1991 British Formula Three Championship

The 1991 British Formula Three season was the 41st British Formula Three Championship, won by Brazilian Rubens Barrichello. The season started on 17 March at Silverstone and ended on October 13 at Thruxton following sixteen races. The 1991 season is often considered a 'vintage' year for the series, producing two future Formula One Grand Prix winners in the form of Barrichello and David Coulthard as well as a future champions in CART (de Ferran) and BTCC (Rydell). It was also the last title win for Ralt chassis and the West Surrey Racing team. Class B was won by Finnish driver Pekka Herva.

Drivers and Teams

The following teams and drivers were competitors in the 1991 season. Class B is for older Formula Three cars.

Team No Driver Class Chassis Engine Rounds West Surrey Racing 1 Jordi Gené A Ralt RT35 Mugen-Honda All 2 Pedro Diniz A Ralt RT35 Mugen-Honda 1-14 9 Rubens Barrichello A Ralt RT35 Mugen-Honda All Steve Robertson Racing 3 Steve Robertson A Bowman BC1 Volkswagen-Spiess 14-16 Bowman Racing Bowman BC1 Volkswagen-Spiess 1-13 4 Oswaldo Negri A Bowman BC1 Volkswagen-Spiess All 10 Olivier Beretta A Bowman BC1 Volkswagen-Spiess 9-12, 14-16 Paul Stewart Racing 5 David Coulthard A Ralt RT35 Mugen-Honda All 6 Eduar Merhy Neto A Ralt RT35 Mugen-Honda 2-6 André Ribeiro A 11-16 Alan Docking Racing 7 Marcel Albers A Ralt RT35 Mugen-Honda All 8 Hideki Noda A Ralt RT35 Mugen-Honda All 47 Sandy Brody B Ralt RT34 Mugen-Honda 8-16 Edenbridge Racing 11 Mikke Van Hool A Ralt RT34 Mugen-Honda 1-2 Reynard 913 3-16 12 Gil de Ferran A Reynard 913 Mugen-Honda 3-16 Racefax Motorsport 14 Bernard Dolan A Reynard 913 Mugen-Honda 1-5, 7-8, 10-12 Volkswagen Motorsport 15 Klaus Panchyrz A Ralt RT35 Volkswagen-Spiess 10 16 Tom Kristensen A Ralt RT35 Volkswagen-Spiess 10 ZW Motorsports 17 Derek Higgins A Reynard 913 Mugen-Honda 4-5 32 Sandy Brody B Ralt RT34 Mugen-Honda 1-6 TOM'S GB 18 Kelvin Burt A TOM'S 031F TOM'S-Toyota 15 19 Rickard Rydell A TOM'S 031F TOM'S-Toyota All APEX 20 Urmas Pold A Ralt RT35 Alfa Romeo-Novamotor 5-8 22 Viktor Kosankov A Ralt RT35 Alfa Romeo-Novamotor 5-8 Reynard R&D 21 Gil de Ferran A Reynard 913 Mugen-Honda 1-2 Bongers Motorsport 23 Jörg Müller A Reynard 913 Volkswagen-Spiess 10 GB Motorsport 25 Elton Julian A Reynard 913 Volkswagen-Spiess 12-13 Bobby Carville A 15 Cram Motorsport 26 Rob Mears B Ralt RT34 Mugen-Honda All 27 Alan Carruthers B Ralt RT34 Mugen-Honda 1-10 Paul Tickner 29 Paul Tickner B Ralt RT30 Volkswagen 5 Tollbar Racing 30 "Martin" B Ralt RT32 Volkswagen-Spiess 3 31 Guido Basile B Ralt RT33 Volkswagen-Spiess 10 Longridge Racing 32 Dominic Chappell B Reynard 903 TOM'S-Toyota 16 53 15 John Lee Motorsport 33 John Lee B Ralt RT32 TOM'S-Toyota All Peter Lea Racing 34 Alan Tulloch B Reynard 883 Alfa Romeo-Novamotor 1-10 35 Eddie Kimbell B Reynard 873 Volkswagen-Spiess 10 Tech-Speed Motorsport 36 Steven Arnold B Reynard 903 Volkswagen-Spiess 5-11 Ralt RT34 Mugen-Honda 12-16 45 Juan Serda B Reynard 903 Volkswagen-Spiess 8-10 54 16 John Wilcock 37 John Wilcock B Reynard 893 TOM'S-Toyota 1-10, 12-16 Formel Rennsport 38 René Wartmann B Reynard 903 Volkswagen-Spiess 10 Barrie Pusey 40 Barrie Pusey B Reynard 873 Volkswagen-Judd 3, 10 EIS Racing 41 Ian Jacobs B Dallara F387 Volkswagen-Spiess 8-10 Fred Goddard Racing 42 Pekka Herva B Reynard 893 Volkswagen-Spiess 3-16 44 Sherif El Sakkaf B Ralt RT34 Volkswagen-Spiess 2, 12-15 Prowess Racing 43 Hugo Spowers B Ralt RT34 Mugen-Honda 8-12 Oliver Tan B 16 51 15 Brian Phillips 46 Brian Phillips B Reynard 883 Volkswagen 12-13 Team West-Tec 48 Thornton Mustard B Reynard 893 Volkswagen-Spiess 15 55 14 82 11, 16 Steve Bottoms 49 Steve Bottoms B Reynard 863 Volkswagen 8 Mark Bailey Racing 50 Nigel Smith B Ralt RT34 Mugen-Honda 8-13, 15-16 Tony Trevor 52 Tony Trevor B Ralt RT32 Volkswagen 11 Peter Morgan 55 Peter Morgan B Reynard 903 Volkswagen 12-13

Icon Class A Class A B Class B

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Race calendar and results

All races were held in United Kingdom.

Round	Circuit	Date	Pole Position	Fastest Lap	Winning driver	Winning team	Class B Winner
1	Silverstone	17 March	Rubens Barrichello	Rickard Rydell	Rickard Rydell	TOM'S	Sandy Brody
2	Thruxton	1 April	Rubens Barrichello	Rubens Barrichello	Rubens Barrichello	West Surrey Racing	Rob Mears
3	Donington Park	21 April	Rickard Rydell	Steve Robertson	David Coulthard	Paul Stewart Racing	Pekka Herva
4	Brands Hatch	28 April	Rickard Rydell	Gil de Ferran	David Coulthard	Paul Stewart Racing	Pekka Herva
5		19 May	Gil de Ferran	Gil de Ferran	Gil de Ferran	Edenbridge Racing	Rob Mears
6	Thruxton	27 May	Rubens Barrichello	Rubens Barrichello	Steve Robertson	Bowman Racing	Rob Mears
7	Silverstone	9 June	Rubens Barrichello	Rubens Barrichello	David Coulthard	Paul Stewart Racing	Pekka Herva
8	Donington Park	23 June	Rubens Barrichello	Rubens Barrichello	Rubens Barrichello	West Surrey Racing	Pekka Herva
9	Silverstone	29 June	Gil de Ferran	Gil de Ferran	Gil de Ferran	Edenbridge Racing	Pekka Herva
10		13 July	Gil de Ferran	Rubens Barrichello	Gil de Ferran	Edenbridge Racing	Pekka Herva
11	Snetterton	4 August	Rubens Barrichello	Marcel Albers	David Coulthard	Paul Stewart Racing	Sandy Brody
12	Silverstone	26 August	Gil de Ferran	Jordi Gené	Hideki Noda	Alan Docking Racing	Sandy Brody
13	Brands Hatch	1 September	Gil de Ferran	Rubens Barrichello	David Coulthard	Paul Stewart Racing	Sandy Brody
14	Donington Park	15 September	Rubens Barrichello	Rubens Barrichello	Rubens Barrichello	West Surrey Racing	Sandy Brody
15	Silverstone	6 October	Rubens Barrichello	Rubens Barrichello	Rubens Barrichello	West Surrey Racing	Sandy Brody
16	Thruxton	13 October	Rubens Barrichello	Jordi Gené	Steve Robertson	Steve Robertson Racing	Pekka Herva

Championship Standings

Class A

Pos.	Driver	SIL	THR	DON	BRH	BRH	THR	SIL	DON	SIL	SIL	SNE	SIL	BRH	DON	SIL	THR	Pts
1	Rubens Barrichello	Ret	1	Ret	3	4	2	2	1	5	Ret	4	5	3	1	1	5	74
2	David Coulthard	4	Ret	1	1	2	3	1	Ret	7	6	1	3	1	4	22	Ret	66
3	Gil de Ferran	8		7	5	1	8	7	2	1	1	5	2	2	5	6	11	54
4	Jordi Gene	7	2	4	Ret	Ret	6	5	6	2	2	3	6	5	2	2	3	50
5	Marcel Albers	3	6	6	6	9	9	3	5	Ret	4	2	4	4	3	3	2	43
6	Rickard Rydell	1	3	2	2	6	Ret	Ret	Ret	3	3	7	18	6	Ret	4	6	41
7	Hideki Noda	2	4	Ret	10	5	4	4	7	4	5	12	1	7	7	5	4	36
8	Steve Robertson	5	5	5	4	Ret	1	Ret	4	Ret	Ret	11	8	8	15	9	1	32
9	Oswaldo Negri	Ret	Ret	Ret	7	3	Ret	6	3	Ret	7	Ret	10	Ret	DNS	8	7	9
10	Eduar Merhy Neto		7	3	Ret	11	5											6
11	Mikke van Hool	13	8	8	Ret	10	7	Ret	12	8	Ret	6	9	Ret	Ret	7	18	1
12	Pedro Diniz	6	Ret	DNS	Ret	7	Ret	8	8	DSQ	8	9	Ret	Ret	Ret			1
13	Olivier Beretta									6	21	8	7		Ret	15	9	1
14	Andre Ribeiro											10	11	16	Ret	6	Ret	1
15	Derek Higgins				8	8												0
16	Elton Julian												12	9				0
17	Klaus Panchyrz										9							0
18	Bernard Dolan	10	11	Ret	Ret	Ret		Ret	13		Ret	13	13					0
19	Victor Kozankov					15	13	10	14									0
20	Jörg Müller										10							0
21	Urmas Pold					13	14	Ret	15									0
22	Bobby Carville															13		0
	Tom Kristensen										Ret							0
	Kelvin Burt															Ret		0

Class B

Pos.	Driver	SIL	THR	DON	BRH	BRH	THR	SIL	DON	SIL	SIL	SNE	SIL	BRH	DON	SIL	THR	Pts
1	Pekka Herva			9	9	Ret	11	9	9	9	11	Ret	15	Ret	9	11	8	98
2	Sandy Brody	9	10	11	Ret	18	12		11	Ret	13	14	14	10	8	10	10	87
3	Rob Mears	Ret	9	10	11	12	10	11	10	10	18	17	16	12	11	16	13	73
4	Steve Arnold					17	17	15	19	14	14	18	19	11	10	12	12	32
5	Alan Carruthers	Ret	12	Ret	12	14	Ret	12	16	12	16							25
6	Nigel Smith								Ret	11	12	15	DNS	13		14	14	24
7	John Lee	14	15	13	13	20	15	14	22	17	22	Ret	22	14	12	21	Ret	18
8	Alan Tulloch	11	13	12	Ret	DNS	DNS	13	Ret	15	20							15
9	John Wilcock	12	14	14	14	19	16	16	Ret	16	19		21	15	14	19	17	13
10	Hugo Spowers								18	DSQ	15	16	17					10
11	Juan Serda									17	13	17					15	5
12	Paul Tickner					16												4
13	Sherif Al Sakkaf		Ret										20	17	Ret	20		1
14	Thornton Mustard											Ret			13	DNS	Ret	1
15	Dominic Chappell															17	Ret	1
16	Barrie Pusey			15							DNQ							0
17	Oliver Tan															Ret	16	0
18	Brian Phillips												23	18				0
19	Peter Morgan												24	19				0
20	Steve Bottoms								20									0
21	Ian Jacobs								21	DNS	23							0
	"Martin"			Ret														0
	Guido Basile										Ret							0
	Rene Wartmann										Ret							0
	Eddie Kimbell										DNS							0
	Tony Trevor											DNS						0

References

External links

• The official website of the British Formula 3 Championship