1994 British Formula Two Championship Explained

The 1994 British Formula Two Championship was the sixth season of the British Formula 3000 Championship. José Luis Di Palma won the championship, driving a Reynard 92D for Madgwick International. Both the Argentinian and series runner-up Phil Andrews (Apache Racing) won two rounds apiece. However, the grids were weak and British F2 was in decline. International F3000 drivers Gareth Rees and Christian Pescatori both won one-off races with Durango, at Snetterton and Donington respectively. Future Indy Lights star Philipp Peter also had a single race with the Italian team. Rees' future team-mate Stephen Watson made a single appearance in the series. The Moosehead Grand Prix at Halifax, Canada, a non-championship F3000 race in 1993, counted as a British F2 round in 1994 and was won by the Italian-Mexican Gianfranco Cané, driving for Fred Goddard Racing.^[1]

Drivers and teams

The following drivers and teams contested the 1994 British Formula Two Championship.

Team	Chassis	Engine		Driver	Rounds
Madgwick International	Reynard	Cosworth	1	José Luis Di Palma	All
Apache Racing	Reynard	Cosworth	4	Dominic Chappell	All
			5	Phil Andrews	All
AIM Motorsport	Reynard	Mugen	6	Andreas Halkiopoulos	1–2, 4-7
McNeil Engineering	Lola	Judd	7	Robbie Stirling	1–3, 5-7
Rex Hart Racing	Reynard	Cosworth	8	David Mercer	3, 5, 7
Weylock Racing	Reynard	Cosworth	9	Nicke Blom	1
				Franck Fréon	4
Fred Goddard Racing	Reynard	Cosworth	10	Pekka Herva	2–3, 5
				Gianfranco Cané	4
Worswick Engineering	Reynard	Cosworth	11	Tony Worswick	3
Cobra Motorsport	Reynard	Cosworth	12	Richard Dean	4
Monninghoff Sport Promotion	Reynard	Cosworth	14	Klaus Panchyrz	4
			15	James Taylor	4
Vortex Motorsport	Reynard	Cosworth	18	Allard Kalff	6
				Kris Nissen	7
			19	Hans Fertl	6
Omegaland	Lola	Cosworth	20	Stephen Watson	7
Durango Corse	Reynard	Cosworth	30	Gareth Rees	6
				Christian Pescatori	7
			31	Luca Riccitelli	6
					7
			32	Vito Popolizio	6-7

Results

British Formula Two Championship

Round	Date	Circuit	Pole Position	Fastest Lap	Winning Driver	Winning Team
C	April 1	Oulton Park	Cancelled due to lack of entries
C	May 2	Thruxton
1	May 30	Brands Hatch (Indy)	José Luis Di Palma	Robbie Stirling	Phil Andrews	Apache Racing
2	June 4	Silverstone (National)	Phil Andrews	Pekka Herva	José Luis Di Palma	Madgwick International
3	June 11	Oulton Park	Phil Andrews	Phil Andrews	Phil Andrews	Apache Racing
4	July 10	Halifax	Franck Fréon	Franck Fréon	Gianfranco Cane	Fred Goddard Racing
5	August 7	Snetterton	José Luis Di Palma	José Luis Di Palma	José Luis Di Palma	Madgwick International
C	September 18	Brands Hatch (GP)	Cancelled due to lack of entries
6	October 16	Snetterton	Gareth Rees	Gareth Rees	Gareth Rees	Durango Corse
7	October 30	Donington Park	Christian Pescatori	Phil Andrews	Christian Pescatori	Durango Corse

Championship Standings

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Pos.	Driver	BHI	SIL	OUL	HAL	SNE	SNE	DON	Points
1	José Luis Di Palma	Ret	1	2	3	1	4	4	34
2	Phil Andrews	1	2	1	DNS	2	DNS	Ret	30
3	Dominic Chappell	2	Ret	3	4	4	2	Ret	22
4	Robbie Stirling	DSQ	Ret	4		3	3	5	13
5	Gianfranco Cane				1				9
6	Gareth Rees						1		9
7	Christian Pescatori							1	9
8	Andreas Halkiopoulos	3	4		6	NC	Ret	Ret	8
9	Klaus Panchyrz				2				6
10	Philipp Peter							2	6
11	Pekka Herva		3	DNS		Ret			4
12	Kris Nissen							3	4
13	David Mercer			5		5		9	4
14	James Taylor				5				2
15	Luca Riccitelli						5		2
16	Stephen Watson							6	1
17	Vito Popolizio						6	7	1
18	Akbar Ebrahim							8	0
	Tony Worswick			Ret
	Franck Fréon				Ret
	Richard Dean				Ret
	Hans Fertl						Ret
	Steve Arnold							Ret
	Nicke Blom	DNS

Notes and References

1. Web site: Archived copy . 2020-05-04 . 2021-10-23 . https://web.archive.org/web/20211023012250/https://www.oocities.org/unofficialf3000/britishf3000/britishf3000.htm . dead .
2. Web site: 1994 Venson British F2 Championship | Motorsport Database.