The 1997 British Formula Three season was the 47th British Formula Three Championship, won by Jonny Kane. The season started on 23 March at Donington Park and ended at Thruxton on 12 October following sixteen races. Kane built on a strong finish to his 1996 campaign by scoring podium finishes at each of the first six races in 1997. This would be enough to keep title rival Nicolas Minassian at bay, who was hindered by a disqualification from second place and a two-race ban for unsportsmanlike behaviour at the third round at Thruxton. The Frenchman was baulked by backmarker Michael Bentwood whilst leading, allowing Kane to overtake and take victory. After the chequered flag, the infuriated Minassian proceeded to brake-test Bentwood to a halt and hurl gravel towards the Englishman. Without having lost the 15 points awarded for second position as well as further potential points at the next two races, it is highly likely that Minassian would have been champion.
AUTOCOURSE 1997-98 British Motorsport Year 1997-98
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1997, british, formula, three, championship, 1997, british, formula, international, series, previous, 1996, next, 1998, 1997, british, formula, three, season, 47th, british, formula, three, championship, jonny, kane, season, started, march, donington, park, en. 1997 British Formula 3 International Series Previous 1996 Next 1998 The 1997 British Formula Three season was the 47th British Formula Three Championship won by Jonny Kane The season started on 23 March at Donington Park and ended at Thruxton on 12 October following sixteen races Kane built on a strong finish to his 1996 campaign by scoring podium finishes at each of the first six races in 1997 This would be enough to keep title rival Nicolas Minassian at bay who was hindered by a disqualification from second place and a two race ban for unsportsmanlike behaviour at the third round at Thruxton The Frenchman was baulked by backmarker Michael Bentwood whilst leading allowing Kane to overtake and take victory After the chequered flag the infuriated Minassian proceeded to brake test Bentwood to a halt and hurl gravel towards the Englishman Without having lost the 15 points awarded for second position as well as further potential points at the next two races it is highly likely that Minassian would have been champion Contents 1 Drivers and Teams 2 Race calendar and results 3 Championship 4 References 5 External linksDrivers and Teams editTeam No Driver Chassis Engine Rounds Class A nbsp Stewart Racing 1 nbsp Jonny Kane Dallara F397 Mugen Honda All 2 nbsp Peter Dumbreck All nbsp Fortec Motorsport 3 nbsp Ben Collins Dallara F397 HKS Mitsubishi All 4 nbsp Brian Smith All nbsp Promatecme 5 nbsp Enrique Bernoldi Dallara F397 Renault All 6 nbsp Nicolas Minassian 1 3 6 16 nbsp Darren Manning 4 5 nbsp Alan Docking Racing 7 nbsp Haruki Kurosawa Dallara F397 Mugen Honda All 8 nbsp Yudai Igarashi All 11 nbsp Mark Webber All nbsp SpeedSport F3 9 nbsp Michael Bentwood Dallara F397 Mugen Honda 1 3 16 10 nbsp Darren Manning Dallara F396 1 3 6 16 nbsp Andy Priaulx 4 5 nbsp Martin Donnelly Racing 14 nbsp Mark Shaw Dallara F397 Opel All 15 nbsp Mario Haberfeld All nbsp Carlin Motorsport 25 nbsp Henry Stanton Dallara F397 Mugen Honda 1 9 11 14 nbsp Jamie Spence 16 nbsp TOM S 16 nbsp Giovanni Anapoli TOM S 037F Toyota 1 4 nbsp Jamie Spence 5 8 nbsp Andy Priaulx 15 16 17 nbsp Kevin McGarrity 1 10 19 nbsp Darren Turner 7 13 32 nbsp Ricardo Mauricio 7 16 nbsp DC Cook Motorsport 18 nbsp Guy Smith Dallara F397 Opel All 22 nbsp Paula Cook All nbsp Portman Racing 21 nbsp Darren Turner Dallara F397 HKS Mitsubishi 1 5 nbsp Warren Hughes 9 16 27 nbsp Alex Yoong 14 15 nbsp MRS 32 nbsp Ricardo Mauricio Dallara F397 Mugen Honda 1 5 nbsp Intersport 24 nbsp Simon Wills Dallara F397 Opel All nbsp DKS 25 nbsp Tommy Field TOM S 037F Toyota 8 nbsp Jamie Spence 12 13 nbsp Rowan Racing 26 nbsp Martin O Connell TOM S 037F Toyota 12 16 nbsp ASM 30 nbsp David Saelens Dallara F397 Opel 14 31 nbsp Sebastien Philippe 14 nbsp La Filiere 33 nbsp Franck Montagny Martini MK73 Opel 14 34 nbsp Oriol Servia 14 35 nbsp Marcel Fassler 14 nbsp Van Amersfoort Racing 36 nbsp Bas Leinders Dallara F397 Opel 14 nbsp Prema Powerteam 37 nbsp Donny Crevels Dallara F397 Opel 14 nbsp Opel Team BSR 38 nbsp Andreas Scheld Dallara F397 Opel 14 nbsp JB Motorsports 39 nbsp Yves Olivier Dallara F397 Opel 14 Class B nbsp Rowan Racing 51 nbsp Martin O Connell Dallara F395 Toyota 1 6 8 11 nbsp Ian James 14 15 nbsp Tarry Falcon Racing 52 nbsp Jeremy Gumbley Dallara F396 Mugen Honda 8 nbsp Damon Wellman 12 13 15 16Race calendar and results editRound Circuit Date Pole Position Fastest Lap Winning Driver Winning Team Class B Winner 1 nbsp Donington Park 23 March nbsp Guy Smith nbsp Jonny Kane nbsp Jonny Kane nbsp Stewart Racing No Finishers 2 nbsp Silverstone 6 April nbsp Nicolas Minassian nbsp Nicolas Minassian nbsp Nicolas Minassian nbsp Promatecme No Finishers 3 nbsp Thruxton 13 April nbsp Nicolas Minassian nbsp Peter Dumbreck nbsp Jonny Kane nbsp Stewart Racing nbsp Martin O Connell 4 nbsp Brands Hatch 27 April nbsp Mark Webber nbsp Mark Webber nbsp Mark Webber nbsp Alan Docking Racing nbsp Martin O Connell 5 nbsp Silverstone 11 May nbsp Mark Webber nbsp Jonny Kane nbsp Jonny Kane nbsp Stewart Racing nbsp Martin O Connell 6 nbsp Croft 18 May nbsp Jonny Kane nbsp Peter Dumbreck nbsp Nicolas Minassian nbsp Promatecme nbsp Martin O Connell 7 nbsp Oulton Park 22 June nbsp Jonny Kane nbsp Peter Dumbreck nbsp Peter Dumbreck nbsp Stewart Racing No Entrants 8 nbsp Silverstone 12 July nbsp Nicolas Minassian nbsp Enrique Bernoldi nbsp Mario Haberfeld nbsp Martin Donnelly Racing nbsp Martin O Connell 9 nbsp Pembrey 17 August nbsp Mark Webber nbsp Brian Smith nbsp Brian Smith nbsp Fortec Motorsport No Finishers 10 nbsp Ricardo Mauricio nbsp Nicolas Minassian nbsp Nicolas Minassian nbsp Promatecme nbsp Martin O Connell 11 nbsp Donington Park 24 August nbsp Nicolas Minassian nbsp Martin O Connell nbsp Nicolas Minassian nbsp Promatecme nbsp Martin O Connell 12 nbsp Snetterton 14 September nbsp Brian Smith nbsp Enrique Bernoldi nbsp Mario Haberfeld nbsp Martin Donnelly Racing nbsp Damon Wellman 13 nbsp Nicolas Minassian nbsp Nicolas Minassian nbsp Nicolas Minassian nbsp Promatecme nbsp Damon Wellman 14 nbsp Spa Francorchamps 28 September nbsp Franck Montagny nbsp Nicolas Minassian nbsp Enrique Bernoldi nbsp Promatecme No Finishers 15 nbsp Silverstone 5 October nbsp Nicolas Minassian nbsp Nicolas Minassian nbsp Nicolas Minassian nbsp Promatecme nbsp Ian James 16 nbsp Thruxton 12 October nbsp Jonny Kane nbsp Guy Smith nbsp Nicolas Minassian nbsp Promatecme nbsp Damon Wellman Round 14 was contested by an assortment of entrants from other European F3 championships they were eligible to score points Championship editChampionship Class Pos Driver DON nbsp SIL nbsp THR nbsp BRH nbsp SIL nbsp CRO nbsp OUL nbsp SIL nbsp PEM nbsp DON nbsp SNE nbsp SPA nbsp SIL nbsp THR nbsp Pts Class A 1 nbsp Jonny Kane 1 3 1 3 1 2 4 Ret 2 6 2 3 2 NS 5 2 199 2 nbsp Nicolas Minassian 4 1 DSQ EX EX 1 Ret 3 Ret 1 1 4 1 6 1 1 183 3 nbsp Peter Dumbreck 5 2 3 2 4 3 1 13 3 Ret 5 6 5 NS 7 4 149 4 nbsp Mark Webber 6 6 Ret 1 8 4 8 2 4 3 4 Ret 6 4 3 7 131 5 nbsp Enrique Bernoldi 3 INJ INJ 14 6 5 Ret 10 8 2 8 2 3 1 2 3 127 6 nbsp Mario Haberfeld 9 Ret 7 5 3 11 5 1 Ret 4 Ret 1 7 7 21 5 108 7 nbsp Brian Smith Ret 7 4 7 17 8 7 5 1 10 7 7 10 NS 13 Ret 72 8 nbsp Ben Collins 12 5 8 6 13 7 2 8 11 8 Ret NS NS 8 4 8 64 9 nbsp Guy Smith 2 10 10 8 14 12 6 6 15 9 6 Ret 4 24 8 14 60 10 nbsp Kevin McGarrity 7 NS Ret Ret 11 9 3 4 6 Ret 36 11 nbsp Ricardo Mauricio 14 11 6 Ret 15 Ret 7 5 Ret Ret 8 Ret 9 10 Ret 26 12 nbsp Darren Manning 10 4 NS 9 5 14 Ret 12 Ret 14 Ret 14 11 NS 9 12 26 13 nbsp Simon Wills 8 Ret 9 11 9 10 Ret 16 Ret 7 11 9 12 12 Ret 11 22 14 nbsp Jamie Spence 7 Ret Ret 9 5 9 Ret 18 15 nbsp Warren Hughes 14 16 9 11 8 Ret 6 6 18 16 nbsp Mark Shaw 11 9 5 13 Ret 16 9 17 9 13 13 Ret 13 22 12 Ret 16 17 nbsp David Saelens 2 15 18 nbsp Franck Montagny 3 12 19 nbsp Oriol Servia 5 8 20 nbsp Paula Cook 13 NS 12 Ret Ret Ret 10 Ret 7 11 16 Ret Ret 20 18 10 7 21 nbsp Giovanni Anapoli Ret 8 13 Ret 3 22 nbsp Martin O Connell Ret 14 11 15 9 2 23 nbsp Darren Turner Ret 14 11 Ret 16 Ret 14 Ret 12 15 10 18 2 24 nbsp Henry Stanton Ret 12 Ret Ret Ret NS NS 11 Ret 10 23 2 25 nbsp Michael Bentwood 15 14 10 12 15 11 19 13 17 17 12 16 21 16 13 1 26 nbsp Andy Priaulx 16 10 Ret 17 1 27 nbsp Haruki Kurosawa 16 13 Ret 12 Ret 13 12 18 10 Ret 14 Ret Ret 19 17 15 1 28 nbsp Bas Leinders 10 1 29 nbsp Alex Yoong 16 11 30 nbsp Yudai Igarashi 17 15 Ret 15 Ret Ret Ret Ret 12 15 12 13 15 Ret 14 16 31 nbsp Sebastien Philippe 13 32 nbsp Donny Crevels 14 33 nbsp Andreas Scheld 15 34 nbsp Yves Olivier 17 35 nbsp Marcel Fassler 18 36 nbsp Tommy Field 20 Class B 1 nbsp Martin O Connell Ret Ret 2 4 2 6 15 Ret 5 3 148 2 nbsp Damon Wellman 15 17 20 18 78 3 nbsp Ian James Ret 19 21 4 nbsp Jeremy Gumbley 21 15 Pos Driver DON nbsp SIL nbsp THR nbsp BRH nbsp SIL nbsp CRO nbsp OUL nbsp SIL nbsp PEM nbsp DON nbsp SNE nbsp SPA nbsp SIL nbsp THR nbsp Pts References edit AUTOCOURSE 1997 98British Motorsport Year 1997 98 External links edit The official website of the British Formula 3 Championship Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title 1997 British Formula Three Championship amp oldid 1201985579, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
