1995 British Formula Three Championship Explained

The 1995 British Formula Three season was the 45th British Formula Three Championship, won by Oliver Gavin. The season started on 26 March at Silverstone and ended at Thruxton on 15 October following eighteen races. Having finished runner-up to Kelvin Burt two years previously, Gavin took the risk of dropping back down to Formula Three off the back of an unsuccessful season in Formula 3000 and was able to narrowly clinch the title at the final round from fellow Briton Ralph Firman. Class B was won by Martin Byford.

Drivers and Teams

Team	No	Driver	Chassis	Engine	Rounds
Class A
Paul Stewart Racing	1	Ralph Firman	nowrap	Dallara F395	Mugen-Honda	All
	2	Hélio Castroneves	Dallara F395	Mugen-Honda	All
West Surrey Racing	3	Cristiano da Matta	Dallara F395	Mugen-Honda	All
	4	Brian Cunningham	Dallara F395	Mugen-Honda	All
	19	Marc Gené	Dallara F395	Mugen-Honda	All
Edenbridge Racing	5	Oliver Gavin	Dallara F395	Vauxhall	All
	6	Steven Arnold	Dallara F395	Vauxhall	All
Alan Docking Racing	7	Warren Hughes	Dallara F395	Mitsubishi	All
	8	Christian Horner	Dallara F395	Mugen-Honda	1-8
		Owen McAuley			13-18
	17	nowrap	Gonzalo Rodríguez	Dallara F395	Mitsubishi	All
	18	Kurt Mollekens	Dallara F395	Mugen-Honda	All
Fortec Motorsport	9	Gualter Salles	Dallara F395	Mugen-Honda	All
	10	Roberto Xavier	Dallara F395	Mugen-Honda	1-4
		Jamie Spence			5-6
		Jamie Davies			7-18
	20	Geoffrey Horion	Dallara F395	Mugen-Honda	All
David Sears Motorsport	11	Luiz Garcia Jr.	Dallara F395	Mugen-Honda	All
12	James Matthews	Dallara F395	Mugen-Honda	All
Vincini Motorsport	14	Mark Shaw	Dallara F395	Fiat	1-6, 10-15
		Dino Morelli			18
TOM'S GB	16	Jamie Davies	Dallara F395	TOM'S-Toyota	1-5
		Pedro de la Rosa			6
		Jamie Spence			7-9
		Christian Horner			10-18
DAW Racing	16	Garth Waberski	Dallara F395	Mugen-Honda	1-9, 11-12
		David Cook			16-17
		Paul Evans			18
G+M Escom	22	Alexander Wurz	Dallara F395	Opel	7
	23	Klaus Graf	Dallara F395	Opel	7
	24	Steffen Widmann	Dallara F395	Opel	7
Ligier Junior Team	25	Jérémie Dufour	Dallara F395	Mugen-Honda	All
Class B
DAW Racing	31	Werner Lupberger	Dallara F393	Vauxhall	nowrap	1-13, 16-18
	32	James Carney	Dallara F393	Vauxhall	1-12, 14-18
Jason Rolf	33	Jason Rolf	Dallara F393	Mugen-Honda	1-2
Z-Speed	34	Martin Byford	Dallara F394	Vauxhall	1-17
	35	Alan Berkov	Dallara F394	Vauxhall	7-17
TOM'S GB	36	Takashi Yokoyama	Dallara F394	TOM'S-Toyota	All
Mark Bailey Racing	47	Zak Brown	Dallara F393	Mugen-Honda	6-7
		Tavo Hellmund			8-17
		Steve Allen			1-5
	48		Dallara F393	Mugen-Honda	16-17
		Johnny Mowlem			1-7, 11-12
Prowess Racing	55	Philip Hopkins	Dallara F393	Fiat	1-9, 11-18
West Surrey Racing	70	Russell Ingall	Dallara F394	Mugen-Honda	1-2
		Daoud Abou Daye			3-5
		Tony Renna			8-13
		Paula Cook			16-18

Race calendar and results

Round	Circuit	Date	Pole Position	Fastest Lap	Winning Driver	Winning Team	Class B Winner
1	Silverstone	26 March	Ralph Firman	Steven Arnold	Ralph Firman	Paul Stewart Racing	Johnny Mowlem
2			Ralph Firman	nowrap	Cristiano da Matta	Ralph Firman	Paul Stewart Racing	Martin Byford
3	Thruxton	17 April	Warren Hughes	Oliver Gavin	Oliver Gavin	Edenbridge Racing	Martin Byford
4			Warren Hughes	Oliver Gavin	Oliver Gavin	Edenbridge Racing	Johnny Mowlem
5	Donington Park	23 April	nowrap	Hélio Castroneves	Oliver Gavin	nowrap	Hélio Castroneves	Paul Stewart Racing	Martin Byford
6	Silverstone	29 May	Ralph Firman	Jérémie Dufour	Jérémie Dufour	Ligier Junior Team	Takashi Yokoyama
7	Silverstone	15 July	Oliver Gavin	Marc Gené	Gualter Salles	Fortec Motorsport	Martin Byford
8	Donington Park	30 July	Ralph Firman	Jérémie Dufour	Oliver Gavin	Edenbridge Racing	Martin Byford
9			Ralph Firman	Ralph Firman	Ralph Firman	Paul Stewart Racing	Martin Byford
10	Oulton Park	19 August	Ralph Firman	Ralph Firman	nowrap	Cristiano da Matta	West Surrey Racing	Martin Byford
11	Brands Hatch	27 August	Ralph Firman	Ralph Firman	Ralph Firman	Paul Stewart Racing	Johnny Mowlem
12		28 August	Ralph Firman	Ralph Firman	Ralph Firman	Paul Stewart Racing	Johnny Mowlem
13	Snetterton	10 September	Oliver Gavin	Oliver Gavin	Oliver Gavin	Edenbridge Racing	Martin Byford
14	Pembrey	24 September	Ralph Firman	Jérémie Dufour	Ralph Firman	Paul Stewart Racing	Martin Byford
15		Jérémie Dufour	Oliver Gavin	Oliver Gavin	Edenbridge Racing	Takashi Yokoyama
16	Silverstone	8 October	Warren Hughes	Jérémie Dufour	Warren Hughes	Alan Docking Racing	Takashi Yokoyama
17			Oliver Gavin	Jérémie Dufour	Oliver Gavin	Edenbridge Racing	Martin Byford
18	Thruxton	15 October	Warren Hughes	Warren Hughes	Warren Hughes	nowrap	Alan Docking Racing	nowrap	Takashi Yokoyama

Championship Standings

Pos.	Driver	SIL		THR		DON	SIL	SIL	DON		OUL	BRH		SNE	PEM		SIL		THR	valign=middle	Pts
Class A
1	Oliver Gavin	9	9	1	1	4	12	8	1	5	13	4	3	1	13	1	Ret	1	3	184
2	Ralph Firman	1	1	Ret	2	Ret	2	3	Ret	1	9	1	1	Ret	1	7	DSQ	12	7	176
3		Ret	DNS	2	6	1	4	6	4	4	4	2	4	2	2	6	2	Ret	6	169
4	Warren Hughes	4	3	5	Ret	2	5	13	6	3	3	Ret	Ret	Ret	3	4	1	3	1	158
5	Jérémie Dufour	6	7	4	4	7	1	2	2	7	11	6	7	3	8	2	23	23	5	141
6	Jamie Davies	5	Ret	10	Ret	15	DNS	Ret	7	2	6	5	2	10	20	3	3	4	2	107
7	Gualter Salles	7	6	3	8	14	7	1	5	6	2	Ret	10	6	5	8	Ret	DNS	4	106
8		2	4	Ret	Ret	Ret	DSQ	Ret	11	16	1	3	6	20	Ret	5	9	6	Ret	81
9	Steven Arnold	3	2	Ret	5	5	11	4	Ret	Ret	7	12	5	7	11	12	Ret	9	19	72
10	James Matthews	Ret	5	17	3	9	13	9	12	Ret	Ret	10	11	5	10	15	4	2	10	60
11	Marc Gené	11	10	6	7	22	8	23	3	9	5	7	9	11	4	13	6	Ret	20	59
12	Gonzalo Rodríguez	8	12	Ret	10	3	6	DSQ	10	13	Ret	Ret	Ret	9	9	11	5	7	9	42
13	Jamie Spence					6	3	5	20	8										29
14	Kurt Mollekens	13	13	13	Ret	12	15	11	9	12	Ret	8	8	8	7	9	Ret	8	Ret	20
15	Luiz Garcia Jr.	NC	18	15	Ret	17	10	10	14	10	14	Ret	Ret	4	Ret	Ret	17	11	8	16
16	Christian Horner	15	17	9	12	23	17	17	13		8	13	15	Ret	6	10	13	10	12	14
17	Brian Cunningham	10	8	7	Ret	21	Ret	15	Ret	11	Ret	22	12	13	Ret	Ret	7	Ret	Ret	12
18	Owen McAuley													12	19	Ret	12	5	13	10
19	Mark Shaw	24	Ret	16	11	8	21				10	9	Ret	15	Ret	Ret				7
20	Garth Waberski	14	Ret	8	Ret	Ret	14	Ret	8	Ret		Ret	DNS							6
21	Alexander Wurz							7												4
22	Geoffroy Horion	16	14	11	Ret	10	9	Ret	15	Ret	12	11	13	Ret	12	14	Ret	18	11	3
23	Klaus Graf							12												0
24	David Cook																14	19		0
25	Paul Evans																		15	0
26	Roberto Xavier	23	18	18	Ret															0
27	Steffen Widmann							18												0
	Pedro de la Rosa						DSQ													0
	Dino Morelli																		DNS	0
Class B
1	Martin Byford	19	11	12	14	11	Ret	14	16	14	15	17	16	14	14	17	10	13		284
2	Takashi Yokoyama	17	19	19	Ret	13	17	Ret	Ret	Ret	Ret	18	19	19	15	16	8	14	14	190
3	Werner Lupberger	18	20	Ret	13	Ret	19	16	Ret	15	16	15	17	Ret			11	15	Ret	150
4	Johnny Mowlem	12	15	14	9	Ret	DNS	Ret				14	14							118
5	Phillip Hopkins	22	DSQ	20	Ret	16	21	19	18	Ret		Ret	20	18	18	DNS	16	17	16	115
6	James Carney	20	Ret	21	Ret	20	20	20	17	Ret	Ret	20	Ret		17	18	18	Ret	18	102
7	Tavo Hellmund								Ret	18	18	19	Ret	17	16	20	21	22		64
8	Tony Renna								Ret	17	17	16	18	16						63
9	Alan Berkov							22	19	19	19	21	22	21	Ret	19	22	21		61
10	Paula Cook																14	16	17	32
11	Daoud Abou Daye			23	17	18														24
12	Steve Allen	Ret	DNS	22	Ret	19											20	20		24
13	Zak Brown						23	21												16
14	Jason Rolf	21	21																	14
	Russell Ingall	DNS	DNS																	0
Pos.	Driver	SIL		THR		DON	SIL	SIL	DON		OUL	BRH		SNE	PEM		SIL		THR	valign=middle	Pts

References

AUTOCOURSE 1995-96
British Motorsport Year 1995-96

External links

• The official website of the British Formula 3 Championship