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1990 British Formula 3000 Championship

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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

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

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

Results

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British Formula 3000 Championship

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

Championship Standings

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

References

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  1. ^ "British F3000 / British F2 / UK3000 / F3000 Autumn Cup". Archived from the original on 2021-10-23.
  2. ^ "1990 British F3000 Championship | Motorsport Database".