2000 British Formula Three Championship

The 2000 British Formula Three season was the 50th British Formula Three Championship season. It commenced on 26 March at Thruxton, and ended on 8 October at Silverstone after fourteenth races.

Brazilian driver Antônio Pizzonia won the title after winning five races and achieved a total of eleven podiums during the season. These results allowed Pizzonia to finish 39 points ahead of Stewart Racing's Tomas Scheckter, who beat Carlin Motorsport's driver Takuma Sato by 32 points.^[1]

Drivers and teams

The following teams and drivers were competitors in the 2000 season. The Scholarship class was for older Formula Three cars, and all cars competed on Avon tyres.

Team No Driver Class Chassis Engine Rounds Manor Motorsport 1 Antônio Pizzonia C Dallara F399 Mugen-Honda All 2 Juan Manuel López C Dallara F399 Mugen-Honda 1–9 Westley Barber C Dallara F399 Mugen-Honda 11–14 Stewart Racing 3 Narain Karthikeyan C Dallara F399 Mugen-Honda All 4 Tomas Scheckter C Dallara F399 Mugen-Honda All Promatecme UK 5 Matthew Davies C Dallara F399 Renault Sodemo All 6 Andy Priaulx C Dallara F399 Renault Sodemo All Fortec Motorsport 7 Michael Bentwood C Dallara F399 Mugen-Honda All 8 Gianmaria Bruni C Dallara F399 Mugen-Honda All Carlin Motorsport 9 Takuma Sato C Dallara F300 Mugen-Honda All 10 Ben Collins C Dallara F399 Mugen-Honda All 20 Rob Austin C Dallara F300 Mugen-Honda 13 RC Motorsport 11 Miloš Pavlović C Dallara F300 Spiess-Opel All 12 Nicolas Kiesa C Dallara F300 Spiess-Opel All Alan Docking Racing 15 Westley Barber C Dallara F300 Mugen-Honda 1–9 Marcos Ambrose C Dallara F300 Mugen-Honda 10–14 16 Tor Sriachavanon C Dallara F399 Mugen-Honda All Rowan Racing 17 Martin O'Connell C Dallara F300 Mugen-Honda All 18 Warren Carway C Dallara F399 Mugen-Honda All 51 Christian Colombo S Dallara F398 Mugen-Honda All Team Avanti 22 Andrew Kirkaldy C Dallara F300 Spiess-Opel 4–14 JB Motorsport 31 Val Hillebrand I Dallara F300 Spiess-Opel 13 32 Nicolas Stelandre I Dallara F300 Spiess-Opel 13 ASM Elf 33 Tiago Monteiro I Dallara F300 Renault Sodemo 13 34 Tristan Gommendy I Dallara F300 Renault Sodemo 13 Hopkins Motorsport 52 Philip Hopkins S Dallara F398 Spiess-Opel 1–10, 14 Enzo Buscaglia S Dallara F398 Spiess-Opel 11–13 Team Parker F3 53 Julian Westwood S Dallara F398 Mugen-Honda 13–14 ME Motorsport 54 Craig Fleming S Dallara F398 Mugen-Honda 1–10 Rob Austin S Dallara F398 Mugen-Honda 12 Matthew Gilmore S Dallara F398 Mugen-Honda 14 Team Meritus 55 Atsushi Katsumata S Dallara F398 TOM'S Toyota All 56 Marcel Romanio S Dallara F398 TOM'S Toyota 2–6 Enzo Buscaglia S Dallara F398 TOM'S Toyota 10 Fred Goddard Racing 61 Gary Paffett S Dallara F398 Renault Sodemo All Diamond Racing 66 Ryan Walker S Dallara F398 Mugen-Honda All 77 Mark Mayall S Dallara F398 Mugen-Honda All

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Results

Round	Circuit	Date	Pole Position	Fastest Lap	Winning Driver	Winning Team	Schorlaship Class Winner
1	Thruxton Circuit	26 March	Tomas Scheckter	Tomas Scheckter	Antônio Pizzonia	Manor Motorsport	Gary Paffett
2	Croft Circuit	9 April	Nicolas Kiesa	Tomas Scheckter	Antônio Pizzonia	Manor Motorsport	Gary Paffett
3	Oulton Park	30 April	Antônio Pizzonia	Antônio Pizzonia	Tomas Scheckter	Stewart Racing	Gary Paffett
4	Donington Park	7 May	Takuma Sato	Antônio Pizzonia	Ben Collins	Carlin Motorsport	Gary Paffett
5			Tomas Scheckter	Antônio Pizzonia	Tomas Scheckter	Stewart Racing	Gary Paffett
6	Silverstone International	21 May	Takuma Sato	Antônio Pizzonia	Takuma Sato	Carlin Motorsport	Gary Paffett
7	Brands Hatch Indy	4 June	Ben Collins	Antônio Pizzonia	Antônio Pizzonia	Manor Motorsport	Gary Paffett
8	Donington Park GP	2 July	Antônio Pizzonia	Gianmaria Bruni	Antônio Pizzonia	Manor Motorsport	Gary Paffett
9			Nicolas Kiesa	Nicolas Kiesa	Nicolas Kiesa	RC Motorsport	Gary Paffett
10	Croft Circuit	30 July	Takuma Sato	Takuma Sato	Takuma Sato	Carlin Motorsport	Gary Paffett
11	Silverstone GP	20 August	Takuma Sato	Takuma Sato	Takuma Sato	Carlin Motorsport	Gary Paffett
12	Snetterton Motor Racing Circuit	3 September	Antônio Pizzonia	Tomas Scheckter	Antônio Pizzonia	Manor Motorsport	Atsushi Katsumata
13	Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps	24 September	Takuma Sato	Takuma Sato	Tiago Monteiro	ASM Elf	Atsushi Katsumata
14	Silverstone GP	8 October	Andy Priaulx	Takuma Sato	Takuma Sato	Carlin Motorsport	Gary Paffett

Standings

Pos Driver THR CRO OUL DON SIL BRH DON CRO SIL SNE SPA SIL Pts 1 Antônio Pizzonia 1 1 2 11 2 2 1 1 3 Ret 2 1 2 9 200 2 Tomas Scheckter 2 2 1 Ret 1 4 4 23 6 2 4 2 5 3 161 3 Takuma Sato Ret 5 Ret Ret 9 1 2 3 9 1 1 6 21 1 129 4 Narain Karthikeyan 3 Ret 5 2 8 6 3 4 10 10 5 5 3 Ret 100 5 Gianmaria Bruni 7 4 6 7 Ret 5 8 2 4 19 3 Ret 4 5 95 6 Nicolas Kiesa 8 Ret Ret 5 7 3 12 6 1 3 10 Ret 6 11 77 7 Michael Bentwood Ret 3 7 3 5 Ret 5 7 7 9 11 4 16 7 69 8 Ben Collins Ret 8 21 1 15 8 Ret 8 Ret 4 6 3 Ret 4 67 9 Andy Priaulx 5 9 3 9 3 Ret Ret 9 8 21 12 8 8 2 64 10 Matthew Davies 4 Ret 4 Ret 4 DNS 9 11 19 11 7 7 7 Ret 47 11 Miloš Pavlović 6 6 9 Ret 11 DNS 6 5 5 7 Ret Ret 15 Ret 41 12 Martin O'Connell Ret Ret 8 6 6 9 7 10 12 12 8 11 10 8 32 13 Andrew Kirkaldy 8 14 Ret Ret 13 2 6 13 Ret 9 Ret 28 14 Westley Barber 10 7 12 10 12 19 11 18 10 11 6 17 15 Marcos Ambrose 5 9 9 Ret 10 13 16 Juan Manuel López 12 10 10 Ret 13 7 Ret 14 Ret 6 17 Tor Sriachavanon 11 18 14 Ret Ret 15 13 16 14 Ret 15 15 Ret 14 2 18 Warren Carway 13 Ret 17 12 17 18 14 15 13 14 Ret 12 13 13 0 Rob Austin Ret 0 Guest drivers ineligible for points Tiago Monteiro 1 0 Tristan Gommendy 12 0 Val Hillebrand Ret 0 Nicolas Stelandre Ret 0 Scholarship Class 1 Gary Paffett 9 11 11 4 10 10 10 12 11 8 14 14 Ret 12 268 2 Christian Colombo 14 Ret 19 DNQ 16 12 18 17 15 13 Ret 16 Ret 15 128 3 Ryan Walker Ret 15 15 15 20 14 16 18 17 15 Ret 17 19 17 122 4 Atsushi Katsumata 15 12 Ret Ret 23 11 Ret 21 Ret 16 Ret 13 14 19 108 5 Mark Mayall Ret 17 16 Ret 22 16 17 22 20 Ret 16 18 17 Ret 88 6 Philip Hopkins 16 14 20 14 21 17 DNS 19 18 17 20 76 7 Craig Fleming Ret 13 18 16 19 DNS 15 20 16 Ret 73 8 Marcel Romanio 16 13 13 18 13 58 9 Peter Nilsson 17 19 Ret 16 30 10 Enzo Buscaglia 20 19 DNS 20 22 11 Julian Westwood 18 18 20 12 Matthew Gilmore 21 3 Rob Austin Ret 0 Pos Driver THR CRO OUL DON SIL BRH DON CRO SIL SNE SPA SIL Pts

Colour Result Gold Winner Silver 2nd place Bronze 3rd place Green Points finish Blue Non-points finish Non-classified finish (NC) Purple Retired (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 (DNP) Excluded (EX)

References

External links

• The official website of the British Formula 3 Championship