Marlboro British Formula 3 Championship Race
Silverstone, 1 Apr 1984
| Results | Laps | Time/Speed | |||||||
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| 1 | Johnny Dumfries | Ralt RT3/83 [455A] - VW #1 Team BP |
20 | 29m 33.50s 119.03 mph |
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| 2 | Russell Spence | Ralt RT3/84 [449] - VW Brabham #4 Mint Engineering Ltd |
20 | 29m 35.01s |
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| 3 | Carlos Abella | Ralt RT3/84 [475] - Toyota 2T-G Nicholson #11 W.S.E. |
20 | 29m 38.18s |
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| 4 | Gary Evans | Ralt RT3/84 [461] - Toyota 2T-G Nicholson #12 West Surrey Racing |
20 | 29m 38.46s |
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| 5 | Paul Radisich | Ralt RT3/84 [488] - VW #6 Murray Taylor Racing |
20 | 29m 40.03s |
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| 6 | David Hunt | Ralt RT3/84 [454] - Toyota 2T-G Nicholson #5 Acorn Racing |
20 | 29m 42.58s |
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| 7 | Calvin Fish | Ralt RT3/84 [482] - Toyota 2T-G Novamotor #19 Richard Trott Racing |
20 | 29m 43.18s |
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| 8 | Allen Berg | Ralt RT3/84 [471] - Toyota 2T-G Novamotor #2 Eddie Jordan Racing |
20 | 29m 46.78s |
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| 9 | Eric Lang | Ralt RT3/84 [470] - Toyota 2T-G Novamotor #10 Alan Docking Racing |
20 | 29m 50.40s |
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| 10 | Keith Fine | Ralt RT3/83 [371] - VW Nicholson MAS Promotions |
20 | 30m 07.19s |
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| 11 | Ross Cheever | Ralt RT3/83 [383] - Toyota 2T-G Novamotor #8 Valour Racing |
20 | 30m 22.21s |
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| 12 | Paul Jackson | Sparton SE420 - VW Nicholson #21 Valour Racing |
20 | 30m 23.50s |
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| 13 | Andrew Gilbert-Scott | Ralt RT3/84 [448] - VW Nicholson #3 Murray Taylor Racing/Penthouse |
20 | 1' penalty | |||||
| 14 | Steve Bradley | (F3) Ralt RT3/81 [225] - Toyota 2T-G RS Engines Steve Bradley Racing (see note 1) |
20 | 30m 35.76s |
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| 15 | Reima Soderman | (F3) Ralt RT3/81 [245] - Toyota 2T-G Jaktlund #27 |
20 | 30m 27.93s |
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| 16 | Tony Trevor | Ralt RT3/83 [370] - VW Anglia #28 |
18 | Engine | |||||
| NC | Carlton Tingling | Ralt RT3/82 [337] - VW Brabham (see note 2) |
17 | ||||||
| R | Cor Euser | Magnum 843 [02] - Toyota 2T-G Robinson #7 |
9 | Accident | |||||
| R | Roxie Lott | Ralt RT3/82 [381] - Toyota 2T-G RD Motorsport |
4 | Spun | |||||
| R | Mike Blanchet | Ralt RT3/81 [224] - Toyota 2T-G Nicholson Tarry Racing with Johnson and Bailey (see note 3) |
0 | Accident | |||||
| R | Brian Dunning | (F3) Ralt RT3/82 [81-222] - Toyota 2T-G RS Engines (see note 4) |
0 | Accident | |||||
| DNS | Thierry Heirman | Anson SA4/84 - Toyota 2T-G Novamotor #13 Heirman Bolmut Racing Organisation |
Did not start (Accident) |
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| DNS | Ronnie Grant | Ralt RT3/83 [323] - VW Brabham (see note 5) |
Did not start (Accident) |
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| DNA | "Anton Soubriquet" | Ralt RT3/83 - Toyota 2T-G #61 Steve Bradley Racing |
Did not arrive | ||||||
| DNA | David Newall | Ralt RT3 - Toyota 2T-G #60 |
Did not arrive | ||||||
| DNA | Bernard Horwood | Ralt RT3/83 - Toyota 2T-G #55 RD Motorsport |
Did not arrive | ||||||
| DNA | Mario Hytten | Ralt RT3/84 - VW #15 Murray Taylor Racing |
Did not arrive | ||||||
All cars are 2-litre F3 unless noted.
| Qualifying | |||||
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| 1 | Andrew Gilbert-Scott | (F3) 2-litre Ralt RT3/84 [448] - VW Nicholson | 1.25.01 | ||
| 2 | Johnny Dumfries | (F3) 2-litre Ralt RT3/83 [455A] - VW | 1.25.03 | ||
| 3 | Russell Spence | (F3) 2-litre Ralt RT3/84 [449] - VW Brabham | 1.25.11 | ||
| 4 | Allen Berg | (F3) 2-litre Ralt RT3/84 [471] - Toyota 2T-G Novamotor | 1.25.33 | ||
| 5 | Paul Radisich | (F3) 2-litre Ralt RT3/84 [488] - VW | 1.25.45 | ||
| 6 | Calvin Fish | (F3) 2-litre Ralt RT3/84 [482] - Toyota 2T-G Novamotor | 1.25.55 | ||
| 7 | David Hunt | (F3) 2-litre Ralt RT3/84 [454] - Toyota 2T-G Nicholson | 1.25.61 | ||
| 8 | Eric Lang | (F3) 2-litre Ralt RT3/84 [470] - Toyota 2T-G Novamotor | 1.25.72 | ||
| 9 | Ross Cheever | (F3) 2-litre Ralt RT3/83 [383] - Toyota 2T-G Novamotor | 1.25.76 | ||
| 10 | Gary Evans | (F3) 2-litre Ralt RT3/84 [461] - Toyota 2T-G Nicholson | 1.25.81 | ||
| 11 | Cor Euser | (F3) 2-litre Magnum 843 [02] - Toyota 2T-G Robinson | 1.25.94 | ||
| 12 | Carlos Abella | (F3) 2-litre Ralt RT3/84 [475] - Toyota 2T-G Nicholson | 1.26.26 | ||
| 13 | Keith Fine | (F3) 2-litre Ralt RT3/83 [371] - VW Nicholson | 1.26.78 | ||
| 14 | Tony Trevor | (F3) 2-litre Ralt RT3/83 [370] - VW Anglia | 1.27.83 | ||
| 15 | Paul Jackson | (F3) 2-litre Sparton SE420 - VW Nicholson | 1.28.12 | ||
| 16 | Thierry Heirman * | (F3) 2-litre Anson SA4/84 - Toyota 2T-G Novamotor | 1.28.38 | ||
| 17 | Steve Bradley | (F3) Ralt RT3/81 [225] - Toyota 2T-G RS Engines | 1.28.66 | ||
| 18 | Mike Blanchet | (F3) 2-litre Ralt RT3/81 [224] - Toyota 2T-G Nicholson | 1.29.43 | ||
| 19 | Ronnie Grant * | (F3) 2-litre Ralt RT3/83 [323] - VW Brabham | 1.31.28 | ||
| 20 | Carlton Tingling | (F3) 2-litre Ralt RT3/82 [337] - VW Brabham | 1.31.56 | ||
| 21 | Reima Soderman | (F3) Ralt RT3/81 [245] - Toyota 2T-G Jaktlund | 1.31.83 | ||
| 22 | Brian Dunning | (F3) Ralt RT3/82 [81-222] - Toyota 2T-G RS Engines | 1.32.25 | ||
| 23 | Roxie Lott | (F3) 2-litre Ralt RT3/82 [381] - Toyota 2T-G | 1.34.72 | ||
| * Did not start | |||||
Notes on the cars:
- Ralt RT3/81 [225] (Steve Bradley): Sold to Hope Scott Garage and used by David Leslie in the 1981 season. Sold to Mike Reed (Ivens Lumar Racing) Autosport 3 Sep 1981 p3. Ivens Lumar ran Alfonso Toledano in the car in early 1981 (Autosport 21 Jan 1982 p6). Rebuilt on an 82 spec tub after accident at R3 (Motoring News 1 Apr 1982 p20; the car is described as 'new' by Autosport when it reappears at Thruxton on 12 Apr). Then run for Roberto Moreno from Mallory Park 25 Apr.
- Ralt RT3/82 [337] (Carlton Tingling): Sold to Mint Engineering for Dave Scott in early July 1982. To Carlton Tingling for 1983 (Autosport 3 Mar 1982 p37) and retained 1984.
- Ralt RT3/81 [224] (Mike Blanchet): Sold new 9 Apr 1981 to Murray Taylor Racing. Used as spare car by Raul Boesel (see Autosport 16 Apr 1981 p8), became regular race car by mid season, replacing chassis 216. Retained 1981 and used by Tommy Byrne in early season in preference to new 1982 model, chassis 282. Autosport 11 Mar 1982 says that Byrne uses Taylor's older Ralt at the first round at Silverstone. Byrne went back to this car, rebuilt on a new tub, at Brands 11 Jul 1982.
- Ralt RT3/82 [81-222] (Brian Dunning): Sold to Neil Trundle 20 Feb 1981 and used by Claus Schinkel in the British series. Retained early 1982 and driven by Luis Schafer (Autosport 4 Mar 1982 'ex Schinkel'), then sold to DB Racing for Mario Hytten when a 1982 spec car arrived.
- Ralt RT3/83 [323] (Ronnie Grant): Sold to Dave Price Racing in May 1982 and debuted by Jean-Louis Schlesser at Monaco (Autosport 3 Jun 1982 p17). Chassis number given in Autosort 7 Oct 1982. Used by Brundle from Silverstone 31 May onwards after damage to 294 at Dijon. Sold to Ronnie Grant, 1983 and retained 1984.
Sources
Note that the identification of individual cars in these results is based on the material presented elsewhere in this site and may in some cases contradict the organisers' published results.
These British Formula 3 results have been compiled by Chris Townsend using the main British magazines Autosport and Motoring News but also the US magazine On Track which carried surprisingly good coverage of the British series.
All comments, clarifications, corrections and additions are most welcome. Please email Allen (allen@oldracingcars.com) if you can help in any way with our research.