2002 British Formula Three Championship

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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.

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	94
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	Giandomenico Brusatin	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