Grand Prix of Portoroz, Slovenia, 3rd October 2004
For the first time the Portoroz Grand Prix, held on a temporary airport circuit in the Slovenian port city, hosted a grid of Formula 3000 cars. Four International F3000 teams turned up to give their Lola B2/50s a final racing swansong, with GP2 replacing FIA F3000 for 2005. The teams taking part in the five-lap demonstration race were Coloni Motorsport, CMS Performance, Durango and AEZ IE Engineering.
Practice was held on Friday afternoon and Saturday morning, with the race held on Saturday afternoon. Regular Coloni driver Patrick Friesacher took the win, ahead of the CMS Performance duo of Matteo Meneghello and Matteo Bobbi. Renault-bound F1 star Giancarlo Fisichella was also in attendance.
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Grand Prix of Portoroz entries |
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No. |
Driver |
Team |
Car/Engine |
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Patrick Friesacher (A) |
Coloni |
Lola B2/50-Zytek |
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Alessandro Ciompi (I) |
Coloni |
Lola B2/50-Zytek |
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? |
Matteo Meneghello (I) |
CMS Performance |
Lola B2/50-Zytek |
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? |
Matteo Bobbi (I) |
CMS Performance |
Lola B2/50-Zytek |
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? |
Ernesto Viso (VEN)? |
Durango |
Lola B2/50-Zytek |
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? |
Michele Rugolo (I)? |
Durango |
Lola B2/50-Zytek |
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? |
Matteo Grassotto (I)? |
AEZ IE Engineering |
Lola B2/50-Zytek |
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? |
Riccardo Azzoli (I)? |
AEZ IE Engineering |
Lola B2/50-Zytek |
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Ciompi was initially announced as a CMS driver; Toni Vilander was expected to drive for Coloni, in the seat taken by Ciompi. |
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Final results of demonstration race (5 laps) |
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Pos |
Driver |
Team |
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1 |
Patrick Friesacher (A) |
Coloni |
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2 |
Matteo Meneghello (I) |
CMS Performance |
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3 |
Matteo Bobbi (I) |
CMS Performance |
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4 |
? |
? |
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5 |
? |
? |
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6 |
? |
? |
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7 |
? |
? |
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8 |
Alessandro Ciompi (I) |
Coloni |
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Results for places 4th to 7th not known. |
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