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.
Team | No | Driver | Chassis | Engine | Rounds |
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Class A | |||||
Paul Stewart Racing | 1 | Ralph Firman | 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 | 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 | 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 | ||||
Pos. | Driver | SIL | THR | DON | SIL | SIL | DON | OUL | BRH | SNE | PEM | SIL | THR | Pts | ||||||||||
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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 | Hélio Castroneves | 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 | Cristiano da Matta | 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 | Pts | ||||||||||
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AUTOCOURSE 1995-96
British Motorsport Year 1995-96