F2 News

Just two years after lifting the team and drivers' championships, Nordic Racing has confirmed that it will not be contesting the 2003 FIA F3000 series.

Brand Motorsports has announced the recruitment of Nordic Racing chief race engineer Brad Joyce, bringing yet another top F3000 engineer to the team and further outlining its ambitious plans for the 2003 FIA F3000 Championship.

Lola Cars' new Formula Nippon chassis made a solid debut appearance at a cold and blustery Snetterton circuit late last week, with test driver Richard Lyons racking up 65 trouble-free laps in the carbon-black B3/51.

Last week the Roman track of Vallelunga reverberated to the sound of some thirty-eight drivers from some twelve different countries having a go with the 500 bhp of a contemporary F3000 car from the Euro series.

Red Bull F1 Driver Search winner Joel Nelson will race in the 2003 Euro 3000 championship with John Village Automotive [JVA], programme officials announced last night.

Brand Motorsports has recruited top race engineer Gary Davies from champions Arden International to lead its assault on the 2003 FIA Formula 3000 International Championship.

The first significant move in the 2003 F3000 driver market was completed today [Monday], with confirmation that Coloni Motorsport has signed Zsolt Baumgartner to race one of its two entries next season.

Following the FIA's decision yesterday to quash Coloni Motorsports appeal made against both Arden cars in Monza, the Banbury based team have been confirmed as 2002 F3000 Team Champions.

Tomas Enge has lost the 2002 FIA F3000 Championship title he fought for in a three-way battle at Monza, after the World Motor Sport Council stripped him of the ten points he won in Hungary the month before.

The FIA F3000 scene will be without the distinctive Petrobras livery from next year, following decisions in the company's native Brazil to pull the plug on some motorsport sponsorship.

An exciting race with both Petrobras Junior Team drivers finishing in the points bought to a close the 2002 Formula 3000 International Championship today at Monza.

European Minardi F3000 drivers Kristian Kolby and Justin Keen experienced what can only be described as a "character-building" weekend during the final FIA F3000 International Championship round of the year at the Monza circuit.

PSM Racing line had a frustrated and busy weekend in Hungary for round 10 of the FIA Formula 3000 Championship. Nicolas Kiesa's race ended before it started with a misfire on the parade lap whilst Tony Schmidt was suffering from his dramatic accident in qualifying.

Team Astromega had a frustrating time in the latest round of the FIA Formula 3000 Championship at the Hungaroring, near Budapest, despite both its drivers showing a fair turn of speed.

Tomas Enge took the lead of the FIA F3000 Championship with victory in a Hungaroring race that was run-of-the-mill except for the first and last five laps.

Nicolas Kiesa and Tony Schmidt looked on schedule to score the teams first points of the season at the new Hockenheim circuit for round 9 of the FIA Formula 3000 Championship.

In common with the rest of the competitors in the FIA International F3000 Championship, European Minardi drivers Alex Muller and Alex Sperafico experienced first-hand today the unpredictable nature of British weather as they progressed through Friday's two 45-minute practice and qualifying sessio

After a few days since the Monza official test last week, the Coloni team came to the newly modified Nurburgring circuit for the 6th round of the FIA F.3000 championship this weekend.

European Minardi F3000 announced at the Nurburgring that it will compete in all remaining rounds of the 2002 series.

Irish girl Sarah Kavanagh has relaunched her innovative fundraising scheme in an attempt to land one of the FIA F3000 seats she feels will be vacated by late summer.

Alex Muller's maiden appearance in the FIA F3000 points table was short-lived, after race stewards in Monaco penalised him for contact with rival Ricardo Mauricio.

Sebastien Bourdais won his second FIA F3000 race by leading from lights to flag at the Autodromo Enzo e Dino Ferrari this afternoon [Saturday].

Sebastien Bourdais and Tiago Monteiro produced a fantastic qualifying session in wet conditions for the Super Nova team, as the Frenchman secured back-to-back pole positions in the FIA F3000 series.

Robert Nguyen is the newest Australian on the international motorsport stage and, while much of the season's hype surrounds the likes of Mark Webber, Ryan Briscoe and James Courtney, is poised to make his debut in the FIA F3000 series this weekend.