F2 News

Reigning FIA F3000 champions Coca-Cola Nordic Racing have signed Zsolt Baumgartner to defend its crowns in the 2002 campaign.

New FIA champion Justin Wilson returned to the cockpit of an F3000 car at Estoril yesterday and promptly topped the timesheets at the Portuguese circuit.

A new name entered the frame for a seat with FIA F3000 champions Nordic Racing this week, after Zsolt Baumgartner made people sit up and take notice at the latest series test.

Sometime CART and FNippon racer Michael Krumm has revealed that he will be marrying Japanese fianc?e and world tennis star Kimiko Date on 1 December at Tokyo Cathedral.

The game of musical chairs has started earlier than ever in the FIA F3000 championship, as drivers manoeuvre themselves for a shot at the 2002 title.

The Coca-Cola Nordic Racing team finished the 2001 season in record-breaking style with a second-place podium finish for champion Justin Wilson.

The Czech Republic will continue to be represented in the FIA F3000 Championship this weekend, despite Tomas Enge's elevation to the ranks of grand prix driver.

After a three-week break the International F3000 Championship resumes with round ten of the series at the Hungaroring, with Coca-Cola Nordic Racing drivers Tomas Enge and Justin Wilson looking to extend their points in the Drivers Championship, whilst Nordic itself is looking to wrap up the Team

Drivers' Championship (after 8 of 12 rounds)

David Saelens will not take up his eighth place on the grid for the latest round of the FIA F3000 Championship following an accident in second qualifying on Friday.

David Saelens' participation in future rounds of this season's F3000 and DTM championships has been thrown into doubt by the latest medical report to follow his accident at Silverstone yesterday.

Round eight of the FIA F3000 International Championship marks the return of the Coca-Cola Nordic Racing team to more familiar ground after spending the early months of the season on the road.

Australia's Mark Webber capitalised on a good getaway to win his third race of the FIA F3000 Championship, romping away from the battling Nordic Racing drivers.

Tomas Enge caught his rivals napping at Magny-Cours, popping in a quick lap to secure his second successive pole position of the FIA F3000 season.

There will be two new faces in the Prost Junior team pit this weekend, as Jonathan Cochet links up with Zsolt Baumgartner to lead the French outfit at the Nurburgring.

Tomas Enge endured an anxious few minutes before reclaiming top spot as the FIA F3000 Championship roared back into life at the Nurburgring.

After a break of four weeks, the FIA F3000 Championship returns to the race circuits of Europe with the sixth round race at the Nurburgring.

As might have been expected in a street race involving young drivers keen to make an impression on the Formula One bosses who may have been watching, it was only their over-enthusiasm that caught the eye.

Mark Webber won his second F3000 race of the year in Monaco this afternoon, completing a clean sweep of pole position, race win and fastest lap around the Principality.

Mark Webber led from lights to flag around the mean streets of Monaco to win the annual F3000 encounter in spite of two safety car periods and numerous yellow flags.

Mark Webber will start tomorrow's Monaco F3000 race from pole position, despite crashing his Super Nova Lola out of the action in the dying minutes of qualifying.

The Prost F3000 team has announced that series veteran Stephane Sarrazin will stand in for Nicolas Filiberti at this weekend's Monaco round.

The Coca-Cola Nordic Racing team heads to Monaco next weekend as leader of both the drivers' and teams' championships, and has the impressive foundation of three wins, four podiums and one pole position on which to build its fifth round attack.

British driver Dino Morelli will make a belated comeback to the international motorsport arena this weekend, following a surprise call-up from former employers Astromega.