1991 British Formula Three Championship

1991 British Formula 3 International Series

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1991 champion, Rubens Barrichello

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.

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