ret	10	Ret	6	Ret	12
9	23x15px Laurent Redon	Ret	4	Ret	21	6	Ret	3	14	5	11	10
10	23x15px Rui Águas	Ret	9	5	7	Ret	DSQ	4	9	12	5	7
11	23x15px Pedro Couceiro	2	Ret	Ret	15	DNS	Ret	11	7	Ret	Ret	6
12	23x15px Dino Morelli	5	11	3	Ret							6
13	23x15px Cyrille Sauvage	7	5	Ret	Ret	8	Ret	Ret	4	9	DSQ	5
14	23x15px Gareth Rees	Ret	Ret	Ret	Ret	16	11	Ret	Ret	7	3	4
15	23x15px Boris Derichebourg	12	15	8	Ret	9	DNQ	13	3	22	15	4
16	23x15px Patrick Lemarié	6	13	4	13		Ret			14	DNQ	4
17	23x15px Craig Lowndes	14	Ret	Ret	Ret	4	Ret	Ret	Ret	21	9	3
18	23x15px Werner Lupberger	11	DNQ	DNQ	18	Ret	14	Ret	13	11	4	3
19	23x15px Kurt Mollekens	EX	10	Ret	DNQ	5	6	Ret	Ret	Ret	Ret	3
20	23x15px Stephen Watson	15	DNQ	6	16	7	12	Ret	6	15	Ret	2
21	23x15px Christian Horner	16	DNQ	DNQ	DNQ	DNQ	DNQ	16	DNQ	17	6	1
22	23x15px Gonzalo Rodríguez	DNQ		Ret	6	Ret	17	7		8	Ret	0.5
23	23x15px David Cook	Ret	DNQ	7	DNQ	Ret	DNQ	14	Ret	Ret	7	0
24	23x15px Grégoire de Galzain	DNQ	DNQ	DNQ	17	Ret	9	15	Ret	EX	8	0
25	23x15px Marc Gené	13	DNQ		DNQ	Ret	8				Ret	0
26	23x15px Anthony Beltoise	Ret	Ret	9	14	12	13	Ret				0
27	23x15px Jean-Philippe Belloc	9	Ret	Ret	20							0
28	23x15px Gastón Mazzacane	10	DNQ	Ret	10	15	10	17	11	10	Ret	0
29	23x15px Thomas Schie	DNQ	14	DNQ	DNQ	DNQ	15	DNQ	10	18	Ret	0
30	23x15px Emiliano Spataro	DNQ	DNQ	DNQ	11	13	16	12	Ret	Ret		0
31	23x15px Thomas Biagi	DNQ	DNQ	DNQ	DNQ	14	18	Ret	Ret	16	12	0
32	23x15px Emmanuel Clérico				12							0
33	23x15px James Taylor				DNQ	DNQ	DNQ	DNQ	12	DNQ	DNQ	0
34	23x15px Fabrizio Gollin	Ret	Ret	Ret						13		0
35	23x15px Markus Friesacher	DNQ	DNQ	DNQ	DNQ	17	DNQ	DNQ	Ret	19	DNQ	0
36	23x15px Gianluca Paglicci									20		0
–	23x15px Miguel Ángel de Castro										DNQ	0
–	23x15px Mario Waltner							DNQ	DNQ			0
–	23x15px Oliver Gavin	DNQ	DNQ	DNQ								0
Pos	Driver	SIL 23x15px	PAU 23x15px	HEL 23x15px	NÜR 23x15px	PER 23x15px	HOC 23x15px	A1 23x15px	SPA 23x15px	MUG 23x15px	JER 23x15px	Pts

Colour	Result
Gold	Winner
Silver	2nd place
Bronze	3rd place
Green	Points finish
Blue	Non-points finish
Blue	Non-classified finish (NC)
Purple	Did not finish (Ret)
Red	Did not qualify (DNQ)
Red	Did not pre-qualify (DNPQ)
Black	Disqualified (DSQ)
White	Did not start (DNS)
	Withdrew (WD)
	Race cancelled (C)
Blank	Did not participate (DNP)
Blank	Excluded (EX)

Notes

Results in bold indicate pole position.
Results in italics indicate fastest lap.
All drivers used Lola T96/50 chassis, with Zytek-Judd engines, and Avon tyres.
Ricardo Zonta was disqualified from first place at Silverstone due to a gearbox irregularity.
Nurburgring race was stopped prematurely due to an accident involving Dino Morelli in torrential rain. Half points awarded.
Juan Pablo Montoya was disqualified during the Spa-Francorchamps race for holding up the field with a damaged car.
Jamie Davies and Grégoire de Galzain were excluded from the race at Mugello for failing to attend the drivers' briefing. Tom Kristensen was excluded from the same event due to having an illegal spacer fitted.
Rui Águas was disqualified during the race at Hockenheim for dangerous driving.
Cyrille Sauvage was disqualified from second place at Jerez because a member of his team entered parc fermé after the race.
Kurt Mollekens was excluded from the race at Silverstone after failing to attend the drivers' briefing.

Complete Overview

first column of every race

10

= grid position

second column of every race

10

= race result

R24=retired, but classified R=retired NS=did not start NQ=did not qualify NT=no time set in qualifying DIS(1)=disqualified after finishing as winner (13)=place after practice, but grid position not held free DIS=disqualified in practice

Place	Name	Country	Team	23x15px		23x15px		23x15px		23x15px		23x15px		23x15px		23x15px		23x15px		23x15px		23x15px
1	Ricardo Zonta	23x15px Brazil	SuperNova Racing	1	DIS(1)	8	R	8	R	1	1	2	2	2	1	2	2	5	5	1	1	1	R
2	Juan Pablo Montoya	23x15px Colombia	RSM Marko	2	R	1	1	1	R	4	4	6	11	15	5	1	1	4	R	2	3	4	1
3	Jason Watt	23x15px Denmark	Den Blå Avis	3	4	15	12	(13)	NS	3	2	8	R	5	4	9	R	2	1	4	2	6	R
4	Jamie Davis	23x15px United Kingdom	DAMS	23	3	4	3	2	R	13	8	1	1	6	3	24	9	15	8	DIS	-	3	R
5	Max Wilson	23x15px Brazil	Edenbridge Racing	8	R	11	7	21	R	5	5	4	3	3	2	14	8	8	2	3	4	9	10
6	Tom Kristensen	23x15px Denmark	Auto Sport Racing	12	1	2	2	6	R	2	3	10	R	1	R	3	6	1	R	DIS	-	2	R
7	Oliver Tichy	23x15px Austria	Pacific Racing	7	8	9	8	3	2	17	9	9	R	17	7	16	5	21	R	-	-
7	Oliver Tichy	23x15px Austria	Coloni Motorsport																			7	2
8	Soheil Ayari	23x15px France	Team Astromega	4	R	5	6	9	1	8	19	13	R	8	R	6	10	3	R	7	6	8	R
9	Laurent Redon	23x15px France	SuperNova Racing	10	R	3	4	11	R	7	21	11	6	9	R	5	3	9	14	6	5	16	11
10	Rui Águas	23x15px Portugal	Nordic Racing	5	R	12	9	18	5	12	7	7	R	4	R	8	4	17	9	13	12	10	5
11	Pedro Couceiro	23x15px Portugal	Draco Engineering	22	2	7	R	19	R	14	15	(12)	NS	24	R	13	11	16	7	17	R	19	R
	Dino Morelli	23x15px United Kingdom	DKS Racing	11	5	19	11	7	3	16	R24	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
13	Cyrille Sauvage	23x15px France	Draco Engineering	13	7	6	5	4	R	15	R23	3	8	13	R	7	R	24	4	9	9	5	DIS(2)
14	Patrick Lemarié	23x15px France	Ravarotto Racing	25	6	17	13	13	4	11	13	-	-	16	R	-	-	-	-
14	Patrick Lemarié	23x15px France	D C Cook Motorsport																	19	14	27	NQ
	Boris Derichebourg	23x15px France	Team Astromega	20	12	21	15	22	8	6	R	16	9	27	NQ	22	13	6	3	11	22	15	R
	Gareth Rees	23x15px United Kingdom	Durango Formula	15	R	16	R	12	R	9	R22	20	16	19	11	18	R	11	R	5	7	11	3
17	Craig Lowndes	23x15px Australia	RSM Marko	6	14	14	R	20	R	23	R25	15	4	10	R	10	R	20	R	10	21	13	9
	Kurt Mollekens	23x15px Belgium	KTR	DIS	-	13	10	5	R	32	NQ	12	5	26	6	12	R	18	R	24	R	21	R
	Werner Lupberger	23x15px South Africa	Edenbridge Racing	26	11	28	NQ	30	NQ	19	18	21	R	23	14	15	R	10	13	14	11	14	4
20	Stephen Watson	23x15px South Africa	Durango Formula	21	15	25	NQ	15	6	18	16	19	7	18	12	21	R	7	6	18	15	22	R
21	Christian Horner	23x15px United Kingdom	Arden International	24	R16	33	NQ	29	NQ	33	NQ	30	NQ	29	NQ	25	16	27	NQ	22	17	24	6
22	Gonzalo Rodríguez	23x15px Uruguay	Redman & Bright F3000	31	NQ	-	-	14	R	10	6	5	R	7	17	4	7	-	-	8	8	12	R
-	David Cook	23x15px United Kingdom	D C Cook Motorsport	14	R	31	NQ	24	7	30	NQ	26	R	30	NQ	26	14	22	R	16	R	26	7
-	Grégoire de Galzain	23x15px France	DAMS	29	NQ	32	NQ	32	NQ	26	17	23	R	20	9	23	15	23	R	DIS	-	17	8
-	Marc Gené	23x15px Spain	Pacific Racing	16	13	23	NQ	-	-
-	Marc Gené	23x15px Spain	Nordic Racing							31	NQ	12	R10	11	8	-	-	-	-	-	-	20	R
-	Anthony Beltoise	23x15px France	Ravarotto Racing	17	R	18	R	16	9	22	14	22	12	21	13	17	R	-	-	-	-	-	-
-	Jean-Philippe Belloc	23x15px France	Apomatox	19	9	22	R	17	R	24	20	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
-	Gastón Mazzacane	23x15px Argentina	Auto Sport Racing	9	10	24	NQ	23	R	20	10	17	15	12	10	11	17	19	11	12	10	18	R
-	Thomas Schie	23x15px Norway	BSE Salisbury Engineering	32	NQ	20	14	26	NQ	28	NQ	28	NQ	22	15	27	NQ	13	10	23	18	25	R
-	Emiliano Spataro	23x15px Argentina	Coloni Motorsport	32	NQ	29	NQ	27	NQ	21	11	24	13	25	16	23	15	20	12	15	R	-	-
-	Thomas Biagi	23x15px Italy	Nordic Racing	28	NQ	26	NQ	31	NQ
-	Thomas Biagi	23x15px Italy	GP Racing							27	NQ	18	14	14	18	19	R	25	R	20	16	23	12
-	Emmanuel Clérico	23x15px France	Apomatox	-	-	-	-	-	-	25	12	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
-	James Taylor	23x15px United Kingdom	BSE Salisbury Engineering	-	-	-	-	-	-	34	NQ	29	NQ	31	NQ	NT	-	26	12	27	NQ	30	NQ
-	Fabrizio Gollin	23x15px Italy	Apomatox	18	R	10	R	10	R	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	21	13	-	-
-	Markus Friesacher	23x15px Austria	Coloni Motorsport	27	NQ	30	NQ	28	NQ	29	NQ	25	17	28	NQ	28	NQ	14	R	26	19	28	NQ
-	Gianluca Paglicci	23x15px Italy	Nordic Racing	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	25	20	-	-
-	Oliver Gavin	23x15px United Kingdom	BSE Salisbury Engineering	30	NQ	27	NQ	33	NQ	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
-	Mario Waltner	23x15px Austria	Nordic Racing	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	29	NQ	28	NQ	-	-	-	-
-	Miguel Ángel de Castro	23x15px Spain	Elide Racing	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	29	NQ

References

^ Official 1997 FIA Formula 3000 International Championship results Retrieved from web.archive.org on 15 March 2009
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d Autocourse, 1997-98, page 273

External links

International F3000 1997 Retrieved from Unofficial F3000 Information on 15 March 2009
Images from the Spa round of the 1997 Formula 3000 International Championship Retrieved from www.jamd.com on 17 March 2009

[1] Official 1997 FIA Formula 3000 International Championship results Retrieved from web.archive.org on 15 March 2009

[Autocourse-2] Autocourse, 1997-98, page 273

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