1998 British Formula Three Championship Explained

The 1998 British Formula Three season was the 48th British Formula Three Championship season. It commenced on 22 March, and ended on 4 October after sixteen races. Mario Haberfeld was the champion, while Phillip Scifleet won the Class B championship. The season was one of two halves as Enrique Bernoldi dominated the first half of the season and compatriot Haberfeld the second; ultimately the latter would prevail thanks in part to his stronger consistency.

Drivers and teams

The following teams and drivers were competitors in the 1999 season. Class B is for older Formula Three cars.

Team No Driver Chassis Engine Rounds Class A Stewart Racing 1 Luciano Burti nowrap Dallara F398 Mugen-Honda All 2 Mario Haberfeld Dallara F398 Mugen-Honda All Fortec Motorsport 3 Andrej Pavicevic Dallara F398 Mugen-Honda All 4 Kristian Kolby Dallara F398 Mugen-Honda All Promatecme UK 5 Enrique Bernoldi Dallara F398 nowrap Renault Sodemo All 6 Marc Hynes Dallara F398 Renault Sodemo All Alan Docking Racing 7 Ricardo Mauricio Dallara F398 Mugen-Honda All 8 Yudai Igarashi Dallara F398 Mugen-Honda All 11 Miku Santavirta Dallara F398 Mugen-Honda 6-7 Alex Yoong 14-16 SpeedSport 9 Michael Bentwood Dallara F398 Mugen-Honda nowrap 1-7, 10-16 Darren Manning 8-9 10 Dallara F398 Mugen-Honda 10, 15 Mark Boost 11-14, 16 John Ingram 6-7, 9 42 Adam Wilcox Dallara F398 Mugen-Honda 1-3 Carlin Motorsport 12 nowrap Narain Karthikeyan Dallara F398 Mugen-Honda 11-16 15 Lei Kit Meng Dallara F398 Mugen-Honda 11-12 Martin Donnelly Racing 14 Jamie Spence Dallara F398 Renault Sodemo 1-8 Mugen-Honda 9-15 TOM'S 16 Martin O'Connell Dallara F398 TOM'S-Toyota 1-10 42 Adam Wilcox TOM'S 037F TOM'S-Toyota 4-10 Rowan Racing 16 Martin O'Connell Dallara F398 TOM'S-Toyota 11-16 17 Warren Carway Dallara F398 TOM'S-Toyota 11-15 DC Cook 18 David Cook Dallara F398 Opel Spiess 1-8 19 Paula Cook Dallara F398 Opel Spiess 1-10 SS Sport 20 Tim Spouge Dallara F398 Mugen-Honda All Portman Racing 21 Warren Hughes Dallara F398 Renault Sodemo All 22 Alex Yoong Dallara F398 Renault Sodemo 1-10 Paula Cook 11-13 Topi Serjala 16 Intersport 27 Ben Collins Dallara F398 Opel Spiess All 32 Narain Karthikeyan Dallara F398 Opel Spiess 1–3, 6 Michael Bentwood 8–9 42 Adam Wilcox Dallara F398 Opel Spiess 11-16 Class B Rowan Racing 51 Warren Carway Dallara F396 TOM'S-Toyota 1-10 52 Phillip Scifleet Dallara F396 TOM'S-Toyota 1-12 Tarry Falcon Racing 53 John Ingram Dallara F396 Mugen-Honda 1 Stephen White 4-5 Steve Hayr 9–13, 16 SpeedSport 77 John Ingram Dallara F396 Mugen-Honda 10-12, 16 Mike Kirkham 13–16 Round 15 was contested by an assortment of entrants from other European F3 championships; they were eligible to score points. Results nowrap Round nowrap Circuit nowrap Date nowrap Pole Position nowrap Fastest Lap nowrap Winning Driver nowrap Winning Team nowrap National Class Winner 1 Donington Park 22 March Promatecme 2 Thruxton 29 March Enrique Bernoldi Enrique Bernoldi Promatecme Phillip Scifleet 3 5 April Mario Haberfeld Mario Haberfeld Mario Haberfeld Stewart Racing Phillip Scifleet 4 Brands Hatch 26 April Mario Haberfeld Marc Hynes Enrique Bernoldi Promatecme Phillip Scifleet 5 Mario Haberfeld Luciano Burti Luciano Burti 6 Oulton Park 4 May Enrique Bernoldi Enrique Bernoldi Enrique Bernoldi Promatecme Phillip Scifleet 7 17 May Enrique Bernoldi Enrique Bernoldi Enrique Bernoldi Promatecme Phillip Scifleet 8 Croft 24 May Mario Haberfeld Mario Haberfeld Mario Haberfeld Stewart Racing Phillip Scifleet 9 Snetterton 14 June Luciano Burti Darren Manning Darren Manning SpeedSport Phillip Scifleet 10 Silverstone 11 July Darren Manning Darren Manning SpeedSport Phillip Scifleet 11 Pembrey 16 August Mario Haberfeld Mario Haberfeld Mario Haberfeld Stewart Racing Phillip Scifleet 12 Luciano Burti Mario Haberfeld Luciano Burti Stewart Racing John Ingram 13 Donington Park 30 August Mario Haberfeld Kristian Kolby Enrique Bernoldi Promatecme Mike Kirkham 14 Thruxton 13 September Jamie Spence Kristian Kolby Mario Haberfeld Stewart Racing No Entrants 15 Luciano Burti Darren Manning Mario Haberfeld Stewart Racing No Entrants 16 Silverstone 4 October Enrique Bernoldi Warren Hughes Mario Haberfeld Stewart Racing John Ingram Standings Pos Driver DON THR SIL BRH OUL SIL CRO SNE SIL PEM DON THR SPA SIL Pts Class A 1 Mario Haberfeld 4 4 1 3 Ret Ret 3 1 2 5 1 2 3 1 1 1 218 2 Enrique Bernoldi 1 1 2 1 Ret 1 1 Ret Ret Ret 4 7 1 Ret 4 Ret 163 3 Luciano Burti 3 5 Ret 10 1 3 2 3 Ret Ret 5 1 4 3 Ret 6 137 4 Warren Hughes Ret 3 4 5 2 6 7 4 3 2 2 13 5 7 9 4 132 5 Martin O'Connell 2 2 Ret 2 3 2 5 2 Ret Ret 11 8 11 2 22 Ret 114 6 Kristian Kolby Ret 7 Ret 6 Ret 5 4 Ret 10 4 9 21 6 4 5 2 82 7 Ricardo Mauricio 7 Ret 5 11 5 7 6 9 4 3 10 5 2 Ret Ret Ret 78 8 Darren Manning 5 1 1 2 65 9 Marc Hynes 5 11 3 7 Ret Ret 8 7 Ret Ret 8 3 7 6 Ret Ret 57 10 Jamie Spence 6 6 Ret 9 4 4 9 Ret Ret Ret 3 6 Ret Ret Ret 54 11 Ben Collins Ret 10 Ret 4 6 Ret 19 6 6 Ret 7 9 10 8 8 8 45 12 align=left nowrap Narain Karthikeyan 9 9 Ret Ret 6 4 Ret Ret 3 3 44 13 Alex Yoong 12 8 6 8 8 9 11 Ret 7 6 9 6 Ret 35 14 Andrej Pavicevic 13 17 10 16 10 8 12 15 12 9 18 10 8 5 Ret Ret 19 15 Adam Wilcox Ret 15 9 17 12 11 14 13 5 7 Ret 14 15 10 16 10 16 16 Yudai Igarashi 10 14 7 13 16 14 15 11 9 10 Ret 11 Ret Ret 17 7 12 17 Michael Bentwood DSQ 12 Ret 18 11 Ret 18 14 13 12 Ret 12 9 Ret 10 5 11 18 David Cook 8 Ret 14 14 7 Ret 13 8 10 19 Tim Spouge 14 16 11 12 15 Ret Ret 12 8 8 Ret 15 12 Ret 19 9 8 20 Paula Cook 11 13 8 15 9 10 Ret 10 11 Ret 14 16 13 7 21 Marcel Fässler 7 4 22 Miku Santavirta 13 10 1 23 Peter Sundberg 11 0 24 Topi Serjala 11 0 25 Benoît Tréluyer 12 0 26 Mark Boost 15 Ret Ret Ret 12 0 27 Warren Carway 13 17 14 Ret 21 Ret 0 28 Tiago Monteiro 13 0 29 Sebastien Dumez 14 0 30 John Ingram 15 Ret 16 0 31 Gabriele Gardel 15 0 32 Lei Kit Meng Ret 18 0 33 align=left nowrap Sébastien Bourdais 18 0 34 Christijan Albers 20 0 David Saelens Ret 0 Franck Montagny Ret 0 Paolo Montin Ret 0 Norman Simon Ret 0 Class B 1 Phillip Scifleet 15 18 12 19 14 12 16 16 14 11 12 22 237 2 Warren Carway Ret 19 13 Ret 13 Ret 17 17 15 Ret 97 3 Steve Hayr 17 13 17 20 17 Ret 69 4 John Ingram Ret Ret 16 19 13 56 5 Mike Kirkham 16 21 6 Stephen White Ret 17 12 Pos Driver DON THR SIL BRH OUL SIL CRO SNE SIL PEM DON THR SPA SIL Pts

• Points System: 20-15-12-10-8-6-4-3-2-1 for first 10 finishers, with 1 point awarded for fastest lap.

References

AUTOCOURSE 1998-99
https://web.archive.org/web/20051112051106/http://www.motorsport.com/news/series.asp?S=BF3&Y=1998