NICOLAS KIESA JOINS FORMULA 1 MINARDI TEAM
(AUG 3, 2003)

2003 INTERNATIONAL FORMULA 3000 CHAMPIONSHIP

2003 RACE RESULTS

• Round 1, 19 April San Marino, Imola  - won by Bjorn Wirdheim

• Round 2, 3 May Spain, Barcelona - won by Giorgio Pantano

• Round 3, 17 May Austria, A1-Ring - won by Ricardo Sperafico

• Round 4, 31 May Monaco, Monte Carlo - won by Nicolas Kiesa

• Round 5, 28 June Europe, Nurburgring - won by Enrico Toccacelo

• Round 6, 5 July France, Magny-Cours - won by Giorgio Pantano

• Round 7, 19 July Britain, Silverstone - won by Bjorn Wirdheim

• Round 8, 2 August Germany, Hockenheim - won by Ricardo Sperafico

• Round 9, 23 August Hungary, Hungaroring - won by Patrick Friesacher

• Round 10, 13 September Italy, Monza - won by Bjorn Wirdheim (3rd win)

RACE SCHEDULE:

• FRI QUALIFYING
• SAT RACE

2003 DRIVER CHANGES:

• 2 American drivers: Bell and Hill
• Townsend Bell joins Arden; Bell is Indy Lights champion and ex CART driver
• Derek Hill joins Super Nova
• Nicolas Minassian returns; he was championship runner-up in 2000 to Bruno Junqueira
• Gary Paffett joins from German F3
• Robbie Kerr joins the new DEN BLA AVIS team; Kerr is the 2002 British F3 champion
• SCANDINAVIAN DRIVERS
• Bjorn Wirdheim, Sweden
• Nicolas Kiesa, Denmark

LAST SEASON:

• CHAMPIONSHIP WON BY Sebastien Bourdais
• 2002 SEASON
• 2002 RESULTS
• 2002 STANDING:
• 1 Sebastien Bourdais, FRA, SUPER NOVA, 56 points , 3 wins
• 2 Giorgio Pantano, ITA, Coloni, 53 points, 3 wins
• 3 Tomas Enge, CZE, Arden, 48 point, 3 wins

CHASSIS: 2002 Lola B2/50
ENGINE: Zytec 3 litre V8, 470 BHP
PREFORMANCE: 0-100 kph 3.1 second; 290 kph top speed
TYRES: AVON, same size as F1
DIMEMSION: same as F1
TRANSMISSION: 6 speed sequential Lola/Hewland

2003 F3000 TEAM / DRIVER LIST

• ARDEN:
  • Townsend Bell , USA, age 28
  • Bjorn Wirdheim, SWE, age 23
• ASTROMEGA:
  • Tony Schmidt, GER, age 23
• BCN: NEW TEAM
  • Valerio Scassellati
  • Rob Nguyen, AUS, age 23
• BRAND: NEW TEAM
  • Nicolas Minassian, FRA, age 30
  • Gary Paffett, UK, age 22
• COLONI:
  • Ricardo Sperafico, BRA, age 24
  • Zsolt Baumgartner, HUN, age 22
• DEN BLA AVIS: NEW TEAM
  • Nicolas Kiesa, DEN, age 25
  • Robbie Kerr, UK
• DURANGO:
  • Giorgio Pantano, ITA, age 24
  • Raffaele Gianmaria, ITA, age 26
• PSM - ISR - CHAROUZ:
  • Jaroslav Janis, CZE, age 20
  • Yannick Schroeder, FRA, age 24
• RED BULL JUNIOR:
  • Patrick Friesacher, AUT, age 23
  • Vitantonio Liuzzi, ITA, age 22
• SUPER NOVA: (Jordan Junior team)
  • Enrico Toccacelo, ITA, 25
  • Derek Hill, USA, age 28
  • MANAGEMENT: DAVID SEARS