1990 British Formula 3000 Championship

The 1990 British Formula 3000 Championship was the second season of the British Formula 3000 Championship. The series was won by Portugal's Pedro Chaves, driving the latest Reynard 90D for Mansell Madgwick Motosport, the team founded by Nigel Mansell. Chaves attempted to qualify the Coloni in F1 the following year without success, before moving to Indy Lights and Spanish touring cars. Runner up in the series was future touring car star Alain Menu driving for both Roni and CoBRa. Richard Dean, future Rover Turbo Cup champion, was best of the British contingent in third place with CoBRa. He concentrated on the series full-time after abandoning an International F3000 season due to mony problems. Rickard Rydell finished fourth overall for the AJS team.^[1]

Drivers and teams[edit]

The following drivers and teams contested the 1990 British Formula 3000 Championship.

Team	Chassis	Engine	No.	Driver	Rounds
Mansell Madgwick Motorsport	Reynard	Cosworth	2	Pedro Chaves	All
			3	David Button	8-9
				Tim Harvey	10
			17	Marco Greco	10
			96	Peter Hardman	6-10
Worswick Engineering	Reynard	Cosworth	4	Tony Worswick	1–2, 4–6, 9-10
Team AJS	Reynard	Cosworth	5	Rickard Rydell	1–4, 6-10
Omegaland	Reynard	Cosworth	6	Mark Newman	1, 3, 5–7, 10
			22	Geoff Janes	9
Bell Racing	Ralt	Cosworth	7	Richard Jones	1–4, 10
GA Motorsport	Lola	Cosworth	8	Mark Peters	1-4
				"Gimax Jr." (Carlo Franchi Jr)	8-10
			9	Vittorio Zoboli	All
	Reynard		44	Thierry Delubac	8-9
CoBRa Motorsport	Reynard	Cosworth	10	Richard Dean	1–8, 10
				Alain Menu	9
			11		7
				António Simões	10
			60	Alain Menu	8
				Gary Ward	9-10
Roni Motorsport	Reynard	Cosworth	14	Paolo Delle Piane	1-7
				Julian Westwood	8-10
			15	Antonio Tamburini	1
				Alain Menu	2-5
				Fernando Plata	6-8
				Shigeki Matsui	9-10
			73	Fernando Plata	9-10
Longfield Racing	Reynard	Cosworth	16	Jeremy Payne	2
			17	Geoff Kennedy	2
				Chris Hodgetts	3
				Marco Greco	6-7
Hepworth Racing	Reynard	Cosworth	16	Danny Boutin	10
Crypton Engineering	March	Cosworth	18	Amato Ferrari	1-3
Simpson Engineering	Ralt	Cosworth	21	Robin Smith	1–3, 6-8
Usher Racing Organisation	Reynard	Cosworth	33	Eugene O'Brien	9
Superpower	Reynard	Cosworth	35	Phil Andrews	10
Mako/McNeil	Reynard	Cosworth	77	James Shead	1–2, 5–7, 10
RCR 3000	Lola	Cosworth	55	David Hunt	5

Results[edit]

British Formula 3000 Championship[edit]

Date	Round	Circuit	Pole Position	Fastest Lap	Winning Driver	Winning Team
1	April 1	Brands Hatch (Indy)	Rickard Rydell	Vittorio Zoboli	Rickard Rydell	Team AJS
2	April 13	Oulton Park	Rickard Rydell	Alain Menu	Alain Menu	Roni Motorsport
3	April 16	Thruxton	Pedro Chaves	Pedro Chaves	Pedro Chaves	Mansell Madgwick Motorsport
4	May 7	Snetterton	Rickard Rydell	Pedro Chaves	Alain Menu	Roni Motorsport
5	May 28	Brands Hatch (Indy)	Pedro Chaves	Pedro Chaves	Pedro Chaves	Mansell Madgwick Motorsport
6	July 1	Brands Hatch (Indy)	Pedro Chaves	Pedro Chaves	Marco Greco	Longfield
7	August 12	Oulton Park	Richard Dean	Richard Dean	Richard Dean	CoBRa Motorsport
8	September 9	Brands Hatch (GP)	Alain Menu	Pedro Chaves	Pedro Chaves	Mansell Madgwick Motorsport
9	September 29	Silverstone (National)	Pedro Chaves	Rickard Rydell	Pedro Chaves	Mansell Madgwick Motorsport
10	October 14	Donington Park	Phil Andrews	Pedro Chaves	Pedro Chaves	Mansell Madgwick Motorsport

Championship Standings[edit]

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Pos.	Driver	BHI	OUL	THR	SNE	BHI	BHI	OUL	BGP	SIL	DON	Points
1	Pedro Chaves	4	3	1	2	1	Ret	3	1	1	1	62
2	Alain Menu		1	3	1	2	Ret	2	8†	DNS		34
3	Richard Dean	2	2	Ret	3	DNS	Ret	1	2		Ret	31
4	Rickard Rydell	1	6	Ret	Ret		DNS	Ret	4	2	5	21
5	Vittorio Zoboli	Ret	4	2	Ret	3	Ret	Ret	Ret	4	Ret	16
6	Peter Hardman						2	4	Ret	5	3	15
7	Paolo Delle Piane	5	5	4	Ret	4	Ret	DNS			10	10
8	Marco Greco						1	Ret			Ret	9
9	James Shead	8	Ret			6	3	Ret		10		5
10	Julian Westwood								3	8	6	5
11	Gary Ward									3	11	4
12	Tony Worswick	Ret	DNS		4	7	Ret			11	13	3
13	António Simões										4	3
14	Robin Smith	NC	7	7			Ret	5	NC			2
15	Amato Ferrari	Ret	Ret	5								2
16	David Button								5	Ret		2
17	David Hunt					5						2
18	"Gimax Jr."								6	6	DNS	2
19	Mark Newman	7		8		Ret	DNS	6			12	1
20	Mark Peters	6	Ret	DNS	DNS							1
21	Chris Hodgetts	DNS		6								1
22	Fernando Plata						Ret	Ret	7	9	9	0
23	Andrew Hepworth							7				0
24	Eugene O'Brien									7		0
25	Richard Jones	9	8	Ret	Ret						DNS	0
26	Mike Bryan					8						0
27	Tim Harvey										8	0
28	Guido Basile								9		Ret	0
29	Geoff Kennedy		9									0
30	John Dickinson			9								0
31	Geoff Janes									12		0
	Thierry Delubac								Ret	Ret
	Shigeki Matsui									DNS	Ret
	Rohan Onslow						Ret
	Neil Crompton						Ret
	Jeremy Payne		DNS
Guest drivers ineligible for points
	Phil Andrews										2
	Antonio Tamburini	3

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