28 Sep FIA Formula 3000 International Championship 1997 Round 09 Mugello
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Round 9 of the 1997 FIA Formula 3000 International Championship was held at Mugello Circuit in Italy on 28 September 1997. Ricardo Zonta started on pole position and was the race winner.
Race Result
| Pos. | No. | Driver | Nationality | Team | Tyre | Laps | Race Time | Gap | Interval | Best Lap | Speed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 3 | Ricardo Zonta | Brazil | Super Nova Racing | Avon | 40 | 1:09:03.576 | - | - | 1:42.448 | 182.277 |
| 2 | 26 | Jason Watt | Denmark | Super Nova Racing | Avon | 40 | 1:09:19.080 | +15.504 | +15.504 | 1:42.607 | 181.597 |
| 3 | 2 | Juan Pablo Montoya | Colombia | RSM Marko | Avon | 40 | 1:09:20.956 | +17.380 | +1.876 | 1:42.735 | 181.515 |
| 4 | 12 | Max Wilson | Brazil | Edenbridge Racing | Avon | 40 | 1:09:34.793 | +31.217 | +13.837 | 1:42.905 | 180.914 |
| 5 | 4 | Laurent Redon | France | Super Nova Racing | Avon | 40 | 1:09:34.919 | +31.343 | +0.126 | 1:43.065 | 180.908 |
| 6 | 6 | Soheil Ayari | France | Team Astromega | Avon | 40 | 1:09:39.608 | +36.032 | +4.689 | 1:43.189 | 180.705 |
| 7 | 19 | Gareth Rees | Great Britain | Durango Racing Team | Avon | 40 | 1:09:42.329 | +38.753 | +2.721 | 1:43.305 | 180.588 |
| 8 | 37 | Gonzalo Rodríguez | Uruguay | G.S. Team | Avon | 40 | 1:09:44.943 | +41.367 | +2.614 | 1:43.053 | 180.475 |
| 9 | 7 | Cyrille Sauvage | France | International Draco Racing | Avon | 40 | 1:09:47.630 | +44.054 | +2.687 | 1:43.677 | 180.359 |
| 10 | 20 | Gaston Mazzacane | Argentina | Auto Sport Racing | Avon | 40 | 1:09:56.141 | +52.565 | +8.511 | 1:43.848 | 179.993 |
| 11 | 11 | Werner Lupberger | South Africa | Edenbridge Racing | Avon | 40 | 1:10:00.129 | +56.553 | +3.988 | 1:43.905 | 179.823 |
| 12 | 23 | Rui Águas | Portugal | Nordic Racing | Avon | 40 | 1:10:04.587 | +1:01.011 | +4.458 | 1:43.562 | 179.632 |
| 13 | 9 | Fabrizio Gollin | Italy | Apomatox | Avon | 40 | 1:10:21.219 | +1:17.643 | +16.632 | 1:44.214 | 178.924 |
| 14 | 28 | Patrick Lemarié | France | D C Cook Motorsport | Avon | 40 | 1:10:22.501 | +1:18.925 | +1.282 | 1:44.257 | 178.870 |
| 15 | 18 | Stephen Watson | South Africa | Durango Racing Team | Avon | 40 | 1:10:22.687 | +1:19.111 | +0.186 | 1:44.006 | 178.862 |
| 16 | 33 | Thomas Biagi | Italy | GP Racing | Avon | 40 | 1:10:27.250 | +1:23.674 | +4.563 | 1:44.406 | 178.669 |
| 17 | 35 | Christian Horner | Great Britain | Arden International | Avon | 40 | 1:10:29.403 | +1:25.827 | +2.153 | 1:44.578 | 178.578 |
| 18 | 25 | Thomas Schie | Norway | Bob Salisbury Engineering | Avon | 40 | 1:10:45.464 | +1:41.888 | +16.061 | 1:44.624 | 177.902 |
| 19 | 29 | Markus Friesacher | Austria | Scuderia Coloni | Avon | 39 | 1 lap | 1 lap | 1:45.055 | ||
| 20 | 22 | Gianluca Paglicci | Italy | Nordic Racing | Avon | 39 | 1 lap | 1:45.347 | |||
| 21 | 1 | Craig Lowndes | Australia | RSM Marko | Avon | 39 | 1 lap | 1:43.401 | |||
| 22 | 5 | Boris Derichebourg | France | Team Astromega | Avon | 38 | 2 laps | 1 lap | 1:43.353 | ||
| DNF | 27 | David Cook | Great Britain | Redman-Bright | Avon | 14 | 1:44.343 | ||||
| DNF | 36 | Kurt Mollekens | Belgium | KTR | Avon | 8 | 1:44.940 | ||||
| DNF | 30 | Emiliano Spataro | Argentina | Scuderia Coloni | Avon | 3 | 1:45.451 | ||||
| DNF | 8 | Pedro Couceiro | Angola | International Draco Racing | Avon | 2 | 1:45.286 |