2002 British Formula Three Championship

The 2002 British Formula Three season was the 52nd British Formula Three Championship season. It commenced on 31st March and ended on 22 September, after twenty-six races.

Drivers and teams

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The following teams and drivers were competitors in the 2002 season. The Scholarship class is for older Formula Three cars.

Team Chassis Engine No Driver Rounds
Championship Class
United Kingdom Carlin Motorsport Dallara F302 Mugen-Honda 1 Australia James Courtney 1-8, 10-13
United Kingdom Derek Hayes 9
2 South Africa Alan van der Merwe All
21 Republic of Ireland Michael Keohane 1-10, 12-13
22 Japan Shinya Hosokawa All
United Kingdom Manor Motorsport Dallara F302 Mugen-Honda 3 United Kingdom Mark Taylor 1-12
4 United States Richard Antinucci All
34 Denmark Ronnie Bremer All
United Kingdom Fortec Motorsport Dallara F302 Renault Sodemo 5 Brazil Fabio Carbone All
6 Finland Heikki Kovalainen All
United Kingdom Alan Docking Racing Dallara F302 Mugen-Honda 7 United Kingdom Robbie Kerr All
8 United Kingdom Mark Mayall All
13 United Kingdom Tor Graves All
United Kingdom Team Avanti Ralt F302 Mugen-Honda 9 France James Andanson 7-8
Netherlands Jeroen Bleekemolen 9
United Kingdom Matthew Gilmore 1-2
Dallara F302 3-4
10 Italy Stefano Fabi All
United Kingdom Promatecme UK Dallara F302 Mugen-Honda 11 France Bruce Jouanny All
12 Brazil Ernani Judice 1-4
United Kingdom Matthew Gilmore 5-13
United Kingdom Duma Racing Dallara F302 Mugen-Honda 14 Sweden Robert Dahlgren 1, 4
Greece John Antoniadis 10-13
Switzerland Menu Motorsport Dallara F302 Opel Spiess 16 United Kingdom Rob Austin All
17 Colombia Giandomenico Brusatin 1-8
Netherlands Stefan de Groot 10-13
United Kingdom Motaworld Racing Dallara F302 Ford 18 United Kingdom Andrew Thompson 4
19 United Kingdom Tom Sisley 1-6
United Kingdom Stefan Hodgetts 8-13
Scholarship Class
United Kingdom Fred Goddard Racing Dallara F301 Renault Sodemo 51 Malaysia Fairuz Fauzy All
52 Turkey Jason Tahinci 2
South Africa Earl Goddard 3
Sweden Performance Racing Dallara F301 Opel Spiess 53 United Kingdom Justin Sherwood All
54 France Julien Schell 13
Malaysia Meritus Racing Dallara F301 Mugen-Honda 55 Republic of Ireland Gavin Smith All
56 United Kingdom Stephen Colbert All
United Kingdom Essential Motorsport Dallara F301 Toyota 58 Brazil Reck Junior 4
Angola Ricardo Teixeira 5
59 Denmark Jesper Carlsen 1-9
Italy Scuderia Etruria Dallara F301 Opel Spiess 60 Italy Diego Romanini 1-6
United Kingdom Sweeney Racing Dallara F301 Mugen-Honda 61 United Kingdom Adam Carroll All
62 Canada Billy Asaro All
63 Sweden Robert Dahlgren 6-13
United Kingdom Team Park Dallara F301 Opel Spiess 64 United Kingdom Stephen Colbert 1-2
United Kingdom Stefan Hodgetts 3
United Kingdom Adam Jones 8-9
United Kingdom David Clark 4-6
65 1-3, 9
United Kingdom Diamond Racing Dallara F301 Mugen-Honda 66 Spain Pedro Barral 10-12
77 Switzerland Harold Primat All
United Kingdom T-Sport Dallara F301 Mugen-Honda 67 Monaco Clivio Piccione All
68 India Karun Chandhok All
United Kingdom Hill Speed Motorsport Dallara F301 Opel Spiess 69 United Kingdom Luke Stevens 13

Race calendar and results

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Round Circuit Date Pole Position Fastest Lap Winning driver Winning team Scholarship Class Winner
1 United Kingdom Brands Hatch 1 April Australia James Courtney Australia James Courtney United Kingdom Robbie Kerr Alan Docking Racing Canada Billy Asaro
2 Australia James Courtney Australia James Courtney France Bruce Jouanny Promatecme UK United Kingdom Adam Carroll
3 United Kingdom Donington Park 14 April Australia James Courtney Australia James Courtney Republic of Ireland Michael Keohane Carlin Motorsport United Kingdom Adam Carroll
4 Australia James Courtney Australia James Courtney Republic of Ireland Michael Keohane Carlin Motorsport United Kingdom Adam Carroll
5 United Kingdom Silverstone 5 May Brazil Fabio Carbone Australia James Courtney United Kingdom Mark Taylor Manor Motorsport United Kingdom Adam Carroll
6 Australia James Courtney Australia James Courtney United Kingdom Robbie Kerr Alan Docking Racing Canada Billy Asaro
7 United Kingdom Knockhill 12 May Australia James Courtney Australia James Courtney Australia James Courtney Carlin Motorsport United Kingdom Stephen Colbert
8 Australia James Courtney Australia James Courtney Australia James Courtney Carlin Motorsport United Kingdom Adam Carroll
9 United Kingdom Croft 25 May Australia James Courtney Australia James Courtney Australia James Courtney Carlin Motorsport United Kingdom Justin Sherwood
10 26 May Round cancelled1
11 United Kingdom Silverstone 2 June Australia James Courtney United Kingdom Robbie Kerr United Kingdom Robbie Kerr Alan Docking Racing Monaco Clivio Piccione
12 3 June United Kingdom Mark Taylor Australia James Courtney Australia James Courtney Carlin Motorsport United Kingdom Adam Carroll
13 United Kingdom Castle Combe 22 June Australia James Courtney Australia James Courtney United Kingdom Robbie Kerr Carlin Motorsport United Kingdom Adam Carroll
14 23 June Australia James Courtney Australia James Courtney South Africa Alan van der Merwe Carlin Motorsport United Kingdom Adam Carroll
15 United Kingdom Brands Hatch 30 June United Kingdom Robbie Kerr United Kingdom Robbie Kerr United Kingdom Robbie Kerr Alan Docking Racing Sweden Robert Dahlgren
16 United Kingdom Robbie Kerr United Kingdom Robbie Kerr United Kingdom Robbie Kerr Alan Docking Racing United Kingdom Adam Carroll
17 United Kingdom Rockingham 21 July Finland Heikki Kovalainen United Kingdom Derek Hayes Japan Shinya Hosokawa Carlin Motorsport United Kingdom Adam Carroll
18 United Kingdom Derek Hayes United Kingdom Robbie Kerr United Kingdom Robbie Kerr Alan Docking Racing United Kingdom Adam Carroll
19 United Kingdom Oulton Park 18 August Finland Heikki Kovalainen Sweden Robert Dahlgren Finland Heikki Kovalainen Fortec Motorsport Monaco Clivio Piccione
20 Sweden Robert Dahlgren Monaco Clivio Piccione Australia James Courtney Carlin Motorsport Monaco Clivio Piccione
21 United Kingdom Snetterton 31 August United Kingdom Robbie Kerr United Kingdom Robbie Kerr United Kingdom Robbie Kerr Alan Docking Racing United Kingdom Adam Carroll
22 1 September United Kingdom Robbie Kerr Brazil Fabio Carbone Finland Heikki Kovalainen Fortec Motorsport United Kingdom Adam Carroll
101 Australia James Courtney France Bruce Jouanny United Kingdom Robbie Kerr Alan Docking Racing United Kingdom Adam Carroll
23 United Kingdom Thruxton 15 September France Bruce Jouanny Finland Heikki Kovalainen Finland Heikki Kovalainen Fortec Motorsport Sweden Robert Dahlgren
24 France Bruce Jouanny France Bruce Jouanny Finland Heikki Kovalainen Fortec Motorsport Sweden Robert Dahlgren
25 United Kingdom Donington Park 22 September United Kingdom Robbie Kerr Finland Heikki Kovalainen Finland Heikki Kovalainen Fortec Motorsport Sweden Robert Dahlgren
26 France Bruce Jouanny France Bruce Jouanny France Bruce Jouanny Promatecme UK Canada Billy Asaro

Notes:

1.^ – The second race at the Croft meeting was cancelled due to poor weather conditions. It was run at the Snetterton meeting.

Standings

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Pos Driver BRH
United Kingdom
DON
United Kingdom
SIL
United Kingdom
KNO
United Kingdom
CRO
United Kingdom
SIL
United Kingdom
CAS
United Kingdom
BRH
United Kingdom
ROC
United Kingdom
OUL
United Kingdom
SNE
United Kingdom
THR
United Kingdom
DON
United Kingdom
Pts
1 United Kingdom Robbie Kerr 1 3 6 3 4 1 Ret 12 Ret C 1 6 1 DNS 1 1 6 1 7 2 1 1 Ret 4 3 3 3 306
2 Australia James Courtney 2 2 3 2 Ret 5 1 1 1 C Ret 1 2 20 7 2 4 1 5 6 9 Ret 4 4 4 269
3 Finland Heikki Kovalainen 8 10 7 6 Ret 2 3 13 4 C 21 8 4 17 14 5 2 2 1 3 4 3 1 1 1 1 2 257
4 France Bruce Jouanny 6 1 2 16 6 4 4 3 8 C 5 5 3 3 6 3 4 Ret 19 10 2 2 3 Ret 2 2 1 249
5 Republic of Ireland Michael Keohane DNS Ret 1 1 3 7 Ret 2 3 C 6 7 5 2 2 18 Ret 6 DNS DNS 2 7 5 24 169
6 Brazil Fabio Carbone 16 DNS 8 7 24 6 14 Ret 5 C 3 2 13 19 5 Ret 5 8 2 7 3 16 4 14 5 9 5 137
7 United Kingdom Mark Taylor 4 5 Ret 8 1 3 Ret Ret Ret C 2 3 6 4 11 9 9 9 3 Ret 22 7 Ret Ret DNS 122
8 South Africa Alan van der Merwe 25 9 10 Ret 8 10 5 4 Ret C 8 12 7 1 4 4 Ret 7 5 8 6 Ret Ret Ret Ret 19 Ret 98
9 United Kingdom Rob Austin 5 6 5 4 Ret 9 7 9 6 C 10 10 9 7 3 8 11 Ret Ret Ret Ret Ret Ret 5 9 7 10 94
10 United States Richard Antinucci 7 8 22 Ret 5 11 Ret DNS 2 C 16 4 19 5 13 22 21 10 10 11 7 10 2 Ret Ret 6 7 89
11 Denmark Ronnie Bremer 9 7 9 12 17 Ret 2 Ret Ret C 7 11 Ret 8 12 13 10 4 6 Ret 8 4 5 7 6 21 8 86
12 Japan Shinya Hosokawa Ret Ret 23† Ret 10 12 8 5 DNS C Ret 15 20 16 9 10 1 13 Ret 6 21 9 15 Ret DNS 16 13 51
13 United Kingdom Matthew Gilmore 13 Ret NC 13 12 18 15 7 Ret C 4 9 21 18 10 11 7 11 17 5 14 Ret 7 17 19 20 6 47
14 Brazil Ernani Judice 3 4 14 Ret 7 8 Ret Ret 31
15 Netherlands Stefan de Groot 18 9 10 5 3 10 25 9 29
16 United Kingdom Derek Hayes 3 3 25
17 Sweden Robert Dahlgren 10 12 6 6 13
18 United Kingdom Tom Sisley 14 13 11 10 9 13 10 11 7 C DNS DNS 12
19 United Kingdom Mark Mayall 12 17 20 Ret 11 23 Ret 8 Ret C 20 16 12 11 15 14 Ret 24 15 21 17 13 Ret Ret DNS 12 Ret 12
20 France James Andanson 17 25 8 7 9
21 United Kingdom Stefan Hodgetts 16 15 Ret DNS 13 12 Ret 18 6 11 Ret 12 8
22 Italy Stefano Fabi Ret 20 Ret 24 18 26 13 10 9 C 26 22 22 DNS 17 23 15 18 12 17 16 19 14 Ret Ret 18 18 8
23 Colombia Giandomenico Brusatin Ret Ret Ret 18 14 Ret 9 Ret Ret C 17 14 18 15 18 DNS 4
24 Greece John Antoniadis 16 19 20 Ret 11 16 13 21 4
25 United Kingdom Tor Graves 15 15 24† 19 23 24 11 Ret Ret C 25 21 24 22 19 21 Ret 21 Ret 15 19 14 16 15 21 26 Ret 2
26 United Kingdom Andrew Thompson 12 Ret 0
27 Netherlands Jeroen Bleekemolen Ret 23 0
Scholarship Class
1 United Kingdom Adam Carroll Ret 11 4 5 2 17 17 14 Ret C 14 13 8 6 23 6 8 5 Ret Ret 9 8 6 9 13 17 Ret 367
2 Monaco Clivio Piccione 23 23 12 9 Ret 15 18 Ret 11 C 9 Ret 15 10 21 Ret 19 14 8 4 18 Ret 8 Ret 15 10 15 249
3 Canada Billy Asaro 11 DNS Ret 11 Ret 14 21 Ret 13 C Ret NC 25 9 22 DNS Ret 15 9 Ret 11 11 11 12 14 11 11 216
4 United Kingdom Stephen Colbert 19 24† 13 17 19 29 16 20 DSQ C 11 19 10 24 25 Ret 16 25 11 13 15 Ret 10 10 12 15 19 208
5 Sweden Robert Dahlgren 23 17 11 12 20 20 12 12 Ret DSQ Ret Ret 8 8 8 17 167
6 India Karun Chandhok 21 19 Ret 14 13 19 Ret 16 15 C 12 20 Ret Ret DNS 12 13 17 Ret 20 13 Ret Ret Ret 17 Ret 14 156
7 Republic of Ireland Gavin Smith Ret 14 15 23 Ret Ret 25 21 14 C 24 23 14 14 24 Ret 20 16 Ret 18 12 12 12 13 Ret 14 16 147
8 United Kingdom Justin Sherwood 17 18 18 20 22 Ret Ret 19 10 C 18 18 Ret 21 27 19 22 20 20 16 Ret Ret 13 16 18 Ret 23 130
9 Malaysia Fairuz Fauzy 24 DNS 19 21 15 20 19 15 12 C 15 25 16 23 28 16 Ret 27 Ret 14 Ret Ret 17 Ret 20 22 Ret 119
10 Denmark Jesper Carlsen 16 13 16 15 Ret 21 22 Ret Ret C 13 Ret 23 13 26 Ret 18 Ret 81
11 Switzerland Harold Primat 22 22 21 25 20 28 23 17 Ret C 22 24 Ret DNS DNS Ret 22 Ret 23 Ret 15 18 Ret Ret 23 25 57
12 United Kingdom David Clark DNS Ret 17 DNQ 16 22 20 18 Ret C 19 Ret 17 19 48
13 Spain Pedro Barral 14 22 Ret 17 Ret Ret 22
14 Italy Diego Romanini 20 21 DNQ 22 21 25 Ret Ret Ret C 27 DNQ 22
15 United Kingdom Adam Jones Ret 17 14 26 20
16 United Kingdom Stefan Hodgetts Ret 16 12
17 United Kingdom Luke Stevens 24 20 6
18 France Julien Schell 27 22 4
19 Brazil Reck Junior 24 Ret 2
20 South Africa Earl Goddard Ret 27 1
Turkey Jason Tahinci DNQ DNQ 0
Angola Ricardo Teixeira DNQ C 0
Pos Driver BRH
United Kingdom
DON
United Kingdom
SIL
United Kingdom
KNO
United Kingdom
CRO
United Kingdom
SIL
United Kingdom
CAS
United Kingdom
BRH
United Kingdom
ROC
United Kingdom
OUL
United Kingdom
SNE
United Kingdom
THR
United Kingdom
DON
United Kingdom
Pts

References

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http://www.speedsport-magazine.com/motorsport/formula-level3/british-formula-3/2002/entrylist.html

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