1992 British Formula Three Championship
1992 British Formula Three Championship | |||
Previous: | 1991 | Next: | 1993 |
The 1992 British Formula Three season was the 42nd British Formula Three Championship, won by Brazilian Gil de Ferran. The season started on March 22 at Donington Park and ended on October 4 at Silverstone following sixteen races. Dutch driver Marcel Albers died following a large crash during the third round at Thruxton. 1992 was the final season of British F3 in which the champion did not drive a Dallara chassis, and the first of six titles in seven years for Paul Stewart Racing. Class B was won by British driver Paul Evans.
Drivers and Teams
The following teams and drivers were competitors in the 1991 season. Class B is for older Formula Three cars.
Team | No | Driver | Class | Chassis | Engine | Rounds |
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West Surrey Racing | 1 | Marc Goossens | A | Reynard 923 | Mugen-Honda | All |
2 | Oswaldo Negri | A | Reynard 923 | Mugen-Honda | All | |
39 | James Taylor | B | Ralt RT35 | Mugen-Honda | 2-4, 8-11, 13-16 | |
41 | Nigel Smith | B | Ralt RT35 | Mugen-Honda | 12-16 | |
Bowman Racing | 3 | Philippe Adams | A | Reynard 923 | Mugen-Honda | 1-5 |
52 | Abel Gonzáles | B | Ralt RT35 | Volkswagen | 14, 16 | |
Paul Stewart Racing | 5 | Gil de Ferran | A | Reynard 923 | Mugen-Honda | All |
6 | André Ribeiro | A | Reynard 923 | Mugen-Honda | All | |
Alan Docking Racing | 7 | Marcel Albers | A | Ralt RT36 | Mugen-Honda | 1-3 |
Scott Lakin | 13-16 | |||||
Elton Julian | 6-11 | |||||
8 | A | Ralt RT36 | Mugen-Honda | 1-5 | ||
Philippe Adams | 6-16 | |||||
Edenbridge Racing | 9 | Pedro Diniz | A | Reynard 923 | Mugen-Honda | 1-8 |
Ralt RT36 | 9-16 | |||||
10 | Warren Hughes | A | Reynard 923 | Swindon-Vauxhall | 1-7 | |
Mugen-Honda | 8 | |||||
Ralt RT36 | 9-11 | |||||
Spiess-Vauxhall | 12-16 | |||||
P1 Racing | 11 | Jason Plato | A | Van Diemen RF92 | Mugen-Honda | 1-8 |
Julian Westwood | 9-16 | |||||
12 | Mikke van Hool | A | Reynard 923 | Mugen-Honda | All | |
Nomag Racing | 14 | Frank ten Wolde | A | Van Diemen RF92 | Mugen-Honda | 9-11 |
Fortec Motorsport | 14 | Elton Julian | A | Reynard 923 | Mugen-Honda | 14-16 |
17 | Kelvin Burt | A | Reynard 923 | Mugen-Honda | All | |
Richard Arnold Developments | 31 | Steven Arnold | B | Ralt RT35 | Mugen-Honda | 5-16 |
John Lee Motorsport | 33 | John Lee | B | Ralt RT32 | Toyota | 1-11, 13-16 |
Tech-Speed Motorsport | 36 | Steven Arnold | B | Ralt RT34 | Mugen-Honda | 1-4 |
Juan Serda | Reynard 903 | Volkswagen | 8, 10-14, 16 | |||
John Wilcock | 37 | John Wilcock | B | Reynard 893 | Toyota | All |
Fred Goddard Racing | 38 | Stephen Watson | B | Ralt RT34 | Mugen-Honda | 11-16 |
40 | Amanda Runnacles | B | Ralt RT34 | Volkswagen | 1-3 | |
Marco Vignali | 13-16 | |||||
42 | Hilton Cowie | B | Ralt RT34 | Mugen-Honda | 1-2 | |
Reynard 913 | 3-16 | |||||
47 | Costa Lazakaris | B | Reynard 903 | Volkswagen | 7-8, 10-14 | |
Motorsport Team Schemes | 41 | Nigel Smith | B | Ralt RT35 | Mugen-Honda | 1-11 |
Mark Bailey Racing | 43 | William Hewland | B | Ralt RT35 | Mugen-Honda | 1-11 |
Reynard 913 | 12-15 | |||||
Mark Bailey | 16 | |||||
44 | Adrian Cottrell | B | Ralt RT35 | Mugen-Honda | 15 | |
48 | Paul Evans | B | Ralt RT35 | Mugen-Honda | 2-16 | |
Thornton Mustard | 44 | Thornton Mustard | B | Reynard 893 | Volkswagen | 2 |
GB Motorsport | 45 | Gavin Wills | B | Reynard 913 | Volkswagen | 2 |
Woodcock Bros. | 46 | Gary Woodcock | B | Ralt RT31 | Volkswagen | 8, 11 |
GH Racing | 50 | Gray Hedley | B | Ralt RT35 | Mugen-Honda | All |
Prowess Racing | 63 | Hugo Spowers | B | Argo JM18 | Toyota | 15-16 |
Race calendar and results
^1 Round 3 was shortened due to the fatal crash of Albers.
^2 Negri and Westwood set identical fastest lap times and were subsequently both awarded an additional point.
Championship Standings
Class A
Points in brackets include dropped scores - only the best 13 of 16 scores count towards the championship
Pos. | Driver | DON | SIL | THR | BRH | THR | BRH | SIL | SIL | DON | SNE | SIL | PEM | SIL | DON | THR | SIL | Pts |
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1 | Gil de Ferran | 3 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 1 | (5) | Ret | 1 | 2 | (3) | 1 | 1 | 102 (109) |
2 | Philippe Adams | 4 | 11 | 5 | 4 | Ret | 1 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 2 | Ret | 3 | 1 | Ret | Ret | 5 | 56 |
3 | Kelvin Burt | 2 | 4 | 12 | 1 | 10 | 8 | 4 | 3 | 9 | 8 | 2 | Ret | 6 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 55 |
4 | Oswaldo Negri | 5 | 3 | 4 | 9 | 6 | 4 | 13 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 4 | Ret | 11 | 21 | 43 |
5 | Mikke van Hool | 8 | 2 | 2 | NS | 4 | 3 | Ret | Ret | Ret | Ret | 6 | Ret | 3 | Ret | 5 | 6 | 29 |
6 | Marc Goossens | 17 | 5 | 11 | Ret | 8 | 5 | 3 | 7 | 18 | 4 | Ret | 11 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 28 |
7 | Warren Hughes | 9 | 6 | 6 | 7 | 9 | Ret | 7 | 6 | 5 | Ret | 1 | 2 | 9 | 7 | Ret | 3 | 25 |
8 | Elton Julian | 6 | 7 | 8 | 6 | 1 | 7 | 6 | 8 | 4 | 7 | Ret | 14 | 7 | 10 | 17 | ||
9 | Julian Westwood | 3 | 3 | 7 | 5 | Ret | 6 | 9 | 7 | 13 | ||||||||
10 | André Ribeiro | Ret | NS | 9 | Ret | Ret | Ret | 10 | Ret | 10 | 6 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 5 | 4 | Ret | 13 |
11 | Marcel Albers† | 1 | Ret | 7 | 10 | |||||||||||||
12 | Pedro Diniz | Ret | 14 | 3 | 3 | Ret | Ret | NS | 10 | Ret | Ret | Ret | Ret | Ret | 8 | 8 | 11 | 8 |
13 | Jason Plato | 7 | 13 | 10 | 5 | 7 | 9 | 5 | 5 | 8 | ||||||||
14 | Scott Lakin | 10 | 4 | 10 | 13 | 3 | ||||||||||||
15 | Frank ten Wolde | 13 | 11 | 10 | 0 |
Class B
Points in brackets include dropped scores - only the best 13 of 16 scores count towards the championship
Pos. | Driver | DON | SIL | THR | BRH | THR | BRH | SIL | SIL | DON | SNE | SIL | PEM | SIL | DON | THR | SIL | Pts |
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1 | Paul Evans | 8 | NS | 8 | 5 | 10 | 8 | Ret | 7 | 9 | 8 | 7 | 8 | 10 | Ret | 8 | 101 | |
2 | Hilton Cowie | 10 | Ret | 16 | Ret | 3 | 6 | Ret | 9 | Ret | 10 | 5 | Ret | DSQ | 9 | 6 | 9 | 83 |
3 | Nigel Smith | Ret | 9 | 14 | 10 | 13 | 12 | 9 | (15) | 8 | 12 | Ret | 8 | 11 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 67 (69) |
4 | Steven Arnold | 11 | 10 | 13 | Ret | 12 | Ret | 11 | 11 | 11 | 13 | 11 | 9 | 12 | 11 | (16) | 15 | 57 (58) |
5 | William Hewland | 12 | 12 | 15 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 12 | 12 | 12 | Ret | 9 | Ret | Ret | 13 | 15 | 42 | |
6 | Gray Hedley | 13 | 17 | 18 | 13 | 14 | 13 | 14 | 13 | 14 | 14 | Ret | 13 | 16 | 16 | Ret | 17 | 19 |
7 | Stephen Watson | 12 | 10 | 13 | 15 | 14 | 14 | 15 | ||||||||||
8 | John Wilcock | 14 | 19 | 19 | 12 | 15 | 14 | 15 | 14 | 15 | 17 | 14 | Ret | 18 | 20 | Ret | 18 | 10 |
9 | Adrian Cottrell | 13 | 4 | |||||||||||||||
10 | Amanda Runnacles | 15 | 16 | 17 | 4 | |||||||||||||
11 | Juan Serda | 16 | 16 | 13 | 12 | 17 | 19 | 19 | 3 | |||||||||
12 | James Taylor | Ret | Ret | Ret | 17 | 16 | 15 | 15 | 15 | 18 | 16 | 3 | ||||||
13 | Marco Vignali | 14 | Ret | NS | Ret | 2 | ||||||||||||
14 | Gavin Wills | 15 | 2 | |||||||||||||||
15 | John Lee | 16 | Ret | 20 | 14 | 16 | 15 | Ret | 17 | 18 | 17 | 20 | 21 | 17 | NS | 1 | ||
16 | Costa Lazarakis | 16 | Ret | 18 | 14 | 19 | 0 | |||||||||||
17 | Gary Woodcock | 18 | 16 | 0 | ||||||||||||||
18 | Abel Gonzáles | 17 | Ret | 0 | ||||||||||||||
19 | Hugo Spowers | Ret | 20 | 0 | ||||||||||||||
Thornton Mustard | Ret | 0 | ||||||||||||||||
Mark Bailey | Ret | 0 |
References
AUTOCOURSE 1992-93