Korea Super Prix

{{F1 race

| Name = Korea Super Prix

| Circuit_image = Changwon-circuit.svg

| Flag = Flag of South Korea.svg

| Circuit = Changwon Street Circuit

| Laps = 27

| Circuit_length_km = 3.014

| Circuit_length_mi = 1.873

| Race_length_km = 81.38

| Race_length_mi = 50.57

| Current_year = 2003

| Winner = {{flagicon|USA}} R. Antinucci

| Winning_team = Hitech RacingDallara-Renault

| Winning_time = 27:25.208

| Second = {{flagicon|NED}} R. Doornbos

| Second_team = Menu MotorsportDallara-Spiess-Opel

| Second_time = + 1.982

| Third = {{flagicon|BRA}} N. Piquet Jr.

| Third_team = Hitech Racing

| Third_time = + 2.473

| Pole_driver = {{flagicon|GBR}} L. Hamilton

| Pole_team = Manor MotorsportDallara-Honda

| Pole_time = 1:09.989

| Fastest_lap_driver = {{flagicon|AUS}} J. Courtney

| Fastest_lap_team = TOM'sDallara-Toyota

| Fastest_lap = 1:10.647

}}

{{Infobox motorsport venue

| Name = Changwon Street Circuit

| Location = Changwon, Gyeongsangnam-do, South Korea

| Time = UTC+09:00

| Coordinates = {{coord|35|13|56.83|N|128|39|51.16|E|display=inline,title}}

| Image = Changwon-circuit.svg

| Events = Korea Super Prix (1999–2003)

| Broke_ground =

| Opened = {{Start date and age|df=yes|1999|11|28}}

| Closed = {{Start date and age|df=yes|2003|11|23}}

| Capacity =

| former_names =

| Layout1 = Super Prix Circuit (1999–2003)

| Length_km = 3.014

| Length_mi = 1.873

| Turns = 14

| Record_time = 1:10.350{{cite web |title=5th International Formula 3 Korea Super Prix |url=http://www.dlg.speedfreaks.org/archive/2003/changwong_f3.html |access-date=10 January 2023}}

| Record_driver = {{flagicon|BRA}} Nelson Piquet Jr.

| Record_car = Dallara F302

| Record_year = 2003

| Record_class = F3

}}

The International Formula 3 Korea Super Prix was a Formula Three race held annually on the streets of Changwon, South Korea between 1999 and 2003. The event enjoyed brief success as a sister 'flyaway' event to complement the season-ending Macau Grand Prix, before being replaced in 2004 with an ultimately one-off Bahrain Superprix at the Bahrain International Circuit.

The Korea Super Prix was due to make a return in 2010, at the new Korea International Circuit,{{cite magazine|editor-last=Freeman|editor-first=Glenn |date=17 December 2009|title=Pit & Paddock: Brazil wants big F3 race|magazine=Autosport|volume=198|issue=12|page=22}}http://www.f3brazilopen.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/01/Autosport-F3-article.jpg{{Dead link|date=February 2020 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}{{cite news|url=http://www.autosport.com/news/report.php/id/86420|title=Korean F3 Superprix to use F1 track|work=autosport.com|publisher=Haymarket Publications|date=6 September 2010|access-date=6 September 2010|first=Matt|last=Beer}} but this was cancelled due to "a legal technicality with the circuit" which surfaced just a few weeks before the race was due to run.{{cite news|url=http://www.autosport.com/news/report.php/id/87896|title=Korea cancels F3 Superprix|work=autosport.com|publisher=Haymarket Publications|date=3 November 2010|access-date=3 November 2010|first=Ben|last=Anderson}}

Results

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!Year

!Winner

!Runner-up

!Third place

!

!Pole position

!Fastest lap

1999

| {{flagicon|GBR}} Darren Manning

| {{flagicon|GBR}} Jenson Button

| {{flagicon|FRA}} Benoît Tréluyer

|

| {{flagicon|GBR}} Darren Manning

| {{flagicon|GBR}} Darren Manning

2000

| {{flagicon|IND}} Narain Karthikeyan

| {{flagicon|POR}} Tiago Monteiro

| {{flagicon|ITA}} Gianmaria Bruni

|

| {{flagicon|IND}} Narain Karthikeyan

| {{flagicon|ITA}} Gianmaria Bruni

2001

| {{flagicon|FRA}} Jonathan Cochet

| {{flagicon|GBR}} Andy Priaulx

| {{flagicon|FRA}} Benoît Tréluyer

|

| {{flagicon|FRA}} Jonathan Cochet

| {{flagicon|FRA}} Jonathan Cochet{{cite news|url=https://www.autosport.com/fia-f3/news/korea-race-cochet-storms-to-victory-5047939/5047939/|title=Korea race: Cochet storms to victory|work=autosport.com|date=25 November 2001|access-date=11 December 2023}}

2002

| {{flagicon|FRA}} Olivier Pla

| {{flagicon|JPN}} Takashi Kogure

| {{flagicon|JPN}} Kosuke Matsuura

|

| {{flagicon|FRA}} Olivier Pla

| {{flagicon|FRA}} Bruce Jouanny

2003

| {{flagicon|USA}} Richard Antinucci

| {{flagicon|NED}} Robert Doornbos

| {{flagicon|BRA}} Nelson Piquet Jr.

|

| {{flagicon|GBR}} Lewis Hamilton

| {{flagicon|AUS}} James Courtney

2004–2009

|colspan=6 align=center| event not held

2010

|colspan=6 align=center| event cancelled

;Bahrain Superprix

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!Year

!Winner

!Runner-up

!Third place

!

!Pole position

!Fastest lap

2004

| {{flagicon|GBR}} Lewis Hamilton

| {{flagicon|DEU}} Nico Rosberg

| {{flagicon|GBR}} Jamie Green

|

| {{flagicon|GBR}} Jamie Green

| {{flagicon|GBR}} Jamie Green

See also

References

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