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.[2]
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 owned by Geoff Mitchell and Tony Searles this Cosworth engined Reynard 88D.[2]
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)
References
- "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 13 May 2011. Retrieved 2013-11-19.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
- "British F3000 1989". oocities.org. 10 November 1996. Retrieved 18 August 2016.
- "British Formula 3000 Championship". theracingline.net. Retrieved 18 August 2016.
- "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 13 May 2011. Retrieved 2013-11-19.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)