1998 British Formula Three Championship

The 1998 British Formula Three season was the 48th British Formula Three Championship season. It commenced on 22 March, and ended on 4 October after sixteen races. Mario Haberfeld was the champion, while Phillip Scifleet won the Class B championship. The season was one of two halves as Enrique Bernoldi dominated the first half of the season and compatriot Haberfeld the second; ultimately the latter would prevail thanks in part to his stronger consistency.

Drivers and teams

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The following teams and drivers were competitors in the 1999 season. Class B is for older Formula Three cars.

Team No Driver Chassis Engine Rounds
Class A
  Stewart Racing 1   Luciano Burti Dallara F398 Mugen-Honda All
2   Mario Haberfeld Dallara F398 Mugen-Honda All
  Fortec Motorsport 3   Andrej Pavicevic Dallara F398 Mugen-Honda All
4   Kristian Kolby Dallara F398 Mugen-Honda All
  Promatecme UK 5   Enrique Bernoldi Dallara F398 Renault Sodemo All
6   Marc Hynes Dallara F398 Renault Sodemo All
  Alan Docking Racing 7   Ricardo Mauricio Dallara F398 Mugen-Honda All
8   Yudai Igarashi Dallara F398 Mugen-Honda All
11   Miku Santavirta Dallara F398 Mugen-Honda 6-7
  Alex Yoong 14-16
  SpeedSport 9   Michael Bentwood Dallara F398 Mugen-Honda 1-7, 10-16
  Darren Manning 8-9
10 Dallara F398 Mugen-Honda 10, 15
  Mark Boost 11-14, 16
  John Ingram 6-7, 9
42   Adam Wilcox Dallara F398 Mugen-Honda 1-3
  Carlin Motorsport 12   Narain Karthikeyan Dallara F398 Mugen-Honda 11-16
15   Lei Kit Meng Dallara F398 Mugen-Honda 11-12
  Martin Donnelly Racing 14   Jamie Spence Dallara F398 Renault Sodemo 1-8
Mugen-Honda 9-15
  TOM'S 16   Martin O'Connell Dallara F398 TOM'S-Toyota 1-10
42   Adam Wilcox TOM'S 037F TOM'S-Toyota 4-10
  Rowan Racing 16   Martin O'Connell Dallara F398 TOM'S-Toyota 11-16
17   Warren Carway Dallara F398 TOM'S-Toyota 11-15
  DC Cook 18   David Cook Dallara F398 Opel Spiess 1-8
19   Paula Cook Dallara F398 Opel Spiess 1-10
  SS Sport 20   Tim Spouge Dallara F398 Mugen-Honda All
  Portman Racing 21   Warren Hughes Dallara F398 Renault Sodemo All
22   Alex Yoong Dallara F398 Renault Sodemo 1-10
  Paula Cook 11-13
  Topi Serjala 16
  Intersport 27   Ben Collins Dallara F398 Opel Spiess All
32   Narain Karthikeyan Dallara F398 Opel Spiess 1–3, 6
  Michael Bentwood 8–9
42   Adam Wilcox Dallara F398 Opel Spiess 11-16
Class B
  Rowan Racing 51   Warren Carway Dallara F396 TOM'S-Toyota 1-10
52   Phillip Scifleet Dallara F396 TOM'S-Toyota 1-12
  Tarry Falcon Racing 53   John Ingram Dallara F396 Mugen-Honda 1
  Stephen White 4-5
  Steve Hayr 9–13, 16
  SpeedSport 77   John Ingram Dallara F396 Mugen-Honda 10-12, 16
  Mike Kirkham 13–16
  • Round 15 was contested by an assortment of entrants from other European F3 championships; they were eligible to score points.

Results

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Round Circuit Date Pole Position Fastest Lap Winning Driver Winning Team National Class Winner
1   Donington Park 22 March   Enrique Bernoldi   Enrique Bernoldi   Enrique Bernoldi   Promatecme   Phillip Scifleet
2   Thruxton 29 March   Martin O'Connell   Enrique Bernoldi   Enrique Bernoldi   Promatecme   Phillip Scifleet
3   Silverstone 5 April   Mario Haberfeld   Mario Haberfeld   Mario Haberfeld   Stewart Racing   Phillip Scifleet
4   Brands Hatch 26 April   Mario Haberfeld   Marc Hynes   Enrique Bernoldi   Promatecme   Phillip Scifleet
5   Mario Haberfeld   Luciano Burti   Luciano Burti   Stewart Racing   Warren Carway
6   Oulton Park 4 May   Enrique Bernoldi   Enrique Bernoldi   Enrique Bernoldi   Promatecme   Phillip Scifleet
7   Silverstone 17 May   Enrique Bernoldi   Enrique Bernoldi   Enrique Bernoldi   Promatecme   Phillip Scifleet
8   Croft 24 May   Mario Haberfeld   Mario Haberfeld   Mario Haberfeld   Stewart Racing   Phillip Scifleet
9   Snetterton 14 June   Luciano Burti   Darren Manning   Darren Manning   SpeedSport   Phillip Scifleet
10   Silverstone 11 July   Darren Manning   Martin O'Connell   Darren Manning   SpeedSport   Phillip Scifleet
11   Pembrey 16 August   Mario Haberfeld   Mario Haberfeld   Mario Haberfeld   Stewart Racing   Phillip Scifleet
12   Luciano Burti   Mario Haberfeld   Luciano Burti   Stewart Racing   John Ingram
13   Donington Park 30 August   Mario Haberfeld   Kristian Kolby   Enrique Bernoldi   Promatecme   Mike Kirkham
14   Thruxton 13 September   Jamie Spence   Kristian Kolby   Mario Haberfeld   Stewart Racing No Entrants
15   Spa-Francorchamps 27 September   Luciano Burti   Darren Manning   Mario Haberfeld   Stewart Racing No Entrants
16   Silverstone 4 October   Enrique Bernoldi   Warren Hughes   Mario Haberfeld   Stewart Racing   John Ingram

Standings

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Pos Driver DON
 
THR
 
SIL
 
BRH
 
OUL
 
SIL
 
CRO
 
SNE
 
SIL
 
PEM
 
DON
 
THR
 
SPA
 
SIL
 
Pts
Class A
1   Mario Haberfeld 4 4 1 3 Ret Ret 3 1 2 5 1 2 3 1 1 1 218
2   Enrique Bernoldi 1 1 2 1 Ret 1 1 Ret Ret Ret 4 7 1 Ret 4 Ret 163
3   Luciano Burti 3 5 Ret 10 1 3 2 3 Ret Ret 5 1 4 3 Ret 6 137
4   Warren Hughes Ret 3 4 5 2 6 7 4 3 2 2 13 5 7 9 4 132
5   Martin O'Connell 2 2 Ret 2 3 2 5 2 Ret Ret 11 8 11 2 22 Ret 114
6   Kristian Kolby Ret 7 Ret 6 Ret 5 4 Ret 10 4 9 21 6 4 5 2 82
7   Ricardo Mauricio 7 Ret 5 11 5 7 6 9 4 3 10 5 2 Ret Ret Ret 78
8   Darren Manning 5 1 1 2 65
9   Marc Hynes 5 11 3 7 Ret Ret 8 7 Ret Ret 8 3 7 6 Ret Ret 57
10   Jamie Spence 6 6 Ret 9 4 4 9 Ret Ret Ret 3 6 Ret Ret Ret 54
11   Ben Collins Ret 10 Ret 4 6 Ret 19 6 6 Ret 7 9 10 8 8 8 45
12   Narain Karthikeyan 9 9 Ret Ret 6 4 Ret Ret 3 3 44
13   Alex Yoong 12 8 6 8 8 9 11 Ret 7 6 9 6 Ret 35
14   Andrej Pavicevic 13 17 10 16 10 8 12 15 12 9 18 10 8 5 Ret Ret 19
15   Adam Wilcox Ret 15 9 17 12 11 14 13 5 7 Ret 14 15 10 16 10 16
16   Yudai Igarashi 10 14 7 13 16 14 15 11 9 10 Ret 11 Ret Ret 17 7 12
17   Michael Bentwood DSQ 12 Ret 18 11 Ret 18 14 13 12 Ret 12 9 Ret 10 5 11
18   David Cook 8 Ret 14 14 7 Ret 13 8 10
19   Tim Spouge 14 16 11 12 15 Ret Ret 12 8 8 Ret 15 12 Ret 19 9 8
20   Paula Cook 11 13 8 15 9 10 Ret 10 11 Ret 14 16 13 7
21   Marcel Fässler 7 4
22   Miku Santavirta 13 10 1
23   Peter Sundberg 11 0
24   Topi Serjala 11 0
25   Benoît Tréluyer 12 0
26   Mark Boost 15 Ret Ret Ret 12 0
27   Warren Carway 13 17 14 Ret 21 Ret 0
28   Tiago Monteiro 13 0
29   Sebastien Dumez 14 0
30   John Ingram 15 Ret 16 0
31   Gabriele Gardel 15 0
32   Lei Kit Meng Ret 18 0
33   Sébastien Bourdais 18 0
34   Christijan Albers 20 0
  David Saelens Ret 0
  Franck Montagny Ret 0
  Paolo Montin Ret 0
  Norman Simon Ret 0
Class B
1   Phillip Scifleet 15 18 12 19 14 12 16 16 14 11 12 22 237
2   Warren Carway Ret 19 13 Ret 13 Ret 17 17 15 Ret 97
3   Steve Hayr 17 13 17 20 17 Ret 69
4   John Ingram Ret Ret 16 19 13 56
5   Mike Kirkham 16 21
6   Stephen White Ret 17 12
Pos Driver DON
 
THR
 
SIL
 
BRH
 
OUL
 
SIL
 
CRO
 
SNE
 
SIL
 
PEM
 
DON
 
THR
 
SPA
 
SIL
 
Pts
Colour Result
Gold Winner
Silver Second place
Bronze Third place
Green Points finish
Blue Non-points finish
Non-classified finish (NC)
Purple Retired (Ret)
Red Did not qualify (DNQ)
Did not pre-qualify (DNPQ)
Black Disqualified (DSQ)
White Did not start (DNS)
Withdrew (WD)
Race cancelled (C)
Blank Did not practice (DNP)
Did not arrive (DNA)
Excluded (EX)
  • Points System: 20-15-12-10-8-6-4-3-2-1 for first 10 finishers, with 1 point awarded for fastest lap.

References

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AUTOCOURSE 1998-99
https://web.archive.org/web/20051112051106/http://www.motorsport.com/news/series.asp?S=BF3&Y=1998