Auto GP
| Auto GP | |
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| Vehicle type | Monoposto |
| Country or region | worldwide |
| Current name | Auto GP |
| Previous names | Italian Formula 3000 (1999–2000, 2005), Euro Formula 3000 (2001–2004), Euroseries 3000 (2006–2009), Auto GP (2010–2011, from 2013), Auto GP World Series (2012) |
| First season | 1999 |
| Last season | 2016 |
| vehicles | Lola |
| chassis | Lola B05 / 52 |
| Engines | Zytek |
| tires | Kumho Tire |
| Official website | Official website |
The Auto GP was a racing series for formula vehicles that made guest appearances on various racetracks in Europe and at times also appeared worldwide. At its debut, the series was called Italian Formula 3000 Championship , later it was called Euro Formula 3000 (2001-2004) or Euroseries 3000 (2006-2009), before the series name was changed to Auto GP in 2010. From 2005 the series was organized by Coloni Motorsport . After the series in 2015 was canceled prematurely due to an insufficiently filled starting field and a revival in 2016 failed, Coloni merged the Auto GP with the Boss GP series . The 2016 season was the AutoGP's last year so far. From 2017 onwards there will be no more championships.
history
Italian Formula 3000 Championship (1999–2000, 2005)
The series started in 1999 as the substructure of the European Formula 3000 under the name Italian Formula 3000 (English: Italian Formula 3000). The organizer was the former racing driver and team owner Pierluigi Corbari . The T96 / 50 standard chassis was supplied by Lola , with a Zytek engine as drive .
The 1999 championship consisted of seven races, all of which with the exception of the Donington Park run were held on Italian tracks. This year there were 27 drivers for a total of 12 teams. The championship was won with 31 points by Giorgio Vinella , who started for Team Martello , ahead of Werner Lupberger ( Edenbridge Racing ) and Marco Apicella ( Monaco Motorsport ).
The 2000 season included eight championship races, seven in Italy and one in Donington; there was also a race in Assen , the Netherlands , which had no championship status. A total of 40 drivers competed. The teams that started in the series included the established racing teams Arden , Durango and BCN , which were also represented in the 2000 International Formula 3000 Championship . Ricardo Sperafico became Italian Formula 3000 champion for the ADM Competizione team , who won half of all championship races. The following places went to Warren Hughes (Arden) and Gabriele Lancieri ( Sighinolfi Autosport ).
Euro Formula 3000 (2001-2004)
In its third year, the series expanded. In addition to four Italian events, the racing calendar included one run each in Belgium ( Zolder ), Germany ( Nürburgring ), Great Britain (Donington) and Spain ( Valencia ). The internationalization was also documented in the name of the series, which was changed to Euro Formula 3000. 30 drivers for eleven teams were registered this season. Felipe Massa , who drove for the Italian team Draco Racing , dominated the season. He won six of the eight runs and was champion with 62 points. He scored more than twice as many points as runner-up Thomas Biagi ( GP Racing , 30 points) and the German driver Alex Müller (26 points) who drove for Team Ghinzani .
In 2004 Superfund became the title sponsor of the racing series and wanted to found its own “Formula Superfund” the following year, but the series was withdrawn before the next season.
Euroseries 3000 (2006-2009)
When the International Formula 3000 Championship became the GP2 series in 2005, the series was forced to become independent and was called the Italian Formula 3000 again . The organizer was now Coloni Motorsport . In 2006 the racing series was named Euroseries 3000 ; that year the races were held at national level only, with one exception.
In addition, from 2005 a secondary championship was held within the Euroseries 3000, which was named Lights in its first season . From 2006 it traded under the name Italian Formula 3000 , which until 2005 had been the main championship.
Since 2009, the first generation of the A1GP chassis has been used in the racing series in a modified form as a standard vehicle - the Lola B05 / 52 with Zytek engine - although the old Lola B02 / 50 chassis was also approved in the first year.
Auto GP
Before the 2010 season , the main series was renamed Auto GP and the use of the new car was mandatory. The secondary championship has not been held since then. In the 2011 season , six out of seven race weekends took place as part of the WTCC's supporting program . In addition, transferred Euro Sport , the race live on television.
For the 2012 season , the series decided to change its name again to Auto GP World Series . The name thus reflects the fact that the racing series will start on several continents from 2012.
From 2013 , World Series was again deleted from the series name, and the series focused on European races. Of the three overseas races in 2012, only the 2013 race in Marrakech remained on the calendar.
In 2015 , the series organization teamed up with ISRA, the organizers of the 2014 Formula Acceleration 1 , who used the same vehicles. The partnership was given up before the season started together. After two races for the Auto GP 2015, the season ended prematurely as the starting field had meanwhile fallen below ten cars.
In 2016 the series was held again; Coloni continued to be the organizer. Four teams with seven drivers competed for the first race of the season. The second race, which was supposed to take place at the Nürburgring, was canceled at short notice without giving any reason. In May 2016 Coloni gave up running his own racing series. From now on the races of the Auto GP took place together with the Boss GP series: The Auto GP drivers started together with the drivers of the Boss series, but there was a separate ranking.
Coloni tried to continue this model in 2017. The company announced that it would prepare cars for interested customers for a price of 250,000 euros and provide organizational support for the operations in the Boss GP series. Coloni wants to organize the operations and prepare the cars; the commitment should cost per vehicle. Only the Indian pilot Mahaveer Raghunathan responded. He starts in 2017 in the Boss GP series for Coloni Motorsport. There will be no separate Auto GP evaluation in 2017.
Regulations
Course of the race weekend
Until the merging of the AutoGP with the Boss GP series, two free practice sessions of half an hour each took place on Friday of each racing weekend. Since the 2006 season, a race weekend has been divided into two races. The starting field for the first race, which will be held on Saturday, was determined through a qualification . In the second race, which took place on Sunday, the eight first-placed drivers from the first race started in reverse order. From summer 2016, the process will follow that of the Boss GP races.
Point distribution
The distribution of points is based on the GP2 regulations, with the exception that there is only one point for the pole position at the Saturday race.
- Pole position on Saturday's race: 1 point
- Saturday races: 10-8-6-5-4-3-2-1 for the top eight
- Sunday races: 6-5-4-3-2-1 for the top six
- Fastest race lap: 1 point per race
The distribution of points was based on the Formula 1 regulations up to and including the 2005 season.
master
Main championship
| year | driver | team | chassis | championship |
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| 1999 |
 Giorgio Vinella
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Team Martello
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Lola T96 / 50 | Italian Formula 3000 |
| 2000 |
 Ricardo Sperafico
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 Arden Team Russia
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| 2001 |
Felipe Massa
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Draco Junior Team
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Euro Formula 3000 | |
| 2002 |
Jaime Melo
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Team Great Wall
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Lola T99 / 50 | |
| 2003 |
Augusto Farfus
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Draco Junior Team
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| 2004 |
 Nicky Pastorelli
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Draco Junior Team
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Superfund Euro Formula 3000 | |
| 2005 |
Luca Filippi
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FMS International
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Lola B02 / 50 | Italian Formula 3000 |
| 2006 |
Giacomo Ricci
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FMS International
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Euroseries 3000 | |
| 2007 |
Davide Rigon
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Minardi by GP Racing
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| 2008 |
 Nicolas Prost
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Bull Racing
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| 2009 |
Will Bratt
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FMS International
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Lola B05 / 52 | |
| 2010 |
Romain Grosjean
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DAMS
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Auto GP | |
| 2011 |
Kevin Ceccon
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DAMS
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| 2012 |
Adrian Quaife-Hobbs
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SuperNova Racing
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Auto GP World Series | |
| 2013 |
Vittorio Ghirelli
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SuperNova Racing
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Auto GP | |
| 2014 |
 Kimiya Sato
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SuperNova Racing
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| 2015 |
Antonio Pizzonia
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 Zele Racing
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| 2016 |
 Luis Michael Dörrbecker
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Torino Squadra Corse
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Secondary championship
| year | driver | championship |
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| 2005 |
Stefano Gattuso
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Light class |
| 2006 |
Giacomo Ricci
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Italian Formula 3000 |
| 2007 |
Davide Rigon
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| 2008 |
 Omar Leal
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| 2009 |
Will Bratt
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| 2011 |
Kevin Ceccon
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U21 |
| 2012 |
Adrian Quaife-Hobbs
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| 2013 |
Vittorio Ghirelli
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Web links
- Official website (English and Italian)
Individual evidence
- ↑ "The Auto GP becomes a partner series of the World Touring Car Championship". From: Motorsport-Total.com , accessed November 22, 2010 .
- ^ "Auto GP becomes Auto GP World Series". (No longer available online.) At: autogp.org , formerly in the original ; Retrieved February 17, 2012 . ( Page no longer available , search in web archives )
- ^ Message from February 16, 2017 on the website www.autogp.net .
- ^ Message from February 16, 2017 on the website www.automobilsport.com (accessed on February 26, 2017).