1998 Formula 3000 season

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1998 FIA Formula 3000 season
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The 1998 Formula 3000 season was contested over twelve rounds from April 11 to September 26, 1998.

Contents 1 Calendar 2 Final points standings 2.1 Driver 3 Drivers' Championship 3.1 Notes 4 Complete Overview

[edit] Calendar

Race No	Track	Country	Date	Laps	Distance	Time	Speed	Winner	Pole Position	Fastest Lap
1	Oschersleben	Germany	April 10, 1998	56	3.667=205.352 km	1'24:52.384	145.171 km/h	Stéphane Sarrazin	Juan Pablo Montoya	Juan Pablo Montoya
2	Imola	Italy	April 25, 1998	42	4.93=207.06 km	1'16:38.513	162.099 km/h	Jason Watt	Juan Pablo Montoya	Gonzalo Rodríguez
3	Montmeló	Spain	May 9, 1998	44	4.728=208.032 km	1'12:50.057	171.272 km/h	Juan Pablo Montoya	Juan Pablo Montoya	Nick Heidfeld
4	Silverstone	United Kingdom	May 16, 1998	40	5.14=205.60 km	1'10:08.886	175.857 km/h	Juan Pablo Montoya	Juan Pablo Montoya	Juan Pablo Montoya
5	Monaco	Monaco	May 23, 1998	50	3.367=168.35 km	1'18:04.956	129.363 km/h	Nick Heidfeld	Jason Watt	Juan Pablo Montoya
6	Pau	France	June 1, 1998	75	2.76=207.00 km	1'33:10.179	133.305 km/h	Juan Pablo Montoya	Juan Pablo Montoya	Juan Pablo Montoya
7	Spielberg	Austria	July 25, 1998	43	4.319=185.717 km	1'11:04.222	175.019 km/h	Soheil Ayari	Soheil Ayari	Soheil Ayari
8	Hockenheim	Germany	August 1, 1998	31	6.823=211.513 km	1'12:57.599	173.942 km/h	Nick Heidfeld	Nick Heidfeld	Nick Heidfeld
9	Budapest	Hungary	August 15, 1998	52	3.972=206.544 km	1'20:14.689	154.435 km/h	Nick Heidfeld	Stéphane Sarrazin	Nick Heidfeld
10	Spa-Francorchamps	Belgium	August 29, 1998	29	6.968=202.072 km	1'03:10.530	191.900 km/h	Gonzalo Rodríguez	Juan Pablo Montoya	Soheil Ayari
11	Pergusa-Enna	Italy	September 6, 1998	41	4.95=202.95 km	1'04:29.540	188.813 km/h	Juan Pablo Montoya	Nick Heidfeld	Juan Pablo Montoya
12	Nürburgring	Germany	September 26, 1998	45	4.556=205.02 km	1'12:37.085	169.381 km/h	Gonzalo Rodríguez	Juan Pablo Montoya	Gonzalo Rodríguez

[edit] Final points standings

[edit] Driver

For every race points were awarded: 10 points to the winner, 6 for runner up, 4 for third place, 3 for fourth place, 2 for fifth place and 1 for sixth place. No additional points were awarded.

Place	Name	Country	Team													Total Points
1	Juan Pablo Montoya	Colombia	SuperNova Racing	-	-	10	10	1	10	6	4	4	6	10	4	65
2	Nick Heidfeld	Germany	West Competition Team	6	3	-	6	10	4	-	10	10	3	6	-	58
3	Gonzalo Rodríguez	Uruguay	Team Astromega	-	4	-	-	6	-	3	-	-	10	-	10	33
4	Jason Watt	Denmark	Den Blå Avis	-	10	-	4	-	-	4	6	-	-	-	6	30
5	Soheil Ayari	France	Durango Formula	-	-	2	-	-	-	10	-	-	4	4	-	20
6	Stéphane Sarrazin	France	Apomatox	10	-	-	-	3	-	-	-	6	-	-	-	19
	Kurt Mollekens	Belgium	KTR/Arden	-	6	6	-	2	2	-	-	-	-	-	3	19
8	Gareth Rees	France	Den Blå Avis	-	-	-	3	-	3	-	1	-	-	3	-	10
9	Max Wilson	Brazil	Edenbridge Racing	-	-	1	2	-	6	-	-	-	-	-	-	9
10	Jamie Davies	United Kingdom	DAMS	4	-	-	-	4	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8
11	André Couto	Portugal	Prema Powerteam	-	2	-	-	-	1	-	-	2	-	-	2	7
12	Boris Derichbourg	France	SuperNova Racing	-	1	4	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5
	Nicolas Minassian	France	West Competition Team	-	-	-	-	-	-	2	-	3	-	-	-	5
14	Thomas Biagi	Italy	Coloni Motorsport	3	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	3
	Dominik Schwager	Germany	RTL Team Oreca	-	-	3	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	3
	Kevin McGarrity	Ireland	Nordic Racing	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	3	-	-	-	-	3
	Bruno Junqueira	Brazil	Draco Engineering	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	2	-	-	-	-	3
	Oliver Martini	Italy	Auto Sport Racing	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	2	-	3
19	Cyrille Sauvage	France	GP Racing	2	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	2
	Gastón Mazzacane	Argentina	Team Astromega	1	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	2
	Alexander Müller	Germany	RTL Team Oreca	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	2	-	-	2
22	Marcelo Battistuzzi	Brazil	Apomatox	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	1
	Werner Lupberger	South Africa	Edenbridge Racing	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	1
	Tomáš Enge	Czech Republic	Auto Sport Racing	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	1

[edit] Drivers' Championship

Pos Driver OSC IML CAT SIL MON PAU A1 HOC HUN SPA PER NÜR Pts 1 Juan Pablo Montoya 15 Ret 1 1 6 1 2 3 3 2 1 3 65 2 Nick Heidfeld 2 4 26 2 1 3 7 1 1 4 2 9 58 3 Gonzalo Rodríguez Ret 3 21 Ret 2 Ret 4 11 7 1 Ret 1 33 4 Jason Watt 7 1 7 3 Ret Ret 3 2 10 8 Ret 2 30 5 Soheil Ayari Ret Ret 5 Ret DNQ Ret 1 Ret Ret 3 3 Ret 20 6 Kurt Mollekens Ret 2 2 8 5 5 10 Ret DNQ 8 4 19 7 Stéphane Sarrazin 1 24 15 24 4 Ret 8 Ret 2 Ret Ret 19 19 8 Gareth Rees Ret Ret Ret 4 Ret 4 Ret 6 DNS 12 4 Ret 10 9 Max Wilson Ret Ret 6 5 DNPQ 2 Ret Ret Ret 13 Ret Ret 9 10 Jamie Davies 3 8 13 16 3 Ret Ret 16 15 15 7 14 8 11 André Couto Ret 5 14 Ret Ret 6 Ret Ret 5 14 9 5 7 12 Boris Derichebourg 11 6 3 12 Ret Ret 15 7 Ret 17 11 Ret 5 13 Nicolas Minassian Ret 19 Ret 7 9 7 5 Ret 4 19 19 5 14 Thomas Biagi 4 10 12 10 13 10 Ret 12 3 15 Bruno Junqueira Ret 16 16 9 Ret Ret 6 5 Ret Ret 18 Ret 3 16 Oliver Martini 16 9 9 Ret DNPQ 10 9 13 6 9 5 Ret 3 17 Kevin McGarrity DNQ 14 27 Ret DNQ Ret 4 Ret 3 18 Dominik Schwager 14 11 4 14 10 DNQ Ret 14 18 Ret Ret 7 3 19 Gastón Mazzacane 6 7 Ret 6 12 9 Ret Ret Ret DNQ 13 Ret 2 20 Alexander Müller Ret Ret 10 11 Ret Ret 11 Ret 20 5 20 13 2 21 Cyrille Sauvage 5 Ret 11 Ret 15 Ret 13 Ret 8 20 2 22 Marcelo Battistuzzi DNQ 22 Ret Ret Ret DNQ 18 Ret 11 6 Ret Ret 1 23 Tomáš Enge 15 12 7 Ret 6 1 24 Werner Lupberger Ret 13 12 18 14 Ret 16 8 17 11 6 Ret 1 25 Bertrand Godin 8 Ret 22 19 Ret DNQ 19 12 14 21 12 11 0 26 Rui Águas 9 17 17 7 Ret Ret 0 27 Brian Smith 10 Ret Ret 15 11 8 0 28 Jonny Kane 12 21 Ret 20 0 29 Fabrice Walfisch 13 18 20 Ret DNQ DNQ Ret Ret Ret 22 Ret 8 0 30 Christian Horner Ret 12 Ret Ret 16 DNQ 17 18 Ret DNQ 17 17 0 31 Mark Shaw Ret 20 Ret Ret DNPQ DNQ 20 19 16 24 16 18 0 32 Giovanni Montanari Ret 15 8 13 13 Ret 14 Ret 19 16 Ret 10 0 33 Paolo Ruberti DSQ Ret 23 21 18 Ret 0 34 Grégoire de Galzain DNQ Ret 18 23 DNPQ DNQ Ret 17 Ret 25 10 16 0 35 Giorgio Vinella DNQ Ret 25 22 DNQ DNQ Ret 21 DNQ 15 22 0 36 Fabrizio Gollin DNQ 17 DNQ Ret Ret DNQ 21 DNQ Ret DNQ 14 Ret 0 37 Polo Villaamil DNQ 24 0 38 Dino Morelli Ret 19 10 8 0 39 Oliver Tichy 22 9 9 18 Ret Ret 0 40 David Cook Ret DNQ DNS 0 41 Hidetoshi Mitsusada 23 Ret 15 0 42 James Taylor 21 21 0 Pos Driver OSC IML CAT SIL MON PAU A1 HOC HUN SPA PER NÜR Pts

Colour Result Gold Winner Silver 2nd place Bronze 3rd place Green Finished, in points Blue Finished, no points Purple Did not finish (Ret) Red Did not qualify (DNQ) Black Disqualified (DSQ) White Did not start (DNS) Blank Did not participate Injured (INJ) Excluded (EX)

[edit] Notes

• Results in bold indicate pole position.
• Results in italics indicate fastest lap.
• All drivers used Lola T96/50 chassis, with Zytek-Judd V8 engines, and Avon tyres.
• Paolo Ruberti was disqualified from third place at Oschersleben due to a bodywork infringement.

[edit] 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(3)=disqualified after finishing in third place (16)=place after practice, but grid position not held free

Place	Name	Country	Team
1	Juan Pablo Montoya	Colombia	SuperNova Racing	1	15	1	R	1	1	1	1	7	6	1	1	2	2	10	3	2	3	1	2	3	1	1	3
2	Nick Heidfeld	Germany	West Competition Team	2	2	5	4	3	26	2	2	2	1	6	3	13	7	1	1	3	1	2	4	1	2	32	9
3	Gonzalo Rodríguez	Uruguay	Team Astromega	5	R	2	3	27	21	9	R26	3	2	2	R	6	4	6	11	11	7	6	1	7	R22	2	1
4	Jason Watt	Denmark	Den Blå Avis	11	7	3	1	11	7	3	3	1	R	5	R	4	3	4	2	10	10	20	8	2	R	3	2
5	Soheil Ayari	France	Durango Formula	4	R	6	R23	2	5	17	R	30	NQ	3	R	1	1	3	R	19	R	3	3	4	3	5	R
6	Stéphane Sarrazin	France	Apomatox	18	1	18	R24	25	15	25	24	4	4	16	R	8	8	5	R	1	2	7	R	18	R	10	19
	Kurt Mollekens	Belgium	KTR/Arden	9	R	4	2	5	2	14	8	8	5	11	5	9	10	11	R	-	-	31	NQ	15	8	4	4
8	Gareth Rees	France	Den Blå Avis	25	R	15	R	33	R30	4	4	11	R17	8	4	3	R	13	6	20	R	16	12	6	4	20	20
9	Max Wilson	Brazil	Edenbridge Racing	3	NC	7	R	9	6	6	5	33	NQ	7	2	21	R	2	R	17	R	19	13	8	R	23	23
10	Jamie Davies	United Kingdom	DAMS	27	3	26	8	16	13	19	16	5	3	9	R	14	R	25	16	25	15	13	15	10	7	17	14
11	André Couto	Portugal	Prema Powerteam	10	R	11	5	24	14	20	R	6	R	14	6	18	R	22	R	6	5	15	14	24	9	6	5
12	Boris Derichbourg	France	SuperNova Racing	23	11	8	6	6	3	15	12	18	R	4	R	15	15	21	7	9	R	18	17	22	11	13	R
	Nicolas Minassian	France	West Competition Team	15	NC	16	19	8	R	8	7	16	9	21	7	7	5	7	21	7	4	12	19	17	19	-	-
14	Thomas Biagi	Italy	Coloni Motorsport	20	4	24	10	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
			Prema Powerteam													17	12	18	10	18	13	8	10	5	R	25	12
	Dominik Schwager	Germany	RTL Team Oreca	7	14	14	11	4	4	16	14	19	10	25	NQ	28	R	14	14	22	18	21	R	27	R	11	7
	Kevin McGarrity	Ireland	Raceprep Motorsport	31	NQ	30	14	35	27	31	R	27	NQ	-	-
			Nordic Racing													33	R	15	4	31	2	-	-	-	-	-	-
	Bruno Junqueira	Brazil	Draco Engineering	14	R	23	16	26	16	7	9	9	R	12	R	5	6	9	5	14	R	22	R	13	18	8	R
	Oliver Martini	Italy	Auto Sport Racing	19	R	17	9	12	9	29	R27	34	NQ	20	10	11	9	26	13	5	6	11	9	11	5	9	R
19	Cyrille Sauvage	France	GP Racing	17	5	9	R	15	11	27	R	12	15	10	R	12	13	16	R	8	8	10	20	-	-	-	-
	Gastón Mazzacane	Argentina	Team Astromega	22	6	12	7	22	A28	5	6	22	R	13	9	22	R	24	R	16	R	33	NQ	25	13	7	R
	Alexander Müller	Germany	RTL Team Oreca	13	R	20	R	13	10	13	11	14	R	22	R	13	7	19	11	8	20	23	20	4	5	14	13
22	Marcelo Battistuzzi	Brazil	Apomatox	34	NQ	25	22	30	R	34	R	25	R	27	NQ	29	18	17	R	12	11	9	6	23	R	24	R
	Werner Lupberger	South Africa	Edenbridge Racing	28	R	27	13	10	12	28	18	23	14	18	R	20	16	12	8	24	17	14	11	9	6	21	R
	Tomáš Enge	Czech Republic	Auto Sport Racing	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	23	15	15	12	5	7	16	R	15	6
-	Rui Águas	Portugal	Auto Sport Racing	24	9	-	-
			Coloni Motorsport					14	17	23	17	10	7	17	R	-	-	32	R	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
-	Brian Smith	Argentina	Nordic Racing	6	10	10	R	28	R31	12	15	15	11	19	8	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
-	Giovanni Montanari	Italy	Draco Engineering	16	R	29	15	7	8	10	13	21	13	23	R	16	14	19	R	26	19	26	16	26	R	16	10
-	Dino Morelli	United Kingdom	Auto Sport Racing	-	-	19	R	21	19	11	10	17	9	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
-	Bertrand Godin	Canada	Durango Formula	12	8	32	R	20	22	22	19	24	R	24	NQ	26	19	27	12	21	14	24	21	31	12	18	11
-	Fabrice Walfisch	France	Nordic Racing	29	13	31	18	31	20	32	25	28	NQ	31	NQ	24	R	29	R	13	R	27	22	21	R	12	8
-	Oliver Tichy	Austria	Coloni Motorsport	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	10	22	20	9	4	9	17	18	20	R	22	R
-	Grégoire de Galzain	France	DAMS	32	NQ	35	R	17	18	35	23	32	NQ	28	NQ	25	R	30	17	28	R	23	25	14	10	28	16
-	Christian Horner	United Kingdom	KTR/Arden	30	R	22	12	19	R	26	R	26	16	30	NQ	23	17	28	18	32	R	30	NQ	29	17	29	17
-	Jonny Kane	United Kingdom	Redman & Bright F3000	21	12	13	21	18	R29	18	20	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
-	Fabrizio Gollin	Italy	G. S. Team	35	NQ	28	17	36	R	30	R	20	R	29	NQ	30	21	33	NQ	30	R	32	NQ	28	14	26	R
-	Giorgio Vinella	Italy	Coloni Motorsport	33	NQ	34	R	32	25	33	22	29	NQ	32	NQ	31	R	-	-	29	21	29	R	30	15	30	22
-	Hidetoshi Mitsusada	Japan	Coloni Motorsport	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	28	23	19	R	19	15
-	Mark Shaw	United Kingdom	Redman & Bright F3000	26	R	33	20	29	R	21	R	31	NQ	26	NQ	27	20	31	19	27	16	25	24	32	16	27	18
-	Paolo Ruberti	Italy	Prema Powerteam	8	DIS(3)	21	R	23	23	24	21	13	18	15	R	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
-	James Taylor	United Kingdom	GP Racing	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	33	21	31	21
-	Polo Villaamil	Spain	Elide Racing	36	NQ	-	-	34	24	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
-	David Cook	United Kingdom	Redman & Bright F3000	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	32	R	34	NQ	33	NS	-	-	-	-	-	-
-	Bas Leinders	Belgium	West Competition Team	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	(16)	NS

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