2002 British Formula Three season

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.

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 NC 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 Points finish Blue Non-points finish Non-classified finish (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 NC 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 Points finish Blue Non-points finish Non-classified finish (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)

† Retired but classified.

References

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

External links

• The official website of the British Formula Three Championship