1990 British Formula 3000 Championship
# 1990 British Formula 3000 Championship

The 1990 British Formula 3000 Championship was the second season of the British Formula 3000 Championship. The series was won by Portugal's Pedro Chaves, driving the latest Reynard 90D for Mansell Madgwick Motosport, the team founded by Nigel Mansell. Chaves attempted to qualify the Coloni in F1 the following year without success, before moving to Indy Lights and Spanish touring cars. Runner up in the series was future touring car star Alain Menu driving for both Roni and CoBRa. Richard Dean, future Rover Turbo Cup champion, was best of the British contingent in third place with CoBRa. He concentrated on the series full-time after abandoning an International F3000 season due to mony problems. Rickard Rydell finished fourth overall for the AJS team.

## Drivers and teams

The following drivers and teams contested the 1990 British Formula 3000 Championship.

| Team | Chassis | Engine | No. | Driver | Rounds |
| - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Mansell Madgwick Motorsport | Reynard | Cosworth | 2 | Pedro Chaves | All |
| Mansell Madgwick Motorsport | Reynard | Cosworth | 3 | David Button | 8-9 |
| Mansell Madgwick Motorsport | Reynard | Cosworth | 3 | Tim Harvey | 10 |
| Mansell Madgwick Motorsport | Reynard | Cosworth | 17 | Marco Greco | 10 |
| Mansell Madgwick Motorsport | Reynard | Cosworth | 96 | Peter Hardman | 6-10 |
| Worswick Engineering | Reynard | Cosworth | 4 | Tony Worswick | 1–2, 4–6, 9-10 |
| Team AJS | Reynard | Cosworth | 5 | Rickard Rydell | 1–4, 6-10 |
| Omegaland | Reynard | Cosworth | 6 | Mark Newman | 1, 3, 5–7, 10 |
| Omegaland | Reynard | Cosworth | 22 | Geoff Janes | 9 |
| Bell Racing | Ralt | Cosworth | 7 | Richard Jones | 1–4, 10 |
| GA Motorsport | Lola | Cosworth | 8 | Mark Peters | 1-4 |
| GA Motorsport | Lola | Cosworth | 8 | "Gimax Jr." (Carlo Franchi Jr) | 8-10 |
| GA Motorsport | Lola | Cosworth | 9 | Vittorio Zoboli | All |
| GA Motorsport | Reynard | Cosworth | 44 | Thierry Delubac | 8-9 |
| CoBRa Motorsport | Reynard | Cosworth | 10 | Richard Dean | 1–8, 10 |
| CoBRa Motorsport | Reynard | Cosworth | 10 | Alain Menu | 9 |
| CoBRa Motorsport | Reynard | Cosworth | 11 | Alain Menu | 7 |
| CoBRa Motorsport | Reynard | Cosworth | 11 | António Simões | 10 |
| CoBRa Motorsport | Reynard | Cosworth | 60 | Alain Menu | 8 |
| CoBRa Motorsport | Reynard | Cosworth | 60 | Gary Ward | 9-10 |
| Roni Motorsport | Reynard | Cosworth | 14 | Paolo Delle Piane | 1-7 |
| Roni Motorsport | Reynard | Cosworth | 14 | Julian Westwood | 8-10 |
| Roni Motorsport | Reynard | Cosworth | 15 | Antonio Tamburini | 1 |
| Roni Motorsport | Reynard | Cosworth | 15 | Alain Menu | 2-5 |
| Roni Motorsport | Reynard | Cosworth | 15 | Fernando Plata | 6-8 |
| Roni Motorsport | Reynard | Cosworth | 15 | Shigeki Matsui | 9-10 |
| Roni Motorsport | Reynard | Cosworth | 73 | Fernando Plata | 9-10 |
| Longfield Racing | Reynard | Cosworth | 16 | Jeremy Payne | 2 |
| Longfield Racing | Reynard | Cosworth | 17 | Geoff Kennedy | 2 |
| Longfield Racing | Reynard | Cosworth | 17 | Chris Hodgetts | 3 |
| Longfield Racing | Reynard | Cosworth | 17 | Marco Greco | 6-7 |
| Hepworth Racing | Reynard | Cosworth | 16 | Danny Boutin | 10 |
| Crypton Engineering | March | Cosworth | 18 | Amato Ferrari | 1-3 |
| Simpson Engineering | Ralt | Cosworth | 21 | Robin Smith | 1–3, 6-8 |
| Usher Racing Organisation | Reynard | Cosworth | 33 | Eugene O'Brien | 9 |
| Superpower | Reynard | Cosworth | 35 | Phil Andrews | 10 |
| Mako/McNeil | Reynard | Cosworth | 77 | James Shead | 1–2, 5–7, 10 |
| RCR 3000 | Lola | Cosworth | 55 | David Hunt | 5 |

## Results

### British Formula 3000 Championship

| Date | Round | Circuit | Pole Position | Fastest Lap | Winning Driver | Winning Team |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | April 1 | Brands Hatch (Indy) | Rickard Rydell | Vittorio Zoboli | Rickard Rydell | Team AJS |
| 2 | April 13 | Oulton Park | Rickard Rydell | Alain Menu | Alain Menu | Roni Motorsport |
| 3 | April 16 | Thruxton | Pedro Chaves | Pedro Chaves | Pedro Chaves | Mansell Madgwick Motorsport |
| 4 | May 7 | Snetterton | Rickard Rydell | Pedro Chaves | Alain Menu | Roni Motorsport |
| 5 | May 28 | Brands Hatch (Indy) | Pedro Chaves | Pedro Chaves | Pedro Chaves | Mansell Madgwick Motorsport |
| 6 | July 1 | Brands Hatch (Indy) | Pedro Chaves | Pedro Chaves | Marco Greco | Longfield |
| 7 | August 12 | Oulton Park | Richard Dean | Richard Dean | Richard Dean | CoBRa Motorsport |
| 8 | September 9 | Brands Hatch (GP) | Alain Menu | Pedro Chaves | Pedro Chaves | Mansell Madgwick Motorsport |
| 9 | September 29 | Silverstone (National) | Pedro Chaves | Rickard Rydell | Pedro Chaves | Mansell Madgwick Motorsport |
| 10 | October 14 | Donington Park | Phil Andrews | Pedro Chaves | Pedro Chaves | Mansell Madgwick Motorsport |

## Championship Standings

| Pos. | Driver | BHI | OUL | THR | SNE | BHI | BHI | OUL | BGP | SIL | DON | Points |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | Pedro Chaves | 4 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 1 | Ret | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 62 |
| 2 | Alain Menu | | 1 | 3 | 1 | 2 | Ret | 2 | 8† | DNS | | 34 |
| 3 | Richard Dean | 2 | 2 | Ret | 3 | DNS | Ret | 1 | 2 | | Ret | 31 |
| 4 | Rickard Rydell | 1 | 6 | Ret | Ret | | DNS | Ret | 4 | 2 | 5 | 21 |
| 5 | Vittorio Zoboli | Ret | 4 | 2 | Ret | 3 | Ret | Ret | Ret | 4 | Ret | 16 |
| 6 | Peter Hardman | | | | | | 2 | 4 | Ret | 5 | 3 | 15 |
| 7 | Paolo Delle Piane | 5 | 5 | 4 | Ret | 4 | Ret | DNS | | | 10 | 10 |
| 8 | Marco Greco | | | | | | 1 | Ret | | | Ret | 9 |
| 9 | James Shead | 8 | Ret | | | 6 | 3 | Ret | | 10 | | 5 |
| 10 | Julian Westwood | | | | | | | | 3 | 8 | 6 | 5 |
| 11 | Gary Ward | | | | | | | | | 3 | 11 | 4 |
| 12 | Tony Worswick | Ret | DNS | | 4 | 7 | Ret | | | 11 | 13 | 3 |
| 13 | António Simões | | | | | | | | | | 4 | 3 |
| 14 | Robin Smith | NC | 7 | 7 | | | Ret | 5 | NC | | | 2 |
| 15 | Amato Ferrari | Ret | Ret | 5 | | | | | | | | 2 |
| 16 | David Button | | | | | | | | 5 | Ret | | 2 |
| 17 | David Hunt | | | | | 5 | | | | | | 2 |
| 18 | "Gimax Jr." | | | | | | | | 6 | 6 | DNS | 2 |
| 19 | Mark Newman | 7 | | 8 | | Ret | DNS | 6 | | | 12 | 1 |
| 20 | Mark Peters | 6 | Ret | DNS | DNS | | | | | | | 1 |
| 21 | Chris Hodgetts | DNS | | 6 | | | | | | | | 1 |
| 22 | Fernando Plata | | | | | | Ret | Ret | 7 | 9 | 9 | 0 |
| 23 | Andrew Hepworth | | | | | | | 7 | | | | 0 |
| 24 | Eugene O'Brien | | | | | | | | | 7 | | 0 |
| 25 | Richard Jones | 9 | 8 | Ret | Ret | | | | | | DNS | 0 |
| 26 | Mike Bryan | | | | | 8 | | | | | | 0 |
| 27 | Tim Harvey | | | | | | | | | | 8 | 0 |
| 28 | Guido Basile | | | | | | | | 9 | | Ret | 0 |
| 29 | Geoff Kennedy | | 9 | | | | | | | | | 0 |
| 30 | John Dickinson | | | 9 | | | | | | | | 0 |
| 31 | Geoff Janes | | | | | | | | | 12 | | 0 |
| | Thierry Delubac | | | | | | | | Ret | Ret | | |
| | Shigeki Matsui | | | | | | | | | DNS | Ret | |
| | Rohan Onslow | | | | | | Ret | | | | | |
| | Neil Crompton | | | | | | Ret | | | | | |
| | Jeremy Payne | | DNS | | | | | | | | | |
| Guest drivers ineligible for points |||||||||||||
| | Phil Andrews | | | | | | | | | | 2 | |
| | Antonio Tamburini | 3 | | | | | | | | | | |
