1996 British Formula Two Championship

PURE HOLDING COMPANY British Formula Two Championship 1996 1997 British Formula 3000 Championship Related series:1996 International Formula 3000 Championship The 1996 British Formula Two Championship was the seventh season of the British Formula 3000 Championship. The championship was dominated by the Super Nova car of Gareth Rees, the former Marlboro Masters F3 winner who competed in International Formula 3000 the previous year. He won six races and clinched the title with two rounds to go. Rees started the season in style, winning the first 5 races, but stumbled at Donington when Sascha Maassen took his only victory of the year. Werner Lupberger won the following round as Rees retired, but Gareth won the Silverstone round to tie up the championship. Luiz Garcia Jr. won the remaining two rounds after battling with Lupberger and Gonzalo Rodriguez, securing second in the standings. Lupberger ended up third, one place ahead of Rodriguez. British Formula Renault champion David Cook raced twice in Rees' absence, while future International F3000 star Jason Watt made his F3000 debut for Fred Goddard Racing in the final round. Ex-Andrea Moda F1 non-qualifier Perry McCarthy made a single seater return with DKS Racing. The future boss of International F3000 team Arden, Christian Horner, finished fifth overall after half a season with veteran team Madgwick International. Sarah Kavanagh, future Formula Nippon and BOSS Formula 1 driver, raced on a couple of occasions in a Sainsbury's and Parmalat backed Fred Goddard Racing entry. Several talented drivers entered British F2 in 1996, but at times grids had declined to just five cars, the smallest in the series' history, and teams withdrew their support. British F2 was finally dead.https://www.oocities.org/unofficialf3000/britishf3000/britishf3000.htm British F3000/F2/UK3000/Autumn Cup 2020-05-05 2021-10-23 https://web.archive.org/web/20211023012250/https://www.oocities.org/unofficialf3000/britishf3000/britishf3000.htm dead Drivers and teams The following drivers and teams contested the 1996 British Formula Two Championship. All teams ran a Reynard chassis with Cosworth engine. Team No. Car number Driver Rounds GBR Fred Goddard Racing 1 RSA Werner Lupberger All 6 GBR Steve Arnold 1 DEU Sascha Maassen 4, 6, 8-9 DEN Jason Watt 10 16 IRE Sarah Kavanagh 4, 6 GBR Francis Phillips 8 GBR Paul Smith 10 22 RUS Alan Berkov 1, 4 24 GBR William Hewland 4 GBR Super Nova Racing 2 GBR Gareth Rees 1-8 GBR David Cook 9-10 3 BRA Luiz Garcia Jr. All ITA Durango Equipe 4 ITA Luca Riccitelli 1-4 ITA Denny Zardo 5 5 ITA Fabrizio Gollin 1 ITA Vito Popolizio 2-3 ITA Pietro Ferrero 4 GBR Jupiter Racing 7 GBR Nigel Smith 4 GBR Madgwick International 8 GBR Christian Horner 5-10 GBR Edenbridge Racing 9 URU Gonzalo Rodriguez 4–6, 8-10 GBR DKS Prosperity Management 10 GBR Perry McCarthy 8-10 GBR Worswick Engineering 17 GBR Tony Worswick 5 GBR Rex Hart Racing 20 GBR David Mercer 1, 4–5, 7-10 AUS Lars Johansson 6 Results British Formula Two Championship Round Date Circuit Pole position Fastest lap Winning driver Winning team 1 April 5 GBR Oulton Park (Fosters) GBR Gareth Rees ITA Luca Riccitelli GBR Gareth Rees GBR Super Nova Racing 2 May 6 GBR Snetterton BRA Luiz Garcia Jr. BRA Luiz Garcia Jr. GBR Gareth Rees GBR Super Nova Racing 3 GBR Gareth Rees BRA Luiz Garcia Jr. GBR Gareth Rees GBR Super Nova Racing 4 June 22 GBR Silverstone (GP) DEU Sascha Maassen GBR Gareth Rees GBR Gareth Rees GBR Super Nova Racing 5 July 6 GBR Oulton Park BRA Luiz Garcia Jr. GBR Gareth Rees GBR Gareth Rees GBR Super Nova Racing 6 August 4 GBR Donington Park GBR Gareth Rees GBR Gareth Rees DEU Sascha Maassen GBR Fred Goddard Racing 7 August 27 GBR Brands Hatch (Indy) RSA Werner Lupberger BRA Luiz Garcia Jr. RSA Werner Lupberger GBR Fred Goddard Racing 8 September 28 GBR Silverstone (GP) GBR Gareth Rees URU Gonzalo Rodriguez GBR Gareth Rees GBR Super Nova Racing 9 October 13 GBR Brands Hatch (Indy) BRA Luiz Garcia Jr. URU Gonzalo Rodriguez BRA Luiz Garcia Jr. GBR Super Nova Racing 10 October 27 GBR Donington Park BRA Luiz Garcia Jr. BRA Luiz Garcia Jr. BRA Luiz Garcia Jr. GBR Super Nova Racing Championship Standings https://database.motorsportmagazine.com/database/championships/british-f2-f3000/1996-venson-british-f2-championship 1996 Venson British F2 Championship | Motorsport Database Pos. Driver OUL SNE SNE SIL OUL DON BHI SIL BHI DON Points 1 GBR Gareth Rees 1 1 1 1 1 5 Ret 1 56 2 BRA Luiz Garcia Jr. Ret 2 2 2 Ret 3 2 2 1 1 52 3 RSA Werner Lupberger 4 3 3 Ret 3 Ret 1 6 3 2 35 4 URU Gonzalo Rodriguez Ret 2 2 Ret 2 3 22 5 GBR Christian Horner Ret 4 3 3 Dead heat for 3rd with Perry McCarthy. 5 6 14 6 DEU Sascha Maassen Ret 1 Ret 4 12 7 ITA Luca Riccitelli 2 4 Ret Ret 9 8 GBR David Mercer 6 4 Ret 4 5 7 8 9 9 GBR Perry McCarthy 3 Dead heat for 3rd with Perry McCarthy. Ret Ret 4 10 ITA Fabrizio Gollin 3 4 11 ITA Pietro Ferrero 3 4 12 GBR David Cook 6 4 4 13 ITA Denny Zardo 4 3 14 GBR Tony Worswick 5 2 15 RUS Alan Berkov 5 DNS 2 16 ITA Vito Popolizio 5 Ret 2 17 DEN Jason Watt 5 2 18 IRE Sarah Kavanagh Ret 6 1 19 AUS Lars Johansson 7 0 20 GBR Francis Phillips 7 0 21 GBR Paul Smith 7 0 GBR William Hewland Ret References Formula 3000 Category:British Formula 3000 Championship British Formula 2