Marlboro British Formula 3 Championship Race
Thruxton, 30 Sep 1984
| Results | Laps | Time/Speed | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Johnny Dumfries | Ralt RT3/83 [455B] - VW Brabham #1 David Price Racing |
20 | 24m 51.01s 113.76 mph |
| 2 | Ross Cheever | Ralt RT3/84 [503] - VW #5 Valour Racing |
20 | 25m 03.56s |
| 3 | Mario Hytten | Ralt RT3/84 [472] - VW #4 |
20 | 25m 07.48s |
| 4 | Dave Scott | Ralt RT3/84 [505] - VW #7 |
20 | 25m 08.95s |
| 5 | Russell Spence | Ralt RT3/84 [449] - VW #3 Intersport/Mint Engineering |
20 | 25m 10.81s |
| 6 | Allen Berg | Ralt RT3/84 [471] - Toyota 2T-G #2 Eddie Jordan Racing |
20 | 25m 12.88s |
| 7 | Carlos Abella | Ralt RT3/84 [475] - Toyota 2T-G #6 West Surrey Racing |
20 | 25m 14.11s |
| 8 | David Hunt | Ralt RT3/84 [454] - Toyota 2T-G Nicholson #17 Eddie Jordan Racing |
20 | 25m 27.61s |
| 9 | Paul Jackson | Ralt RT3/83 [412] - Toyota 2T-G #21 Valour Racing |
20 | 25m 27.95s |
| 10 | Rob Wilson | Ralt RT3/84 [501] - Toyota 2T-G #23 |
20 | 25m 29.20s |
| 11 | Gary Evans | Ralt RT3/84 [461] - Toyota 2T-G #9 West Surrey Racing |
20 | 25m 29.86s |
| 12 | Eric Lang | Ralt RT3/84 [470] - Toyota 2T-G #28 Alan Docking Racing |
20 | 25m 38.70s |
| 13 | Steve Kempton | Ralt RT3/83 [370] - VW Tony Trevor |
20 | 25m 49.55s |
| 14 | Mark Galvin | Ralt RT3/84 [482] - Toyota 2T-G #36 Richard Trott |
20 | 25m 50.50s |
| 15 | Carlton Tingling | Ralt RT3/82 [337] - VW (see note 1) |
20 | 25m 58.63s |
| 16 | Steve Bradley | Ralt RT3/81 [225] - Toyota 2T-G (see note 2) |
20 | 26m 02.75s |
| 17 | Mike MacKonachie | Ralt RT3/84 [488] - VW #27 |
20 | 26m 03.65s |
| 18 | Gray Hedley | Ralt RT3/83 [395] - Toyota 2T-G |
19 | |
| 19 | Keith Fine | Ralt RT3/83 [371] - VW Nicholson |
13 | Gearbox |
| 20 | "Anton Soubriquet" | Ralt RT3/82 - Toyota 2T-G |
5 | Overheating |
| 21 | Mark Smythe | Ralt RT3/81 [224] - Toyota 2T-G (see note 3) |
4 | Steering |
| 22 | Richard McKaskill | March 793 - Toyota 2T-G |
1 | Clutch |
All cars are 2-litre F3 unless noted.
| Qualifying | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Johnny Dumfries | (F3) 2-litre Ralt RT3/83 [455B] - VW Brabham | 1.13.04 | ||
| 2 | Allen Berg | (F3) 2-litre Ralt RT3/84 [471] - Toyota 2T-G | 1.13.80 | ||
| 3 | Dave Scott | (F3) 2-litre Ralt RT3/84 [505] - VW | 1.14.19 | ||
| 4 | Ross Cheever | (F3) 2-litre Ralt RT3/84 [503] - VW | 1.14.25 | ||
| 5 | Mario Hytten | (F3) 2-litre Ralt RT3/84 [472] - VW | 1.14.34 | ||
| 6 | Russell Spence | (F3) 2-litre Ralt RT3/84 [449] - VW | 1.14.50 | ||
| 7 | Carlos Abella | (F3) 2-litre Ralt RT3/84 [475] - Toyota 2T-G | 1.14.57 | ||
| 8 | Keith Fine | (F3) 2-litre Ralt RT3/83 [371] - VW Nicholson | 1.14.7 | ||
| 9 | David Hunt | (F3) 2-litre Ralt RT3/84 [454] - Toyota 2T-G Nicholson | 1.14.78 | ||
| 10 | Rob Wilson | (F3) 2-litre Ralt RT3/84 [501] - Toyota 2T-G | 1.15.07 | ||
| 11 | Paul Jackson | (F3) 2-litre Ralt RT3/83 [412] - Toyota 2T-G | 1.15.13 | ||
| 12 | Gary Evans | (F3) 2-litre Ralt RT3/84 [461] - Toyota 2T-G | 1.15.40 | ||
| 13 | Eric Lang | (F3) 2-litre Ralt RT3/84 [470] - Toyota 2T-G | 1.15.90 | ||
| 14 | Mark Galvin | (F3) 2-litre Ralt RT3/84 [482] - Toyota 2T-G | 1.15.90 | ||
| 15 | Steve Kempton | (F3) 2-litre Ralt RT3/83 [370] - VW | 1.16.02 | ||
| 16 | Mike MacKonachie | (F3) 2-litre Ralt RT3/84 [488] - VW | 1.16.37 | ||
| 17 | Steve Bradley | (F3) 2-litre Ralt RT3/81 [225] - Toyota 2T-G | 1.16.55 | ||
| 18 | Carlton Tingling | (F3) 2-litre Ralt RT3/82 [337] - VW | 1.16.78 | ||
| 19 | Gray Hedley | (F3) 2-litre Ralt RT3/83 [395] - Toyota 2T-G | 1.17.3 | ||
| 20 | Mark Smythe | (F3) 2-litre Ralt RT3/81 [224] - Toyota 2T-G | 1.18.00 | ||
| 21 | "Anton Soubriquet" | (F3) 2-litre Ralt RT3/82 - Toyota 2T-G | 1.19.04 | ||
| 22 | Richard McKaskill | (F3) 2-litre March 793 - Toyota 2T-G | 1.26.4 | ||
Notes on the cars:
- 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 [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 RT3/81 [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
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' original 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.