1989 British Formula 3000 Championship Rd.5

The 5th round of the inaugural British Formula 3000 Championship, saw the series arrive back in Kent, for their second visit of the year to Brands Hatch, on 25 June.

Report

Entry A total of 12 F3000 cars were entered for this, the fifth round of the 1989 British F3000 Championship.

Qualifying Roland Ratzenberger took pole position for Spirit Motorsport team in their Cosworth-engined Reynard 88D. He was joined on the front row by Gary Brabham in a similar Reynard, prepared by Bromley Motorsport.

Race The race was held over 60 laps of the Brands Hatch Indy circuit. Gary Brabham took the winner spoils for the Bromley Motorsport team, driving their Reynard-Cosworth 88D. The Aussie won in a time of 40:38.73mins., averaging a speed of 106.729 mph. Second place went to poleman, Roland Ratzenberger in Spirit Motorsport's Reynard-Cosworth 88D, who was just 2.75secs behind. Third was Grand Prix Motorcycle road racer, Marco Greco completed the podium for the Eddie Jordan Racing in his Cosworth engined Reynard 88D, while former F1 driver, Desiré Wilson made an appearance for GA Motorsport in their Lola T88/50, finishing fourth.

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 40:38.73 2nd 16 Roland Ratzenberger Spirit Motorsport Reynard-Cosworth 88D 40:41.48 3rd 2 Marco Greco Eddie Jordan Racing Reynard-Cosworth 88D 60 4th 11 Desiré Wilson GA Motorsport Lola-Cosworth T88/50 59 5th 4 Tony Trimmer Tony Trimmer March-Cosworth 88B 58 6th 9 Damon Hill CoBRa Motorsport Reynard-Cosworth 88D 57 7th 7 Tony Worswick Tony Worswick Reynard-Cosworth 88D 56 8th 8 Peter Bourque CoBRa Motorsport Reynard-Cosworth 88D 56 NC 6 Roger Orgee R.O./Omegaland Reynard-Cosworth 88D 53 Running, not classified DNF 3 Andrew Gilbert-Scott Eddie Jordan Racing Reynard-Cosworth 88D 50 DNF 12 Antonio Albacete Madgwick Motorsport Reynard-Cosworth 88D 22 DNF 10 Jonthan Bancroft GA Motorsport Lola-Cosworth T88/80 3

Fastest lap: Gary Brabham, 39.90secs. (109.173 mph)

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