2003 Hungaroring F3000 round

The 2003 Hungaroring F3000 round was a motor racing event held on 23 August 2003 at the Hungaroring, Mogyoród, Hungary. It was the penultimate round of the 2003 International Formula 3000 Championship, and was held in support of the 2003 Hungarian Grand Prix.

2003 Hungaroring F3000 round
Race 9 of 10 in the 2003 International Formula 3000 Championship
Race details
Date	23 August 2003
Course	Permanent racing facility
Course length	4.381 km (2.722 miles)
Distance	35 laps, 153.440 km (95.347 miles)
Pole position
Driver	Vitantonio Liuzzi	Red Bull Junior Team F3000
Time	1:36.092
Fastest lap
Driver	Patrick Friesacher	Red Bull Junior Team F3000
Time	1:36.809 on lap 20
Podium
First	Patrick Friesacher	Red Bull Junior Team F3000
Second	Björn Wirdheim	Arden International
Third	Townsend Bell	Arden International

Björn Wirdheim and Patrick Friesacher

Vitantonio Liuzzi

This was the first Formula 3000 race to feature been introduced mandatory pit stop.^[1]

Classification

Qualifying

Pos.	No.	Driver	Team	Time	Gap	Grid
1	16	Vitantonio Liuzzi	Red Bull Junior Team F3000	1:36.092		1
2	9	Giorgio Pantano	Durango	1:36.563	+0.471	2
3	17	Patrick Friesacher	Red Bull Junior Team F3000	1:36.614	+0.522	3
4	2	Townsend Bell	Arden International	1:36.621	+0.529	4
5	1	Björn Wirdheim	Arden International	1:36.649	+0.557	5
6	3	Ricardo Sperafico	Coloni Motorsport	1:36.655	+0.563	6
7	14	Jaroslav Janiš	Superfund ISR - Charouz	1:36.656	+0.564	7
8	6	Enrico Toccacelo	Super Nova Racing	1:36.879	+0.787	8
9	4	Zsolt Baumgartner	Coloni Motorsport	1:36.881	+0.789	9
10	11	Tony Schmidt	Team Astromega	1:37.272	+1.180	10
11	10	Raffaele Giammaria	Durango	1:37.828	+1.736	11
12	19	Giovanni Berton	BCN F3000	1:38.788	+2.696	12
13	5	Sam Hancock	Super Nova Racing	1:38.833	+2.741	13
14	18	Ferdinando Monfardini	BCN F3000	1:39.358	+3.266	14
Lähde:[2]

Race

Pos	No	Driver	Team	Laps	Time/Retired	Grid	Points
1	17	Patrick Friesacher	Red Bull Junior Team F3000	35	58:02.294	3	10
2	1	Björn Wirdheim	Arden International	35	+23.745	5	8
3	2	Townsend Bell	Arden International	35	+24.306	4	6
4	9	Giorgio Pantano	Durango	35	+26.440	2	5
5	14	Jaroslav Janiš	Superfund ISR - Charouz	35	+27.081	7	4
6	10	Raffaele Giammaria	Durango	35	+32.089	11	3
7	6	Enrico Toccacelo	Super Nova Racing	35	+37.500	8	2
8	11	Tony Schmidt	Team Astromega	35	+39.963	10	1
9	16	Vitantonio Liuzzi	Red Bull Junior Team F3000	35	+51.899	1
10	19	Giovanni Berton	BCN F3000	34	+1 lap	12
11	5	Sam Hancock	Super Nova Racing	34	+1 lap	13
Ret	18	Ferdinando Monfardini	BCN F3000	30	Retired	14
Ret	3	Ricardo Sperafico	Coloni Motorsport	11	Retired	6
DNS	4	Zsolt Baumgartner	Coloni Motorsport	0	Did not start	9
Lähde:[3]

Standings after the event

Drivers' Championship standings Pos. Driver Points 1 Björn Wirdheim 68 1 2 Giorgio Pantano 41 1 3 Ricardo Sperafico 37 4 Vitantonio Liuzzi 34 5 Enrico Toccacelo 29

Teams' Championship standings Pos. Team Points 1 Arden International 85 2 Red Bull Junior Team F3000 62 3 Durango 55 4 Coloni Motorsport 43 5 Superfund ISR - Charouz 31

• Note: Only the top five positions are included for both sets of standings.

See also

• 2003 Hungarian Grand Prix