Born on this day in 1967 Gil de Ferran was one of many, many champions that emerged from Formula 3000. Today's Great Read recalls a championship that was ferociously competitive and rich in camaraderie. It was fondly remembered by the one, only, and much-missed Simon Arron.
In isolation the statistics look bleak. Between them, Formula 3000's 20 international champions went on to win only nine Grands Prix, Juan Pablo Montoya taking seven of those while Jean Alesi and Olivier Panis collected one apiece. Other alumni would achieve great things, of course, from the world titles of Damon Hill and Fernando Alonso to Sébastien Bourdais' utter domination of Champ Car racing between 2004 and 2007. While it was conceived as a finishing school, however, it was also a community of like-minded souls.
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