The 1993 FIA Formula 3000 International Championship was a motor racing series for Formula 3000 cars.1993 Formula 3000 International Championship, 1993 FIA Yearbook of Automobile Sport, yellow section, pages 83 to 85 Contested over nine races, it was the ninth FIA Formula 3000 International Championship.

French driver, Olivier Panis won the championship driving a Reynard 93D for the French DAMS team.

Technical changes The 1993 Championship was the first to feature only one make of chassis, although the rules were still open to multiple manufacturers. Ralt had already ceased involvement in F3000 in 1992. After two poor seasons, Lola had no European customers after their two French teams, DAMS and Apomatox, switched to Reynards. Lolas would continue to have success in Japan, and would return to Europe in 1994.

In 1992, the manufacturers had agreed to a two-year cycle for chassis development for the first time, with the intention of reducing costs.L'annee Formule 3000 1992. Drapeau a Damier. Several teams, including the previous champions Crypton, kept their Reynard 92D cars. The new 93D featured a manual sequential gearbox, as opposed to the H-pattern found on the previous car, along with aerodynamic and suspension improvements.

Cosworth introduced a new low-crank engine, the AC, to compete with the Judd KV. Several teams retained the old DFV, which would score its last major victory at Pau. For the first time since 1988, there were no Mugen Honda engines in Europe.

Season summary

Olivier Beretta joined the Forti Corse team for 1993, and won the opening round at Donington Park. Reigning British Formula 3 Champion Gil de Ferran then won at Silverstone. The Pau Grand Prix was marked by the usual first-lap crash at the Lyceé hairpin, followed by another on the pit straight as several drivers were unable to see the red flags. Pedro Lamy won the restarted race, giving the DFV its last major victory.

Enna produced the usual crashes, as well as a fine battle for the lead between Lamy and eventual winner David Coulthard. Frenchman Olivier Panis then won both German rounds and at Spa-Francorchamps in Belgium.

A rain shower caused havoc at Magny-Cours. Panis lost the lead due to a stuck wheel nut when he pitted for rain tires. His DAMS teammate Franck Lagorce picked up the win.

Going into the final round at Nogaro, Panis led Lamy by a single point. Coulthard also had an outside chance at the title, but he retired after only a few corners. Later on the opening lap, Panis was taken out by Vincenzo Sospiri, and had to be restrained from attacking the Italian in the pitlane. Shortly thereafter, though, Lamy came into the pits with damaged rear suspension. His team would repair it, but he lost several laps. With all three contenders eliminated in the opening laps, Panis celebrated from the pit wall as his teammate Lagorce won from the two Apomatox cars of Boullion and Collard.

Drivers and teams

The following drivers and teams competed in the championship. Team Chassis EngineDriverRounds Crypton Engineering Reynard 92D Ford Cosworth DFV 1 Pedro LamyAll 2 Guido Knycz1-7 Nicolas Leboissetier8-9 Forti Corse Reynard 93D Ford Cosworth DFV 3 Olivier BerettaAll 4 Pedro DinizAll Il Barone Rampante Reynard 93D Ford Cosworth AC 5 Éric Angelvy1-5 6 Jan Lammers1-6 Reynard 92D Ford Cosworth DFV 7 Vittorio Zoboli1-4 Pacific Racing Reynard 93D Ford Cosworth AC 8 David CoulthardAll 9 Michael Bartels1-7 Phil Andrews8-9 Apomatox Reynard 93D Ford Cosworth DFV 10 Emmanuel CollardAll 11 Jean-Christophe BoullionAll DAMS Reynard 93D Ford Cosworth AC 14 Olivier PanisAll 15 Franck LagorceAll Paul Stewart Racing Reynard 93D Ford Cosworth AC 16 Paul StewartAll 17 Gil de FerranAll Vortex Motorsport Reynard 93D Ford Cosworth AC 20 Massimiliano PapisAll 21 Paolo Delle PianeAll CoBRa Motorsports Reynard 92D Ford Cosworth DFV 22 Andrea Gilardi3-6 Apache Racing Reynard 92D Ford Cosworth DFV 22 Dominic Chappell8-9 East Essex Racing Reynard 92D Ford Cosworth DFV 25 Mark Albon1 Durango Reynard 92D Ford Cosworth DFV 25 Domenico Gitto4-5 Severino Nardozzi6-9 European Technique Reynard 92D Ford Cosworth DFV 26 Giuseppe Bugatti3-7 Constantino de Oliveira Jr.8-9 27 Phil Andrews8-9 TOM'S Racing Team Reynard 93D Ford Cosworth DFV 30 Hideki Noda1-3, 4-9 Mythos Racing Reynard 93D Judd KV 31 Giampiero SimoniAll 32 Vincenzo SospiriAll Nordic Racing Reynard 93D Ford Cosworth AC 33 Alessandro ZampedriAll Omegaland Reynard 92D Judd KV 35 Yvan MullerAll 36 Jérôme PolicandAll PTM 3000 Reynard 93D Ford Cosworth AC 38 Constantino de Oliveira Jr.1-7 Reynard 92D Judd KV 39 Phil Andrews1 Tom Walkinshaw Racing Reynard 93D Ford Cosworth AC 39 Jordi Gené4-9 Mönninghoff Racing Reynard 92D Ford Cosworth DFV 40 Antonio Tamburini1-3 41 Klaus Panchyrz1-2 Automotive Consultancy Reynard 92D Ford Cosworth DFV 42 Hilton Cowie1-2 Enrico Bertaggia3-9Sources:

Calendar The championship was contested over nine races.Automobile Year 1993/94, pages 256 & 257 Round EventPeter Higham, The Guinness Guide To International Motor Racing, 1995, pages 244-245 Circuit Date Laps Distance Time Speed Pole position Fastest lap Winner 1 Tom Wheatcroft Cup Donington Park 3 May 46 4.023=185.058 km 1'03:01.35 178.15 km/h Olivier Beretta Gil de Ferran Olivier Beretta 2 BRDC International Trophy Silverstone Circuit 9 May 37 5.226=193.362 km 1'00:20.32 192.25 km/h Gil de Ferran David Coulthard Gil de Ferran 3 Grand Prix de Pau Pau Grand Prix 30 May 72 2.78=200.16 km 1'25:55.83 138.753 km/h Pedro Lamy Olivier Panis Pedro Lamy 4 Gran Premio del Mediterraneo Autodromo di Pergusa 17 July 37 4.95=183.15 km 0'53:47.528 204.286 km/h Michael Bartels David Coulthard David Coulthard 5 Hockenheim F3000 Hockenheimring 24 July 26 6.815=177.19 km 0'51:01.607 208.349 km/h Pedro Lamy Olivier Panis Olivier Panis 6 Nürburgring F3000 Nürburgring 22 August 45 4.542=204.39 km 1'26:52.13 183.394 km/h Olivier Panis Pedro Lamy Olivier Panis 7 Spa-Francorchamps F3000 Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps 29 August 29 6.974=202.246 km 1'01:57.34 195.862 km/h Olivier Panis Pedro Lamy Olivier Panis 8 Magny-Cours F3000 Circuit de Nevers Magny-Cours 3 October 47 4.25=199.750 km 1'17:20.577 154.959 km/h Emmanuel Collard Franck Lagorce Franck Lagorce 9 Grand Prix de Nogaro Circuit Paul Armagnac 10 October 55 3.636=199.980 km 1'14:44.597 160.533 km/h Franck Lagorce Jean-Christophe Boullion Franck LagorceSource:

Points system For every race points were awarded: 9 points for first place, 6 for second place, 4 for third place, 3 for fourth place, 2 for fifth place and 1 for sixth place. All results were taken into consideration in determining the title.

Championship standings Pos Driver DON SIL PAU PER HOC NÜR SPA MAG NOG Points 1 Olivier Panis 3 6 Ret Ret 1 1 1 10† Ret 32 2 Pedro Lamy 2 DNS 1 8† 2 4 4 3 16 31 3 David Coulthard 13† 2 2 1 Ret 7 3 Ret Ret 25 4 Franck Lagorce 8 4 7 11 DNS 11 10 1 1 21 5 Gil de Ferran Ret 1 Ret Ret 9† 2 2 Ret 7 21 6 Olivier Beretta 1 10 4 Ret 4 5 13 9 4 20 7 Vincenzo Sospiri Ret Ret 6 2 3 6 5 5 Ret 16 8 Jean-Christophe Boullion 7 Ret Ret Ret Ret 9 Ret 2 2 12 9 Paul Stewart 5 5 3 Ret DNS Ret 6 6 Ret 10 10 Massimiliano Papis 4 Ret 5 Ret Ret 15 Ret Ret 6 6 11 Jérôme Policand 12 7 Ret 3 Ret 13 7 7† 18 4 12 Emmanuel Collard 10 Ret Ret 9 Ret 8 8 Ret 3 4 13 Alessandro Zampedri Ret DSQ DNQ Ret Ret 3 Ret Ret 10 4 14 Michael Bartels Ret 3 Ret Ret Ret Ret Ret 4 15 Jan Lammers 9 9 10 4 7 Ret 3 16 Nicolas Leboissetier 4 8 3 17 Paolo Delle Piane Ret 8 Ret Ret 5 Ret 9 Ret Ret 2 18 Yvan Muller Ret Ret Ret Ret Ret Ret 11 Ret 5 2 19 Enrico Bertaggia DNQ 5 DNQ 20 Ret Ret 12 2 20 Andrea Gilardi 8 6 6 14 2 21 Giampiero Simoni 6 Ret Ret Ret Ret 12 Ret Ret 9 1 22 Pedro Diniz Ret Ret DNQ 7 Ret 16 14 11 14 0 23 Jordi Gené Ret 8 10 12 Ret Ret 0 24 Constantino de Oliveira Jr. Ret Ret DNQ DNQ Ret 17 17 8† 15 0 25 Hideki Noda Ret 11 9 Ret 19 15 Ret 11 0 26 Guido Knycz DNQ 13 DNQ 10 Ret 18 16 0 27 Antonio Tamburini 11 Ret Ret 0 28 Vittorio Zoboli Ret 12 DNQ Ret 0 29 Dominic Chappell 12 Ret 0 30 Domenico Gitto 12 DNQ 0 31 Phil Andrews 14 Ret 13 0 32 Severino Nardozzi DNQ 18 Ret 17 0 Klaus Panchyrz DNQ NC Giuseppe Bugatti Ret Ret Ret Ret Ret Éric Angelvy Ret Ret Ret DNQ Ret Mark Albon Ret Hilton Cowie DNQ DNQ Sources:

Complete overview first column of every race 10 = grid position second column of every race 10 = race result

R10=retired, but classified NC=not classified R=retired NS=did not start NQ=did not qualify DIS(6)=disqualified after finishing in sixth place