1992 British Formula Three Championship

1992 British Formula Three season
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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
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

Round	Circuit	Date	Pole Position	Fastest Lap	Winning Driver	Winning Team	Class B Winner
1	Donington Park	22 March	Marcel Albers	Gil de Ferran	Marcel Albers	Alan Docking Racing	Hilton Cowie
2	Silverstone Circuit	5 April	Gil de Ferran	Marcel Albers	Gil de Ferran	Paul Stewart Racing	Paul Evans
3	Thruxton Circuit	20 April	Gil de Ferran	Gil de Ferran	Gil de Ferran	Paul Stewart Racing	Steven Arnold
4	Brands Hatch, Kent	26 April	Gil de Ferran	Gil de Ferran	Kelvin Burt	Fortec Motorsport	Paul Evans
5	Thruxton	4 May	Elton Julian	Gil de Ferran	Elton Julian	Alan Docking Racing	Hilton Cowie
6	Brands Hatch, Kent	17 May	Gil de Ferran	Philippe Adams	Philippe Adams	Alan Docking Racing	Hilton Cowie
7	Silverstone Circuit	25 May	Oswaldo Negri	Oswaldo Negri	Gil de Ferran	Paul Stewart Racing	Paul Evans
8		7 June	Philippe Adams	Kelvin Burt	Philippe Adams	Alan Docking Racing	Hilton Cowie
9	Donington Park	21 June	Oswaldo Negri	Oswaldo Negri Julian Westwood	Gil de Ferran	Paul Stewart Racing	Paul Evans
10	Snetterton Motor Racing Circuit	28 June	Oswaldo Negri	Marc Goossens	Oswaldo Negri	West Surrey Racing	Paul Evans
11	Silverstone Circuit	11 July	Oswaldo Negri	Warren Hughes	Warren Hughes	Edenbridge Racing	Hilton Cowie
12	Pembrey Circuit	9 August	Kelvin Burt	Kelvin Burt	Gil de Ferran	Paul Stewart Racing	Paul Evans
13	Silverstone Circuit	31 August	Philippe Adams	Philippe Adams	Philippe Adams	Alan Docking Racing	Paul Evans
14	Donington Park	20 September	Gil de Ferran	Gil de Ferran	Kelvin Burt	Fortec Motorsport	Hilton Cowie
15	Thruxton Circuit	27 September	Gil de Ferran	Kelvin Burt	Gil de Ferran	Paul Stewart Racing	Hilton Cowie
16	Silverstone Circuit	4 October	André Ribeiro	Gil de Ferran	Gil de Ferran	Paul Stewart Racing	Paul Evans

^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
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
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

External links

• The official website of the British Formula 3 Championship