1990 British Formula Three Championship

1990 British Formula Three Championship
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The 1990 British Formula Three season was the 40th season of the British Formula Three Championship, starting on 1 April at Donington Park and ending on 7 October at Silverstone following 17 races.

The season was notable for its domination by future Formula One champion Mika Häkkinen and fellow Finn and future F1 driver Mika Salo; both drove Mugen-Honda-powered Ralt chassis, prepared by West Surrey Racing and Alan Docking Racing respectively. Häkkinen started the year strongly with three wins from the first four races, but Salo responded with four victories in the next six events to establish an 11-point advantage over his rival. The 11th round of the series at Snetterton proved a turning point, however, as Salo spun out while leading, allowing Häkkinen to begin a sequence of six wins from the final seven rounds which would allow him to seal the title with two rounds to spare.

Häkkinen's reward would be a deal to race with the Lotus F1 team in 1991, although Salo's career momentum was ruined by a drunk-driving charge that forced him to move to Japan to further his career.[1] Other drivers in the field that went on to enjoy success in international motorsport included Christian Fittipaldi, who went on to win the International Formula 3000 championship the following year before enjoying stints in F1 and CART, and future touring car and sportscar driver Peter Kox.

1990 also marked the start of a dominant period for Mugen-Honda engines, which would power each British F3 champion until 2005 with only one exception. Charles Rickett won the Class B title in a year-old Volkswagen-powered Ralt.

Drivers and Teams

Team No Driver Class Chassis Engine Rounds
Bowman Racing 1 United Kingdom Steve Robertson A Ralt RT33 Volkswagen-Spiess All
4 Belgium Philippe Adams A Ralt RT33 Volkswagen-Spiess All
12 Mexico Fernando Plata A Ralt RT33 Volkswagen-Spiess 1–7
United Kingdom Stephen Hepworth 10–17
14 Netherlands Peter Kox A Ralt RT33 Volkswagen-Spiess 1–10, 12–17
54 United Kingdom Charles Rickett B Ralt RT33 Volkswagen-Spiess 1–13
Hong Kong Darren Shaw 14, 16
United States Dana Brewer 15, 17
West Surrey Racing 2 Finland Mika Häkkinen A Ralt RT34 Mugen-Honda All
3 Brazil Christian Fittipaldi A Ralt RT34 Mugen-Honda All
16 Japan Minoru Tanaka A Ralt RT34 Mugen-Honda All
Paul Stewart Racing 5 United Kingdom Paul Stewart A Reynard 903 Mugen-Honda 1–3
Ralt RT34 4–17
6 Republic of Ireland Derek Higgins A Reynard 903 Mugen-Honda 1–4
Ralt RT34 5–17
Alan Docking Racing 7 Finland Mika Salo A Ralt RT34 Mugen-Honda All
8 Japan Hideki Noda A Ralt RT34 Mugen-Honda All
Swallow Racing 10 United Kingdom Julian Westwood A Reynard 903 Mugen-Honda 1–4
Ralt RT34 5–17
11 United Kingdom Jonathan McGall A Reynard 903 Mugen-Honda 1–3
Ralt RT34 4–17
Formula Services 18 Brazil Jose Cordova A Reynard 903 Alfa Romeo 1–4
Mexico Adrián Fernández 5
Hubbard Racing 20 South Africa Hilton Cowie A Reynard 903 Opel 5–9, 13–15, 17
94 Ralt RT33 3
21 Brazil Niko Palhares A Ralt RT33 Opel 3–4
Ralt RT34 5–9
64 Finland Pekka Herva B Reynard 893 Volkswagen-Spiess 14–15, 17
91 Switzerland Flurin Zegg B Ralt RT33 Opel 4
Racefax Motorsport 23 Switzerland Alain Menu A Ralt RT32 Mazda 1–2, 4
61 United Kingdom Dominic Chappell B Ralt RT32 Volkswagen-Spiess 1–3
Ralt RT33 4–17
Dawson Auto Developments 25 Portugal António Simões A Reynard 903 Alfa Romeo 2–3, 5, 10–11, 13, 17
Tech-Speed Motorsport 27 United Kingdom Gary Ayles A Reynard 903 Volkswagen-Spiess 1–4, 6–9
United Kingdom Scott Stringfellow 13
28 Spain Jordi Gené A Reynard 903 Volkswagen-Spiess All
58 United Kingdom Paul Smith B Reynard 873 Volkswagen-Spiess 10
Hepworth Racing 30 United Kingdom Stephen Hepworth A Reynard 903 Volkswagen-Spiess 1–6
United Kingdom Jason Elliott 9–10
Denmark Henrik Larsen 11–14
United Kingdom Ross Hockenhull 16
Superpower Engineering 33 United Kingdom Paul Warwick A Reynard 903 Volkswagen-Spiess 1
Ralt RT34 Mugen-Honda 2–9
Republic of Ireland Bernard Dolan 10
United Kingdom Gary Ayles 11–17
Team Itchi-Ban 37 Sweden Nic Jönsson A Reynard 903 Mugen-Honda 15–16
38 Sweden Mikael Gustavsson A Reynard 903 Mugen-Honda 15
39 Sweden Linus Lundberg A Reynard 903 Mugen-Honda 15
G-Son Racing 40 Sweden Fredrik Ekblom A Reynard 903 Volkswagen-Spiess 1
60 Sweden Monica Stråth B Reynard 883 Volkswagen-Spiess 1
Diamond Racing 44 Mexico César Tiberio Jiménez A Reynard 903 Volkswagen-Spiess 4
70 B Reynard 893 Toyota 3
Reynard R&D 50 United Kingdom Jason Elliott A Reynard 903B Mugen-Honda 11, 13, 15–17
Peter Lea Racing 51 United Kingdom Eddie Kimbell B Reynard 873 Alfa Romeo 1–13
United States Sandy Brody 14–17
56 United Kingdom Alan Tulloch B Reynard 883 Alfa Romeo 1–10, 13–17
Stronghold Racing 52 United Kingdom Steve Bradley B Ralt RT32 Toyota 1–4, 6, 8–11, 14
Ralt RT33 Volkswagen-Spiess 15, 17
Steve Deeks 53 United Kingdom Steve Deeks B Reynard 883 Alfa Romeo 5–8, 10, 17
Tollbar Racing 55 Spain Juan Serda B Ralt RT32 Volkswagen-Spiess All
Davies Racing 57 United Kingdom Tony Davies B Ralt RT31 Volkswagen-Spiess 1, 4–6, 10, 17
Zeus Motorsport 66 United Kingdom Peter Sneller B Reynard 883 Volkswagen-Spiess 1–2, 4–8, 10–12, 15–17
Petroglobe International 67 United States Dana Brewer B Reynard 893 Alfa Romeo 13
Cram Motorsport 71 United Kingdom Rob Mears B Ralt RT33 Toyota All
JWD Motorsport 83 United States Jack Dickenson B Ralt RT31 Toyota 4, 9
Carlton Tingling 85 Jamaica Carlton Tingling B Reynard 883 Volkswagen-Spiess 15

Race calendar and results

Round Circuit Date Pole Position Fastest Lap Winning Driver Winning Team Class B Winner
1 Donington Park 1 April Finland Mika Häkkinen Finland Mika Häkkinen Finland Mika Häkkinen United Kingdom West Surrey Racing United Kingdom Dominic Chappell
2 Silverstone 8 April Finland Mika Häkkinen Finland Mika Salo Finland Mika Salo United Kingdom Alan Docking Racing United Kingdom Charles Rickett
3 Thruxton 16 April Finland Mika Häkkinen Finland Mika Häkkinen Finland Mika Häkkinen United Kingdom West Surrey Racing United Kingdom Charles Rickett
4 Brands Hatch 29 April Finland Mika Häkkinen Finland Mika Häkkinen Finland Mika Häkkinen United Kingdom West Surrey Racing United Kingdom Charles Rickett
5 Silverstone 7 May Finland Mika Salo Finland Mika Salo Finland Mika Salo United Kingdom Alan Docking Racing Spain Juan Serda
6 Brands Hatch 20 May Finland Mika Häkkinen Finland Mika Häkkinen Finland Mika Salo United Kingdom Alan Docking Racing United Kingdom Dominic Chappell
7 Thruxton 28 May Finland Mika Salo Finland Mika Häkkinen Finland Mika Salo United Kingdom Alan Docking Racing United Kingdom Charles Rickett
8 Silverstone 10 June Finland Mika Häkkinen Finland Mika Salo United Kingdom Steve Robertson United Kingdom Bowman Racing United Kingdom Charles Rickett
9 Donington Park 1 July Brazil Christian Fittipaldi Brazil Christian Fittipaldi Brazil Christian Fittipaldi United Kingdom West Surrey Racing United Kingdom Charles Rickett
10 Silverstone 14 July Finland Mika Salo Finland Mika Salo Finland Mika Salo United Kingdom Alan Docking Racing United Kingdom Charles Rickett
11 Snetterton 5 August Finland Mika Salo Finland Mika Häkkinen
Finland Mika Salo1
Finland Mika Häkkinen United Kingdom West Surrey Racing United Kingdom Charles Rickett
12 Oulton Park 12 August Finland Mika Häkkinen Finland Mika Häkkinen Finland Mika Häkkinen United Kingdom West Surrey Racing United Kingdom Charles Rickett
13 Silverstone 27 August Finland Mika Häkkinen Finland Mika Häkkinen Finland Mika Häkkinen United Kingdom West Surrey Racing United Kingdom Charles Rickett
14 Brands Hatch 2 September Finland Mika Häkkinen Finland Mika Häkkinen Finland Mika Häkkinen United Kingdom West Surrey Racing Hong Kong Darren Shaw
15 Donington Park 16 September Finland Mika Häkkinen Finland Mika Häkkinen Finland Mika Häkkinen United Kingdom West Surrey Racing United Kingdom Dominic Chappell
16 Thruxton 23 September United Kingdom Paul Stewart Finland Mika Salo Finland Mika Salo United Kingdom Alan Docking Racing Hong Kong Darren Shaw
17 Silverstone 7 October Finland Mika Häkkinen United Kingdom Steve Robertson Finland Mika Häkkinen United Kingdom West Surrey Racing United Kingdom Peter Sneller

^1 Häkkinen and Salo set identical fastest lap times and were subsequently both awarded an additional point.

Championship Standings

Class A

Points in brackets include dropped scoresonly the best 14 of 17 scores count towards the championship

Pos. Driver DON SIL THR BRH SIL BRH THR SIL DON SIL SNE OUL SIL BRH DON THR SIL Pts
1 Finland Mika Häkkinen 1 (3) 1 1 2 2 2 Ret (6) 2 1 1 1 1 1 2 1 121 (126)
2 Finland Mika Salo 2 1 2 4 1 1 1 2 5 1 (7) 2 2 Ret 3 1 Ret 98 (99)
3 United Kingdom Steve Robertson 3 2 Ret Ret 3 3 Ret 1 Ret 3 2 Ret 4 3 Ret 9 3 49
4 Brazil Christian Fittipaldi 4 14 5 6 7 6 4 8 1 6 3 Ret DSQ 5 Ret 4 2 36
5 Netherlands Peter Kox Ret 4 3 2 5 Ret 6 5 2 Ret Ret Ret Ret Ret 6 4 28
6 Belgium Philippe Adams 11 Ret 6 10 4 20 Ret 9 9 4 4 5 6 2 2 Ret 11 25
7 United Kingdom Paul Stewart 6 23 Ret 11 9 Ret 13 4 4 Ret 5 4 3 6 Ret 3 13 21
8 United Kingdom Jonathan McGall Ret 5 Ret 12 10 11 5 3 7 10 17 3 7 7 Ret Ret 6 13
9 Republic of Ireland Derek Higgins Ret 7 Ret 5 8 4 9 22 3 Ret Ret Ret Ret 4 Ret Ret 7 12
10 United Kingdom Paul Warwick 17 Ret 4 3 Ret 5 7 6 10 10
11 Japan Minoru Tanaka 5 8 Ret 8 13 Ret 3 Ret Ret 5 Ret Ret 10 12 Ret 5 8 10
12 Japan Hideki Noda 7 6 Ret DNS 6 9 11 16 Ret Ret Ret 6 5 11 4 10 Ret 8
13 United Kingdom Jason Elliott Ret 8 DNS 20 5 8 5 4
14 United Kingdom Julian Westwood Ret 12 8 9 14 7 10 7 8 7 Ret 7 8 9 6 7 10 1
15 Spain Jordi Gené 10 10 9 13 12 Ret DSQ 10 Ret 11 6 8 9 10 7 Ret 9 1
16 Mexico Fernando Plata 8 9 7 7 11 8 12 0
17 United Kingdom Gary Ayles 20 Ret 11 14 Ret 8 14 Ret Ret Ret Ret 8 8 19 12 0
18 Denmark Henrik Larsen 8 Ret 11 13 0
19 United Kingdom Stephen Hepworth 13 16 15 Ret 15 12 Ret 9 9 Ret 14 15 20 Ret 0
20 Switzerland Alain Menu 9 Ret DNS 0
21 Republic of Ireland Bernard Dolan 9 0
22 Brazil Niko Palhares Ret Ret Ret 10 NC 11 Ret 0
23 Brazil Jose Cordova DNS 11 10 DNS 0
24 Portugal António Simões 13 Ret Ret 12 10 Ret Ret 0
25 South Africa Hilton Cowie 12 Ret Ret DSQ 12 11 12 Ret Ret Ret 0
26 United Kingdom Ross Hockenhull 11 0
27 Sweden Nic Jönsson Ret 13 0
28 United Kingdom Scott Stringfellow 15 0
Sweden Fredrik Ekblom Ret 0
Mexico Adrián Fernández Ret 0
Sweden Linus Lundberg Ret 0
Mexico César T. Jiménez DNS 0
Sweden Mikael Gustavsson DNS 0

Class B

Pos. Driver DON SIL THR BRH SIL BRH THR SIL DON SIL SNE OUL SIL BRH DON THR SIL Pts
1 United Kingdom Charles Rickett Ret 15 13 15 Ret 21 14 13 12 13 11 10 13 101
2 United Kingdom Dominic Chappell 12 19 DNS Ret Ret 13 15 15 Ret 15 Ret 11 14 16 9 14 Ret 72
3 United Kingdom Eddie Kimbell Ret 18 14 16 17 16 17 19 15 Ret 12 DNS 16 43
4 United Kingdom Rob Mears 18 Ret 16 Ret Ret 14 Ret 18 13 16 14 Ret Ret 17 10 15 DSQ 42
5 United Kingdom Peter Sneller Ret 17 DNS Ret 15 16 Ret 14 15 12 DSQ 16 14 39
6 Spain Juan Serda 16 20 20 17 16 18 18 21 16 20 16 13 18 20 DSQ 18 18 33
7 United Kingdom Steve Bradley DSQ 21 18 Ret 17 20 14 19 13 19 12 16 23
8 Hong Kong Darren Shaw 15 12 20
9 United Kingdom Alan Tulloch 15 22 19 18 18 19 19 Ret Ret 21 17 21 11 Ret Ret 20
10 United States Sandy Brody Ret Ret 17 15 8
11 United Kingdom Steve Deeks Ret DNS DNS 17 18 17 8
12 Sweden Monica Stråth 14 6
13 United Kingdom Tony Davies 19 19 19 22 22 DNS 6
14 Finland Pekka Herva 18 Ret Ret 4
15 Mexico César T. Jiménez 17 3
16 United States Dana Brewer 19 14 19 3
17 United Kingdom Paul Smith 17 2
18 Jamaica Carlton Tingling 13 2
19 United States Jack Dickenson DNS 17 1
Switzerland Flurin Zegg DNS 0

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