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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.

This season did not feature any Brazilian drivers, an unusual fact for British Formula 3 since the arrival of Emerson Fittipaldi in 1969.

The scoring system was 20-15-12-10-8-6-4-3-2-1 points awarded to the first ten finishers, with 1 (one) extra point added to the driver who set the fastest lap of the race. All results counted towards the driver's final tally.

Drivers and Teams

Team	No	Driver	Chassis	Engine	Rounds	Class A
GBR Paul Stewart Racing	1	GBR Ralph Firman	nowrap	Dallara F396	Mugen-Honda	All
2	GBR Jonny Kane	Dallara F396	Mugen-Honda	All
GBR Fortec Motorsport	3	GBR Guy Smith	Dallara F396	HKS-Mitsubishi	All
4	nowrap	COL Juan Pablo Montoya	Dallara F396	HKS-Mitsubishi	All
FRA Promatecme	5	GBR James Matthews	Dallara F396	Renault	All
6	FRA Nicolas Minassian	Dallara F396	Renault	All
GBR Alan Docking Racing	7	USA Brian Cunningham	Dallara F396	Mugen-Honda	All
8	URY Gonzalo Rodríguez	Dallara F396	Mugen-Honda	1-4
IND Akbar Ebrahim	8
GBR Steven Arnold	9
11	BEL Kurt Mollekens	Dallara F396	Mugen-Honda	All
12	FIN Risto Virtanen	Dallara F396	Mugen-Honda	1-4
GBR TWR Junior Team	9	GBR Jamie Davies	Dallara F396	TWR GM	All
10	GBR Mark Shaw	Dallara F396	TWR GM	All
GBR Intersport	14	ESP Ángel Burgueño	Dallara F396	Opel	All
GBR SpeedSport F3	15	GBR Darren Manning	Dallara F396	Mugen-Honda	All
GBR TOM'S GB	16	GBR Christian Horner	TOM'S 036	TOM'S-Toyota	1-6
JPN Naoki Kurose	Dallara F396	16
17	ARG Brian Smith	TOM'S 036	TOM'S-Toyota	All
18	JPN Takashi Yokoyama	Dallara F396	TOM'S-Toyota	1-3
TOM'S 036	4-16
19	JPN Kazuto Yanagawa	Dallara F396	TOM'S-Toyota	All
GBR DC Cook Motorsport	20	GBR Paula Cook	Dallara F396	Mugen-Honda	1-11
FRA Graff Racing	23	FRA Boris Derichebourg	Dallara F396	Opel	11
FRA Patrice Gay	14-15
GBR Z-Speed	27	GBR Martin Byford	Dallara F396	Opel	1–9, 11-15
GBR Z-Speed	31	NZL Simon Wills	Dallara F394	Vauxhall	All
GBR Hopkins Motorsport	33	GBR Philip Hopkins	Dallara F393	Fiat	nowrap	1–6, 8–9, 11–13, 16
USA James Carney	14-15
GBR Render Racing	34	GBR Martin O'Connell	Dallara F394	Vauxhall	1–3, 7–9, 12-13
JPN Masami Nakamura	14-16
GBR SpeedSport F3	35	GBR Michael Bentwood	Dallara F394	Vauxhall	All
GBR Team Magic Racing	36	JPN Shingo Tachi	Dallara F394	TOM'S-Toyota	All
37	GBR Ben Collins	Dallara F394	Mugen-Honda	7-16
GBR Mark Bailey Racing	47	USA Tavo Hellmund	Dallara F394	TOM'S-Toyota	1-7
48	GBR 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
GBR Silverstone	31 March	GBR Guy Smith	GBR Ralph Firman	GBR Guy Smith	GBR Fortec Motorsport	nowrap	GBR Martin O'Connell
GBR Guy Smith	GBR Jamie Davies	GBR Jamie Davies	GBR TWR Junior Team	GBR Martin O'Connell
GBR Thruxton	14 April	GBR Ralph Firman	GBR Ralph Firman	GBR Jamie Davies	GBR TWR Junior Team	NZL Simon Wills
nowrap	GBR Donington Park	5 May	GBR Ralph Firman	COL Juan Pablo Montoya	COL Juan Pablo Montoya	GBR Fortec Motorsport	JPN Shingo Tachi
GBR Brands Hatch	27 May	GBR Ralph Firman	GBR Ralph Firman	GBR Ralph Firman	nowrap	GBR Paul Stewart Racing	NZL Simon Wills
GBR Ralph Firman	GBR Ralph Firman	GBR Ralph Firman	GBR Paul Stewart Racing	GBR Philip Hopkins
GBR Oulton Park	8 June	GBR Jonny Kane	COL Juan Pablo Montoya	GBR Ralph Firman	GBR Paul Stewart Racing	GBR Martin O'Connell
GBR Donington Park	23 June	ARG Brian Smith	COL Juan Pablo Montoya	BEL Kurt Mollekens	nowrap	GBR Alan Docking Racing	GBR Martin O'Connell
GBR Silverstone	13 July	GBR Darren Manning	GBR Jonny Kane	GBR Darren Manning	GBR SpeedSport F3	GBR Martin O'Connell
GBR Thruxton	28 July	GBR Darren Manning	nowrap	COL Juan Pablo Montoya	nowrap	COL Juan Pablo Montoya	GBR Fortec Motorsport	GBR Ben Collins
GBR Snetterton	11 August	GBR Jonny Kane	GBR Jonny Kane	GBR Jonny Kane	GBR Paul Stewart Racing	GBR Ben Collins
GBR Pembrey	1 September	GBR Jonny Kane	GBR Jonny Kane	FRA Nicolas Minassian	FRA Promatecme	GBR Ben Collins
GBR Jonny Kane	GBR Jonny Kane	GBR Jonny Kane	GBR Paul Stewart Racing	JPN Shingo Tachi
NED Zandvoort	29 September	nowrap	COL Juan Pablo Montoya	BEL Kurt Mollekens	BEL Kurt Mollekens	GBR Alan Docking Racing	GBR Ben Collins
ARG Brian Smith	GBR Ralph Firman	GBR Jonny Kane	GBR Paul Stewart Racing	GBR Ben Collins
GBR Silverstone	13 October	FRA Nicolas Minassian	FRA Nicolas Minassian	FRA Nicolas Minassian	FRA Promatecme	NZL Simon Wills

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

Drivers Championship

Pos	Driver	SIL
GBR	SIL
GBR	THR
GBR	DON
GBR	BRH
GBR	BRH
GBR	OUL
GBR	DON
GBR	SIL
GBR	THR
GBR	SNE
GBR	PEM
GBR	PEM
GBR	ZAN
NED	ZAN
NED	SIL
GBR	Pts	Class A	1	188	2	148	3	146	4	139	5	137	6	132	7	105	8	98	9	59	10	44	11	34	12	31	13	12	14	9	15	8	16	8	17	7	18	4	19	3	20	0	21	0	22	0	23	0	24	0	Class B	1	201	2	192	3	147	4	131	5	119	6	56	7	52	8	45	9	20	10	12	Pos	Driver	SIL
GBR	SIL
GBR	THR
GBR	DON
GBR	BRH
GBR	BRH
GBR	OUL
GBR	DON
GBR	SIL
GBR	THR
GBR	SNE
GBR	PEM
GBR	PEM
GBR	ZAN
NED	ZAN
NED	SIL
GBR	Pts
GBR Ralph Firman	4	2	3	Ret	1	1	1	2	2	2	6	13	5	5	4	4
BEL Kurt Mollekens	5	5	11	3	6	7	2	1	4	5	9	3	8	1	2	7
GBR Jonny Kane	Ret	6	5	Ret	4	Ret	10	Ret	3	Ret	1	2	1	2	1	2
FRA Nicolas Minassian	9	8	7	5	2	3	3	3	9	Ret	17	1	7	3	3	1
COL Juan Pablo Montoya	2	12	4	1	12	2	9	13	7	1	3	4	6	4	Ret	5
GBR Guy Smith	1	3	6	4	3	6	5	4	6	9	2	12	12	8	5	3
GBR Darren Manning	7	10	17	2	5	8	6	6	1	4	5	7	4	12	7	6
GBR Jamie Davies	3	1	1	Ret	10	10	4	20	11	6	7	5	2	Ret	Ret	DNS
GBR James Matthews	6	4	2	9	20	11	8	19	10	7	4	8	9	Ret	8	12
ARG Brian Smith	Ret	DNS	25	Ret	8	5	7	12	8	DNS	8	6	3	7	Ret	DSQ
USA Brian Cunningham	Ret	13	9	Ret	7	Ret	WD	5	5	8	11	9	14	6	Ret	10
ESP Ángel Burgueño	Ret	DNS	10	Ret	13	4	11	7	Ret	3	Ret	15	16	Ret	11	8
GBR Mark Shaw	14	7	8	13	Ret	Ret	18	9	13	Ret	19†	Ret	18	10	Ret	DSQ
URU Gonzalo Rodríguez	8	Ret	12	6
FRA Patrice Gay														9	6
JPN Takashi Yokoyama	13	9	20	8	11	Ret	19	17	Ret	14†	10	18	21	11	Ret	9
GBR Martin Byford	11	11	Ret	Ret	9	9	14	11	Ret		12	Ret	DNS	15†	12
FIN Risto Virtanen	21	21	14	7
JPN Kazuto Yanagawa	16	18	19	Ret	17	Ret	Ret	14	16	13	13	Ret	13	Ret	9	15
GBR Christian Horner	Ret	24	16	Ret	16	13
GBR Paula Cook	17	16	21	Ret	18	14	DNS	DNS	20	DNS	DNS
FRA Boris Derichebourg											14
GBR Steven Arnold									15
IND Akbar Ebrahim								18
JPN Naoki Kurose																Ret
NZL Simon Wills	19	17	13	14	14	15	15	15	21	11	16	16	17	Ret	13	11
JPN Shingo Tachi	15	19	23	10	15	17	13	21	14	Ret	DNS	11	10	14	Ret	13
GBR Ben Collins							Ret	10	17	10	15	10	11	13	10	Ret
GBR Martin O'Connell	10	14	18				12	8	12			17	19
GBR Michael Bentwood	20	22	DNS	11	Ret	16	16	16	18	12	18†	14	15	Ret	Ret	14
USA Tavo Hellmund	18	20	24	12	19	Ret	17
GBR Philip Hopkins	22†	23	22	Ret	Ret	12		Ret	19		20†	19†	20			DSQ
GBR Chris Clark	12	15	15	Ret
JPN Masami Nakamura														17	Ret	16
USA James Carney														16	Ret

References

AUTOCOURSE 1996-97 British Motorsport Year 1996-97

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