1998 British Formula Three season

1998 British Formula Three season
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The 1998 British Formula Three season was the 48th British Formula Three Championship season. It commenced on March 22, and ended on October 4 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.

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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 Class Chassis Engine Rounds
Stewart Racing 1 Luciano Burti A Dallara F398 Mugen-Honda All
2 Mario Haberfeld A Dallara F398 Mugen-Honda All
Fortec Motorsport 3 Andrej Pavicevic A Dallara F398 Mugen-Honda All
4 Kristian Kolby A Dallara F398 Mugen-Honda All
Promatecme UK 5 Enrique Bernoldi A Dallara F398 Renault Sodemo All
6 Marc Hynes A Dallara F398 Renault Sodemo All
Alan Docking Racing 7 Ricardo Mauricio A Dallara F398 Mugen-Honda All
8 Yudai Igarashi A Dallara F398 Mugen-Honda All
11 Miku Santavirta A Dallara F398 Mugen-Honda 6-7
Alex Yoong 14-16
SpeedSport 9 Michael Bentwood A Dallara F398 Mugen-Honda 1-7, 10-16
Darren Manning 8-9
10 A Dallara F398 Mugen-Honda 10, 15
Mark Boost 11-14, 16
John Ingram 6-7, 9
77 B Dallara F396 Mugen-Honda 10-12, 16
Mike Kirkham 13–16
42 Adam Wilcox A Dallara F398 Mugen-Honda 1-3
Carlin Motorsport 12 Narain Karthikeyan A Dallara F398 Mugen-Honda 11-16
15 Lei Kit Meng A Dallara F398 Mugen-Honda 11-12
Martin Donnelly Racing 14 Jamie Spence A Dallara F398 Renault Sodemo 1-8
Mugen-Honda 9-15
TOM'S 16 Martin O'Connell A Dallara F398 TOM'S-Toyota 1-10
42 Adam Wilcox A TOM'S 037F TOM'S-Toyota 4-10
Rowan Racing 16 Martin O'Connell A Dallara F398 TOM'S-Toyota 11-16
17 Warren Carway A Dallara F398 TOM'S-Toyota 11-15
51 B Dallara F396 TOM'S-Toyota 1-10
52 Phillip Scifleet B Dallara F396 TOM'S-Toyota 1-12
DC Cook 18 David Cook A Dallara F398 Opel Spiess 1-8
19 Paula Cook A Dallara F398 Opel Spiess 1-10
SS Sport 20 Tim Spouge A Dallara F398 Mugen-Honda All
Portman Racing 21 Warren Hughes A Dallara F398 Renault Sodemo All
22 Alex Yoong A Dallara F398 Renault Sodemo 1-10
Paula Cook 11-13
Topi Serjala 16
Intersport 27 Ben Collins A Dallara F398 Opel Spiess All
32 Narain Karthikeyan A Dallara F398 Opel Spiess 1–3, 6
Michael Bentwood 8–9
42 Adam Wilcox A Dallara F398 Opel Spiess 11-16
Tarry Falcon Racing 53 John Ingram B Dallara F396 Mugen-Honda 1
Stephen White 4-5
Steve Hayr 9–13, 16
Icon Class
A Class A
B Class B

Results

Round Circuit Date Pole Position Fastest Lap Winning Driver Winning Team National Class Winner
1 Donington Park March 22 Enrique Bernoldi Enrique Bernoldi Enrique Bernoldi Promatecme Phillip Scifleet
2 Thruxton March 29 Martin O'Connell Enrique Bernoldi Enrique Bernoldi Promatecme Phillip Scifleet
3 Silverstone April 5 Mario Haberfeld Mario Haberfeld Mario Haberfeld Stewart Racing Phillip Scifleet
4 Brands Hatch April 26 Mario Haberfeld Marc Hynes Enrique Bernoldi Promatecme Phillip Scifleet
5 Mario Haberfeld Luciano Burti Luciano Burti Stewart Racing Warren Carway
6 Oulton Park May 4 Enrique Bernoldi Enrique Bernoldi Enrique Bernoldi Promatecme Phillip Scifleet
7 Silverstone May 17 Enrique Bernoldi Enrique Bernoldi Enrique Bernoldi Promatecme Phillip Scifleet
8 Croft May 24 Mario Haberfeld Mario Haberfeld Mario Haberfeld Stewart Racing Phillip Scifleet
9 Snetterton June 14 Luciano Burti Darren Manning Darren Manning SpeedSport Phillip Scifleet
10 Silverstone July 11 Darren Manning Martin O'Connell Darren Manning SpeedSport Phillip Scifleet
11 Pembrey August 16 Mario Haberfeld Mario Haberfeld Mario Haberfeld Stewart Racing Phillip Scifleet
12 Luciano Burti Mario Haberfeld Luciano Burti Stewart Racing John Ingram
13 Donington Park August 30 Mario Haberfeld Kristian Kolby Enrique Bernoldi Promatecme Mike Kirkham
14 Thruxton September 13 Jamie Spence Kristian Kolby Mario Haberfeld Stewart Racing No Entrants
15 Spa-Francorchamps September 27 Luciano Burti Darren Manning Mario Haberfeld Stewart Racing No Entrants
16 Silverstone October 4 Enrique Bernoldi Warren Hughes Mario Haberfeld Stewart Racing John Ingram

Standings

Championship Class

Pos Driver DON
 THR
 SIL
 BRH
 OUL
 SIL
 CRO
 SNE
 SIL
 PEM
 DON
 THR
 SPA
 SIL
 Pts
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 Darren Manning 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 Fassler 7 4
22 Miku Santavirta 13 10 1
23 Peter Sundberg 11 0
24 Topi Serjala 11 0
25 Benoit Treluyer 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 Sebastien Bourdais 18 0
34 Christijan Albers 20 0
David Saelens Ret 0
Franck Montagny Ret 0
Paolo Montin Ret 0
Norman Simon Ret 0
Colour Result
Gold Winner
Silver 2nd place
Bronze 3rd place
Green Finished, in points
Blue Finished, no points
Not classified (NC)
Purple Did not finish (Ret)
Red Did not qualify (DNQ)
Did not pre-qualify (DNPQ)
Black Disqualified (DSQ)
White Did not start (DNS)
Withdrew (WD)
Race cancelled (C)
Blank Did not participate
Excluded (EX)

Class B

Pos Driver DON
 THR
 SIL
 BRH
 OUL
 SIL
 CRO
 SNE
 SIL
 PEM
 DON
 THR
 SPA
 SIL
 Pts
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

References

AUTOCOURSE 1998-99
http://www.motorsport.com/news/series.asp?S=BF3&Y=1998

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