2002 French Formula Three Championship

The 2002 French Formula Three season was the 35th and the final French Formula Three Championship season. It began on 31 March at Nogaro and ended on 20 October at Magny-Cours after fourteen races.^[1]

Tristan Gommendy of ASM won races at Lédenon, Albi, Le Mans, Magny-Cours and had another five podiums and ultimately clinched the title. He finished 17 points clear of ARTA/Signature driver Renaud Derlot, who won Nogaro, Lédenon and Magny-Cours races. Third place went to Gommendy's teammate Olivier Pla, who finished on the first position at Croix-en-Ternois and Le Mans. Bruno Besson, Derek Hayes and Yuji Ide were another race winners.

Teams and drivers[edit]

All cars competed on Michelin tyres.

Entry List^[2]
Team	No	Driver	Chassis	Engine	Rounds
Saulnier Racing	1	Bruno Besson	Dallara F302	Renault	All
Saulnier Racing	2	Simon Abadie	Dallara F302	Renault	All
ASM	3	Tristan Gommendy	Dallara F302	Renault	All
ASM	4	Olivier Pla	Dallara F302	Renault	All
Signature	5	Julien Pressac	Dallara F302	Renault	All
	6	Laurent Delahaye	Dallara F302		1–4
	15	Nicolas Lapierre	Dallara F302		5, 7
ARTA/Signature	7	Yuji Ide	Dallara F302	Renault	All
ARTA/Signature	8	Renaud Derlot	Dallara F302	Renault	All
LD Autosport	9	Kevin Nadin	Dallara F302	Mugen Honda	All
	10	Jeremie de Souza	Dallara F302		1–3
	11	Derek Hayes	Dallara F302		1–5
	16	Philippe Almèras	Dallara F302		6–7
Griffith's	12	Olivier Maximin	Dallara F302	Opel	1–4
Griffith's	14	Geoffrey Dellus	Dallara F302	Ford	3–7
Prema Powerteam	40	César Campaniço	Dallara F302	Opel	7
Prema Powerteam	41	Ryan Briscoe	Dallara F302	Opel	7
Bertram Schäfer Racing	42	Vitantonio Liuzzi	Dallara F302	Opel	7
Bertram Schäfer Racing	43	Bernhard Auinger	Dallara F302	Opel	7
Class B
Jenichen Motorsport	20	Luca Iannacone	Dallara F399	Opel	All
Jenichen Motorsport	45	Diego Romanini	Dallara F399	Opel	7
JMP Racing	21	Jean Louis Bianchina	Dallara F399	Renault	1
	24	Stephane Mauget	Dallara F399		3, 6–7
	30	Anthony Janiec	Dallara F399		6–7
Griffith's	23	Benjamin Poron	Dallara F399	Opel	All
Griffith's	25	David Moretti	Dallara F399	Opel	4
Optirace Sport	26	Jimmy Tarres	Dallara F399	Renault	1
	27	Nicolas Lapierre	Dallara F399		4
	28	Pascal Hernandez	Dallara F399		5
	29	Philippe Papin	Dallara F399		6
	31	Olivier Clement	Dallara F399		7
	81	Didier Sirgue	Dallara F399		1, 5, 7
JH Racing	35	Jacques Hulbert	Martini MK79	Opel	1, 4, 6–7

Race calendar and results[edit]

All races were held in France.

Round		Circuit	Date	Pole Position	Fastest Lap	Winning Driver	Winning Team	Class B Winner
1	R1	Circuit Paul Armagnac, Nogaro	31 March	Tristan Gommendy	Renaud Derlot	Renaud Derlot	ARTA/Signature	Benjamin Poron
1	R2	Circuit Paul Armagnac, Nogaro	1 April	Renaud Derlot	Renaud Derlot	Renaud Derlot	ARTA/Signature	Benjamin Poron
2	R1	Circuit de Lédenon	28 April	Tristan Gommendy	Tristan Gommendy	Tristan Gommendy	ASM	Benjamin Poron
2	R2	Circuit de Lédenon	28 April	Tristan Gommendy	Renaud Derlot	Renaud Derlot	ARTA/Signature	Benjamin Poron
3	R1	Dijon-Prenois	30 June	Tristan Gommendy	Tristan Gommendy	Bruno Besson	Saulnier Racing	Benjamin Poron
3	R2	Dijon-Prenois	30 June	Tristan Gommendy	Tristan Gommendy	Derek Hayes	LD Autosport	Benjamin Poron
4	R1	Circuit de Croix-en-Ternois	27 July	Olivier Pla	Olivier Pla	Olivier Pla	ASM	Nicolas Lapierre
4	R2	Circuit de Croix-en-Ternois	28 July	Tristan Gommendy	Bruno Besson	Yuji Ide	ARTA/Signature	Nicolas Lapierre
5	R1	Circuit d'Albi, Le Sequestre	8 September	Tristan Gommendy	Tristan Gommendy	Tristan Gommendy	ASM	Benjamin Poron
5	R2	Circuit d'Albi, Le Sequestre	8 September	Tristan Gommendy	Tristan Gommendy	Tristan Gommendy	ASM	Benjamin Poron
6	R1	Bugatti Circuit, Le Mans	6 October	Olivier Pla	Renaud Derlot	Olivier Pla	ASM	Benjamin Poron
6	R2	Bugatti Circuit, Le Mans	6 October	Tristan Gommendy	Tristan Gommendy	Tristan Gommendy	ASM	Benjamin Poron
7	R1	Circuit de Nevers Magny-Cours	20 October	Tristan Gommendy	Tristan Gommendy	Tristan Gommendy	ASM	Benjamin Poron
7	R2	Circuit de Nevers Magny-Cours	20 October	Olivier Pla	Renaud Derlot	Renaud Derlot	ARTA/Signature	Benjamin Poron

Standings[edit]

Points are awarded as follows:

1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	PP	FL
20	15	12	10	8	6	4	3	2	1	1	1

Pos	Driver	NOG		LÉD		DIJ		CRO		ALB		LMS		MAG		Pts
1	Tristan Gommendy	2	9	1	Ret	3	7	3	5	1	1	2	1	1	2	202
2	Renaud Derlot	1	1	3	1	5	13	4	6	4	3	3	2	4	1	185
3	Olivier Pla	6	Ret	10	2	4	3	1	2	13	2	1	3	2	3	159
4	Simon Abadie	3	2	4	7	7	4	Ret	8	2	5	4	4	6	4	120
5	Bruno Besson	5	3	2	5	1	2	9	11	5	4	5	Ret	8	11	119
6	Derek Hayes	4	5	6	4	2	1	6	7	3	10					94
7	Yuji Ide	9	4	5	3	8	8	2	1	Ret	8	8	Ret	13	12	84
8	Julien Pressac	7	8	7	Ret	6	9	10	9	7	7	7	5	5	8	62
9	Kevin Nadin	13	16	Ret	6	10	15	11	10	6	6	6	Ret	10	14	33
10	Laurent Delahaye	10	7	8	Ret	Ret	5	7	4							32
11	Geoffrey Dellus					12	10	5	12	9	Ret	9	Ret	14	19	15
12	Jeremie de Souza	8	6	Ret	Ret	11	6									15
13	Nicolas Lapierre									8	9			9	10	15
14	Olivier Maximin	11	10	Ret	8	9	11	12	Ret							6
	Philippe Almèras											Ret	Ret	Ret	NC	0
guest drivers ineligible for championship points
	César Campaniço													3	7	0
	Ryan Briscoe													7	5	0
	Vitantonio Liuzzi													12	6	0
	Bernhard Auinger													11	9	0
Class B
1	Benjamin Poron	12	11	9	9	13	12	15	13	10	11	10	6	15	13	265
2	Luca Iannacone	16	Ret	11	10	14	14	Ret	16	14	14	13	9	Ret	22	122
3	Didier Sirgue	15	14							12	13			17	17	73
4	Jacques Hulbert	17	15					14	15			12	8	Ret	21	63
5	Stephane Mauget					Ret	DNS					11	7	Ret	16	45
6	Nicolas Lapierre							8	3							40
7	Pascal Hernandez									11	12					30
8	Jimmy Tarres	14	12													30
9	David Moretti							13	14							27
10	Olivier Clement													18	18	22
11	Jean Louis Bianchina	18	13													18
12	Philippe Papin											14	10			18
13	Anthony Janiec											15	Ret	Ret	20	14
guest drivers ineligible for championship points
	Diego Romanini													16	15	0
Pos	Driver	NOG		LÉD		DIJ		CRO		ALB		LMS		MAG		Pts

Colour	Result
Gold	Winner
Silver	Second place
Bronze	Third place
Green	Points finish
Blue	Non-points finish
Blue	Non-classified finish (NC)
Purple	Retired (Ret)
Red	Did not qualify (DNQ)
Red	Did not pre-qualify (DNPQ)
Black	Disqualified (DSQ)
White	Did not start (DNS)
	Withdrew (WD)
	Race cancelled (C)
Blank	Did not practice (DNP)
	Did not arrive (DNA)
	Excluded (EX)

Bold – Pole
Italics – Fastest Lap

References[edit]

^ "Race Calendar: French Formula 3 Championship – Season 2002". Speedsport Magazine. Retrieved 18 January 2013. Race at Pau was non-championship
^ "Entrylist: French Formula 3 Championship – Season 2002". Speedsport Magazine. Retrieved 19 January 2013.

External links[edit]

Standins on Driver Database

[1] "Race Calendar: French Formula 3 Championship – Season 2002". Speedsport Magazine. Retrieved 18 January 2013. Race at Pau was non-championship

[2] "Entrylist: French Formula 3 Championship – Season 2002". Speedsport Magazine. Retrieved 19 January 2013.

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