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]
Team | No | Driver | Chassis | Engine | Rounds |
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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 | 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 | 6, 8, 10, 12–13, 15 | |
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 | |||||||
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Class A | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
1 | Kelvin Burt | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | (4) | (3) | (4) | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 102 | |||||||
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]
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