1994 British Formula Two Championship
The 1994 British Formula Two Championship was the sixth season of the British Formula 3000 Championship. José Luis Di Palma won the championship, driving a Reynard 92D for Madgwick International. Both the Argentinian and series runner-up Phil Andrews (Apache Racing) won two rounds apiece. However, the grids were weak and British F2 was in decline. International F3000 drivers Gareth Rees and Christian Pescatori both won one-off races with Durango, at Snetterton and Donington respectively. Future Indy Lights star Philipp Peter also had a single race with the Italian team. Rees' future team-mate Stephen Watson made a single appearance in the series. The Moosehead Grand Prix at Halifax, Canada, a non-championship F3000 race in 1993, counted as a British F2 round in 1994 and was won by the Italian-Mexican Gianfranco Cané, driving for Fred Goddard Racing.[1]
It was very sad that this season gave sequence to the continuous downward spiral for this series, with fields sometimes having as few as six entries only, and three scheduled races cancelled due to aforementioned lack of entries.
Drivers and teams
[edit | edit source]The following drivers and teams contested the 1994 British Formula Two Championship.
| Team | Chassis | Engine | No. | Driver | Rounds |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reynard | Cosworth | 1 | All | ||
| Reynard | Cosworth | 4 | All | ||
| 5 | All | ||||
| Reynard | Mugen | 6 | 1–2, 4-7 | ||
| Lola | Judd | 7 | 1–3, 5-7 | ||
| Reynard | Cosworth | 8 | 3, 5, 7 | ||
| Reynard | Cosworth | 9 | 1 | ||
| France Franck Fréon | 4 | ||||
| Reynard | Cosworth | 10 | Finland Pekka Herva | 2–3, 5 | |
| Mexico Gianfranco Cané | 4 | ||||
| Reynard | Cosworth | 11 | 3 | ||
| Reynard | Cosworth | 12 | 4 | ||
| Germany Monninghoff Sport Promotion | Reynard | Cosworth | 14 | Germany Klaus Panchyrz | 4 |
| 15 | 4 | ||||
| Netherlands Vortex Motorsport | Reynard | Cosworth | 18 | Netherlands Allard Kalff | 6 |
| Denmark Kris Nissen | 7 | ||||
| 19 | Germany Hans Fertl | 6 | |||
| Lola | Cosworth | 20 | Error creating thumbnail: Stephen Watson | 7 | |
| Italy Durango Corse | Reynard | Cosworth | 30 | 6 | |
| Italy Christian Pescatori | 7 | ||||
| 31 | Italy Luca Riccitelli | 6 | |||
| Austria Philipp Peter | 7 | ||||
| 32 | Italy Vito Popolizio | 6-7 |
Results
[edit | edit source]British Formula Two Championship
[edit | edit source]| Round | Date | Circuit | Pole position | Fastest lap | Winning driver | Winning team |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| C | April 1 | Cancelled due to lack of entries | ||||
| C | May 2 | |||||
| 1 | May 30 | |||||
| 2 | June 4 | Finland Pekka Herva | ||||
| 3 | June 11 | |||||
| 4 | July 10 | France Franck Fréon | France Franck Fréon | Mexico Gianfranco Cane | ||
| 5 | August 7 | |||||
| C | September 18 | Cancelled due to lack of entries | ||||
| 6 | October 16 | Italy Durango Corse | ||||
| 7 | October 30 | Italy Christian Pescatori | Italy Christian Pescatori | Italy Durango Corse | ||
Championship Standings
[edit | edit source]| Pos. | Driver | BHI |
SIL |
OUL |
HAL |
SNE |
SNE |
DON |
Points |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Ret | 1 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 34 | |
| 2 | 1 | 2 | 1 | DNS | 2 | DNS | Ret | 30 | |
| 3 | 2 | Ret | 3 | 4 | 4 | 2 | Ret | 22 | |
| 4 | DSQ | Ret | 4 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 13 | ||
| 5 | Mexico Gianfranco Cane | 1 | 9 | ||||||
| 6 | 1 | 9 | |||||||
| 7 | Italy Christian Pescatori | 1 | 9 | ||||||
| 8 | 3 | 4 | 6 | NC | Ret | Ret | 8 | ||
| 9 | Germany Klaus Panchyrz | 2 | 6 | ||||||
| 10 | Austria Philipp Peter | 2 | 6 | ||||||
| 11 | Finland Pekka Herva | 3 | DNS | Ret | 4 | ||||
| 12 | Denmark Kris Nissen | 3 | 4 | ||||||
| 13 | 5 | 5 | 9 | 4 | |||||
| 14 | 5 | 2 | |||||||
| 15 | Italy Luca Riccitelli | 5 | 2 | ||||||
| 16 | Error creating thumbnail: Stephen Watson | 6 | 1 | ||||||
| 17 | Italy Vito Popolizio | 6 | 7 | 1 | |||||
| 18 | India Akbar Ebrahim | 8 | 0 | ||||||
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| France Franck Fréon | Ret | ||||||||
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| Germany Hans Fertl | Ret | ||||||||
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| DNS |