1989 British Formula 3000 Championship Rd.5

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The 5th round of the inaugural British Formula 3000 Championship, saw the series arrive back in Kent, for their second visit of the year to Brands Hatch, on 25 June.[1]

Report[edit]

Entry[edit]

A total of 12 F3000 cars were entered for this, the fifth round of the 1989 British F3000 Championship.[2]

Qualifying[edit]

Roland Ratzenberger took pole position for Spirit Motorsport team in their Cosworth-engined Reynard 88D. He was joined on the front row by Gary Brabham in a similar Reynard, prepared by Bromley Motorsport.[2]

Race[edit]

The race was held over 60 laps of the Brands Hatch Indy circuit. Gary Brabham took the winner spoils for the Bromley Motorsport team, driving their Reynard-Cosworth 88D. The Aussie won in a time of 40:38.73mins., averaging a speed of 106.729 mph. Second place went to poleman, Roland Ratzenberger in Spirit Motorsport's Reynard-Cosworth 88D, who was just 2.75secs behind. Third was Grand Prix Motorcycle road racer, Marco Greco completed the podium for the Eddie Jordan Racing in his Cosworth engined Reynard 88D, while former F1 driver, Desiré Wilson made an appearance for GA Motorsport in their Lola T88/50, finishing fourth.[2]

Classification[edit]

Race[edit]

Class winners in bold

Pos. No. Driver Entrant Car - Engine Time, Laps Reason Out
1st 5 Australia Gary Brabham Bromley Motorsport Reynard-Cosworth 88D 40:38.73
2nd 16 Austria Roland Ratzenberger Spirit Motorsport Reynard-Cosworth 88D 40:41.48
3rd 2 Brazil Marco Greco Eddie Jordan Racing Reynard-Cosworth 88D 60
4th 11 South Africa Desiré Wilson GA Motorsport Lola-Cosworth T88/50 59
5th 4 United Kingdom Tony Trimmer Tony Trimmer March-Cosworth 88B 58
6th 9 United Kingdom Damon Hill CoBRa Motorsport Reynard-Cosworth 88D 57
7th 7 United Kingdom Tony Worswick Tony Worswick Reynard-Cosworth 88D 56
8th 8 Canada Peter Bourque CoBRa Motorsport Reynard-Cosworth 88D 56
NC 6 United Kingdom Roger Orgee R.O./Omegaland Reynard-Cosworth 88D 53 Running, not classified
DNF 3 United Kingdom Andrew Gilbert-Scott Eddie Jordan Racing Reynard-Cosworth 88D 50
DNF 12 Spain Antonio Albacete Madgwick Motorsport Reynard-Cosworth 88D 22
DNF 10 United Kingdom Jonthan Bancroft GA Motorsport Lola-Cosworth T88/80 3

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References[edit]

  1. ^ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 13 May 2011. Retrieved 2013-11-19.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  2. ^ a b c d "British F3000 1989". oocities.org. 10 November 1996. Retrieved 18 August 2016.
  3. ^ "British Formula 3000 Championship". theracingline.net. Retrieved 18 August 2016.
  4. ^ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 13 May 2011. Retrieved 2013-11-19.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
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