1998 British Formula Three Championship

Last updated February 02, 2024

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	Dallara F398	Mugen-Honda	All
Stewart Racing	2	Mario Haberfeld	Dallara F398	Mugen-Honda	All
Fortec Motorsport	3	Andrej Pavicevic	Dallara F398	Mugen-Honda	All
Fortec Motorsport	4	Kristian Kolby	Dallara F398	Mugen-Honda	All
Promatecme UK	5	Enrique Bernoldi	Dallara F398	Renault Sodemo	All
Promatecme UK	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
	11	Alex Yoong	Dallara F398	Mugen-Honda	14-16
SpeedSport	9	Michael Bentwood	Dallara F398	Mugen-Honda	1-7, 10-16
	9	Darren Manning	Dallara F398	Mugen-Honda	8-9
	10	Darren Manning	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	Narain Karthikeyan	Dallara F398	Mugen-Honda	11-16
Carlin Motorsport	15	Lei Kit Meng	Dallara F398	Mugen-Honda	11-12
Martin Donnelly Racing	14	Jamie Spence	Dallara F398	Renault Sodemo	1-8
Martin Donnelly Racing	14	Jamie Spence	Dallara F398	Mugen-Honda	9-15
TOM'S	16	Martin O'Connell	Dallara F398	TOM'S-Toyota	1-10
TOM'S	42	Adam Wilcox	TOM'S 037F	TOM'S-Toyota	4-10
Rowan Racing	16	Martin O'Connell	Dallara F398	TOM'S-Toyota	11-16
Rowan Racing	17	Warren Carway	Dallara F398	TOM'S-Toyota	11-15
DC Cook	18	David Cook	Dallara F398	Opel Spiess	1-8
DC Cook	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
	32	Michael Bentwood	Dallara F398	Opel Spiess	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
Rowan Racing	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
SpeedSport	77	Mike Kirkham	Dallara F396	Mugen-Honda	13–16

Round 15 was contested by an assortment of entrants from other European F3 championships; they were eligible to score points.

Results

Round	Circuit	Date	Pole Position	Fastest Lap	Winning Driver	Winning Team	National Class Winner
1	Donington Park	22 March	Enrique Bernoldi	Enrique Bernoldi	Enrique Bernoldi	Promatecme	Phillip Scifleet
2	Thruxton	29 March	Martin O'Connell	Enrique Bernoldi	Enrique Bernoldi	Promatecme	Phillip Scifleet
3	Silverstone	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	Brands Hatch	26 April	Mario Haberfeld	Luciano Burti	Luciano Burti	Stewart Racing	Warren Carway
6	Oulton Park	4 May	Enrique Bernoldi	Enrique Bernoldi	Enrique Bernoldi	Promatecme	Phillip Scifleet
7	Silverstone	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	Martin O'Connell	Darren Manning	SpeedSport	Phillip Scifleet
11	Pembrey	16 August	Mario Haberfeld	Mario Haberfeld	Mario Haberfeld	Stewart Racing	Phillip Scifleet
12	Pembrey	16 August	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	Spa-Francorchamps	27 September	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	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	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

Colour	Result
Gold	Winner
Silver	Second place
Bronze	Third place
Green	Points finish
Blue	Non-points finish
Blue	Non-classified finish (NC)
Purple	Retired (Ret)
Red	Did not qualify (DNQ)
Red	Did not pre-qualify (DNPQ)
Black	Disqualified (DSQ)
White	Did not start (DNS)
	Withdrew (WD)
	Race cancelled (C)
Blank	Did not practice (DNP)
	Did not arrive (DNA)
	Excluded (EX)

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

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References

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