1999 British Formula Three Championship

1999 British Formula 3 International Series

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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 Chassis Engine Rounds Class A   Stewart Racing 1   Luciano Burti Dallara F399 Mugen-Honda All 2   Andrew Kirkaldy Dallara F399 Mugen-Honda All   Fortec Motorsport 3   Matt Davies Dallara F399 Mugen-Honda All 4   Kristian Kolby Dallara F399 Mugen-Honda All   Promatecme UK 5   Aluizio Coelho Dallara F399 Renault Sodemo All 6   Jenson Button Dallara F399 Renault Sodemo All   Alan Docking Racing 7   Yudai Igarashi Dallara F399 Mugen-Honda 1–15   Warren Hughes 16 8   Alex Yoong Dallara F399 Mugen-Honda 3–6   Doug Bell 7–14   SpeedSport F3 9   Toby Scheckter Dallara F399 Mugen-Honda All 10   Warren Carway Dallara F399 Mugen-Honda All   Carlin Motorsport 12   Narain Karthikeyan Dallara F399 Mugen-Honda All 14   Michael Bentwood Dallara F399 Mugen-Honda All   S.S. Sport 15   Tim Spouge Dallara F399 Opel Spiess All 16   Doug Bell Dallara F399 Opel Spiess 1–3   Manor Motorsport 17   Marc Hynes Dallara F399 Mugen-Honda All 18   Tor Sriachavanon Dallara F399 Mugen-Honda All   Graff Racing 19   Alex Yoong Dallara F399 Mugen-Honda 9   ASM 20   Sebastien Dumez Dallara F399 Renault Sodemo 14 21   Tiago Monteiro Dallara F399 Renault Sodemo 14 22   Julien Beltoise Dallara F399 Renault Sodemo 14   JB Motorsports 23   Walter Van Der Lent Dallara F399 Opel Spiess 14 24   Yves Olivier Dallara F399 Opel Spiess 14   Prema Powerteam 25   Peter Sundberg Dallara F399 Opel Spiess 14 26   Juan Manuel López Dallara F399 Opel Spiess 14 27   Giorgio Pantano Dallara F399 Opel Spiess 14   Opel Team BSR 28   Christijan Albers Dallara F399 Opel Spiess 14 29   Patrick Friesacher Dallara F399 Opel Spiess 14   RC Benetton 30   Gabriele Varano Dallara F399 Opel Spiess 14 Class B   Rowan Racing 51   Martin O'Connell Dallara F398 TOM'S-Toyota 1–7, 10–16   Stephen Shanly 8–9 52   Gavin Jones TOM'S 037F TOM'S-Toyota 6, 8–9   Charles Hall Dallara F398 TOM'S-Toyota 13–14   Carlin Motorsport 54   John Bender Dallara F398 Mugen-Honda 3–5, 8–9, 11–16   SpeedSport F3 57   John Ingram Dallara F398 Mugen-Honda 8–9   Nick Eliades 13–16   JSR 75   Jeremy Smith Dallara F398 Opel Spiess 1–8, 10   Diamond Racing 77   Takuma Sato Dallara F398 Mugen-Honda 9–12, 14–16 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 Michael Bentwood: Speedsport → Carlin Motorsport Warren Carway: Rowan Racing → SpeedSport F3 Marc Hynes: Promatecme UK → Manor Motorsport Tiago Monteiro: Signature Team → ASM Fina Peter Sundberg Venturini Racing → Prema Powerteam Entering/Re-Entering British Formula 3 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 3 Enrique Bernoldi: Promatecme UK → International Formula 3000 (Red Bull Junior/RSM Marko) Mark Boost: Speedsport → British Formula Renault Championship (Haywood) Sébastien Bourdais: La Filière → French 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 Ghinzani → German 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 Pole Position Fastest Lap Winning driver Winning team Class B Winner 1   Donington Park 21 March   Jenson Button   Marc Hynes   Marc Hynes   Manor Motorsport   Jeremy Smith 2   Silverstone 28 March   Kristian Kolby   Kristian Kolby   Marc Hynes   Manor Motorsport   Martin O'Connell 3   Thruxton 11 April   Andrew Kirkaldy   Luciano Burti   Jenson Button   Promatecme UK   Martin O'Connell 4   Brands Hatch 25 April   Narain Karthikeyan   Narain Karthikeyan   Luciano Burti   Stewart Racing   Martin O'Connell 5   Narain Karthikeyan   Narain Karthikeyan   Narain Karthikeyan   Carlin Motorsport   Martin O'Connell 6   Oulton Park 3 May   Luciano Burti   Luciano Burti   Luciano Burti   Stewart Racing   Martin O'Connell 7   Croft 6 June   Marc Hynes   Luciano Burti   Marc Hynes   Manor Motorsport   Martin O'Connell 8   Brands Hatch 20 June   Luciano Burti   Narain Karthikeyan   Narain Karthikeyan   Carlin Motorsport   John Bender 9*   Silverstone 10 July   Marc Hynes   Jenson Button   Marc Hynes   Manor Motorsport   Takuma Sato 10   Snetterton 25 July   Luciano Burti   Luciano Burti   Luciano Burti   Stewart Racing   Martin O'Connell 11   Pembrey 15 August   Kristian Kolby   Jenson Button   Kristian Kolby   Fortec Motorsport   Martin O'Connell 12   Jenson Button   Jenson Button   Jenson Button   Promatecme UK   Martin O'Connell 13   Donington Park 5 September   Marc Hynes   Marc Hynes   Marc Hynes   Manor Motorsport   John Bender 14   Spa-Francorchamps 26 September   Jenson Button   Christijan Albers   Luciano Burti   Stewart Racing   Takuma Sato 15   Silverstone 10 October   Luciano Burti   Jenson Button   Jenson Button   Promatecme UK   Takuma Sato 16   Thruxton 17 October   Luciano Burti   Kristian Kolby   Luciano Burti   Stewart Racing   Martin O'Connell Round 9 was held as part of the British Grand Prix weekend, and was thus held on a Saturday Standings Pos Driver DON   SIL   THR   BRH   OUL   CRO   BRH   SIL   SNE   PEM   DON   SPA   SIL   THR   Pts Class A 1   Marc Hynes 1 1 3 3 6 10 1 4 1 2 6 4 1 2 3 4 213 2   Luciano Burti 3 3 Ret 1 3 1 2 2 3 1 3 8 3 1 DSQ 1 209 3   Jenson Button 2 6 1 8 7 5 Ret 6 2 11 2 1 2 4 1 Ret 168 4   Kristian Kolby 5 2 4 7 13 2 12 7 4 4 1 3 6 3 5 2 153 5   Matt Davies Ret 5 5 Ret 4 3 14 5 6 3 5 2 8 Ret 2 6 113 6   Narain Karthikeyan 4 Ret Ret 2 1 13 3 1 5 7 12 7 Ret 12 6 Ret 104 7   Andrew Kirkaldy 9 7 2 Ret 16 4 11 3 12 Ret 8 11 5 9 7 Ret 64 8   Michael Bentwood 7 Ret 8 6 8 8 7 10 9 Ret 4 5 9 13 15 Ret 50 9   Aluizio Coelho 8 Ret 9 11 10 7 5 8 NS Ret 13 Ret 13 5 4 9 45 10   Tim Spouge 10 Ret 10 13 11 9 4 Ret 8 8 11 6 7 11 Ret 5 42 11   Alex Yoong 6 5 2 6 11 37 12   Toby Scheckter Ret 10 11 9 12 14 Ret 12 7 Ret 10 12 4 10 NS 7 27 13   Doug Bell 6 8 Ret 9 11 10 6 Ret Ret 10 14 22 14   Tor Sriachavanon Ret Ret Ret 12 Ret 18 6 9 14 Ret 7 9 Ret Ret 12 12 17 15   Yudai Igarashi 11 9 NS 10 9 12 8 Ret 13 Ret NS NS Ret 20 10 14 16   Warren Hughes 3 12 17   Warren Carway 12 11 13 Ret Ret 15 Ret Ret 15 9 Ret 13 11 Ret 11 13 7 18   Yves Olivier 6 6 19   Tiago Monteiro 7 4 20   Julien Beltoise 8 3 21   Christijan Albers 25 1 22   Giorgio Pantano 15 0 23   Walter Van Der Lent 16 0 24   Juan Manuel López 17 0 25   Patrick Friesacher 21 0 26   Peter Sundberg 23 0 27   Gabriele Varano 24 0   Sebastien Dumez Ret 0 Class B 1   Martin O'Connell Ret 4 7 4 5 11 10 5 9 10 Ret 19 9 8 241 2   John Bender Ret 14 14 13 18 15 14 12 Ret 13 10 140 3   Jeremy Smith 13 12 12 15 15 17 13 16 NS 111 4   Takuma Sato 16 10 14 Ret 18 8 11 103 5   Gavin Jones 16 14 17 45 6   Nick Eliades 14 Ret 14 14 35 7   Stephen Shanly 15 19 22 8   Charles Hall Ret 22 12 9   John Ingram Ret 20 8 Pos Driver DON   SIL   THR   BRH   OUL   CRO   BRH   SIL   SNE   PEM   DON   SPA   SIL   THR   Pts Points System: 20-15-12-10-8-6-4-3-2-1 for first 10 finishers, with 1 point awarded for fastest lap. 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