Does anyone know what is the average cost to participate in F3000?

[villeroy75]

Hello,

Could somebody kindly provide me with some info regarding the average driver participation cost in F3000 championships (Euro, German, Nippon, Italian etc)

Please put a note on this board or e-mail me at villeroy75@hotamil.com

Thank you in advance for your kind support
Alex

[jiggly_puff]

I'm not 100% sure but i think i heard something on tv once about it being about £750,000 a season or something. But don't hold me to that!!! but i'm sure it was something like that!

[villeroy75]

Ya, thanx for yor reply, could you just make
it more clearfor me - 750'000 (wow! in USD 1.3 million approx?!?)is for a driver or a team?

[jiggly_puff]

i think thats what the driver has to find for the season. i know in f3 they have to find around £400,000 for a whole season - so i'm sure an f3000 driver would have to find the £750,000 just to drive.
Is that anymore help??

[villeroy75]

Thanx a! is it's helped enough - we were just planning to try to create a team in f3000, so i'm collecting all information regarding costs, budgets, that could help in preparation of the draft for sponsors

[jiggly_puff]

There are loads of guys on this forum who are real experts on the f3000 - they would prob know for definate!!! so i would wait to see if i am proved right or wrong by them!!!!

[villeroy75]

if you could just ask them (whom you know)to send me as more info as possible

thanx a

[Marshal]

From what I've heard you're definitely in the right ball park there Jiggly. As you are looking to set up a team Villeroy you might want to look at the difference between how much a team charges and how much it costs....

[jiggly_puff]

WOHOO!!!!! i didn't just dream it then!! phewwwwww

[Raven]

If I remember correctly, Gareth Rees, former f3000 driver, who commentates for Eurosport was once talking about the money involved being in the region of £400,000 - 800,000.

[villeroy75]

Yes, i think i do. Of course there is a big difference. So let me just rephrase my question and ask - How much i have to spend:

1. To set up a team in F3000 (including everything it could be included)
2. To be a racer for a full season

thanx

[DanFlag]

If I remember right, my friend Bertrand Godin who raced for Durango in 1998, had to bring 600,000.00can$ with him for the whole season, he could only manage to raise about 400,000.00$ of sponsorship and some of his own money, so he got only 400,000.00$ worth of equipement and mechanics, this did not really helped him to make a name for himself in that championship, too bad, he won 2 races in Formula Atlantics in 1997, could have been a great driver!

[villeroy75]

So, that means the right amount is about 1 000 000 USD for a season to cover everything as a driver....hm-m. and about to 10 000 000 USD just to set up an average team?

[sceptic]

Originally posted by villeroy75
So, that means the right amount is about 1 000 000 USD for a season to cover everything as a driver....hm-m. and about to 10 000 000 USD just to set up an average team?

No - a team would be much cheaper than that...USD$2m

[villeroy75]

So many thanx to everybody, and just one more small question from my side - do you know whom to contact?

I think your best bet is the FIA cause the field is so tight that the chances are unless you give cheap drivers to excellent drivers you may not even qualify for the grid!and you`ll want to let big Bernie know that you want to join his club!

F3000 i`m sure thers loadsa guys here that think its the mutts nuts, i feel that they are possibly missinformed by the quality of the racing, and the quality of the car!

I think your best bett is the samaritans really!!

Farc

[sceptic]

Originally posted by farcnield
I think your best bet is the FIA cause the field is so tight that the chances are unless you give cheap drivers to excellent drivers you may not even qualify for the grid!and you`ll want to let big Bernie know that you want to join his club!

If you want to enter a team for the International F3000 Championship, you must fulfil one of these criteria:

1) You must be a team which finished in the top 12 in the previous year's F3000 championship
2) You must be the champion team from the Euro3000 series the previous year

These 13 teams are automatically allowed entry to the series. There is a maximum grid of 30, so the other two places are up for grabs. To apply you must:

a) Have competed in F3000 in the past, or
b) Competed in Euro3000 in the past, or
c) Competed in and been successful in a national F3 championship in a major country (Britain, italy, Germany, France), or
d) Have considerable experience in another FIA-sanctioned single seater category (at the FIA's discretion).

So if you want to run a F3000 team, the only options are to buy an existing team, or work out a three or four year plan, starting in F3.

[mhope]

It costs the average International Formula 3000 team approximately $2.2 million USD per year to run two cars. This cost includes everything. It is possible to watch your costs and cut back on training and development resulting in annual cost of about $1.8 million USD.

You can clearly see the teams that are fully funded compared to those who are not. Drivers are asked to bring as much money as possible and they usually can negotiate, depending upon their level of experience and past success. For example, Justin Wilson and Tomas Enge are both driving without any contribution on their part. On the other hand there are several drivers paying more than $1 million USD.

2002 will have a higher than usual cost due to the fact that the teams all have to purchase two new chassis and to perform development on those chassis.