2000 British Formula Three Championship

The 2000 British Formula Three season was the 50th British Formula Three Championship season. It commenced on 26 March at Thruxton, and ended on 8 October at Silverstone after fourteenth races.

2000 British Formula 3 International Series
Previous: 1999 Next: 2001

Brazilian driver Antônio Pizzonia won the title after winning five races and achieved a total of eleven podiums during the season. These results allowed Pizzonia to finish 39 points ahead of Stewart Racing's Tomas Scheckter, who beat Carlin Motorsport's driver Takuma Sato by 32 points.[1]

Drivers and teams

The following teams and drivers were competitors in the 2000 season. The Scholarship class was for older Formula Three cars, and all cars competed on Avon tyres.

Team No Driver Chassis Engine Rounds
Championship Class
Manor Motorsport 1 Antônio Pizzonia Dallara F399 Mugen-Honda All
2 Juan Manuel López Dallara F399 Mugen-Honda 1–9
Westley Barber Dallara F399 Mugen-Honda 11–14
Stewart Racing 3 Narain Karthikeyan Dallara F399 Mugen-Honda All
4 Tomas Scheckter Dallara F399 Mugen-Honda All
Promatecme UK 5 Matthew Davies Dallara F399 Renault Sodemo All
6 Andy Priaulx Dallara F399 Renault Sodemo All
Fortec Motorsport 7 Michael Bentwood Dallara F399 Mugen-Honda All
8 Gianmaria Bruni Dallara F399 Mugen-Honda All
Carlin Motorsport 9 Takuma Sato Dallara F300 Mugen-Honda All
10 Ben Collins Dallara F399 Mugen-Honda All
20 Rob Austin Dallara F300 Mugen-Honda 13
RC Motorsport 11 Miloš Pavlović Dallara F300 Spiess-Opel All
12 Nicolas Kiesa Dallara F300 Spiess-Opel All
Alan Docking Racing 15 Westley Barber Dallara F300 Mugen-Honda 1–9
Marcos Ambrose Dallara F300 Mugen-Honda 10–14
16 Tor Sriachavanon Dallara F399 Mugen-Honda All
Rowan Racing 17 Martin O'Connell Dallara F300 Mugen-Honda All
18 Warren Carway Dallara F399 Mugen-Honda All
Team Avanti 22 Andrew Kirkaldy Dallara F300 Spiess-Opel 4–14
Invitation Entries
JB Motorsport 31 Val Hillebrand Dallara F300 Spiess-Opel 13
32 Nicolas Stelandre Dallara F300 Spiess-Opel 13
ASM Elf 33 Tiago Monteiro Dallara F300 Renault Sodemo 13
34 Tristan Gommendy Dallara F300 Renault Sodemo 13
Scholarship Class
Rowan Racing 51 Christian Colombo Dallara F398 Mugen-Honda All
Hopkins Motorsport 52 Philip Hopkins Dallara F398 Spiess-Opel 1–10, 14
Enzo Buscaglia Dallara F398 Spiess-Opel 11–13
Team Parker F3 53 Julian Westwood Dallara F398 Mugen-Honda 13–14
ME Motorsport 54 Craig Fleming Dallara F398 Mugen-Honda 1–10
Rob Austin Dallara F398 Mugen-Honda 12
Matthew Gilmore Dallara F398 Mugen-Honda 14
Team Meritus 55 Atsushi Katsumata Dallara F398 TOM'S Toyota All
56 Marcel Romanio Dallara F398 TOM'S Toyota 2–6
Enzo Buscaglia Dallara F398 TOM'S Toyota 10
Fred Goddard Racing 61 Gary Paffett Dallara F398 Renault Sodemo All
Diamond Racing 66 Ryan Walker Dallara F398 Mugen-Honda All
77 Mark Mayall Dallara F398 Mugen-Honda All

Results

Round Circuit Date Pole Position Fastest Lap Winning Driver Winning Team Schorlaship Class Winner
1 Thruxton Circuit 26 March Tomas Scheckter Tomas Scheckter Antônio Pizzonia Manor Motorsport Gary Paffett
2 Croft Circuit 9 April Nicolas Kiesa Tomas Scheckter Antônio Pizzonia Manor Motorsport Gary Paffett
3 Oulton Park 30 April Antônio Pizzonia Antônio Pizzonia Tomas Scheckter Stewart Racing Gary Paffett
4 Donington Park 7 May Takuma Sato Antônio Pizzonia Ben Collins Carlin Motorsport Gary Paffett
5 Tomas Scheckter Antônio Pizzonia Tomas Scheckter Stewart Racing Gary Paffett
6 Silverstone International 21 May Takuma Sato Antônio Pizzonia Takuma Sato Carlin Motorsport Gary Paffett
7 Brands Hatch Indy 4 June Ben Collins Antônio Pizzonia Antônio Pizzonia Manor Motorsport Gary Paffett
8 Donington Park GP 2 July Antônio Pizzonia Gianmaria Bruni Antônio Pizzonia Manor Motorsport Gary Paffett
9 Nicolas Kiesa Nicolas Kiesa Nicolas Kiesa RC Motorsport Gary Paffett
10 Croft Circuit 30 July Takuma Sato Takuma Sato Takuma Sato Carlin Motorsport Gary Paffett
11 Silverstone GP 20 August Takuma Sato Takuma Sato Takuma Sato Carlin Motorsport Gary Paffett
12 Snetterton Motor Racing Circuit 3 September Antônio Pizzonia Tomas Scheckter Antônio Pizzonia Manor Motorsport Atsushi Katsumata
13 Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps 24 September Takuma Sato Takuma Sato Tiago Monteiro ASM Elf Atsushi Katsumata
14 Silverstone GP 8 October Andy Priaulx Takuma Sato Takuma Sato Carlin Motorsport Gary Paffett

Standings

Pos Driver THR
 CRO
 OUL
 DON
 SIL
 BRH
 DON
 CRO
 SIL
 SNE
 SPA
 SIL
 Pts
1 Antônio Pizzonia 1 1 2 11 2 2 1 1 3 Ret 2 1 2 9 200
2 Tomas Scheckter 2 2 1 Ret 1 4 4 23 6 2 4 2 5 3 161
3 Takuma Sato Ret 5 Ret Ret 9 1 2 3 9 1 1 6 21 1 129
4 Narain Karthikeyan 3 Ret 5 2 8 6 3 4 10 10 5 5 3 Ret 100
5 Gianmaria Bruni 7 4 6 7 Ret 5 8 2 4 19 3 Ret 4 5 95
6 Nicolas Kiesa 8 Ret Ret 5 7 3 12 6 1 3 10 Ret 6 11 77
7 Michael Bentwood Ret 3 7 3 5 Ret 5 7 7 9 11 4 16 7 69
8 Ben Collins Ret 8 21 1 15 8 Ret 8 Ret 4 6 3 Ret 4 67
9 Andy Priaulx 5 9 3 9 3 Ret Ret 9 8 21 12 8 8 2 64
10 Matthew Davies 4 Ret 4 Ret 4 DNS 9 11 19 11 7 7 7 Ret 47
11 Miloš Pavlović 6 6 9 Ret 11 DNS 6 5 5 7 Ret Ret 15 Ret 41
12 Martin O'Connell Ret Ret 8 6 6 9 7 10 12 12 8 11 10 8 32
13 Andrew Kirkaldy 8 14 Ret Ret 13 2 6 13 Ret 9 Ret 28
14 Westley Barber 10 7 12 10 12 19 11 18 10 11 6 17
15 Marcos Ambrose 5 9 9 Ret 10 13
16 Juan Manuel López 12 10 10 Ret 13 7 Ret 14 Ret 6
17 Tor Sriachavanon 11 18 14 Ret Ret 15 13 16 14 Ret 15 15 Ret 14 2
18 Warren Carway 13 Ret 17 12 17 18 14 15 13 14 Ret 12 13 13 0
Rob Austin Ret 0
Guest drivers ineligible for points
Tiago Monteiro 1 0
Tristan Gommendy 12 0
Val Hillebrand Ret 0
Nicolas Stelandre Ret 0
Scholarship Class
1 Gary Paffett 9 11 11 4 10 10 10 12 11 8 14 14 Ret 12 268
2 Christian Colombo 14 Ret 19 DNQ 16 12 18 17 15 13 Ret 16 Ret 15 128
3 Ryan Walker Ret 15 15 15 20 14 16 18 17 15 Ret 17 19 17 122
4 Atsushi Katsumata 15 12 Ret Ret 23 11 Ret 21 Ret 16 Ret 13 14 19 108
5 Mark Mayall Ret 17 16 Ret 22 16 17 22 20 Ret 16 18 17 Ret 88
6 Philip Hopkins 16 14 20 14 21 17 DNS 19 18 17 20 76
7 Craig Fleming Ret 13 18 16 19 DNS 15 20 16 Ret 73
8 Marcel Romanio 16 13 13 18 13 58
9 Peter Nilsson 17 19 Ret 16 30
10 Enzo Buscaglia 20 19 DNS 20 22
11 Julian Westwood 18 18 20
12 Matthew Gilmore 21 3
Rob Austin Ret 0
Pos Driver THR
 CRO
 OUL
 DON
 SIL
 BRH
 DON
 CRO
 SIL
 SNE
 SPA
 SIL
 Pts
ColourResult
GoldWinner
Silver2nd place
Bronze3rd place
GreenPoints finish
BlueNon-points finish
Non-classified finish (NC)
PurpleRetired (Ret)
RedDid not qualify (DNQ)
Did not pre-qualify (DNPQ)
BlackDisqualified (DSQ)
WhiteDid not start (DNS)
Withdrew (WD)
Race cancelled (C)
Blank Did not participate (DNP)
Excluded (EX)

References

  1. "Green Flag British F3 Championship 2000". Driver Database. Retrieved 28 July 2012.

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