The Italian Formula Three Championship was the Formula Three racing competition in Italy.
History
Formula Three has traditionally been regarded as the first major stepping stone for F1 hopefuls - it is typically the first point in a driver's career at which most drivers in the series are aiming at professional careers in racing rather than being amateurs and enthusiasts. Success in F3 can lead directly to more senior formulae such as GP2, A1 Grand Prix, or even a Formula One test or race seat.
Most notably in the late 1980s and early 1990s, the Italian F3 championship produced drivers who graduated to Formula One to varying success. As of 2010, the last Italian Formula Three driver to graduate to Formula One was 1994 Italian F3 champion Giancarlo Fisichella, who debuted with Minardi's F1 team in . Other champions include successful World Sportscar driver Max Angelelli (1992 series champion) and Riccardo Patrese.
In December 2012, CSAI (the Italian motorsports commission) announced it would cancel the Formula 3 championship to focus on Formula Abarth.
Scoring system Since the 2012 season, points are awarded for race finishing drivers as follows: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 PP FL Feature races 20 15 12 10 8 5 4 3 2 1 1 1 Sprint131197654321 1
Champions SeasonChampionTeamCar 1964 Giacomo "Geki" Russo Scuderia Sorocaima De Sanctis-Ford 1965 Andrea de Adamich Jolly Club Lola-Ford T53Brabham-Ford BT15 1966 Tino Brambilla Scuderia Madunina Brabham-Ford BT15 1967 No championship title attributed 1968 Franco Bernabei Tecno-Ford 68 1969 Gian Luigi Picchi Tecno Racing Team Tecno-Ford 69 1970 Giovanni Salvati Tecno-Ford 70 1971 Giancarlo Naddeo Tecno-Ford 69 1972 Vittorio Brambilla Team BrambillaScuderia Italia Birel-Alfa Romeo 72Birel-Ford 72Brabham-Ford BT38 1973 Carlo Giorgio Jolly ClubTrivellato Racing Ensign-Ford LNF3March-Ford 733 1974 Alberto Colombo Scuderia Del Lario GRD-Ford 374March-Ford 743March-Toyota 743 1975 Luciano Pavesi Scuderia Ala d'Oro Brabham-Toyota BT41March-Toyota 753 1976 Riccardo Patrese Trivellato Racing Chevron-Toyota B34 1977 Elio de Angelis Trivellato Racing Chevron-Toyota B38Ralt-Toyota RT1 1978 Siegfried Stohr Trivellato Racing Chevron-Toyota B43 1979 Piercarlo Ghinzani Euroracing March-Alfa Romeo 793 1980 Guido Pardini Scuderia Emiliani Dallara-Toyota F380 1981 Eddy Bianchi Team del Porto Martini-Toyota MK34Martini-Alfa Romeo MK37 1982 Enzo Coloni Coloni Racing March-Alfa Romeo 813Ralt-Alfa Romeo RT3 1983 Ivan Capelli Coloni Racing Ralt-Alfa Romeo RT3 1984 Alessandro Santin Coloni Racing Ralt-Alfa Romeo RT3 1985 Franco Forini Forti Corse Dallara-VW F385 1986 Nicola Larini Coloni Racing Dallara-Alfa Romeo F386 1987 Enrico Bertaggia Forti Corse Dallara-Alfa Romeo F387 1988 Emanuele Naspetti Forti Corse Dallara-Alfa Romeo F388 1989 Gianni Morbidelli Forti Corse Dallara-Alfa Romeo F389 1990 Roberto Colciago Prema Powerteam Reynard-Alfa Romeo 903 1991 Giambattista Busi PiEmme Motors Dallara-VW F391 1992 Max Angelelli RC Motorsport Dallara-Opel F392 1993 Christian Pescatori Supercars Dallara-Fiat F393 1994 Giancarlo Fisichella RC Motorsport Dallara-Opel F394 1995 Luca Rangoni EF Project Dallara-Fiat F395 1996 Andrea Boldrini RC Motorsport Dallara-Opel F395 1997 Oliver Martini RC Motorsport Dallara-Opel F397 1998 Donny Crevels Prema Powerteam Dallara-Opel F397 1999 Peter Sundberg Prema Powerteam Dallara-Opel F399 2000 Davide Uboldi Uboldi Motorsport Dallara-Opel F399 2001 Lorenzo Del Gallo Scuderia Del Gallo Dallara-Fiat F301 2002 Miloš Pavlović Target Racing Conrero Dallara-Opel F302 2003 Fausto Ippoliti Target Racing Conrero Dallara-Opel F303 2004 Matteo Cressoni Ombra Racing Dallara-Mugen Honda F304 2005 Luigi Ferrara Corbetta Dallara-Mugen Honda F304 2006 Mauro Massironi Passoli Racing Dallara-Opel F304 2007 Paolo Maria Nocera Lucidi Motors Dallara-Opel F304 2008 Mirko Bortolotti Lucidi Motors Dallara-FPT F308 2009 Daniel Zampieri BVM - Target Racing Dallara-FPT F308 2010 César Ramos Lucidi Motors Dallara-FPT F310 2011 Sergio Campana BVM - Target Racing Dallara-FPT F308 2012 Riccardo Agostini JD Motorsport Mygale-FPT M10 Riccardo Agostini JD Motorsport Mygale-FPT M10
References
External links Italian Formula 3 Championship at forix.com Official Web Site at acisportitalia.it Italian Formula 3 Championship at forix.com