The 2002 International Formula 3000 season was the thirty-sixth season of the second-tier of Formula One feeder championship and also eighteenth season under the International Formula 3000 Championship moniker. It featured the 2002 FIA Formula 3000 International Championship which was contested over twelve races from 30 March to 14 September 2002. Championship titles were awarded for both Drivers and Teams.

Teams and drivers The following teams and drivers contested the 2002 FIA Formula 3000 International Championship. TeamDriverRounds Coca-Cola Nordic Racing 1 Ryan Briscoe1–7 Thed Björk8–12 2 Zsolt BaumgartnerAll Petrobras Junior Team 3 Antônio PizzoniaAll 4 Ricardo SperaficoAll Super Nova Racing 5 Sébastien BourdaisAll 6 Tiago MonteiroAll Red Bull Junior Team 9 Patrick FriesacherAll 10 Ricardo MauricioAll Team Astromega 14 Mario HaberfeldAll 15 Rob NguyenAll European Minardi F3000 16 Alexandre Sperafico1–9 Justin Keen10–12 17 David Saelens1–5 Alex Müller6–9 Kristian Kolby10–12 Arden International 18 Björn WirdheimAll 19 Tomáš EngeAll Durango Formula 20 Alex Müller1–5 Derek Hill6–12 21 Rodrigo SperaficoAll Coloni F3000 24 Enrico ToccaceloAll 25 Giorgio PantanoAll PSM Racing Line 26 Tony SchmidtAll 27 Nicolas KiesaAllSources: Note: Each entry used a Lola B02/50 chassis with a Zytek-Judd KV engine and Avon tyres, as mandated by the championship regulations.

Calendar The FIA Formula 3000 International Championship was contested over twelve races. Round Circuit Date Laps Distance Time Speed Pole position Fastest lap Winner Winning team Report 1 Autódromo José Carlos Pace 30 March 35 4.309=150.785 km 0'53:24.841 169.395 km/h Sébastien Bourdais Sébastien Bourdais Rodrigo Sperafico Durango Formula Report 2 Autodromo Enzo e Dino Ferrari 13 April 32 4.933=157.619 km 0'51:39.076 183.096 km/h Sébastien Bourdais Giorgio Pantano Sébastien Bourdais Super Nova Racing Report 3 Circuit de Catalunya 27 April 32 4.728=151.233 km 0'51:44.572 175.367 km/h Sébastien Bourdais Sébastien Bourdais Giorgio Pantano Coloni F3000 Report 4 A1 Ring 11 May 35 4.326=151.410 km 0'48:53.862 185.788 km/h Tomáš Enge Tomáš Enge Tomáš Enge Arden Team Russia Report 5 Circuit de Monaco 25 May 45 3.37=151.65 km 1'07:40.545 134.449 km/h Sébastien Bourdais Tomáš Enge Sébastien Bourdais Super Nova Racing Report 6 Nürburgring 22 June 30 5.138=154.14 km 0'54:55.289 168.393 km/h Sébastien Bourdais Tomáš Enge Sébastien Bourdais Super Nova Racing Report 7 Silverstone Circuit 6 July 30 5.141=154.126 km 0'49:45.388 185.856 km/h Tomáš Enge Tomáš Enge Tomáš Enge Arden Team Russia Report 8 Circuit de Nevers Magny-Cours 20 July 35 4.251=148.599 km 0'54:58.076 162.202 km/h Tomáš Enge Tomáš Enge Tomáš Enge Arden Team Russia Report 9 Hockenheimring 27 July 33 4.574=150.942 km 0'50:00.768 181.084 km/h Giorgio Pantano Ricardo Sperafico Giorgio Pantano Coloni F3000 Report 10 Hungaroring 17 August 38 3.975=151.044 km 0'59:25.829 152.491 km/h Tomáš Enge Ricardo Sperafico Enrico Toccacelo Coloni F3000 Report 11 Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps 31 August 22 6.968=153.296 km 0'47:06.609 195.239 km/h Sébastien Bourdais Sébastien Bourdais Giorgio Pantano Coloni F3000 Report 12 Autodromo Nazionale Monza 14 September 26 5.793=150.353 km 0'44:57.538 200.654 km/h Björn Wirdheim Giorgio Pantano Björn Wirdheim Arden Team Russia ReportSource:

Note: The race time/average speed for the provisional winner of Race 10 (Tomáš Enge) was 0'59:24.642/152.546 km/h. Enge was subsequently disqualified after failing a drug test.

Championship standings Teams Championship Teams Championship points were awarded on a 10-6-4-3-2-1 basis for the first six places at each race with points from both team cars counting towards each team’s total.

Position Teams Classifications at www.fia.com Retrieved from replay.waybackmachine.org on 22 March 2011 Team Points 1 Arden International 2 1 6 16 4 1 11 10 6 3 3 16 79 2 Coloni F3000 1 4 11 4 – – 3 5 10 16 10 4 68 3 Super Nova Racing 0 10 4 0 10 10 6 6 2 4 6 0 58 4 Petrobras Junior Team 3 3 0 0 5 10 6 3 1 2 4 3 40 5 Red Bull Junior Team 4 2 3 2 6 3 0 0 – 1 2 – 23 6 Durango Formula 10 6 0 0 – 0 0 0 4 0 0 0 20 7 Team Astromega 6 0 2 4 1 2 0 2 3 0 0 0 20 8 PSM Racing Line 0 0 0 0 – 0 0 0 – 0 1 2 3 9 Coca-Cola Nordic Racing 0 0 0 0 – 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 10 European Minardi F3000 – 0 0 – – 0 0 0 – 0 0 0 0

Race results Drivers Championship points were awarded at each race as follows: 10 points to the winner, 6 for runner-up, 4 for third place, 3 for fourth place, 2 for fifth place and 1 for sixth place.Sporting Regulations at www.fia.com Retrieved from replay.waybackmachine.org on 23 March 2011 Pos Driver INT IMO CAT A1R MON NÜR SIL MAG HOC HUN SPA MNZ Points 1 Sébastien Bourdais 14 1 3 Ret 1 1 2 2 Ret 3 2 Ret 56 2 Giorgio Pantano 8 3 1 4 Ret Ret 4 3 1 2 1 3 54 3 Tomáš Enge Ret 6 2 1 3 13 1 1 Ret DSQ 4 2 50 4 Björn Wirdheim 5 7 8 2 Ret 6 6 Ret 2 4 Ret 1 29 5 Ricardo Sperafico 7 14 9 8 5 2 3 15 6 5 3 4 22 6 Rodrigo Sperafico 1 2 7 12 Ret 8 9 8 3 Ret 12 8 20 7 Mário Haberfeld 2 Ret 5 3 6 Ret Ret 5 4 Ret 14 9 18 8 Antônio Pizzonia 4 4 10 7 4 3 5 4 Ret Ret Ret DSQ 18 9 Enrico Toccacelo 6 12 6 6 Ret Ret 8 6 Ret 1 Ret Ret 14 10 Patrick Friesacher 10 5 11 5 2 4 7 7 Ret 6 16 Ret 14 11 Ricardo Maurício 3 Ret 4 15 7 9 Ret 10 Ret 11 5 Ret 9 12 Nicolas Kiesa 15 8 Ret 10 Ret 10 10 Ret Ret Ret 6 5 3 13 Tiago Monteiro 9 10 Ret 16 Ret Ret 13 9 5 13 Ret 10 2 14 Rob Nguyen 13 11 14 9 Ret 5 15 11 11 10 15 Ret 2 15 Zsolt Baumgartner Ret 9 Ret 11 Ret 12 14 12 8 7 8 6 1 16 Thed Björk Ret 7 8 13 7 0 17 Derek Hill 7 Ret Ret 9 Ret 7 Ret 0 18 Justin Keen 9 9 Ret 0 19 Kristian Kolby 12 10 11 0 20 Alex Müller 11 Ret Ret 13 DSQ Ret 11 14 Ret 0 21 Tony Schmidt 16 Ret 13 14 Ret Ret Ret 13 Ret 14 11 12 0 22 Ret 15 15 Ret Ret 11 Ret Ret Ret 0 23 Ryan Briscoe 12 13 12 17 Ret Ret 12 0 24 David Saelens Ret Ret 16 Ret Ret 0 Pos Driver INT IMO CAT A1R MON NÜR SIL MAG HOC HUN SPA MNZ PointsSources:Bold – Pole Italics – Fastest lap

Notes Tomáš Enge was disqualified from first place in Hungary after failing a drug test. Antônio Pizzonia was disqualified from second place at Monza in Italy for running a rear wing element upside-down. Alexander Müller was disqualified from sixth place at Monaco when his car was found to be underweight.

References

Further reading Automobile Year 2002/2003, pages 234–238 & 270

External links Teams and drivers at www.f3000.com Season review at www.carenthusiast.com Race results at www.teamdan.com Images at www.f3000.com