Talk:2001 International Formula 3000 Championship/GA1

GA Review

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Reviewer: Harper J. Cole (talk · contribs) 13:56, 11 July 2021 (UTC)

I'll take on this review, as part of the July 2021 Backlog Drive.--Harper J. Cole (talk) 13:56, 11 July 2021 (UTC)

Lead

• The phrase "International Formula 3000 Championship" appears three times in the first two sentences, which is a bit excessive. Could you rework to remove one of these?

• [unable to sign any decent drivers] Feels a little unencyclopedic. The later source calls them "suitable" drivers.

• [due to a lack of financing, driver stability and concentration on the American Le Mans Series] This wording makes it sound like a lack of concentration on Le Mans is one of the reasons why they pulled out, which I don't think is the case. I suggest, "...due to a lack of financing and driver stability, as well as a desire to concentrate on the American Le Mans Series".

• [the final 1⁄3 of the season] Use "third" instead of "1⁄3" in regular prose sentences.

Team changes

• [to focus on the American Le Mans Series operation and tired of F3000 due to a lack of financing and driver stability.] Slightly awkward phrasing. How about, "to focus on their American Le Mans Series operation, tired of F3000 due to a lack of financing and driver stability."

• [...ended its partnership with the Arrows Formula One team and causing team owner...] Remove the "and".

• [could not locate any decent drivers] Again, I'd suggest "suitable".

Driver changes

• [to drive in Japanese-based series] Needs a slight tweak: "...to drive in a Japan-based series..."

• [With this, Enrique Bernoldi moved to Formula One and drove for the Arrows team.] The phrase "With this" is a bit awkward here. How about "He replaced Enrique Bernoldi, who..."

Mid-season driver changes

• [and Calcagni driving for them in Imola created tension with the series' governing body] --> "and Calcagni driving for them in Imola, which created tension with the series' governing body"

• [Ananda Mikola's sponsorship money was slow to arrive to Astromega] I don't quite understand this - it seems, based on the cited article, that he didn't have sponsorship at all?

• [resulted in his replacing by] --> "resulted in him being replaced by"

• [Prost backed one of its major sponsors to enter a Latin American driver in its team and the GF3 series winner Norberto Fontana was drafted in place of Cochet for the season's final three rounds] Slightly awkward wording makes it unclear whether the impetus came from Prost or from the sponsor. How about, "Prost backed the initiative of one of its major sponsors to promote Latin American drivers and..."

Season calendar

• [The second additional season-ending round was held at the Autodromo Nazionale di Monza in Italy.] Rephrase as this makes it sound like both additional rounds are season-ending.

• Lots of red links in this table. Maybe link to external accounts of the races as long as Wikipedia pages don't exist?

Sporting changes

• [2000 International Formula 3000 Teams' Championship] A little awkward, as 2000 blends into the event name. How about replacing it with "the previous year's"?

• [the final three teams in the 2000 season received invitations] --> "the final three teams in the 2000 season would have received invitations"

Pre-season

• [Alonso helped Minardi's Formula 3000 team] Specify Fernando Alonso as his name hasn't come up for a bit.

• [between 12 to 13 March 2001] --> "between 12 and 13 March 2001"

Opening rounds

• [moved into first when four separate ten-second stop-and-go penalties were imposed on Pizzonia, Rodrigo Sperafico and Enge for their earlier transgressions.] Were they hit with four penalties each, or were four penalties divided amongst the three of them?

• [The victory lowered his points deficit over Wilson to one point] If it's a deficit, the word "over" isn't appropriate. How about, "The victory drew him to within one point of Wilson"?

• [maintained it throughout a processional round] --> "maintained the lead throughout a processional round"

• [after he crashed] --> "despite crashing"

Mid-season

• [As the championship moved into the second half of the season] They're heading into race 6 of 12, so they're still in the first half.

• [ahead his teammate] --> "ahead of his teammate"

Final rounds

• [being put onto the grass by Pizzonia at the start for which the manoeuvre entailed a ten-second stop-and-go penalty for the latter] --> "being put onto the grass by Pizzonia at the start, a manoeuvre which entailed a ten-second stop-and-go penalty for the latter"

Summary

• A well-sourced and structured article. The above points are mostly pretty minor; I'll await your response.--Harper J. Cole (talk) 20:50, 11 July 2021 (UTC)
  • @Harper J. Cole: Have made various changes to the article based on each of the points mentioned above MWright96 (talk) 15:12, 12 July 2021 (UTC)
    • @MWright96: Looking good! I shall promote to GA status. Thanks for the interesting read,--Harper J. Cole (talk) 15:58, 12 July 2021 (UTC)