The 7th round of the inaugural British Formula 3000 Championship, saw the series visit Silverstone, on 30 July.
Report
Entry A total of 9 F3000 cars were entered for this, the seventh round of the 1989 British F3000 Championship.
Qualifying Gary Brabham took pole position for Bromley Motorsport team in their Cosworth-engined Reynard 88D. He was joined on the front row by Roland Ratzenberger in a similar Reynard, prepared by Spirit Motorsport.
Race The race was held over 40 laps of the Silverstone National circuit. Gary Brabham took the winner spoils for the Bromley Motorsport team, driving their Reynard-Cosworth 88D. The Aussie won in a time of 42:32.21mins., averaging a speed of 107.907 mph. Second place went to championship leader, Andrew Gilbert-Scott in Eddie Jordan Racing’s Reynard-Cosworth 88D, who was only 0.58secs behind. Brabham’s victory moved him to within four points of Gilbert-Scott points leader, with just two rounds to go. Third was poleman, Roland Ratzenberger who completed the podium for the Spirit Motorsport owned by Geoff Mitchell and Tony Searles this Cosworth engined Reynard 88D.
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 42:32.21 2nd 3 Andrew Gilbert-Scott Eddie Jordan Racing Reynard-Cosworth 88D 42:32.79 3rd 16 Roland Ratzenberger Spirit Motorsport Reynard-Cosworth 88D 40 4th 2 Marco Greco Eddie Jordan Racing Reynard-Cosworth 88D 40 5th 10 Jonathan Bancroft GA Motorsport Lola-Cosworth T88/80 39 6th 7 Tony Worswick Tony Worswick Reynard-Cosworth 88D 38 7th 6 Roger Orgee R.O./Omegaland Reynard-Cosworth 88D 38 8th 8 Felipe Machado Madgwick Motorsport Reynard-Cosworth 88D 37 DNS 12 Antonio Albacete Madgwick Motorsport Reynard-Cosworth 88D engine
Fastest lap: Roland Ratzenberger, 1:02.91secs. (109.299 mph)
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