2000 British Formula Three Championship

January 2024 2000 British Formula 3 International Series 1999 2001 thumb|right|2000 champion, Antônio Pizzonia The 2000 Green Flag British Formula 3 Championship was the 50th British Formula Three Championship season. It commenced on 26 March at Thruxton, and ended on 8 October at Silverstone after fourteen 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.http://www.driverdb.com/standings/16-2000/ Green Flag British F3 Championship 2000 Driver Database 28 July 2012 The scoring system was 20-15-12-10-8-6-4-3-2-1 points awarded to the first ten finishers, with 1 (one) extra point added to the driver who set the fastest lap of the race. All results counted towards the driver's final tally. 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 Chassis Engine Rounds Championship Class GBR Manor Motorsport 1 BRA Antônio Pizzonia Dallara F399 Mugen-Honda All 2 ARG Juan Manuel López Dallara F399 Mugen-Honda 1–9 GBR Westley Barber Dallara F399 Mugen-Honda 11–14 GBR Stewart Racing 3 IND Narain Karthikeyan Dallara F399 Mugen-Honda All 4 ZAF Tomas Scheckter Dallara F399 Mugen-Honda All GBR Promatecme UK 5 GBR Matthew Davies Dallara F399 Renault Sodemo All 6 GBR Andy Priaulx Dallara F399 Renault Sodemo All GBR Fortec Motorsport 7 GBR Michael Bentwood Dallara F399 Mugen-Honda All 8 ITA Gianmaria Bruni Dallara F399 Mugen-Honda All GBR Carlin Motorsport 9 JPN Takuma Sato Dallara F300 Mugen-Honda All 10 GBR Ben Collins Dallara F399 Mugen-Honda All 20 GBR Rob Austin Dallara F300 Mugen-Honda 13 ITA RC Motorsport 11 SCG Miloš Pavlović Dallara F300 Spiess-Opel All 12 DNK Nicolas Kiesa Dallara F300 Spiess-Opel All GBR Alan Docking Racing 15 GBR Westley Barber Dallara F300 Mugen-Honda 1–9 AUS Marcos Ambrose Dallara F300 Mugen-Honda 10–14 16 THA Tor Sriachavanon Dallara F399 Mugen-Honda All GBR Rowan Racing 17 GBR Martin O'Connell Dallara F300 Mugen-Honda All 18 IRL Warren Carway Dallara F399 Mugen-Honda All GBR Team Avanti 22 GBR Andrew Kirkaldy Dallara F300 Spiess-Opel 4–14 Invitation Entries BEL JB Motorsport 31 BEL Val Hillebrand Dallara F300 Spiess-Opel 13 32 BEL Nicolas Stelandre Dallara F300 Spiess-Opel 13 FRA ASM Elf 33 PRT Tiago Monteiro Dallara F300 Renault Sodemo 13 34 FRA Tristan Gommendy Dallara F300 Renault Sodemo 13 Scholarship Class GBR Rowan Racing 51 ITA Christian Colombo Dallara F398 Mugen-Honda All GBR Hopkins Motorsport 52 GBR Philip Hopkins Dallara F398 Spiess-Opel 1–10, 14 ITA Enzo Buscaglia Dallara F398 Spiess-Opel 11–13 GBR Team Parker F3 53 GBR Julian Westwood Dallara F398 Mugen-Honda 13–14 GBR ME Motorsport 54 GBR Craig Fleming Dallara F398 Mugen-Honda 1–10 GBR Rob Austin Dallara F398 Mugen-Honda 12 GBR Matthew Gilmore Dallara F398 Mugen-Honda 14 GBR Team Meritus 55 JPN Atsushi Katsumata Dallara F398 TOM'S Toyota All 56 BRA Marcel Romanio Dallara F398 TOM'S Toyota 2–6 ITA Enzo Buscaglia Dallara F398 TOM'S Toyota 10 GBR Fred Goddard Racing 61 GBR Gary Paffett Dallara F398 Renault Sodemo All GBR Diamond Racing 66 USA Ryan Walker Dallara F398 Mugen-Honda All 77 GBR Mark Mayall Dallara F398 Mugen-Honda All Results Round Circuit Date Pole Position Fastest Lap Winning Driver Winning Team Schorlaship Class Winner 1 GBR Thruxton Circuit 26 March ZAF Tomas Scheckter ZAF Tomas Scheckter BRA Antônio Pizzonia GBR Manor Motorsport GBR Gary Paffett 2 GBR Croft Circuit 9 April DNK Nicolas Kiesa ZAF Tomas Scheckter BRA Antônio Pizzonia GBR Manor Motorsport GBR Gary Paffett 3 GBR Oulton Park 30 April BRA Antônio Pizzonia BRA Antônio Pizzonia ZAF Tomas Scheckter GBR Stewart Racing GBR Gary Paffett 4 GBR Donington Park 7 May JPN Takuma Sato BRA Antônio Pizzonia GBR Ben Collins GBR Carlin Motorsport GBR Gary Paffett 5 ZAF Tomas Scheckter BRA Antônio Pizzonia ZAF Tomas Scheckter GBR Stewart Racing GBR Gary Paffett 6 GBR Silverstone International 21 May JPN Takuma Sato BRA Antônio Pizzonia JPN Takuma Sato GBR Carlin Motorsport GBR Gary Paffett 7 GBR Brands Hatch Indy 4 June GBR Ben Collins BRA Antônio Pizzonia BRA Antônio Pizzonia GBR Manor Motorsport GBR Gary Paffett 8 GBR Donington Park GP 2 July BRA Antônio Pizzonia ITA Gianmaria Bruni BRA Antônio Pizzonia GBR Manor Motorsport GBR Gary Paffett 9 DNK Nicolas Kiesa DNK Nicolas Kiesa DNK Nicolas Kiesa ITA RC Motorsport GBR Gary Paffett 10 GBR Croft Circuit 23 July JPN Takuma Sato JPN Takuma Sato JPN Takuma Sato GBR Carlin Motorsport GBR Gary Paffett 11 GBR Silverstone GP 20 August JPN Takuma Sato JPN Takuma Sato JPN Takuma Sato GBR Carlin Motorsport GBR Gary Paffett 12 GBR Snetterton Motor Racing Circuit 3 September BRA Antônio Pizzonia ZAF Tomas Scheckter BRA Antônio Pizzonia GBR Manor Motorsport JPN Atsushi Katsumata 13 BEL Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps 24 September JPN Takuma Sato JPN Takuma Sato PRT Tiago Monteiro FRA ASM Elf JPN Atsushi Katsumata 14 GBR Silverstone GP 8 October GBR Andy Priaulx JPN Takuma Sato JPN Takuma Sato GBR Carlin Motorsport GBR Gary Paffett Standings Pos Driver THRGBR CROGBR OULGBR DONGBR DONGBR SILGBR BRHGBR DONGBR DONGBR CROGBR SILGBR SNEGBR SPABEL SILGBR Pts 1 BRA Antônio Pizzonia 1 1 2 11 2 2 1 1 3 Ret 2 1 2 9 200 2 ZAF Tomas Scheckter 2 2 1 Ret 1 4 4 23 6 2 4 2 5 3 161 3 JPN Takuma Sato Ret 5 Ret Ret 9 1 2 3 9 1 1 6 21 1 129 4 IND Narain Karthikeyan 3 Ret 5 2 8 6 3 4 10 10 5 5 3 Ret 100 5 ITA Gianmaria Bruni 7 4 6 7 Ret 5 8 2 4 19 3 Ret 4 5 95 6 DNK Nicolas Kiesa 8 Ret Ret 5 7 3 12 6 1 3 10 Ret 6 11 77 7 GBR Michael Bentwood Ret 3 7 3 5 Ret 5 7 7 9 11 4 16 7 69 8 GBR Ben Collins Ret 8 21 1 15 8 Ret 8 Ret 4 6 3 Ret 4 67 9 GBR Andy Priaulx 5 9 3 9 3 Ret Ret 9 8 21 12 8 8 2 64 10 GBR Matthew Davies 4 Ret 4 Ret 4 DNS 9 11 19 11 7 7 7 Ret 47 11 SCG Miloš Pavlović 6 6 9 Ret 11 DNS 6 5 5 7 Ret Ret 15 Ret 41 12 GBR Martin O'Connell Ret Ret 8 6 6 9 7 10 12 12 8 11 10 8 32 13 GBR Andrew Kirkaldy 8 14 Ret Ret 13 2 6 13 Ret 9 Ret 28 14 GBR Westley Barber 10 7 12 10 12 19 11 18 10 11 6 17 15 AUS Marcos Ambrose 5 9 9 Ret 10 13 16 ARG Juan Manuel López 12 10 10 Ret 13 7 Ret 14 Ret 6 17 THA Tor Sriachavanon 11 18 14 Ret Ret 15 13 16 14 Ret 15 15 Ret 14 2 18 IRL Warren Carway 13 Ret 17 12 17 18 14 15 13 14 Ret 12 13 13 0 GBR Rob Austin Ret 0 Guest drivers ineligible for points PRT Tiago Monteiro 1 0 FRA Tristan Gommendy 12 0 BEL Val Hillebrand Ret 0 BEL Nicolas Stelandre Ret 0 Scholarship Class 1 GBR Gary Paffett 9 11 11 4 10 10 10 12 11 8 14 14 Ret 12 268 2 ITA Christian Colombo 14 Ret 19 DNQ 16 12 18 17 15 13 Ret 16 Ret 15 128 3 USA Ryan Walker Ret 15 15 15 20 14 16 18 17 15 Ret 17 19 17 122 4 JPN Atsushi Katsumata 15 12 Ret Ret 23 11 Ret 21 Ret 16 Ret 13 14 19 108 5 GBR Mark Mayall Ret 17 16 Ret 22 16 17 22 20 Ret 16 18 17 Ret 88 6 GBR Philip Hopkins 16 14 20 14 21 17 DNS 19 18 17 20 76 7 GBR Craig Fleming Ret 13 18 16 19 DNS 15 20 16 Ret 73 8 BRA Marcel Romanio 16 13 13 18 13 58 9 GBR Peter Nilsson 17 19 Ret 16 30 10 ITA Enzo Buscaglia 20 19 DNS 20 22 11 GBR Julian Westwood 18 18 20 12 GBR Matthew Gilmore 21 3 GBR Rob Austin Ret 0 Pos Driver THRGBR CROGBR OULGBR DONGBR DONGBR SILGBR BRHGBR DONGBR DONGBR CROGBR SILGBR SNEGBR SPABEL SILGBR Pts References External links The official website of the British Formula 3 Championship Category:British Formula Three Championship seasons Formula Three season British British Formula 3