1989 British Formula 3000 Championship Rd.7

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The 7th round of the inaugural British Formula 3000 Championship , saw the series visit Silverstone, on 30 July. [1]

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Report

Entry

A total of 9 F3000 cars were entered for this, the seventh round of the 1989 British F3000 Championship. [2]

Qualifying

Gary Brabham took pole position for Bromley Motorsport team in their Cosworth-engined Reynard 88D. He was joined on the front row by Roland Ratzenberger in a similar Reynard, prepared by Spirit Motorsport. [2]

Race

The race was held over 40 laps of the Silverstone National circuit. Gary Brabham took the winner spoils for the Bromley Motorsport team, driving their Reynard-Cosworth 88D. The Aussie won in a time of 42:32.21mins., averaging a speed of 107.907 mph. Second place went to championship leader, Andrew Gilbert-Scott in Eddie Jordan Racing’s Reynard-Cosworth 88D, who was only 0.58secs behind. Brabham’s victory moved him to within four points of Gilbert-Scott points leader, with just two rounds to go. Third was poleman, Roland Ratzenberger who completed the podium for the Spirit Motorsport owned by Geoff Mitchell and Tony Searles this Cosworth engined Reynard 88D. [2]

Classification

Race

Class winners in bold

Pos.No.DriverEntrantCar - EngineTime, LapsReason Out
1st5 Flag of Australia (converted).svg Gary Brabham Bromley Motorsport Reynard-Cosworth 88D42:32.21
2nd3 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Andrew Gilbert-Scott Eddie Jordan Racing Reynard-Cosworth 88D42:32.79
3rd16 Flag of Austria.svg Roland Ratzenberger Spirit Motorsport Reynard-Cosworth 88D40
4th2 Flag of Brazil.svg Marco Greco Eddie Jordan Racing Reynard-Cosworth 88D40
5th10 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Jonathan Bancroft GA Motorsport Lola-Cosworth T88/8039
6th7 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Tony Worswick Tony Worswick Reynard-Cosworth 88D38
7th6 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Roger Orgee R.O./Omegaland Reynard-Cosworth 88D38
8th8 Flag of Spain.svg Felipe Machado Madgwick Motorsport Reynard-Cosworth 88D37
DNS12 Flag of Spain.svg Antonio Albacete Madgwick Motorsport Reynard-Cosworth 88Dengine

[2] [3]

References

  1. ↑ "1989 British F3000 Championship | Motorsport Database". Motorsport Database - Motor Sport Magazine. Retrieved 28 July 2025.
  2. 1 2 3 4 "British F3000 1989". oocities.org. 10 November 1996. Retrieved 18 August 2016.
  3. ↑ "British Formula 3000 Championship". theracingline.net. Retrieved 18 August 2016.
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