The 2002 British Formula Three season was the 52nd British Formula Three Championship season. It commenced on 31st March and ended on 22 September, after twenty-six races.
The scoring system was 20-15-12-10-8-6-4-3-2-1 points awarded to the first ten finishers, with one extra point added to the driver who set the fastest lap of the race. All results counted towards the driver's final tally.
If a Class B driver finished in the top 10 overall, they did not score points for the main championship; the points were awarded to the next placed driver in the main class. Similarly, if a Class B driver set the fastest lap of the race, they did not receive the extra point for the main championship; the extra point was awarded to the driver in the main class who set the fastest lap.
Drivers and teams The following teams and drivers were competitors in the 2002 season. The Scholarship class is for older Formula Three cars.
Team Chassis Engine No Driver Rounds Championship Class Carlin Motorsport Dallara F302 Mugen-Honda 1 James Courtney 1-8, 10-13 Derek Hayes 9 2 Alan van der Merwe All 21 Michael Keohane 1-10, 12-13 22 Shinya Hosokawa All Manor Motorsport Dallara F302 Mugen-Honda 3 Mark Taylor 1-12 4 Richard Antinucci All 34 Ronnie Bremer All Fortec Motorsport Dallara F302 Renault Sodemo 5 Fabio Carbone All 6 Heikki Kovalainen All Alan Docking Racing Dallara F302 Mugen-Honda 7 Robbie Kerr All 8 Mark Mayall All 13 Tor Graves All Team Avanti Ralt F302 Mugen-Honda 9 James Andanson 7-8 Jeroen Bleekemolen 9 Matthew Gilmore 1-2 Dallara F302 3-4 10 Stefano Fabi All Promatecme UK Dallara F302 Mugen-Honda 11 Bruce Jouanny All 12 Ernani Judice 1-4 Matthew Gilmore 5-13 Duma Racing Dallara F302 Mugen-Honda 14 Robert Dahlgren 1, 4 John Antoniadis 10-13 Menu Motorsport Dallara F302 Opel Spiess 16 Rob Austin All 17 Giandomenico Brusatin 1-8 Stefan de Groot 10-13 Motaworld Racing Dallara F302 Ford 18 Andrew Thompson 4 19 Tom Sisley 1-6 Stefan Hodgetts 8-13 Scholarship Class Fred Goddard Racing Dallara F301 Renault Sodemo 51 Fairuz Fauzy All 52 Jason Tahinci 2 Earl Goddard 3 Performance Racing Dallara F301 Opel Spiess 53 Justin Sherwood All 54 Julien Schell 13 Meritus Racing Dallara F301 Mugen-Honda 55 Gavin Smith All 56 Stephen Colbert All Essential Motorsport Dallara F301 Toyota 58 Reck Junior 4 Ricardo Teixeira 5 59 Jesper Carlsen 1-9 Scuderia Etruria Dallara F301 Opel Spiess 60 Diego Romanini 1-6 Sweeney Racing Dallara F301 Mugen-Honda 61 Adam Carroll All 62 Billy Asaro All 63 Robert Dahlgren 6-13 Team Park Dallara F301 Opel Spiess 64 Stephen Colbert 1-2 Stefan Hodgetts 3 Adam Jones 8-9 David Clark 4-6 65 1-3, 9 Diamond Racing Dallara F301 Mugen-Honda 66 Pedro Barral 10-12 77 Harold Primat All T-Sport Dallara F301 Mugen-Honda 67 Clivio Piccione All 68 Karun Chandhok All Hill Speed Motorsport Dallara F301 Opel Spiess 69 Luke Stevens 13
Race calendar and results Round Circuit Date Pole Position Fastest Lap Winning driver Winning team Scholarship Class Winner 1 Brands Hatch 1 April James Courtney James Courtney Robbie Kerr Alan Docking Racing Billy Asaro 2 James Courtney James Courtney Bruce Jouanny Promatecme UK Adam Carroll 3 Donington Park 14 April James Courtney James Courtney Michael Keohane Carlin Motorsport Adam Carroll 4 James Courtney James Courtney Michael Keohane Carlin Motorsport Adam Carroll 5 Silverstone 5 May Fabio Carbone James Courtney Mark Taylor Manor Motorsport Adam Carroll 6 James Courtney James Courtney Robbie Kerr Alan Docking Racing Billy Asaro 7 Knockhill 12 May James Courtney James Courtney James Courtney Carlin Motorsport Stephen Colbert 8 James Courtney James Courtney James Courtney Carlin Motorsport Adam Carroll 9 Croft 25 May James Courtney James Courtney James Courtney Carlin Motorsport Justin Sherwood 10 26 May Round cancelled 11 Silverstone 2 June James Courtney Robbie Kerr Robbie Kerr Alan Docking Racing Clivio Piccione 12 3 June Mark Taylor James Courtney James Courtney Carlin Motorsport Adam Carroll 13 Castle Combe 22 June James Courtney James Courtney Robbie Kerr Carlin Motorsport Adam Carroll 14 23 June James Courtney James Courtney Alan van der Merwe Carlin Motorsport Adam Carroll 15 Brands Hatch 30 June Robbie Kerr Robbie Kerr Robbie Kerr Alan Docking Racing Robert Dahlgren 16 Robbie Kerr Robbie Kerr Robbie Kerr Alan Docking Racing Adam Carroll 17 Rockingham 21 July Heikki Kovalainen Derek Hayes Shinya Hosokawa Carlin Motorsport Adam Carroll 18 Derek Hayes Robbie Kerr Robbie Kerr Alan Docking Racing Adam Carroll 19 Oulton Park 18 August Heikki Kovalainen Robert Dahlgren Heikki Kovalainen Fortec Motorsport Clivio Piccione 20 Robert Dahlgren Clivio Piccione James Courtney Carlin Motorsport Clivio Piccione 21 Snetterton 31 August Robbie Kerr Robbie Kerr Robbie Kerr Alan Docking Racing Adam Carroll 22 1 September Robbie Kerr Fabio Carbone Heikki Kovalainen Fortec Motorsport Adam Carroll 10 James Courtney Bruce Jouanny Robbie Kerr Alan Docking Racing Adam Carroll 23 Thruxton 15 September Bruce Jouanny Heikki Kovalainen Heikki Kovalainen Fortec Motorsport Robert Dahlgren 24 Bruce Jouanny Bruce Jouanny Heikki Kovalainen Fortec Motorsport Robert Dahlgren 25 Donington Park 22 September Robbie Kerr Heikki Kovalainen Heikki Kovalainen Fortec Motorsport Robert Dahlgren 26 Bruce Jouanny Bruce Jouanny Bruce Jouanny Promatecme UK Billy Asaro Notes: 1. – The second race at the Croft meeting was cancelled due to poor weather conditions. It was run at the Snetterton meeting.
Standings
Pos Driver BRH DON SIL KNO CRO SIL CAS BRH ROC OUL SNE THR DON Pts 1 Robbie Kerr 1 3 6 3 4 1 Ret 12 Ret C 1 6 1 DNS 1 1 6 1 7 2 1 1 Ret 4 3 3 3 306 2 James Courtney 2 2 3 2 Ret 5 1 1 1 C Ret 1 2 20 7 2 4 1 5 6 9 Ret 4 4 4 269 3 Heikki Kovalainen 8 10 7 6 Ret 2 3 13 4 C 21 8 4 17 14 5 2 2 1 3 4 3 1 1 1 1 2 257 4 Bruce Jouanny 6 1 2 16 6 4 4 3 8 C 5 5 3 3 6 3 4 Ret 19 10 2 2 3 Ret 2 2 1 249 5 Michael Keohane DNS Ret 1 1 3 7 Ret 2 3 C 6 7 5 2 2 18 Ret 6 DNS DNS 2 7 5 24 169 6 Fabio Carbone 16 DNS 8 7 24 6 14 Ret 5 C 3 2 13 19 5 Ret 5 8 2 7 3 16 4 14 5 9 5 137 7 Mark Taylor 4 5 Ret 8 1 3 Ret Ret Ret C 2 3 6 4 11 9 9 9 3 Ret 22 7 Ret Ret DNS 122 8 Alan van der Merwe 25 9 10 Ret 8 10 5 4 Ret C 8 12 7 1 4 4 Ret 7 5 8 6 Ret Ret Ret Ret 19 Ret 98 9 Rob Austin 5 6 5 4 Ret 9 7 9 6 C 10 10 9 7 3 8 11 Ret Ret Ret Ret Ret Ret 5 9 7 10 90 10 Richard Antinucci 7 8 22 Ret 5 11 Ret DNS 2 C 16 4 19 5 13 22 21 10 10 11 7 10 2 Ret Ret 6 7 89 11 Ronnie Bremer 9 7 9 12 17 Ret 2 Ret Ret C 7 11 Ret 8 12 13 10 4 6 Ret 8 4 5 7 6 21 8 86 12 Shinya Hosokawa Ret Ret 23† Ret 10 12 8 5 DNS C Ret 15 20 16 9 10 1 13 Ret 6 21 9 15 Ret DNS 16 13 51 13 Matthew Gilmore 13 Ret NC 13 12 18 15 7 Ret C 4 9 21 18 10 11 7 11 17 5 14 Ret 7 17 19 20 6 47 14 Ernani Judice 3 4 14 Ret 7 8 Ret Ret 31 15 Stefan de Groot 18 9 10 5 3 10 25 9 29 16 Derek Hayes 3 3 25 17 Robert Dahlgren 10 12 6 6 13 18 Tom Sisley 14 13 11 10 9 13 10 11 7 C DNS DNS 12 19 Mark Mayall 12 17 20 Ret 11 23 Ret 8 Ret C 20 16 12 11 15 14 Ret 24 15 21 17 13 Ret Ret DNS 12 Ret 12 20 James Andanson 17 25 8 7 9 21 Stefan Hodgetts 16 15 Ret DNS 13 12 Ret 18 6 11 Ret 12 8 22 Stefano Fabi Ret 20 Ret 24 18 26 13 10 9 C 26 22 22 DNS 17 23 15 18 12 17 16 19 14 Ret Ret 18 18 8 23 Ret Ret Ret 18 14 Ret 9 Ret Ret C 17 14 18 15 18 DNS 4 24 John Antoniadis 16 19 20 Ret 11 16 13 21 4 25 Tor Graves 15 15 24† 19 23 24 11 Ret Ret C 25 21 24 22 19 21 Ret 21 Ret 15 19 14 16 15 21 26 Ret 2 26 Andrew Thompson 12 Ret 0 27 Jeroen Bleekemolen Ret 23 0 Scholarship Class 1 Adam Carroll Ret 11 4 5 2 17 17 14 Ret C 14 13 8 6 23 6 8 5 Ret Ret 9 8 6 9 13 17 Ret 367 2 Clivio Piccione 23 23† 12 9 Ret 15 18 Ret 11 C 9 Ret 15 10 21 Ret 19 14 8 4 18 Ret 8 Ret 15 10 15 249 3 Billy Asaro 11 DNS Ret 11 Ret 14 21 Ret 13 C Ret NC 25 9 22 DNS Ret 15 9 Ret 11 11 11 12 14 11 11 216 4 Stephen Colbert 19 24† 13 17 19 29 16 20 DSQ C 11 19 10 24 25 Ret 16 25 11 13 15 Ret 10 10 12 15 19 208 5 Robert Dahlgren 23 17 11 12 20 20 12 12 Ret DSQ Ret Ret 8 8 8 17 167 6 Karun Chandhok 21 19 Ret 14 13 19 Ret 16 15 C 12 20 Ret Ret DNS 12 13 17 Ret 20 13 Ret Ret Ret 17 Ret 14 156 7 Gavin Smith Ret 14 15 23 Ret Ret 25 21 14 C 24 23 14 14 24 Ret 20 16 Ret 18 12 12 12 13 Ret 14 16 147 8 Justin Sherwood 17 18 18 20 22 Ret Ret 19 10 C 18 18 Ret 21 27 19 22 20 20 16 Ret Ret 13 16 18 Ret 23 130 9 Fairuz Fauzy 24 DNS 19 21 15 20 19 15 12 C 15 25 16 23 28 16 Ret 27 Ret 14 Ret Ret 17 Ret 20 22 Ret 119 10 Jesper Carlsen 16 13 16 15 Ret 21 22 Ret Ret C 13 Ret 23 13 26 Ret 18 Ret 81 11 Harold Primat 22 22 21 25 20 28 23 17 Ret C 22 24 Ret DNS DNS Ret 22 Ret 23 Ret 15 18 Ret Ret 23 25 57 12 David Clark DNS Ret 17 DNQ 16 22 20 18 Ret C 19 Ret 17 19 48 13 Pedro Barral 14 22 Ret 17 Ret Ret 22 14 Diego Romanini 20 21 DNQ 22 21 25 Ret Ret Ret C 27 DNQ 22 15 Adam Jones Ret 17 14 26 20 16 Stefan Hodgetts Ret 16 12 17 Luke Stevens 24 20 6 18 Julien Schell 27 22 4 19 Reck Junior 24 Ret 2 20 Earl Goddard Ret 27 1 Jason Tahinci DNQ DNQ 0 Ricardo Teixeira DNQ C 0 Pos Driver BRH DON SIL KNO CRO SIL CAS BRH ROC OUL SNE THR DON Pts
References
http://www.speedsport-magazine.com/motorsport/formula-level3/british-formula-3/2002/entrylist.html
External links The official website of the British Formula 3 Championship