1992 British Formula Three Championship

The 1992 British Formula Three season was the 42nd British Formula Three Championship, won by Brazilian Gil de Ferran. The season started on 22 March at Donington Park and ended on 4 October at Silverstone following sixteen races. Dutch driver Marcel Albers died following a large crash during the third round at Thruxton. 1992 was the final season of British F3 in which the champion did not drive a Dallara chassis, and the first of six titles in seven years for Paul Stewart Racing. Class B was won by British driver Paul Evans.

1992 British Formula 3 International Series
Previous: 1991 Next: 1993

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 Reynard 923 Mugen-Honda 1 Marc Goossens All
2 Oswaldo Negri All
Bowman Racing Reynard 923 Mugen-Honda 3 Philippe Adams 1-5
Paul Stewart Racing Reynard 923 Mugen-Honda 5 Gil de Ferran All
6 André Ribeiro All
Alan Docking Racing Ralt RT36 Mugen-Honda 7 Marcel Albers 1-3
Scott Lakin 13-16
Elton Julian 6-11
8 1-5
Philippe Adams 6-16
Edenbridge Racing Reynard 923 Mugen-Honda 9 Pedro Diniz 1-8
Ralt RT36 9-16
Reynard 923 Swindon-Vauxhall 10 Warren Hughes 1-7
Mugen-Honda 8
Ralt RT36 9-11
Spiess-Vauxhall 12-16
P1 Racing Van Diemen RF92 Mugen-Honda 11 Jason Plato 1-8
Julian Westwood 9-16
Reynard 923 12 Mikke van Hool All
Nomag Racing Van Diemen RF92 Mugen-Honda 14 Frank ten Wolde 9-11
Fortec Motorsport Reynard 923 Mugen-Honda 14 Elton Julian 14-16
17 Kelvin Burt All
Class B
Richard Arnold Developments Ralt RT35 Mugen-Honda 31 Steven Arnold 5-16
John Lee Motorsport Ralt RT32 Toyota 33 John Lee 1-11, 13-16
Tech-Speed Motorsport Ralt RT34 Mugen-Honda 36 Steven Arnold 1-4
Reynard 903 Volkswagen Juan Serda 8, 10-14, 16
John Wilcock Reynard 893 Toyota 37 John Wilcock All
Fred Goddard Racing Ralt RT34 Mugen-Honda 38 Stephen Watson 11-16
Volkswagen 40 Amanda Runnacles 1-3
Marco Vignali 13-16
Mugen-Honda 42 Hilton Cowie 1-2
Reynard 913 3-16
Reynard 903 Volkswagen 47 Costa Lazakaris 7-8, 10-14
West Surrey Racing Ralt RT35 Mugen-Honda 39 James Taylor 2-4, 8-11, 13-16
41 Nigel Smith 12-16
Motorsport Team Schemes Ralt RT35 Mugen-Honda 1-11
Mark Bailey Racing Ralt RT35 Mugen-Honda 43 William Hewland 1-11
Reynard 913 12-15
Mark Bailey 16
Ralt RT35 44 Adrian Cottrell 15
48 Paul Evans 2-16
Thornton Mustard Reynard 893 Volkswagen 44 Thornton Mustard 2
GB Motorsport Reynard 913 Volkswagen 45 Gavin Wills 2
Woodcock Bros. Ralt RT31 Volkswagen 46 Gary Woodcock 8, 11
GH Racing Ralt RT35 Mugen-Honda 50 Gray Hedley All
Bowman Racing Ralt RT35 Volkswagen 52 Abel Gonzáles 14, 16
Prowess Racing Argo JM18 Toyota 63 Hugo Spowers 15-16

Race calendar and results
Round Circuit Date Pole Position Fastest Lap Winning Driver Winning Team Class B Winner
1 Donington Park 22 March Marcel Albers Gil de Ferran Marcel Albers Alan Docking Racing Hilton Cowie
2 Silverstone Circuit 5 April Gil de Ferran Marcel Albers Gil de Ferran Paul Stewart Racing Paul Evans
31 Thruxton Circuit 20 April Gil de Ferran Gil de Ferran Gil de Ferran Paul Stewart Racing Steven Arnold
4 Brands Hatch, Kent 26 April Gil de Ferran Gil de Ferran Kelvin Burt Fortec Motorsport Paul Evans
5 Thruxton 4 May Elton Julian Gil de Ferran Elton Julian Alan Docking Racing Hilton Cowie
6 Brands Hatch, Kent 17 May Gil de Ferran Philippe Adams Philippe Adams Alan Docking Racing Hilton Cowie
7 Silverstone Circuit 25 May Oswaldo Negri Oswaldo Negri Gil de Ferran Paul Stewart Racing Paul Evans
8 7 June Philippe Adams Kelvin Burt Philippe Adams Alan Docking Racing Hilton Cowie
9 Donington Park 21 June Oswaldo Negri Oswaldo Negri
Julian Westwood2		 Gil de Ferran Paul Stewart Racing Paul Evans
10 Snetterton Motor Racing Circuit 28 June Oswaldo Negri Marc Goossens Oswaldo Negri West Surrey Racing Paul Evans
11 Silverstone Circuit 11 July Oswaldo Negri Warren Hughes Warren Hughes Edenbridge Racing Hilton Cowie
12 Pembrey Circuit 9 August Kelvin Burt Kelvin Burt Gil de Ferran Paul Stewart Racing Paul Evans
13 Silverstone Circuit 31 August Philippe Adams Philippe Adams Philippe Adams Alan Docking Racing Paul Evans
14 Donington Park 20 September Gil de Ferran Gil de Ferran Kelvin Burt Fortec Motorsport Hilton Cowie
15 Thruxton Circuit 27 September Gil de Ferran Kelvin Burt Gil de Ferran Paul Stewart Racing Hilton Cowie
16 Silverstone Circuit 4 October André Ribeiro Gil de Ferran Gil de Ferran Paul Stewart Racing Paul Evans

^1 Round 3 was shortened due to the fatal crash of Albers.
^2 Negri and Westwood set identical fastest lap times and were subsequently both awarded an additional point.

Championship Standings

Points in brackets include dropped scores - only the best 13 of 16 scores count towards the championship

Pos. Driver DON SIL THR BRH THR BRH SIL SIL DON SNE SIL PEM SIL DON THR SIL Pts
Class A
1 Gil de Ferran 3 1 1 2 2 2 1 2 1 (5) Ret 1 2 (3) 1 1 102
2 Philippe Adams 4 11 5 4 Ret 1 2 1 6 2 Ret 3 1 Ret Ret 5 56
3 Kelvin Burt 2 4 12 1 10 8 4 3 9 8 2 Ret 6 1 2 2 55
4 Oswaldo Negri 5 3 4 9 6 4 13 4 2 1 4 6 4 Ret 11 21 43
5 Mikke van Hool 8 2 2 NS 4 3 Ret Ret Ret Ret 6 Ret 3 Ret 5 6 29
6 Marc Goossens 17 5 11 Ret 8 5 3 7 18 4 Ret 11 5 2 3 4 28
7 Warren Hughes 9 6 6 7 9 Ret 7 6 5 Ret 1 2 9 7 Ret 3 25
8 Elton Julian 6 7 8 6 1 7 6 8 4 7 Ret 14 7 10 17
9 Julian Westwood 3 3 7 5 Ret 6 9 7 13
10 André Ribeiro Ret NS 9 Ret Ret Ret 10 Ret 10 6 3 4 7 5 4 Ret 13
11 Marcel Albers† 1 Ret 7 10
12 Pedro Diniz Ret 14 3 3 Ret Ret NS 10 Ret Ret Ret Ret Ret 8 8 11 8
13 Jason Plato 7 13 10 5 7 9 5 5 8
14 Scott Lakin 10 4 10 13 3
15 Frank ten Wolde 13 11 10 0
Class B
1 Paul Evans 8 NS 8 5 10 8 Ret 7 9 8 7 8 10 Ret 8 101
2 Hilton Cowie 10 Ret 16 Ret 3 6 Ret 9 Ret 10 5 Ret DSQ 9 6 9 83
3 Nigel Smith Ret 9 14 10 13 12 9 (15) 8 12 Ret 8 11 12 12 12 67
4 Steven Arnold 11 10 13 Ret 12 Ret 11 11 11 13 11 9 12 11 (16) 15 57
5 William Hewland 12 12 15 11 11 11 12 12 12 Ret 9 Ret Ret 13 15 42
6 Gray Hedley 13 17 18 13 14 13 14 13 14 14 Ret 13 16 16 Ret 17 19
7 Stephen Watson 12 10 13 15 14 14 15
8 John Wilcock 14 19 19 12 15 14 15 14 15 17 14 Ret 18 20 Ret 18 10
9 Adrian Cottrell 13 4
10 Amanda Runnacles 15 16 17 4
11 Juan Serda 16 16 13 12 17 19 19 3
12 James Taylor Ret Ret Ret 17 16 15 15 15 18 16 3
13 Marco Vignali 14 Ret NS Ret 2
14 Gavin Wills 15 2
15 John Lee 16 Ret 20 14 16 15 Ret 17 18 17 20 21 17 NS 1
16 Costa Lazarakis 16 Ret 18 14 19 0
17 Gary Woodcock 18 16 0
18 Abel Gonzáles 17 Ret 0
19 Hugo Spowers Ret 20 0
Thornton Mustard Ret 0
Mark Bailey Ret 0
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References

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