1992 British Formula Three Championship Explained

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
Class A
West Surrey Racing	Reynard 923	Mugen-Honda	1	Marc Goossens	All
West Surrey Racing	Reynard 923	Mugen-Honda	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
Paul Stewart Racing	Reynard 923	Mugen-Honda	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	Elton Julian	1-5
			8	Philippe Adams	6-16
Edenbridge Racing	Reynard 923	Mugen-Honda	9	Pedro Diniz	1-8
	Ralt RT36	Mugen-Honda	9	Pedro Diniz	9-16
	Reynard 923	Swindon-Vauxhall	10	Warren Hughes	1-7
	Reynard 923	Mugen-Honda			8
	Ralt RT36	Mugen-Honda			9-11
	Ralt RT36	Spiess-Vauxhall			12-16
P1 Racing	Van Diemen RF92	Mugen-Honda	11	Jason Plato	1-8
	Julian Westwood		11	9-16
	Reynard 923		12	Mikke van Hool	All
Nomag Racing	Van Diemen RF92	Mugen-Honda	14	Frank ten Wolde	9-11
Fortec Motorsport	Reynard 923	Mugen-Honda	14	Elton Julian	14-16
Fortec Motorsport	Reynard 923	Mugen-Honda	17	Kelvin Burt	All
Class B
nowrap	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
Tech-Speed Motorsport	Reynard 903	Volkswagen	36	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	nowrap	Amanda Runnacles	1-3
		Volkswagen	40	Marco Vignali	13-16
		Mugen-Honda	42	Hilton Cowie	1-2
	Reynard 913	Mugen-Honda	42	Hilton Cowie	3-16
	Reynard 903	Volkswagen	47	Costa Lazakaris	7-8, 10-14
West Surrey Racing	Ralt RT35	Mugen-Honda	39	James Taylor	nowrap	2-4, 8-11, 13-16
West Surrey Racing	Ralt RT35	Mugen-Honda	41	Nigel Smith	12-16
Motorsport Team Schemes	Ralt RT35	Mugen-Honda	41	Nigel Smith	1-11
Mark Bailey Racing	Ralt RT35	Mugen-Honda	43	William Hewland	1-11
	Reynard 913			William Hewland	12-15
	Reynard 913			Mark Bailey	16
	Ralt RT35		44	Adrian Cottrell	15
	Ralt RT35		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

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	nowrap	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	nowrap	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		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	Silverstone Circuit	7 June	Philippe Adams	Kelvin Burt	Philippe Adams	Alan Docking Racing	Hilton Cowie
9	Donington Park	21 June	Oswaldo Negri	nowrap	Oswaldo Negri Julian Westwood		Paul Stewart Racing	Paul Evans
10	nowrap	Snetterton Motor Racing Circuit	28 June	Oswaldo Negri	Marc Goossens		West Surrey Racing	Paul Evans
11	Silverstone Circuit	11 July	Oswaldo Negri	Warren Hughes	nowrap	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	nowrap	Philippe Adams	nowrap	Philippe Adams	nowrap	Philippe Adams	nowrap	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	nowrap	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

Round 3 was shortened due to the fatal crash of Albers.
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
Class A
1	Gil de Ferran	3	1	1	2	2	2	1	2	1	(5)	Ret	1	2	(3)	1	1
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
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
4	Steven Arnold	11	10	13	Ret	12	Ret	11	11	11	13	11	9	12	11	(16)	15
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	align=left nowrap	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