1990 British Formula Three Championship

1990 British Formula Three

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The 1990 British Formula Three season was the 40th British Formula Three Championship, won by future Formula One champion Mika Häkkinen driving for West Surrey Racing. The season started on 1 April at Donington Park and ended on 7 October at Silverstone following seventeen races. The season was notable for its domination by Häkkinen and fellow Finnish driver Mika Salo and for marking the first championship win for Mugen-Honda engines, which would go on to dominate the series for a decade and a half. Charles Rickett won the Class B championship for older cars.

Race calendar and results

Round	Circuit	Date	Pole Position	Fastest Lap	Winning Driver	Winning Team	Class B Winner
1	Donington Park	1 April	Mika Häkkinen	Mika Häkkinen	Mika Häkkinen	West Surrey Racing	Dominic Chappell
2	Silverstone	8 April	Mika Häkkinen	Mika Salo	Mika Salo	Alan Docking Racing	Charles Rickett
3	Thruxton	16 April	Mika Häkkinen	Mika Häkkinen	Mika Häkkinen	West Surrey Racing	Charles Rickett
4	Brands Hatch	29 April	Mika Häkkinen	Mika Häkkinen	Mika Häkkinen	West Surrey Racing	Charles Rickett
5	Silverstone	7 May	Mika Salo	Mika Salo	Mika Salo	Alan Docking Racing	Juan Serda
6	Brands Hatch	20 May	Mika Häkkinen	Mika Häkkinen	Mika Salo	Alan Docking Racing	Dominic Chappell
7	Thruxton	28 May	Mika Salo	Mika Häkkinen	Mika Salo	Alan Docking Racing	Charles Rickett
8	Silverstone	10 June	Mika Häkkinen	Mika Salo	Steve Robertson	Bowman Racing	Charles Rickett
9	Donington Park	1 July	Christian Fittipaldi	Christian Fittipaldi	Christian Fittipaldi	West Surrey Racing	Charles Rickett
10	Silverstone	14 July	Mika Salo	Mika Salo	Mika Salo	Alan Docking Racing	Charles Rickett
11	Snetterton	5 August	Mika Salo	Mika Häkkinen Mika Salo1	Mika Häkkinen	West Surrey Racing	Charles Rickett
12	Oulton Park	12 August	Mika Häkkinen	Mika Häkkinen	Mika Häkkinen	West Surrey Racing	Charles Rickett
13	Silverstone	27 August	Mika Häkkinen	Mika Häkkinen	Mika Häkkinen	West Surrey Racing	Charles Rickett
14	Brands Hatch	2 September	Mika Häkkinen	Mika Häkkinen	Mika Häkkinen	West Surrey Racing	Darren Shaw
15	Donington Park	16 September	Mika Häkkinen	Mika Häkkinen	Mika Häkkinen	West Surrey Racing	Dominic Chappell
16	Thruxton	23 September	Paul Stewart	Mika Salo	Mika Salo	Alan Docking Racing	Darren Shaw
17	Silverstone	7 October	Mika Häkkinen	Steve Robertson	Mika Häkkinen	West Surrey Racing	Peter Sneller

^1 Häkkinen and Salo set identical fastest lap times and were subsequently both awarded an additional point.

Championship Standings

Class A

Points in brackets include dropped scores - only the best 14 of 17 scores count towards the championship

Pos.	Driver	Team	DON	SIL	THR	BRH	SIL	BRH	THR	SIL	DON	SIL	SNE	OUL	SIL	BRH	DON	THR	SIL	Pts
1	Mika Häkkinen	West Surrey Racing	1	(3)	1	1	2	2	2	Ret	(6)	2	1	1	1	1	1	2	1	121 (126)
2	Mika Salo	Alan Docking Racing	2	1	2	4	1	1	1	2	5	1	(7)	2	2	Ret	3	1	Ret	98 (99)
3	Steve Robertson	Bowman Racing	3	2	Ret	Ret	3	3	Ret	1	Ret	3	2	Ret	4	3	Ret	9	3	49
4	Christian Fittipaldi	West Surrey Racing	4	14	5	6	7	6	4	8	1	6	3	Ret	DSQ	5	Ret	4	2	36
5	Peter Kox	Bowman Racing	Ret	4	3	2	5	Ret	6	5	2	Ret		Ret	Ret	Ret	Ret	6	4	28
6	Philippe Adams	Bowman Racing	11	Ret	6	10	4	20	Ret	9	9	4	4	5	6	2	2	Ret	11	25
7	Paul Stewart	Paul Stewart Racing	6	23	Ret	11	9	Ret	13	4	4	Ret	5	4	3	6	Ret	3	13	21
8	Jonathan McGall	Swallow Racing	Ret	5	Ret	12	10	11	5	3	7	10	17	3	7	7	Ret	Ret	6	13
9	Derek Higgins	Paul Stewart Racing	Ret	7	Ret	5	8	4	9	22	3	Ret	Ret	Ret	Ret	4	Ret	Ret	7	12
10	Paul Warwick	Superpower Engineering	17	Ret	4	3	Ret	5	7	6	10									10
11	Minoru Tanaka	West Surrey Racing	5	8	Ret	8	13	Ret	3	Ret	Ret	5	Ret	Ret	10	12	Ret	5	8	10
12	Hideki Noda	Alan Docking Racing	7	6	Ret	DNS	6	9	11	16	Ret	Ret	Ret	6	5	11	4	10	Ret	8
13	Jason Elliott	Hepworth Racing Reynard R&D									Ret	8	DNS		20		5	8	5	4
14	Julian Westwood	Swallow Racing	Ret	12	8	9	14	7	10	7	8	7	Ret	7	8	9	6	7	10	1
15	Jordi Gené	Tech-Speed Motorsport	10	10	9	13	12	Ret	DSQ	10	Ret	11	6	8	9	10	7	Ret	9	1
16	Fernando Plata	Bowman Racing	8	9	7	7	11	8	12											0
17	Gary Ayles	Tech-Speed Motorsport Superpower Engineering	20	Ret	11	14		Ret	8	14	Ret				Ret	8	8	19	12	0
18	Henrik Larsen	Hepworth Racing											8	Ret	11	13				0
19	Stephen Hepworth	Hepworth Racing Bowman Racing	13	16	15	Ret	15	12				Ret	9	9	Ret	14	15	20	Ret	0
20	Alain Menu	Racefax	9	Ret		DNS														0
21	Bernard Dolan	Superpower Engineering										9								0
22	Niko Palhares	Hubbard Racing			Ret	Ret	Ret	10	NC	11	Ret									0
23	Jose Cordova	Formula Services	DNS	11	10	DNS														0
24	Antonio Simoes	Dawson Auto Developments		13	Ret		Ret					12	10		Ret				Ret	0
25	Hilton Cowie	Hubbard Racing			12		Ret	Ret	DSQ	12	11				12	Ret	Ret		Ret	0
26	Ross Hockenhull	Hepworth Racing																11		0
27	Nic Jönsson	Team Honda HITCHI BAN															Ret	13		0
28	Monica Stråth	G-Son Racing	14																	0
29	Scott Stringfellow	Tech-Speed Motorsport													15					0
	Fredrik Ekblom	G-Son Racing	Ret																	0
	Adrián Fernández	Formula Services					Ret													0
	Linus Lundberg	Team Honda HITCHI BAN															Ret			0
	César Tiberio Jiménez	Diamond Racing				DNS														0
	Mikael Gustavsson	Team Honda HITCHI BAN																DNS		0

Class B

Pos.	Driver	DON	SIL	THR	BRH	SIL	BRH	THR	SIL	DON	SIL	SNE	OUL	SIL	BRH	DON	THR	SIL	Pts
1	Charles Rickett	Ret	15	13	15	Ret	21	14	13	12	13	11	10	13					101
2	Dominic Chappell	12	19	DNS	Ret	Ret	13	15	15	Ret	15	Ret	11	14	16	9	14	Ret	72
3	Eddie Kimbell	Ret	18	14	16	17	16	17	19	15	NC	12	DNS	16					43
4	Rob Mears	18	Ret	16	Ret	Ret	14	Ret	18	13	16	14	Ret	Ret	17	10	15	12	42
5	Peter Sneller	Ret	17		DNS	Ret	15	16	Ret		14	15	12			DSQ	16	14	39
6	Juan Serda	16	20	20	17	16	18	18	21	16	20	16	13	18	20	DSQ	18	19	33
7	Steve Bradley	DSQ	21	18	Ret		17		20	14	19	13			19	12		17	23
8	Darren Shaw														15		12		20
9	Alan Tulloch	15	22	19	18	18	19	19	Ret	Ret	21			17	21	11	Ret	Ret	20
10	Steve Deeks					Ret	DNS	DNS	17		18							18	8
11	Sandy Brody														Ret	Ret	17	16	8
12	Tony Davies	19			19	19	22				22							DNS	7
13	Pekka Herva														18	Ret		Ret	4
14	César Tiberio Jiménez			17															3
16	Carlton Tingling															13			2
15	Paul Smith										17								2
17	Dana Brewer													19		14		20	2
18	Jack Dickenson				DNS					17									1
	Flurin Zegg				DNS														0

References

AUTOCOURSE 1990-91
Autosport 13/12/90

External links

• The official website of the British Formula Three Championship