1991 British Formula 3000 Championship

The 1991 British Formula 3000 Championship was the third season of the British Formula 3000 Championship. The series was won posthumously by Paul Warwick, driving for Mansell Madgwick Motorsport. He was tragically killed in an accident at Oulton Park when leading. Fredrik Ekblom finished as runner-up for AJS/GP. Julian Westwood finished third overall for CaneCordy Motorsport, a new team formed by ex-Williams personnel Michael Cane and Colin Cordy. Richard Dean was fourth with Superpower (pictured). Future International F3000 team Durango made their British F3000 debut. Kenny Brack, who would become 1996 International F3000 runner-up, 1998 IRL champion and a CART frontrunner, made a one-off appearance with the Alan Langridge team. Future Brabham female F1 driver Giovanna Amati made a couple of appearances for the GJ-Bromley team.[1]

1991 British Formula 3000 Championship
Previous: 1990 Next: 1992
Related series:
1991 International Formula 3000 Championship

Drivers and teams

The following drivers and teams contested the 1991 British Formula 3000 Championship.

Team Chassis Engine No. Driver Rounds
Mansell Madgwick Motorsport Reynard Cosworth 1 Paul Warwick 1-5
Mugen 2 Marco Greco All
Cosworth 18 Harald Huysman 1-2
Carlos Guerrero 3
Chris Goodwin 4
Jason Elliot 8-11
GJ - Bromley Motorsport Reynard Cosworth 3 Giovanna Amati 1-2
Chris Goodwin 3
Dave Coyne 4-11
5 Alain Plasch 1-4, 7-11
9 Chris Goodwin 8-9
Team AJS Lola Cosworth 4 Fredrik Ekblom All
McNeil Engineering Lola Cosworth 6 Robbie Stirling 1–4, 6
Reynard 5
Eugene O'Brien 7-11
Lola 15 Mercedes Stermitz 5
CaneCordy Motorsport Lola Cosworth 7 Julian Westwood All
Omegaland Reynard Cosworth 10 Jérôme Policand All
16 Mark Newman 2-3
David Button 4
Superpower Engineering System Lola Cosworth 11 Phil Andrews All
12 Richard Dean All
GA Motorsport Reynard Cosworth 14 Amato Ferrari 1-3
15 Thierry Delubac 1
Perry McCarthy 3
Oreca Reynard Cosworth 17 Frederic Gosparini All
GP Motorsport Leyton House Cosworth 19 David Button 2
Berkeley Team London Reynard Cosworth 20 Raineri Randaccio 2, 4-5, 8, 11
Mirko Savoldi 6-7, 10
Terrapol Durango Reynard Cosworth 21 "Gimax Jr." 1-3
Lola 4-5
Guido Basile 6, 8-11
22 Luigi Giorgio 1-8
Marco Spiga 11
CoBRa Motorsport Reynard Cosworth 23 Tim Sugden 2
Harald Huysman 3-4
José Luis Di Palma 5-8, 10-11
25 Harald Huysman 5
"Gimax Jr." 6-10
Steve Bottoms 11
JR Motorsport Reynard Cosworth 24 Johan Raijamäki 4–7, 10
Landrige Motorsports Reynard Cosworth 26 Mark Newman 4-6, 10
Paolo di Cristoforo 9
28 Kenny Bräck 5
Gary Ayles 6, 9
Luigi Giorgio 10
Laurent Daument 11
Phoenix 3000 Team Reynard Cosworth 27 Peter Olsson 6-11

Results

British Formula 3000 Championship
Round Date Circuit Pole Position Fastest Lap Winning Driver Winning Team
1 March 23 Oulton Park Paul Warwick Paul Warwick Paul Warwick Mansell Madgwick Motorsport
2 April 28 Donington Park Paul Warwick Phil Andrews Paul Warwick Mansell Madgwick Motorsport
3 May 12 Brands Hatch (Indy) Paul Warwick Paul Warwick Paul Warwick Mansell Madgwick Motorsport
4 June 30 Brands Hatch (Indy) Paul Warwick Paul Warwick Paul Warwick Mansell Madgwick Motorsport
5 July 21 Oulton Park Paul Warwick Paul Warwick Paul Warwick Mansell Madgwick Motorsport
6 August 4 Snetterton Phil Andrews Dave Coyne Dave Coyne GJ - Bromley Motorsport
7 August 11 Thruxton Julian Westwood Dave Coyne Dave Coyne GJ - Bromley Motorsport
8 September 1 Donington Park Fredrik Ekblom Fredrik Ekblom Fredrik Ekblom Team AJS
9 September 8 Brands Hatch (GP) Phil Andrews Fredrik Ekblom Fredrik Ekblom Team AJS
10 September 22 Silverstone (National) Jason Elliott Jason Elliott Fredrik Ekblom Team AJS
11 October 13 Donington Park Julian Westwood Julian Westwood Julian Westwood CaneCordy Motorsport

Championship Standings

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Pos. Driver OUL DON BHI BHI OUL SNE THR DON BGP SIL DON Points
1 Paul Warwick 1 1 1 1 1 45
2 Fredrik Ekblom 7 4 5 4 4 Ret 6 1 1 1 4 42
3 Julian Westwood 2 3 2 Ret 7 Ret 2 2 5 5 1 41
4 Richard Dean Ret 5 3 3 2 2 Ret Ret 2 3 Ret 32
5 Dave Coyne 2 6 1 1 8 Ret Ret 9 25
6 Phil Andrews 6 2 13 Ret 3 Ret 4 Ret 4 7 3 21
7 Jérôme Policand Ret 7 4 Ret Ret 3 3 4 Ret 4 5 19
8 Jason Elliott Ret 3 2 2 16
9 Marco Greco Ret 6 Ret Ret 5 5 5 3 Ret 8 10 11
10 "Gimax Jr." 3 13 Ret 6 11 6 Ret Ret 6 Ret 7
11 José Luis Di Palma 12 4 9 10 Ret 6 6 5
12 Frederic Gosparini Ret 8 8 5 8 8 8 5 7 Ret Ret 4
13 Harald Huysman 4 DNS 7 Ret 10 3
14 Alain Plasch 5 10 6 Ret Ret Ret DNS 10 Ret 3
15 Eugene O'Brien 7 6 8 Ret 8 1
16 Peter Olsson Ret 10 7 Ret 9 7 0
17 Luigi Giorgio Ret 11 11 Ret DNS 7 Ret Ret Ret 0
18 Robbie Stirling 8 Ret 9 Ret 13 Ret 0
19 Raineri Randaccio Ret Ret 15 9 12 0
20 Giovanna Amati 9 Ret 0
21 Tim Sugden 9 0
22 Kenny Bräck 9 0
23 Amato Ferrari Ret Ret 10 0
24 Johan Raijamäki NC Ret Ret 11 11 0
25 Steve Bottoms 11 0
26 David Button 12 Ret 0
27 Carlos Guerrero 12 0
28 Guido Basile Ret Ret 13 0
29 Mark Newman Ret 15 Ret 14 DNS Ret 0
30 Chris Goodwin 14 Ret Ret Ret 0
31 Marco Spiga 14 0
Mirko Savoldi Ret Ret Ret
Gary Ayles Ret Ret
Mercedes Stermitz Ret
Paolo di Cristoforo Ret
Laurent Daument Ret
Perry McCarthy DNS

References
  1. https://www.oocities.org/unofficialf3000/britishf3000/britishf3000.htm
  2. https://database.motorsportmagazine.com/database/championships/british-f2-f3000/1991-british-f3000-championship
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