1991 British Formula 3000 Championship

The 1991 British Formula 3000 Championship was the third season of the British Formula 3000 Championship. The series was won posthumously by Paul Warwick, driving for Mansell Madgwick Motorsport. He was tragically killed in an accident at Oulton Park when leading. Fredrik Ekblom finished as runner-up for AJS/GP. Julian Westwood finished third overall for CaneCordy Motorsport, a new team formed by ex-Williams personnel Michael Cane and Colin Cordy. Richard Dean was fourth with Superpower (pictured). Future International F3000 team Durango made their British F3000 debut. Kenny Brack, who would become 1996 International F3000 runner-up, 1998 IRL champion and a CART frontrunner, made a one-off appearance with the Alan Langridge team. Future Brabham female F1 driver Giovanna Amati made a couple of appearances for the GJ-Bromley team.^[1]

Drivers and teams[edit]

The following drivers and teams contested the 1991 British Formula 3000 Championship.

Team	Chassis	Engine	No.	Driver	Rounds
Mansell Madgwick Motorsport	Reynard	Cosworth	1	Paul Warwick	1-5
		Mugen	2	Marco Greco	All
		Cosworth	18	Harald Huysman	1-2
				Carlos Guerrero	3
				Chris Goodwin	4
				Jason Elliot	8-11
GJ - Bromley Motorsport	Reynard	Cosworth	3	Giovanna Amati	1-2
				Chris Goodwin	3
				Dave Coyne	4-11
			5	Alain Plasch	1-4, 7-11
			9	Chris Goodwin	8-9
Team AJS	Lola	Cosworth	4	Fredrik Ekblom	All
McNeil Engineering	Lola	Cosworth	6	Robbie Stirling	1–4, 6
	Reynard				5
				Eugene O'Brien	7-11
	Lola		15	Mercedes Stermitz	5
CaneCordy Motorsport	Lola	Cosworth	7	Julian Westwood	All
Omegaland	Reynard	Cosworth	10	Jérôme Policand	All
			16	Mark Newman	2-3
				David Button	4
Superpower Engineering System	Lola	Cosworth	11	Phil Andrews	All
			12	Richard Dean	All
GA Motorsport	Reynard	Cosworth	14	Amato Ferrari	1-3
			15	Thierry Delubac	1
				Perry McCarthy	3
Oreca	Reynard	Cosworth	17	Frederic Gosparini	All
GP Motorsport	Leyton House	Cosworth	19	David Button	2
Berkeley Team London	Reynard	Cosworth	20	Raineri Randaccio	2, 4-5, 8, 11
				Mirko Savoldi	6-7, 10
Terrapol Durango	Reynard	Cosworth	21	"Gimax Jr."	1-3
	Lola				4-5
				Guido Basile	6, 8-11
			22	Luigi Giorgio	1-8
				Marco Spiga	11
CoBRa Motorsport	Reynard	Cosworth	23	Tim Sugden	2
				Harald Huysman	3-4
				José Luis Di Palma	5-8, 10-11
			25	Harald Huysman	5
				"Gimax Jr."	6-10
				Steve Bottoms	11
JR Motorsport	Reynard	Cosworth	24	Johan Raijamäki	4–7, 10
Landrige Motorsports	Reynard	Cosworth	26	Mark Newman	4-6, 10
				Paolo di Cristoforo	9
			28	Kenny Bräck	5
				Gary Ayles	6, 9
				Luigi Giorgio	10
				Laurent Daument	11
Phoenix 3000 Team	Reynard	Cosworth	27	Peter Olsson	6-11

Results[edit]

British Formula 3000 Championship[edit]

Round	Date	Circuit	Pole Position	Fastest Lap	Winning Driver	Winning Team
1	March 23	Oulton Park	Paul Warwick	Paul Warwick	Paul Warwick	Mansell Madgwick Motorsport
2	April 28	Donington Park	Paul Warwick	Phil Andrews	Paul Warwick	Mansell Madgwick Motorsport
3	May 12	Brands Hatch (Indy)	Paul Warwick	Paul Warwick	Paul Warwick	Mansell Madgwick Motorsport
4	June 30	Brands Hatch (Indy)	Paul Warwick	Paul Warwick	Paul Warwick	Mansell Madgwick Motorsport
5	July 21	Oulton Park	Paul Warwick	Paul Warwick	Paul Warwick	Mansell Madgwick Motorsport
6	August 4	Snetterton	Phil Andrews	Dave Coyne	Dave Coyne	GJ - Bromley Motorsport
7	August 11	Thruxton	Julian Westwood	Dave Coyne	Dave Coyne	GJ - Bromley Motorsport
8	September 1	Donington Park	Fredrik Ekblom	Fredrik Ekblom	Fredrik Ekblom	Team AJS
9	September 8	Brands Hatch (GP)	Phil Andrews	Fredrik Ekblom	Fredrik Ekblom	Team AJS
10	September 22	Silverstone (National)	Jason Elliott	Jason Elliott	Fredrik Ekblom	Team AJS
11	October 13	Donington Park	Julian Westwood	Julian Westwood	Julian Westwood	CaneCordy Motorsport

Championship Standings[edit]

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Pos.	Driver	OUL	DON	BHI	BHI	OUL	SNE	THR	DON	BGP	SIL	DON	Points
1	Paul Warwick	1	1	1	1	1							45
2	Fredrik Ekblom	7	4	5	4	4	Ret	6	1	1	1	4	42
3	Julian Westwood	2	3	2	Ret	7	Ret	2	2	5	5	1	41
4	Richard Dean	Ret	5	3	3	2	2	Ret	Ret	2	3	Ret	32
5	Dave Coyne				2	6	1	1	8	Ret	Ret	9	25
6	Phil Andrews	6	2	13	Ret	3	Ret	4	Ret	4	7	3	21
7	Jérôme Policand	Ret	7	4	Ret	Ret	3	3	4	Ret	4	5	19
8	Jason Elliott								Ret	3	2	2	16
9	Marco Greco	Ret	6	Ret	Ret	5	5	5	3	Ret	8	10	11
10	"Gimax Jr."	3	13	Ret	6	11	6	Ret	Ret	6	Ret		7
11	José Luis Di Palma					12	4	9	10	Ret	6	6	5
12	Frederic Gosparini	Ret	8	8	5	8	8	8	5	7	Ret	Ret	4
13	Harald Huysman	4	DNS	7	Ret	10							3
14	Alain Plasch	5	10	6	Ret			Ret	Ret	DNS	10	Ret	3
15	Eugene O'Brien							7	6	8	Ret	8	1
16	Peter Olsson						Ret	10	7	Ret	9	7	0
17	Luigi Giorgio	Ret	11	11	Ret	DNS	7	Ret	Ret		Ret		0
18	Robbie Stirling	8	Ret	9	Ret	13	Ret						0
19	Raineri Randaccio		Ret		Ret	15			9			12	0
20	Giovanna Amati	9	Ret										0
21	Tim Sugden		9										0
22	Kenny Bräck					9							0
23	Amato Ferrari	Ret	Ret	10									0
24	Johan Raijamäki				NC	Ret	Ret	11			11		0
25	Steve Bottoms											11	0
26	David Button		12		Ret								0
27	Carlos Guerrero			12									0
28	Guido Basile						Ret		Ret			13	0
29	Mark Newman		Ret	15	Ret	14	DNS				Ret		0
30	Chris Goodwin			14	Ret				Ret	Ret			0
31	Marco Spiga											14	0
	Mirko Savoldi						Ret	Ret			Ret
	Gary Ayles						Ret			Ret
	Mercedes Stermitz					Ret
	Paolo di Cristoforo									Ret
	Laurent Daument											Ret
	Perry McCarthy			DNS

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