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	Chassis	Engine	Rounds
Championship Class
Manor Motorsport	1	Antônio Pizzonia	Dallara F399	Mugen-Honda	All
	2	Juan Manuel López	Dallara F399	Mugen-Honda	1–9
	2	Westley Barber	Dallara F399	Mugen-Honda	11–14
Stewart Racing	3	Narain Karthikeyan	Dallara F399	Mugen-Honda	All
Stewart Racing	4	Tomas Scheckter	Dallara F399	Mugen-Honda	All
Promatecme UK	5	Matthew Davies	Dallara F399	Renault Sodemo	All
Promatecme UK	6	Andy Priaulx	Dallara F399	Renault Sodemo	All
Fortec Motorsport	7	Michael Bentwood	Dallara F399	Mugen-Honda	All
Fortec Motorsport	8	Gianmaria Bruni	Dallara F399	Mugen-Honda	All
Carlin Motorsport	9	Takuma Sato	Dallara F300	Mugen-Honda	All
	10	Ben Collins	Dallara F399	Mugen-Honda	All
	20	Rob Austin	Dallara F300	Mugen-Honda	13
RC Motorsport	11	Miloš Pavlović	Dallara F300	Spiess-Opel	All
RC Motorsport	12	Nicolas Kiesa	Dallara F300	Spiess-Opel	All
Alan Docking Racing	15	Westley Barber	Dallara F300	Mugen-Honda	1–9
	15	Marcos Ambrose	Dallara F300	Mugen-Honda	10–14
	16	Tor Sriachavanon	Dallara F399	Mugen-Honda	All
Rowan Racing	17	Martin O'Connell	Dallara F300	Mugen-Honda	All
Rowan Racing	18	Warren Carway	Dallara F399	Mugen-Honda	All
Team Avanti	22	Andrew Kirkaldy	Dallara F300	Spiess-Opel	4–14
Invitation Entries
JB Motorsport	31	Val Hillebrand	Dallara F300	Spiess-Opel	13
JB Motorsport	32	Nicolas Stelandre	Dallara F300	Spiess-Opel	13
ASM Elf	33	Tiago Monteiro	Dallara F300	Renault Sodemo	13
ASM Elf	34	Tristan Gommendy	Dallara F300	Renault Sodemo	13
Scholarship Class
Rowan Racing	51	Christian Colombo	Dallara F398	Mugen-Honda	All
Hopkins Motorsport	52	Philip Hopkins	Dallara F398	Spiess-Opel	1–10, 14
Hopkins Motorsport	52	Enzo Buscaglia	Dallara F398	Spiess-Opel	11–13
Team Parker F3	53	Julian Westwood	Dallara F398	Mugen-Honda	13–14
ME Motorsport	54	Craig Fleming	Dallara F398	Mugen-Honda	1–10
		Rob Austin	Dallara F398	Mugen-Honda	12
		Matthew Gilmore	Dallara F398	Mugen-Honda	14
Team Meritus	55	Atsushi Katsumata	Dallara F398	TOM'S Toyota	All
	56	Marcel Romanio	Dallara F398	TOM'S Toyota	2–6
	56	Enzo Buscaglia	Dallara F398	TOM'S Toyota	10
Fred Goddard Racing	61	Gary Paffett	Dallara F398	Renault Sodemo	All
Diamond Racing	66	Ryan Walker	Dallara F398	Mugen-Honda	All
Diamond Racing	77	Mark Mayall	Dallara F398	Mugen-Honda	All

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	Donington Park	7 May	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	Donington Park GP	2 July	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	Second place
Bronze	Third place
Green	Points finish
Blue	Non-points finish
Blue	Non-classified finish (NC)
Purple	Retired (Ret)
Red	Did not qualify (DNQ)
Red	Did not pre-qualify (DNPQ)
Black	Disqualified (DSQ)
White	Did not start (DNS)
	Withdrew (WD)
	Race cancelled (C)
Blank	Did not practice (DNP)
	Did not arrive (DNA)
	Excluded (EX)

References

^ "Green Flag British F3 Championship 2000". Driver Database. Retrieved 28 July 2012.

External links

[1] "Green Flag British F3 Championship 2000". Driver Database. Retrieved 28 July 2012.

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