1991 British Formula Three Championship

The 1991 British Formula Three season was the 41st British Formula Three Championship, won by Brazilian Rubens Barrichello.^[1] 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 Jordi Gené All 2 Pedro Diniz 1-14 9 Rubens Barrichello All Steve Robertson Racing Bowman BC1 Volkswagen-Spiess 3 Steve Robertson 14-16 Bowman Racing Bowman BC1 Volkswagen-Spiess 1-13 4 Oswaldo Negri All 10 Olivier Beretta 9-12, 14-16 Paul Stewart Racing Ralt RT35 Mugen-Honda 5 David Coulthard All 6 Eduar Merhy Neto 2-6 André Ribeiro 11-16 Alan Docking Racing Ralt RT35 Mugen-Honda 7 Marcel Albers All 8 Hideki Noda All Edenbridge Racing Ralt RT34 Mugen-Honda 11 Mikke Van Hool 1-2 Reynard 913 3-16 12 Gil de Ferran 3-16 Racefax Motorsport Reynard 913 Mugen-Honda 14 Bernard Dolan 1-5, 7-8, 10-12 Volkswagen Motorsport Ralt RT35 Volkswagen-Spiess 15 Klaus Panchyrz 10 16 Tom Kristensen 10 ZW Motorsports Reynard 913 Mugen-Honda 17 Derek Higgins 4-5 TOM'S GB TOM'S 031F TOM'S-Toyota 18 Kelvin Burt 15 19 Rickard Rydell All APEX Ralt RT35 Alfa Romeo-Novamotor 20 Urmas Pold 5-8 22 Viktor Kosankov 5-8 Reynard R&D Reynard 913 Mugen-Honda 21 Gil de Ferran 1-2 Bongers Motorsport Reynard 913 Volkswagen-Spiess 23 Jörg Müller 10 GB Motorsport Reynard 913 Volkswagen-Spiess 25 Elton Julian 12-13 Bobby Carville 15 Class B Cram Motorsport Ralt RT34 Mugen-Honda 26 Rob Mears All 27 Alan Carruthers 1-10 Paul Tickner Ralt RT30 Volkswagen 29 Paul Tickner 5 Tollbar Racing Ralt RT32 Volkswagen-Spiess 30 "Martin" 3 31 Guido Basile 10 ZW Motorsports Ralt RT34 Mugen-Honda 32 Sandy Brody 1-6 Longridge Racing Reynard 903 TOM'S-Toyota 32 Dominic Chappell 16 53 15 John Lee Motorsport Ralt RT32 TOM'S-Toyota 33 John Lee All Peter Lea Racing Reynard 883 Alfa Romeo-Novamotor 34 Alan Tulloch 1-10 35 Eddie Kimbell 10 Tech-Speed Motorsport Reynard 903 Volkswagen-Spiess 45 Juan Serda 8-10 54 16 36 Steven Arnold 5-11 Ralt RT34 Mugen-Honda 12-16 John Wilcock Reynard 893 TOM'S-Toyota 37 John Wilcock 1-10, 12-16 Formel Rennsport Reynard 903 Volkswagen-Spiess 38 René Wartmann 10 Barrie Pusey Reynard 873 Volkswagen-Judd 40 Barrie Pusey 3, 10 EIS Racing Dallara F387 Volkswagen-Spiess 41 Ian Jacobs 8-10 Fred Goddard Racing Reynard 893 Volkswagen-Spiess 42 Pekka Herva 3-16 Ralt RT34 44 Sherif El Sakkaf 2, 12-15 Prowess Racing Ralt RT34 Mugen-Honda 43 Hugo Spowers 8-12 Oliver Tan 16 51 15 Brian Phillips Reynard 883 Volkswagen 46 Brian Phillips 12-13 Alan Docking Racing Ralt RT34 Mugen-Honda 47 Sandy Brody 8-16 Team West-Tec Reynard 893 Volkswagen-Spiess 48 Thornton Mustard 15 55 14 82 11, 16 Steve Bottoms Reynard 863 Volkswagen 49 Steve Bottoms 8 Mark Bailey Racing Ralt RT34 Mugen-Honda 50 Nigel Smith 8-13, 15-16 Tony Trevor Ralt RT32 Volkswagen 52 Tony Trevor 11 Peter Morgan Reynard 903 Volkswagen 55 Peter Morgan 12-13 Source:[2] 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 Rubens Barrichello Rickard Rydell Rickard Rydell TOM'S Sandy Brody 2 Thruxton 1 April Rubens Barrichello Rubens Barrichello Rubens Barrichello West Surrey Racing Rob Mears 3 Donington Park 21 April Rickard Rydell Steve Robertson David Coulthard Paul Stewart Racing Pekka Herva 4 Brands Hatch 28 April Rickard Rydell Gil de Ferran David Coulthard Paul Stewart Racing Pekka Herva 5 19 May Gil de Ferran Gil de Ferran Gil de Ferran Edenbridge Racing Rob Mears 6 Thruxton 27 May Rubens Barrichello Rubens Barrichello Steve Robertson Bowman Racing Rob Mears 7 Silverstone 9 June Rubens Barrichello Rubens Barrichello David Coulthard Paul Stewart Racing Pekka Herva 8 Donington Park 23 June Rubens Barrichello Rubens Barrichello Rubens Barrichello West Surrey Racing Pekka Herva 9 Silverstone 29 June Gil de Ferran Gil de Ferran Gil de Ferran Edenbridge Racing Pekka Herva 10 13 July Gil de Ferran Rubens Barrichello Gil de Ferran Edenbridge Racing Pekka Herva 11 Snetterton 4 August Rubens Barrichello Marcel Albers David Coulthard Paul Stewart Racing Sandy Brody 12 Silverstone 26 August Gil de Ferran Jordi Gené Hideki Noda Alan Docking Racing Sandy Brody 13 Brands Hatch 1 September Gil de Ferran Rubens Barrichello David Coulthard Paul Stewart Racing Sandy Brody 14 Donington Park 15 September Rubens Barrichello Rubens Barrichello Rubens Barrichello West Surrey Racing Sandy Brody 15 Silverstone 6 October Rubens Barrichello Rubens Barrichello Rubens Barrichello West Surrey Racing Sandy Brody 16 Thruxton 13 October Rubens Barrichello Jordi Gené Steve Robertson Steve Robertson Racing 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 Rubens Barrichello Ret 1 Ret 3 4 2 2 1 5 Ret 4 5 3 1 1 5 74 2 David Coulthard 4 Ret 1 1 2 3 1 Ret 7 6 1 3 1 4 22 Ret 66 3 Gil de Ferran 8 7 5 1 8 7 2 1 1 5 2 2 5 6 11 54 4 Jordi Gene 7 2 4 Ret Ret 6 5 6 2 2 3 6 5 2 2 3 50 5 Marcel Albers 3 6 6 6 9 9 3 5 Ret 4 2 4 4 3 3 2 43 6 Rickard Rydell 1 3 2 2 6 Ret Ret Ret 3 3 7 18 6 Ret 4 6 41 7 Hideki Noda 2 4 Ret 10 5 4 4 7 4 5 12 1 7 7 5 4 36 8 Steve Robertson 5 5 5 4 Ret 1 Ret 4 Ret Ret 11 8 8 15 9 1 32 9 Oswaldo Negri Ret Ret Ret 7 3 Ret 6 3 Ret 7 Ret 10 Ret DNS 8 7 9 10 Eduar Merhy Neto 7 3 Ret 11 5 6 11 Mikke van Hool 13 8 8 Ret 10 7 Ret 12 8 Ret 6 9 Ret Ret 7 18 1 12 Pedro Diniz 6 Ret DNS Ret 7 Ret 8 8 DSQ 8 9 Ret Ret Ret 1 13 Olivier Beretta 6 21 8 7 Ret 15 9 1 14 Andre Ribeiro 10 11 16 Ret 6 Ret 1 15 Derek Higgins 8 8 0 16 Elton Julian 12 9 0 17 Klaus Panchyrz 9 0 18 Bernard Dolan 10 11 Ret Ret Ret Ret 13 Ret 13 13 0 19 Victor Kozankov 15 13 10 14 0 20 Jörg Müller 10 0 21 Urmas Pold 13 14 Ret 15 0 22 Bobby Carville 13 0 Tom Kristensen Ret 0 Kelvin Burt Ret 0 Class B 1 Pekka Herva 9 9 Ret 11 9 9 9 11 Ret 15 Ret 9 11 8 98 2 Sandy Brody 9 10 11 Ret 18 12 11 Ret 13 14 14 10 8 10 10 87 3 Rob Mears Ret 9 10 11 12 10 11 10 10 18 17 16 12 11 16 13 73 4 Steve Arnold 17 17 15 19 14 14 18 19 11 10 12 12 32 5 Alan Carruthers Ret 12 Ret 12 14 Ret 12 16 12 16 25 6 Nigel Smith Ret 11 12 15 DNS 13 14 14 24 7 John Lee 14 15 13 13 20 15 14 22 17 22 Ret 22 14 12 21 Ret 18 8 Alan Tulloch 11 13 12 Ret DNS DNS 13 Ret 15 20 15 9 John Wilcock 12 14 14 14 19 16 16 Ret 16 19 21 15 14 19 17 13 10 Hugo Spowers 18 DSQ 15 16 17 10 11 Juan Serda 17 13 17 15 5 12 Paul Tickner 16 4 13 Sherif Al Sakkaf Ret 20 17 Ret 20 1 14 Thornton Mustard Ret 13 DNS Ret 1 15 Dominic Chappell 17 Ret 1 16 Barrie Pusey 15 DNQ 0 17 Oliver Tan Ret 16 0 18 Brian Phillips 23 18 0 19 Peter Morgan 24 19 0 20 Steve Bottoms 20 0 21 Ian Jacobs 21 DNS 23 0 "Martin" Ret 0 Guido Basile Ret 0 Rene Wartmann Ret 0 Eddie Kimbell DNS 0 Tony Trevor DNS 0 References ↑ Hamilton, Maurice; Saward, Joe; Tremayne, David; Hayoe, David; Dodgins, Tony; Cooper, Adam; Hughes, Mark (1991). Henry, Alan; Kirby, Gordon (eds.). Autocourse 1991-92. Richmond, Surrey, United Kingdom: Hazleton Publishing. pp. 276–279. ISBN 0-905138-87-2. ↑ "Formula 3 1991". Retrieved 13 June 2013. External links The official website of the British Formula 3 Championship