2003 Italian Formula Three Championship

The 2003 Italian Formula Three Championship was the 39th Italian Formula Three Championship season. It began on 30 March at Misano and ended on 12 October at Vallelunga after nine races.[1]

Fausto Ippoliti of Ombra Racing won race at Binetto, race at Magione and another two podiums and ultimately clinched the title. He finished three points clear of Coloni Motorsport driver Christian Montanari, who won race at Mugello and season-ending races at Monza and Vallelunga. Third place went to Lucidi Motors driver Gregory Franchi, who finished ahead of Imola winner Marco Bonanomi.

Teams and drivers

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Entry List[2]
Team No Driver Chassis Engine Rounds
  Target Racing 2   Fausto Ippoliti Dallara F302 Spiess-Opel All
3   Omar Galeffi Dallara F302 Spiess-Opel All
  Azeta Racing 4   Giorgio Sernagiotto Dallara F302 Spiess-Opel 1–4
5   Gianmaria Gabbiani Dallara F399 Spiess-Opel 6, 8
  W.R.C. / RP Motorsport 8   Giovanni Berton Dallara F302 Spiess-Opel 1–5, 8
  Franco Ghiotto Dallara F302 Spiess-Opel 6
29   Matteo Cressoni Dallara F302 Spiess-Opel 4–9
  Passoli Racing 9   Giacomo Mettel Dallara F302 Spiess-Opel 1–5, 7
11   Leonardo Orecchioni Dallara F302 Spiess-Opel 1–4
31   Alessandro Bonetti Dallara F302 Spiess-Opel 6–9
  Corbetta Competizioni 12   Davide Mazzoleni Dallara F302 Mugen-Honda All
14   Stefano Gattuso Dallara F302 Mugen-Honda All
  Imola Racing 15   Giacomo Piccini Dallara F302 Spiess-Opel All
16   Nicky Pastorelli Dallara F302 Spiess-Opel 1–2
  Style Car Racing 18   Imeiro Brigliadori Dallara F302 Spiess-Opel All
19   Gianpiero Negrotti Dallara F302 Spiess-Opel All
  Coloni Motorsport 21   Christian Montanari Lola-Dome F106 Spiess-Opel All
22   Marco Bonanomi Lola-Dome F106 Spiess-Opel All
  Lucidi Motors 23   Gregory Franchi Dallara F302 Spiess-Opel All
  Savelli Racing 24   Andrea Tiso Dallara F302 Spiess-Opel 1–4, 6–9
  Team Ghinzani 25   Álvaro Parente Dallara F302 Mugen-Honda 1, 9
26   Robert Doornbos Dallara F302 Mugen-Honda 1
27   Philipp Baron Dallara F302 Mugen-Honda 8–9
  Dracone 28   Francesco Dracone Dallara F302 Spiess-Opel 4, 7
  RP Motorsport 32   Davide Valsecchi Dallara F302 Spiess-Opel 9
37   Toni Vilander Dallara F302 Renault 6, 9
  Drumel Motorsport 38   Philipp Baron Dallara F302 Renault 4
  JMP Racing 39   Jean Louis Bianchina Dallara F302 Renault 8
  Merelli 38   Alfredo Merelli Dallara F395 Fiat 1, 3–4
  Gozzo 38   Emanuele Gozzo Dallara F395 Fiat 4

Calendar

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All rounds were held in Italy.

Round Circuit Date Pole Position Fastest Lap Winning driver Winning team
1 Misano World Circuit 30 March   Álvaro Parente   Álvaro Parente   Álvaro Parente   Team Ghinzani
2 Autodromo del Levante, Binetto 13 April   Fausto Ippoliti   Gregory Franchi   Fausto Ippoliti   Target Racing
3 Autodromo dell'Umbria, Magione 27 April   Fausto Ippoliti   Fausto Ippoliti   Fausto Ippoliti   Target Racing
4 Imola Circuit, Imola 18 May   Omar Galeffi   Davide Mazzoleni   Marco Bonanomi   Coloni Motorsport
5 Autodromo di Pergusa, Enna 15 June   Omar Galeffi   Omar Galeffi   Omar Galeffi   Target Racing
6 Mugello Circuit, Scarperia 13 July   Toni Vilander   Christian Montanari   Christian Montanari   Coloni Motorsport
7 Autodromo Riccardo Paletti, Varano 7 September   Marco Bonanomi   Marco Bonanomi   Davide Mazzoleni   Corbetta Competizioni
8 Monza Circuit, Monza 28 September   Christian Montanari   Gregory Franchi   Christian Montanari   Coloni Motorsport
9 Vallelunga Circuit, Campagnano di Roma 12 October   Christian Montanari   Christian Montanari   Christian Montanari   Coloni Motorsport

Standings

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  • Points are awarded as follows:
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 PP FL
20 15 12 10 8 6 4 3 2 1 1 1
Pos Driver MIS BIN MAG IMO PER MUG VAR MNZ VAL Pts
1   Fausto Ippoliti 2 1 1 6 2 7 5 9 5 101
2   Christian Montanari Ret 3 Ret 3 4 1 Ret 1 1 98
3   Gregory Franchi 3 Ret 5 4 3 3 4 3 Ret 78
4   Marco Bonanomi Ret Ret 2 1 9 5 Ret 2 2 77
5   Giacomo Piccini Ret 2 8 2 6 4 7 5 4 71
6   Omar Galeffi 8 6 3 7 1 10 3 12 7 65
7   Stefano Gattuso 9 5 Ret 5 5 9 2 11 8 46
8   Davide Mazzoleni 7 4 9 13 7 8 1 17 10 45
9   Álvaro Parente 1 3 34
10   Giovanni Berton 5 8 4 9 8 6 32
11   Matteo Cressoni 8 Ret 6 Ret 4 14 19
12   Toni Vilander 2 DNS 16
13   Giorgio Sernagiotto 4 Ret 7 Ret 14
14   Andrea Tiso 10 9 12 Ret 12 6 10 9 12
15   Philipp Baron 10 8 6 10
16   Leonardo Orecchioni 14 Ret 6 Ret 6
17   Robert Doornbos 6 6
18   Alessandro Bonetti 11 9 7 12 6
19   Nicky Pastorelli Ret 7 4
20   Giacomo Mettel 11 Ret 11 12 12 8 3
21   Imeiro Brigliadori 12 Ret 10 11 10 Ret 10 14 11 3
22   Gianpiero Negrotti 13 10 13 Ret 11 14 11 16 13 1
23   Gianmaria Gabbiani 13 13 0
24   Alfredo Merelli Ret 14 Ret 0
25   Francesco Dracone 14 Ret 0
26   Emanuele Gozzo 15 0
27   Jean Louis Bianchina 15 0
  Franco Ghiotto Ret 0
  Davide Valsecchi Ret 0
Pos Driver MIS BIN MAG IMO PER MUG VAR MNZ VAL Pts
Colour Result
Gold Winner
Silver Second place
Bronze Third place
Green Points finish
Blue Non-points finish
Non-classified finish (NC)
Purple Retired (Ret)
Red Did not qualify (DNQ)
Did not pre-qualify (DNPQ)
Black Disqualified (DSQ)
White Did not start (DNS)
Withdrew (WD)
Race cancelled (C)
Blank Did not practice (DNP)
Did not arrive (DNA)
Excluded (EX)

Bold – Pole
Italics – Fastest Lap

References

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  1. ^ "Race Calendar: Italian Formula 3 Championship – Season 2003". Speedsport Magazine. Retrieved 27 August 2012.
  2. ^ "Entrylist: Italian Formula 3 Championship – Season 2003". Speedsport Magazine. Retrieved 27 August 2012.
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