[2] Apicella's first season in International Formula 3000, 1987, was uncompetitive in the EuroVenturini Dallara car, only scoring one point thanks to a fifth place at the Spa-Francorchamps circuit.

[5] He bought the March Engineering car to a second-place finish in the Monza race, but was not as competitive as teammate Pierluigi Martini.

[6] Despite a poor 1990 season, Apicella had the chance to test drive with the Modena and Minardi teams.

He continued to improve, finishing fourth in the 1993 season, winning at the Sugo race circuit.

[6] He qualified in 23rd position, half a second behind teammate Barrichello, who set his times later in the session after the circuit had become less damp.

[7] As a result of this, he is falsely considered to have had the shortest Formula 1 career out of any driver, a record held by Ernst Loof.

[8] Apicella retired after driving 800 metres, while Loof's car broke down as it was pulling away from the starting grid.

Apicella also tried to qualify for the Spa round of the International Formula 3000 championship in 1999 for Monaco Motorsport, but failed to do so due to adverse weather conditions.

He was scheduled to compete in the 2007 event with the JLOC Isao Noritake team, but on the first day of practice he was involved in an accident on the Mulsanne Straight, which heavily damaged his Lamborghini Murciélago car.

[11] This and a start for JLOC in the 2009 Super GT Series saw the end of Apicella's professional racing career.