1988 Scottish Superprix

The 1988 Scottish Superprix, saw the cars from the British Formula Three series visit Knockhill, north of Dunfermline, for a non-championship race, on 7 August.[1]

Report

Entry

A total of just eight F3 cars were entered for this the first of two non-British Championship races in 1988.[1]

Qualifying

Gary Brabham took pole position for Jack Brabham Racing team in their Volkswagen-engined Ralt RT32, averaging a speed of 89.821 mph.[1]

Race

The race was held over 25 laps of the Knockhill circuit. Gary Brabham took the winner spoils for the Jack Brabham Racing team, driving their Ralt-Volkswagen RT32. The Australian won in a time of 22:10.8mins., averaging a speed of 87.911 mph. Second place went to Ross Hockenhull in Bowman Racing’s Ralt-Volkswagen RT32, who was 5.1s behind. The Reynard 873 of Scott Stringfellow completed the podium for the Jim Lee Racing.[1][2]

Classification

Race

Pos. Driver Entrant Car - Engine Time, Laps Reason Out
1st Australia Gary Brabham Jack Brabham Racing Ralt-Volkswagen RT32 22.10.8
2nd England Ross Hockenhull Bowman Racing Ralt-Volkswagen RT32 22:15.9
3rd England Scott Stringfellow Jim Lee Racing/Hippodrome Reynard-Volkswagen 873 22:38.2
4th Scotland Sandy McEwan Jupiter Racing Ralt-Volkswagen RT30 22:56.3
5th Scotland John Fyda Jupiter Racing Ralt-Volkswagen RT30 24
DNF Scotland Tom Brown JB Racing Reynard-Volkswagen 873 9 Misfire
DNF Northern Ireland Martin Donnelly Cellnet Ricoh Racing/Intersport Racing Ralt-Toyota RT31 0 Crash
DNF England Damon Hill Cellnet Ricoh Racing/Intersport Racing Ralt-Toyota RT32 0 Crash

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References

  1. 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 "Formula 3 1988 - Great Britain - Knockhill, 07.08". Formula2.net. Retrieved 2014-03-05.
  2. 2.0 2.1