2002 Italian Formula Three Championship
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The 2002 Italian Formula Three Championship was the 38th Italian Formula Three Championship season. It began on 7 April at Vallelunga and ended on 20 October at Magione after nine races.
Miloš Pavlović of Target Racing won races at Vallelunga, Misano, Varano, Binetto, Mugello and had another three podiums and ultimately clinched the title. He finished 27 points clear of Azeta Racing driver Philip Cloostermans, who won races at Pergusa and Monza. Third place went to Pavlović's teammate Christiano Citron, who won the season-ending race at Magione.
Teams and drivers
| Entry List | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Team | No | Driver | Chassis | Engine | Rounds |
| Campionato Nazionale | |||||
| Italy Passoli Racing | 2 | Italy Fausto Ippoliti | F399 | Fiat | 1–3, 5–9 |
| 3 | Italy Leonardo Orecchioni | F399 | 1–3 | ||
| 20 | Italy Ivan Bellarosa | F302 | 4 | ||
| 21 | Italy Davide Uboldi | F302 | 4, 9 | ||
| France Stardrive Motorsport | 4 | Algeria Nassim Sidi Said | F399 | Spiess-Opel | 1–5 |
| Italy Target Racing | 5 | Serbia and Montenegro Miloš Pavlović | F302 | Spiess-Opel | All |
| 6 | Italy Christiano Citron | F302 | All | ||
| Italy Brigliadori | 7 | Italy Imeiro Brigliadori | F399 | Spiess-Opel | 1–6, 8–9 |
| Italy Style Car Racing | 8 | Italy Gianpiero Negrotti | F399 | Fiat | 1–6, 8–9 |
| Italy El Kobra | 9 | Italy Andrea Tiso | F302 | Fiat | 1, 4 |
| Italy W.R.C. | 10 | Italy Franco Ghiotto | F302 | Spiess-Opel | 1–2, 4–6, 8–9 |
| 11 | Italy Sergio Ghiotto | F302 | 1 | ||
| 18 | Italy Giampaolo Ermolli | F302 | 2–7 | ||
| Italy Stentella | 12 | Italy Enzo Stentella | F399 | Spiess-Opel | 1–2 |
| Italy Azeta Racing | 14 | Italy Stefano Mocellini | F399 | Spiess-Opel | 1–6 |
| 15 | Belgium Philip Cloostermans | F399 | 1–8 | ||
| 19 | Italy Alessandro Vitacolonna | F399 | 4–8 | ||
| Italy Petroncini | 20 | Italy Roberto Petroncini | F399 | Spiess-Opel | All |
| Italy Scuderia Famà | 22 | Italy Nino Famà | F399 | Spiess-Opel | 5 |
| Germany Bertram Schäfer Racing | 23 | Italy Vitantonio Liuzzi | F302 | Spiess-Opel | 5 |
| 24 | Malaysia Rizal Ramli | F302 | 5 | ||
| 25 | Austria Bernhard Auinger | F302 | 5 | ||
| Estonia Nemarnik | 26 | Estonia Tom Nemarnik | F399 | Fiat | 5 |
| Italy Team Ghinzani | 27 | Netherlands Robert Doornbos | F302 | Mugen-Honda | 5 |
| 28 | Italy Raffaele Giammaria | F302 | 5, 9 | ||
| 38 | Austria Andreas Zuber | F302 | 9 | ||
| Italy Prema Powerteam | 29 | Portugal César Campaniço | F302 | Spiess-Opel | 5 |
| 30 | Australia Ryan Briscoe | F302 | 5 | ||
| 31 | Japan Kosuke Matsuura | F302 | 5 | ||
| Italy Dracone | 32 | Italy Francesco Dracone | F302 | Spiess-Opel | 5 |
| Italy Gioga | 33 | Italy Giovanni Gaetani | F399 | Fiat | 5 |
| Germany Team Kolles | 35 | Netherlands Ross Zwolsman | F302 | Mugen-Honda | 5 |
| 36 | Japan Sakon Yamamoto | F302 | 5 | ||
| Italy Boga | 37 | Italy Bonifacio Gaetani | F399 | Spiess-Opel | 8–9 |
| Trofeo Nazionale CSAI | |||||
| Italy Passoli Racing | 51 | Italy Carmine Tancredi | F397 | Fiat | All |
| 64 | Italy Dino Lusuardi | F393 | 5–9 | ||
| Italy Scuderia Famà | 52 | Italy Nino Famà | F393 | Spiess-Opel | 1–2 |
| 63 | Italy Salvatore Cardullo | F393 | 4 | ||
| Italy Alberti | 53 | Italy Silvio Alberti | F397 | Fiat | 2, 4–6 |
| Italy Gozzo | 54 | Italy Emanuele Gozzo | F395 | Spiess-Opel | 2, 4–5 |
| Italy Style Car Racing | 55 | Italy Giovanni Rambelli | F393 | Fiat | 1–6, 8–9 |
| Italy Bounomo | 56 | Italy Robert Bounomo | F397 | Fiat | All |
| Italy System Team | 57 | Italy Alberto Morelli | F393 | Fiat | 4–5, 9 |
| Italy Faraonio | 58 | Italy Giovanni Faraonio | F393 | Fiat | 1–2 |
| Italy Bicciato | 59 | Italy Renato Bicciato | F397 | Fiat | 2–8 |
| Italy Gioga | 61 | Italy Giovanni Gaetani | F393 | Fiat | 4 |
| Italy Bendinelli | 65 | Italy Carlo Bendinelli | F393 | Spiess-Opel | 9 |
| Italy Ribaudo | 66 | Italy Giorgio Ribaudo | F393 | Fiat | 5 |
| Italy Bellarosa | 67 | Italy Ivan Bellarosa | F397 | Fiat | 9 |
Notes
Calendar
All rounds were held in Italy.
Standings
- Points are awarded as follows:
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 9 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 1 |
| Pos | Driver | VAL | MIS | PER | MNZ | VAR | IMO | BIN | MUG | MAG | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pos Driver VAL MIS PER MNZ VAR IMO BIN MUG MAG Pts 1 Serbia and Montenegro Miloš Pavlović 1 1 2 2 1 5 1 1 2 65 2 Belgium Philip Cloostermans Ret 2 1 1 2 6 3 4 38 3 Italy Christiano Citron 2 5 3 5 Ret 8 7 5 1 25 4 Italy Alessandro Vitacolonna Ret 4 5 3 3 25 2 2 25 5 Italy Fausto Ippoliti 3 Ret 7 Ret 10 4 3 3 15 6 Italy Roberto Petroncini 4 6 4 Ret Ret Ret 5 7 5 11 7 Italy Stefano Mocellini 5 3 Ret 4 6 9 10 8 Italy Vitantonio Liuzzi 1 9 9 Japan Kosuke Matsuura 2 6 10 Italy Giampaolo Ermolli Ret 6 Ret 4 11 6 5 11 Netherlands Robert Doornbos 3 4 12 Portugal César Campaniço 4 3 13 Austria Andreas Zuber 4 3 14 Italy Nino Famà 5 2 15 Italy Franco Ghiotto 6 7 8 7 14 6 11 2 16 Italy Davide Uboldi 6 6 2 Italy Imeiro Brigliadori Ret 8 8 7 Ret 15 8 7 0 Italy Sergio Ghiotto 7 0 Netherlands Ross Zwolsman 7 0 Algeria Nassim Sidi Said Ret 9 12 Ret 8 0 Italy Andrea Tiso 8 12 0 Italy Gianpiero Negrotti 11 12 Ret 11 13 22 9 Ret 0 Malaysia Rizal Ramli 12 0 Italy Bonifacio Gaetani 13 13 0 Japan Sakon Yamamoto 13 0 Italy Enzo Stentella 14 17 0 Italy Francesco Dracone 17 0 Italy Giovanni Gaetani 19 0 Italy Raffaele Giammaria 23 Ret 0 Estonia Tom Nemarnik 24 0 Italy Ivan Bellarosa Ret 0 Austria Bernhard Auinger Ret 0 Australia Ryan Briscoe Ret 0 Class Trofeo 1 Italy Carmine Tancredi 12 16 9 9 9 Ret 8 Ret 12 44 2 Italy Robert Bounomo 10 11 10 13 11 18 9 Ret 9 44 3 Italy Renato Bicciato 14 11 10 12 21 10 12 27 4 Italy Dino Lusuardi 10 20 DNS 10 15 20 5 Italy Giovanni Rambelli Ret 13 Ret Ret 14 Ret 11 14 14 6 Italy Giovanni Faraonio 13 10 12 7 Italy Silvio Alberti Ret 15 15 16 12 8 Italy Alberto Morelli DNS Ret 8 9 9 Italy Nino Famà 9 DNS 9 10 Italy Ivan Bellarosa 10 4 11 Italy Giovanni Gaetani 14 3 12 Italy Emanuele Gozzo 15 Ret DNS 2 Italy Giorgio Ribaudo 16 0 Italy Salvatore Cardullo Ret 0 Italy Carlo Bendinelli Ret 0 Pos Driver VAL MIS PER MNZ VAR IMO BIN MUG MAG Pts | 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 | Serbia and Montenegro Miloš Pavlović | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 65 |
| 2 | Belgium Philip Cloostermans | Ret | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 3 | 4 | 38 | |
| 3 | Italy Christiano Citron | 2 | 5 | 3 | 5 | Ret | 8 | 7 | 5 | 1 | 25 |
| 4 | Italy Alessandro Vitacolonna | Ret | 4 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 25 | 2 | 2 | 25 | |
| 5 | Italy Fausto Ippoliti | 3 | Ret | 7 | Ret | 10 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 15 | |
| 6 | Italy Roberto Petroncini | 4 | 6 | 4 | Ret | Ret | Ret | 5 | 7 | 5 | 11 |
| 7 | Italy Stefano Mocellini | 5 | 3 | Ret | 4 | 6 | 9 | 10 | |||
| 8 | Italy Vitantonio Liuzzi | 1 | 9 | ||||||||
| 9 | Japan Kosuke Matsuura | 2 | 6 | ||||||||
| 10 | Italy Giampaolo Ermolli | Ret | 6 | Ret | 4 | 11 | 6 | 5 | |||
| 11 | Netherlands Robert Doornbos | 3 | 4 | ||||||||
| 12 | Portugal César Campaniço | 4 | 3 | ||||||||
| 13 | Austria Andreas Zuber | 4 | 3 | ||||||||
| 14 | Italy Nino Famà | 5 | 2 | ||||||||
| 15 | Italy Franco Ghiotto | 6 | 7 | 8 | 7 | 14 | 6 | 11 | 2 | ||
| 16 | Italy Davide Uboldi | 6 | 6 | 2 | |||||||
| Italy Imeiro Brigliadori | Ret | 8 | 8 | 7 | Ret | 15 | 8 | 7 | 0 | ||
| Italy Sergio Ghiotto | 7 | 0 | |||||||||
| Netherlands Ross Zwolsman | 7 | 0 | |||||||||
| Algeria Nassim Sidi Said | Ret | 9 | 12 | Ret | 8 | 0 | |||||
| Italy Andrea Tiso | 8 | 12 | 0 | ||||||||
| Italy Gianpiero Negrotti | 11 | 12 | Ret | 11 | 13 | 22 | 9 | Ret | 0 | ||
| Malaysia Rizal Ramli | 12 | 0 | |||||||||
| Italy Bonifacio Gaetani | 13 | 13 | 0 | ||||||||
| Japan Sakon Yamamoto | 13 | 0 | |||||||||
| Italy Enzo Stentella | 14 | 17 | 0 | ||||||||
| Italy Francesco Dracone | 17 | 0 | |||||||||
| Italy Giovanni Gaetani | 19 | 0 | |||||||||
| Italy Raffaele Giammaria | 23 | Ret | 0 | ||||||||
| Estonia Tom Nemarnik | 24 | 0 | |||||||||
| Italy Ivan Bellarosa | Ret | 0 | |||||||||
| Austria Bernhard Auinger | Ret | 0 | |||||||||
| Australia Ryan Briscoe | Ret | 0 | |||||||||
| Class Trofeo | |||||||||||
| 1 | Italy Carmine Tancredi | 12 | 16 | 9 | 9 | 9 | Ret | 8 | Ret | 12 | 44 |
| 2 | Italy Robert Bounomo | 10 | 11 | 10 | 13 | 11 | 18 | 9 | Ret | 9 | 44 |
| 3 | Italy Renato Bicciato | 14 | 11 | 10 | 12 | 21 | 10 | 12 | 27 | ||
| 4 | Italy Dino Lusuardi | 10 | 20 | DNS | 10 | 15 | 20 | ||||
| 5 | Italy Giovanni Rambelli | Ret | 13 | Ret | Ret | 14 | Ret | 11 | 14 | 14 | |
| 6 | Italy Giovanni Faraonio | 13 | 10 | 12 | |||||||
| 7 | Italy Silvio Alberti | Ret | 15 | 15 | 16 | 12 | |||||
| 8 | Italy Alberto Morelli | DNS | Ret | 8 | 9 | ||||||
| 9 | Italy Nino Famà | 9 | DNS | 9 | |||||||
| 10 | Italy Ivan Bellarosa | 10 | 4 | ||||||||
| 11 | Italy Giovanni Gaetani | 14 | 3 | ||||||||
| 12 | Italy Emanuele Gozzo | 15 | Ret | DNS | 2 | ||||||
| Italy Giorgio Ribaudo | 16 | 0 | |||||||||
| Italy Salvatore Cardullo | Ret | 0 | |||||||||
| Italy Carlo Bendinelli | Ret | 0 | |||||||||
| Pos | Driver | VAL | MIS | PER | MNZ | VAR | IMO | BIN | MUG | MAG | Pts |
| 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) |