1994 British Formula Two Championship
The 1994 British Formula Two Championship was the sixth season of the British Formula 3000 Championship. José Luis Di Palma won the championship, driving a Reynard 92D for Madgwick International. Both the Argentinian and series runner-up Phil Andrews (Apache Racing) won two rounds apiece. However, the grids were weak and British F2 was in decline. International F3000 drivers Gareth Rees and Christian Pescatori both won one-off races with Durango, at Snetterton and Donington respectively. Future Indy Lights star Philipp Peter also had a single race with the Italian team. Rees' future team-mate Stephen Watson made a single appearance in the series. The Moosehead Grand Prix at Halifax, Canada, a non-championship F3000 race in 1993, counted as a British F2 round in 1994 and was won by the Italian-Mexican Gianfranco Cané, driving for Fred Goddard Racing.[1]
Drivers and teams
The following drivers and teams contested the 1994 British Formula Two Championship.
| Team | Chassis | Engine | No. | Driver | Rounds |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Madgwick International | Reynard | Cosworth | 1 | José Luis Di Palma | All |
| Apache Racing | Reynard | Cosworth | 4 | Dominic Chappell | All |
| 5 | Phil Andrews | All | |||
| AIM Motorsport | Reynard | Mugen | 6 | Andreas Halkiopoulos | 1–2, 4-7 |
| McNeil Engineering | Lola | Judd | 7 | Robbie Stirling | 1–3, 5-7 |
| Rex Hart Racing | Reynard | Cosworth | 8 | David Mercer | 3, 5, 7 |
| Weylock Racing | Reynard | Cosworth | 9 | Nicke Blom | 1 |
| Franck Fréon | 4 | ||||
| Fred Goddard Racing | Reynard | Cosworth | 10 | Pekka Herva | 2–3, 5 |
| Gianfranco Cané | 4 | ||||
| Worswick Engineering | Reynard | Cosworth | 11 | Tony Worswick | 3 |
| Cobra Motorsport | Reynard | Cosworth | 12 | Richard Dean | 4 |
| Monninghoff Sport Promotion | Reynard | Cosworth | 14 | Klaus Panchyrz | 4 |
| 15 | James Taylor | 4 | |||
| Vortex Motorsport | Reynard | Cosworth | 18 | Allard Kalff | 6 |
| Kris Nissen | 7 | ||||
| 19 | Hans Fertl | 6 | |||
| Omegaland | Lola | Cosworth | 20 | Stephen Watson | 7 |
| Durango Corse | Reynard | Cosworth | 30 | Gareth Rees | 6 |
| Christian Pescatori | 7 | ||||
| 31 | Luca Riccitelli | 6 | |||
| Philipp Peter | 7 | ||||
| 32 | Vito Popolizio | 6-7 | |||
Results
British Formula Two Championship
| Round | Date | Circuit | Pole Position | Fastest Lap | Winning Driver | Winning Team |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| C | April 1 | Oulton Park | Cancelled due to lack of entries | |||
| C | May 2 | Thruxton | ||||
| 1 | May 30 | Brands Hatch (Indy) | José Luis Di Palma | Robbie Stirling | Phil Andrews | Apache Racing |
| 2 | June 4 | Silverstone (National) | Phil Andrews | Pekka Herva | José Luis Di Palma | Madgwick International |
| 3 | June 11 | Oulton Park | Phil Andrews | Phil Andrews | Phil Andrews | Apache Racing |
| 4 | July 10 | Halifax | Franck Fréon | Franck Fréon | Gianfranco Cane | Fred Goddard Racing |
| 5 | August 7 | Snetterton | José Luis Di Palma | José Luis Di Palma | José Luis Di Palma | Madgwick International |
| C | September 18 | Brands Hatch (GP) | Cancelled due to lack of entries | |||
| 6 | October 16 | Snetterton | Gareth Rees | Gareth Rees | Gareth Rees | Durango Corse |
| 7 | October 30 | Donington Park | Christian Pescatori | Phil Andrews | Christian Pescatori | Durango Corse |
Championship Standings
| Pos. | Driver | BHI |
SIL |
OUL |
HAL |
SNE |
SNE |
DON |
Points |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | José Luis Di Palma | Ret | 1 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 34 |
| 2 | Phil Andrews | 1 | 2 | 1 | DNS | 2 | DNS | Ret | 30 |
| 3 | Dominic Chappell | 2 | Ret | 3 | 4 | 4 | 2 | Ret | 22 |
| 4 | Robbie Stirling | DSQ | Ret | 4 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 13 | |
| 5 | Gianfranco Cane | 1 | 9 | ||||||
| 6 | Gareth Rees | 1 | 9 | ||||||
| 7 | Christian Pescatori | 1 | 9 | ||||||
| 8 | Andreas Halkiopoulos | 3 | 4 | 6 | NC | Ret | Ret | 8 | |
| 9 | Klaus Panchyrz | 2 | 6 | ||||||
| 10 | Philipp Peter | 2 | 6 | ||||||
| 11 | Pekka Herva | 3 | DNS | Ret | 4 | ||||
| 12 | Kris Nissen | 3 | 4 | ||||||
| 13 | David Mercer | 5 | 5 | 9 | 4 | ||||
| 14 | James Taylor | 5 | 2 | ||||||
| 15 | Luca Riccitelli | 5 | 2 | ||||||
| 16 | Stephen Watson | 6 | 1 | ||||||
| 17 | Vito Popolizio | 6 | 7 | 1 | |||||
| 18 | Akbar Ebrahim | 8 | 0 | ||||||
| Tony Worswick | Ret | ||||||||
| Franck Fréon | Ret | ||||||||
| Richard Dean | Ret | ||||||||
| Hans Fertl | Ret | ||||||||
| Steve Arnold | Ret | ||||||||
| Nicke Blom | DNS | ||||||||
References
- "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2021-10-23. Retrieved 2020-05-04.
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