1985 British Formula Three Championship

1985 British Formula 3 International Series 1984 1986 thumb|right|1985 champion, Maurício Gugelmin The 1985 British Formula Three Championship was the 35th season of the British Formula Three Championship. Maurício Gugelmin took the BARC/BRDC Marlboro British Formula 3 Championship. Formula Three witnessed three major changes in 1985; in an attempt to eliminate ground effects, flat-bottomed cars became mandatory; the cancellation of the FIA European Formula Three Championship; and the arrival of Reynard Motorsport, giving Ralt the real rival for the first time since March Engineering stop building F3 cars after the 1981 season. Using a revolutionary carbon-fibre monocoque, a first for F3, Reynard manufacturer cars at the same pace as Ralt, but Adrian Reynard had a knack of producing cars that won on their race debut. The Reynard 853 kept that record going, when Andy Wallace won the opening race of the season. With no European series, the national series across Europe were greatly strengthen, notably the British, French and Italian. Reynard driver, Russell Spence led at the mid-season break with 55 pts., from Andy Wallace on 50, Maurício Gugelmin, the first Ralt on 41 and Tim Davies with another Reynard on 34. Ralt drivers later took over: Gerrit van Kouwan won three races after the break and notched up 40 pts.; Dave Scott won twice, scoring 36 pts. Gugelmin’s Ralt was sorted by West Surrey Racing’s Dick Bennetts and with two races remaining, he held a narrow two points lead in the title race on 66 pts., from both Spence and Wallace, tied on 64pts. All the momentum was with the man from Joinville, Brazil, and Gugelmin won both these easily to win the Championship.https://www.oldracingcars.com/f3/ Formula 3 (F3) « OldRacingCars.com Allen Brown OldRacingCars.com 2022-07-05 2022-06-14 https://web.archive.org/web/20220614193404/https://www.oldracingcars.com/f3/ livehttp://www.teamdan.com/archive/www2/ukf3/85ukf3.html 1985 Marlboro British Formula 3 Championship 2013-12-09 https://web.archive.org/web/20150924123418/http://www.teamdan.com/archive/www2/ukf3/85ukf3.html 2015-09-24 dead https://www.f3history.co.uk/ F3History – History of Formula 3 Racing www.f3history.co.uk 2022-07-05 2022-06-18 https://web.archive.org/web/20220618200404/https://www.f3history.co.uk/ live The scoring system was 9-6-4-3-2-1 points for the first six positions, with 1 (one) extra point added to the driver who set the fastest lap of the race. BARC/BRDC Marlboro British F3 Championship Champion: Brazil Maurício Gugelmin Runner Up: GBR Andy Wallace Class B Champion: Jamaica Carlton Tingling http://www.oldracingcars.com/f3/uk/1985/ British Formula 3 1985 season review and full race results 2013-12-09 2014-01-01 https://web.archive.org/web/20140101200225/http://www.oldracingcars.com/f3/uk/1985/ live http://www.driverdb.com/standings/36-1985/ Formula 3 Britain National Class 1985 standings | Driver Database 2013-12-09 2013-11-05 https://web.archive.org/web/20131105004229/http://www.driverdb.com/standings/36-1985/ live Results Marlboro British Formula 3 Championship Date Round Circuit Winning driver Winning team Winning car 03/03/1985 Rd.1 GBR Silverstone (National) GBR Andy Wallace Swallow Racing Reynard-Volkswagen 853 10/03/1985 Rd.2 GBR Thruxton GBR Russell Spence PMC Warmastyle Racing Reynard-Volkswagen 853 24/03/1985 Rd.3 GBR Silverstone GBR Russell Spence PMC Warmastyle Racing Reynard-Volkswagen 853 08/04/1985 Rd.4 GBR Thruxton GBR Russell Spence PMC Warmastyle Racing Reynard-Volkswagen 853 14/04/1985 Rd.5 GBR Donington Park GBR Andy Wallace Swallow Racing Reynard-Volkswagen 853 21/04/1985 Rd.6 Belgium Zolder GBR Russell Spence PMC Warmastyle Racing Reynard-Volkswagen 853 06/05/1985 Rd.7 GBR Thruxton GBR Gary Evans Murray Taylor Racing Ralt-Volkswagen RT30 27/05/1985 Rd.8 GBR Thruxton GBR Andy Wallace Swallow Racing Reynard-Volkswagen 853 09/06/1985 Rd.9 GBR Silverstone Brazil Maurício Gugelmin West Surrey Racing Ralt-Volkswagen RT30 23/06/1985 Rd.10 GBR Brands Hatch (Indy) USA Ross Cheever Valour Racing Ralt-Volkswagen RT30 21/07/1985 Rd.11 GBR Silverstone Netherlands Gerrit van Kouwen Pegasus Racing Ralt-Volkswagen RT30 28/07/1985 Rd.12 GBR Donington Park GBR Dave Scott Mint Engineering Ralt-Volkswagen RT30 11/08/2985 Rd.13 GBR Snetterton Netherlands Gerrit van Kouwen Pegasus Racing Ralt-Volkswagen RT30 17/08/2985 Rd.14 GBR Oulton Park Netherlands Gerrit van Kouwen Pegasus Racing Ralt-Volkswagen RT30 26/08/1985 Rd.15 GBR Silvertone (National) GBR Dave Scott Mint Engineering Ralt-Volkswagen RT30 01/09/1985 Rd.16 Belgium Spa-Francorchamps USA Ross Cheever Valour Racing Ralt-Volkswagen RT30 15/09/1985 Rd.17 Netherlands Zandvoort Brazil Maurício Gugelmin West Surrey Racing Ralt-Volkswagen RT30 13/10/1985 Rd.18 GBR Silverstone Circuit Brazil Maurício Gugelmin West Surrey Racing Ralt-Volkswagen RT30 http://motorsportwinners.com/current/british-formula-3-championship/ Motorsport Winners motorsportwinners.com 2022-07-05 2021-03-01 https://web.archive.org/web/20210301072454/http://motorsportwinners.com/current/british-formula-3-championship/ live Championship Tables Class A Place Driver Entrant Total 1 Brazil Maurício Gugelmin West Surrey Racing 85 2 GBR Andy Wallace Swallow Racing 76 3 GBR Russell Spence PMC Warmastyle Racing 64 4 GBR Dave Scott Ruchard Dutton RacingMint Engineering 52 5 Netherlands Gerrit van Kouwen Pegasus Racing 46 6 GBR Tim Davies Swallow RacingRichard Dutton Racing 39 7 USA Ross Cheever Valour Racing 28 8 GBR Gary Evans Murray Taylor Racing 26 9= Norway Harald Huysman Eddie Jordan Racing 10 France Cathy Muller David Price Racing 10 11 GBR Andrew Gilbert-Scott Chuck McCarthy Racing 7 12 GBR Anthony Reid Scan Sport RacingDavid Price Racing 5 13 Netherlands Cor Euser Team Magnum 3 14 New Zealand Rob Wilson Valour RacingCW RacingTarry Racing 2 15= GBR Dave Coyne David Price Racing 1 GBR Keith Fine Mike Rowe RacingIntersport Racing 1 http://driversdb.com/standings/16-1985 Archived copy 2013-12-09 2024-12-28 https://web.archive.org/web/20241228041813/http://driversdb.com/standings/16-1985 dead Class B Place Driver Entrant Total 1 Jamaica Carlton Tingling Carlton Tingling 71 2 GBR Giles Butterfield Alan Docking Racing 64 3 GBR Mark Goddard Solar Racing 63 4 USA Ray Stover Richard Dutton Racing 45 5 GBR Mike Wright Jupiter Racing 37 6 GBR Steve Kempton Worldwide Dryer Group 35 7 GBR Richard Parsons Solar Racing 25 8 GBR Ross Hockenhull Richard Dutton Racing 23 9 GBR Godfrey Hall Godfrey Hall 17 10= Netherlands Hendrik ten Cate Van Amersfoort Racing 15 GBR Sean Walker Richard Dutton Racing 15 12 GBR Bill Coombes Shape Machine Motor Racing 13 13 GBR Paul Stott Richard Dutton Racing 10 14= GBR Kevin Jones H.A.R.T. 5 GBR Terry Pudwell Jupiter Racing 5 16= GBR Ronnie Grant Ronnie Grant 4 GBR ”Anton Sobriquet” Jupiter RacingCW Racing 4 18= GBR Ian Khan Mike Rowe Racing 2 Belgium Rodolphe Koentges Rodolphe Koentges 2 Republic of Ireland James Tolerton James Tolerton 2 21st Australia Wayne Earnshaw Solar Racing 1 http://driversdb.com/standings/36-1985February 2019 InternetArchiveBot yes References 30em Category:1985 in British motorsport Category:British Formula Three Championship seasons