1996 British Formula Three Championship

The 1996 British Formula Three season was the 46th British Formula Three Championship. The season started on 31 March at Silverstone and ended there on 13 October following sixteen races. After losing out in the final reckoning to Oliver Gavin in 1995, Ralph Firman was able to clinch the crown on his second attempt from Kurt Mollekens and teammate Jonny Kane. New Zealander Simon Wills took the Class B title.

1996 British Formula 3 International Series
Previous: 1995 Next: 1997

Drivers and Teams
Team No Driver Chassis Engine Rounds
Class A
Paul Stewart Racing 1 Ralph Firman Dallara F396 Mugen-Honda All
2 Jonny Kane Dallara F396 Mugen-Honda All
Fortec Motorsport 3 Guy Smith Dallara F396 HKS-Mitsubishi All
4 Juan Pablo Montoya Dallara F396 HKS-Mitsubishi All
Promatecme 5 James Matthews Dallara F396 Renault All
6 Nicolas Minassian Dallara F396 Renault All
Alan Docking Racing 7 Brian Cunningham Dallara F396 Mugen-Honda All
8 Gonzalo Rodríguez Dallara F396 Mugen-Honda 1-4
Akbar Ebrahim 8
Steven Arnold 9
11 Kurt Mollekens Dallara F396 Mugen-Honda All
12 Risto Virtanen Dallara F396 Mugen-Honda 1-4
TWR Junior Team 9 Jamie Davies Dallara F396 TWR GM All
10 Mark Shaw Dallara F396 TWR GM All
Intersport 14 Ángel Burgueño Dallara F396 Opel All
SpeedSport F3 15 Darren Manning Dallara F396 Mugen-Honda All
TOM'S GB 16 Christian Horner TOM'S 036 TOM'S-Toyota 1-6
Naoki Kurose Dallara F396 16
17 Brian Smith TOM'S 036 TOM'S-Toyota All
18 Takashi Yokoyama Dallara F396 TOM'S-Toyota 1-3
TOM'S 036 4-16
19 Kazuto Yanagawa Dallara F396 TOM'S-Toyota All
DC Cook Motorsport 20 Paula Cook Dallara F396 Mugen-Honda 1-11
Graff Racing 23 Boris Derichebourg Dallara F396 Opel 11
Patrice Gay 14-15
Z-Speed 27 Martin Byford Dallara F396 Opel 1-9, 11-15
Class B
Z-Speed 31 Simon Wills Dallara F394 Vauxhall All
Hopkins Motorsport 33 Philip Hopkins Dallara F393 Fiat 1-6, 8-9, 11-13, 16
James Carney 14-15
Render Racing 34 Martin O'Connell Dallara F394 Vauxhall 1-3, 7-9, 12-13
Masami Nakamura 14-16
SpeedSport F3 35 Michael Bentwood Dallara F394 Vauxhall All
Team Magic Racing 36 Shingo Tachi Dallara F394 TOM'S-Toyota All
37 Ben Collins Dallara F394 Mugen-Honda 7-16
Mark Bailey Racing 47 Tavo Hellmund Dallara F394 TOM'S-Toyota 1-7
48 Chris Clark Dallara F394 TOM'S-Toyota 1-4

Race calendar and results
Round Circuit Date Pole Position Fastest Lap Winning Driver Winning Team Class B Winner
1 Silverstone 31 March Guy Smith Ralph Firman Guy Smith Fortec Motorsport Martin O'Connell
2 Guy Smith Jamie Davies Jamie Davies TWR Junior Team Martin O'Connell
3 Thruxton 14 April Ralph Firman Ralph Firman Jamie Davies TWR Junior Team Simon Wills
4 Donington Park 5 May Ralph Firman Juan Pablo Montoya Juan Pablo Montoya Fortec Motorsport Shingo Tachi
5 Brands Hatch 27 May Ralph Firman Ralph Firman Ralph Firman Paul Stewart Racing Simon Wills
6 Ralph Firman Ralph Firman Ralph Firman Paul Stewart Racing Philip Hopkins
7 Oulton Park 8 June Jonny Kane Juan Pablo Montoya Ralph Firman Paul Stewart Racing Martin O'Connell
8 Donington Park 23 June Brian Smith Juan Pablo Montoya Kurt Mollekens Alan Docking Racing Martin O'Connell
9 Silverstone 13 July Darren Manning Jonny Kane Darren Manning SpeedSport F3 Martin O'Connell
10 Thruxton 28 July Darren Manning Juan Pablo Montoya Juan Pablo Montoya Fortec Motorsport Ben Collins
111 Snetterton 11 August Jonny Kane Jonny Kane Jonny Kane Paul Stewart Racing Ben Collins
12 Pembrey 1 September Jonny Kane Jonny Kane Nicolas Minassian Promatecme Ben Collins
13 Jonny Kane Jonny Kane Jonny Kane Paul Stewart Racing Shingo Tachi
14 Zandvoort 29 September Juan Pablo Montoya Kurt Mollekens Kurt Mollekens Alan Docking Racing Ben Collins
15 Brian Smith Ralph Firman Jonny Kane Paul Stewart Racing Ben Collins
16 Silverstone 13 October Nicolas Minassian Nicolas Minassian Nicolas Minassian Promatecme Simon Wills

^1 Round 11 was shortened due to heavy rain, and a planned second race at Snetterton was also cancelled.

Championship

Class A

Pos. Driver Team Points
1 Ralph Firman Paul Stewart Racing 188
2 Kurt Mollekens Alan Docking Racing 148
3 Jonny Kane Paul Stewart Racing 146
4 Nicolas Minassian Promatecme 139
5 Juan Pablo Montoya Fortec Motorsport 137
6 Guy Smith Fortec Motorsport 132
7 Darren Manning SpeedSport F3 105
8 Jamie Davies TWR Junior Team 98
9 James Matthews Promatecme 59
10 Brian Smith TOM'S 44
11 Brian Cunningham Alan Docking Racing 34
12 Angel Burgueno Intersport 31
13 Mark Shaw TWR Junior Team 12
14 Gonzalo Rodríguez Alan Docking Racing 9
=15 Patrice Gay Graff Racing 8
=15 Takashi Yokoyama TOM'S 8
17 Martin Byford Z-Speed 7
18 Risto Virtanen Alan Docking Racing 4
19 Kazuto Yanagawa TOM'S 3

Class B

Pos. Driver Team Points
1 Simon Wills Z-Speed 201
2 Shingo Tachi Team Magic Racing 192
3 Ben Collins Team Magic Racing 147
4 Martin O'Connell Rowan Racing 131
5 Michael Bentwood SpeedSport F3 119
6 Tavo Hellmund Mark Bailey Racing 56
7 Philip Hopkins Hopkins Motorsport 52
8 Chris Clark Mark Bailey Racing 45
9 Masami Nakamura Render Racing 20
10 James Carney Hopkins Motorsport 12

References

AUTOCOURSE 1996-97
British Motorsport Year 1996-97

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