1999 Italian Formula 3000 Championship
# 1999 Italian Formula 3000 Championship

The 1999 Italian Formula 3000 Championship was contested over 7 rounds. 16 different teams and 27 different drivers competed. In this one-make formula all teams had to utilize Lola T96/50 chassis with Zytek engines.

## Entries

| Team | No. | Driver | Rounds |
| - | - | - | - |
| Sighinolfi | 0 | Oliver Martini | 3 |
| Sighinolfi | 2 | Gabriele Lancieri | All |
| Edenbridge Racing | 3 | Werner Lupberger | All |
| Edenbridge Racing | 4 | Ananda Mikola | All |
| Team Martello | 5 | Giorgio Vinella | All |
| Team Martello | 6 | Giandomenico Brusatin | All |
| Durango Formula | 7 | Jarosław Wierczuk | All |
| Durango Formula | 8 | Paolo Montin | All |
| Durango Formula | 23 | Nicolás Filiberti | 3-7 |
| ADM Competition | 9 | Cesare Manfredini | 1-3 |
| ADM Competition | 9 | Nikolaus Stremmenos | 5-7 |
| Coloni Motorsport | 10 | Marcelo Battistuzzi | 3-5 |
| Coloni Motorsport | 10 | Kristian Kolby | 7 |
| Coloni Motorsport | 11 | Polo Villaamil | 1, 3-5 |
| Coloni Motorsport | 11 | Dino Morelli | 6-7 |
| Redgrave Racing | 12 | Mark Shaw | All |
| Redgrave Racing | 14 | Darren Turner | 1 |
| Redgrave Racing | 14 | Marcelo Battistuzzi | 2, 6-7 |
| Redgrave Racing | 14 | Jean de Pourtales | 4-5 |
| First GP | 15 | Riccardo Moscatelli | 1-4 |
| First GP | 15 | Fabrizio Gollin | 6-7 |
| Monaco Motorsport | 16 | Marco Apicella | All |
| Monaco Motorsport | 17 | Alex Yoong | 3-7 |
| Redman Bright | 19 | Rafael Sarandeses | 4 |
| Team Ghinzani | 19 | Paolo Ruberti | 7 |
| Draco Racing | 20 | Oliver Martini | 5 |
| Draco Racing | 20 | Walter Thimmler | 7 |
| Arden | 22 | Viktor Maslov | 4, 7 |
| GP Racing | 24 | Thomas Biagi | 5-7 |

## Calendar

All races were held in Italy, excepting Donington Park round which held in the United Kingdom.

| Round | Circuit/Location | Date | Laps | Distance | Time | Speed |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | ACI Vallelunga Circuit | 6 June | 32 | 3.228=103.296 km | 0'35:42.203 | 173.590 km/h |
| 2 | Autodromo Nazionale Monza | 27 June | 25 | 5.770=144.25 km | 0'44:17.382 | 195.418 km/h |
| 3 | Autodromo di Pergusa | 18 July | 25 | 4.950=123.75 km | 0'39:22.365 | 188.582 km/h |
| 4 | Donington Park | 8 August | 34 | 3.150=107.1 km | 0'46:59.700 | 136.738 km/h |
| 5 | Misano Circuit | 5 September | 24 | 4.060=97.44 km | 0'34:16.140 | 170.603 km/h |
| 6 | Misano Circuit | 3 October | 25 | 4.060=101.5 km | 0'35:57.109 | 169.393 km/h |
| 7 | Autodromo Enzo e Dino Ferrari | 24 October | 21 | 4.93=103.53 km | 0'41:25.182 | 149.972 km/h |

## Results

| Round | Circuit | Pole Position | Fastest Lap | Winner | Winning Team |
| - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | ACI Vallelunga Circuit | Polo Villaamil | Marco Apicella | Marco Apicella | Monaco Motorsport |
| 2 | Autodromo Nazionale Monza | Marcelo Battistuzzi | Marcelo Battistuzzi | Marcelo Battistuzzi | Redgrave Racing |
| 3 | Autodromo di Pergusa | Ananda Mikola | Oliver Martini | Giorgio Vinella | Team Martello |
| 4 | Donington Park | Mark Shaw | Polo Villaamil | Werner Lupberger | Edenbridge Racing |
| 5 | Misano Circuit | Thomas Biagi | Marco Apicella | Marco Apicella | Monaco Motorsport |
| 6 | Misano Circuit | Marco Apicella | Marco Apicella | Giorgio Vinella | Team Martello |
| 7 | Autodromo Enzo e Dino Ferrari | Dino Morelli | Fabrizio Gollin | Dino Morelli | Coloni Motorsport |

### Note

Race 3 Pole Position originally won by Oliver Martini, but all his times were cancelled and he started from last grid position.

Race 3 original first finisher and winner Ananda Mikola, but he was disqualified due to an illegal positioning of the datalogger.

## Championships standings

| Pos | Driver | VLL | MNZ | PER | DON | MIS | MIS | IMO | Pts |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | Giorgio Vinella | 4 | 2 | 1 | Ret | 5 | 1 | 9 | 31 |
| 2 | Werner Lupberger | 6 | 3 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 27 |
| 3 | Marco Apicella | 1 | Ret | Ret | 8 | 1 | 11 | Ret | 20 |
| 4 | Thomas Biagi | | | | | 2 | 3 | 2 | 14 |
| 5 | Marcelo Battistuzzi | | 1 | 11 | 4 | 11 | 14 | 13 | 13 |
| 6 | Dino Morelli | | | | | | 4 | 1 | 13 |
| 7 | Gabriele Lancieri | 9 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 10 | 5 | 4 | 13 |
| 8 | Mark Shaw | 7 | 4 | 2 | Ret | 12 | 16 | NC | 9 |
| 9 | Paolo Montin | 2 | Ret | 8 | Ret | 4 | 13 | 10 | 9 |
| 10 | Alex Yoong | | | 5 | 2 | 9 | 15 | Ret | 8 |
| 11 | Polo Villaamil | 3 | | 9 | Ret | Ret | | | 4 |
| 12 | Ananda Mikola | 5 | 8 | DSQ | DNS | 6 | 6 | Ret | 4 |
| 13 | Paolo Ruberti | | | | | | | 3 | 4 |
| 14 | Oliver Martini | | | 4 | | 7 | | | 3 |
| 15 | Cesare Manfredini | 13 | 5 | 10 | | | | | 2 |
| 16 | Giandomenico Brusatin | 12 | 7 | 7 | 5 | Ret | 12 | Ret | 2 |
| 17 | Kristian Kolby | | | | | | | 5 | 2 |
| 18 | Riccardo Moscatelli | 10 | 6 | Ret | Ret | | | | 1 |
| 19 | Viktor Maslov | | | | 6 | | | 8 | 1 |
| - | Fabrizio Gollin | | | | | | 7 | 7 | 0 |
| - | Jarosław Wierczuk | 13 | Ret | Ret | 7 | 13 | 9 | 12 | 0 |
| - | Nicolás Filiberti | | | Ret | Ret | 8 | 8 | NC | 0 |
| - | Darren Turner | 8 | | | | | | | 0 |
| - | Rafael Sarandeses | | | | 9 | | | | 0 |
| - | Nikolaus Stremmenos | | | | | 15 | 10 | 11 | 0 |
| - | Jean de Pourtales | | | | Ret | 14 | | | 0 |
| - | Walter Thimmler | | | | | | | Ret | 0 |
| Pos | Driver | VLL | MNZ | PER | DON | MIS | MIS | IMO | Pts |
| Colour | Result |
| Gold | Winner |
| Silver | Second place |
| Bronze | Third 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) |
| White | Withdrew (WD) |
| White | Race cancelled (C) |
| Blank | Did not practice (DNP) |
| Blank | Did not arrive (DNA) |
| Blank | Excluded (EX) |
