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.

1996 FIA International Formula 3000 Championship
Previous:	1995	Next:	1997
Related series: 1996 Formula Nippon Championship 1996 British Formula Two Championship

Drivers and constructors

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

Calendar

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

Final points standings

Drivers' Championship

Pos	Driver	NÜR	PAU	PER	HOC	SIL	SPA	MAG	EST	MUG	HOC	Points
1	Jörg Müller	2	1	2	2	Ret	1	3	2	2	Ret	52
2	Kenny Bräck	1	2	Ret	1	1	5	2	3	3	DSQ	49
3	Marc Goossens	Ret	Ret	1	Ret	16	2	1	4	6	Ret	28
4	Ricardo Zonta	Ret	3	Ret	6	3	9	Ret	1	1	11	27
5	Marcos Gueiros	3	Ret	4	3	4	15	Ret	Ret	17	2	20
6	Christophe Tinseau	8	Ret	3	4	6	6	9	11	11	1	18
7	Tom Kristensen	4	Ret		5	2	3			4	Ret	18
8	Laurent Rédon	6	Ret	10	Ret	Ret	12	4	DSQ	8	4	7
9	Cristiano da Matta	9	4	5	Ret	Ret	10	5	7	Ret	Ret	7
10	Oliver Tichy	11	DNQ	6	Ret	Ret	8	Ret	Ret	7	3	5
11	Christian Pescatori	10	Ret	Ret	9	5	4	Ret	Ret	Ret	Ret	5
12	Thomas Biagi	Ret	DNQ	8	DSQ		DNQ	6	6	5	7	4
13	Pedro Couceiro	5	Ret	7	Ret	Ret	13		8	15	Ret	2
14	Elton Julian	13	DNS	Ret	Ret	7	14	12	18	14	5	2
15	Patrick Lemarié	12	5	13	10	8	Ret	8	15	Ret	8	2
16	Fabrizio Gollin	Ret	10	9	Ret	9	11	Ret	5	22	DNQ	2
17	Cyrille Sauvage	Ret	7	Ret	7	10	7	Ret	13	12	6	1
18	Luca Rangoni		6									1
19	Jean-Philippe Belloc	7	9	Ret	8	17	20	Ret	14	9	Ret	0
20	Guillaume Gomez	Ret	DNS	12	11	12	18	7	9	10		0
21	Akira Iida	14	8	11	12	13	Ret	14	12	18	9	0
22	Gastón Mazzacane	Ret	DNQ	14	Ret	11	19	Ret	10	Ret	Ret	0
23	Stephen Watson	Ret	Ret	Ret	Ret	18	16	11	Ret	16	10	0
24	Esteban Tuero					14	17	10	Ret	13	Ret	0
25	Carl Rosenblad	Ret	DNQ	Ret	13	19	Ret	13	Ret	19	12	0
26	James Taylor					Ret	Ret	15	Ret	21	Ret	0
27	Steve Arnold					15						0
28	Marc Rostan									23	Ret	0
–	Peter Olsson	DSQ	DNQ	Ret								0
–	David Dussau	Ret	Ret									0
–	Sergio Paese		Ret	DNQ	Ret							0
–	Alexandre de Andrade	Ret										0
–	Norberto Fontana								Ret			0
Pos	Driver	NÜR	PAU	PER	HOC	SIL	SPA	MAG	EST	MUG	HOC	Points

Colour	Result
Gold	Winner
Silver	2nd place
Bronze	3rd 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 participate (DNP)
Blank	Excluded (EX)

Bold � Pole
Italics � Fastest lap

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		PAU		PER		HOC		SIL		SPA		MAG		EST		MUG		HOC
1	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	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	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	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	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	Tom Kristensen	Shannon Racing	5	4	1	R	-	-
6	Tom Kristensen	Edenbridge Racing							13	5	2	2	1	3	-	-	-	-	5	4	3	R
	Christophe Tinseau	Apomatox	12	8	6	R	4	3	6	4	8	6	8	6	14	9	18	11	13	11	4	1
8	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
	Laurent Rédon	DAMS	3	6	4	R	9	10	7	R	10	R	13	12	7	4	7	R	8	8	7	4
10	Christian Pescatori	Durango Équipe	19	10	7	R	15	R	14	9	7	5	2	4	6	R	2	R	14	R	10	R
	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	Thomas Biagi	Autosport Racing	11	R	24	NQ	19	8	16	R	-	-	25	NQ	9	6	11	6	7	5	16	7
13	Pedro Couceiro	Madgwick International	7	5	16	R	16	7	17	R	12	R	16	13	-	-
13	Pedro Couceiro	Edenbridge Racing															16	8	20	15	17	R
	Patrick Lemarié	Pacific Racing	20	12	19	5	21	13	21	10	15	8	20	R	13	8	20	15	18	R	9	8
	Fabrizio Gollin	Durango Équipe	16	R	21	10	14	9	8	R	20	9	11	11	16	R	13	5	11	R22	25	NQ
	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	Luca Rangoni	Shannon Racing	-	-	18	6	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
	Cyrille Sauvage	Apomatox	22	R	20	7	10	R	12	7	16	10	9	7	10	R	14	13	17	12	19	6
-	Jean-Philippe Belloc	DAMS	6	7	14	9	20	R	10	8	22	17	14	20	4	R	10	14	16	9	14	R
-	Guillaume Gomez	Team Astromega	14	R	9	NS	17E	12	19	11	13	12	19	18	11	7	12	9	15	10	-	-
-	Akira Iida	Nordic Racing	23	14	17	8	18	11	23	12	24	13	18	R	22	14	23	12	23	18	18	9
-	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
-	Stephen Watson	Alpha Plus	18	R	15	R	13	R	20	R	19	18	17	16	18	11	15	R	22	16	21	10
-	Carl Rosenblad	Alpha Plus	26	R	27	NQ	23	R	24	13	23	19	23	R	21	13	24	R	24	19	22	12
-	Esteban Tuero	Draco Engineering	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	21	14	22	17	19	10	21	R	19	13	15	R
-	James Taylor	Salisbury Engineering	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	25	R	24	R	23	15	25	R	26	21	24	R
-	Steve Arnold	Edenbrigde Racing	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	17	15	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
-	Marc Rostan	Madgwick International	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	25	23	23	R
-	Peter Olsson	Edenbrigde Racing	21	R	26	NQ	22	R	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
-	Sergio Paese	Draco Engineering	-	-	22	R	24	NQ	22	R	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
-	David Dussau	Edenbridge Racing	17	R	8	R	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
-	Alexandre de Andrade	Draco Engineering	24	R	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
-	Norberto Fontana	Edenbridge Racing	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	19	R	-	-	-	-

References

Collantine, Keith (12 August 2015). "Formula 3000 memories: 1993-96". Race Fans Independent Motorsport Coverage. Archived from the original on 12 August 2015. Retrieved 3 April 2020.

"Formula 3000 memories; 1993-96". Race Fans Independent MotorSport Coverage. Keith. Retrieved 3 April 2020.
"Endenbridge Racing". AutoSport International. AutoSport International. Retrieved 3 April 2020.

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[1] Collantine, Keith (12 August 2015). "Formula 3000 memories: 1993-96". Race Fans Independent Motorsport Coverage. Archived from the original on 12 August 2015. Retrieved 3 April 2020.

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