19 Apr FIA Formula 3000 International Championship 2003 Round 01 Imola
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Round 1 of the 2003 FIA Formula 3000 International Championship was held at the Autodromo Enzo e Dino Ferrari in Imola, Italy on 19 April 2003. Björn Wirdheim started on pole position and was the race winner. The race featured on the undercard of the 2003 San Marino Grand Prix.
Race Result
| Pos. | No. | Driver | Nationality | Team | Tyre | Laps | Race Time | Gap | Interval | Best Lap | Lap | Speed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 1 | Björn Wirdheim | Sweden | Arden International | Avon | 31 | 52:15.743 | - | - | 1:39.645 | 6 | 175.291 |
| 2 | 17 | Patrick Friesacher | Austria | Red Bull Junior Team F3000 | Avon | 31 | 52:16.050 | +0.307 | +0.307 | 1:39.689 | 4 | 175.274 |
| 3 | 3 | Ricardo Sperafico | Brazil | Coloni Motorsport | Avon | 31 | 52:39.892 | +24.149 | +23.842 | 1:40.213 | 4 | 173.952 |
| 4 | 16 | Vitantonio Liuzzi | Italy | Red Bull Junior Team F3000 | Avon | 31 | 52:52.813 | +37.070 | +12.921 | 1:40.695 | 4 | 173.243 |
| 5 | 6 | Enrico Toccacelo | Italy | Super Nova Racing Ltd | Avon | 31 | 52:53.107 | +37.364 | +0.294 | 1:40.968 | 7 | 173.227 |
| 6 | 15 | Yannick Schroeder | France | Superfund-ISR-Charouz | Avon | 31 | 52:56.753 | +41.010 | +3.646 | 1:41.209 | 7 | 173.028 |
| 7 | 10 | Raffaele Giammaria | Italy | Durango | Avon | 31 | 53:11.740 | +55.997 | +14.987 | 1:41.597 | 8 | 172.216 |
| 8 | 18 | Rob Nguyen | Australia | BCN F3000 | Avon | 31 | 53:20.153 | +1:04.410 | +8.413 | 1:41.403 | 7 | 171.763 |
| 9 | 2 | Townsend Bell | United States | Arden International | Avon | 31 | 53:21.796 | +1:06.053 | +1.643 | 1:40.719 | 5 | 171.675 |
| 10 | 7 | Nicolas Kiesa | Denmark | Den Bla Avis | Avon | 31 | 53:33.972 | +1:18.229 | +12.176 | 1:41.094 | 7 | 171.025 |
| 11 | 4 | Zsolt Baumgartner | Hungary | Coloni Motorsport | Avon | 31 | 53:36.997 | +1:21.254 | +3.025 | 1:41.538 | 5 | 170.864 |
| 12 | 20 | Nicolas Minassian | France | Brand Motorsports | Avon | 31 | 53:51.141 | +1:35.398 | +14.144 | 1:41.567 | 6 | 170.116 |
| 13 | 19 | Valerio Scassellati | Italy | BCN F3000 | Avon | 30 | 52:29.472 | +13.729 | 1 Lap | 1:43.691 | 13 | 168.888 |
| 14 | 21 | Gary Paffett | Great Britain | Brand Motorsports | Avon | 30 | 52:31.929 | +16.186 | +2.457 | 1:42.313 | 5 | 168.757 |
| 15 | 5 | Derek Hill | United States | Super Nova Racing Ltd | Avon | 30 | 53:00.339 | +44.596 | +28.410 | 1:42.656 | 11 | 167.249 |
| DNF | 12 | Jeff van Hooydonk | Belgium | Team Astromega | Avon | 18 | 31:05.810 | 1:41.750 | 5 | 170.866 | ||
| DNF | 11 | Tony Schmidt | Germany | Team Astromega | Avon | 15 | 26:00.936 | 1:41.225 | 5 | 170.108 | ||
| DNF | 9 | Giorgio Pantano | Italy | Durango | Avon | 14 | 23:53.050 | 1:40.779 | 5 | 172.896 | ||
| DNS | 8 | Robbie Kerr | Great Britain | Den Bla Avis | Avon | |||||||
| DNS | 14 | Jarek Janis | Czech Republic | Superfund-ISR-Charouz | Avon |