1990 British Formula 3000 Championship

The 1990 British Formula 3000 Championship was the second season of the British Formula 3000 Championship. The series was won by Portugal's Pedro Chaves, driving the latest Reynard 90D for Mansell Madgwick Motosport, the team founded by Nigel Mansell. Chaves attempted to qualify the Coloni in F1 the following year without success, before moving to Indy Lights and Spanish touring cars. Runner up in the series was future touring car star Alain Menu driving for both Roni and CoBRa. Richard Dean, future Rover Turbo Cup champion, was best of the British contingent in third place with CoBRa. He concentrated on the series full-time after abandoning an International F3000 season due to mony problems. Rickard Rydell finished fourth overall for the AJS team.[1]

1990 British Formula 3000 Championship
Previous: 1989 Next: 1991
Related series:
1990 International Formula 3000 Championship

Drivers and teams

The following drivers and teams contested the 1990 British Formula 3000 Championship.

Team Chassis Engine No. Driver Rounds
Mansell Madgwick Motorsport Reynard Cosworth 2 Pedro Chaves All
3 David Button 8-9
Tim Harvey 10
17 Marco Greco 10
96 Peter Hardman 6-10
Worswick Engineering Reynard Cosworth 4 Tony Worswick 1–2, 4–6, 9-10
Team AJS Reynard Cosworth 5 Rickard Rydell 1–4, 6-10
Omegaland Reynard Cosworth 6 Mark Newman 1, 3, 5–7, 10
22 Geoff Janes 9
Bell Racing Ralt Cosworth 7 Richard Jones 1–4, 10
GA Motorsport Lola Cosworth 8 Mark Peters 1-4
"Gimax Jr." (Carlo Franchi Jr) 8-10
9 Vittorio Zoboli All
Reynard 44 Thierry Delubac 8-9
CoBRa Motorsport Reynard Cosworth 10 Richard Dean 1–8, 10
Alain Menu 9
11 7
António Simões 10
60 Alain Menu 8
Gary Ward 9-10
Roni Motorsport Reynard Cosworth 14 Paolo Delle Piane 1-7
Julian Westwood 8-10
15 Antonio Tamburini 1
Alain Menu 2-5
Fernando Plata 6-8
Shigeki Matsui 9-10
73 Fernando Plata 9-10
Longfield Racing Reynard Cosworth 16 Jeremy Payne 2
17 Geoff Kennedy 2
Chris Hodgetts 3
Marco Greco 6-7
Hepworth Racing Reynard Cosworth 16 Danny Boutin 10
Crypton Engineering March Cosworth 18 Amato Ferrari 1-3
Simpson Engineering Ralt Cosworth 21 Robin Smith 1–3, 6-8
Usher Racing Organisation Reynard Cosworth 33 Eugene O'Brien 9
Superpower Reynard Cosworth 35 Phil Andrews 10
Mako/McNeil Reynard Cosworth 77 James Shead 1–2, 5–7, 10
RCR 3000 Lola Cosworth 55 David Hunt 5

Results

British Formula 3000 Championship
Date Round Circuit Pole Position Fastest Lap Winning Driver Winning Team
1 April 1 Brands Hatch (Indy) Rickard Rydell Vittorio Zoboli Rickard Rydell Team AJS
2 April 13 Oulton Park Rickard Rydell Alain Menu Alain Menu Roni Motorsport
3 April 16 Thruxton Pedro Chaves Pedro Chaves Pedro Chaves Mansell Madgwick Motorsport
4 May 7 Snetterton Rickard Rydell Pedro Chaves Alain Menu Roni Motorsport
5 May 28 Brands Hatch (Indy) Pedro Chaves Pedro Chaves Pedro Chaves Mansell Madgwick Motorsport
6 July 1 Brands Hatch (Indy) Pedro Chaves Pedro Chaves Marco Greco Longfield
7 August 12 Oulton Park Richard Dean Richard Dean Richard Dean CoBRa Motorsport
8 September 9 Brands Hatch (GP) Alain Menu Pedro Chaves Pedro Chaves Mansell Madgwick Motorsport
9 September 29 Silverstone (National) Pedro Chaves Rickard Rydell Pedro Chaves Mansell Madgwick Motorsport
10 October 14 Donington Park Phil Andrews Pedro Chaves Pedro Chaves Mansell Madgwick Motorsport

Championship Standings

[2]

Pos. Driver BHI OUL THR SNE BHI BHI OUL BGP SIL DON Points
1 Pedro Chaves 4 3 1 2 1 Ret 3 1 1 1 62
2 Alain Menu 1 3 1 2 Ret 2 8† DNS 34
3 Richard Dean 2 2 Ret 3 DNS Ret 1 2 Ret 31
4 Rickard Rydell 1 6 Ret Ret DNS Ret 4 2 5 21
5 Vittorio Zoboli Ret 4 2 Ret 3 Ret Ret Ret 4 Ret 16
6 Peter Hardman 2 4 Ret 5 3 15
7 Paolo Delle Piane 5 5 4 Ret 4 Ret DNS 10 10
8 Marco Greco 1 Ret Ret 9
9 James Shead 8 Ret 6 3 Ret 10 5
10 Julian Westwood 3 8 6 5
11 Gary Ward 3 11 4
12 Tony Worswick Ret DNS 4 7 Ret 11 13 3
13 António Simões 4 3
14 Robin Smith NC 7 7 Ret 5 NC 2
15 Amato Ferrari Ret Ret 5 2
16 David Button 5 Ret 2
17 David Hunt 5 2
18 "Gimax Jr." 6 6 DNS 2
19 Mark Newman 7 8 Ret DNS 6 12 1
20 Mark Peters 6 Ret DNS DNS 1
21 Chris Hodgetts DNS 6 1
22 Fernando Plata Ret Ret 7 9 9 0
23 Andrew Hepworth 7 0
24 Eugene O'Brien 7 0
25 Richard Jones 9 8 Ret Ret DNS 0
26 Mike Bryan 8 0
27 Tim Harvey 8 0
28 Guido Basile 9 Ret 0
29 Geoff Kennedy 9 0
30 John Dickinson 9 0
31 Geoff Janes 12 0
Thierry Delubac Ret Ret
Shigeki Matsui DNS Ret
Rohan Onslow Ret
Neil Crompton Ret
Jeremy Payne DNS
Guest drivers ineligible for points
Phil Andrews 2
Antonio Tamburini 3

References
  1. https://www.oocities.org/unofficialf3000/britishf3000/britishf3000.htm
  2. https://database.motorsportmagazine.com/database/championships/british-f2-f3000/1990-british-f3000-championship
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