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Marlboro British Formula 3 Championship Race

Brands Hatch, 23 Sep 1984

ResultsLapsTime/Speed
1 Ross Cheever Ralt RT3/84 [503] - VW  
#6 Valour Racing
20 28m 33.21s
109.84 mph
2 Allen Berg Ralt RT3/84 [471] - Toyota 2T-G
#3 Eddie Jordan Racing
20 28m 33.71s
3 Dave Scott Ralt RT3/84 [505] - VW  
#10
20 28m 51.73s
4 Mario Hytten Ralt RT3/84 [472] - VW  
#4
20 28m 55.72s
5 Paul Jackson Ralt RT3/83 [412] - Toyota 2T-G
#21 Valour Racing
20 29m 00.83s
6 David Hunt Ralt RT3/84 [454] - Toyota 2T-G Nicholson
#17 Eddie Jordan Racing
20 29m 08.98s
7 Andrew Gilbert-Scott Ralt RT3/84 [482] - Toyota 2T-G
#7 Mick Cook Racing
20 29m 09.33s
8 Rob Wilson Ralt RT3/84 [501] - Toyota 2T-G
#31
20 29m 16.31s
9 Brett Riley Ralt RT3/84 - Toyota 2T-G
#42 Eddie Jordan Racing
20 29m 16.31s
10 Keith Fine Ralt RT3/83 [371] - VW Nicholson
20 29m 44.23s
11 Steve Kempton Ralt RT3/83 [370] - VW  
Tony Trevor
20 29m 47.61s
12 Steve Bradley Ralt RT3/81 [225] - Toyota 2T-G
(see note 1)
20 30m 10.74s
13 Mike MacKonachie Ralt RT3/84 [488] - VW  
#27 Murray Taylor Racing
19
14 Gray Hedley Ralt RT3/83 [395] - Toyota 2T-G
19
15 Carlton Tingling Ralt RT3/82 [337] - VW  
(see note 2)
19
16 "Anton Soubriquet" Ralt RT3/82 - Toyota 2T-G Novamotor
19
17 Gerry Amato Ralt RT3/80 [198] - Toyota 2T-G
(see note 3)
18
18 Johnny Dumfries Ralt RT3/84 [455] - VW Brabham
#1 David Price Racing
19 Accident
19 Mark Smythe Ralt RT3/81 [224] - Toyota 2T-G
(see note 4)
18 Accident
20 Gary Evans Ralt RT3/84 [461] - Toyota 2T-G
#9 West Surrey Racing
13 Accident
21 Carlos Abella Ralt RT3/84 [475] - Toyota 2T-G
#6 West Surrey Racing
12 Accident
22 Ian Flux Cygnus T84 - Toyota 2T-G
#39
2 Handling
DSQ Russell Spence Ralt RT3/84 [449] - VW  
#2 Intersport/Mint Engineering
20 28m 49.50s

All cars are 2-litre F3 unless noted.

Qualifying
1 Johnny Dumfries (F3) 2-litre Ralt RT3/84 [455] - VW Brabham 1.24.6
2 Ross Cheever (F3) 2-litre Ralt RT3/84 [503] - VW   1.24.8
3 Allen Berg (F3) 2-litre Ralt RT3/84 [471] - Toyota 2T-G 1.24.9
4 Carlos Abella (F3) 2-litre Ralt RT3/84 [475] - Toyota 2T-G 1.25.1
5 Mario Hytten (F3) 2-litre Ralt RT3/84 [472] - VW   1.25.3
6 Russell Spence (F3) 2-litre Ralt RT3/84 [449] - VW   1.25.4
7 Dave Scott (F3) 2-litre Ralt RT3/84 [505] - VW   1.25.5
8 Paul Jackson (F3) 2-litre Ralt RT3/83 [412] - Toyota 2T-G 1.25.6
9 Gary Evans (F3) 2-litre Ralt RT3/84 [461] - Toyota 2T-G 1.25.9
10 David Hunt (F3) 2-litre Ralt RT3/84 [454] - Toyota 2T-G Nicholson 1.26.4
11 Rob Wilson (F3) 2-litre Ralt RT3/84 [501] - Toyota 2T-G 1.26.7
12 Brett Riley (F3) 2-litre Ralt RT3/84 - Toyota 2T-G 1.26.7
13 Keith Fine (F3) 2-litre Ralt RT3/83 [371] - VW Nicholson 1.27.1
14 Steve Kempton (F3) 2-litre Ralt RT3/83 [370] - VW   1.28.2
15 Steve Bradley (F3) 2-litre Ralt RT3/81 [225] - Toyota 2T-G 1.29.1
16 Andrew Gilbert-Scott (F3) 2-litre Ralt RT3/84 [482] - Toyota 2T-G 1.29.2
17 Mark Smythe (F3) 2-litre Ralt RT3/81 [224] - Toyota 2T-G 1.29.3
18 Carlton Tingling (F3) 2-litre Ralt RT3/82 [337] - VW   1.30.0
19 Gray Hedley (F3) 2-litre Ralt RT3/83 [395] - Toyota 2T-G 1.30.3
20 Mike MacKonachie (F3) 2-litre Ralt RT3/84 [488] - VW   1.30.7
21 "Anton Soubriquet" (F3) 2-litre Ralt RT3/82 - Toyota 2T-G Novamotor 1.34.5
22 Gerry Amato (F3) 2-litre Ralt RT3/80 [198] - Toyota 2T-G 1.39.2
23 Ian Flux (F3) 2-litre Cygnus T84 - Toyota 2T-G 1.41.0

Notes on the cars:

  1. 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.
  2. 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.
  3. Ralt RT3/80 [198] (Gerry Amato): Sold to Project Four for Stefan Johansson 15 Aug 1980. Used to win 1980 championship. Sold to West Surrey Racing for Jonathan Palmer, 1981. Won 1981 championship. Retained by WSR and used by Enrique Mansilla in early 1982, then leased to Osamu Nakako [Motoring News 15 Jul 1982 p15). For sale Autosport 14 Oct 1982 p68 '1981 champ winning car' to Gerry Amato Autosport 18 Nov 1982 p13 'ex Johansson, Palmer'.
  4. Ralt RT3/81 [224] (Mark Smythe): 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.

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.