2002 Formula Nissan 2000 Series

The 2002 Formula Nissan 2000 season was contested over seven race weekends with 14 races. In this one-make formula all drivers had to use Coloni CN1/C chassis and Nissan engines used on the previous 2001 Open Telefónica by Nissan season. Twelve different teams and 25 drivers competed with the titles going to Spanish driver Santiago Porteiro and Spanish team Meycom.

Teams and drivers[edit]

All teams used the Coloni CN1/C chassis and Nissan engines.^[1]

Team	No.	Driver	Rounds
Epsilon by Graff	1	Matthias Lauda	All
	2	Celso Míguez	All
	3	Gelete Nieto	All
Vergani Racing	4	Matteo Bobbi	All
Vergani Racing	5	Milka Duno	1–3, 5–7
Meycom	6	Juan Antonio del Pino	All
Meycom	7	Santiago Porteiro	All
Venturini Racing	8	Giorgio Sernagiotto	1–4
	8	Borja García	5–7
	9	Paulo Alho	All
Escuela Lois Circuit	10	Borja García	1–4
	10	Adrián Vallés	5–7
	11	José Maria Pérez Aicart	All
Skualo Competición	12	Sergei Yborra	All
	14	Antonio Orol	1–4
	14	Emilio de Villota Jr.	5–6
BCN Competicion	15	Andrea Belicchi	2–7
BCN Competicion	16	Carlos Martin	4–7
Team Elias	17	Ricardo Ferrando Vicente	1–2
Fajas	18	Abel Fajas	1–2
Auto Planet	18	Diego Puyo	6
Auto Planet	18	Javier Sosa	7
CMC Albacete	19	Fernando Navarrete	1–5
CMC Albacete	20	Pedro Muñoz	1–5
CiBiEmme Team	21	Michele Rugolo	4–7
Sources:^[1]^[2]

Race calendar and results[edit]

Round		Location	Circuit	Date	Pole Position	Fastest Lap	Winning Driver	Winning Team
1	R1	Valencia, Spain	Circuit de Valencia	12 May	Juan Antonio del Pino	Matteo Bobbi	Matteo Bobbi	Vergani Racing
1	R2	Valencia, Spain	Circuit de Valencia	12 May	Celso Míguez	Santiago Porteiro	Santiago Porteiro	Meycom
2	R1	Madrid, Spain	Circuito del Jarama	9 June	Matteo Bobbi	Santiago Porteiro	Matteo Bobbi	Vergani Racing
2	R2	Madrid, Spain	Circuito del Jarama	9 June	Matteo Bobbi	Santiago Porteiro	Matteo Bobbi	Vergani Racing
3	R1	Albacete, Spain	Circuito de Albacete	23 June	Paulo Alho	Santiago Porteiro	José Manuel Pérez-Aicart	Escuela Lois
3	R2	Albacete, Spain	Circuito de Albacete	23 June	Matteo Bobbi	José Manuel Pérez-Aicart	José Manuel Pérez-Aicart	Escuela Lois
4	R1	Monza, Italy	Autodromo Nazionale Monza	7 July	Andrea Belicchi	Santiago Porteiro	Santiago Porteiro	Meycom
4	R2	Monza, Italy	Autodromo Nazionale Monza	7 July	Andrea Belicchi	Santiago Porteiro	Santiago Porteiro	Meycom
5	R1	Magny-Cours, France	Circuit de Nevers Magny-Cours	1 September	Matteo Bobbi	Matteo Bobbi	Borja García	Escuela Lois
5	R2	Magny-Cours, France	Circuit de Nevers Magny-Cours	1 September	Matteo Bobbi	Matteo Bobbi	Andrea Belicchi	BCN Competicion
6	R1	Montmeló, Spain	Circuit de Catalunya	29 September	Borja García	Borja García	Borja García	Escuela Lois
6	R2	Montmeló, Spain	Circuit de Catalunya	29 September	Adrián Vallés	Matteo Bobbi	Matteo Bobbi	Vergani Racing
7	R1	Valencia, Spain	Circuit de Valencia	20 October	José Manuel Pérez-Aicart	Matteo Bobbi	Santiago Porteiro	Meycom
7	R2	Valencia, Spain	Circuit de Valencia	20 October	Matteo Bobbi	Matteo Bobbi	Matteo Bobbi	Vergani Racing
Sources:^[2]^[3]

Final points standings[edit]

For every race the points were awarded: 15 points to the winner, 12 for runner-up, 10 for third place, 8 for fourth place, 6 for fifth place, winding down to 1 point for 10th place. Lower placed drivers did not award points. Additional points were awarded to the driver setting the fastest race lap (2 points).^[4]

Points System:

Pos	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	FL
Pts	20	15	12	10	8	6	4	3	2	1	2

Pos	Driver	VAL		JAR		ALB		MNZ		MAG		CAT		VAL		Points
1	Santiago Porteiro	Ret	1	12	2	2	3	1	1	Ret	3	Ret	4	1	DNS	168
2	Matteo Bobbi	1	3	1	1	10	5	5	Ret	Ret	1	Ret	1	2	1	167
3	Borja García	2	5	2	4	Ret	9	4	7	1	Ret	1	9	3	2	131
4	José Maria Pérez Aicart	5	2	3	8	1	1	7	Ret	14	4	2	2	Ret	8	122
5	Andrea Belicchi			8	6	4	4	3	2	2	2	4	6	6	6	105
6	Celso Míguez	8	6	4	5	3	2	8	Ret	3	8	5	5	4	Ret	84
7	Juan Antonio del Pino	3	4	14	3	7	6	Ret	5	4	6	3	7	Ret	DNS	84
8	Paulo Alho	6	Ret	6	Ret	Ret	8	6	4	7	5	7	8	7	4	64
9	Fernando Navarrete	4	7	5	9	8	7	2	6	8	DNS					55
10	Adrián Vallés									6	Ret	6	3	9	3	38
11	Giorgio Sernagiotto	7	9	10	Ret	5	Ret	Ret	3							27
12	Matthias Lauda	Ret	8	7	Ret	Ret	Ret	12	10	5	12	Ret	Ret	8	7	23
13	Michele Rugolo							10	Ret	Ret	7	11	11	5	5	21
14	Gelete Nieto	10	10	Ret	7	6	10	Ret	Ret	9	9	8	Ret	Ret	12	20
15	Sergei Yborra	9	12	9	12	9	11	9	9	10	10	12	10	Ret	9	15
16	Carlos Martin							14	DNS	13	14	9	12	10	10	4
17	Pedro Muñoz	Ret	13	Ret	11	Ret	Ret	11	8	Ret	13					3
18	Milka Duno	11	11	11	10	Ret	12			11	11	12	13	11	11	1
19	Diego Puyo											10	Ret			1
20	Emilio de Villota Jr.									12	Ret	Ret	Ret			0
21	Antonio Orol	Ret	Ret	13	Ret	Ret	DNS	13	DNS							0
22	Javier Sosa													13	13	0
	Abel Fajas	Ret	Ret	Ret	Ret
	Ricardo Ferrando Vicente	Ret	Ret	Ret	Ret
Source:^[2]

References[edit]

^ ^a ^b "Formula Nissan 2000 - 2002: Entrylist". Speedsport Magazine. Retrieved 23 February 2024.
^ ^a ^b ^c "Formula Nissan 2000 - Season 2002: Results". Speedsport Magazine. Retrieved 23 February 2024.
^ "Formula Nissan 2000 - 2002: Racing Calendar". Speedsport Magazine. Retrieved 23 February 2024.
^ "Formula Nissan 2000 - 2002: Point standings". Speedsport Magazine. Retrieved 23 February 2024.

External links[edit]

[2002Entrants-1] "Formula Nissan 2000 - 2002: Entrylist". Speedsport Magazine. Retrieved 23 February 2024.

[2002Results-2] "Formula Nissan 2000 - Season 2002: Results". Speedsport Magazine. Retrieved 23 February 2024.

[3] "Formula Nissan 2000 - 2002: Racing Calendar". Speedsport Magazine. Retrieved 23 February 2024.

[4] "Formula Nissan 2000 - 2002: Point standings". Speedsport Magazine. Retrieved 23 February 2024.

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