1992 British Formula Three Championship
The 1992 British Formula Three season was the 42nd British Formula Three Championship, won by Brazilian Gil de Ferran. The season started on 22 March at Donington Park and ended on 4 October 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 | Chassis | Engine | No | Driver | Rounds |
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Class A | |||||
West Surrey Racing | Reynard 923 | Mugen-Honda | 1 | Marc Goossens | All |
2 | Oswaldo Negri | All | |||
Bowman Racing | Reynard 923 | Mugen-Honda | 3 | Philippe Adams | 1-5 |
Paul Stewart Racing | Reynard 923 | Mugen-Honda | 5 | Gil de Ferran | All |
6 | André Ribeiro | All | |||
Alan Docking Racing | Ralt RT36 | Mugen-Honda | 7 | Marcel Albers | 1-3 |
Scott Lakin | 13-16 | ||||
Elton Julian | 6-11 | ||||
8 | 1-5 | ||||
Philippe Adams | 6-16 | ||||
Edenbridge Racing | Reynard 923 | Mugen-Honda | 9 | Pedro Diniz | 1-8 |
Ralt RT36 | 9-16 | ||||
Reynard 923 | Swindon-Vauxhall | 10 | Warren Hughes | 1-7 | |
Mugen-Honda | 8 | ||||
Ralt RT36 | 9-11 | ||||
Spiess-Vauxhall | 12-16 | ||||
P1 Racing | Van Diemen RF92 | Mugen-Honda | 11 | Jason Plato | 1-8 |
Julian Westwood | 9-16 | ||||
Reynard 923 | 12 | Mikke van Hool | All | ||
Nomag Racing | Van Diemen RF92 | Mugen-Honda | 14 | Franc ten Wolde | 9-11 |
Fortec Motorsport | Reynard 923 | Mugen-Honda | 14 | Elton Julian | 14-16 |
17 | Kelvin Burt | All | |||
Class B | |||||
Richard Arnold Developments | Ralt RT35 | Mugen-Honda | 31 | Steven Arnold | 5-16 |
John Lee Motorsport | Ralt RT32 | Toyota | 33 | John Lee | 1-11, 13-16 |
Tech-Speed Motorsport | Ralt RT34 | Mugen-Honda | 36 | Steven Arnold | 1-4 |
Reynard 903 | Volkswagen | Juan Serda | 8, 10-14, 16 | ||
John Wilcock | Reynard 893 | Toyota | 37 | John Wilcock | All |
Fred Goddard Racing | Ralt RT34 | Mugen-Honda | 38 | Stephen Watson | 11-16 |
Volkswagen | 40 | Amanda Runnacles | 1-3 | ||
Marco Vignali | 13-16 | ||||
Mugen-Honda | 42 | Hilton Cowie | 1-2 | ||
Reynard 913 | 3-16 | ||||
Reynard 903 | Volkswagen | 47 | Costa Lazakaris | 7-8, 10-14 | |
West Surrey Racing | Ralt RT35 | Mugen-Honda | 39 | James Taylor | 2-4, 8-11, 13-16 |
41 | Nigel Smith | 12-16 | |||
Motorsport Team Schemes | Ralt RT35 | Mugen-Honda | 1-11 | ||
Mark Bailey Racing | Ralt RT35 | Mugen-Honda | 43 | William Hewland | 1-11 |
Reynard 913 | 12-15 | ||||
Mark Bailey | 16 | ||||
Ralt RT35 | 44 | Adrian Cottrell | 15 | ||
48 | Paul Evans | 2-16 | |||
Thornton Mustard | Reynard 893 | Volkswagen | 44 | Thornton Mustard | 2 |
GB Motorsport | Reynard 913 | Volkswagen | 45 | Gavin Wills | 2 |
Woodcock Bros. | Ralt RT31 | Volkswagen | 46 | Gary Woodcock | 8, 11 |
GH Racing | Ralt RT35 | Mugen-Honda | 50 | Gray Hedley | All |
Bowman Racing | Ralt RT35 | Volkswagen | 52 | Abel Gonzáles | 14, 16 |
Prowess Racing | Argo JM18 | Toyota | 63 | Hugo Spowers | 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
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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Class A | ||||||||||||||||||
1 | Gil de Ferran | 3 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 1 | (5) | Ret | 1 | 2 | (3) | 1 | 1 | 102 |
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 | Franc ten Wolde | 13 | 11 | 10 | 0 | |||||||||||||
Class B | ||||||||||||||||||
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 |
4 | Steven Arnold | 11 | 10 | 13 | Ret | 12 | Ret | 11 | 11 | 11 | 13 | 11 | 9 | 12 | 11 | (16) | 15 | 57 |
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