1993 British Formula Three Championship Explained

The 1993 British Formula Three season was the 43rd British Formula Three Championship, won by Kelvin Burt. The season started on 21 March at Silverstone and ended at Thruxton on 10 October at following fifteen races. Paul Stewart Racing were forced to switch Burt from a Reynard to a Dallara chassis in order to stave off the challenge of Oliver Gavin, who had been using a Dallara since the fourth round. The season marked the beginning of the Italian firm's domination of the series — Dallara chassis have won every British F3 title since.^[1] Class B was won by British driver Jamie Spence.^[2]

Drivers and Teams

Team	No	Driver	Chassis	Engine	Rounds
Class A
Paul Stewart Racing	1	Kelvin Burt	Reynard 933	Mugen-Honda	1-9
			Dallara F393		10-15
	2	Paul Evans	Reynard 933	Mugen-Honda	1-12
		Dario Franchitti	13
		Jan Magnussen	Dallara F393		14-15
West Surrey Racing	3	Marc Goossens	Reynard 933	Mugen-Honda	1-8
			Dallara F393		9-15
	4	Pedro de la Rosa	Reynard 933	Mugen-Honda	1-9
			Dallara F393		10-15
	42	Jérémie Dufour	Reynard 933	Mugen-Honda	1-9
			Dallara F393		11-15
Edenbridge Racing	5	Oliver Gavin	Ralt RT37	Vauxhall	1-3
			Dallara F393		4-17
	6	Gualter Salles	Ralt RT37	Vauxhall	1-2
			Dallara F393		4
		Marcos Gueiros			6-15
Alan Docking Racing	7	Ricardo Rosset	Ralt RT37	Mugen-Honda	1-8
			Dallara F393		9-15
	8	Brian Cunningham	Dallara F393	Mugen-Honda	11-15
Fortec Motorsport	9	André Ribeiro	Reynard 933	Mugen-Honda	1-10
			Dallara F393		11-15
	10	Gareth Rees	Reynard 933	Mugen-Honda	All
P1 Engineering	12	Mikke van Hool	Reynard 933	Mugen-Honda	1-3
		Miguel Ángel de Castro			5-9
		Dino Morelli			14-15
		Christian Horner			10
Richard Arnold Developments	14	Steven Arnold	Dallara F393	Mugen-Honda	All
15	Warren Hughes	Dallara F393	Fiat	2-15
Supercars	16	Alberto Pedemonte	Dallara F393	Fiat	11
Ralt Cars	20	Jeremy Cotterill	Ralt 93C	Mugen-Honda	14-15
Intersport	27	Scott Lakin	Reynard 933	Fiat	6, 8-15
Class B
Fred Goddard Racing	21	Hennie Groenewald	Reynard 913	Mugen-Honda	All
	40	William Hewland	Reynard 913	Mugen-Honda	All
	41	Stephen Watson	Reynard 923	Mugen-Honda	1-8
		Costas Lazarakis	Reynard 913		12-13
GH Racing	31	Gray Hedley	Reynard 923	Mugen-Honda	All
Jamie Spence	33	Jamie Spence	Bowman BC2	Mugen-Honda	1-13
Mansilla Racing	34	Abel Gonzales	Ralt RT35	Mugen-Honda	All
Miguel de Castro	35	nowrap	Miguel Ángel de Castro	Bowman BC2	Mugen-Honda	1-2
Alan Docking Racing	36	Brian Cunningham	Ralt RT36	Mugen-Honda	1-10
	38	Chris Clark	Ralt RT36	Mugen-Honda	All
John Wilcock	37	John Wilcock	Reynard 893	Toyota	1-10, 13-15
Tech-Speed Motorsport	39	Juan Serda	Reynard 903	Volkswagen	2, 4, 7, 9, 11
Data Express Motorsport	44	Michael Brain	Reynard 923	Mugen-Honda	3-15
Mark Bailey Racing	48	Derek Watts	Ralt RT36	Mugen-Honda	1-8
		Paul Quinn			9, 11
		Dominic Sutton			10
		Steve Allen			14
	49	Jean Clermont	Ralt RT36	Mugen-Honda	13-15
P1 Engineering	50	Christian Horner	Reynard 923	Mugen-Honda	1-9, 11-14
		Piers Hunnisett			15
Prowess Racing	51	John Goate	Ralt RT36	Mugen-Honda	1-2, 5
	57	Hugo Spowers	Ralt RT36	Mugen-Honda	3-4
Steve Mole Racing	55	George King	Ralt RT34	Volkswagen	7, 9, 11
	56	Andrew Nimmo	Ralt RT34	Volkswagen	nowrap	6, 8, 10, 12–13, 15

Race calendar and results

Round	Circuit	Date	Pole Position	Fastest Lap	Winning Driver	Winning Team	Class B Winner
1	Silverstone	21 March	Andre Ribeiro	Kelvin Burt	Kelvin Burt	nowrap	Paul Stewart Racing	Jamie Spence
2	Thruxton	4 April	Marc Goossens	Warren Hughes	Marc Goossens	West Surrey Racing	nowrap	Christian Horner
3	Brands Hatch	18 April	Andre Ribeiro	Warren Hughes	Kelvin Burt	Paul Stewart Racing	Jamie Spence
4	nowrap	Donington Park	3 May	Kelvin Burt	Kelvin Burt	Kelvin Burt	Paul Stewart Racing	Christian Horner
5	Brands Hatch	16 May	Kelvin Burt	Marc Goossens	Kelvin Burt	Paul Stewart Racing	Jamie Spence
6	Silverstone	31 May	Oliver Gavin	Oliver Gavin	Oliver Gavin	Edenbridge Racing	Jamie Spence
7	Oulton Park	12 June	Kelvin Burt	Kelvin Burt	Oliver Gavin	Edenbridge Racing	Chris Clark
8	Donington Park	27 June	Oliver Gavin	Warren Hughes	Oliver Gavin	Edenbridge Racing	Jamie Spence
9	Silverstone	10 July	Warren Hughes	Oliver Gavin	Oliver Gavin	Edenbridge Racing	Jamie Spence
10	Donington Park	18 July	Kelvin Burt	Oliver Gavin	Kelvin Burt	Paul Stewart Racing	Jamie Spence
11	Snetterton	8 August	Kelvin Burt	Kelvin Burt	Kelvin Burt	Paul Stewart Racing	Stephen Watson
12	Pembrey	22 August	Kelvin Burt	Oliver Gavin	Oliver Gavin	Edenbridge Racing	Christian Horner
13	Silverstone	nowrap	5 September	Kelvin Burt	Oliver Gavin	Kelvin Burt	Paul Stewart Racing	Christian Horner
14		3 October	Kelvin Burt	Kelvin Burt	Kelvin Burt	Paul Stewart Racing	Christian Horner
15	Thruxton	10 October	Marc Goossens	Kelvin Burt	Kelvin Burt	Paul Stewart Racing	Piers Hunnisett

Championship Standings

Points in brackets include dropped scores — only the best 12 of 15 scores count towards the championship

Pos.	Driver	SIL	THR	BRH	DON	BRH	SIL	OUL	DON	SIL	DON	SNE	PEM	SIL	SIL	THR	Pts
Class A
1	Kelvin Burt	1	2	1	1	1	3	(4)	(3)	(4)	1	1	2	1	1	1
2	Oliver Gavin	Ret	7	11	2	3	1	1	1	1	3	4	1	11	3	2	77
3	Marc Goossens	4	1	9	4	2	DSQ	2	Ret	6	2	2	3	DSQ	2	Ret	51
4	Warren Hughes		6	10	11	7	2	3	2	2	4	Ret	11	4	8	4	35
5	André Ribeiro	3	Ret	2	10	5	Ret	Ret	DSQ	9	9	6	5	3	24	Ret	19
6	Ricardo Rosset	Ret	8	6	DNS	6	8	Ret	8	3	10	3	9	2	6	6	18
7	Pedro de la Rosa	5	3	DNS	3	4	4	5	Ret	7	Ret	NC	8	Ret	Ret	7	18
8	Paul Evans	2	10	7	5	Ret	5	8	6	13	14	10	12				12
9	Jérémie Dufour	12	19	3	6	10	10	7	5	Ret		24	6	9	12	5	11
10	Steven Arnold	9	5	5	7	11	9	9	7	5	6	5	7	6	11	Ret	11
11	Jan Magnussen														4	3	7
12	Marcos Gueiros						7	10	13	Ret	7	13	4	Ret	5	Ret	5
13	Gareth Rees	6	4	Ret	16	8	Ret	6	Ret	11	Ret	8	10	7	7	20	5
14	Mikke van Hool	7	DNS	4													3
15	Scott Lakin						Ret		9	8	5	7	14	Ret	Ret	9	2
16	Dario Franchitti													5			2
17	Miguel Ángel de Castro					12	6	Ret	10	12							1
18	Dino Morelli														9	8	0
19	Brian Cunningham											16	15	10	10	10	0
20	Christian Horner										11						0
21	Alberto Pedemonte											12					0
22	Jeremy Cotterill														13	Ret	0
23	Gualter Salles	DSQ	15		Ret												0
Class B
1	Jamie Spence	8	Ret	8	Ret	9	11	12	4	10	8	Ret	Ret	11			83
2	Christian Horner	10	9	Ret	8	DSQ	Ret	14	12	Ret		11	13	8	14		68
3	Chris Clark	19	11	13	17	13	15	11	14	19	13	18	17	14	15	14	50
4	Stephen Watson	Ret	12	16	9	Ret	14	19	Ret	15	Ret	9	16	13	16	12	48
5	Hennie Groenewald	17	22	12	12	14	13	17	11	Ret	12	14	19	15	Ret	Ret	37
6	Abel Gonzalez	14	18	17	Ret	Ret	Ret	18	DNS	14	Ret	15	Ret	12	17	13	22
7	William Hewland	15	14	15	14	16	Ret	16	15	17	Ret	20	18	16	18	Ret	19
8	Michael Brain			19	13	15	17	20	16	Ret	15	17	20	17	19	16	15
9	Brian Cunningham	13	DNS	Ret	Ret	Ret	12	13	Ret	18	Ret						14
10	Piers Hunnisett															11	10
11	Derek Watts	11	17	14	15	Ret	Ret	15	Ret								10
12	Gray Hedley	18	16	Ret	18	17	16	21	17	16	16	19	Ret	Ret	20	15	10
13	Miguel Ángel de Castro	16	13														3
14	Andrew Nimmo						19		19		17		21	21		19	1
15	Jean Clermont													18	23	17	0
16	John Wilcock	Ret	21	18	19	18	18	22	18	22	DNS			19	22	18	0
17	Juan Serda		18		21			23		21		23					0
18	George King							24		20		22					0
19	John Goate	20	23			DNS											0
20	Hugo Spowers			Ret	20												0
21	Costas Lazarakis												Ret	20			0
22	Paul Quinn									Ret		21					0
23	Steve Allen														21		0
	Dominic Sutton										Ret						0
Pos.	Driver	SIL	THR	BRH	DON	BRH	SIL	OUL	DON	SIL	DON	SNE	PEM	SIL	SIL	THR	Pts

Source:^[3]

External links

• The official website of the British Formula 3 Championship

Notes and References

1. News: How a timely change of chassis transformed Formula 3 forever . . 25 March 2023 . 26 March 2023 . Simmons . Marcus . subscription.
2. News: The month in Motor Sport . October 1993 . . 26 March 2023.
3. Web site: 1993 Championship Results. 15 June 2013.