The mid-nineties were a difficult time for F3000, as several top drivers struggled to break into F1. The 1995 championship was also marred by a fatal accident on the last lap of the season.
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Formula 3000 memories: 1985-88
Formula 3000 memories
Posted onFormula 3000 helped scores of F1 drivers reach the top of motor racing. Relive the memorable moments from the championship which began 30 years ago.
Formula 3000: a brief history (part 3)
Posted onThe final instalment in our columnist Ben Evans’ look at the history of Formula 3000. In the 1990s the series briefly tasted success before grid numbers tailed off again. Although it could still occasionally provide great comedy moments and good racing, it was pensioned off at the end of 2004 to make way for GP2.
Formula 3000: a brief history (part 2)
Posted onBen Evans continues his look back at the turbulent history of F1’s former feeder category, Formula 3000. Strange tracks and bad accidents dogged the sport in the late ’80s / early ’90s, but these were the years when Johnny Hebert and Jean Alesi made their way into F1 via F3000.
Formula 3000: A brief history (part 1)
Posted onJuan Pablo Montoya, Nick Heidfeld, Vitantonio Liuzzi – just three recent F1 drivers to have reached the sport through Formula 3000. The series lasted two decades from 1985 to 2004. In the first of a three part series F1Fanatic columnist Ben Evans looks at the rise and fall of F3000.