2008 Italian Formula Three season

2008 Italian Formula Three season
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The 2008 Italian Formula Three season was the 44th Italian Formula Three Championship season. It began on May 10 at Mugello and ended on October 19 at Vallelunga after 16 races.

The season began with Edoardo Piscopo dominating the field with four successive wins,[1] but another run of seven victories by Mirko Bortolotti,[2] gave him the leadership in the championship.[3] The championship title was delayed to the last round in Vallelunga, the victory in race one and his eighth of the season gave Bortolotti the championship crown.[4][5]

The three first classified drivers of the championship were rewarded with a Formula One test organized by the Scuderia Ferrari at the wheel of a Ferrari F2008 at Fiorano,[6] with Bortolotti setting the new track record.[7]

Contents

Teams and drivers

Team No Driver Class Chassis Rounds
Lucidi Motors 1 Giovanni Nava[8] C Dallara F308 All
4 Francesco Castellacci[8] C Dallara F308 All
12 Mirko Bortolotti[8] C Dallara F308 All
Minardi by Corbetta Competizioni 2 Marco Zipoli[9] C Dallara F308 All
3 Michael Dalle Stelle C Dallara F308 All
5 Valentino Sebastiani C Dallara F308 1
Nicolò Piancastelli 2-8
Europa Corse 6 Salvatore Gatto[10] C Dallara F308 1-3
7 Francesco Prandi[11] C Dallara F308 All
8 Federico Glorioso[10] C Dallara F308 4
14 Giulio Glorioso C Dallara F308 2-4, 6
18 Tom Dillmann C Dallara F308 6-8
19 Matteo Davenia T Dallara F304 8
52 Ivan Tramontozzi T Dallara F304 1-2
53 Khalil Beschir T Dallara F304 8
BVM - Target Racing 9 Stamatis Katsimis C Dallara F308 1-2
Facundo Crovo 3-4
Giacomo Ricci 7
Daniel Mancinelli 8
39 Salvatore Cicatelli C Dallara F308 All
Team Ghinzani 11 Alessandro Cicognani C Dallara F308 All
16 Edoardo Piscopo C Dallara F308 All
41 Angelo Fabrizio Comi C Dallara F308 8
51 T Dallara F304 1-7
RP Motorsport 21 Nico Verdonck[12] C Dallara F308 1-4
53 Jimmy Auby C Dallara F308 4
Icon Class
C Campionato Nazionale
T Trofeo Nazionale CSAI

Calendar

Round Circuit Date Pole Position Fastest Lap Winning driver Winning team
1 R1 Mugello Circuit May 10 Edoardo Piscopo Edoardo Piscopo Edoardo Piscopo Lucidi Motors
R2 May 11 Edoardo Piscopo Edoardo Piscopo Edoardo Piscopo Team Ghinzani
2 R1 Autodromo dell'Umbria June 7 Edoardo Piscopo Edoardo Piscopo Edoardo Piscopo Lucidi Motors
R2 June 8 Edoardo Piscopo Edoardo Piscopo Edoardo Piscopo Team Ghinzani
3 R1 Autodromo Nazionale Monza July 7 Francesco Castellacci Giovanni Nava Mirko Bortolotti Team Ghinzani
R2 Francesco Castellacci Nico Verdonck Mirko Bortolotti Lucidi Motors
4 R1 Mugello Circuit July 20 Mirko Bortolotti Mirko Bortolotti Mirko Bortolotti Lucidi Motors
R2 Mirko Bortolotti Edoardo Piscopo Mirko Bortolotti Lucidi Motors
5 R1 Autodromo Riccardo Paletti August 31 Mirko Bortolotti Salvatore Cicatelli Mirko Bortolotti Lucidi Motors
R2 September 1 Mirko Bortolotti Mirko Bortolotti Mirko Bortolotti Team Ghinzani
6 R1 Misano World Circuit September 13 Edoardo Piscopo Mirko Bortolotti Mirko Bortolotti Lucidi Motors
R2 September 14 Edoardo Piscopo Tom Dillmann Edoardo Piscopo Team Ghinzani
7 R1 Adria International Raceway September 27 Edoardo Piscopo Edoardo Piscopo Edoardo Piscopo Lucidi Motors
R2 September 28 Edoardo Piscopo Edoardo Piscopo Edoardo Piscopo Team Ghinzani
8 R1 ACI Vallelunga Circuit October 18 Mirko Bortolotti Mirko Bortolotti Mirko Bortolotti Lucidi Motors
R2 October 19 Mirko Bortolotti Mirko Bortolotti Mirko Bortolotti Lucidi Motors

Standings

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 PP FL
10 8 6 5 4 3 2 1 1 1
Pos Driver MUG
1
 MUG
2
 MAG
1
 MAG
2
 MON
1
 MON
2
 MUG
1
 MUG
2
 VAR
1
 VAR
2
 MIS
1
 MIS
2
 ADR
1
 ADR
2
 VAL
1
 VAL
2
 Pts
1 Mirko Bortolotti 2 6 2 2 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 3 2 2 1 1 150
2 Edoardo Piscopo 1 1 1 1 2 Ret 8 2 Ret 2 2 1 1 1 5 4 127
3 Salvatore Cicatelli 8 7 6 4 3 7 2 7 3 3 5 5 12 5 4 7 61
4 Francesco Castellacci 14 3 3 Ret Ret 2 4 3 5 Ret 3 11 6 6 11 2 57
5 Giovanni Nava 4 4 Ret 3 8 6 3 4 7 6 8 4 9 10 3 5 53
6 Marco Zipoli 6 12 5 12 4 5 7 8 2 5 4 6 5 4 9 6 51
7 Tom Dillmann DSQ 2 3 3 2 Ret 29
8 Nico Verdonck 3 2 8 6 Ret 10 5 6 26
9 Michael Dalle Stelle Ret 10 7 Ret 7 8 16 13 4 4 Ret 7 7 7 7 11 23
10 Salvatore Gatto 5 5 4 Ret 6 4 21
11 Alessandro Cicognani 10 11 Ret 11 Ret 9 6 5 6 7 Ret 8 Ret 12 Ret Ret 13
12 Facundo Crovo 5 3 9 9 10
13 Daniel Mancinelli 6 3 9
14 Stamatis Katsimis 7 8 Ret 5 7
15 Giulio Glorioso 10 7 11 11 12 Ret 6 9 5
16 Giacomo Ricci 4 Ret 5
17 Francesco Prandi 11 Ret 11 9 Ret 12 13 12 8 8 Ret 10 8 8 8 Ret 5
18 Nicolò Piancastelli 13 8 10 13 14 11 9 Ret 7 13 11 9 12 9 3
19 Angelo Fabrizio Comi 12 13 12 10 9 14 15 Ret Ret 9 Ret 12 10 11 10 8 1
20 Valentino Sebastiani 9 9 0
21 Ivan Tramontozzi 13 14 9 Ret 0
22 Federico Glorioso 10 10 0
23 Matteo Davenia 13 10 0
24 Jimmy Auby 11 Ret 0
Khalil Beschir Ret DNS 0
Pos Driver MUG
1
 MUG
2
 MAG
1
 MAG
2
 MON
1
 MON
2
 MUG
1
 MUG
2
 VAR
1
 VAR
2
 MIS
1
 MIS
2
 ADR
1
 ADR
2
 VAL
1
 VAL
2
 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)

Bold - Pole
Italics - Fastest Lap

References

  1. ^ "Magione: double victory of Piscopo after the red flag". f3italia.it (F3 Italia). 2008-06-08. http://www.f3italia.it/notizia.asp?pos=1&notizia=269&anno_n=2008. Retrieved 2009-10-11. 
  2. ^ "Bortolotti's seventh". f3italia.it (F3 Italia). 2008-09-13. http://www.f3italia.it/notizia.asp?pos=1&notizia=286&anno_n=2008. Retrieved 2009-10-11. 
  3. ^ "Mugello transforms the classification". f3italia.it (F3 Italia). 2008-07-20. http://www.f3italia.it/notizia.asp?pos=1&notizia=281&anno_n=2008. Retrieved 2009-10-11. 
  4. ^ "Vallelunga race one report: victory and title to Bortolotti". f3italia.it (F3 Italia). 2008-10-18. http://www.f3italia.it/notizia.asp?pos=1&notizia=293&anno_n=2008. Retrieved 2009-10-11. 
  5. ^ "Bortolotti confirmed as champ". crash.net (Crash.Net). 2008-10-22. http://www.crash.net/f3/news/32254/1/ita_bortolotti_confirmed_as_champ.html. Retrieved 2009-10-11. 
  6. ^ "Test with Ferrari Formula One for the first three drivers of the Italian Formula 3 Championship". f3italia.it (F3 Italia). 2008-10-22. http://www.f3italia.it/notizia.asp?pos=1&notizia=298&anno_n=2008. Retrieved 2009-10-11. 
  7. ^ "Amazing Bortolotti, Piscopo and Cicatelli behind the wheel of the F2008 at Fiorano". f3italia.it (F3 Italia). 2008-11-27. http://www.f3italia.it/notizia.asp?pos=1&notizia=301&anno_n=2008. Retrieved 2009-10-11. 
  8. ^ a b c "Lucidi Motors ready for the new season". f3italia.it (F3 Italia). 2008-05-06. http://www.f3italia.it/notizia.asp?pos=1&notizia=258&anno_n=2008. Retrieved 2009-10-11. 
  9. ^ "Reached agreement for the 2008 between Marco Zipoli and Minardi by Corbetta". f3italia.it (F3 Italia). 2007-12-14. http://www.f3italia.it/notizia.asp?pos=1&notizia=232&anno_n=2007. Retrieved 2009-10-11. 
  10. ^ a b "Moreno Leonardi presents the 2008 programme of Europa Corse". f3italia.it (F3 Italia). 2008-04-23. http://www.f3italia.it/notizia.asp?pos=1&notizia=255&anno_n=2008. Retrieved 2009-10-11. 
  11. ^ "Agreement reached between Francesco Prandi and Europa Corse". f3italia.it (F3 Italia). 2008-02-14. http://www.f3italia.it/notizia.asp?pos=1&notizia=243&anno_n=2008. Retrieved 2009-10-11. 
  12. ^ "Fabio Pampado's (RP Motorsport) expectations for Mugello". f3italia.it (F3 Italia). 2008-04-22. http://www.f3italia.it/notizia.asp?pos=1&notizia=254&anno_n=2008. Retrieved 2009-10-11. 

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