1994 British Formula Two Championship

The 1994 British Formula Two Championship was the sixth season of the British Formula 3000 Championship. José Luis Di Palma won the championship, driving a Reynard 92D for Madgwick International. Both the Argentinian and series runner-up Phil Andrews (Apache Racing) won two rounds apiece. However, the grids were weak and British F2 was in decline. International F3000 drivers Gareth Rees and Christian Pescatori both won one-off races with Durango, at Snetterton and Donington respectively. Future Indy Lights star Philipp Peter also had a single race with the Italian team. Rees' future team-mate Stephen Watson made a single appearance in the series. The Moosehead Grand Prix at Halifax, Canada, a non-championship F3000 race in 1993, counted as a British F2 round in 1994 and was won by the Italian-Mexican Gianfranco Cané, driving for Fred Goddard Racing.[1]

Drivers and teams edit

The following drivers and teams contested the 1994 British Formula Two Championship.

Team Chassis Engine No. Driver Rounds
  Madgwick International Reynard Cosworth 1   José Luis Di Palma All
  Apache Racing Reynard Cosworth 4   Dominic Chappell All
5   Phil Andrews All
  AIM Motorsport Reynard Mugen 6   Andreas Halkiopoulos 1–2, 4-7
  McNeil Engineering Lola Judd 7   Robbie Stirling 1–3, 5-7
  Rex Hart Racing Reynard Cosworth 8   David Mercer 3, 5, 7
  Weylock Racing Reynard Cosworth 9   Nicke Blom 1
  Franck Fréon 4
  Fred Goddard Racing Reynard Cosworth 10   Pekka Herva 2–3, 5
  Gianfranco Cané 4
  Worswick Engineering Reynard Cosworth 11   Tony Worswick 3
  Cobra Motorsport Reynard Cosworth 12   Richard Dean 4
  Monninghoff Sport Promotion Reynard Cosworth 14   Klaus Panchyrz 4
15   James Taylor 4
  Vortex Motorsport Reynard Cosworth 18   Allard Kalff 6
  Kris Nissen 7
19   Hans Fertl 6
  Omegaland Lola Cosworth 20   Stephen Watson 7
  Durango Corse Reynard Cosworth 30   Gareth Rees 6
  Christian Pescatori 7
31   Luca Riccitelli 6
  Philipp Peter 7
32   Vito Popolizio 6-7

Results edit

British Formula Two Championship edit

Round Date Circuit Pole Position Fastest Lap Winning Driver Winning Team
C April 1   Oulton Park Cancelled due to lack of entries
C May 2   Thruxton
1 May 30   Brands Hatch (Indy)   José Luis Di Palma   Robbie Stirling   Phil Andrews   Apache Racing
2 June 4   Silverstone (National)   Phil Andrews   Pekka Herva   José Luis Di Palma   Madgwick International
3 June 11   Oulton Park   Phil Andrews   Phil Andrews   Phil Andrews   Apache Racing
4 July 10   Halifax   Franck Fréon   Franck Fréon   Gianfranco Cane   Fred Goddard Racing
5 August 7   Snetterton   José Luis Di Palma   José Luis Di Palma   José Luis Di Palma   Madgwick International
C September 18   Brands Hatch (GP) Cancelled due to lack of entries
6 October 16   Snetterton   Gareth Rees   Gareth Rees   Gareth Rees   Durango Corse
7 October 30   Donington Park   Christian Pescatori   Phil Andrews   Christian Pescatori   Durango Corse

Championship Standings edit

[2]

Pos. Driver  
BHI
 
SIL
 
OUL
 
HAL
 
SNE
 
SNE
 
DON
Points
1   José Luis Di Palma Ret 1 2 3 1 4 4 34
2   Phil Andrews 1 2 1 DNS 2 DNS Ret 30
3   Dominic Chappell 2 Ret 3 4 4 2 Ret 22
4   Robbie Stirling DSQ Ret 4 3 3 5 13
5   Gianfranco Cane 1 9
6   Gareth Rees 1 9
7   Christian Pescatori 1 9
8   Andreas Halkiopoulos 3 4 6 NC Ret Ret 8
9   Klaus Panchyrz 2 6
10   Philipp Peter 2 6
11   Pekka Herva 3 DNS Ret 4
12   Kris Nissen 3 4
13   David Mercer 5 5 9 4
14   James Taylor 5 2
15   Luca Riccitelli 5 2
16   Stephen Watson 6 1
17   Vito Popolizio 6 7 1
18   Akbar Ebrahim 8 0
  Tony Worswick Ret
  Franck Fréon Ret
  Richard Dean Ret
  Hans Fertl Ret
  Steve Arnold Ret
  Nicke Blom DNS

References edit

  1. ^ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2021-10-23. Retrieved 2020-05-04.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  2. ^ "1994 Venson British F2 Championship | Motorsport Database".