1998 International Formula 3000 season

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

Contents

Drivers and constructors

Team Car # Driver Race weekends
Super Nova Racing 1 Juan Pablo Montoya All
2 Boris Derichebourg All
Den Blå Avis 3 Jason Watt All
4 Gareth Rees All
Edenbridge Racing 5 Max Wilson All
6 Werner Lupberger All
DAMS 7 Jamie Davies All
8 Grégoire de Galzain All
Auto Sport Racing 9 Rui Águas 1
Dino Morelli 2-5
Tomáš Enge 8-12
10 Olivier Martini All
Team Astromega 11 Gastón Mazzacane All
12 Gonzalo Rodríguez All
Draco Engineering 14 Bruno Junqueira All
15 Giovanni Montanari All
Nordic Racing 16 Fabrice Walfisch All
17 Brian Smith 1-6
Kevin McGarrity 7-9
Hidetoshi Mitsusada 10-12
Coloni Motorsport 18 Giorgio Vinella 1-7, 9-12
Rui Águas 8
19 Thomas Biagi 1-2
Rui Águas 3-6
Oliver Tichy 7-12
Durango Formula 20 Bertrand Godin All
21 Soheil Ayari All
Arden Racing
KTR		 22 Christian Horner All
23 Kurt Mollekens 1-8, 10-12
Redman & Bright F3000 24 Jonny Kane 1-4
David Cook 7-9
25 Mark Shaw All
Bob Salisbury Engineering 26 Dino Morelli None, on entry list only
27 James Taylor None, on entry list only
Apomatox 28 Stéphane Sarrazin All
29 Marcelo Battistuzzi All
West Competition 30 Nick Heidfeld All
31 Nicolas Minassian 1-11
Bas Leinders 12
RTL Team Oreca 32 Alex Müller All
33 Dominik Schwager All
Prema Powerteam 34 André Couto All
35 André Gaidzinski None, on entry list only
Paolo Ruberti 1-6
Thomas Biagi 7-12
GP Racing 36 Paolo Ruberti None, on entry list only
Cyrille Sauvage 1-10
James Taylor 11-12
Raceprep Motorsport 37 Kevin McGarrity 1-5
G. S. Team 38 Fabrizio Gollin All
39 Cyrille Sauvage None, on entry list only
Elide Racing 40 Polo Villaamil 1, 3

Calendar

1998 was the last International F3000 season where races were held independently from Formula One Grands Prix. Pau and Pergusa had held International F3000 and previously European Formula Two Championship races uninterruptedly since 1972.

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

Final points standings

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  United Kingdom 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
Alex 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

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 Stéphane Sarrazin 1 24 15 24 4 Ret 8 Ret 2 Ret Ret 19 19
7 Kurt Mollekens Ret 2 2 8 5 5 10 Ret DNQ 8 4 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 Dominik Schwager 14 11 4 14 10 DNQ Ret 14 18 Ret Ret 7 3
15 Thomas Biagi 4 10 12 10 13 10 Ret 12 3
16 Kevin McGarrity DNQ 14 27 Ret DNQ Ret 4 Ret 3
17 Oliver Martini 16 9 9 Ret DNPQ 10 9 13 6 9 5 Ret 3
18 Bruno Junqueira Ret 16 16 9 Ret Ret 6 5 Ret Ret 18 Ret 3
19 Cyrille Sauvage 5 Ret 11 Ret 15 Ret 13 Ret 8 20 2
20 Alex Müller Ret Ret 10 11 Ret Ret 11 Ret 20 5 20 13 2
21 Gastón Mazzacane 6 7 Ret 6 12 9 Ret Ret Ret DNQ 13 Ret 2
22 Tomáš Enge 15 12 7 Ret 6 1
23 Werner Lupberger Ret 13 12 18 14 Ret 16 8 17 11 6 Ret 1
24 Marcelo Battistuzzi DNQ 22 Ret Ret Ret DNQ 18 Ret 11 6 Ret Ret 1
25 Rui Águas 9 17 17 7 Ret Ret 0
26 Brian Smith 10 Ret Ret 15 11 8 0
27 Giovanni Montanari Ret 15 8 13 13 Ret 14 Ret 19 16 Ret 10 0
28 Dino Morelli Ret 19 10 8 0
29 Bertrand Godin 8 Ret 22 19 Ret DNQ 19 12 14 21 12 11 0
30 Fabrice Walfisch 13 18 20 Ret DNQ DNQ Ret Ret Ret 22 Ret 8 0
31 Oliver Tichy 22 9 9 18 Ret Ret 0
32 Grégoire de Galzain DNQ Ret 18 23 DNPQ DNQ Ret 17 Ret 25 10 16 0
33 Christian Horner Ret 12 Ret Ret 16 DNQ 17 18 Ret DNQ 17 17 0
34 Jonny Kane 12 21 Ret 20 0
35 Fabrizio Gollin DNQ 17 DNQ Ret Ret DNQ 21 DNQ Ret DNQ 14 Ret 0
36 Giorgio Vinella DNQ Ret 25 22 DNQ DNQ Ret 21 DNQ 15 22 0
37 Hidetoshi Mitsusada 23 Ret 15 0
38 Mark Shaw Ret 20 Ret Ret DNPQ DNQ 20 19 16 24 16 18 0
39 Paolo Ruberti DSQ Ret 23 21 18 Ret 0
40 James Taylor 21 21 0
41 Polo Villaamil DNQ 24 0
– David Cook Ret DNQ DNS 0
– Bas Leinders DNS 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
Not classified (NC)
Purple Did not finish (Ret)
Red Did not qualify (DNQ)
Did not pre-qualify (DNPQ)
Black Disqualified (DSQ)
White Did not start (DNS)
Withdrew (WD)
Race cancelled (C)
Blank Did not participate
Excluded (EX)

Notes

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  United Kingdom 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
Alex 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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