1998 International Formula 3000 season

1998 FIA International Formula 3000 season
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The 1998 International Formula 3000 season was contested over twelve rounds from 11 April to 26 September 1998.

Drivers and constructors

Team	No.	Driver	Rounds
Super Nova Racing	1	Juan Pablo Montoya	All
	2	Boris Derichebourg	All
Den Blå Avis	3	Jason Watt	All
	4	Gareth Rees	All
Edenbridge Racing	5	Max Wilson	All
	6	Werner Lupberger	All
DAMS	7	Jamie Davies	All
	8	Grégoire de Galzain	All
Auto Sport Racing	9	Rui Águas	1
		Dino Morelli	2-5
		Tomáš Enge	8-12
	10	Oliver Martini	All
Team Astromega	11	Gastón Mazzacane	All
	12	Gonzalo Rodríguez	All
Draco Engineering	14	Bruno Junqueira	All
	15	Giovanni Montanari	All
Nordic Racing	16	Fabrice Walfisch	All
	17	Brian Smith	1-6
		Kevin McGarrity	7-9
		Hidetoshi Mitsusada	10-12
Coloni Motorsport	18	Giorgio Vinella	1-7, 9-12
		Rui Águas	8
	19	Thomas Biagi	1-2
		Rui Águas	3-6
		Oliver Tichy	7-12
Durango Formula	20	Bertrand Godin	All
	21	Soheil Ayari	All
Arden Racing KTR	22	Christian Horner	All
	23	Kurt Mollekens	1-8, 10-12
Redman & Bright F3000	24	Jonny Kane	1-4
		David Cook	7-9
	25	Mark Shaw	All
Bob Salisbury Engineering	26	Dino Morelli	None, on entry list only
	27	James Taylor	None, on entry list only
Apomatox	28	Stéphane Sarrazin	All
	29	Marcelo Battistuzzi	All
West Competition	30	Nick Heidfeld	All
	31	Nicolas Minassian	1-11
		Bas Leinders	12
RTL Team Oreca	32	Alex Müller	All
	33	Dominik Schwager	All
Prema Powerteam	34	André Couto	All
	35	André Gaidzinski	None, on entry list only
		Paolo Ruberti	1-6
		Thomas Biagi	7-12
GP Racing	36	Paolo Ruberti	None, on entry list only
		Cyrille Sauvage	1-10
		James Taylor	11-12
Raceprep Motorsport	37	Kevin McGarrity	1-5
G. S. Team	38	Fabrizio Gollin	All
	39	Cyrille Sauvage	None, on entry list only
Elide Racing	40	Polo Villaamil	1, 3

Calendar

1998 was the last International F3000 season where races were held independently from Formula One Grands Prix. Pau Grand Prix and Pergusa had held International F3000 and previously European Formula Two Championship races uninterruptedly since 1972.

Round	Circuit	Date	Laps	Distance	Time	Speed	Pole Position	Fastest Lap	Winner
1	Motorsport Arena Oschersleben	10 April	56	3.667=205.352 km	1'24:52.384	145.171 km/h	Juan Pablo Montoya	Juan Pablo Montoya	Stéphane Sarrazin
2	Autodromo Enzo e Dino Ferrari	25 April	42	4.93=207.06 km	1'16:38.513	162.099 km/h	Juan Pablo Montoya	Gonzalo Rodríguez	Jason Watt
3	Circuit de Catalunya	9 May	44	4.728=208.032 km	1'12:50.057	171.272 km/h	Juan Pablo Montoya	Nick Heidfeld	Juan Pablo Montoya
4	Silverstone Circuit	16 May	40	5.14=205.60 km	1'10:08.886	175.857 km/h	Juan Pablo Montoya	Juan Pablo Montoya	Juan Pablo Montoya
5	Monaco	23 May	50	3.367=168.35 km	1'18:04.956	129.363 km/h	Jason Watt	Juan Pablo Montoya	Nick Heidfeld
6	Pau Grand Prix	1 June	75	2.76=207.00 km	1'33:10.179	133.305 km/h	Juan Pablo Montoya	Juan Pablo Montoya	Juan Pablo Montoya
7	Österreichring	25 July	43	4.319=185.717 km	1'11:04.222	175.019 km/h	Soheil Ayari	Soheil Ayari	Soheil Ayari
8	Hockenheimring	1 August	31	6.823=211.513 km	1'12:57.599	173.942 km/h	Nick Heidfeld	Nick Heidfeld	Nick Heidfeld
9	Budapest	15 August	52	3.972=206.544 km	1'20:14.689	154.435 km/h	Stéphane Sarrazin	Nick Heidfeld	Nick Heidfeld
10	Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps	29 August	29	6.968=202.072 km	1'03:10.530	191.900 km/h	Juan Pablo Montoya	Soheil Ayari	Gonzalo Rodríguez
11	Autodromo di Pergusa	6 September	41	4.95=202.95 km	1'04:29.540	188.813 km/h	Nick Heidfeld	Juan Pablo Montoya	Juan Pablo Montoya
12	Nürburgring	26 September	45	4.556=205.02 km	1'12:37.085	169.381 km/h	Juan Pablo Montoya	Gonzalo Rodríguez	Gonzalo Rodríguez

Drivers' Championship

Pos Driver OSC IML CAT SIL MON PAU A1R HOC HUN SPA PER NÜR Points 1 Juan Pablo Montoya 15 Ret 1 1 6 1 2 3 3 2 1 3 65 2 Nick Heidfeld 2 4 26 2 1 3 7 1 1 4 2 9 58 3 Gonzalo Rodríguez Ret 3 21 Ret 2 Ret 4 11 7 1 Ret 1 33 4 Jason Watt 7 1 7 3 Ret Ret 3 2 10 8 Ret 2 30 5 Soheil Ayari Ret Ret 5 Ret DNQ Ret 1 Ret Ret 3 3 Ret 20 6 Stéphane Sarrazin 1 24 15 24 4 Ret 8 Ret 2 Ret Ret 19 19 7 Kurt Mollekens Ret 2 2 8 5 5 10 Ret DNQ 8 4 19 8 Gareth Rees Ret Ret Ret 4 Ret 4 Ret 6 DNS 12 4 Ret 10 9 Max Wilson Ret Ret 6 5 DNPQ 2 Ret Ret Ret 13 Ret Ret 9 10 Jamie Davies 3 8 13 16 3 Ret Ret 16 15 15 7 14 8 11 André Couto Ret 5 14 Ret Ret 6 Ret Ret 5 14 9 5 7 12 Boris Derichebourg 11 6 3 12 Ret Ret 15 7 Ret 17 11 Ret 5 13 Nicolas Minassian Ret 19 Ret 7 9 7 5 Ret 4 19 19 5 14 Dominik Schwager 14 11 4 14 10 DNQ Ret 14 18 Ret Ret 7 3 15 Thomas Biagi 4 10 12 10 13 10 Ret 12 3 16 Kevin McGarrity DNQ 14 27 Ret DNQ Ret 4 Ret 3 17 Oliver Martini 16 9 9 Ret DNPQ 10 9 13 6 9 5 Ret 3 18 Bruno Junqueira Ret 16 16 9 Ret Ret 6 5 Ret Ret 18 Ret 3 19 Cyrille Sauvage 5 Ret 11 Ret 15 Ret 13 Ret 8 20 2 20 Alex Müller Ret Ret 10 11 Ret Ret 11 Ret 20 5 20 13 2 21 Gastón Mazzacane 6 7 Ret 6 12 9 Ret Ret Ret DNQ 13 Ret 2 22 Tomáš Enge 15 12 7 Ret 6 1 23 Werner Lupberger Ret 13 12 18 14 Ret 16 8 17 11 6 Ret 1 24 Marcelo Battistuzzi DNQ 22 Ret Ret Ret DNQ 18 Ret 11 6 Ret Ret 1 25 Rui Águas 9 17 17 7 Ret Ret 0 26 Brian Smith 10 Ret Ret 15 11 8 0 27 Giovanni Montanari Ret 15 8 13 13 Ret 14 Ret 19 16 Ret 10 0 28 Dino Morelli Ret 19 10 8 0 29 Bertrand Godin 8 Ret 22 19 Ret DNQ 19 12 14 21 12 11 0 30 Fabrice Walfisch 13 18 20 Ret DNQ DNQ Ret Ret Ret 22 Ret 8 0 31 Oliver Tichy 22 9 9 18 Ret Ret 0 32 Grégoire de Galzain DNQ Ret 18 23 DNPQ DNQ Ret 17 Ret 25 10 16 0 33 Christian Horner Ret 12 Ret Ret 16 DNQ 17 18 Ret DNQ 17 17 0 34 Jonny Kane 12 21 Ret 20 0 35 Fabrizio Gollin DNQ 17 DNQ Ret Ret DNQ 21 DNQ Ret DNQ 14 Ret 0 36 Giorgio Vinella DNQ Ret 25 22 DNQ DNQ Ret 21 DNQ 15 22 0 37 Hidetoshi Mitsusada 23 Ret 15 0 38 Mark Shaw Ret 20 Ret Ret DNPQ DNQ 20 19 16 24 16 18 0 39 Paolo Ruberti DSQ Ret 23 21 18 Ret 0 40 James Taylor 21 21 0 41 Polo Villaamil DNQ 24 0 – David Cook Ret DNQ DNS 0 – Bas Leinders DNS 0 Pos Driver OSC IML CAT SIL MON PAU A1R HOC HUN SPA PER NÜR 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 V8 engines, and Avon tyres.
• Paolo Ruberti was disqualified from third place at Oschersleben due to a bodywork infringement.

Complete Overview

first column of every race

10

= grid position

second column of every race

10

= race result

R22=retired, but classified R=retired NC=not classified NS=did not start NQ=did not qualify DIS(3)=disqualified after finishing in third place (16)=place after practice, but grid position not held free

Place	Name	Country	Team
1	Juan Pablo Montoya	Colombia	SuperNova Racing	1	15	1	R	1	1	1	1	7	6	1	1	2	2	10	3	2	3	1	2	3	1	1	3
2	Nick Heidfeld	Germany	West Competition Team	2	2	5	4	3	26	2	2	2	1	6	3	13	7	1	1	3	1	2	4	1	2	32	9
3	Gonzalo Rodríguez	Uruguay	Team Astromega	5	R	2	3	27	21	9	R26	3	2	2	R	6	4	6	11	11	7	6	1	7	R22	2	1
4	Jason Watt	Denmark	Den Blå Avis	11	7	3	1	11	7	3	3	1	R	5	R	4	3	4	2	10	10	20	8	2	R	3	2
5	Soheil Ayari	France	Durango Formula	4	R	6	R23	2	5	17	R	30	NQ	3	R	1	1	3	R	19	R	3	3	4	3	5	R
6	Stéphane Sarrazin	France	Apomatox	18	1	18	R24	25	15	25	24	4	4	16	R	8	8	5	R	1	2	7	R	18	R	10	19
	Kurt Mollekens	Belgium	KTR/Arden	9	R	4	2	5	2	14	8	8	5	11	5	9	10	11	R	-	-	31	NQ	15	8	4	4
8	Gareth Rees	United Kingdom	Den Blå Avis	25	R	15	R	33	R30	4	4	11	R17	8	4	3	R	13	6	20	R	16	12	6	4	20	20
9	Max Wilson	Brazil	Edenbridge Racing	3	NC	7	R	9	6	6	5	33	NQ	7	2	21	R	2	R	17	R	19	13	8	R	23	23
10	Jamie Davies	United Kingdom	DAMS	27	3	26	8	16	13	19	16	5	3	9	R	14	R	25	16	25	15	13	15	10	7	17	14
11	André Couto	Portugal	Prema Powerteam	10	R	11	5	24	14	20	R	6	R	14	6	18	R	22	R	6	5	15	14	24	9	6	5
12	Boris Derichebourg	France	SuperNova Racing	23	11	8	6	6	3	15	12	18	R	4	R	15	15	21	7	9	R	18	17	22	11	13	R
	Nicolas Minassian	France	West Competition Team	15	NC	16	19	8	R	8	7	16	9	21	7	7	5	7	21	7	4	12	19	17	19	-	-
14	Thomas Biagi	Italy	Coloni Motorsport	20	4	24	10	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
			Prema Powerteam													17	12	18	10	18	13	8	10	5	R	25	12
	Dominik Schwager	Germany	RTL Team Oreca	7	14	14	11	4	4	16	14	19	10	25	NQ	28	R	14	14	22	18	21	R	27	R	11	7
	Kevin McGarrity	Ireland	Raceprep Motorsport	31	NQ	30	14	35	27	31	R	27	NQ	-	-
			Nordic Racing													33	R	15	4	31	2	-	-	-	-	-	-
	Bruno Junqueira	Brazil	Draco Engineering	14	R	23	16	26	16	7	9	9	R	12	R	5	6	9	5	14	R	22	R	13	18	8	R
	Oliver Martini	Italy	Auto Sport Racing	19	R	17	9	12	9	29	R27	34	NQ	20	10	11	9	26	13	5	6	11	9	11	5	9	R
19	Cyrille Sauvage	France	GP Racing	17	5	9	R	15	11	27	R	12	15	10	R	12	13	16	R	8	8	10	20	-	-	-	-
	Gastón Mazzacane	Argentina	Team Astromega	22	6	12	7	22	A28	5	6	22	R	13	9	22	R	24	R	16	R	33	NQ	25	13	7	R
	Alex Müller	Germany	RTL Team Oreca	13	R	20	R	13	10	13	11	14	R	22	R	13	7	19	11	8	20	23	20	4	5	14	13
22	Marcelo Battistuzzi	Brazil	Apomatox	34	NQ	25	22	30	R	34	R	25	R	27	NQ	29	18	17	R	12	11	9	6	23	R	24	R
	Werner Lupberger	South Africa	Edenbridge Racing	28	R	27	13	10	12	28	18	23	14	18	R	20	16	12	8	24	17	14	11	9	6	21	R
	Tomáš Enge	Czech Republic	Auto Sport Racing	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	23	15	15	12	5	7	16	R	15	6
-	Rui Águas	Portugal	Auto Sport Racing	24	9	-	-
			Coloni Motorsport					14	17	23	17	10	7	17	R	-	-	32	R	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
-	Brian Smith	Argentina	Nordic Racing	6	10	10	R	28	R31	12	15	15	11	19	8	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
-	Giovanni Montanari	Italy	Draco Engineering	16	R	29	15	7	8	10	13	21	13	23	R	16	14	19	R	26	19	26	16	26	R	16	10
-	Dino Morelli	United Kingdom	Auto Sport Racing	-	-	19	R	21	19	11	10	17	9	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
-	Bertrand Godin	Canada	Durango Formula	12	8	32	R	20	22	22	19	24	R	24	NQ	26	19	27	12	21	14	24	21	31	12	18	11
-	Fabrice Walfisch	France	Nordic Racing	29	13	31	18	31	20	32	25	28	NQ	31	NQ	24	R	29	R	13	R	27	22	21	R	12	8
-	Oliver Tichy	Austria	Coloni Motorsport	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	10	22	20	9	4	9	17	18	20	R	22	R
-	Grégoire de Galzain	France	DAMS	32	NQ	35	R	17	18	35	23	32	NQ	28	NQ	25	R	30	17	28	R	23	25	14	10	28	16
-	Christian Horner	United Kingdom	KTR/Arden	30	R	22	12	19	R	26	R	26	16	30	NQ	23	17	28	18	32	R	30	NQ	29	17	29	17
-	Jonny Kane	United Kingdom	Redman & Bright F3000	21	12	13	21	18	R29	18	20	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
-	Fabrizio Gollin	Italy	G. S. Team	35	NQ	28	17	36	R	30	R	20	R	29	NQ	30	21	33	NQ	30	R	32	NQ	28	14	26	R
-	Giorgio Vinella	Italy	Coloni Motorsport	33	NQ	34	R	32	25	33	22	29	NQ	32	NQ	31	R	-	-	29	21	29	R	30	15	30	22
-	Hidetoshi Mitsusada	Japan	Coloni Motorsport	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	28	23	19	R	19	15
-	Mark Shaw	United Kingdom	Redman & Bright F3000	26	R	33	20	29	R	21	R	31	NQ	26	NQ	27	20	31	19	27	16	25	24	32	16	27	18
-	Paolo Ruberti	Italy	Prema Powerteam	8	DIS(3)	21	R	23	23	24	21	13	18	15	R	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
-	James Taylor	United Kingdom	GP Racing	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	33	21	31	21
-	Polo Villaamil	Spain	Elide Racing	36	NQ	-	-	34	24	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
-	David Cook	United Kingdom	Redman & Bright F3000	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	32	R	34	NQ	33	NS	-	-	-	-	-	-
-	Bas Leinders	Belgium	West Competition Team	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	(16)	NS