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Marlboro British Formula 3 Championship Race

Silverstone, 4 Mar 1984

ResultsLapsTime/Speed
1 Johnny Dumfries Ralt RT3/83 [455A] - VW  
#20 David Price Racing
20 19m 42.80s
97.06 mph
2 Allen Berg Ralt RT3/84 [471] - Toyota 2T-G Novamotor
#18 Eddie Jordan Racing
20 19m 59.46s
3 Russell Spence Ralt RT3/84 [449] - VW  
#27 Intersport/Mint Engineering
20 19m 59.53s
4 Andrew Gilbert-Scott Ralt RT3/84 [448] - VW  
#14 Murray Taylor Racing
20 20m 02.83s
5 David Hunt Ralt RT3/84 [454] - Toyota 2T-G Nicholson
#17 Eddie Jordan Racing
20 20m 06.62s
6 Cor Euser Magnum 843 [02] - Toyota 2T-G
#24 Magnum Racing Cars
20 20m 08.40s
7 Mario Hytten Ralt RT3/84 [472] - VW  
#15 Murray Taylor Racing
20 20m 13.58s
8 Keith Fine Ralt RT3/83 [371] - VW  
20 20m 14.86s
9 Paul Radisich Ralt RT3/84 [488] - VW  
#16 Murray Taylor Racing
20 20m 20.04s
10 Mike Blanchet Ralt RT3/81 [224] - Toyota 2T-G
Tarry Racing (see note 1)
20 20m 20.11s
11 Ross Cheever Ralt RT3/83 [383] - Toyota 2T-G
#22 Valour Racing
20 20m 25.09s
12 Eric Lang Ralt RT3/84 [470] - Toyota 2T-G
#28 Docking Spitzley
20 20m 26.64s
13 Paul Jackson Sparton SE420 - VW  
#21 Valour Racing
20 20m 27.63s
14 Steve Bradley Ralt RT3/81 [225] - Toyota 2T-G
(see note 2)
20 20m 39.72s
15 Håkan Olausson Ralt RT3/82 [81-216] - Toyota 2T-G
HART Racing (see note 3)
20 20m 40.62s
16 Åke Jansson Ralt RT3/83 [389] - Toyota 2T-G
#25
19
17 Ronnie Grant Ralt RT3/83 [323] - VW  
(see note 4)
19
18 Bernard Horwood Ralt RT3/82 [381] - Toyota 2T-G
RD Motorsport
17
R Gary Evans Ralt RT3/84 [461] - Toyota 2T-G
#12 West Surrey Racing
17 Gearbox input shaft
R Thierry Heirman Anson SA4B - VW  
#13
9 Alternator
DNA TBA Ralt RT3/84 - Toyota 2T-G
#11 West Surrey Racing
Did not arrive
DNA Richard Trott Ralt RT3/84 - Toyota 2T-G
#19
Did not arrive
DNA Calvin Fish Magnum 843 - Toyota 2T-G
#23 Magnum Racing Cars
Did not arrive
DNA Jan-Olov Tingdahl Ralt RT3/83 - Toyota 2T-G
#26
Did not arrive
DNA Gregg Atkinson March 813 - Toyota 2T-G
Did not arrive
DNA Carlton Tingling Ralt RT3/82 - VW  
Did not arrive
DNA Gray Hedley Ralt RT3/83 - Toyota 2T-G
Richard Trott Racing
Did not arrive

All cars are 2-litre F3 unless noted.

Qualifying
1 Johnny Dumfries (F3) 2-litre Ralt RT3/83 [455A] - VW   0.58.56
2 Allen Berg (F3) 2-litre Ralt RT3/84 [471] - Toyota 2T-G Novamotor 0.58.59
3 Russell Spence (F3) 2-litre Ralt RT3/84 [449] - VW   0.58.92
4 Andrew Gilbert-Scott (F3) 2-litre Ralt RT3/84 [448] - VW   0.58.99
5 David Hunt (F3) 2-litre Ralt RT3/84 [454] - Toyota 2T-G Nicholson 0.59.29
6 Cor Euser (F3) 2-litre Magnum 843 [02] - Toyota 2T-G 0.59.47
7 Keith Fine (F3) 2-litre Ralt RT3/83 [371] - VW   0.59.70
8 Gary Evans (F3) 2-litre Ralt RT3/84 [461] - Toyota 2T-G 0.59.74
9 Mike Blanchet (F3) 2-litre Ralt RT3/81 [224] - Toyota 2T-G 0.59.86
10 Eric Lang (F3) 2-litre Ralt RT3/84 [470] - Toyota 2T-G 0.59.90
11 Mario Hytten (F3) 2-litre Ralt RT3/84 [472] - VW   0.59.90
12 Ross Cheever (F3) 2-litre Ralt RT3/83 [383] - Toyota 2T-G 0.59.99
13 Paul Radisich (F3) 2-litre Ralt RT3/84 [488] - VW   1.00.03
14 Paul Jackson (F3) 2-litre Sparton SE420 - VW   1.00.27
15 Thierry Heirman (F3) 2-litre Anson SA4B - VW   1.00.35
16 Steve Bradley (F3) 2-litre Ralt RT3/81 [225] - Toyota 2T-G 1.00.77
17 Håkan Olausson (F3) 2-litre Ralt RT3/82 [81-216] - Toyota 2T-G 1.01.27
18 Ronnie Grant (F3) 2-litre Ralt RT3/83 [323] - VW   1.01.71
19 Åke Jansson (F3) 2-litre Ralt RT3/83 [389] - Toyota 2T-G 1.03.91
20 Bernard Horwood (F3) 2-litre Ralt RT3/82 [381] - Toyota 2T-G

Notes on the cars:

  1. 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.
  2. 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.
  3. Ralt RT3/82 [81-216] (Håkan Olausson): Sold to Murray Taylor Racing 21 Jan 1981. Initially Raul Boesel's race car, then later used by Tim Lee-Davey (British GP support race) and Tommy Byrne. For sale Autosport 4 Feb 1982 p61 MTR offer 81 RT3 'as driven by Boesel, Byrne and Lee-Davey'. Sold to Peter Argetsinger (Autosport 25 Feb 1982 p5 says ex Boesel; Motoring News says ex-Lee Davey, so the older 1981 MTR car). Also rented to David Sears.
  4. 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.