International Formula 3000 - Champions

Champions

For a complete list of drivers, see List of International Formula 3000 drivers.
Season Champion Driver Team Car Champion Team Car
1985 Christian Danner BS Automotive March 85B-Cosworth Not Awarded N/A
1986 Ivan Capelli Genoa Racing March 86B-Cosworth Not Awarded N/A
1987 Stefano Modena Onyx March 87B-Cosworth Not Awarded N/A
1988 Roberto Moreno Bromley Motorsport Reynard 88D-Cosworth Not Awarded N/A
1989 Jean Alesi Eddie Jordan Racing Reynard 89D-Mugen Not Awarded N/A
1990 Érik Comas DAMS Lola T90/50-Mugen Not Awarded N/A
1991 Christian Fittipaldi Pacific Racing Reynard 91D-Mugen Not Awarded N/A
1992 Luca Badoer Crypton Engineering Reynard 92D-Cosworth Not Awarded N/A
1993 Olivier Panis DAMS Reynard 93D-Cosworth Not Awarded N/A
1994 Jean-Christophe Boullion DAMS Reynard 94D-Cosworth Not Awarded N/A
1995 Vincenzo Sospiri Super Nova Racing Reynard 95D-Cosworth Not Awarded N/A
1996 Jörg Müller RSM Marko Lola T96/50-Zytek Not Awarded N/A
1997 Ricardo Zonta Super Nova Racing Lola T96/50-Zytek Not Awarded N/A
1998 Juan Pablo Montoya Super Nova Racing Lola T96/50-Zytek Not Awarded N/A
1999 Nick Heidfeld West Competition Lola T99/50-Zytek Not Awarded N/A
2000 Bruno Junqueira Petrobras Junior Team Lola T99/50-Zytek D2 Playlife Super Nova Lola T99/50-Zytek
2001 Justin Wilson Coca-Cola Nordic Racing Lola T99/50-Zytek Coca-Cola Nordic Racing Lola T99/50-Zytek
2002 Sébastien Bourdais Super Nova Racing Lola B02/50-Zytek Arden International Lola B02/50-Zytek
2003 Björn Wirdheim Arden International Lola B02/50-Zytek Arden International Lola B02/50-Zytek
2004 Vitantonio Liuzzi Arden International Lola B02/50-Zytek Arden International Lola B02/50-Zytek

Three past F3000 champions (Müller, Junqueira and Wirdheim) have never been entered in an F1 race. Bourdais, Fittipaldi, Junqueira, Montoya, Moreno, Wilson and Wirdheim have all raced in Champ Cars. Müller became a BMW driver in WTCC touring car racing after having been a test driver for the BMW-Williams F1 project in 1999 as well as a racer of the BMW V12 LMR Le Mans winner. Sospiri attempted to qualify for one Formula One race but failed to make it, as part of the disastrous MasterCard Lola team. Wirdheim has been third driver in practice sessions for Jaguar Racing, but has never participated in a race.

Three past F3000 champions have won an F1 Grand Prix: Alesi, Panis and Montoya (who also won the Indy 500 once). By taking the 2008 World Drivers Championship, Lewis Hamilton became the first ever European Formula Two, Formula 3000 or GP2 champion to become World Champion (although Alberto Ascari won the World Championship for two years running when all World Championship races apart from the Indianapolis 500 were run to Formula Two rules).

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