The 1996 International Formula 3000 Championship was contested over ten rounds from 11 May to 12 October 1996. This was the first F3000 season in which every team had the same chassis, engine and tyres.[citation needed ]
Jörg Müller (pictured in 2007), won the Drivers' Championship driving for RSM Marko .Drivers and constructors Calendar Final points standings Drivers' Championship Pos Driver NÜR Germany PAU France PER Italy HOC Germany SIL United Kingdom SPA Belgium MAG France EST Portugal MUG Italy HOC Germany Points Pos Driver NÜR Germany PAU France PER Italy HOC Germany SIL United Kingdom SPA Belgium MAG France EST Portugal MUG Italy HOC Germany Points 1 Germany Jörg Müller 2 1 2 2 Ret 1 3 2 2 Ret 52 2 Sweden Kenny Bräck 1 1 1 5 2 3 3 DSQ 49 3 Belgium Marc Goossens Ret Ret 1 Ret 16 2 1 4 6 Ret 28 4 Brazil Ricardo Zonta Ret 3 Ret 6 3 9 Ret 1 1 27 5 Brazil Marcos Gueiros 3 Ret 4 3 4 15 Ret Ret 17 2 20 6 France Christophe Tinseau 8 Ret 3 4 6 6 9 11 11 1 18 7 Denmark Tom Kristensen 4 Ret 2 3 4 Ret 18 8 France Laurent Redon 6 Ret 10 Ret Ret 12 4 DSQ 8 4 7 9 Brazil Cristiano da Matta 9 4 5 Ret Ret 10 5 7 Ret Ret 7 10 Austria Oliver Tichy 11 DNQ 6 Ret Ret 8 Ret Ret 7 3 5 11 Italy Christian Pescatori 10 Ret Ret 9 5 4 Ret Ret Ret Ret 5 12 Italy Thomas Biagi Ret DNQ 8 DSQ DNQ 6 6 5 7 4 13 Portugal Pedro Couceiro 5 Ret 7 Ret Ret 13 8 15 Ret 2 14 United States Elton Julian 13 DNS Ret Ret 7 14 12 18 14 5 2 15 France Patrick Lemarié 12 5 13 10 8 Ret 8 15 Ret 8 2 16 Italy Fabrizio Gollin Ret 10 9 Ret 9 11 Ret 5 22 DNQ 2 17 France Cyrille Sauvage Ret 7 Ret 7 10 7 Ret 13 12 6 1 18 Italy Luca Rangoni 6 1 19 France Jean-Philippe Belloc 7 9 Ret 8 17 20 Ret 14 9 Ret 0 20 France Guillaume Gomez Ret DNS 12 11 12 18 7 9 10 0 21 Japan Akira Iida 14 8 11 12 13 Ret 14 12 18 9 0 22 Argentina Gastón Mazzacane Ret DNQ 14 Ret 11 19 Ret 10 Ret Ret 0 23 South Africa Stephen Watson Ret Ret Ret Ret 18 16 11 Ret 16 10 0 24 Argentina Esteban Tuero 14 17 10 Ret 13 Ret 0 25 Sweden Carl Rosenblad Ret DNQ Ret 13 19 Ret 13 Ret 19 12 0 26 United Kingdom James Taylor Ret Ret 15 Ret 21 Ret 0 27 United Kingdom Steve Arnold 15 0 28 France Marc Rostan 23 Ret 0 – Sweden Peter Olsson DSQ DNQ Ret 0 – France David Dussau Ret Ret 0 – Brazil Sergio Paese Ret DNQ Ret 0 – Brazil Alexandre de Andrade Ret 0 – Argentina Norberto Fontana Ret 0 Pos Driver NÜR Germany PAU France PER Italy HOC Germany SIL United Kingdom SPA Belgium MAG France EST Portugal MUG Italy HOC Germany Points Sources: Colour Result Gold Winner Silver Second place Bronze Third place Green Points classification Blue Non-points classification Non-classified finish (NC) Purple Retired, not classified (Ret) Red Did not qualify (DNQ) 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 1 Germany Jörg Müller 2 1 2 2 Ret 1 3 2 2 Ret 52 2 Sweden Kenny Bräck 1 2 Ret 1 1 5 2 3 3 DSQ 49 3 Belgium Marc Goossens Ret Ret 1 Ret 16 2 1 4 6 Ret 28 4 Brazil Ricardo Zonta Ret 3 Ret 6 3 9 Ret 1 1 11 27 5 Brazil Marcos Gueiros 3 Ret 4 3 4 15 Ret Ret 17 2 20 6 France Christophe Tinseau 8 Ret 3 4 6 6 9 11 11 1 18 7 Denmark Tom Kristensen 4 Ret 5 2 3 4 Ret 18 8 France Laurent Redon 6 Ret 10 Ret Ret 12 4 DSQ 8 4 7 9 Brazil Cristiano da Matta 9 4 5 Ret Ret 10 5 7 Ret Ret 7 10 Austria Oliver Tichy 11 DNQ 6 Ret Ret 8 Ret Ret 7 3 5 11 Italy Christian Pescatori 10 Ret Ret 9 5 4 Ret Ret Ret Ret 5 12 Italy Thomas Biagi Ret DNQ 8 DSQ DNQ 6 6 5 7 4 13 Portugal Pedro Couceiro 5 Ret 7 Ret Ret 13 8 15 Ret 2 14 United States Elton Julian 13 DNS Ret Ret 7 14 12 18 14 5 2 15 France Patrick Lemarié 12 5 13 10 8 Ret 8 15 Ret 8 2 16 Italy Fabrizio Gollin Ret 10 9 Ret 9 11 Ret 5 22 DNQ 2 17 France Cyrille Sauvage Ret 7 Ret 7 10 7 Ret 13 12 6 1 18 Italy Luca Rangoni 6 1 19 France Jean-Philippe Belloc 7 9 Ret 8 17 20 Ret 14 9 Ret 0 20 France Guillaume Gomez Ret DNS 12 11 12 18 7 9 10 0 21 Japan Akira Iida 14 8 11 12 13 Ret 14 12 18 9 0 22 Argentina Gastón Mazzacane Ret DNQ 14 Ret 11 19 Ret 10 Ret Ret 0 23 South Africa Stephen Watson Ret Ret Ret Ret 18 16 11 Ret 16 10 0 24 Argentina Esteban Tuero 14 17 10 Ret 13 Ret 0 25 Sweden Carl Rosenblad Ret DNQ Ret 13 19 Ret 13 Ret 19 12 0 26 United Kingdom James TaylorRet Ret 15 Ret 21 Ret 0 27 United Kingdom Steve Arnold 15 0 28 France Marc Rostan 23 Ret 0 – Sweden Peter Olsson DSQ DNQ Ret 0 – France David DussauRet Ret 0 – Brazil Sergio Paese Ret DNQ Ret 0 – Brazil Alexandre de AndradeRet 0 – Argentina Norberto Fontana Ret 0 Pos Driver NÜR Germany PAU France PER Italy HOC Germany SIL United Kingdom SPA Belgium MAG France EST Portugal MUG Italy HOC Germany Points Sources: Colour Result Gold Winner Silver Second place Bronze Third place Green Points classification Blue Non-points classification Non-classified finish (NC) Purple Retired, not classified (Ret) Red Did not qualify (DNQ) 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)
Notes All drivers used Lola T96/50 chassis, with Zytek -Judd engines, and Avon tyres. Kenny Bräck was disqualified from first place from the second race at Hockenheim for dangerous driving.Laurent Redon was disqualified from the race at Estoril due to taking the wrong position on the grid.Thomas Biagi was disqualified from the first race at Hockenheim for ignoring a drive-through penalty.Complete Overview first column of every race 10 = grid position
second column of every race 10 = race result
R22 =retired, but classified R =retired NC =not classified NS =did not start NQ =did not qualify DIS(1) =disqualified after finishing as winner 17E =grid position, but started from the end of the grid
Place Name Team NÜR Germany PAU France PER Italy HOC Germany SIL United Kingdom SPA Belgium MAG France EST Portugal MUG Italy HOC Germany 1 Germany Jörg Müller RSM Marko 4 2 2 1 2 2 4 2 5 R 4 1 5 3 1 2 4 2 1 R 2 Sweden Kenny Bräck SuperNova Racing 1 1 3 2 12 R 1 1 1 1 5 5 2 2 4 3 3 3 2 DIS(1) 3 Belgium Marc Goossens Team Astromega 15 R 10 R 1 1 2 R 14 16 3 2 1 1 6 4 2 6 8 R 4 Brazil Ricardo Zonta Draco Engineering 9 R 13 3 3 R 5 6 4 3 12 9 17 R 3 1 1 1 12 11 5 Brazil Marcos Gueiros SuperNova Racing 2 3 5 R 8 4 3 3 6 4 6 15 8 R 5 R 6 17 6 2 6 Denmark Tom Kristensen Shannon Racing 5 4 1 R - - Edenbridge Racing 13 5 2 2 1 3 - - - - 5 4 3 R France Christophe Tinseau Apomatox 12 8 6 R 4 3 6 4 8 6 8 6 14 9 18 11 13 11 4 1 8 Brazil Cristiano da Matta Pacific Racing 10 9 12 4 6 5 9 R 3 R 10 10 12 5 9 7 10 20 5 R France Laurent Rédon DAMS 3 6 4 R 9 10 7 R 10 R 13 12 7 4 7 R 8 8 7 4 10 Italy Christian Pescatori Durango Équipe 19 10 7 R 15 R 14 9 7 5 2 4 6 R 2 R 14 R 10 R Austria Oliver Tichy RSM Marko 25 11 25 NQ 11 6 11 R 11 R 7 8 3 R 8 R 12 7 11 3 12 Italy Thomas Biagi Autosport Racing 11 R 24 NQ 19 8 16 R - - 25 NQ 9 6 11 6 7 5 16 7 13 Portugal Pedro Couceiro Madgwick International 7 5 16 R 16 7 17 R 12 R 16 13 - - Edenbridge Racing 16 8 20 15 17 R France Patrick Lemarié Pacific Racing 20 12 19 5 21 13 21 10 15 8 20 R 13 8 20 15 18 R 9 8 Italy Fabrizio Gollin Durango Équipe 16 R 21 10 14 9 8 R 20 9 11 11 16 R 13 5 11 R22 25 NQ United States Elton Julian Nordic Racing 8 13 11 NS 5 R 18 R 9 7 15 14 20 12 22 NC 21 14 13 5 17 Italy Luca Rangoni Shannon Racing - - 18 6 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - France Cyrille Sauvage Apomatox 22 R 20 7 10 R 12 7 16 10 9 7 10 R 14 13 17 12 19 6 - France Jean-Philippe Belloc DAMS 6 7 14 9 20 R 10 8 22 17 14 20 4 R 10 14 16 9 14 R - France Guillaume Gomez Team Astromega 14 R 9 NS 17E 12 19 11 13 12 19 18 11 7 12 9 15 10 - - - Japan Akira Iida Nordic Racing 23 14 17 8 18 11 23 12 24 13 18 R 22 14 23 12 23 18 18 9 - Argentina Gastón Mazzacane Auto Sport Racing 13 R 23 NQ 7 14 15 R 18 11 21 19 15 R 17 10 9 R 20 R - South Africa Stephen Watson Alpha Plus 18 R 15 R 13 R 20 R 19 18 17 16 18 11 15 R 22 16 21 10 - Sweden Carl Rosenblad Alpha Plus 26 R 27 NQ 23 R 24 13 23 19 23 R 21 13 24 R 24 19 22 12 - Argentina Esteban Tuero Draco Engineering - - - - - - - - 21 14 22 17 19 10 21 R 19 13 15 R - United Kingdom James TaylorSalisbury Engineering - - - - - - - - 25 R 24 R 23 15 25 R 26 21 24 R - United Kingdom Steve Arnold Edenbridge Racing - - - - - - - - 17 15 - - - - - - - - - - - France Marc Rostan Madgwick International - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 25 23 23 R - Sweden Peter Olsson Edenbridge Racing 21 R 26 NQ 22 R - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Brazil Sergio Paese Draco Engineering - - 22 R 24 NQ 22 R - - - - - - - - - - - - - France David DussauEdenbridge Racing 17 R 8 R - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Brazil Alexandre de AndradeDraco Engineering 24 R - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Argentina Norberto Fontana Edenbridge Racing - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 19 R - - - -
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