1989 British Formula 3000 Championship Rd.7

The 7th round of the inaugural British Formula 3000 Championship, saw the series visit Silverstone, on 30 July.^[1]

Report

Entry

A total of 9 F3000 cars were entered for this, the seventh round of the 1989 British F3000 Championship.^[2]

Qualifying

Gary Brabham took pole position for Bromley Motorsport team in their Cosworth-engined Reynard 88D. He was joined on the front row by Roland Ratzenberger in a similar Reynard, prepared by Spirit Motorsport.^[3]

Race

The race was held over 40 laps of the Silverstone National circuit. Gary Brabham took the winner spoils for the Bromley Motorsport team, driving their Reynard-Cosworth 88D. The Aussie won in a time of 42:32.21mins., averaging a speed of 107.907 mph. Second place went to championship leader, Andrew Gilbert-Scott in Eddie Jordan Racing’s Reynard-Cosworth 88D, who was only 0.58secs behind. Brabham’s victory moved him to within four points of Gilbert-Scott points leader, with just two rounds to go. Third was poleman, Roland Ratzenberger who completed the podium for the Spirit Motorsport in his Cosworth engined Reynard 88D.^[4]

Classification

Race

Class winners in bold

Pos.	No.	Driver	Entrant	Car - Engine	Time, Laps	Reason Out
1st	5	Gary Brabham	Bromley Motorsport	Reynard-Cosworth 88D	42:32.21
2nd	3	Andrew Gilbert-Scott	Eddie Jordan Racing	Reynard-Cosworth 88D	42:32.79
3rd	16	Roland Ratzenberger	Spirit Motorsport	Reynard-Cosworth 88D	40
4th	2	Marco Greco	Eddie Jordan Racing	Reynard-Cosworth 88D	40
5th	10	Jonathan Bancroft	GA Motorsport	Lola-Cosworth T88/80	39
6th	7	Tony Worswick	Tony Worswick	Reynard-Cosworth 88D	38
7th	6	Roger Orgee	R.O./Omegaland	Reynard-Cosworth 88D	38
8th	8	Felipe Machado	Madgwick Motorsport	Reynard-Cosworth 88D	37
DNS	12	Antonio Albacete	Madgwick Motorsport	Reynard-Cosworth 88D		engine

• Fastest lap: Roland Ratzenberger, 1:02.91secs. (109.299 mph)

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