1991 British Formula Three Championship

Motor racing championship 1991 British Formula 3 International Series 1990 1992 thumb|right|1991 champion, Rubens Barrichello The 1991 British Formula Three season was the 41st British Formula Three Championship, won by Brazilian Rubens Barrichello. Autocourse 1991-92 0-905138-87-2 Hazleton Publishing Richmond, Surrey, United Kingdom Henry Alan Kirby Gordon Hamilton Maurice Saward Joe Tremayne David Hayoe David Dodgins Tony Cooper Adam Hughes Mark 1991 276-279 The season started on 17 March at Silverstone and ended on 13 October 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), BTCC (Rydell) and WEC (Kristensen). 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. The scoring system was 9-6-4-3-2-1 points awarded to the first six finishers, with 1 (one) extra point added to the driver who set the fastest lap of the race. The best 13 results counted for the driver's final tally. Drivers and Teams The following teams and drivers were competitors in the 1991 season. Class B is for older Formula Three cars. Team Chassis Engine No. Driver Rounds Class A West Surrey Racing Ralt RT35 Mugen-Honda 1 ESP Jordi Gené All 2 BRA Pedro Diniz 1-14 9 BRA Rubens Barrichello All Steve Robertson Racing Bowman BC1 Volkswagen-Spiess 3 GBR Steve Robertson 14-16 Bowman Racing Bowman BC1 Volkswagen-Spiess 1-13 4 BRA Oswaldo Negri All 10 MCO Olivier Beretta 9-12, 14-16 Paul Stewart Racing Ralt RT35 Mugen-Honda 5 GBR David Coulthard All 6 BRA Eduar Merhy Neto 2-6 BRA André Ribeiro 11-16 Alan Docking Racing Ralt RT35 Mugen-Honda 7 NLD Marcel Albers All 8 JPN Hideki Noda All Edenbridge Racing Ralt RT34 Mugen-Honda 11 BEL Mikke Van Hool 1-2 Reynard 913 3-16 12 BRA Gil de Ferran 3-16 Racefax Motorsport Reynard 913 Mugen-Honda 14 IRL Bernard Dolan 1-5, 7-8, 10-12 Volkswagen Motorsport Ralt RT35 Volkswagen-Spiess 15 DEU Klaus Panchyrz 10 16 DNK Tom Kristensen 10 ZW Motorsports Reynard 913 Mugen-Honda 17 IRL Derek Higgins 4-5 TOM'S GB TOM'S 031F TOM'S-Toyota 18 GBR Kelvin Burt 15 19 SWE Rickard Rydell All APEX Ralt RT35 Alfa Romeo-Novamotor 20 SUN Urmas Pold 5-8 22 SUN Viktor Kosankov 5-8 Reynard R&D Reynard 913 Mugen-Honda 21 BRA Gil de Ferran 1-2 Bongers Motorsport Reynard 913 Volkswagen-Spiess 23 DEU Jörg Müller 10 GB Motorsport Reynard 913 Volkswagen-Spiess 25 USA Elton Julian 12-13 CAN Bobby Carville 15 Class B Cram Motorsport Ralt RT34 Mugen-Honda 26 GBR Rob Mears All 27 GBR Alan Carruthers 1-10 Paul Tickner Ralt RT30 Volkswagen 29 GBR Paul Tickner 5 Tollbar Racing Ralt RT32 Volkswagen-Spiess 30 GBR "Martin" 3 31 ITA Guido Basile 10 ZW Motorsports Ralt RT34 Mugen-Honda 32 USA Sandy Brody 1-6 Longridge Racing Reynard 903 TOM'S-Toyota 32 GBR Dominic Chappell 16 53 15 John Lee Motorsport Ralt RT32 TOM'S-Toyota 33 USA John Lee All Peter Lea Racing Reynard 883 Alfa Romeo-Novamotor 34 IRL Alan Tulloch 1-10 35 GBR Eddie Kimbell 10 Tech-Speed Motorsport Reynard 903 Volkswagen-Spiess 45 ESP Juan Serda 8-10 54 16 36 GBR Steven Arnold 5-11 Ralt RT34 Mugen-Honda 12-16 John Wilcock Reynard 893 TOM'S-Toyota 37 GBR John Wilcock 1-10, 12-16 Formel Rennsport Reynard 903 Volkswagen-Spiess 38 CHE René Wartmann 10 Barrie Pusey Reynard 873 Volkswagen-Judd 40 GBR Barrie Pusey 3, 10 EIS Racing Dallara F387 Volkswagen-Spiess 41 GBR Ian Jacobs 8-10 Fred Goddard Racing Reynard 893 Volkswagen-Spiess 42 FIN Pekka Herva 3-16 Ralt RT34 44 EGY Sherif El Sakkaf 2, 12-15 Prowess Racing Ralt RT34 Mugen-Honda 43 GBR Hugo Spowers 8-12 HKG 1959 Oliver Tan 16 51 15 Brian Phillips Reynard 883 Volkswagen 46 GBR Brian Phillips 12-13 Alan Docking Racing Ralt RT34 Mugen-Honda 47 USA Sandy Brody 8-16 Team West-Tec Reynard 893 Volkswagen-Spiess 48 GBR Thornton Mustard 15 55 14 82 11, 16 Steve Bottoms Reynard 863 Volkswagen 49 GBR Steve Bottoms 8 Mark Bailey Racing Ralt RT34 Mugen-Honda 50 GBR Nigel Smith 8-13, 15-16 Tony Trevor Ralt RT32 Volkswagen 52 GBR Tony Trevor 11 Peter Morgan Reynard 903 Volkswagen 55 GBR Peter Morgan 12-13 Source:Formula 3 1991 http://www.formula2.net/F391_IndexGB.htm 13 June 2013 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 BRA Rubens Barrichello SWE Rickard Rydell SWE Rickard Rydell TOM'S USA Sandy Brody 2 Thruxton 1 April BRA Rubens Barrichello BRA Rubens Barrichello BRA Rubens Barrichello West Surrey Racing GBR Rob Mears 3 Donington Park 21 April SWE Rickard Rydell GBR Steve Robertson GBR David Coulthard Paul Stewart Racing FIN Pekka Herva 4 Brands Hatch 28 April SWE Rickard Rydell BRA Gil de Ferran GBR David Coulthard Paul Stewart Racing FIN Pekka Herva 5 19 May BRA Gil de Ferran BRA Gil de Ferran BRA Gil de Ferran Edenbridge Racing GBR Rob Mears 6 Thruxton 27 May BRA Rubens Barrichello BRA Rubens Barrichello GBR Steve Robertson Bowman Racing GBR Rob Mears 7 Silverstone 9 June BRA Rubens Barrichello BRA Rubens Barrichello GBR David Coulthard Paul Stewart Racing FIN Pekka Herva 8 Donington Park 23 June BRA Rubens Barrichello BRA Rubens Barrichello BRA Rubens Barrichello West Surrey Racing FIN Pekka Herva 9 Silverstone 29 June BRA Gil de Ferran BRA Gil de Ferran BRA Gil de Ferran Edenbridge Racing FIN Pekka Herva 10 13 July BRA Gil de Ferran BRA Rubens Barrichello BRA Gil de Ferran Edenbridge Racing FIN Pekka Herva 11 Snetterton 4 August BRA Rubens Barrichello NLD Marcel Albers GBR David Coulthard Paul Stewart Racing USA Sandy Brody 12 Silverstone 26 August BRA Gil de Ferran ESP Jordi Gené JPN Hideki Noda Alan Docking Racing USA Sandy Brody 13 Brands Hatch 1 September BRA Gil de Ferran BRA Rubens Barrichello GBR David Coulthard Paul Stewart Racing USA Sandy Brody 14 Donington Park 15 September BRA Rubens Barrichello BRA Rubens Barrichello BRA Rubens Barrichello West Surrey Racing USA Sandy Brody 15 Silverstone 6 October BRA Rubens Barrichello BRA Rubens Barrichello BRA Rubens Barrichello West Surrey Racing USA Sandy Brody 16 Thruxton 13 October BRA Rubens Barrichello ESP Jordi Gené GBR Steve Robertson Steve Robertson Racing FIN Pekka Herva Championship Standings Pos. Driver SIL THR DON BRH BRH THR SIL DON SIL SIL SNE SIL BRH DON SIL THR Pts Class A 1 BRA Rubens Barrichello Ret 1 Ret 3 4 2 2 1 5 Ret 4 5 3 1 1 5 74 2 GBR David Coulthard 4 Ret 1 1 2 3 1 Ret 7 6 1 3 1 4 22 Ret 66 3 BRA Gil de Ferran 8 7 5 1 8 7 2 1 1 5 2 2 5 6 11 54 4 ESP Jordi Gene 7 2 4 Ret Ret 6 5 6 2 2 3 6 5 2 2 3 50 5 NLD Marcel Albers 3 6 6 6 9 9 3 5 Ret 4 2 4 4 3 3 2 43 6 SWE Rickard Rydell 1 3 2 2 6 Ret Ret Ret 3 3 7 18 6 Ret 4 6 41 7 JPN Hideki Noda 2 4 Ret 10 5 4 4 7 4 5 12 1 7 7 5 4 36 8 GBR Steve Robertson 5 5 5 4 Ret 1 Ret 4 Ret Ret 11 8 8 15 9 1 32 9 BRA Oswaldo Negri Ret Ret Ret 7 3 Ret 6 3 Ret 7 Ret 10 Ret DNS 8 7 9 10 BRA Eduar Merhy Neto 7 3 Ret 11 5 6 11 BEL Mikke van Hool 13 8 8 Ret 10 7 Ret 12 8 Ret 6 9 Ret Ret 7 18 1 12 BRA Pedro Diniz 6 Ret DNS Ret 7 Ret 8 8 DSQ 8 9 Ret Ret Ret 1 13 MCO Olivier Beretta 6 21 8 7 Ret 15 9 1 14 BRA Andre Ribeiro 10 11 16 Ret 6 Ret 1 15 IRL Derek Higgins 8 8 0 16 USA Elton Julian 12 9 0 17 DEU Klaus Panchyrz 9 0 18 IRL Bernard Dolan 10 11 Ret Ret Ret Ret 13 Ret 13 13 0 19 SUN Victor Kozankov 15 13 10 14 0 20 DEU Jörg Müller 10 0 21 SUN Urmas Pold 13 14 Ret 15 0 22 CAN Bobby Carville 13 0 DNK Tom Kristensen Ret 0 GBR Kelvin Burt Ret 0 Class B 1 FIN Pekka Herva 9 9 Ret 11 9 9 9 11 Ret 15 Ret 9 11 8 98 2 USA Sandy Brody 9 10 11 Ret 18 12 11 Ret 13 14 14 10 8 10 10 87 3 GBR Rob Mears Ret 9 10 11 12 10 11 10 10 18 17 16 12 11 16 13 73 4 GBR Steve Arnold 17 17 15 19 14 14 18 19 11 10 12 12 32 5 GBR Alan Carruthers Ret 12 Ret 12 14 Ret 12 16 12 16 25 6 GBR Nigel Smith Ret 11 12 15 DNS 13 14 14 24 7 USA John Lee 14 15 13 13 20 15 14 22 17 22 Ret 22 14 12 21 Ret 18 8 IRL Alan Tulloch 11 13 12 Ret DNS DNS 13 Ret 15 20 15 9 GBR John Wilcock 12 14 14 14 19 16 16 Ret 16 19 21 15 14 19 17 13 10 GBR Hugo Spowers 18 DSQ 15 16 17 10 11 ESP Juan Serda 17 13 17 15 5 12 GBR Paul Tickner 16 4 13 EGY Sherif Al Sakkaf Ret 20 17 Ret 20 1 14 GBR Thornton Mustard Ret 13 DNS Ret 1 15 GBR Dominic Chappell 17 Ret 1 16 GBR Barrie Pusey 15 DNQ 0 17 HKG 1959 Oliver Tan Ret 16 0 18 GBR Brian Phillips 23 18 0 19 GBR Peter Morgan 24 19 0 20 GBR Steve Bottoms 20 0 21 GBR Ian Jacobs 21 DNS 23 0 GBR "Martin" Ret 0 ITA Guido Basile Ret 0 CHE Rene Wartmann Ret 0 GBR Eddie Kimbell DNS 0 GBR Tony Trevor DNS 0 References External links The official website of the British Formula 3 Championship Formula Three Category:British Formula Three Championship seasons