1998 British Formula Three Championship

1998 British Formula Three season
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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 Class Chassis Engine Rounds Stewart Racing 1 Luciano Burti A Dallara F398 Mugen-Honda All 2 Mario Haberfeld A Dallara F398 Mugen-Honda All Fortec Motorsport 3 Andrej Pavicevic A Dallara F398 Mugen-Honda All 4 Kristian Kolby A Dallara F398 Mugen-Honda All Promatecme UK 5 Enrique Bernoldi A Dallara F398 Renault Sodemo All 6 Marc Hynes A Dallara F398 Renault Sodemo All Alan Docking Racing 7 Ricardo Mauricio A Dallara F398 Mugen-Honda All 8 Yudai Igarashi A Dallara F398 Mugen-Honda All 11 Miku Santavirta A Dallara F398 Mugen-Honda 6-7 Alex Yoong 14-16 SpeedSport 9 Michael Bentwood A Dallara F398 Mugen-Honda 1-7, 10-16 Darren Manning 8-9 10 A Dallara F398 Mugen-Honda 10, 15 Mark Boost 11-14, 16 John Ingram 6-7, 9 77 B Dallara F396 Mugen-Honda 10-12, 16 Mike Kirkham 13–16 42 Adam Wilcox A Dallara F398 Mugen-Honda 1-3 Carlin Motorsport 12 Narain Karthikeyan A Dallara F398 Mugen-Honda 11-16 15 Lei Kit Meng A Dallara F398 Mugen-Honda 11-12 Martin Donnelly Racing 14 Jamie Spence A Dallara F398 Renault Sodemo 1-8 Mugen-Honda 9-15 TOM'S 16 Martin O'Connell A Dallara F398 TOM'S-Toyota 1-10 42 Adam Wilcox A TOM'S 037F TOM'S-Toyota 4-10 Rowan Racing 16 Martin O'Connell A Dallara F398 TOM'S-Toyota 11-16 17 Warren Carway A Dallara F398 TOM'S-Toyota 11-15 51 B Dallara F396 TOM'S-Toyota 1-10 52 Phillip Scifleet B Dallara F396 TOM'S-Toyota 1-12 DC Cook 18 David Cook A Dallara F398 Opel Spiess 1-8 19 Paula Cook A Dallara F398 Opel Spiess 1-10 SS Sport 20 Tim Spouge A Dallara F398 Mugen-Honda All Portman Racing 21 Warren Hughes A Dallara F398 Renault Sodemo All 22 Alex Yoong A Dallara F398 Renault Sodemo 1-10 Paula Cook 11-13 Topi Serjala 16 Intersport 27 Ben Collins A Dallara F398 Opel Spiess All 32 Narain Karthikeyan A Dallara F398 Opel Spiess 1–3, 6 Michael Bentwood 8–9 42 Adam Wilcox A Dallara F398 Opel Spiess 11-16 Tarry Falcon Racing 53 John Ingram B Dallara F396 Mugen-Honda 1 Stephen White 4-5 Steve Hayr 9–13, 16

Icon Class A Class A B Class B

• 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	Donington Park	22 March	Enrique Bernoldi	Enrique Bernoldi	Enrique Bernoldi	Promatecme	Phillip Scifleet
2	Thruxton	29 March	Martin O'Connell	Enrique Bernoldi	Enrique Bernoldi	Promatecme	Phillip Scifleet
3	Silverstone	5 April	Mario Haberfeld	Mario Haberfeld	Mario Haberfeld	Stewart Racing	Phillip Scifleet
4	Brands Hatch	26 April	Mario Haberfeld	Marc Hynes	Enrique Bernoldi	Promatecme	Phillip Scifleet
5			Mario Haberfeld	Luciano Burti	Luciano Burti	Stewart Racing	Warren Carway
6	Oulton Park	4 May	Enrique Bernoldi	Enrique Bernoldi	Enrique Bernoldi	Promatecme	Phillip Scifleet
7	Silverstone	17 May	Enrique Bernoldi	Enrique Bernoldi	Enrique Bernoldi	Promatecme	Phillip Scifleet
8	Croft	24 May	Mario Haberfeld	Mario Haberfeld	Mario Haberfeld	Stewart Racing	Phillip Scifleet
9	Snetterton	14 June	Luciano Burti	Darren Manning	Darren Manning	SpeedSport	Phillip Scifleet
10	Silverstone	11 July	Darren Manning	Martin O'Connell	Darren Manning	SpeedSport	Phillip Scifleet
11	Pembrey	16 August	Mario Haberfeld	Mario Haberfeld	Mario Haberfeld	Stewart Racing	Phillip Scifleet
12			Luciano Burti	Mario Haberfeld	Luciano Burti	Stewart Racing	John Ingram
13	Donington Park	30 August	Mario Haberfeld	Kristian Kolby	Enrique Bernoldi	Promatecme	Mike Kirkham
14	Thruxton	13 September	Jamie Spence	Kristian Kolby	Mario Haberfeld	Stewart Racing	No Entrants
15	Spa-Francorchamps	27 September	Luciano Burti	Darren Manning	Mario Haberfeld	Stewart Racing	No Entrants
16	Silverstone	4 October	Enrique Bernoldi	Warren Hughes	Mario Haberfeld	Stewart Racing	John Ingram

Standings

Championship Class

Pos Driver DON THR SIL BRH OUL SIL CRO SNE SIL PEM DON THR SPA SIL Pts 1 Mario Haberfeld 4 4 1 3 Ret Ret 3 1 2 5 1 2 3 1 1 1 218 2 Enrique Bernoldi 1 1 2 1 Ret 1 1 Ret Ret Ret 4 7 1 Ret 4 Ret 163 3 Luciano Burti 3 5 Ret 10 1 3 2 3 Ret Ret 5 1 4 3 Ret 6 137 4 Warren Hughes Ret 3 4 5 2 6 7 4 3 2 2 13 5 7 9 4 132 5 Martin O'Connell 2 2 Ret 2 3 2 5 2 Ret Ret 11 8 11 2 22 Ret 114 6 Kristian Kolby Ret 7 Ret 6 Ret 5 4 Ret 10 4 9 21 6 4 5 2 82 7 Ricardo Mauricio 7 Ret 5 11 5 7 6 9 4 3 10 5 2 Ret Ret Ret 78 8 Darren Manning 5 1 1 2 65 9 Marc Hynes 5 11 3 7 Ret Ret 8 7 Ret Ret 8 3 7 6 Ret Ret 57 10 Jamie Spence 6 6 Ret 9 4 4 9 Ret Ret Ret 3 6 Ret Ret Ret 54 11 Ben Collins Ret 10 Ret 4 6 Ret 19 6 6 Ret 7 9 10 8 8 8 45 12 Narain Karthikeyan 9 9 Ret Ret 6 4 Ret Ret 3 3 44 13 Alex Yoong 12 8 6 8 8 9 11 Ret 7 6 9 6 Ret 35 14 Andrej Pavicevic 13 17 10 16 10 8 12 15 12 9 18 10 8 5 Ret Ret 19 15 Adam Wilcox Ret 15 9 17 12 11 14 13 5 7 Ret 14 15 10 16 10 16 16 Yudai Igarashi 10 14 7 13 16 14 15 11 9 10 Ret 11 Ret Ret 17 7 12 17 Michael Bentwood DSQ 12 Ret 18 11 Ret 18 14 13 12 Ret 12 9 Ret 10 5 11 18 David Cook 8 Ret 14 14 7 Ret 13 8 10 19 Tim Spouge 14 16 11 12 15 Ret Ret 12 8 8 Ret 15 12 Ret 19 9 8 20 Paula Cook 11 13 8 15 9 10 Ret 10 11 Ret 14 16 13 7 21 Marcel Fassler 7 4 22 Miku Santavirta 13 10 1 23 Peter Sundberg 11 0 24 Topi Serjala 11 0 25 Benoît Tréluyer 12 0 26 Mark Boost 15 Ret Ret Ret 12 0 27 Warren Carway 13 17 14 Ret 21 Ret 0 28 Tiago Monteiro 13 0 29 Sebastien Dumez 14 0 30 John Ingram 15 Ret 16 0 31 Gabriele Gardel 15 0 32 Lei Kit Meng Ret 18 0 33 Sébastien Bourdais 18 0 34 Christijan Albers 20 0 David Saelens Ret 0 Franck Montagny Ret 0 Paolo Montin Ret 0 Norman Simon Ret 0

Colour Result Gold Winner Silver 2nd place Bronze 3rd 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 participate (DNP) Excluded (EX)

Class B

Pos	Driver	DON	THR	SIL	BRH		OUL	SIL	CRO	SNE	SIL	PEM		DON	THR	SPA	SIL	Pts
1	Phillip Scifleet	15	18	12	19	14	12	16	16	14	11	12	22					237
2	Warren Carway	Ret	19	13	Ret	13	Ret	17	17	15	Ret							97
3	Steve Hayr									17	13	17	20	17			Ret	69
4	John Ingram	Ret									Ret	16	19				13	56
5	Mike Kirkham													16				21
6	Stephen White				Ret	17												12

• 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
http://www.motorsport.com/news/series.asp?S=BF3&Y=1998