The 1998 British Formula Three season was the 48th British Formula Three Championship season. It commenced on 22 March, and ended on 4 October after sixteen races. Mario Haberfeld was the champion, while Phillip Scifleet won the Class B championship. The season was one of two halves as Enrique Bernoldi dominated the first half of the season and compatriot Haberfeld the second; ultimately the latter would prevail thanks in part to his stronger consistency.

Drivers and teams

The following teams and drivers were competitors in the 1999 season. Class B is for older Formula Three cars.

Team No Driver Chassis Engine Rounds
Class A
United Kingdom Stewart Racing 1 Brazil Luciano Burti Dallara F398 Mugen-Honda All
2 Brazil Mario Haberfeld Dallara F398 Mugen-Honda All
United Kingdom Fortec Motorsport 3 Australia Andrej Pavicevic Dallara F398 Mugen-Honda All
4 Denmark Kristian Kolby Dallara F398 Mugen-Honda All
United Kingdom Promatecme UK 5 Brazil Enrique Bernoldi Dallara F398 Renault Sodemo All
6 United Kingdom Marc Hynes Dallara F398 Renault Sodemo All
United Kingdom Alan Docking Racing 7 Brazil Ricardo Mauricio Dallara F398 Mugen-Honda All
8 Japan Yudai Igarashi Dallara F398 Mugen-Honda All
11 Finland Miku Santavirta Dallara F398 Mugen-Honda 6-7
Malaysia Alex Yoong 14-16
United Kingdom SpeedSport 9 United Kingdom Michael Bentwood Dallara F398 Mugen-Honda 1-7, 10-16
United Kingdom Darren Manning 8-9
10 Dallara F398 Mugen-Honda 10, 15
United Kingdom Mark Boost 11-14, 16
United Kingdom John Ingram 6-7, 9
42 United Kingdom Adam Wilcox Dallara F398 Mugen-Honda 1-3
United Kingdom Carlin Motorsport 12 India Narain Karthikeyan Dallara F398 Mugen-Honda 11-16
15 Macau Lei Kit Meng Dallara F398 Mugen-Honda 11-12
Republic of Ireland Martin Donnelly Racing 14 United Kingdom Jamie Spence Dallara F398 Renault Sodemo 1-8
Mugen-Honda 9-15
United Kingdom TOM'S 16 United Kingdom Martin O'Connell Dallara F398 TOM'S-Toyota 1-10
42 United Kingdom Adam Wilcox TOM'S 037F TOM'S-Toyota 4-10
United Kingdom Rowan Racing 16 United Kingdom Martin O'Connell Dallara F398 TOM'S-Toyota 11-16
17 Republic of Ireland Warren Carway Dallara F398 TOM'S-Toyota 11-15
United Kingdom DC Cook 18 United Kingdom David Cook Dallara F398 Opel Spiess 1-8
19 United Kingdom Paula Cook Dallara F398 Opel Spiess 1-10
United Kingdom SS Sport 20 United Kingdom Tim Spouge Dallara F398 Mugen-Honda All
United Kingdom Portman Racing 21 United Kingdom Warren Hughes Dallara F398 Renault Sodemo All
22 Malaysia Alex Yoong Dallara F398 Renault Sodemo 1-10
United Kingdom Paula Cook 11-13
Finland Topi Serjala 16
United Kingdom Intersport 27 United Kingdom Ben Collins Dallara F398 Opel Spiess All
32 India Narain Karthikeyan Dallara F398 Opel Spiess 1–3, 6
United Kingdom Michael Bentwood 8–9
42 United Kingdom Adam Wilcox Dallara F398 Opel Spiess 11-16
Class B
United Kingdom Rowan Racing 51 Republic of Ireland Warren Carway Dallara F396 TOM'S-Toyota 1-10
52 Australia Phillip Scifleet Dallara F396 TOM'S-Toyota 1-12
United Kingdom Tarry Falcon Racing 53 United Kingdom John Ingram Dallara F396 Mugen-Honda 1
United Kingdom Stephen White 4-5
New Zealand Steve Hayr 9–13, 16
United Kingdom SpeedSport 77 United Kingdom John Ingram Dallara F396 Mugen-Honda 10-12, 16
United Kingdom Mike Kirkham 13–16
  • Round 15 was contested by an assortment of entrants from other European F3 championships; they were eligible to score points.

Results

Round Circuit Date Pole Position Fastest Lap Winning Driver Winning Team National Class Winner
1 United Kingdom Donington Park 22 March Brazil Enrique Bernoldi Brazil Enrique Bernoldi Brazil Enrique Bernoldi France Promatecme Australia Phillip Scifleet
2 United Kingdom Thruxton 29 March United Kingdom Martin O'Connell Brazil Enrique Bernoldi Brazil Enrique Bernoldi France Promatecme Australia Phillip Scifleet
3 United Kingdom Silverstone 5 April Brazil Mario Haberfeld Brazil Mario Haberfeld Brazil Mario Haberfeld United Kingdom Stewart Racing Australia Phillip Scifleet
4 United Kingdom Brands Hatch 26 April Brazil Mario Haberfeld United Kingdom Marc Hynes Brazil Enrique Bernoldi France Promatecme Australia Phillip Scifleet
5 Brazil Mario Haberfeld Brazil Luciano Burti Brazil Luciano Burti United Kingdom Stewart Racing Republic of Ireland Warren Carway
6 United Kingdom Oulton Park 4 May Brazil Enrique Bernoldi Brazil Enrique Bernoldi Brazil Enrique Bernoldi France Promatecme Australia Phillip Scifleet
7 United Kingdom Silverstone 17 May Brazil Enrique Bernoldi Brazil Enrique Bernoldi Brazil Enrique Bernoldi France Promatecme Australia Phillip Scifleet
8 United Kingdom Croft 24 May Brazil Mario Haberfeld Brazil Mario Haberfeld Brazil Mario Haberfeld United Kingdom Stewart Racing Australia Phillip Scifleet
9 United Kingdom Snetterton 14 June Brazil Luciano Burti United Kingdom Darren Manning United Kingdom Darren Manning United Kingdom SpeedSport Australia Phillip Scifleet
10 United Kingdom Silverstone 11 July United Kingdom Darren Manning United Kingdom Martin O'Connell United Kingdom Darren Manning United Kingdom SpeedSport Australia Phillip Scifleet
11 United Kingdom Pembrey 16 August Brazil Mario Haberfeld Brazil Mario Haberfeld Brazil Mario Haberfeld United Kingdom Stewart Racing Australia Phillip Scifleet
12 Brazil Luciano Burti Brazil Mario Haberfeld Brazil Luciano Burti United Kingdom Stewart Racing United Kingdom John Ingram
13 United Kingdom Donington Park 30 August Brazil Mario Haberfeld Denmark Kristian Kolby Brazil Enrique Bernoldi France Promatecme United Kingdom Mike Kirkham
14 United Kingdom Thruxton 13 September United Kingdom Jamie Spence Denmark Kristian Kolby Brazil Mario Haberfeld United Kingdom Stewart Racing No Entrants
15 Belgium Spa-Francorchamps 27 September Brazil Luciano Burti United Kingdom Darren Manning Brazil Mario Haberfeld United Kingdom Stewart Racing No Entrants
16 United Kingdom Silverstone 4 October Brazil Enrique Bernoldi United Kingdom Warren Hughes Brazil Mario Haberfeld United Kingdom Stewart Racing United Kingdom John Ingram

Standings

Pos Driver DON
United Kingdom
THR
United Kingdom
SIL
United Kingdom
BRH
United Kingdom
OUL
United Kingdom
SIL
United Kingdom
CRO
United Kingdom
SNE
United Kingdom
SIL
United Kingdom
PEM
United Kingdom
DON
United Kingdom
THR
United Kingdom
SPA
Belgium
SIL
United Kingdom
Pts
Class A
1 Brazil Mario Haberfeld 4 4 1 3 Ret Ret 3 1 2 5 1 2 3 1 1 1 218
2 Brazil Enrique Bernoldi 1 1 2 1 Ret 1 1 Ret Ret Ret 4 7 1 Ret 4 Ret 163
3 Brazil Luciano Burti 3 5 Ret 10 1 3 2 3 Ret Ret 5 1 4 3 Ret 6 137
4 United Kingdom Warren Hughes Ret 3 4 5 2 6 7 4 3 2 2 13 5 7 9 4 132
5 United Kingdom Martin O'Connell 2 2 Ret 2 3 2 5 2 Ret Ret 11 8 11 2 22 Ret 114
6 Denmark Kristian Kolby Ret 7 Ret 6 Ret 5 4 Ret 10 4 9 21 6 4 5 2 82
7 Brazil Ricardo Mauricio 7 Ret 5 11 5 7 6 9 4 3 10 5 2 Ret Ret Ret 78
8 United Kingdom Darren Manning 5 1 1 2 65
9 United Kingdom Marc Hynes 5 11 3 7 Ret Ret 8 7 Ret Ret 8 3 7 6 Ret Ret 57
10 United Kingdom Jamie Spence 6 6 Ret 9 4 4 9 Ret Ret Ret 3 6 Ret Ret Ret 54
11 United Kingdom Ben Collins Ret 10 Ret 4 6 Ret 19 6 6 Ret 7 9 10 8 8 8 45
12 India Narain Karthikeyan 9 9 Ret Ret 6 4 Ret Ret 3 3 44
13 Malaysia Alex Yoong 12 8 6 8 8 9 11 Ret 7 6 9 6 Ret 35
14 Australia Andrej Pavicevic 13 17 10 16 10 8 12 15 12 9 18 10 8 5 Ret Ret 19
15 United Kingdom Adam Wilcox Ret 15 9 17 12 11 14 13 5 7 Ret 14 15 10 16 10 16
16 Japan Yudai Igarashi 10 14 7 13 16 14 15 11 9 10 Ret 11 Ret Ret 17 7 12
17 United Kingdom Michael Bentwood DSQ 12 Ret 18 11 Ret 18 14 13 12 Ret 12 9 Ret 10 5 11
18 United Kingdom David Cook 8 Ret 14 14 7 Ret 13 8 10
19 United Kingdom Tim Spouge 14 16 11 12 15 Ret Ret 12 8 8 Ret 15 12 Ret 19 9 8
20 United Kingdom Paula Cook 11 13 8 15 9 10 Ret 10 11 Ret 14 16 13 7
21 Switzerland Marcel Fässler 7 4
22 Finland Miku Santavirta 13 10 1
23 Sweden Peter Sundberg 11 0
24 Finland Topi Serjala 11 0
25 France Benoît Tréluyer 12 0
26 United Kingdom Mark Boost 15 Ret Ret Ret 12 0
27 Republic of Ireland Warren Carway 13 17 14 Ret 21 Ret 0
28 Portugal Tiago Monteiro 13 0
29 France Sebastien Dumez 14 0
30 United Kingdom John Ingram 15 Ret 16 0
31 Switzerland Gabriele Gardel 15 0
32 Macau Lei Kit Meng Ret 18 0
33 France Sébastien Bourdais 18 0
34 Netherlands Christijan Albers 20 0
Belgium David Saelens Ret 0
France Franck Montagny Ret 0
Italy Paolo Montin Ret 0
Germany Norman Simon Ret 0
Class B
1 Australia Phillip Scifleet 15 18 12 19 14 12 16 16 14 11 12 22 237
2 Republic of Ireland Warren Carway Ret 19 13 Ret 13 Ret 17 17 15 Ret 97
3 New Zealand Steve Hayr 17 13 17 20 17 Ret 69
4 United Kingdom John Ingram Ret Ret 16 19 13 56
5 United Kingdom Mike Kirkham 16 21
6 United Kingdom Stephen White Ret 17 12
Pos Driver DON
United Kingdom
THR
United Kingdom
SIL
United Kingdom
BRH
United Kingdom
OUL
United Kingdom
SIL
United Kingdom
CRO
United Kingdom
SNE
United Kingdom
SIL
United Kingdom
PEM
United Kingdom
DON
United Kingdom
THR
United Kingdom
SPA
Belgium
SIL
United Kingdom
Pts
ColourResult
GoldWinner
SilverSecond place
BronzeThird place
GreenPoints finish
BlueNon-points finish
Non-classified finish (NC)
PurpleRetired (Ret)
RedDid not qualify (DNQ)
Did not pre-qualify (DNPQ)
BlackDisqualified (DSQ)
WhiteDid not start (DNS)
Withdrew (WD)
Race cancelled (C)
Blank Did not practice (DNP)
Did not arrive (DNA)
Excluded (EX)
  • Points System: 20-15-12-10-8-6-4-3-2-1 for first 10 finishers, with 1 point awarded for fastest lap.

References

AUTOCOURSE 1998-99
https://web.archive.org/web/20051112051106/http://www.motorsport.com/news/series.asp?S=BF3&Y=1998

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