1989 British Formula 3000 Championship Rd.9
The 9th round of the inaugural British Formula 3000 Championship, saw the series return to Brands Hatch, on 10 September. Going into this, the final round, the championship was being led by Gary Brabham (46 pts.), separated by just one point from Andrew Gilbert-Scott (45 pts.)[1]
Report
[edit | edit source]Entry
[edit | edit source]A total of 11 F3000 cars were entered for this, the final round of the 1989 British F3000 Championship.[2]
Qualifying
[edit | edit source]Andrew Gilbert-Scott took pole position for Eddie Jordan Racing team in their Cosworth-engined Reynard 88D. He was joined on the front row by championship leader, Gary Brabham in a similar Reynard, prepared by Bromley Motorsport.[2]
Race
[edit | edit source]The race was held over 27 laps of the Brands Hatch Grand Prix circuit. The race was stopped on lap six, following an accident involving Andrew Gilbert-Scott. This effectively handed Gary Brabham the title. Brabham would go on and win the restarted race for the Bromley Motorsport team, driving their Reynard-Cosworth 88D. The Aussie won in a time of 35:09.83mins., averaging a speed of 119.782 mph. Second place went to Perry McCarthy in GA Motorsport's Lola-Cosworth T88/50, who was nearly 25secs behind. Third went to Marco Greco who completed the podium for Eddie Jordan Racing in his Cosworth engined Reynard 88D.[2]
Classification
[edit | edit source]Race
[edit | edit source]Class winners in bold
| Pos. | No. | Driver | Entrant | Car - Engine | Time, Laps | Reason Out |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1st | 5 | Australia Gary Brabham | Bromley Motorsport | Reynard-Cosworth 88D | 35:09.83 | |
| 2nd | 11 | United Kingdom Perry McCarthy | GA Motorsport | Lola-Cosworth T88/50 | 35:34.58 | |
| 3rd | 2 | Brazil Marco Greco | Eddie Jordan Racing | Reynard-Cosworth 88D | 27 | |
| 4th | 10 | United Kingdom Jonthan Bancroft | GA Motorsport | Lola-Cosworth T88/50 | 27 | |
| 5th | 37 | Austria ”Pierre Chauvet” | RCR 3000 | Lola-Cosworth T88/50 | 27 | |
| 6th | 9 | Brazil Paolo Carcasci | CoBRa Motorsport | Reynard-Cosworth 88D | 27 # | |
| 7th | 12 | Spain Antonio Albacete | Madgwick Motorsport | Reynard-Cosworth 88D | 27 # | |
| 8th | 8 | Spain Felipe Machado | Madgwick Motorsport | Reynard-Cosworth 88D | 26 | |
| 9th | 7 | United Kingdom Tony Worswick | Tony Worswick | Reynard-Cosworth 88D | 26 | |
| DNF | 3 | United Kingdom Andrew Gilbert-Scott | Eddie Jordan Racing | Reynard-Cosworth 88D | 6 | crash |
| DNS | 6 | United Kingdom Mike Bryan | R.O./Omegaland | Reynard-Cosworth 88D | accident in practice | |
| # includes 60s penalty for jump-start | ||||||
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- Fastest lap: Gary Brabham, 1:16.04secs. (123.077 mph)
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