1993 British Formula Two Championship

Last updated July 17, 2025

The 1993 British Formula Two Championship was the fifth season of the British Formula 3000 Championship. The series was won by the Belgian driver Philippe Adams, later to make an unsuccessful F1 debut by buying a drive at Team Lotus. He drove for both Madgwick International and Argo Cars during the year, taking five wins including the first four races. British F2 had by this stage become seriously devalued with tiny grids, with an average of only eight entries in each race. Another Belgian, Madgwick's Mikke van Hool, shared the runner-up spot with the Team AJS's José Luis Di Palma. With three and two wins apiece, the two runners-up ensured no-one else stepped on the top step of the podium. Nigel Smith, driving a full season for Jupiter Racing, was fourth overall and best of the Brits. Other drivers racing included sometime F1 driver Enrico Bertaggia and future IndyCar and IRL driver Stéphan Grégoire.^[1]

Drivers and teams

The following drivers and teams contested the 1993 British Formula Two Championship.

Team	Chassis	Engine	No.	Driver	Rounds
Madgwick International	Reynard	Cosworth	2	Mikke van Hool	3-10
Madgwick International	Reynard	Cosworth	3	Philippe Adams	1-4
Team AJS	Reynard	Cosworth	4	José Luis Di Palma	All
Durango Corse	Reynard	Cosworth	5	Enrico Bertaggia	1-3
				Martino Spezio	7
				Domenico Gitto	8
			6	Severino Nardozzi	1-3
McNeil Engineering	Lola	Cosworth	7	Robbie Stirling	3–6, 8, 10
CoBRa Motorsport	Reynard	Cosworth	8	Stéphan Grégoire	1
				Phil Andrews	2, 4
				Robbie Stirling	9
				Klaas Zwart	10
Vortex Motorsport	Reynard	Cosworth	10	Phil Andrews	1
Apache Racing	Ralt	Cosworth	11	Dominic Chappell	1-9
	Reynard		12	James Taylor	1-8
	Reynard		12	Jason Elliott	9
Fred Goddard Racing	Reynard	Cosworth	14	Hilton Cowie	4-5
Fred Goddard Racing	Reynard	Cosworth	14	Paul Evans	9
Weylock Racing	Reynard	Cosworth	15	Guido Nannini	2-3
				Pierre Chauvet	8
				Jason Elliott	10
Argo Racing Cars	Reynard	Cosworth	20	Marco Spiga	1-7
Argo Racing Cars	Reynard	Cosworth	20	Philippe Adams	9-10
Chris Perkins	Reynard	Cosworth	21	Chris Perkins	10
Jupiter Racing	Reynard	Cosworth	42	Nigel Smith	All

Results

British Formula Two Championship

Round	Date	Circuit	Pole Position	Fastest Lap	Winning Driver	Winning Team
1	April 12	Oulton Park	José Luis Di Palma	Philippe Adams	Philippe Adams	Madgwick International
2	April 24	Silverstone (National)	Philippe Adams	Philippe Adams	Philippe Adams	Madgwick International
3	May 9	Brands Hatch (Indy)	Philippe Adams	Philippe Adams	Philippe Adams	Madgwick International
4	June 6	Donington Park	Philippe Adams	Philippe Adams	Philippe Adams	Madgwick International
5	June 19	Oulton Park	José Luis Di Palma	José Luis Di Palma	Mikke van Hool	Madgwick International
6	July 25	Brands Hatch (Indy)	Marco Spiga	Mikke van Hool	José Luis Di Palma	Team AJS
7	August 15	Snetterton	Mikke van Hool	Mikke van Hool	Mikke van Hool	Madgwick International
8	September 12	Brands Hatch (GP)	Mikke van Hool	Mikke van Hool	Mikke van Hool	Madgwick International
9	September 26	Thruxton	Philippe Adams	Philippe Adams	Philippe Adams	Argo Racing Cars
10	October 10	Donington Park	José Luis Di Palma	Philippe Adams	José Luis Di Palma	Team AJS

Championship Standings

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Pos.	Driver	OUL	SIL	BHI	DON	OUL	BHI	SNE	BGP	THR	DON	Points
1	Philippe Adams	1	1	1	1					1	Ret	45
2	Mikke van Hool			2	Ret	1	Ret	1	1	2	4	42
3	José Luis Di Palma	Ret	2	4	4	Ret	1	2	2	7	1	42
4	Nigel Smith	6	3	3	8	3	2	3	Ret	5	3	29
5	Dominic Chappell	4	Ret	6	6	4	3	4	Ret	3		19
6	Robbie Stirling			9	Ret	DNS	4		3	6	2	14
7	James Taylor	NC	4	8	7	5	5	5	4			12
8	Marco Spiga	Ret	6	7	5	2	6	Ret				10
9	Enrico Bertaggia	2	Ret	5								8
10	Phil Andrews	Ret	Ret		2							6
11	Hilton Cowie				3	6						5
12	Stéphan Grégoire	3										4
13	Severino Nardozzi	5	5	Ret								4
14	Paul Evans									4		3
15	Klaas Zwart										5	2
16	Chris Perkins										6	1
17	Guido Nannini		7	10								0
	Jason Elliott									Ret	DNS
	Martino Spezio							Ret
	Pierre Chauvet							Ret
	Domenico Gitto								DNS

References

↑ "British F3000/F2/UK3000/Autumn Cup". Archived from the original on 2021-10-23. Retrieved 2020-05-04.
↑ "1993 Halfords British F2 Championship | Motorsport Database".

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[1] "British F3000/F2/UK3000/Autumn Cup". Archived from the original on 2021-10-23. Retrieved 2020-05-04.

[2] "1993 Halfords British F2 Championship | Motorsport Database".

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