1989 British Formula 3000 Championship Rd.7

The 7th round of the inaugural British Formula 3000 Championship, saw the series visit Silverstone, on 30 July.[1]

Report

Entry

A total of 9 F3000 cars were entered for this, the seventh round of the 1989 British F3000 Championship.[2]

Qualifying

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

Race

The race was held over 40 laps of the Silverstone National circuit. Gary Brabham took the winner spoils for the Bromley Motorsport team, driving their Reynard-Cosworth 88D. The Aussie won in a time of 42:32.21mins., averaging a speed of 107.907 mph. Second place went to championship leader, Andrew Gilbert-Scott in Eddie Jordan Racing’s Reynard-Cosworth 88D, who was only 0.58secs behind. Brabham’s victory moved him to within four points of Gilbert-Scott points leader, with just two rounds to go. Third was poleman, Roland Ratzenberger who completed the podium for the Spirit Motorsport in his Cosworth engined Reynard 88D.[2]

Classification

Race

Class winners in bold

Pos. No. Driver Entrant Car - Engine Time, Laps Reason Out
1st 5 Australia Gary Brabham Bromley Motorsport Reynard-Cosworth 88D 42:32.21
2nd 3 United Kingdom Andrew Gilbert-Scott Eddie Jordan Racing Reynard-Cosworth 88D 42:32.79
3rd 16 Austria Roland Ratzenberger Spirit Motorsport Reynard-Cosworth 88D 40
4th 2 Brazil Marco Greco Eddie Jordan Racing Reynard-Cosworth 88D 40
5th 10 United Kingdom Jonathan Bancroft GA Motorsport Lola-Cosworth T88/80 39
6th 7 United Kingdom Tony Worswick Tony Worswick Reynard-Cosworth 88D 38
7th 6 United Kingdom Roger Orgee R.O./Omegaland Reynard-Cosworth 88D 38
8th 8 Spain Felipe Machado Madgwick Motorsport Reynard-Cosworth 88D 37
DNS 12 Spain Antonio Albacete Madgwick Motorsport Reynard-Cosworth 88D engine

[2][3][4]

References

  1. ↑ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 13 May 2011. Retrieved 2013-11-19.
  2. 1 2 3 4 "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.
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