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)
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