1991 British Formula Three Championship

The 1991 British Formula Three season was the 41st British Formula Three Championship, won by Brazilian Rubens Barrichello. 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.

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	3	Steve Robertson	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
			6	André Ribeiro	11-16
Alan Docking Racing	Ralt RT35	Mugen-Honda	7	Marcel Albers	All
Alan Docking Racing	Ralt RT35	Mugen-Honda	8	Hideki Noda	All
Edenbridge Racing	Ralt RT34	Mugen-Honda	11	Mikke Van Hool	1-2
	Reynard 913		11	Mikke Van Hool	3-16
	Reynard 913		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
Volkswagen Motorsport	Ralt RT35	Volkswagen-Spiess	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
TOM'S GB	TOM'S 031F	TOM'S-Toyota	19	Rickard Rydell	All
APEX	Ralt RT35	Alfa Romeo-Novamotor	20	Urmas Pold	5-8
APEX	Ralt RT35	Alfa Romeo-Novamotor	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
GB Motorsport	Reynard 913	Volkswagen-Spiess	25	Bobby Carville	15
Class B
Cram Motorsport	Ralt RT34	Mugen-Honda	26	Rob Mears	All
Cram Motorsport	Ralt RT34	Mugen-Honda	27	Alan Carruthers	1-10
Paul Tickner	Ralt RT30	Volkswagen	29	Paul Tickner	5
Tollbar Racing	Ralt RT32	Volkswagen -Spiess	30	"Martin"	3
Tollbar Racing	Ralt RT32	Volkswagen -Spiess	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
Longridge Racing	Reynard 903	TOM'S-Toyota	53	Dominic Chappell	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
Peter Lea Racing	Reynard 883	Alfa Romeo-Novamotor	35	Eddie Kimbell	10
Tech-Speed Motorsport	Reynard 903	Volkswagen-Spiess	45	Juan Serda	8-10
			54	Juan Serda	16
			36	Steven Arnold	5-11
	Ralt RT34	Mugen-Honda	36	Steven Arnold	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
Fred Goddard Racing	Ralt RT34	Volkswagen-Spiess	44	Sherif El Sakkaf	2, 12-15
Prowess Racing	Ralt RT34	Mugen-Honda	43	Hugo Spowers	8-12
			43	Oliver Tan	16
			51	Oliver Tan	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:[1]

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	Brands Hatch	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	Silverstone	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

"Formula 3 1991". Retrieved 13 June 2013.

External links

The official website of the British Formula 3 Championship

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[1] "Formula 3 1991". Retrieved 13 June 2013.