1996 International Formula 3000 season

The 1996 International Formula 3000 season 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

Team	Car #	Driver	Race weekends
Super Nova Racing	1	Kenny Bräck	All
	2	Marcos Gueiros	All
Madgwick International	3	Pedro Couceiro	1-6
	4	Marc Rostan	9-10
Nordic Racing	5	Elton Julian	All
	6	Akira Iida	All
DAMS	7	Jean-Philippe Belloc	All
	8	Laurent Redon	All
Apomatox	9	Christophe Tinseau	All
	10	Cyrille Sauvage	All
RSM Marko	11	Olivier Tichy	All
	33	Jörg Müller	All
Durango Equipe	14	Christian Pescatori	All
	15	Fabrizio Gollin	All
Draco Engineering	16	Ricardo Zonta	All
	17	Alexandre de Andrade	1
		Sergio Paese	2-4
		Esteban Tuero	5-10
Team Astromega	18	Guillaume Gomez	1-9
	19	Marc Goossens	All
Auto Sport Racing	20	Thomas Biagi	1-4, 6-10
	21	Gastón Mazzacane	All
Bob Salisbury Engineering	22	James Taylor	5-10
Alpha Plus	24	Carl Rosenblad	All
	25	Stephen Watson	All
Edenbridge Racing	26	David Dussau	1-2
		Tom Kristensen	4-6, 9-10
		Norberto Fontana	8
	27	Peter Olsson	1-3
		Steve Arnold	4
		Pedro Couceiro	8-10
Pacific Racing	28	Patrick Lemarié	All
	29	Cristiano da Matta	All
Shannon Racing	30	Tom Kristensen	1-2
	31	Luca Rangoni	2

Calendar

Race No	Track	Country	Date	Laps	Distance	Time	Speed	Winner	Pole Position	Fastest Lap
1	Nürburgring	Germany	11 May 1996	43	4.556=195.908 km	1'07:04.885	175.227 km/h	Kenny Bräck	Kenny Bräck	Kenny Bräck Jörg Müller
2	Pau	France	27 May 1996	72	2.76=198.72 km	1'28:55.055	134.093 km/h	Jörg Müller	Tom Kristensen	Tom Kristensen
3	Pergusa-Enna	Italy	21 July 1996	40	4.95=198.00 km	1'03:33.989	186.891 km/h	Marc Goossens	Marc Goossens	Jörg Müller
4	Hockenheim	Germany	27 July 1996	29	6.823=197.867 km	0'59:58.819	197.932 km/h	Kenny Bräck	Kenny Bräck	Kenny Bräck
5	Silverstone	United Kingdom	18 August 1996	40	5.072=202.880 km	1'09:17.948	175.656 km/h	Kenny Bräck	Kenny Bräck	Tom Kristensen
6	Spa-Francorchamps	Belgium	24 August 1996	22	6.968=153.296 km	0'48:24.693	189.991 km/h	Jörg Müller	Tom Kristensen	Jörg Müller
7	Magny-Cours	France	14 September 1996	47	4.25=199.75 km	1'10:45.670	169.373 km/h	Marc Goossens	Marc Goossens	Kenny Bräck
8	Estoril	Portugal	21 September 1996	46	4.36=200.56 km	1'14:55.143	160.621 km/h	Ricardo Zonta	Jörg Müller	Ricardo Zonta
9	Mugello	Italy	28 September 1996	38	5.245=199.31 km	1'05:44.337	181.910 km/h	Ricardo Zonta	Ricardo Zonta	Ricardo Zonta
10	Hockenheim	Germany	12 October 1996	29	6.823=197.867 km	0'59:24.317	199.848 km/h	Christophe Tinseau	Jörg Müller	Jörg Müller

Final points standings

Driver

For every race points were awarded: 9 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	Jörg Müller	Germany	RSM Marko	6	9	6	6	-	9	4	6	6	-	52
2	Kenny Bräck	Sweden	SuperNova Racing	9	6	-	9	9	2	6	4	4	-	49
3	Marc Goossens	Belgium	Team Astromega	-	-	9	-	-	6	9	3	1	-	28
4	Ricardo Zonta	Brazil	Draco Racing	-	4	-	1	4	-	-	9	9	-	27
5	Marcos Gueiros	Brazil	SuperNova Racing	4	-	3	4	3	-	-	-	-	6	20
6	Tom Kristensen	Denmark	Shannon Racing	3	-	-								18
			Edenbridge Racing				2	6	4	-	-	3	-
	Christophe Tinseau	France	Apomatox	-	-	4	3	1	1	-	-	-	9	18
8	Cristiano da Matta	Brazil	Pacific Racing	-	3	2	-	-	-	2	-	-	-	7
	Laurent Redon	France	DAMS	1	-	-	-	-	-	3	-	-	3	7
10	Christian Pescatori	Italy	Durango Équipe	-	-	-	-	2	3	-	-	-	-	5
	Oliver Tichy	Austria	RSM Marko	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	4	5
12	Thomas Biagi	Italy	Auto Sport Racing	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	1	2	-	4
13	Pedro Couceiro	Portugal	Madgwick International	2	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	2
	Patrick Lemarié	France	Pacific Racing	-	2	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	2
	Fabrizio Gollin	Italy	Durango Équipe	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	2	-	-	2
	Elton Julian	United States	Nordic Racing	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	2	2
17	Luca Rangoni	Italy	Shannon Racing	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1
	Cyrille Sauvage	France	Apomatox	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	1

Drivers' Championship

Pos Driver NÜR PAU PER HOC SIL SPA MAG EST MUG HOC Pts 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 Rédon 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-Phillippe 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 – Alexandre de Andrade Ret 0 – Norberto Fontana Ret 0 Pos Driver NÜR PAU PER HOC SIL SPA MAG EST MUG HOC Pts

Colour Result Gold Winner Silver 2nd place Bronze 3rd place Green Points finish Blue Non-points finish Non-classified finish (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

• 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

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	Country	Team
1	Jörg Müller	Germany	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	Sweden	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	Belgium	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	Brazil	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	Brazil	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	Denmark	Shannon Racing	5	4	1	R	-	-
			Edenbridge Racing							13	5	2	2	1	3	-	-	-	-	5	4	3	R
	Christophe Tinseau	France	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	Brazil	Pacific Racing	10	9	12	4	6	5	9	R	3	R	10	10	12	5	9	7	10	20	5	R
	Laurent Redon	France	DAMS	3	6	4	R	9	10	7	R	10	R	13	12	7	4	7	R	8	8	7	4
10	Christian Pescatori	Italy	Durango Équipe	19	10	7	R	15	R	14	9	7	5	2	4	6	R	2	R	14	R	10	R
	Oliver Tichy	Austria	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	Italy	Autosport Racing	11	R	24	NQ	19	8	16	R	-	-	25	NQ	9	6	11	6	7	5	16	7
13	Pedro Couceiro	Portugal	Madgwick International	7	5	16	R	16	7	17	R	12	R	16	13	-	-
			Edenbridge Racing															16	8	20	15	17	R
	Patrick Lemarié	France	Pacific Racing	20	12	19	5	21	13	21	10	15	8	20	R	13	8	20	15	18	R	9	8
	Fabrizio Gollin	Italy	Durango Équipe	16	R	21	10	14	9	8	R	20	9	11	11	16	R	13	5	11	R22	25	NQ
	Elton Julian	United States	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	Italy	Shannon Racing	-	-	18	6	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
	Cyrille Sauvage	France	Apomatox	22	R	20	7	10	R	12	7	16	10	9	7	10	R	14	13	17	12	19	6
-	Jean-Philippe Belloc	France	DAMS	6	7	14	9	20	R	10	8	22	17	14	20	4	R	10	14	16	9	14	R
-	Guillaume Gomez	France	Team Astromega	14	R	9	NS	17E	12	19	11	13	12	19	18	11	7	12	9	15	10	-	-
-	Akira Iida	Japan	Nordic Racing	23	14	17	8	18	11	23	12	24	13	18	R	22	14	23	12	23	18	18	9
-	Gastón Mazzacane	Argentina	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	South Africa	Alpha Plus	18	R	15	R	13	R	20	R	19	18	17	16	18	11	15	R	22	16	21	10
-	Carl Rosenblad	Sweden	Alpha Plus	26	R	27	NQ	23	R	24	13	23	19	23	R	21	13	24	R	24	19	22	12
-	Esteban Tuero	Argentina	Draco Engineering	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	21	14	22	17	19	10	21	R	19	13	15	R
-	James Taylor	United Kingdom	Salisbury Engineering	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	25	R	24	R	23	15	25	R	26	21	24	R
-	Steve Arnold	United Kingdom	Edenbrigde Racing	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	17	15	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
-	Marc Rostan	France	Madgwick International	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	25	23	23	R
-	Peter Olsson	Sweden	Edenbrigde Racing	21	R	26	NQ	22	R	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
-	Sergio Paese	Brazil	Draco Engineering	-	-	22	R	24	NQ	22	R	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
-	David Dussau	France	Edenbridge Racing	17	R	8	R	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
-	Alexandre de Andrade	Brazil	Draco Engineering	24	R	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
-	Norberto Fontana	Argentina	Edenbridge Racing	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	19	R	-	-	-	-