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2002 Formula One season - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia He was dropped by Prost at the end of the 2001 season for financial reasons, and returned to Formula 3000 for 2002. With three races left to go in the 2001 season, Mika Häkkinen announced that he was not intending to drive in F1 in 2002. The 2002 Formula One season was the fifty-third FIA Formula One World Championship season. en.wikipedia.org /wiki/2002_Formula_One_season   (775 words)

FORMULA ONE: Youth is served by strong F1 rookie crop Montoya then got the call from the BMW WilliamsF1 Team to&; compete in the 2001 Formula One season. In 1998-99, Yoong raced in both the British Formula 3 and the FIA Formula 3000 championships, and he scored a second place in both series. In 1998, he competed in both Formula 3 and the FIA F3000 Championship, and he has continued to race in the latter series since then. www.theautochannel.com /news/2001/09/25/030132.html   (1067 words)

Your Free Justin Wilson Art History Online Reference and Guide He began racing karts in 1987 before progressing through the ranks, competing in various categories including Formula One and winning the Formula 3000 Championship in 2001 in a record-breaking season. Wins the FIA International Formula 3000 Championship with three wins, six second places, one third place and two pole positions - he broke the records for the most points in an F3000 season (71) and the most podium finishes (10) Fifth in the FIA International Formula 3000 Championship for Nordic Racing with one second and one third www.arthistoryclub.com /art_history/Justin_Wilson   (1067 words)

Formula 3000 When the decision was made to limit entry to the FIA Formula 3000 Championship for the 2000 season, Coloni looked like one of the potential casualties. The International Formula 3000 Championship was established in 1985 as the final graduation category for drivers before entering Formula One. After the British Formula 2 Championship collapsed at the end of 1997, F3000 frontrunner Super Nova found itself with the capacity to run a satellite team, using the personnel from its UK effort. www.sport-fans.co.uk /f3000.htm   (5737 words)

Formula 3000 Wilson was unlucky not to come second in the season opener, and Junqueira came on strong in the second half of the season, to the extent that, although Williams did not choose him as a full-blown F1 driver in 2000, he must be regarded as F3000 title favourite. The 1992 season was to be the team’s last year in the top flight, but Formula Nippon graduate Naoki Hattori failed to qualify for all the races the team entered. All races in the year 2001 will be support races for Formula One in Europe plus one in Brazil, which will produce important television coverage and provide the additional marketing leverage that is associated with F1. www.sport-fans.co.uk /f3000.htm   (5737 words)

Formula 3000 Only formed at the beginning of the 1998 season, the plan was to spend a year learning in the Formula Opel Euroseries before graduating to F3000 in 1999 when the new chassis was introduced. Wilson was unlucky not to come second in the season opener, and Junqueira came on strong in the second half of the season, to the extent that, although Williams did not choose him as a full-blown F1 driver in 2000, he must be regarded as F3000 title favourite. All races in the year 2001 will be support races for Formula One in Europe plus one in Brazil, which will produce important television coverage and provide the additional marketing leverage that is associated with F1. www.sport-fans.co.uk /f3000.htm   (5737 words)

AGPC Ambassadors 2005 FORMULA 1™ Foster's Australian Grand Prix The 28-year-old from Queanbeyan, near Canberra, has had a long and circuitous route to F1, including British Formula Ford and Formula Three, Mercedes-Benz sports cars, two seasons in International Formula 3000 and test drives with the now-defunct Arrows F1 team and Benetton F1 (now Renault). After a stint in International Formula 3000 and German F3 in 2002, he rejoined Prema Power and won the new European Formula Three Championship in 2003, as well as continuing to test for Toyota F1, which he continued full-time in 2004. In 2002, Power won the Australian Gold Star Formula Holden Championship and was runner-up in the Australian Formula Three Championship that season despite missing several races. cars.grandprix.com.au /fun/agpc_ambassadors   (5737 words)

Sporting Life - F1 German Prix Live, Hockenheim, News, Live Coverage, Formula One Race Reports, Results & Standings He raced in the British and German Formula Three series in 2001, and appeared in the Formula 3000 series in 2002 for G+M Motorsport, with limited success. Moving to the Danish-financed Den Bla Avis Formula 3000 outfit saw a change of fortune and an excellent season resulted in him being snapped up by Minardi for a Formula One drive after Justin Wilson joined the Jaguar team. Since winning the British Formula Ford title with Haywood Racing in 1999, Kiesa has battled against a lack of funding to rise through the ranks of F3 and F3000. www.sporting-life.com /formula1/drivers/kiesa.html   (5737 words)

NRC Motor Sport Confirmed 2001 season driver, American Emerson Newton-John, was joined by Australian ex Formula Ford driver Stewart McColl for their first drives of the NRC Racing Reynard 95D Formula Holdens. These cars are ex-European Formula 3000 chassis made from carbon fibre and ultra-light metals ans can reach speeds in excess of 260kph in full race trim. NRC Racing Formula Holden drivers Emerson Newton-John and Stewart McColl steadily improved their lap times around the fast 2.9km circuit throughout the two sessions, but were unable to bridge the gap to early pace setters Simon Wills and Rick Kelly. www.nrcint.com.au /msnews(index).html   (5737 words)

Formula 3000 The International Formula 3000 Championship was established in 1985 as the final graduation category for drivers before entering Formula One. After the British Formula 2 Championship collapsed at the end of 1997, F3000 frontrunner Super Nova found itself with the capacity to run a satellite team, using the personnel from its UK effort. The FIA International Formula 3000 Championship was created in 1985 as the www.sport-fans.co.uk /f3000.htm   (5737 words)

{ F o r m u l a  1 }  -  CampusRox.com - Your Campus Online! Italian Formula 3000 Championship, 5 races, one second place and one fifth. Rumours that Yoong would be taking over from Tarso Marques before the end of the season flew for much of the summer, and once the 23-year-old acquired a Superlicene from the FIA the team were able to confirm that he would race from Monza. The Malaysian driver made history by becoming the first non-Japanese Asian driver to compete in the sport, and had his first outing at the 2001 Italian Grand Prix. www.campusrox.com /f1/drivers/alex.html   (255 words)

GrandPrix.com > GP Encyclopedia > Drivers > Tomas Enge Switching to Coca Cola Nordic Racing in 2001 he was a frontrunner in the International Formula 3000 series, winning in Barcelona and at the Nurburgring. He struggled to revive his career but finished fourth in the Formula 3000 series in 2004 with the new Ma-Con team and made his debut in the Indy Racing League at the end of the season. In 1999 he signed to drive for Gabriele Rafanelli's World Racing Team but it was not aa success until the French GP where Enge was able to finish the Formula 3000 race in second place. www.grandprix.com /gpe/drv-engtho.html   (574 words)

Jordan Grand Prix - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Frentzen was replaced by test driver Ricardo Zonta at the German Grand Prix, but thereafter in 2001 Jean Alesi, in the final stages of his Formula One career, took the seat. Jordan had a brief stint as a race driver in the late 1970s and ran a successful Formula Three and Formula 3000 team, called Eddie Jordan Racing, in the late 1980s. After the Ford Motor Company's decision to put Cosworth up for sale, Jordan had been left without an engine deal for 2005. en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Jordan_Grand_Prix   (1873 words)

Justin Wilson - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia He began racing karts in 1987 before progressing through the ranks, competing in various categories including Formula One and winning the Formula 3000 Championship in 2001 in a record-breaking season. Justin struggled to raise the money needed to get a Formula One seat with the Minardi team in 2003, so his management team came up with the idea of selling "shares" in him to the public to raise the £1.2 million needed. Raced in Formula One with Minardi for the start of the season, team boss Paul Stoddart having designed the car around his 6'3" frame. en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Justin_Wilson   (823 words)

Justin Wilson: CHAMP Racing, Justin Wilson CHAMP Merchandise, CHAMP Drivers, Justin Wilson Racing, Team Lowes Racing, Justin Wilson Racing News, CHAMP News, Team Lowes Auto Racing, CHAMP, Racing Wilson won the 2001 FIA International Formula 3000 championship on the strength of three race victories, six second-place finishes, and one third-place run, establishing the series record for most points in a single season (71) and podium finishes (10) in a dominating performance. Wilson drove the first 11 races of the season for Minardi before joining the Jaguar team for the German Grand Prix, which was Round 12 of the 16-race season. In 1998, Wilson won the Formula Palmer Audi championship with nine victories, 10 fastest laps, and four pole positions. www.racingone.com /driver.asp?driverid=2049&subseries=4   (245 words)

F1empire.com - Ricardo Zonta Biography Yet despite his potential managed only three point finishes, all sixth place, and after the 2000 season his relationship with BAR deteriorated dramatically, especially with BAR's star driver Jacques Villeneuve, and subsequently his contract was not renewed for the 2001 season. Ricardo's rise to the ranks of Formula 1 was as efficient as any drivers, Brazilian F3 Champion, International Formula 3000 Champion, and FIA GT series Champion. With only the top racing series in the world to conquer, he when he arrived on the Formula 1 scene in 1998 with the ex-Tyrrell British American Racing team amidst great promis of success. www.f1empire.com /drivers/0zonta.htm   (122 words)

AutoRacing1.com - Ed Donath Page It is likely that when Junqueira was suddenly confronted with the fact that the FedEx Championship Series will run nearly half of if its record 22 races on ovals in 2001 he was, finally, forced to admit to the difficulty of goal-setting for his rookie season. Junqueira won the FIA Formula 3000 Championship in Y2K while doubling as the Williams Formula One Team's test driver. If it were easy Bruno Junqueira, half of Target Chip Ganassi Racing's untried 2001 rookie driver tandem, would never have experienced the agony of defeat that is every Champ Car pilot's inevitable high speed encounter with some wall somewhere. www.autoracing1.com /EDMain.htm   (122 words)

Motorsport.com: News channel Liuzzi won the F. Super A World Championship in 2001 and after a good season in the German F.3 Championship enjoyed the Coloni Motorsport team in 4th successful testing sessions in Magione, Imola, Misano and Barcellona. The young Italian star, who tested with BMW WilliamsF1 Team in Valencia (E), is one of the most young talented driver and is expected to begin a FIA F.3000 front runner next season. Liuzzi is one of the most promising and talented Italian driver and showed brilliant performances as in F.3000 testing as in the F.1 testing in Valencia.We will do the best to achieve with him important targets. www.motorsport.com /news/article.asp?ID=112732&FS=F3000   (400 words)

Sporting Life - F1 Australian Grand Prix, Albert Park, Melbourne, News, Lap-by-lap Coverage, Formula One Race Reports, Results & Standings From there he switched to the FIA International Formula 3000 Championship, finishing fourth in his first season. Finished fourth in FIA International Formula 3000 Championship. He was a resounding winner of the prestigious 2001 FIA/CIK Karting World Championship series before progressing to single-seater cars. www.sportinglife.com /formula1/drivers/liuzzi.html   (344 words)

rpm.espn.com: Wilson to join Minardi Wilson, 24, was the first British champion in the Formula 3000 series in 2001. Wilson was in line to replace under-performing Yoong for two races last season but was unable to fit his six-foot three-inch frame into the car and his compatriot Anthony Davidson got the drive. Wilson tested with Jordan at Silverstone in October 2001 and, despite the problem with the 2002 Minardi, managed to get some laps in a different Minardi car earlier this year. espn.go.com /rpm/f1/2002/1217/1478456.html   (571 words)

rpm.espn.com: Justin Wilson The Good: Unable to find an F1 ride despite winning the 2001 Formula 3000 championship (with three wins), Justin Wilson competed in the Telefonica World Series, a single-seater category based mostly in Spain. What needs to be done: Wilson needs to show that he is so talented that other F1 teams will be willing to hire him despite his height and, like Minardi did this season, make a car that he can fit in comfortably and legally. Share your thoughts on Wilson's prospects for his first season in F1. espn.go.com /rpm/f1/spot02/jwilson.html   (320 words)

Auto Racing Articles: Nascar Online, Nascar News, Auto Racing, Nascar, Racing, History Of Nascar, Nascar Odds, Nascar History, Dale Earnhardt Jr., Jeff Gordon, Nascar 2005, Tony Stewart, Ryan Newman, Matt Kenseth Today Prost Grand Prix announced that it has entered partnership agreements with F3 Team RC Motorsport and Formula Renault Team Cram Competition, starting with the 2001 season. Prost Grand Prix is also involved in Formula 3000 with its own team. By forging these new alliances the team continues in its strategy of developing talented young drivers, aiming at helping them grow progressively and move up to the pinnacle of the sport, Formula One. www.racingone.com /article.asp?artnum=5422   (273 words)

Enrique Bernoldi - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia However, in 2000 Sauber signed up Kimi Räikkönen for the 2001 season and Bernoldi's hopes went down. In 1999 Bernoldi moved to Formula 3000 and began to do some testing for Sauber, in the hopes of ending a Formula One drive with them. Enrique Bernoldi (born 19 October 1978 in Curitiba, Brazil) was a Formula One driver who raced for the Arrows team. en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Enrique_Bernoldi   (273 words)

RFM Front Page News TORONTO, Canada (July 11, 2004)-- With a year of Formula One under his belt, and having won the 2001 FIA Formula 3000 Championship, the 'rookie' designation is a little misplaced next to Justin Wilson's name on the Champcar World Series roster. Despite relative success with Minardi, and a mid-season move to Jaguar's mid-field team, Justin was unable to secure a ride in Formula 1 for 2004. That is certainly not the case in Champcar, with both Justin and Conquest moving steadily towards their goal of winning races - and a Championship. www.rfmsports.com /CART/Specials/CARTspecials.wilson.html   (872 words)

Ernesto Jose Viso - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia He will race in the 2005 GP2 Series for the BCN Competicion team, having driven in part of the Formula 3000 season of 2004. Viso's career started in karting back in 1993, where he stayed until 2001 when he moved to US Barber Formula Dodge East, becoming champion with confidence. Ernesto Jose Viso is a race car driver born in Caracas, Venezuela on the 19th of March 1985. en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Ernesto_Jose_Viso   (872 words)

BMW WILLIAMSF1 TEAM TO TEST GIORGIO PANTANO AND VITANTONIO LIUZZ - RacingWest Pantano will be joined by fellow countryman, 21-year-old Antonio Liuzzi, who completed a strong season in the German F3 Championship with Team Red Bull BSR, after finishing runner-up in the 2001 German Formula Renault Championship, as well as claiming the FIA/CIK Karting World title in the same year. Giorgio Pantano, the 23-year-old driver from Padova, Italy, was the runner up in the FIA International Formula 3000 Championship in 2002 with Coloni. The BMW WilliamsF1 Team today confirmed that Giorgio Pantano and Vitantonio Liuzzi would conduct testing duties for the team at the forthcoming Valencia test, commencing on November 26. www.racingwest.com /news/story.php3/5473/index.htm   (872 words)

Christian Fittipaldi - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Fittipaldi graduated to Formula One following a Formula 3000 championship winning season in 1991. Christian was a highly rated young racing driver in the early 1990s, who drove 40 Grand Prix for Minardi and Footwork between 1992 and 1994. He had one final crack at F1 in 1994 driving for the Footwork team, scoring two 4th places. en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Christian_Fittipaldi   (418 words)

TEAMS GAIN SPEED AT KENTUCKY TEST; FIRESTONE TESTS TWO TEAMS AT - RacingWest Meira spent the 2001 season in the European Formula 3000 series. Meira completed 72 laps in the No. 2 Menards/Johns Manville/Pittsburgh Paints Dallara/Chevrolet/Firestone for Team Menard under the eye of Mark Bridges, technical manager for the Indy Racing League. In addition to the Meira, some of the top drivers in the Indy Racing League tested July 31 at Kentucky in preparation for the Belterra Casino Indy 300 on Aug. 11. www.racewest.com /news/story.php3/4700   (418 words)

Mark Webber - About - 2001 Team Details After a highly successful first season, Super Nova Racing then finished first and second in the 1995 FIA Formula 3000 Championship in their Cosworth powered Reynard with Vincenzo Sospiri and Ricardo Rosset. Italian Vincenzo Sospiri and Brazilian Ricardo Rosset took their Reynard 95Ds across the line in the first place on no fewer than five occasions (Silverstone, Barcelona, Pau, Enna-Pergusa and Spa Francorchamps) er route to claiming first and second places in the championship with one round of the series remaining. David Sears has an outstanding reputation for extracting the best out of his team, and his ability to maximise a driver's talent and focus his mind is renowned within the motor racing fraternity. www.markwebber.com /about/season_details_2001.cfm   (1245 words)

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