2002 British Formula Three season

2002 British Formula Three season
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The 2002 British Formula Three season was the 52nd British Formula Three Championship season. It commenced on March 31, and ended on September 22 after twenty-six races.

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Drivers and teams

The following teams and drivers were competitors in the 2002 season. The Scholarship class is for older Formula Three cars.

Team No Driver Class Chassis Engine
Carlin Motorsport 1 James Courtney C Dallara F302 Mugen-Honda
Derek Hayes
2 Alan van der Merwe C Dallara F302 Mugen-Honda
21 Michael Keohane C Dallara F302 Mugen-Honda
22 Shinya Hosokawa C Dallara F302 Mugen-Honda
Manor Motorsport 3 Mark Taylor C Dallara F302 Mugen-Honda
4 Richard Antinucci C Dallara F302 Mugen-Honda
34 Ronnie Bremer C Dallara F302 Mugen-Honda
Fortec Motorsport 5 Fabio Carbone C Dallara F302 Renault Sodemo
6 Heikki Kovalainen C Dallara F302 Renault Sodemo
Alan Docking Racing 7 Robbie Kerr C Dallara F302 Mugen-Honda
8 Mark Mayall C Dallara F302 Mugen-Honda
13 Tor Graves C Dallara F302 Mugen-Honda
Team Avanti 9 Matthew Gilmore C Dallara F302/Ralt F302 Mugen-Honda
James Andanson Ralt F302
Jeroen Bleekemolen
10 Stefano Fabi C Dallara F302 Mugen-Honda
Promatecme UK 11 Bruce Jouanny C Dallara F302 Mugen-Honda
12 Ernani Judice C Dallara F302 Mugen-Honda
Matthew Gilmore
Duma Racing 14 Robert Dahlgren C Dallara F302 Mugen-Honda
John Antoniadis
Menu Motorsport 16 Rob Austin C Dallara F302 Opel Spiess
17 Giandomenico Brusatin C Dallara F302 Opel Spiess
Stefan de Groot
Motaworld Racing 18 Andrew Thompson C Dallara F302 Ford
19 Tom Sisley C Dallara F302 Ford
Stefan Hodgetts
Fred Goddard Racing 51 Fairuz Fauzy S Dallara F301 Renault Sodemo
52 Jason Tahinci S Dallara F301 Renault Sodemo
Earl Goddard
Performance Racing 53 Justin Sherwood S Dallara F301 Opel Spiess
54 Julien Schell S Dallara F301 Opel Spiess
Meritus Racing 55 Gavin Smith S Dallara F301 Mugen-Honda
56 Stephen Colbert S Dallara F301 Mugen-Honda
Essential Motorsport 58 Reck Junior S Dallara F301 Toyota
Ricardo Teixeira
59 Jesper Carlsen S Dallara F301 Toyota
Scuderia Etruria 60 Diego Romanini S Dallara F301 Opel Spiess
Sweeney Racing 61 Adam Carroll S Dallara F301 Mugen-Honda
62 Billy Asaro S Dallara F301 Mugen-Honda
63 Robert Dahlgren S Dallara F301 Mugen-Honda
Team Park 64 Stephen Colbert S Dallara F301 Opel Spiess
Stefan Hodgetts
Adam Jones
David Clark
65 David Clark S Dallara F301 Opel Spiess
Diamond Racing 66 Pedro Barral S Dallara F301 Mugen-Honda
77 Harold Primat S Dallara F301 Mugen-Honda
T-Sport 67 Clivio Piccione S Dallara F301 Mugen-Honda
68 Karun Chandhok S Dallara F301 Mugen-Honda
Hill Speed Motorsport 69 Luke Stevens S Dallara F301 Opel Spiess
Icon Class
C Championship
S Scholarship

Race calendar and results

Round Circuit Date Pole Position Fastest Lap Winning driver Winning team
1 Brands Hatch 1 April James Courtney James Courtney Robbie Kerr Alan Docking Racing
2 James Courtney James Courtney Bruce Jouanny Promatecme UK
3 Donington Park 14 April James Courtney James Courtney Michael Keohane Carlin Motorsport
4 James Courtney James Courtney Michael Keohane Carlin Motorsport
5 Silverstone 5 May Fabio Carbone James Courtney Mark Taylor Manor Motorsport
6 James Courtney James Courtney Robbie Kerr Alan Docking Racing
7 Knockhill 12 May James Courtney James Courtney James Courtney Carlin Motorsport
8 James Courtney James Courtney James Courtney Carlin Motorsport
9 Croft 25 May James Courtney James Courtney James Courtney Carlin Motorsport
10 26 May Round cancelled1
11 Silverstone 2 June James Courtney Robbie Kerr Robbie Kerr Alan Docking Racing
12 3 June Mark Taylor James Courtney James Courtney Carlin Motorsport
13 Castle Combe 22 June James Courtney James Courtney Robbie Kerr Carlin Motorsport
14 23 June James Courtney James Courtney Alan van der Merwe Carlin Motorsport
15 Brands Hatch 30 June Robbie Kerr Robbie Kerr Robbie Kerr Alan Docking Racing
16 Robbie Kerr Robbie Kerr Robbie Kerr Alan Docking Racing
17 Rockingham 21 July Heikki Kovalainen Derek Hayes Shinya Hosokawa Carlin Motorsport
18 Derek Hayes Robbie Kerr Robbie Kerr Alan Docking Racing
19 Oulton Park 18 August Heikki Kovalainen Robert Dahlgren Heikki Kovalainen Fortec Motorsport
20 Robert Dahlgren Clivio Piccione James Courtney Carlin Motorsport
21 Snetterton 31 August Robbie Kerr Robbie Kerr Robbie Kerr Alan Docking Racing
22 1 September Robbie Kerr Fabio Carbone Heikki Kovalainen Fortec Motorsport
101 James Courtney Bruce Jouanny Robbie Kerr Alan Docking Racing
23 Thruxton 15 September Bruce Jouanny Heikki Kovalainen Heikki Kovalainen Fortec Motorsport
24 Bruce Jouanny Bruce Jouanny Heikki Kovalainen Fortec Motorsport
25 Donington Park 22 September Robbie Kerr Heikki Kovalainen Heikki Kovalainen Fortec Motorsport
26 Bruce Jouanny Bruce Jouanny Bruce Jouanny Promatecme UK

Notes:

1.^ – The second race at the Croft meeting was cancelled due to poor weather conditions. It was run at the Snetterton meeting.

Standings

Championship Class

Pos Driver BRH
DON
SIL
KNO
CRO
SIL
CAS
BRH
ROC
OUL
SNE
THR
DON
Pts
1 Robbie Kerr 1 3 6 3 4 1 Ret 12 Ret C 1 6 1 DNS 1 1 6 1 7 2 1 1 Ret 4 3 3 3 306
2 James Courtney 2 2 3 2 Ret 5 1 1 1 C Ret 1 2 20 7 2 4 1 5 6 9 Ret 4 4 4 269
3 Heikki Kovalainen 8 10 7 6 Ret 2 3 13 4 C 21 8 4 17 14 5 2 2 1 3 4 3 1 1 1 1 2 257
4 Bruce Jouanny 6 1 2 16 6 4 4 3 8 C 5 5 3 3 6 3 4 Ret 19 10 2 2 3 Ret 2 2 1 249
5 Michael Keohane DNS Ret 1 1 3 7 Ret 2 3 C 6 7 5 2 2 18 Ret 6 DNS DNS 2 7 5 24 169
6 Fabio Carbone 16 DNS 8 7 24 6 14 Ret 5 C 3 2 13 19 5 Ret 5 8 2 7 3 16 4 14 5 9 5 137
7 Mark Taylor 4 5 Ret 8 1 3 Ret Ret Ret C 2 3 6 4 11 9 9 9 3 Ret 22 7 Ret Ret DNS 122
8 Alan van der Merwe 25 9 10 Ret 8 10 5 4 Ret C 8 12 7 1 4 4 Ret 7 5 8 6 Ret Ret Ret Ret 19 Ret 98
9 Rob Austin 5 6 5 4 Ret 9 7 9 6 C 10 10 9 7 3 8 11 Ret Ret Ret Ret Ret Ret 5 9 7 10 94
10 Richard Antinucci 7 8 22 Ret 5 11 Ret DNS 2 C 16 4 19 5 13 22 21 10 10 11 7 10 2 Ret Ret 6 7 89
11 Ronnie Bremer 9 7 9 12 17 Ret 2 Ret Ret C 7 11 Ret 8 12 13 10 4 6 Ret 8 4 5 7 6 21 8 86
12 Shinya Hosokawa Ret Ret 23 Ret 10 12 8 5 DNS C Ret 15 20 16 9 10 1 13 Ret 6 21 9 15 Ret DNS 16 13 51
13 Matthew Gilmore 13 Ret Ret 13 12 18 15 7 Ret C 4 9 21 18 10 11 7 11 17 5 14 Ret 7 17 19 20 6 47
14 Ernani Judice 3 4 14 Ret 7 8 Ret Ret 31
15 Stefan de Groot 18 9 10 5 3 10 25 9 29
16 Derek Hayes 3 3 25
17 Robert Dahlgren 10 12 6 6 13
18 Tom Sisley 14 13 11 10 9 13 10 11 7 C DNS DNS 12
19 Mark Mayall 12 17 20 Ret 11 23 Ret 8 Ret C 20 16 12 11 15 14 Ret 24 15 21 17 13 Ret Ret DNS 12 Ret 12
20 James Andanson 17 25 8 7 9
21 Stefan Hodgetts 16 15 Ret DNS 13 12 Ret 18 6 11 Ret 12 8
22 Stefano Fabi Ret 20 Ret 24 18 26 13 10 9 C 26 22 22 DNS 17 23 15 18 12 17 16 19 14 Ret Ret 18 18 8
23 Giandomenico Brusatin Ret Ret Ret 18 14 Ret 9 Ret Ret C 17 14 18 15 18 DNS 4
24 John Antoniadis 16 19 20 Ret 11 16 13 21 4
25 Tor Graves 15 15 24 19 23 24 11 Ret Ret C 25 21 24 22 19 21 Ret 21 Ret 15 19 14 16 15 21 26 Ret 2
26 Andrew Thompson 12 Ret 0
27 Jeroen Bleekemolen Ret 23 0
Pos Driver BRH
DON
SIL
KNO
CRO
SIL
CAS
BRH
ROC
OUL
SNE
THR
DON
Pts
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)

Scholarship Class

Pos Driver BRH
DON
SIL
KNO
CRO
SIL
CAS
BRH
ROC
OUL
SNE
THR
DON
Pts
1 Adam Carroll Ret 11 4 5 2 17 17 14 Ret C 14 13 8 6 23 6 8 5 Ret Ret 9 8 6 9 13 17 Ret 367
2 Clivio Piccione 23 23 12 9 Ret 15 18 Ret 11 C 9 Ret 15 10 21 Ret 19 14 8 4 18 Ret 8 Ret 15 10 15 249
3 Billy Asaro 11 DNS Ret 11 Ret 14 21 Ret 13 C Ret Ret 25 9 22 DNS Ret 15 9 Ret 11 11 11 12 14 11 11 216
4 Stephen Colbert 19 24 13 17 19 29 16 20 DSQ C 11 19 10 24 25 Ret 16 25 11 13 15 Ret 10 10 12 15 19 208
5 Robert Dahlgren 23 17 11 12 20 20 12 12 Ret DSQ Ret Ret 8 8 8 17 167
6 Karun Chandhok 21 19 Ret 14 13 19 Ret 16 15 C 12 20 Ret Ret DNS 12 13 17 Ret 20 13 Ret Ret Ret 17 Ret 14 156
7 Gavin Smith Ret 14 15 23 Ret Ret 25 21 14 C 24 23 14 14 24 Ret 20 16 Ret 18 12 12 12 13 Ret 14 16 147
8 Justin Sherwood 17 18 18 20 22 Ret Ret 19 10 C 18 18 Ret 21 27 19 22 20 20 16 Ret Ret 13 16 18 Ret 23 130
9 Fairuz Fauzy 24 DNS 19 21 15 20 19 15 12 C 15 25 16 23 28 16 Ret 27 Ret 14 Ret Ret 17 Ret 20 22 Ret 119
10 Jesper Carlsen 16 13 16 15 Ret 21 22 Ret Ret C 13 Ret 23 13 26 Ret 18 Ret 81
11 Harold Primat 22 22 21 25 20 28 23 17 Ret C 22 24 Ret DNS DNS Ret 22 Ret 23 Ret 15 18 Ret Ret 23 25 57
12 David Clark DNS Ret 17 DNQ 16 22 20 18 Ret C 19 Ret 17 19 48
13 Pedro Barral 14 22 Ret 17 Ret Ret 22
14 Diego Romanini 20 21 DNQ 22 21 25 Ret Ret Ret C 27 DNQ 22
15 Adam Jones Ret 17 14 26 20
16 Stefan Hodgetts Ret 16 12
17 Luke Stevens 24 20 6
18 Julien Schell 27 22 4
19 Reck Junior 24 Ret 2
20 Earl Goddard Ret 27 1
Jason Tahinci DNQ DNQ 0
Ricardo Teixeira DNQ C 0
Pos Driver BRH
DON
SIL
KNO
CRO
SIL
CAS
BRH
ROC
OUL
SNE
THR
DON
Pts
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)

References

http://www.speedsport-magazine.com/motorsport/formula-level3/british-formula-3/2002/entrylist.html

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