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	No.	Driver	Rounds
RSM Marko	1	Craig Lowndes	All
	2	Juan Pablo Montoya	All
Super Nova Racing	3	Ricardo Zonta	All
	4	Laurent Redon	All
Team Astromega	5	Boris Derichebourg	All
	6	Soheil Ayari	All
Draco Engineering	7	Cyrille Sauvage	All
	8	Pedro Couceiro	All
Apomatox	9	Fabrizio Gollin	1-3, 9
		Emmanuel Clérico	4
	10	Jean-Philippe Belloc	1-4
Edenbridge Racing	11	Werner Lupberger	All
	12	Max Wilson	All
Pacific Racing	14	Oliver Tichy	1-8
	15	Marc Gené	1-2
DAMS	16	Grégoire de Galzain	All
	17	Jamie Davies	All
Durango Formula	18	Stephen Watson	All
	19	Gareth Rees	All
Auto Sport Racing	20	Gastón Mazzacane	All
	21	Tom Kristensen	All
Nordic Racing	22	Thomas Biagi	1-3
		Marc Gené	4-6, 10
		Mario Waltner	7-8
		Gianluca Paglicci	9
	23	Rui Águas	All
Bob Salisbury Engineering	24	Oliver Gavin	1-3
		James Taylor	4-10
	25	Thomas Schie	All
Den Blå Avis	26	Jason Watt	All
DC Cook Motorsport	27	David Cook	All
	28	Patrick Lemarié	9-10
Coloni Motorsport	29	Markus Friesacher	All
	30	Emiliano Spataro	1-9
		Oliver Tichy	10
Ravarotto Racing	31	Anthony Beltoise	1-7
	32	Patrick Lemarié	1-4, 6
GP Racing	33	Thomas Biagi	4-10
Elide Racing	34	Miguel Ángel de Castro	10
Arden International	35	Christian Horner	All
KTR	36	Kurt Mollekens	All
Redman & Bright F3000	37	Gonzalo Rodríguez	1, 3-7, 9-10
DKS Racing	38	Dino Morelli	1-4

Calendar

Round	Circuit	Date	Laps	Distance	Time	Speed	Pole Position	Fastest Lap	Winner
1	Silverstone Circuit	11 May	40	5.14=205.60 km	1'21:15.501	151.990 km/h	Ricardo Zonta	Marc Gené	Tom Kristensen
2	Pau Grand Prix	19 May	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 Thunder	25 May	65	3.18=206.7 km	1'38:32.881	125.847 km/h	Juan Pablo Montoya	Juan Pablo Montoya	Soheil Ayari
4	Nürburgring	29 June	4	4.556=18.224 km	0'07:57.334	137.443 km/h	Ricardo Zonta	Ricardo Zonta	Ricardo Zonta
5	Autodromo di Pergusa	20 July	41	4.95=202.95 km	1'04:48.310	187.902 km/h	Jamie Davies	Jamie Davies	Jamie Davies
6	Hockenheimring	26 July	31	6.823=211.513 km	1'04:33.262	196.591 km/h	Tom Kristensen	Juan Pablo Montoya	Ricardo Zonta
7	Österreichring	3 August	48	4.319=207.312 km	1'12:39.794	171.183 km/h	Juan Pablo Montoya	Ricardo Zonta	Juan Pablo Montoya
8	Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps	22 August	29	6.968=202.072 km	1'05:19.036	185.622 km/h	Tom Kristensen	Rui Águas	Jason Watt
9	Mugello Circuit	29 September	40	5.245=209.8 km	1'09:03.576	182.277 km/h	Ricardo Zonta	Ricardo Zonta	Ricardo Zonta
10	Circuito de Jerez	25 October	44	4.428=194.832 km	1'13:47.224	158.428 km/h	Ricardo Zonta	Ricardo Zonta	Juan Pablo Montoya

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 PAU HEL NÜR PER HOC A1R SPA MUG JER Points 1 Ricardo Zonta DSQ Ret Ret 1 2 1 2 5 1 Ret 39 2 Juan Pablo Montoya Ret 1 Ret 4 11 5 1 DSQ 3 1 37.5 3 Jason Watt 4 12 DNS 2 Ret 4 Ret 1 2 Ret 25 4 Jamie Davies 3 3 Ret 8 1 3 9 8 EX Ret 22 5 Max Wilson Ret 7 Ret 5 3 2 8 2 4 10 21 6 Tom Kristensen 1 2 Ret 3 Ret Ret 6 Ret EX Ret 19 7 Oliver Tichy 8 8 2 9 Ret 7 5 Ret 2 14 8 Soheil Ayari Ret 6 1 19 Ret Ret 10 Ret 6 Ret 12 9 Laurent Redon Ret 4 Ret 21 6 Ret 3 14 5 11 10 10 Rui Águas Ret 9 5 7 Ret DSQ 4 9 12 5 7 11 Pedro Couceiro 2 Ret Ret 15 DNS Ret 11 7 Ret Ret 6 12 Dino Morelli 5 11 3 Ret 6 13 Cyrille Sauvage 7 5 Ret Ret 8 Ret Ret 4 9 DSQ 5 14 Gareth Rees Ret Ret Ret Ret 16 11 Ret Ret 7 3 4 15 Boris Derichebourg 12 15 8 Ret 9 DNQ 13 3 22 15 4 16 Patrick Lemarié 6 13 4 13 Ret 14 DNQ 4 17 Craig Lowndes 14 Ret Ret Ret 4 Ret Ret Ret 21 9 3 18 Werner Lupberger 11 DNQ DNQ 18 Ret 14 Ret 13 11 4 3 19 Kurt Mollekens EX 10 Ret DNQ 5 6 Ret Ret Ret Ret 3 20 Stephen Watson 15 DNQ 6 16 7 12 Ret 6 15 Ret 2 21 Christian Horner 16 DNQ DNQ DNQ DNQ DNQ 16 DNQ 17 6 1 22 Gonzalo Rodríguez DNQ Ret 6 Ret 17 7 8 Ret 0.5 23 David Cook Ret DNQ 7 DNQ Ret DNQ 14 Ret Ret 7 0 24 Grégoire de Galzain DNQ DNQ DNQ 17 Ret 9 15 Ret EX 8 0 25 Marc Gené 13 DNQ DNQ Ret 8 Ret 0 26 Anthony Beltoise Ret Ret 9 14 12 13 Ret 0 27 Jean-Philippe Belloc 9 Ret Ret 20 0 28 Gastón Mazzacane 10 DNQ Ret 10 15 10 17 11 10 Ret 0 29 Thomas Schie DNQ 14 DNQ DNQ DNQ 15 DNQ 10 18 Ret 0 30 Emiliano Spataro DNQ DNQ DNQ 11 13 16 12 Ret Ret 0 31 Thomas Biagi DNQ DNQ DNQ DNQ 14 18 Ret Ret 16 12 0 32 Emmanuel Clérico 12 0 33 James Taylor DNQ DNQ DNQ DNQ 12 DNQ DNQ 0 34 Fabrizio Gollin Ret Ret Ret 13 0 35 Markus Friesacher DNQ DNQ DNQ DNQ 17 DNQ DNQ Ret 19 DNQ 0 36 Gianluca Paglicci 20 0 – Miguel Ángel de Castro DNQ 0 – Mario Waltner DNQ DNQ 0 – Oliver Gavin DNQ DNQ DNQ 0 Pos Driver SIL PAU HEL NÜR PER HOC A1R SPA MUG JER Points

Colour Result Gold Winner Silver 2nd place Bronze 3rd 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 participate (DNP) Excluded (EX) Bold – Pole Italics – Fastest lap

Notes

• 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
1	Ricardo Zonta	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	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	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	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	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	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	Austria	Pacific Racing	7	8	9	8	3	2	17	9	9	R	17	7	16	5	21	R	-	-
			Coloni Motorsport																			7	2
8	Soheil Ayari	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	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	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	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	United Kingdom	DKS Racing	11	5	19	11	7	3	16	R24	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
13	Cyrille Sauvage	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	France	Ravarotto Racing	25	6	17	13	13	4	11	13	-	-	16	R	-	-	-	-
			D C Cook Motorsport																	19	14	27	NQ
	Boris Derichebourg	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	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	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	Belgium	KTR	DIS	-	13	10	5	R	32	NQ	12	5	26	6	12	R	18	R	24	R	21	R
	Werner Lupberger	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	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	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	Uruguay	Redman & Bright F3000	31	NQ	-	-	14	R	10	6	5	R	7	17	4	7	-	-	8	8	12	R
-	David Cook	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	France	DAMS	29	NQ	32	NQ	32	NQ	26	17	23	R	20	9	23	15	23	R	DIS	-	17	8
-	Marc Gené	Spain	Pacific Racing	16	13	23	NQ	-	-
			Nordic Racing							31	NQ	12	R10	11	8	-	-	-	-	-	-	20	R
-	Anthony Beltoise	France	Ravarotto Racing	17	R	18	R	16	9	22	14	22	12	21	13	17	R	-	-	-	-	-	-
-	Jean-Philippe Belloc	France	Apomatox	19	9	22	R	17	R	24	20	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
-	Gastón Mazzacane	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	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	Argentina	Coloni Motorsport	32	NQ	29	NQ	27	NQ	21	11	24	13	25	16	23	15	20	12	15	R	-	-
-	Thomas Biagi	Italy	Nordic Racing	28	NQ	26	NQ	31	NQ
			GP Racing							27	NQ	18	14	14	18	19	R	25	R	20	16	23	12
-	Emmanuel Clérico	France	Apomatox	-	-	-	-	-	-	25	12	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
-	James Taylor	United Kingdom	BSE Salisbury Engineering	-	-	-	-	-	-	34	NQ	29	NQ	31	NQ	NT	-	26	12	27	NQ	30	NQ
-	Fabrizio Gollin	Italy	Apomatox	18	R	10	R	10	R	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	21	13	-	-
-	Markus Friesacher	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	Italy	Nordic Racing	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	25	20	-	-
-	Oliver Gavin	United Kingdom	BSE Salisbury Engineering	30	NQ	27	NQ	33	NQ	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
-	Mario Waltner	Austria	Nordic Racing	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	29	NQ	28	NQ	-	-	-	-
-	Miguel Ángel de Castro	Spain	Elide Racing	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	29	NQ

References

1. Official 1997 FIA Formula 3000 International Championship results Retrieved from web.archive.org on 15 March 2009
2. 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