2007 Italian Formula Three Championship

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The 2007 Italian Formula Three Championship was the 43rd Italian Formula Three Championship season. It began on 1 April at Adria and ended on 21 October at Monza after 16 races.

With victories at Adria, Misano, Vallelunga and Autodromo Nazionale Monza, Paolo Maria Nocera of Lucidi Motors finished the season as champion. He finished 21 points clear of Europa Corse driver Efisio Marchese, who won three races during the season. Third place went to Alan Racing driver Pablo Sánchez López, who also took three victories at Misano, Mugello, and Varano. Fourth place in the championship was claimed by Corbetta Competizioni's Mirko Bortolotti, who won the race at Mugello, while fifth went to his team-mate Fabrizio Crestani.

Teams and drivers[edit]

All teams were Italian-registered and all cars competed on Michelin tyres.

Entry List[1]
Team No Driver Chassis Engine Rounds
Campionato Nazionale
Corbetta Competizioni 3 Argentina Augusto Scalbi Dallara F304 Spiess-Opel All
4 Italy Fabrizio Crestani Dallara F304 Spiess-Opel All
16 Italy Mirko Bortolotti Dallara F304 Spiess-Opel All
Lucidi Motors 5 Italy Nicola de Marco Dallara F304 Spiess-Opel All
6 Italy Paolo Maria Nocera Dallara F304 Spiess-Opel All
Europa Corse 7 Italy Efisio Marchese Dallara F304 Spiess-Opel All
N.T. 9 Italy Jacopo Faccioni Dallara F304 Spiess-Opel All
Team Ghinzani 11 Italy Paolo Bossini Dallara F304 Mugen-Honda All
12 Italy Giuseppe Termine Dallara F304 Mugen-Honda All
Alan Racing 14 Mexico Pablo Sánchez López Dallara F304 Spiess-Opel 1–2, 4–8
15 Russia Sergey Mokshantsev Dallara F304 Spiess-Opel 8
Trofeo Nazionale CSAI
Europa Corse 51 Italy Matteo Cozzari Dallara F302 Spiess-Opel All
System Team 52 Italy Gianpiero Negrotti Dallara F303 Spiess-Opel 1–4, 8
85 Italy Dino Lusuardi Dallara F301 Fiat 1–6
89 Italy Massimo Ballestri Dallara F394 Fiat 2
Facondini Racing 53 Italy Molin Pradel Dallara F302 Spiess-Opel 2
Lido Corse 61 Italy Luciano Baldazzi Dallara F301 Spiess-Opel 1–6, 8
Beelspeed 83 Italy Mauro Brozzi Dallara F394 Fiat 1–6
87 Italy Carlo Bendinelli Dallara F301 Spiess-Opel 3–4, 6–7
88 Italy Antonio Vizzaccaro Dallara F394 Fiat 3
91 Italy Luigi Folloni Dallara F394 Fiat 1–2, 4–7
Team Cherubini 92 Italy Federico del Rosso Dallara F398 Spiess-Opel All
93 Italy Antonio di Venere Dallara F398 Fiat 1
Italy Marco Cencetti Dallara F398 Fiat 2–6
94 Italy Salvatore Cardullo Dallara F398 Spiess-Opel 3–6, 8

Calendar[edit]

All rounds were held in Italy.

Round Circuit Date Pole Position Fastest Lap Winning driver Winning team Trofeo winner
1 R1 Adria International Raceway 1 April Italy Paolo Maria Nocera Italy Efisio Marchese Italy Paolo Maria Nocera Lucidi Motors Italy Mauro Brozzi
R2 Italy Paolo Maria Nocera Italy Efisio Marchese Italy Paolo Maria Nocera Lucidi Motors Italy Matteo Cozzari
2 R1 Misano World Circuit 7 June Italy Fabrizio Crestani Italy Fabrizio Crestani Italy Paolo Maria Nocera Lucidi Motors Italy Marco Cencetti
R2 8 June Italy Fabrizio Crestani Mexico Pablo Sánchez López Mexico Pablo Sánchez López Alan Racing Italy Massimo Ballestri
3 R1 Autodromo dell'Umbria, Magione 7 July Italy Efisio Marchese Italy Efisio Marchese Italy Efisio Marchese Europa Corse Italy Mauro Brozzi
R2 Italy Efisio Marchese Italy Efisio Marchese Italy Efisio Marchese Europa Corse Italy Matteo Cozzari
4 R1 Mugello Circuit 20 July Mexico Pablo Sánchez López Italy Mirko Bortolotti Italy Fabrizio Crestani Corbetta Competizioni Italy Matteo Cozzari
R2 Mexico Pablo Sánchez López Mexico Pablo Sánchez López Italy Fabrizio Crestani Corbetta Competizioni Italy Matteo Cozzari
5 R1 Mugello Circuit 31 August Italy Mirko Bortolotti Italy Paolo Maria Nocera Italy Mirko Bortolotti Corbetta Competizioni Italy Matteo Cozzari
R2 1 September Italy Mirko Bortolotti Italy Nicola de Marco Mexico Pablo Sánchez López Alan Racing Italy Matteo Cozzari
6 R1 Autodromo Riccardo Paletti, Varano 13 September Italy Efisio Marchese Italy Efisio Marchese Italy Efisio Marchese Europa Corse Italy Marco Cencetti
R2 14 September Mexico Pablo Sánchez López Mexico Pablo Sánchez López Mexico Pablo Sánchez López Alan Racing no finishers
7 R1 ACI Vallelunga Circuit 27 September Italy Paolo Maria Nocera Italy Paolo Maria Nocera Italy Paolo Maria Nocera Lucidi Motors Italy Federico del Rosso
R2 28 September Italy Nicola de Marco Italy Fabrizio Crestani Italy Fabrizio Crestani Corbetta Competizioni Italy Luigi Folloni
8 R1 Autodromo Nazionale Monza 18 October Italy Paolo Maria Nocera Italy Fabrizio Crestani Italy Paolo Maria Nocera Lucidi Motors Italy Matteo Cozzari
R2 19 October Italy Paolo Maria Nocera Italy Paolo Maria Nocera Italy Paolo Maria Nocera Lucidi Motors no finishers

Standings[edit]

  • Points are awarded as follows:
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 PP FL
10 8 6 5 4 3 2 1 1 1
Pos Driver ADR MIS MAG MUG MUG VAR VAL MNZ Pts
Campionato Nazionale
1 Italy Paolo Maria Nocera 1 1 1 12 5 4 DSQ 4 Ret 2 2 2 1 2 1 1 114
2 Italy Efisio Marchese 2 2 6 5 1 1 5 8 4 4 1 3 7 6 Ret 3 93
3 Mexico Pablo Sánchez López DSQ 4 2 1 3 6 2 1 3 1 Ret 3 3 Ret 84
4 Italy Mirko Bortolotti 3 5 5 4 2 2 2 2 1 8 10 10 3 5 12 5 81
5 Italy Fabrizio Crestani Ret 3 3 2 4 8 1 1 Ret Ret 17 5 Ret 1 2 Ret 73
6 Italy Nicola de Marco 5 7 8 3 3 3 4 3 3 3 4 4 4 Ret 8 Ret 67
7 Italy Giuseppe Termine 4 6 4 6 Ret 6 Ret 5 6 Ret 5 6 2 7 5 4 52
8 Argentina Augusto Scalbi 7 8 9 8 7 5 8 9 5 5 7 7 Ret 4 4 2 42
9 Italy Paolo Bossini 6 10 7 7 6 7 6 7 7 6 6 8 6 9 6 6 35
10 Italy Jacopo Faccioni 8 9 Ret 9 9 9 9 11 10 9 8 9 5 8 13 Ret 11
Russia Sergey Mokshantsev Ret Ret 0
Trofeo Nazionale CSAI
1 Italy Matteo Cozzari 10 11 DNS DNS 10 10 7 10 8 7 11 DNS Ret Ret 7 DNS 47
2 Italy Luciano Baldazzi 11 DNS 12 DNS 11 DNS 10 Ret 12 DNS 13 Ret 9 Ret 21
3 Italy Mauro Brozzi 9 DNS DNS DNS 8 Ret Ret 12 11 DNS 17
4 Italy Federico del Rosso 13 DNS 11 DNS 12 DNS 12 DNS 14 DNS 12 DNS 8 DNS DNS DNS 17
5 Italy Marco Cencetti 10 DNS Ret DNS Ret DNS 9 DNS 9 DNS 14
6 Italy Luigi Folloni 15 DNS 16 DNS 13 14 DNS DNS DNS DNS 9 10 12
7 Italy Gianpiero Negrotti Ret 12 15 11 14 13 15 DNS 11 DNS 12
8 Italy Dino Lusuardi 12 DNS 13 DNS 15 11 11 DNS 13 DNS 15 DNS 12
9 Italy Carlo Bendinelli 17 12 14 13 14 Ret DNS DNS 7
10 Italy Massimo Ballestri 14 10 6
11 Italy Salvatore Cardullo 13 DNS DNS DNS 15 DNS 16 DNS 10 DNS 4
12 Italy Antonio di Venere 14 DNS 0
13 Italy Antonio Vizzaccaro 16 Ret 0
14 Italy Molin Pradel 17 DSQ 0
Pos Driver ADR MIS MAG MUG MUG VAR VAL MNZ Pts
Colour Result
Gold Winner
Silver Second place
Bronze Third place
Green Points finish
Blue Non-points finish
Non-classified finish (NC)
Purple Retired (Ret)
Red Did not qualify (DNQ)
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)

Bold – Pole
Italics – Fastest Lap

References[edit]

  1. ^ "Entrylist: Italian Formula 3 Championship – Season 2007". Speedsport Magazine. Retrieved 12 February 2012.

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