Marlboro British Formula 3 Championship Race
Donington Park, 28 Jul 1985
| Results | Laps | Time/Speed | |||||||
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| 1 | Dave Scott | Ralt RT30 [567] - VW Brabham #5 Mint Engineering Ltd |
20 | 26m 05.25s 90.02 mph |
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| 2 | Russell Spence | Reynard 853 [023] - VW #44 Team Warmastyle Racing |
20 | 26m 18.87s |
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| 3 | Mauricio Gugelmin | Ralt RT30 [516] - VW #3 West Surrey Racing |
20 | 26m 25.61s |
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| 4 | Andy Wallace | Reynard 853 - VW #2 Swallow Racing |
20 | 26m 26.35s |
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| 5 | Rob Wilson | Ralt RT3/84 - VW #46 C.W. Racing |
20 | 26m 53.65s |
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| 6 | Anthony Reid | Reynard 853 - Saab #28 Scan+Sport |
20 | 26m 56.01s |
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| 7 | Gary Evans | Ralt RT30 - VW #6 Murray Taylor Racing |
20 | 26m 58.35s |
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| 8 | Keith Fine | Ralt RT30 [587] - VW #11 Intersport Engineering |
20 | 27m 01.02s |
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| 9 | Giles Butterfield | Ralt RT3/84 [500] - Toyota 2T-G #68 Alan Docking Racing |
20 | 27m 02.77s |
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| 10 | Godfrey Hall | Ralt RT3/84 [470] - Toyota 2T-G #63 |
20 | 27m 44.26s |
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| 11 | Terry Pudwell | Ralt RT3/83 [395] - Toyota 2T-G #65 Jupiter Racing |
20 | 28m 01.20s |
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| 12 | Ray Stover | Ralt RT3/84 - VW #55 Richard Dutton Racing |
20 | 28m 32.94s |
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| 13 | Carlton Tingling | Ralt RT3/83 [370] - VW #56 |
20 | 29m 11.90s |
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| 14 | Ross Cheever | Ralt RT30 [579] - VW #8 Valour Racing |
17 | ||||||
| 15 | Dick Parsons | Ralt RT3P/84 - Toyota 2T-G #60 Solar Racing |
16 | ||||||
| 16 | Gerrit van Kouwen | Ralt RT30 [547] - VW #7 First Edition Menswear/Pegasus Racing |
14 | ||||||
| 17 | Maurizio Sandro Sala | Reynard 853 - Saab #27 Scan+Sport |
15 | Accident | |||||
| 18 | Tim Davies | Reynard 853 [017] - Alfa Romeo #4 Anglo American Racing |
12 | Gearbox | |||||
| 19 | Steve Harrington | Ralt RT30 [525] - VW #31 Eddie Jordan Racing |
12 | Front suspension | |||||
| 20 | Robin Henwood | Ralt RT3/81 [250] - Toyota 2T-G #88 (see note 1) |
8 | Accident | |||||
| 21 | Ronnie Grant | Ralt RT3/84 [82-323] - VW #69 (see note 2) |
7 | Accident | |||||
| 22 | Mark Goddard | Ralt RT3/84 - Toyota 2T-G Aldon #51 Savoir Faire Hospitality/Solar Racing |
6 | Spun | |||||
| 23 | Steve Kempton | Ralt RT3/84 [461] - Toyota 2T-G #75 Worldwide Dryer Group |
6 | Spun | |||||
| 24 | Andrew Gilbert-Scott | Ralt RT30 [578] - VW #39 Systime Computer Solutions/Racing for Britain |
0 | Collision with Huysman | |||||
| 25 | Harald Huysman | Ralt RT30 [513] - VW #9 Eddie Jordan Racing |
0 | Collision with Van Kouwen | |||||
| 26 | Mark Galvin | Ralt RT30 [519] - VW Brabham #38 Alan Docking Racing |
0 | Collision with Muller | |||||
| 27 | Cathy Muller | Reynard 853 [013] - VW #10 David Price Racing |
0 | Accident | |||||
| DNS | Graham de Zille | Ralt RT30 [537] - VW #19 First Edition Menswear/Pegasus Racing |
Did not start (Accident) |
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| DNA | Russell Spence | Reynard 853 - VW #1 PMC Warmastyle Racing |
Did not arrive | ||||||
| DNA | Phil Kempe | Ralt RT30 - VW Brabham #13 Intersport Engineering |
Did not arrive | ||||||
| DNA | Joe Foster | Ralt RT30 - VW #15 Murray Taylor Racing |
Did not arrive | ||||||
| DNA | Julian Bailey | Reynard 853 - VW #17 David Price Racing |
Did not arrive | ||||||
| DNA | Richard Trott | Ralt RT3 - Toyota 2T-G Nicholson #58 Tarry Racing with Johnson & Bailey |
Did not arrive | ||||||
| DNA | Mark Smythe | Ralt RT3/81 - Toyota 2T-G Swindon #70 |
Did not arrive | ||||||
| DNA | Bill Coombs | Anson SA4B - Toyota 2T-G #79 Shape Machines Motor Racing with HART |
Did not arrive | ||||||
| DNA | Jeff Ward | Anson SA4 - Toyota 2T-G Penistone #99 |
Did not arrive | ||||||
All cars are 2-litre F3 unless noted.
| Qualifying | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Mauricio Gugelmin | (F3) 2-litre Ralt RT30 [516] - VW | 1.20.04 | ||
| 2 | Tim Davies | (F3) 2-litre Reynard 853 [017] - Alfa Romeo | 1.20.15 | ||
| 3 | Andy Wallace | (F3) 2-litre Reynard 853 - VW | 1.20.15 | ||
| 4 | Dave Scott | (F3) 2-litre Ralt RT30 [567] - VW Brabham | 1.20.17 | ||
| 5 | Gerrit van Kouwen | (F3) 2-litre Ralt RT30 [547] - VW | 1.20.24 | ||
| 6 | Russell Spence | (F3) 2-litre Reynard 853 [023] - VW | 1.20.73 | ||
| 7 | Steve Harrington | (F3) 2-litre Ralt RT30 [525] - VW | 1.20.78 | ||
| 8 | Maurizio Sandro Sala | (F3) 2-litre Reynard 853 - Saab | 1.20.89 | ||
| 9 | Cathy Muller | (F3) 2-litre Reynard 853 [013] - VW | 1.20.92 | ||
| 10 | Andrew Gilbert-Scott | (F3) 2-litre Ralt RT30 [578] - VW | 1.20.95 | ||
| 11 | Harald Huysman | (F3) 2-litre Ralt RT30 [513] - VW | 1.21.08 | ||
| 12 | Gary Evans | (F3) 2-litre Ralt RT30 - VW | 1.21.13 | ||
| 13 | Ross Cheever | (F3) 2-litre Ralt RT30 [579] - VW | 1.21.28 | ||
| 14 | Keith Fine | (F3) 2-litre Ralt RT30 [587] - VW | 1.21.52 | ||
| 15 | Anthony Reid | (F3) 2-litre Reynard 853 - Saab | 1.21.79 | ||
| 16 | Rob Wilson | (F3) 2-litre Ralt RT3/84 - VW | 1.22.08 | ||
| 17 | Mark Galvin | (F3) 2-litre Ralt RT30 [519] - VW Brabham | 1.22.11 | ||
| 18 | Dick Parsons | (F3) 2-litre Ralt RT3P/84 - Toyota 2T-G | 1.22.18 | ||
| 19 | Mark Goddard | (F3) 2-litre Ralt RT3/84 - Toyota 2T-G Aldon | 1.22.52 | ||
| 20 | Steve Kempton | (F3) 2-litre Ralt RT3/84 [461] - Toyota 2T-G | 1.22.65 | ||
| 21 | Ray Stover | (F3) 2-litre Ralt RT3/84 - VW | 1.22.77 | ||
| 22 | Giles Butterfield | (F3) 2-litre Ralt RT3/84 [500] - Toyota 2T-G | 1.23.97 | ||
| 23 | Terry Pudwell | (F3) 2-litre Ralt RT3/83 [395] - Toyota 2T-G | 1.25.03 | ||
| 24 | Carlton Tingling | (F3) 2-litre Ralt RT3/83 [370] - VW | 1.25.06 | ||
| 25 | Ronnie Grant | (F3) 2-litre Ralt RT3/84 [82-323] - VW | 1.26.14 | ||
| 26 | Godfrey Hall | (F3) 2-litre Ralt RT3/84 [470] - Toyota 2T-G | 1.26.47 | ||
| 27 | Graham de Zille * | (F3) 2-litre Ralt RT30 [537] - VW | 1.28.02 | ||
| 28 | Robin Henwood | (F3) 2-litre Ralt RT3/81 [250] - Toyota 2T-G | 1.33.37 | ||
| * Did not start | |||||
Notes on the cars:
- Ralt RT3/81 [250] (Robin Henwood): 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 RT3/84 [82-323] (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.