1989 British Formula 3000 Championship

The 1989 British Formula 3000 Championship was the first season of the British Formula 3000 Championship. Australia’s Gary Brabham took the inaugural title, racing an ex-Jean Alesi Reynard-Cosworth 88D for Bromley Motorsport. He took three race wins during the season. Brabham, son of three time World Drivers Champion, Jack Brabham, only raced in the series after a deal to race for Roni Q8 Racing in the International F3000 series fell through.

Andrew Gilbert-Scott finished second overall for Eddie Jordan Racing, like Brabham, winning three races, in his Reynard-Cosworth 88D. Third spot in the standing went to Roland Ratzenberger, taking victory in round 4, at Donington Park. Other entrants during the season included Damon Hill for CoBRa Motorsports. He drove in two races, finishing third in round 3 at Oulton Park and 6th in round 5, at Brands Hatch, also in a 88D. CoBRa did taste victory in the final round, when Paolo Carcasci won at Oulton Park. Pedro Chaves, who would win the title in 1990, finished 12th in final standing after just one appearance, while former F1 driver, Desiré Wilson made an appearance for GA Motorsport in a Lola T88/50, finishing fourth, in round 5 at Brands Hatch. ^[1][2]

The following drivers and teams contested the 1989 British Formula 3000 Championship.

Team	Chassis	Engine	No.	Driver	Rounds
Eddie Jordan Racing	Reynard	Cosworth	2	Marco Greco	All
			3	Andrew Gilbert-Scott	All
Tony Trimmer	March	Cosworth	4	Tony Trimmer	1-6
Bromley Motorsport	Reynard	Cosworth	5	Gary Brabham	All
R.O./Omegaland	Reynard	Cosworth	6	Roger Orgee	1, 2, 5, 7
	March			Mike Bryan	9
Chamberlain	Reynard	Cosworth	7	Ian Khan	1
				Cor Euser	2
Worswick Engineering	Reynard	Cosworth	7	Tony Worswick	4-9
			14		3
Vantage Racing	Lola	Cosworth	8	Rob Wilson	1
			9	Damon Hill	1
	Reynard		10	Robert Lee-Lewis	1
			11	Thomas Danielsson	1
CoBRa Motorsports	Reynard	Cosworth	8	Peter Bourque	5
			9	Pedro Chaves	2
				Damon Hill	3, 5
				Peter Bourque	7
				Paolo Carcasci	8-9
			15	Ross Hockenhull	8
GA Motorsport	Lola	Cosworth	10	Jonathan Bancroft	5-9
			11	Desiré Wilson	5
				Daniel Muller	8
				Perry McCarthy	9
			17	Divina Galica	1
Mansell Madgwick Motorsport	Reynard	Cosworth	11	Paolo Carcasci	4
				Felipe Machado	7-9
			12	Antonio Albacete	All
Spirit Motorsport	Reynard	Cosworth	16	Roland Ratzenberger	1-8
Geoff Farmer	Lola	Cosworth	27	Geoff Farmer	1
RCR 3000	Lola	Cosworth	37	Mario Hytten	1
				Pierre Chauvet	9
			39		4, 5, 8
				Dominco Gitto	6

Round	Date	Circuit	Pole Position	Fastest Lap	Winning Driver	Winning Team
1	March 19	Brands Hatch (Indy)	Marco Greco	Gary Brabham	Andrew Gilbert-Scott	Eddie Jordan Racing
2	March 27	Thruxton	Andrew Gilbert-Scott	Roland Ratzenberger	Gary Brabham	Bromley Motorsport
3	April 15	Oulton Park	Gary Brabham	Gary Brabham	Andrew Gilbert-Scott	Eddie Jordan Racing
4	May 29	Donington Park	Roland Ratzenberger	Roland Ratzenberger	Roland Ratzenberger	Spirit Motorsport
5	June 25	Brands Hatch (Indy)	Roland Ratzenberger	Gary Brabham	Gary Brabham	Bromley Motorsport
6	July 2	Snetterton	Andrew Gilbert-Scott	Andrew Gilbert-Scott	Andrew Gilbert-Scott	Eddie Jordan Racing
7	July 30	Silverstone (National)	Gary Brabham	Roland Ratzenberger	Gary Brabham	Bromley Motorsport
8	August 13	Oulton Park	Roland Ratzenberger	Roland Ratzenberger	Paolo Carcasci	CoBRa Motorsport
9	September 10	Brands Hatch (GP)	Andrew Gilbert-Scott	Gary Brabham	Gary Brabham	Bromley Motorsport

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Pos.	Driver	BHI	THR	OUL	DON	BHI	SNE	SIL	OUL	BGP	Points
1	Gary Brabham	3	1	2	6	1	5	1	2	1	55
2	Andrew Gilbert-Scott	1	3	1	3	Ret	1	2	3	Ret	45
3	Roland Ratzenberger	2	2	8†	1	2	2	3	Ret		37
4	Marco Greco	Ret	Ret	6	2	3	3	4	DNS	3	22
5	Paolo Carcasci				4				1	6	13
6	Antonio Albacete	NC	4	4	Ret	Ret	4	DNS	Ret	7	9
7	Tony Trimmer	4	6	5	Ret	5	7				8
8	Perry McCarthy									2	6
9	Tony Worswick			7	5	7	DNS	6	4	9	6
10	Jonathan Bancroft					Ret	6	5	Ret	4	6
11	Damon Hill			3		6					5
12	Desiré Wilson					4					3
13	Pierre Chauvet				Ret					5	2
14	Mario Hytten	5									2
15	Pedro Chaves		5								2
16	Ian Khan	6									1
17	Roger Orgee		NC			NC		7			0
18	Ross Hockenhull								7		0
19	Felipe Machado							8	Ret	8	0
20	Peter Bourque					8					0
	Richard Peacock		NC
	Geoff Farmer	Ret
	Dominico Gitto						Ret
	Cor Euser		DNS
	Daniel Muller								DNS
	Mike Bryan									DNS