1992 International Formula 3000 Championship

Reynard was once again the dominant manufacturer. After Lola failed to win a race in 1991, there were only six of their cars on the grid in 1992. Simtek produced an upgrade of the previous year's RALT. Two cars were produced and sold to Piquet Racing, however after a test by Nelson Piquet himself they were sold in favor of a Reynard. Piemme Motors bought one car for Giambattista Busi, who usually started near the back of the grid and never managed to finish a race. The other car was sold to Japan, and RALT announced its withdrawal from F3000 early in the season.

Exotic fuel blends were banned after Agip's success in 1991. A stricter interpretation of the rules gave the cars long sidepods, which greatly increased the area of the flat floor, making the cars very sensitive to pitch changes.

Jordi Gené won on his debut at the Silverstone, which would turn out to be his only F3000 victory. Emanuele Naspetti won on the streets of Pau in spite of a collision with Andrea Montermini. Both continued, but Montermini later crashed at the Foch statue. Montermini won the next race in Barcelona.

At Enna, the Crypton team introduced a monodamper front suspension, and their driver Luca Badoer took the victory. He then won the next two rounds in Germany as other teams scrambled to catch up, either by switching to the dominant Mader-tuned Cosworth DFVs or with monodampers, now available as an upgrade from Reynard.[1]

At Spa-Francorchamps, Badoer suffered a high-speed accident at Radillion. His car went into the barriers backwards, and Badoer's head hit the steel roll hoop, which broke his helmet and knocked him unconscious. Montermini took the victory, and followed this with a win on F3000's only visit to the twisty Albacete circuit in Spain.

At Nogaro, took pole position drove away to a convincing victory to clinch the title with a round to spare. In the finale, Badoer and Montermini collided, leaving Jean-Marc Gounon to take Lola's only victory of the year, followed by Olivier Panis in another Lola and David Coulthard.

R16=retired, but classified R=retired NS=did not start NQ=did not qualify DIS(6)=disqualified after finishing in eleventh place (25)=place after practice, but grid position not held free

Place	Name	Team	Chassis	Engine	SIL		PAU		CAT		PER		HOC		NÜR		SPA		ALB		NOG		MAG
1	Luca Badoer	Crypton Engineering	Reynard	Ford Cosworth	5	5	10	6	11	6	1	1	1	1	2	1	6	R	1	2	1	1	1	R
2	Andrea Montermini	Il Barone Rampante	Reynard	Judd	12	R	1	R	1	1	2	3	8	9
		Il Barone Rampante	Reynard	Ford Cosworth											8	R
		Forti Corse	Reynard	Ford Cosworth													1	1	3	1	2	4	2	R
3	Rubens Barrichello	Il Barone Rampante	Reynard	Judd	9	2	4	3	2	2	10	R	10	6
		Il Barone Rampante	Reynard	Ford Cosworth											5	3	9	5	2	6	5	6	5	5
4	Michael Bartels	Crypton Engineering	Reynard	Ford Cosworth	8	R	3	2	7	R	6	4	4	2	3	2	2	3	13	R	6	R	10	DIS(11)
5	Jordi Gené	Pacific Racing	Reynard	Mugen Honda	1	1	11	R	3	3	13	R	2	5	10	8	7	2	8	R	13	8	20	10
6	Emanuele Naspetti	Forti Corse	Reynard	Ford Cosworth	20	6	2	1	4	R16	5	2	13	4	1	R	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
	Jean-Marc Gounon	DAMS	Lola	Ford Cosworth	11	4	6	R	5	R	7	R	5	R	7	6	13	9	7	R16	3	2	6	1
8	Emmanuel Collard	Apomatox	Lola	Ford Cosworth	22	R	18	R	13	4	22	R	20	12	4	4	28	NQ	6	3	22	15	3	4
9	David Coulthard	Paul Stewart Racing	Reynard	Judd	25	7	7	R	12	8	11	R	9	R	9	7	8	4	17	7	4	3	8	3
10	Olivier Panis	Apomatox	Lola	Ford Cosworth	2	3	19	R	15	7	14	R	26	20	6	R	15	R	10	R	9	R	4	2
11	Allan McNish	3001 International	Reynard	Mugen Honda	21	R	-	-	8	5	3	R	7	3	11	R	5	12	12	5	-	-	-	-
12	Alessandro Zampedri	Forti Corse	Reynard	Ford Cosworth	7	R	15	R	9	11	16	5	12	7	17	R	12	7	14	8	8	5	12	R
13	Vittorio Zoboli	Advance Racing	Reynard	Ford Cosworth	18	R	9	4	22	12	-	-	17	14	15	12	23	15	18	13	11	12	13	R
	Laurent Aïello	Pacific Racing	Reynard	Mugen Honda	4	R	8	R	6	R15	9	11	3	10	12	5	4	6	4	R15	7	7	9	R
	Paul Stewart	Paul Stewart Racing	Reynard	Judd	6	8	16	11	14	9	12	8	23	16	18	10	14	11	5	4	10	R	11	R
16	Giuseppe Bugatti	Vortex	Reynard	Ford Cosworth	3	NS	5	5	18	R	23	R	6	8	19	R	18	14	26	NQ	18	R	18	R
17	Jérôme Policand	GJ Motorsports	Lola	Mugen Honda	13	R	20	R	20	R	18	6	19	R19	22	R	17	13	-	-
		DAMS	Lola	Ford Cosworth																	15	13	17	R
	Giampiero Simoni	Il Barone Rampante	Reynard	Judd	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	23	R	11	10	15	9	19	R	15	6
-	Phil Andrews	Vortex	Reynard	Mugen Honda	24	12	14	7	19	10	25	9	11	11	27	NQ	16	18	19	10
		Vortex	Reynard	Judd																	20	14	19	R
-	Pedro Chaves	GJ Motorsports	Lola	Mugen Honda	10	R	21	9	24	R	15	7	15	13	14	13
		Il Barone Rampante	Reynard	Ford Cosworth													27	NQ	16	11	14	10	22	R
-	Steve Robertson	Superpower	Reynard	Ford Cosworth	23	R	-	-	25	NQ	26	R	18	18	24	R	26	NS	20	R	16	11	21	7
-	Frédéric Gosparini	DAMS	Lola	Ford Cosworth	16	R	17	8	10	R	19	R	21	R	13	11	22	16	-	-	-	-	-	-
-	Hideki Noda	3001 International	Reynard	Mugen Honda	26	R	23	NQ	21	R	21	R	(25)	NS	26	14	24	17	23	12	21	R	23	8
-	Giovanni Bonanno	SC Lazio Oil	Reynard	Ford Cosworth	-	-	-	-	-	-	4	R	16	15	21	R	10	8	25	NQ	25	R	16	R
-	Olivier Beretta	Piquet Racing	Reynard	Mugen Honda	14	9	12	R	17	R	8	R	14	R	20	9
		Piquet Racing	Reynard	Ford Cosworth													3	R	9	R17	12	9	7	R
-	Guido Knycz	CoBra Motorsports	Reynard	Ford Cosworth	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	28	NQ	25	R	22	14	24	R	25	9
-	Fabiano Vandone	Il Barone Rampante	Reynard	Judd	19	10	13	R	16	14	17	10	22	17	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
-	Paolo Delle Piane	CoBRa Motorsports	Reynard	Ford Cosworth	17	11	22	10	23	13	20	R	24	R	16	15	20	R	21	R	17	R	14	R
-	Mark Skaife	3001 International	Reynard	Mugen Honda	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	23	16	24	R
-	Giambattista Busi	Piemme Motors	Ralt	Ford Cosworth	15	R	-	-	-	-	24	R	25	R	25	R	19	R	24	R	26	NS	26	R
-	Richard Dean	GJ Motorsports	Lola	Mugen Honda	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	21	R	-	-	-	-	-	-
-	Éric Hélary	DAMS	Lola	Ford Cosworth	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	11	R	-	-	-	-

• International F3000 1992 Retrieved from Unofficial F3000 Information on 6 November 2009