Marlboro British Formula 3 Championship Race
Oulton Park, 11 Sep 1983
| Results | Laps | Time/Speed | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Martin Brundle | Ralt RT3/83 - Toyota 2T-G Novamotor Eddie Jordan Racing |
20 | 19m 26.68s 101.07 mph |
| 2 | Calvin Fish | Ralt RT3/83 [373] - VW Brabham Team BP |
20 | 19m 47.77s |
| 3 | David Leslie | Magnum 833 - Toyota 2T-G Robinson Robinson Motorsport |
20 | 19m 50.37s |
| 4 | Richard Trott | Ralt RT3/83 [395] - Toyota 2T-G Novamotor |
20 | 19m 51.67s |
| 5 | Allen Berg | Ralt RT3/83 - Toyota 2T-G Novamotor Eddie Jordan Racing |
20 | 19m 53.98s |
| 6 | Eric Lang | Ralt RT3/83 [371] - VW Nicholson Murray Taylor Racing |
20 | 20m 08.14s |
| 7 | Tony Trevor | Ralt RT3/82 [250] - Toyota 2T-G Anglia (see note 1) |
20 | 20m 08.18s |
| 8 | Carlton Tingling | Ralt RT3/82 [337] - VW Brabham (see note 2) |
20 | 20m 08.23s |
| 9 | David Hunt | Ralt RT3/83 [412] - Toyota 2T-G Novamotor |
20 | 20m 09.58s |
| 10 | Leo Andersson | Ralt RT3/82 [80-197] - Toyota 2T-G Novamotor (see note 3) |
19 | |
| R | Davy Jones | Ralt RT3/83 [370] - VW Nicholson Murray Taylor Racing |
18 | Accident damage |
| R | Steve Bradley | Argo JM8X - Toyota 2T-G Anglia The Facey Group/Elsenham Sand Quarries |
13 | Spun |
| R | Gregg Atkinson | March 793 [783-5] - Toyota 2T-G Novamotor Hallmark Chasing (see note 4) |
11 | Engine |
| R | Ayrton Senna | Ralt RT3/83 [380] - Toyota 2T-G Novamotor West Surrey Racing |
7 | Accident |
All cars are 2-litre F3 unless noted.
| Qualifying | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Ayrton Senna | (F3) 2-litre Ralt RT3/83 [380] - Toyota 2T-G Novamotor | 0.57.24 | ||
| 2 | Martin Brundle | (F3) 2-litre Ralt RT3/83 - Toyota 2T-G Novamotor | 0.57.30 | ||
| 3 | Davy Jones | (F3) 2-litre Ralt RT3/83 [370] - VW Nicholson | 0.57.47 | ||
| 4 | Allen Berg | (F3) 2-litre Ralt RT3/83 - Toyota 2T-G Novamotor | 0.57.78 | ||
| 5 | Richard Trott | (F3) 2-litre Ralt RT3/83 [395] - Toyota 2T-G Novamotor | 0.57.82 | ||
| 6 | Calvin Fish | (F3) 2-litre Ralt RT3/83 [373] - VW Brabham | 0.57.85 | ||
| 7 | Eric Lang | (F3) 2-litre Ralt RT3/83 [371] - VW Nicholson | 0.58.28 | ||
| 8 | David Leslie | (F3) 2-litre Magnum 833 - Toyota 2T-G Robinson | 0.58.35 | ||
| 9 | David Hunt | (F3) 2-litre Ralt RT3/83 [412] - Toyota 2T-G Novamotor | 0.58.39 | ||
| 10 | Carlton Tingling | (F3) 2-litre Ralt RT3/82 [337] - VW Brabham | 0.59.25 | ||
| 11 | Leo Andersson | (F3) 2-litre Ralt RT3/82 [80-197] - Toyota 2T-G Novamotor | 0.59.48 | ||
| 12 | Tony Trevor | (F3) 2-litre Ralt RT3/82 [250] - Toyota 2T-G Anglia | 0.59.52 | ||
| 13 | Gregg Atkinson | (F3) 2-litre March 793 [783-5] - Toyota 2T-G Novamotor | 1.01.14 | ||
| 14 | Steve Bradley | (F3) 2-litre Argo JM8X - Toyota 2T-G Anglia | 1.01.40 | ||
Notes on the cars:
- Ralt RT3/82 [250] (Tony Trevor): Sold to Dave Scott 16 Jun 1981 and used by him in the latter part of the 1981 season. Used in first part of 1982 (1981 spec car with 82 front suspension Autosport 25 Feb 1982 p4). Sold to Mick Cook Racing ('ex-Scott 82 spec' Autosport 23 Sep 1982 p6) and run as rental car.
- 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 RT3/82 [80-197] (Leo Andersson): Sold to Eddie Jordan 7 Aug 1980 and used by him in latter part of 1980 season. Sold to Terry Gray for 1981 season (Autosport 15 Jan 1981) but only lightly used. For sale Autosport 30 Apr 1981 p61. Sold to Dave Price for Fred Krab to run in Euro series, debut Zandvoort round. For sale by DPR 'new tub in Aug' Autosport 14 Jan 1982 p62. Sold to Phil Dowsett to run in 1982 UK series (Autosport 4 Mar 1982 p38; Motorig News 4 Mar 1982 p3 'ex DPR Krab/Tragardh'); sold late season to Leo Andersson (Autosport 28 Oct 1982 p15).
- March 793 [783-5] (Gregg Atkinson): Shown in March records for 1978 as delivered to Daniel Herregods, 19 January 1978, colour yellow with tub 78M25. To Rob Wilson in 1979 to replace his tiring Ralt RT1 and updated to 1979 specification. Autosport notes ‘ex Herregods’ and chassis number noted by F1R at Snetterton in August 1979. Sold to Gerry Amato for 1980 season, Autosport notes his car as ‘ex Wilson 1979’. Retained by Amato until 1982 then sold to Greg and Tim Atkinson.
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.