1989 British Formula 3000 Championship Rd.2

The 2nd round of the inaugural British Formula 3000 Championship, saw the series arrive in Hampshire, for a race at the Thruxton Circuit, on 27 March.

Report

Entry

A total of 10 F3000 cars were entered for this, the second round of the 1989 British F3000 Championship. Come raceday only nine would start the race.

Qualifying

Andrew Gilbert-Scott took pole position for Eddie Jordan Racing team in their Cosworth-engined Reynard 88D.

Race

The race was held over 40 laps of the fast Thruxton circuit. Gary Brabham took the winner spoils for the Bromley Motorsport team, driving their Reynard-Cosworth 88D. The Aussie won in a time of 44:01.83mins., averaging a speed of 128.434 mph. Second place went to Roland Ratzenberger in Spirit Motorsport’s Reynard-Cosworth 88D, who was just 1.90ecs behind. Poleman and winner of the first-ever British F3000 race, Andrew Gilbert-Scott completed the podium for the Eddie Jordan Racing in his Cosworth engined Reynard 88D, albeit one lap down.

Classification

Race

Class winners in bold

Pos.	No.	Driver	Entrant	Car - Engine	Time, Laps	Reason Out
1st	5	Gary Brabham	Bromley Motorsport	Reynard-Cosworth 88D	44:01.83
2nd	16	Roland Ratzenberger	Spirit Motorsport	Reynard-Cosworth 88D	44:03.73
3rd	3	Andrew Gilbert-Scott	Eddie Jordan Racing	Reynard-Cosworth 88D	40
4th	12	Antonio Albacete	Madgwick Motorsport	Reynard-Cosworth 88D	39
5th	9	Pedro Chaves	CoBRa Motorsport	Reynard-Cosworth 88D	38
6th	4	Tony Trimmer	Tony Trimmer	March-Cosworth 88B	38
NC	8	Richard Peacock	Source Racing	Lola-Cosworth T88/50	35	Running, not classified
NC	6	Roger Orgee	R.O./Omegaland	Reynard-Cosworth 88D	28	Running, not classified
DNF	2	Marco Greco	Eddie Jordan Racing	Reynard-Cosworth 88D	2	Suspension
DNS	7	Cor Euser	Chamberlain	Reynard-Cosworth 88D		Accident in practice

• Fastest lap: Roland Ratzenberger, 1:04.44secs. (131.564 mph)