Euro Formula 3000
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Auto GP, formerly known as both Euro Formula 3000 and Euroseries 3000, is a European formula racing
series.
The series' roots can be traced back to 1999, and the Italian Formula 3000 series, organised by Pierluigi Corbari, which used old Lola chassis with Zytek
engines. The teams used the Lola T96/50 in the first two years. At the beginning nearly all races were held in Italy
, but very quickly the series expanded and had venues in different European countries.
The series became European Formula 3000 in 2001. The next three years (2001–2003) saw the Lola B99/50 in use. For 2004, Superfund
became the series' title sponsor, planning to use a new car with a new set of regulations, named Formula Superfund, but the funding was pulled before the 2005 season got under way and the series was cancelled.
For 2005, Coloni Motorsport established an Italian national-level championship, using the Italian Formula 3000 name. In 2006, Coloni expanded this to form a new European championship named Euroseries 3000 with the Lola B02/50. The Italian series continued to run as part of Euroseries races.
In 2009, the organisers announced that the first-generation A1 Grand Prix cars
were allowed alongside the Lola F3000 chassis, replacing the old cars completely from 2010.
The championship itself will be rebranded for the 2010 season, with it adopting the Auto GP name. As well as that, the championship will offer a €200,000 prize fund at each of its six rounds.
Formula racing
Formula racing is a term that refers to various forms of open wheeled single seater motorsport. Its origin lies in the nomenclature that was adopted by the FIA for all of its post-World War II single seater regulations, or formulae. The best known of these formulæ are Formula One, Formula Two, and...
series.
The series' roots can be traced back to 1999, and the Italian Formula 3000 series, organised by Pierluigi Corbari, which used old Lola chassis with Zytek
Zytek
Zytek Group Ltd is an automotive and motorsport company founded in 1981 and based in Fradley and Repton, United Kingdom. Zytek Group has two main division: Zytek Automotive, which is based at Fradley, Staffordshire; and Zytek Engineering, which is based at Repton, Derbyshire.-Zytek Automotive:Zytek...
engines. The teams used the Lola T96/50 in the first two years. At the beginning nearly all races were held in Italy
Italy
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, but very quickly the series expanded and had venues in different European countries.
The series became European Formula 3000 in 2001. The next three years (2001–2003) saw the Lola B99/50 in use. For 2004, Superfund
Superfund Group
Superfund is a fund provider, specializing in managed futures, which is considered an alternative investment.The company's funds are held by at least 50,000 institutional and private investors worldwide. Superfund was founded in 1996 by Christian Baha in Vienna, Austria, and employs at least 430...
became the series' title sponsor, planning to use a new car with a new set of regulations, named Formula Superfund, but the funding was pulled before the 2005 season got under way and the series was cancelled.
For 2005, Coloni Motorsport established an Italian national-level championship, using the Italian Formula 3000 name. In 2006, Coloni expanded this to form a new European championship named Euroseries 3000 with the Lola B02/50. The Italian series continued to run as part of Euroseries races.
In 2009, the organisers announced that the first-generation A1 Grand Prix cars
A1 Grand Prix cars
The A1 Grand Prix car was a vehicle designed to compete in the A1 Grand Prix. The car was standardised for every team to provide a level playing field for competing nations. It was designed to reduce the volume of "dirty air", allowing drivers to close in on the car in front, encouraging...
were allowed alongside the Lola F3000 chassis, replacing the old cars completely from 2010.
The championship itself will be rebranded for the 2010 season, with it adopting the Auto GP name. As well as that, the championship will offer a €200,000 prize fund at each of its six rounds.
Champions
| Season | Series Name | Champion | Team Champion | Secondary Class Champion |
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| 1999 1999 Italian Formula 3000 season The 1999 Italian Formula 3000 season was contested over 7 rounds. 16 different teams and 27 different drivers competed. In this one-make formula all teams had to utilize Lola T96/50 chassis with Zytek engines.-Calendar:Note:... |
Italian Formula 3000 |  Giorgio VinellaGiorgio Vinella Giorgio Vinella is an Italian racing driver.-Career history:Vinella was champion in the 1999 Italian Formula 3000 season, winning two races for Team Martello. He also raced in in select races in the 2000 Italian Formula 3000 season. He drove for Coloni Motorsport in the 1998 International Formula... |
Team Martello |
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| 2000 2000 Italian Formula 3000 season The 2000 Italian Formula 3000 season was contested over 8 rounds. 13 different teams, 40 different drivers competed. In this one-make formula all teams had to utilize Lola T96/50 chassis with Zytek engines.-Calendar:Note:... |
Italian Formula 3000 |  Ricardo SperaficoRicardo Sperafico Ricardo Sperafico is a Brazilian racing driver.-Career:He resides in a family of racers, twin brother of Rodrigo, and with two cousins, Alexandre and the late Rafael. He began his career in Europe and won the Italian Formula 3000 series in 2000, before moving to International F3000 competition... |
 Arden Team RussiaArden International Arden International is an GP2 Series team, created by Christian Horner.Initially created to raise up Horner's career, and then reliant on sponsorship from Viktor Maslov, the team began to get good results and was the best team of Formula 3000 in its last years, showing new talents to motorsport... |
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| 2001 2001 Euro Formula 3000 season The 2001 Euro Formula 3000 season was contested over 8 rounds. 11 different teams, 30 different drivers competed. All teams raced with Lola T96/50 chassis with Zytek engines... |
Euro Formula 3000 | Felipe Massa Felipe Massa Felipe Massa is a Brazilian Formula One racing driver. He finished second in the Drivers' World Championship, and is under contract to race for Scuderia Ferrari until the end of the season.-Early years:... |
Draco Junior Team Draco Racing Draco Racing is a motorsports team from Italy. It currently operates in the World Series by Renault, but has also taken part in Formula Opel Lotus, International Formula 3000 and Euro Formula 3000.-Formula Opel Lotus Euroseries:... |
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| 2002 2002 Euro Formula 3000 season The 2002 Euro Formula 3000 season was scheduled over 10 rounds and contested over 9 rounds. 14 different teams, 35 different drivers competed. All teams raced with Lola T99/50 chassis with Zytek engines.-Calendar:Note:... |
Euro Formula 3000 | Jaime Melo, Jr. |
Team Great Wall |
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| 2003 2003 Euro Formula 3000 season The 2003 Euro Formula 3000 season was scheduled over 10 rounds and contested over 9 rounds. 10 different teams, 26 different drivers competed. All teams raced with Lola T99/50 chassis with Zytek engines.-Calendar:-Driver:... |
Euro Formula 3000 | Augusto Farfus Augusto Farfus Augusto Farfus Jr. is a Brazilian auto racing driver. He presently lives in Monaco.- Early years :Farfus first tasted racing in minibike races and won the local championships in 1991.... |
Draco Junior Team Draco Racing Draco Racing is a motorsports team from Italy. It currently operates in the World Series by Renault, but has also taken part in Formula Opel Lotus, International Formula 3000 and Euro Formula 3000.-Formula Opel Lotus Euroseries:... |
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| 2004 2004 Euro Formula 3000 season The 2004 Superfund Euro Formula 3000 season was contested over 10 rounds. 10 different teams and 25 different drivers competed. All teams raced with Lola chassis and Zytek engines.-Driver and Team Lineup:-Calendar:-Driver:... |
Superfund Euro Formula 3000 | Nicky Pastorelli Nicky Pastorelli Nicky Pastorelli is a Dutch race car driver.-Euro Formula 3000:In 2003 Pastorelli participated in Euro Formula 3000 for Scuderia Fama. He finished on the podium twice and placed 5th in the season championship.... |
Draco Junior Team Draco Racing Draco Racing is a motorsports team from Italy. It currently operates in the World Series by Renault, but has also taken part in Formula Opel Lotus, International Formula 3000 and Euro Formula 3000.-Formula Opel Lotus Euroseries:... |
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| 2005 2005 Italian Formula 3000 season The 2005 Trofeo Nazionale C.S.A.I. Formula 3000 Italia season was contested over 8 rounds. 9 different teams and 26 different drivers competed. In this one-make formula all drivers had to utilize Lola chassis and Zytek engines. This season also saw a Light Class running older Lola chassis and... |
Italian Formula 3000 | Luca Filippi Luca Filippi Luca Filippi is a racing driver who competes in single seaters in Europe.-Formula Renault:Filippi made the step out of karting in 2003, competing in Formula Renault 2.0 Italia, where he finished third in 2004 behind Pastor Maldonado and Kohei Hirate.-Formula 3000:Filippi stepped up to the Italian... |
FMS International |
Stefano Gattuso Stefano Gattuso Stefano Gattuso is an Italian racing driver. He has competed in such series as the Italian Formula Three Championship, the FIA GT Championship and the FIA GT3 European Championship. He was champion in the 2005 Italian Formula 3000 season in the Light Class Championship and also raced in the 2006... (Light Class) |
| 2006 2006 Euroseries 3000 season The 2006 Euroseries 3000 season was the eighth Euro Formula 3000 season. The series was won by Italian Giacomo Ricci for the FMS International team.-Teams and drivers:-Race calendar:* Races valid also towards the F3000 Italian Championship.... |
Euroseries 3000 | Giacomo Ricci Giacomo Ricci -Formula BMW:Ricci began his car racing career by driving in the German-based Formula BMW ADAC series in 2001 and 2002, with a best finish of seventh in the drivers' championship.-Formula Renault:... |
FMS International |
Giacomo Ricci Giacomo Ricci -Formula BMW:Ricci began his car racing career by driving in the German-based Formula BMW ADAC series in 2001 and 2002, with a best finish of seventh in the drivers' championship.-Formula Renault:... (Italian Formula 3000) |
| 2007 2007 Euroseries 3000 season The 2007 Euroseries 3000 season was the ninth Euro Formula 3000 season. Both series were won by Italian Davide Rigon who would go on to win the 2008 Superleague Formula season and compete in GP2.-Teams and drivers:-Race calendar:... |
Euroseries 3000 | Davide Rigon Davide Rigon Davide Rigon is an Italian racing driver.-Career:Starting out in Formula BMW ADAC in 2003, he progressed to the Italian Formula Renault Championship and Italian Formula Three... |
Minardi by GP Racing |
Davide Rigon Davide Rigon Davide Rigon is an Italian racing driver.-Career:Starting out in Formula BMW ADAC in 2003, he progressed to the Italian Formula Renault Championship and Italian Formula Three... (Italian Formula 3000) |
| 2008 2008 Euroseries 3000 season The 2008 Euroseries 3000 season was the tenth Euro Formula 3000 season. The main series was won by Frenchman Nicolas Prost.-Teams and drivers:-Race calendar:* Races valid also towards the F3000 Italian Championship.-Championship Standings:... |
Euroseries 3000 |  Nicolas ProstNicolas Prost Nicolas Jean Prost is a French-Armenian racing driver currently racing for A1 Team France in the A1 Grand Prix series, and for ELK Motorsport in the Euroseries 3000, which he won in 2008.-Career:... |
Bull Racing |
 Omar LealOmar Leal Ómar Julián Leal Covelli, commonly known as Julián Leal, is a professional racing driver from Colombia, although he has also competed with an Italian licence in the GP2 Series.-Formula Renault 2.0:... (Italian Formula 3000) |
| 2009 2009 Euroseries 3000 season The 2009 Euroseries 3000 season began on May 16 at the Autódromo Internacional do Algarve in Portugal and finished at Monza in Italy on October 18 after 14 races.... |
Euroseries 3000 |  Will BrattWill Bratt William Bratt is a British racing driver.-T Cars:After three years in Super 1 karting, Bratt moved into the T Cars series for drivers between fourteen and seventeen years old, in 2003. He finished fourth in the championship in his rookie season, winning a single race at Snetterton... |
FMS International |
Will Bratt Will Bratt William Bratt is a British racing driver.-T Cars:After three years in Super 1 karting, Bratt moved into the T Cars series for drivers between fourteen and seventeen years old, in 2003. He finished fourth in the championship in his rookie season, winning a single race at Snetterton... (Italian Formula 3000) |
| 2010 2010 Auto GP season The 2010 Auto GP season was the twelfth season of the former Euroseries 3000, and the first under its new name "Auto GP". The main sponsor of the series was PartyPoker.it... |
Auto GP | Romain Grosjean Romain Grosjean Romain Grosjean is a racing driver, who holds dual nationality from France and Switzerland, but competes under a French racing licence. He was the 2007 Formula Three Euroseries drivers' champion and the inaugural GP2 Asia Series champion and drove in Formula One in 2009... |
DAMS DAMS Driot-Arnoux Motorsport is a racing team from France, involved in many areas of motorsports. DAMS was founded in 1988 by Jean-Paul Driot and former Formula One driver René Arnoux. It is headquartered near Le Mans, only 2 km from the Bugatti Circuit.- History :The year after its foundation,... |
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| 2011 2011 Auto GP season The 2011 Auto GP season was the second year of the Auto GP, and the thirteenth season of the former Euroseries 3000. The championship began on 14 May at Monza and finished on 4 September at the Circuit Ricardo Tormo in Valencia, after seven double-header rounds.The series became part of the World... |
Auto GP | Kevin Ceccon Kevin Ceccon Kevin Ceccon is a professional racing driver from Italy.-Karting:Prior to his single–seater career, Ceccon enjoyed a long and successful spell in the junior karting ranks. In 2005 he achieved a fifth place in the Copa Campeones Trophy Junior class before finishing fourth in the Italian Open... |
DAMS DAMS Driot-Arnoux Motorsport is a racing team from France, involved in many areas of motorsports. DAMS was founded in 1988 by Jean-Paul Driot and former Formula One driver René Arnoux. It is headquartered near Le Mans, only 2 km from the Bugatti Circuit.- History :The year after its foundation,... |
Current system
Teams only score from their two highest placed cars. 46 points is the maximum possible haul for one driver in a race weekend.| 2011– Auto GP points system | ||||||||||||
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| Race | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | 5th | 6th | 7th | 8th | 9th | 10th | Pole Position | Fastest Lap |
| R1 | 25 | 18 | 15 | 12 | 10 | 8 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| R2 | 18 | 13 | 10 | 8 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 |
Previous points systems
| Previous Auto GP points system | |||||||||||
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| Years | Race | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | 5th | 6th | 7th | 8th | Pole Position | Fastest Lap |
| 2006–2010 | R1 | 10 | 8 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| R2 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 | ||||
| 2004–2005 | 10 | 8 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 1 | |||
| 1999–2003 | 10 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 1 | |||||