1996 International Formula 3000 Championship

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

TeamDriverRounds Super Nova Racing 1 Kenny BräckAll 2 Marcos GueirosAll Madgwick International 3 Pedro Couceiro1-6 4 Marc Rostan9-10 Nordic Racing 5 Elton JulianAll 6 Akira IidaAll DAMS 7 Jean-Philippe BellocAll 8 Laurent RedonAll Apomatox 9 Christophe TinseauAll 10 Cyrille SauvageAll RSM Marko 11 Oliver TichyAll 33 Jörg MüllerAll Durango Equipe 14 Fabrizio GollinAll 15 Christian PescatoriAll Draco Engineering 16 Ricardo ZontaAll 17 Alexandre de Andrade1 Sergio Paese2-4 Esteban Tuero5-10 Team Astromega 18 Guillaume Gomez1-9 19 Marc GoossensAll Auto Sport Racing 20 Thomas Biagi1-4, 6-10 21 Gastón MazzacaneAll Bob Salisbury Engineering 22 James Taylor5-10 Team Alpha Plus 24 Stephen WatsonAll 25 Carl RosenbladAll Edenbridge Racing 26 David Dussau1-2 Tom Kristensen4-6, 9-10 Norberto Fontana8 27 Peter Olsson1-3 Steve Arnold5 Pedro Couceiro8-10 Pacific Racing 28 Patrick LemariéAll 29 Cristiano da MattaAll Shannon Racing Team Italia 30 Tom Kristensen1-2 31 Luca Rangoni2Sources:

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 TinseauSource:

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 Redon 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 – Ret 0 – Norberto Fontana Ret 0 Pos Driver NÜR PAU PER HOC SIL SPA MAG EST MUG HOC PointsSources: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 - - 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 - - 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 Edenbridge Racing - - - - - - - - 17 15 - - - - - - - - - - - Marc Rostan Madgwick International - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 25 23 23 R - Peter Olsson Edenbridge 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 - - - -

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