1991 British Formula Three season

1991 British Formula Three season
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The 1991 British Formula Three season was the 41st British Formula Three Championship, it was won by Brazilian Rubens Barrichello. The season started on March 17 at Silverstone and ended on October 13 at Thruxton following sixteen races.

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Drivers and Teams

The following teams and drivers were competitors in the 1991 season. National Class is for older Formula Three cars.

Team No Driver Class Chassis Engine Rounds
West Surrey Racing 1 Jordi Gene C Ralt RT35 Mugen-Honda All
2 Pedro Diniz C Ralt RT35 Mugen-Honda 1-14
9 Rubens Barrichello C Ralt RT35 Mugen-Honda All
Steve Robertson Racing 3 Steve Robertson C Bowman BC1 Volkswagen 14-16
Bowman Racing Bowman BC1 Volkswagen 1-13
4 Oswaldo Negri C Bowman BC1 Volkswagen All
10 Olivier Beretta C Bowman BC1 Volkswagen 9-12, 14-16
Paul Stewart Racing 5 David Coulthard C Ralt RT35 Mugen-Honda All
6 Eduar Merhy Neto C Ralt RT35 Mugen-Honda 2-6
Andre Ribeiro 11-16
Alan Docking Racing 7 Marcel Albers C Ralt RT35 Mugen-Honda All
8 Hideki Noda C Ralt RT35 Mugen-Honda All
47 Sandy Brody N Ralt RT34 Mugen-Honda 8-16
Edenbridge Racing 11 Mikke Van Hool C Ralt RT34 Mugen-Honda 1-2
Reynard 913 3-16
12 Gil de Ferran C Reynard 913 Mugen-Honda 3-16
Racefax Motorsport 14 Bernard Dolan C Reynard 913 Mugen-Honda 1-5, 7-8, 10-12
Volkswagen Motorsport 15 Klaus Panchyrz C Ralt RT35 Volkswagen 10
16 Tom Kristensen C Ralt RT35 Volkswagen 10
ZW Motorsports 17 Derek Higgins C Reynard 913 Mugen-Honda 4-5
32 Sandy Brody N Ralt RT34 Mugen-Honda 1-6
TOM'S GB 18 Kelvin Burt C TOM'S 031F TOM'S-Toyota 15
19 Rickard Rydell C TOM'S 031F TOM'S-Toyota All
APEX 20 Urmas Pold C Ralt RT35 Alfa Romeo 5-8
22 Victor Kosankov C Ralt RT35 Alfa Romeo 5-8
Reynard R&D 21 Gil de Ferran C Reynard 913 Mugen-Honda 1-2
Bongers Motorsport 23 Jörg Müller C Reynard 913 Volkswagen 10
GB Motorsport 25 Elton Julian C Reynard 913 Volkswagen 12-13
Bobby Carville 15
Cram Motorsport 26 Rob Mears N Ralt RT34 Mugen-Honda All
27 Alan Carruthers N Ralt RT34 Mugen-Honda 1-10
Tollbar Racing 30 "Martin" N Ralt RT32 Volkswagen 3
31 Guido Basile N Ralt RT33 Volkswagen 10
Longridge Racing 32 Dominic Chappell N Reynard 903 Toyota 16
53 15
Peter Lea Racing 34 Alan Tulloch N Reynard 883 Alfa Romeo 1-10
35 Eddie Kimbell N Reynard 873 Volkswagen 10
Tech-Speed Motorsport 36 Steven Arnold N Reynard 903 Volkswagen 5-11
Ralt RT34 Mugen-Honda 12-16
45 Juan Serda N Reynard 903 Volkswagen 10
Formel Rennsport 38 Rene Wartmann N Reynard 903 Volkswagen 10
EIS Racing 41 Ian Jacobs N Dallara F387 Volkswagen 8-10
Fred Goddard Racing 42 Pekka Herva N Reynard 893 Volkswagen 3-16
44 Sherif El Sakkaf N Ralt RT34 Volkswagen 12-15
Prowess Racing 43 Hugo Spowers N Ralt RT34 Mugen-Honda 8-12
Oliver Tan 15-16
Team West-Tec 48 Thornton Mustard N Reynard 893 Volkswagen 14-16
Mark Bailey Racing 50 Nigel Smith N Ralt RT34 Mugen-Honda 8-13, 15-16
Icon Class
C Championship Class
N National Class

Race calendar and results

Round Circuit Date Pole Position Fastest Lap Winning driver Winning team National Class Winner
1 Silverstone March 17 Rubens Barrichello Rickard Rydell Rickard Rydell TOM'S Sandy Brody
2 Thruxton April 1 Rubens Barrichello Rubens Barrichello Rubens Barrichello West Surrey Racing Rob Mears
3 Donington Park April 21 Rickard Rydell Steve Robertson David Coulthard Paul Stewart Racing Pekka Herva
4 Brands Hatch April 28 Rickard Rydell Gil de Ferran David Coulthard Paul Stewart Racing Pekka Herva
5 May 19 Gil de Ferran Gil de Ferran Gil de Ferran Edenbridge Racing Rob Mears
6 Thruxton May 27 Rubens Barrichello Rubens Barrichello Steve Robertson Bowman Racing Rob Mears
7 Silverstone June 9 Rubens Barrichello Rubens Barrichello David Coulthard Paul Stewart Racing Pekka Herva
8 Donington Park June 23 Rubens Barrichello Rubens Barrichello Rubens Barrichello West Surrey Racing Pekka Herva
9 Silverstone June 29 Gil de Ferran Gil de Ferran Gil de Ferran Edenbridge Racing Pekka Herva
10 July 13 Gil de Ferran Rubens Barrichello Gil de Ferran Edenbridge Racing Pekka Herva
11 Snetterton August 4 Rubens Barrichello Marcel Albers David Coulthard Paul Stewart Racing Sandy Brody
12 Silverstone August 26 Gil de Ferran Jordi Gené Hideki Noda Alan Docking Racing Sandy Brody
13 Brands Hatch September 1 Gil de Ferran Rubens Barrichello David Coulthard Paul Stewart Racing Sandy Brody
14 Donington Park September 15 Rubens Barrichello Rubens Barrichello Rubens Barrichello West Surrey Racing Sandy Brody
15 Silverstone October 6 Rubens Barrichello Rubens Barrichello Rubens Barrichello West Surrey Racing Sandy Brody
16 Thruxton October 13 Rubens Barrichello Jordi Gené Steve Robertson Steve Robertson Racing Pekka Herva

Championship

Championship Class

Pos. Driver Team Points
1 Rubens Barrichello West Surrey Racing 74
2 David Coulthard Paul Stewart Racing 66
3 Gil de Ferran Edenbridge Racing 54
4 Jordi Gené West Surrey Racing 50
5 Marcel Albers Alan Docking Racing 43
6 Rickard Rydell TOM'S 41
7 Hideki Noda Alan Docking Racing 36
8 Steve Robertson Bowman Racing
Steve Robertson Racing		 32
9 Oswaldo Negri Bowman Racing 9
10 Eduar Merhy Neto Paul Stewart Racing 6
=11 Olivier Beretta Bowman Racing 1
=11 Pedro Diniz West Surrey Racing 1
=11 André Ribeiro Paul Stewart Racing 1
=11 Mikke van Hool Edenbridge Racing 1

National Class

Pos. Driver Team Points
1 Pekka Herva Fred Goddard Racing 98
2 Sandy Brody ZW Motorsport
Alan Docking Racing		 87
3 Rob Mears Cram Motorsport 73
4 Steven Arnold Tech-Speed Motorsport 32
5 Alan Carruthers Cram Motorsport 25
6 Nigel Smith Mark Bailey Racing 24
7 John Lee John Lee Motorsport 18
8 Alan Tulloch Peter Lea Racing 15
9 John Wilcock Private Entry 13
10 Hugo Spowers Prowess Racing 10
11 Juan Serda Tech-Speed Motorsport 5
12 Paul Tickner Private Entry 4
=13 Dominic Chappell Longridge Racing 1
=13 Sherif El Sakkaf Fred Goddard Racing 1
=13 Thornton Mustard Team West-Tec 1

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