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1999 British Formula Three season
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The 1999 British Formula Three season was the 49th British Formula Three Championship season. It commenced on 21 March, and ended on 17 October after sixteen races. Marc Hynes was the champion, although the season is best remembered for 19-year-old future F1 champion Jenson Button marking himself out as one to watch. Martin O'Connell took the spoils in Class B.

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 Class Chassis Engine Rounds
Stewart Racing 1 25px Brazil Luciano Burti A Dallara F399 Mugen-Honda All
2 25px Great Britain Andrew Kirkaldy A Dallara F399 Mugen-Honda All
Fortec Motorsport 3 25px Great Britain Matt Davies A Dallara F399 Mugen-Honda All
4 25px Flag of Denmark Kristian Kolby A Dallara F399 Mugen-Honda All
Promatecme UK 5 25px Brazil Aluizio Coelho A Dallara F399 Renault Sodemo All
6 25px Great Britain Jenson Button A Dallara F399 Renault Sodemo All
Alan Docking Racing 7 25px Japan Yudai Igarashi A Dallara F399 Mugen-Honda 1–15
25px Great Britain Warren Hughes 16
8 25px Template:Country alias MYS Alex Yoong A Dallara F399 Mugen-Honda 3–6
25px Great Britain Doug Bell 7–14
SpeedSport F3 9 25px South Africa Toby Scheckter A Dallara F399 Mugen-Honda All
10 25px Flag of Ireland Warren Carway A Dallara F399 Mugen-Honda All
57 25px Great Britain John Ingram B Dallara F398 Mugen-Honda 8–9
25px GRC Nick Eliades 13–16
Carlin Motorsport 12 25px Flag of India Narain Karthikeyan A Dallara F399 Mugen-Honda All
14 25px Great Britain Michael Bentwood A Dallara F399 Mugen-Honda All
54 25px USA John Bender B Dallara F398 Mugen-Honda 3–5, 8–9, 11–16
S.S. Sport 15 25px Great Britain Tim Spouge A Dallara F399 Opel Spiess All
16 25px Great Britain Doug Bell A Dallara F399 Opel Spiess 1–3
Manor Motorsport 17 25px Great Britain Marc Hynes A Dallara F399 Mugen-Honda All
18 25px Template:Country alias THA Tor Sriachavanon A Dallara F399 Mugen-Honda All
Graff Racing 19 25px Template:Country alias MYS Alex Yoong A Dallara F399 Mugen-Honda 9
ASM 20 25px France Sebastien Dumez A Dallara F399 Renault Sodemo 14
21 25px Flag of Portugal Tiago Monteiro A Dallara F399 Renault Sodemo 14
22 25px France Julien Beltoise A Dallara F399 Renault Sodemo 14
JB Motorsports 23 25px Netherlands Walter Van Der Lent A Dallara F399 Opel Spiess 14
24 25px Belgium Yves Olivier A Dallara F399 Opel Spiess 14
Prema Powerteam 25 25px Sweden Peter Sundberg A Dallara F399 Opel Spiess 14
26 25px Argentina Juan Manuel López A Dallara F399 Opel Spiess 14
27 25px Italy Giorgio Pantano A Dallara F399 Opel Spiess 14
Opel Team BSR 28 25px Netherlands Christijan Albers A Dallara F399 Opel Spiess 14
29 25px Austria Patrick Friesacher A Dallara F399 Opel Spiess 14
RC Benetton 30 25px Italy Gabriele Varano A Dallara F399 Opel Spiess 14
Rowan Racing 51 25px Great Britain Martin O'Connell B Dallara F398 TOM'S-Toyota 1–7, 10–16
25px Great Britain Stephen Shanly 8–9
52 25px Great Britain Gavin Jones B TOM'S 037F TOM'S-Toyota 6, 8–9
25px Great Britain Charles Hall B Dallara F398 TOM'S-Toyota 13–14
JSR 75 25px Great Britain Jeremy Smith B Dallara F398 Opel Spiess 1–8, 10
Diamond Racing 77 25px Japan Takuma Sato B Dallara F398 Mugen-Honda 9–12, 14–16
Icon Class
A Class A
B Class B
  • Entries 20-30 were regular entrants in other European Formula Three Championships, and only competed at the round at Spa-Francorchamps. They were eligible to score points.

Driver changes[]

Changed Teams
Entering/Re-Entering British Formula Three
  • Julien Beltoise: Championnat de France Formule Renault & Formula Renault Europe (Mygale) → Fortec Motorsport
  • John Bender: British Formula Renault Winter Championship (Manor Motorsport) → Carlin Motorsport
  • Jenson Button: British Formula Ford Championship (Haywood Racing) → Promatecme UK
  • Doug Bell: British Formula Renault Championship & Formula Renault Europe (Manor Motorsport) → S.S. Sport
  • Aluizio Coelho: British Formula Renault Championship (Manor Motorsport) → Promatecme UK
  • Matthew Davies: Championnat de France Formule Renault & Formula Renault Europe (Mygale) → ASM Fina
  • Nick Eliades: Debut → SpeedSport F3
  • Patrick Friesacher: Formula Renault Campus France → Opel Team BSR
  • Charles Hall: Sabbatical → Rowan Racing
  • Gavin Jones: British Formula Renault Championship (Haywood/Eiger) → Rowan Racing
  • Andrew Kirkaldy: Formula Opel Europe → Paul Stewart Racing
  • Walter van Lent: Formula Ford Zetec Benelux → JB Motorsport
  • Juan Manuel López: Sabbatical → Prema Powerteam
  • Yves Olivier: German Formula Three Championship (JB Motorsport) → JB Motorsport
  • Giorgio Pantano: Karting → Target Racing
  • Toby Scheckter: Formula Opel Europe → SpeedSport F3
  • Takuma Sato: All-Japan Formula Three Championship (Dome Project) → Diamond Racing
  • Stephen Shanly: Debut → Rowan Racing
  • Jeremy Smith: Debut → Jeremy Smith Racing
  • Tor Sriachavanon: British Formula Renault Championship (Manor Motorsport) → Manor Motorsport
  • Gabriele Varano: Sabbatical → RC Motorsport
Leaving British Formula Three
  • Enrique Bernoldi: Promatecme UK → International Formula 3000 (Red Bull Junior/RSM Marko)
  • Mark Boost: Speedsport → British Formula Renault Championship (Haywood)
  • Sébastien Bourdais: La FilièreFrench Formula Three Championship (La Filière)
  • Ben Collins: Intersport Racing → Indy Lights (Johansson Motorsports)
  • David Cook: DC Cook Motorsport → Retirement
  • Paula Cook: DC Cook Motorsport → British Touring Car Championship (DC Cook Motorsport)
  • Marcel Fässler: La Filière → German Formula Three Championship (Bemani F3 Team)
  • Gabriele Gardel: Team GhinzaniGerman Formula Three Championship (KMS Benetton Junior Team)
  • Mario Haberfeld: Paul Stewart Racing → International Formula 3000 (West Competition)
  • Steve Hayr: Tarry Falcon Racing → Retirement
  • Warren Hughes: Portman Arrows Racing → MGF Cup
  • Mike Kirkham: Speedsport → Retirement
  • Darren Manning: Speedsport → All-Japan Formula Three Championship (TOM'S)
  • Ricardo Mauricio: Alan Docking Racing → International Formula 3000 (Super Nova Racing)
  • Lei Kit Meng: Carlin Motorsport → Sabbatical
  • Andrej Pavicevic: Fortec Motorsport → International Formula 3000 (Fortec Motorsport)
  • Mikael Santavirta: Alan Docking Racing → Sabbatical
  • Philip Scifleet: Rowan Racing → Sabbatical
  • Topi Serjala: Portman Arrows Racing → Formula Palmer Audi
  • Jamie Spence: Martin Donnelly Racing → Euro Open MoviStar by Nissan (Glückmann Racing)
  • Benoît Tréluyer: Signature → French Formula Three Championship (Signature)
  • Stephen White: Tarry Falcon Racing → Sabbatical
  • Adam Wilcox: TOM'S → Formula Palmer Audi

Results[]

Round Circuit Date Winning driver Class A Winning driver Class B
1 25px Great Britain Donington Park 21 March 25px Great Britain Marc Hynes 25px Great Britain Jeremy Smith
2 25px Great Britain Silverstone 28 March 25px Great Britain Marc Hynes 25px Great Britain Martin O'Connell
3 25px Great Britain Thruxton 11 April 25px Great Britain Jenson Button 25px Great Britain Martin O'Connell
4 25px Great Britain Brands Hatch 25 April 25px Brazil Luciano Burti 25px Great Britain Martin O'Connell
5 25px Flag of India Narain Karthikeyan 25px Great Britain Martin O'Connell
6 25px Great Britain Oulton Park 3 May 25px Brazil Luciano Burti 25px Great Britain Martin O'Connell
7 25px Great Britain Croft 6 June 25px Great Britain Marc Hynes 25px Great Britain Martin O'Connell
8 25px Great Britain Brands Hatch 20 June 25px Flag of India Narain Karthikeyan 25px USA John Bender
9* 25px Great Britain Silverstone 10 July 25px Great Britain Marc Hynes 25px Japan Takuma Sato
10 25px Great Britain Snetterton 25 July 25px Brazil Luciano Burti 25px Great Britain Martin O'Connell
11 25px Great Britain Pembrey 15 August 25px Flag of Denmark Kristian Kolby 25px Great Britain Martin O'Connell
12 25px Great Britain Jenson Button 25px Great Britain Martin O'Connell
13 25px Great Britain Donington Park 5 September 25px Great Britain Marc Hynes 25px USA John Bender
14 25px Belgium Spa-Francorchamps 26 September 25px Brazil Luciano Burti 25px Japan Takuma Sato
15 25px Great Britain Silverstone 10 October 25px Great Britain Jenson Button 25px Japan Takuma Sato
16 25px Great Britain Thruxton 17 October 25px Brazil Luciano Burti 25px Great Britain Martin O'Connell
  • Round 9 was held as part of the British Grand Prix weekend, and was thus held on a Saturday

Standings[]

Championship Class[]

Pos Driver DON
25px Great Britain
SIL
25px Great Britain
THR
25px Great Britain
BRH
25px Great Britain
OUL
25px Great Britain
CRO
25px Great Britain
BRH
25px Great Britain
SIL
25px Great Britain
SNE
25px Great Britain
PEM
25px Great Britain
DON
25px Great Britain
SPA
25px Belgium
SIL
25px Great Britain
THR
25px Great Britain
Pts
1 25px Great Britain Marc Hynes 1 1 3 3 6 10 1 4 1 2 6 4 1 2 3 4 213
2 25px Brazil Luciano Burti 3 3 Ret 1 3 1 2 2 3 1 3 8 3 1 DSQ 1 209
3 25px Great Britain Jenson Button 2 6 1 8 7 5 Ret 6 2 11 2 1 2 4 1 Ret 168
4 25px Flag of Denmark Kristian Kolby 5 2 4 7 13 2 12 7 4 4 1 3 6 3 5 2 153
5 25px Great Britain Matt Davies Ret 5 5 Ret 4 3 14 5 6 3 5 2 8 Ret 2 6 113
6 25px Flag of India Narain Karthikeyan 4 Ret Ret 2 1 13 3 1 5 7 12 7 Ret 12 6 Ret 104
7 25px Great Britain Andrew Kirkaldy 9 7 2 Ret 16 4 11 3 12 Ret 8 11 5 9 7 Ret 64
8 25px Great Britain Michael Bentwood 7 Ret 8 6 8 8 7 10 9 Ret 4 5 9 13 15 Ret 50
9 25px Brazil Aluizio Coelho 8 Ret 9 11 10 7 5 8 NS Ret 13 Ret 13 5 4 9 45
10 25px Great Britain Tim Spouge 10 Ret 10 13 11 9 4 Ret 8 8 11 6 7 11 Ret 5 42
11 25px Template:Country alias MYS Alex Yoong 6 5 2 6 11 37
12 25px South Africa Toby Scheckter Ret 10 11 9 12 14 Ret 12 7 Ret 10 12 4 10 NS 7 27
13 25px Great Britain Doug Bell 6 8 Ret 9 11 10 6 Ret Ret 10 14 22
14 25px Template:Country alias THA Tor Sriachavanon Ret Ret Ret 12 Ret 18 6 9 14 Ret 7 9 Ret Ret 12 12 17
15 25px Japan Yudai Igarashi 11 9 NS 10 9 12 8 Ret 13 Ret NS NS Ret 20 10 14
16 25px Great Britain Warren Hughes 3 12
17 25px Flag of Ireland Warren Carway 12 11 13 Ret Ret 15 Ret Ret 15 9 Ret 13 11 Ret 11 13 7
18 25px Belgium Yves Olivier 6 6
19 25px Flag of Portugal Tiago Monteiro 7 4
20 25px France Julien Beltoise 8 3
21 25px Netherlands Christijan Albers 25 1
22 25px Italy Giorgio Pantano 15 0
23 25px Netherlands Walter Van Der Lent 16 0
24 25px Argentina Juan Manuel López 17 0
25 25px Austria Patrick Friesacher 21 0
26 25px Sweden Peter Sundberg 23 0
27 25px Italy Gabriele Varano 24 0
25px France Sebastien Dumez Ret 0
Pos Driver DON
25px Great Britain
SIL
25px Great Britain
THR
25px Great Britain
BRH
25px Great Britain
OUL
25px Great Britain
CRO
25px Great Britain
BRH
25px Great Britain
SIL
25px Great Britain
SNE
25px Great Britain
PEM
25px Great Britain
DON
25px Great Britain
SPA
25px Belgium
SIL
25px Great Britain
THR
25px Great Britain
Pts
Colour Result
Gold Winner
Silver Second place
Bronze Third place
Green Points finish
Blue Non-points finish
Non-classified finish (NC)
Purple Retired (Ret)
Red Did not qualify (DNQ)
Did not pre-qualify (DNPQ)
Black Disqualified (DSQ)
White Did not start (DNS)
Withdrew (WD)
Race cancelled (C)
Blank Did not practice (DNP)
Did not arrive (DNA)
Excluded (EX)

Class B[]

Pos Driver DON
25px Great Britain
SIL
25px Great Britain
THR
25px Great Britain
BRH
25px Great Britain
OUL
25px Great Britain
CRO
25px Great Britain
BRH
25px Great Britain
SIL
25px Great Britain
SNE
25px Great Britain
PEM
25px Great Britain
DON
25px Great Britain
SPA
25px Belgium
SIL
25px Great Britain
THR
25px Great Britain
Pts
1 25px Great Britain Martin O'Connell Ret 4 7 4 5 11 10 5 9 10 Ret 19 9 8 241
2 25px USA John Bender Ret 14 14 13 18 15 14 12 Ret 13 10 140
3 25px Great Britain Jeremy Smith 13 12 12 15 15 17 13 16 NS 111
4 25px Japan Takuma Sato 16 10 14 Ret 18 8 11 103
5 25px Great Britain Gavin Jones 16 14 17 45
6 25px GRC Nick Eliades 14 Ret 14 14 35
7 25px Great Britain Stephen Shanly 15 19 22
8 25px Great Britain Charles Hall Ret 22 12
9 25px Great Britain John Ingram Ret 20 8
Pos Driver DON
25px Great Britain
SIL
25px Great Britain
THR
25px Great Britain
BRH
25px Great Britain
OUL
25px Great Britain
CRO
25px Great Britain
BRH
25px Great Britain
SIL
25px Great Britain
SNE
25px Great Britain
PEM
25px Great Britain
DON
25px Great Britain
SPA
25px Belgium
SIL
25px Great Britain
THR
25px Great Britain
Pts
  • Points System: 20-15-12-10-8-6-4-3-2-1 for first 10 finishers, with 1 point awarded for fastest lap.

References[]

http://www.motorsport.com/news/series.asp?S=BF3&Y=1999

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