1996 International Formula 3000 Championship

[1] 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.

Drivers and constructors

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Team No. Driver Rounds
United Kingdom Super Nova Racing 1 Sweden Kenny Bräck All
2 Brazil Marcos Gueiros All
United Kingdom Madgwick International 3 Portugal Pedro Couceiro 1-6
4 France Marc Rostan 9-10
United Kingdom Nordic Racing 5 United States Elton Julian All
6 Japan Akira Iida All
France DAMS 7 France Jean-Philippe Belloc All
8 France Laurent Redon All
France Apomatox 9 France Christophe Tinseau All
10 France Cyrille Sauvage All
Austria RSM Marko 11 Austria Oliver Tichy All
33 Germany Jörg Müller All
Italy Durango Equipe 14 Italy Fabrizio Gollin All
15 Italy Christian Pescatori All
Italy Draco Engineering 16 Brazil Ricardo Zonta All
17 Brazil Alexandre de Andrade 1
Brazil Sergio Paese 2-4
Argentina Esteban Tuero 5-10
Belgium Team Astromega 18 France Guillaume Gomez 1-9
19 Belgium Marc Goossens All
Italy Auto Sport Racing 20 Italy Thomas Biagi 1-4, 6-10
21 Argentina Gastón Mazzacane All
United Kingdom Bob Salisbury Engineering 22 United Kingdom James Taylor 5-10
United Kingdom Team Alpha Plus 24 South Africa Stephen Watson All
25 Sweden Carl Rosenblad All
United Kingdom Edenbridge Racing 26 France David Dussau 1-2
Denmark Tom Kristensen 4-6, 9-10
Argentina Norberto Fontana 8
27 Sweden Peter Olsson 1-3
United Kingdom Steve Arnold 5
Portugal Pedro Couceiro 8-10
United Kingdom Pacific Racing 28 France Patrick Lemarié All
29 Brazil Cristiano da Matta All
Italy Shannon Racing Team Italia 30 Denmark Tom Kristensen 1-2
31 Italy Luca Rangoni 2
Sources:[2][3]

Calendar

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Round Circuit Date Laps Distance Time Speed Pole Position Fastest Lap Winner
1 Germany Nürburgring 11 May 43 4.556=195.908 km 1'07:04.885 175.227 km/h Sweden Kenny Bräck Sweden Kenny Bräck
Germany Jörg Müller
Sweden Kenny Bräck
2 France Pau Grand Prix 27 May 72 2.760=198.720 km 1'28:55.055 134.093 km/h Denmark Tom Kristensen Denmark Tom Kristensen Germany Jörg Müller
3 Italy Autodromo di Pergusa 21 July 40 4.950=198.000 km 1'03:33.989 186.891 km/h Belgium Marc Goossens Germany Jörg Müller Belgium Marc Goossens
4 Germany Hockenheimring 27 July 29 6.823=197.867 km 0'59:58.819 197.932 km/h Sweden Kenny Bräck Sweden Kenny Bräck Sweden Kenny Bräck
5 United Kingdom Silverstone Circuit 18 August 40 5.072=202.880 km 1'09:17.948 175.656 km/h Sweden Kenny Bräck Denmark Tom Kristensen Sweden Kenny Bräck
6 Belgium Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps 24 August 22 6.968=153.296 km 0'48:24.693 189.991 km/h Denmark Tom Kristensen Germany Jörg Müller Germany Jörg Müller
7 France Circuit de Nevers Magny-Cours 14 September 47 4.250=199.750 km 1'10:45.670 169.373 km/h Belgium Marc Goossens Sweden Kenny Bräck Belgium Marc Goossens
8 Portugal Autódromo do Estoril 21 September 46 4.360=200.560 km 1'14:55.143 160.621 km/h Germany Jörg Müller Brazil Ricardo Zonta Brazil Ricardo Zonta
9 Italy Mugello Circuit 28 September 38 5.245=199.31 km 1'05:44.337 181.910 km/h Brazil Ricardo Zonta Brazil Ricardo Zonta Brazil Ricardo Zonta
10 Germany Hockenheimring 12 October 29 6.823=197.867 km 0'59:24.317 199.848 km/h Germany Jörg Müller Germany Jörg Müller France Christophe Tinseau
Source:[4]

Final points standings

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Drivers' Championship

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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 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 Rédon 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:[5][6][7]
Colour Result
Gold Winner
Silver Second place
Bronze Third place
Green Points finish
Blue Non-points finish
Non-classified finish (NC)
Purple Retired (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

Notes

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Complete Overview

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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 Taylor Salisbury 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 Dussau Edenbridge Racing 17 R 8 R - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
- Brazil Alexandre de Andrade Draco Engineering 24 R - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
- Argentina Norberto Fontana Edenbridge Racing - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 19 R - - - -

References

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  1. ^ Collantine, Keith (12 August 2015). "Formula 3000 memories: 1993-96". Race Fans Independent Motorsport Coverage. Retrieved 3 April 2020.
  2. ^ a b "FIA Formula 3000 Int. Championship - 1996: Entrylist". Speedsport Magazine. Retrieved 30 December 2023.
  3. ^ "F3000 International Championship Entry List 1996". Motorsport Stats. Retrieved 30 December 2023.
  4. ^ "F3000 International Championship Results 1996". Motorsport Stats. Retrieved 30 December 2023.
  5. ^ "F3000 International Championship Standings 1996". Motorsport Stats. Retrieved 30 December 2023.
  6. ^ "FIA Formula 3000 Int. Championship - Season 1996: Results". Speedsport Magazine. Retrieved 30 December 2023.
  7. ^ "1996 FIA International F3000 Championship". Motor Sport. Retrieved 30 December 2023.