British Formula Three Championship

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Bruno Senna's 2006 Dallara-Mercedes HWA

Yelmer Buurman laps the famous Pau circuit in his Dallara-Mercedes HWA, in 2006

The British Formula Three Championship, often abbreviated to British F3, is an auto racing championship held in the United Kingdom. It is one of the main Formula Three competitions in Europe. Occasionally some races are held in Europe that are outside the UK. Since the majority of Formula One teams are based in Britain, the championship is an important showcase for aspiring young drivers from all over the world, making it the most prestigious of the national F3 championships.

Before the 1980s there were often several competing series, all of which represented the British Formula 3 championship. There are multiple champions listed for those years.

[edit] Former Champions

Season	Driver	Car	Championship
1964	Jackie Stewart	Cooper-Austin	BARC
1964	Rodney Banting	Lotus-Austin	BRSCC
1965	Roy Pike	Brabham-Ford	BARC
1965	Tony Dean	Brabham-Ford	BRSCC
1966	Harry Stiller	Brabham-Ford	Les Leston
1967	Harry Stiller	Brabham-Ford	Les Leston
1968	Tim Schenken	Chevron-Ford	Lombank
1969	Emerson Fittipaldi	Lotus-Ford	Lombank
1970	Tony Trimmer	Brabham-Ford	Motor Sport-Shell
	Dave Walker	Lotus-Ford	Lombank
	Carlos Pace	Lotus-Ford	Forward Trust
1971	Dave Walker	Lotus-Ford	Shell Grovewood
	Roger Williamson	March-Ford	Lombard
	Dave Walker	Lotus-Ford	Forward Trust
1972	Roger Williamson	GRD-Ford	Shell
	Rikky von Opel	Ensign-Ford	Lombard
	Roger Williamson	GRD-Ford	Forward Trust
1973	Tony Brise	March-Ford	John Player Special
	Tony Brise	March-Ford	Lombard
	Ian Taylor	March-Ford	Forward Trust
1974	Brian Henton	March-Ford	Lombard
1974	Brian Henton	March-Ford	Forward Trust
1975	Gunnar Nilsson	March-Toyota	BP
1976	Rupert Keegan	March-Toyota	BP
1976	Bruno Giacomelli	March-Toyota	Shell Sport
1977	Derek Daly	Chevron-Toyota	BP
1977	Stephen South	March-Toyota	Vandervell
1978	Nelson Piquet	Ralt-Toyota	BP
1978	Derek Warwick	Ralt-Toyota	Vandervell
1979	Chico Serra	Ralt-Toyota	Vandervell British F3
1980	Stefan Johansson	March-Toyota	Vandervell British F3
1981	Jonathan Palmer	Ralt-Toyota	Marlboro British F3
1982	Tommy Byrne	Ralt-Toyota	Marlboro British F3
1983	Ayrton Senna	Ralt-Toyota	Marlboro British F3
1984	Johnny Dumfries	Ralt-Volkswagen	Marlboro British F3
1985	Mauricio Gugelmin	Ralt-Volkswagen	Marlboro British F3
1986	Andy Wallace	Reynard-Volkswagen	Lucas British F3
1987	Johnny Herbert	Reynard-Volkswagen	Lucas British F3
1988	Jyrki Järvilehto	Reynard-Toyota	Lucas British F3
1989	David Brabham	Ralt-Volkswagen	Lucas British F3
1990	Mika Häkkinen	Ralt-Honda	British F3
1991	Rubens Barrichello	Ralt-Honda	British F3
1992	Gil de Ferran	Reynard-Honda	British F3
1993	Kelvin Burt	Reynard-Honda	British F3
1994	Jan Magnussen	Dallara-Honda	British F3
1995	Oliver Gavin	Dallara-Vauxhall	British F3
1996	Ralph Firman	Dallara-Honda	British F3
1997	Jonny Kane	Dallara-Honda	Autosport British F3
1998	Mario Haberfeld	Dallara-Honda	Autosport British F3
1999	Marc Hynes	Dallara-Honda	Autosport British F3
2000	Antonio Pizzonia	Dallara-Honda	Green Flag British F3
2001	Takuma Sato	Dallara-Honda	Green Flag British F3
2002	Robbie Kerr	Dallara-Honda	Green Flag British F3
2003	Alan van der Merwe	Dallara-Honda	British F3
2004	Nelson Angelo Piquet	Dallara-Honda	Avon Tyres British F3
2005	Álvaro Parente	Dallara-Honda	Avon Tyres British F3
2006	Mike Conway	Dallara-Mercedes	Lloyds TSB Insurance British F3
2007	Series yet to begin	Series yet to begin	Lloyds TSB Insurance British F3