2003 Italian Formula Three Championship

The 2003 Italian Formula Three Championship was the 39th Italian Formula Three Championship season. It began on 30 March at Misano and ended on 12 October at Vallelunga after nine races.^[1]

Fausto Ippoliti of Ombra Racing won race at Binetto, race at Magione and another two podiums and ultimately clinched the title. He finished three points clear of Coloni Motorsport driver Christian Montanari, who won race at Mugello and season-ending races at Monza and Vallelunga. Third place went to Lucidi Motors driver Gregory Franchi, who finished ahead of Imola winner Marco Bonanomi.

Teams and drivers[edit]

Entry List^[2]
Team	No	Driver	Chassis	Engine	Rounds
Target Racing	2	Fausto Ippoliti	Dallara F302	Spiess-Opel	All
Target Racing	3	Omar Galeffi	Dallara F302	Spiess-Opel	All
Azeta Racing	4	Giorgio Sernagiotto	Dallara F302	Spiess-Opel	1–4
Azeta Racing	5	Gianmaria Gabbiani	Dallara F399	Spiess-Opel	6, 8
W.R.C. / RP Motorsport	8	Giovanni Berton	Dallara F302	Spiess-Opel	1–5, 8
	8	Franco Ghiotto	Dallara F302	Spiess-Opel	6
	29	Matteo Cressoni	Dallara F302	Spiess-Opel	4–9
Passoli Racing	9	Giacomo Mettel	Dallara F302	Spiess-Opel	1–5, 7
	11	Leonardo Orecchioni	Dallara F302	Spiess-Opel	1–4
	31	Alessandro Bonetti	Dallara F302	Spiess-Opel	6–9
Corbetta Competizioni	12	Davide Mazzoleni	Dallara F302	Mugen-Honda	All
Corbetta Competizioni	14	Stefano Gattuso	Dallara F302	Mugen-Honda	All
Imola Racing	15	Giacomo Piccini	Dallara F302	Spiess-Opel	All
Imola Racing	16	Nicky Pastorelli	Dallara F302	Spiess-Opel	1–2
Style Car Racing	18	Imeiro Brigliadori	Dallara F302	Spiess-Opel	All
Style Car Racing	19	Gianpiero Negrotti	Dallara F302	Spiess-Opel	All
Coloni Motorsport	21	Christian Montanari	Lola-Dome F106	Spiess-Opel	All
Coloni Motorsport	22	Marco Bonanomi	Lola-Dome F106	Spiess-Opel	All
Lucidi Motors	23	Gregory Franchi	Dallara F302	Spiess-Opel	All
Savelli Racing	24	Andrea Tiso	Dallara F302	Spiess-Opel	1–4, 6–9
Team Ghinzani	25	Álvaro Parente	Dallara F302	Mugen-Honda	1, 9
	26	Robert Doornbos	Dallara F302	Mugen-Honda	1
	27	Philipp Baron	Dallara F302	Mugen-Honda	8–9
Dracone	28	Francesco Dracone	Dallara F302	Spiess-Opel	4, 7
RP Motorsport	32	Davide Valsecchi	Dallara F302	Spiess-Opel	9
RP Motorsport	37	Toni Vilander	Dallara F302	Renault	6, 9
Drumel Motorsport	38	Philipp Baron	Dallara F302	Renault	4
JMP Racing	39	Jean Louis Bianchina	Dallara F302	Renault	8
Merelli	38	Alfredo Merelli	Dallara F395	Fiat	1, 3–4
Gozzo	38	Emanuele Gozzo	Dallara F395	Fiat	4

Calendar[edit]

All rounds were held in Italy.

Round	Circuit	Date	Pole Position	Fastest Lap	Winning driver	Winning team
1	Misano World Circuit	30 March	Álvaro Parente	Álvaro Parente	Álvaro Parente	Team Ghinzani
2	Autodromo del Levante, Binetto	13 April	Fausto Ippoliti	Gregory Franchi	Fausto Ippoliti	Target Racing
3	Autodromo dell'Umbria, Magione	27 April	Fausto Ippoliti	Fausto Ippoliti	Fausto Ippoliti	Target Racing
4	Imola Circuit, Imola	18 May	Omar Galeffi	Davide Mazzoleni	Marco Bonanomi	Coloni Motorsport
5	Autodromo di Pergusa, Enna	15 June	Omar Galeffi	Omar Galeffi	Omar Galeffi	Target Racing
6	Mugello Circuit, Scarperia	13 July	Toni Vilander	Christian Montanari	Christian Montanari	Coloni Motorsport
7	Autodromo Riccardo Paletti, Varano	7 September	Marco Bonanomi	Marco Bonanomi	Davide Mazzoleni	Corbetta Competizioni
8	Monza Circuit, Monza	28 September	Christian Montanari	Gregory Franchi	Christian Montanari	Coloni Motorsport
9	Vallelunga Circuit, Campagnano di Roma	12 October	Christian Montanari	Christian Montanari	Christian Montanari	Coloni Motorsport

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	MIS	BIN	MAG	IMO	PER	MUG	VAR	MNZ	VAL	Pts
1	Fausto Ippoliti	2	1	1	6	2	7	5	9	5	101
2	Christian Montanari	Ret	3	Ret	3	4	1	Ret	1	1	98
3	Gregory Franchi	3	Ret	5	4	3	3	4	3	Ret	78
4	Marco Bonanomi	Ret	Ret	2	1	9	5	Ret	2	2	77
5	Giacomo Piccini	Ret	2	8	2	6	4	7	5	4	71
6	Omar Galeffi	8	6	3	7	1	10	3	12	7	65
7	Stefano Gattuso	9	5	Ret	5	5	9	2	11	8	46
8	Davide Mazzoleni	7	4	9	13	7	8	1	17	10	45
9	Álvaro Parente	1								3	34
10	Giovanni Berton	5	8	4	9	8			6		32
11	Matteo Cressoni				8	Ret	6	Ret	4	14	19
12	Toni Vilander						2			DNS	16
13	Giorgio Sernagiotto	4	Ret	7	Ret						14
14	Andrea Tiso	10	9	12	Ret		12	6	10	9	12
15	Philipp Baron				10				8	6	10
16	Leonardo Orecchioni	14	Ret	6	Ret						6
17	Robert Doornbos	6									6
18	Alessandro Bonetti						11	9	7	12	6
19	Nicky Pastorelli	Ret	7								4
20	Giacomo Mettel	11	Ret	11	12	12		8			3
21	Imeiro Brigliadori	12	Ret	10	11	10	Ret	10	14	11	3
22	Gianpiero Negrotti	13	10	13	Ret	11	14	11	16	13	1
23	Gianmaria Gabbiani						13		13		0
24	Alfredo Merelli	Ret		14	Ret						0
25	Francesco Dracone				14			Ret			0
26	Emanuele Gozzo				15						0
27	Jean Louis Bianchina								15		0
	Franco Ghiotto						Ret				0
	Davide Valsecchi									Ret	0
Pos	Driver	MIS	BIN	MAG	IMO	PER	MUG	VAR	MNZ	VAL	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: Italian Formula 3 Championship – Season 2003". Speedsport Magazine. Retrieved 27 August 2012.
^ "Entrylist: Italian Formula 3 Championship – Season 2003". Speedsport Magazine. Retrieved 27 August 2012.

External links[edit]

Official website

[1] "Race Calendar: Italian Formula 3 Championship – Season 2003". Speedsport Magazine. Retrieved 27 August 2012.

[2] "Entrylist: Italian Formula 3 Championship – Season 2003". Speedsport Magazine. Retrieved 27 August 2012.

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