The 1993 British Formula Two Championship was the fifth season of the British Formula 3000 Championship. The series was won by the Belgian driver Philippe Adams, later to make an unsuccessful F1 debut by buying a drive at Team Lotus. He drove for both Madgwick International and Argo Cars during the year, taking five wins including the first four races. British F2 had by this stage become seriously devalued with tiny grids, with an average of only eight entries in each race. Another Belgian, Madgwick's Mikke van Hool, shared the runner-up spot with the Team AJS's José Luis Di Palma. With three and two wins apiece, the two runners-up ensured no-one else stepped on the top step of the podium. Nigel Smith, driving a full season for Jupiter Racing, was fourth overall and best of the Brits. Other drivers racing included sometime F1 driver Enrico Bertaggia and future IndyCar and IRL driver Stéphan Grégoire.[1]
Unfortunately, this season was plagued by the low amount on entries, some races receiving only seven entries, and a maximum of ten entries was achieved during the season.
Drivers and teams
editThe following drivers and teams contested the 1993 British Formula Two Championship.
| Team | Chassis | Engine | No. | Driver | Rounds |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 Madgwick International
|
Reynard | Cosworth | 2 |  Mikke van Hool
|
3-10 |
| 3 | Philippe Adams
|
1-4 | |||
| Team AJS
|
Reynard | Cosworth | 4 |  José Luis Di Palma
|
All |
 Durango Corse
|
Reynard | Cosworth | 5 | Enrico Bertaggia
|
1-3 |
| Martino Spezio
|
7 | ||||
| Domenico Gitto
|
8 | ||||
| 6 | Severino Nardozzi
|
1-3 | |||
| McNeil Engineering
|
Lola | Cosworth | 7 |  Robbie Stirling
|
3–6, 8, 10 |
| CoBRa Motorsport
|
Reynard | Cosworth | 8 |  Stéphan Grégoire
|
1 |
| Phil Andrews
|
2, 4 | ||||
| Robbie Stirling
|
9 | ||||
 Klaas Zwart
|
10 | ||||
| Vortex Motorsport
|
Reynard | Cosworth | 10 | Phil Andrews
|
1 |
| Apache Racing
|
Ralt | Cosworth | 11 | Dominic Chappell
|
1-9 |
| Reynard | 12 | James Taylor
|
1-8 | ||
| Jason Elliott
|
9 | ||||
| Fred Goddard Racing
|
Reynard | Cosworth | 14 |  Hilton Cowie
|
4-5 |
| Paul Evans
|
9 | ||||
| Weylock Racing
|
Reynard | Cosworth | 15 | Guido Nannini
|
2-3 |
 Pierre Chauvet
|
8 | ||||
| Jason Elliott
|
10 | ||||
| Argo Racing Cars
|
Reynard | Cosworth | 20 | Marco Spiga
|
1-7 |
| Philippe Adams
|
9-10 | ||||
| Chris Perkins
|
Reynard | Cosworth | 21 | Chris Perkins
|
10 |
| Jupiter Racing
|
Reynard | Cosworth | 42 | Nigel Smith
|
All |
Results
editBritish Formula Two Championship
editChampionship Standings
edit| Pos. | Driver | OUL | SIL | BHI | DON | OUL | BHI | SNE | BGP | THR | DON | Points |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Philippe Adams
|
1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | Ret | 45 | ||||
| 2 | Mikke van Hool
|
2 | Ret | 1 | Ret | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 42 | ||
| 3 | José Luis Di Palma
|
Ret | 2 | 4 | 4 | Ret | 1 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 1 | 42 |
| 4 | Nigel Smith
|
6 | 3 | 3 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | Ret | 5 | 3 | 29 |
| 5 | Dominic Chappell
|
4 | Ret | 6 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 4 | Ret | 3 | 19 | |
| 6 | Robbie Stirling
|
9 | Ret | DNS | 4 | 3 | 6 | 2 | 14 | |||
| 7 | James Taylor
|
NC | 4 | 8 | 7 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 12 | ||
| 8 | Marco Spiga
|
Ret | 6 | 7 | 5 | 2 | 6 | Ret | 10 | |||
| 9 | Enrico Bertaggia
|
2 | Ret | 5 | 8 | |||||||
| 10 | Phil Andrews
|
Ret | Ret | 2 | 6 | |||||||
| 11 | Hilton Cowie
|
3 | 6 | 5 | ||||||||
| 12 | Stéphan Grégoire
|
3 | 4 | |||||||||
| 13 | Severino Nardozzi
|
5 | 5 | Ret | 4 | |||||||
| 14 | Paul Evans
|
4 | 3 | |||||||||
| 15 | Klaas Zwart
|
5 | 2 | |||||||||
| 16 | Chris Perkins
|
6 | 1 | |||||||||
| 17 | Guido Nannini
|
7 | 10 | 0 | ||||||||
| Jason Elliott
|
Ret | DNS | ||||||||||
| Martino Spezio
|
Ret | |||||||||||
| Pierre Chauvet
|
Ret | |||||||||||
| Domenico Gitto
|
DNS |
References
edit- ^ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2021-10-23. Retrieved 2020-05-04.
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