Round 1 of the 2000 FIA Formula 3000 International Championship was held in Imola, Italy on 8 April 2000. Bruno Junqueira started on pole position and Nicolas Minassian was the race winner. The race featured on the undercard of the 2000 San Marino Grand Prix.
Race Result
| Pos. | No. | Driver | Nationality | Team | Tyre | Laps | Race Time | Gap | Interval | Best Lap | Lap | Speed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 3 | Nicolas Minassian | France | D2 Playlife Super Nova | Avon | 42 | 1:11:06.160 | - | - | 1:40.856 | 36 | 174.633 |
| 2 | 6 | Bruno Junqueira | Brazil | Petrobras Junior Team | Avon | 42 | 1:11:08.404 | +2.244 | +2.244 | 1:41.028 | 5 | 174.542 |
| 3 | 25 | Mark Webber | Australia | European Arrows | Avon | 42 | 1:11:08.838 | +2.678 | +0.434 | 1:40.927 | 42 | 174.524 |
| 4 | 5 | Jaime Melo Jr. | Brazil | Petrobras Junior Team | Avon | 42 | 1:11:11.038 | +4.878 | +2.200 | 1:41.004 | 38 | 174.434 |
| 5 | 2 | Tomas Enge | Czech Republic | Mysap.com Team | Avon | 42 | 1:11:12.004 | +5.844 | +0.966 | 1:40.946 | 36 | 174.395 |
| 6 | 32 | Fabrizio Gollin | Italy | Coloni Motorsport | Avon | 42 | 1:11:22.271 | +16.111 | +10.267 | 1:41.032 | 36 | 173.976 |
| 7 | 1 | Stéphane Sarrazin | France | Mysap.com Team | Avon | 42 | 1:11:23.031 | +16.871 | +0.760 | 1:40.429 | 42 | 173.946 |
| 8 | 18 | Justin Wilson | Great Britain | Nordic Racing / Coca-Cola | Avon | 42 | 1:11:25.388 | +19.228 | +2.357 | 1:40.867 | 42 | 173.850 |
| 9 | 7 | Fernando Alonso | Spain | Team Astromega | Avon | 42 | 1:11:30.212 | +24.052 | +4.824 | 1:40.784 | 36 | 173.654 |
| 10 | 29 | Mario Haberfeld | Brazil | Fortec Motorsports | Avon | 42 | 1:11:40.624 | +34.464 | +10.412 | 1:41.395 | 37 | 173.234 |
| 11 | 22 | Kristian Kolby | Denmark | DAMS | Avon | 42 | 1:11:43.039 | +36.879 | +2.415 | 1:41.429 | 31 | 173.137 |
| 12 | 23 | Darren Manning | Great Britain | Arden Team Russia | Avon | 42 | 1:11:46.426 | +40.266 | +3.387 | 1:41.079 | 35 | 173.001 |
| 13 | 27 | Jeff van Hooydonk | Belgium | Witmeur Team KTR | Avon | 42 | 1:11:50.220 | +44.060 | +3.794 | 1:41.682 | 26 | 172.848 |
| 14 | 31 | Soheil Ayari | France | Coloni Motorsport | Avon | 42 | 1:11:53.910 | +47.750 | +3.690 | 1:41.426 | 36 | 172.700 |
| 15 | 17 | Kevin McGarrity | Great Britain | Nordic Racing / MobilCom | Avon | 42 | 1:12:01.341 | +55.181 | +7.431 | 1:40.571 | 35 | 172.403 |
| 16 | 12 | Bas Leinders | Belgium | Kid Jensen Racing | Avon | 42 | 1:12:11.004 | +1:04.844 | +9.663 | 1:40.924 | 36 | 172.019 |
| DNF | 9 | André Couto | Portugal | Gauloises Formula | Avon | 29 | 49:44.160 | 1:41.725 | 22 | 172.293 | ||
| DNF | 11 | Andrea Piccini | Italy | Kid Jensen Racing | Avon | 28 | 48:04.708 | 1:41.506 | 21 | 172.077 | ||
| DNF | 26 | Christijan Albers | Netherlands | European Arrows | Avon | 24 | 41:48.459 | 1:40.944 | 24 | 169.569 | ||
| DNF | 4 | David Saelens | Belgium | D2 Playlife Super Nova | Avon | 23 | 39:12.811 | 1:41.377 | 13 | 173.239 | ||
| DNF | 10 | Sebastien Bourdais | France | Gauloises Formula | Avon | 23 | 39:12.296 | 1:41.544 | 14 | 173.277 | ||
| DNF | 20 | Ananda Mikola | Indonesia | World Racing Team | Avon | 15 | 26:16.700 | 1:42.027 | 11 | 168.407 | ||
| DNF | 15 | Ricardo Maurício | Brazil | Red Bull Junior Team | Avon | 7 | 12:12.403 | 1:41.938 | 5 | 168.566 | ||
| DNF | 8 | Fabrice Walfisch | France | Team Astromega | Avon | 5 | 8:36.533 | 1:41.800 | 4 | 170.252 | ||
| DNF | 16 | Enrique Bernoldi | Brazil | Red Bull Junior Team | Avon | 3 | 7:00.363 | 1:42.575 | 2 | 124.709 | ||
| DNF | 21 | Franck Montagny | France | DAMS | Avon | |||||||
| DNQ | 19 | Hidetoshi Mitsusada | Japan | World Racing Team | Avon | |||||||
| DNQ | 28 | Yves Olivier | Belgium | Witmeur Team KTR | Avon | |||||||
| DNQ | 24 | Viktor Maslov | Russia | Arden Team Russia | Avon | |||||||
| DNQ | 30 | Andreas Scheld | Germany | Fortec Motorsports | Avon |