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1994 British Formula Two Championship

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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]

It was very sad that this season gave sequence to the continuous downward spiral for this series, with fields sometimes having as few as six entries only, and three scheduled races cancelled due to aforementioned lack of entries.

Drivers and teams

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The following drivers and teams contested the 1994 British Formula Two Championship.

Team Chassis Engine No. Driver Rounds
United Kingdom Madgwick International Reynard Cosworth 1 Argentina José Luis Di Palma All
United Kingdom Apache Racing Reynard Cosworth 4 United Kingdom Dominic Chappell All
5 United Kingdom Phil Andrews All
United Kingdom AIM Motorsport Reynard Mugen 6 Greece Andreas Halkiopoulos 1–2, 4-7
United Kingdom McNeil Engineering Lola Judd 7 Canada Robbie Stirling 1–3, 5-7
United Kingdom Rex Hart Racing Reynard Cosworth 8 United Kingdom David Mercer 3, 5, 7
United Kingdom Weylock Racing Reynard Cosworth 9 Sweden Nicke Blom 1
France Franck Fréon 4
United Kingdom Fred Goddard Racing Reynard Cosworth 10 Finland Pekka Herva 2–3, 5
Mexico Gianfranco Cané 4
United Kingdom Worswick Engineering Reynard Cosworth 11 United Kingdom Tony Worswick 3
United Kingdom Cobra Motorsport Reynard Cosworth 12 United Kingdom Richard Dean 4
Germany Monninghoff Sport Promotion Reynard Cosworth 14 Germany Klaus Panchyrz 4
15 United Kingdom James Taylor 4
Netherlands Vortex Motorsport Reynard Cosworth 18 Netherlands Allard Kalff 6
Denmark Kris Nissen 7
19 Germany Hans Fertl 6
United Kingdom Omegaland Lola Cosworth 20 South Africa Stephen Watson 7
Italy Durango Corse Reynard Cosworth 30 United Kingdom Gareth Rees 6
Italy Christian Pescatori 7
31 Italy Luca Riccitelli 6
Austria Philipp Peter 7
32 Italy Vito Popolizio 6-7

Results

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British Formula Two Championship

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Round Date Circuit Pole Position Fastest Lap Winning Driver Winning Team
C April 1 United Kingdom Oulton Park Cancelled due to lack of entries
C May 2 United Kingdom Thruxton
1 May 30 United Kingdom Brands Hatch (Indy) Argentina José Luis Di Palma Canada Robbie Stirling United Kingdom Phil Andrews United Kingdom Apache Racing
2 June 4 United Kingdom Silverstone (National) United Kingdom Phil Andrews Finland Pekka Herva Argentina José Luis Di Palma United Kingdom Madgwick International
3 June 11 United Kingdom Oulton Park United Kingdom Phil Andrews United Kingdom Phil Andrews United Kingdom Phil Andrews United Kingdom Apache Racing
4 July 10 Canada Halifax France Franck Fréon France Franck Fréon Mexico Gianfranco Cane United Kingdom Fred Goddard Racing
5 August 7 United Kingdom Snetterton Argentina José Luis Di Palma Argentina José Luis Di Palma Argentina José Luis Di Palma United Kingdom Madgwick International
C September 18 United Kingdom Brands Hatch (GP) Cancelled due to lack of entries
6 October 16 United Kingdom Snetterton United Kingdom Gareth Rees United Kingdom Gareth Rees United Kingdom Gareth Rees Italy Durango Corse
7 October 30 United Kingdom Donington Park Italy Christian Pescatori United Kingdom Phil Andrews Italy Christian Pescatori Italy Durango Corse

Championship Standings

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Pos. Driver United Kingdom
BHI
United Kingdom
SIL
United Kingdom
OUL
Canada
HAL
United Kingdom
SNE
United Kingdom
SNE
United Kingdom
DON
Points
1 Argentina José Luis Di Palma Ret 1 2 3 1 4 4 34
2 United Kingdom Phil Andrews 1 2 1 DNS 2 DNS Ret 30
3 United Kingdom Dominic Chappell 2 Ret 3 4 4 2 Ret 22
4 Canada Robbie Stirling DSQ Ret 4 3 3 5 13
5 Mexico Gianfranco Cane 1 9
6 United Kingdom Gareth Rees 1 9
7 Italy Christian Pescatori 1 9
8 Greece Andreas Halkiopoulos 3 4 6 NC Ret Ret 8
9 Germany Klaus Panchyrz 2 6
10 Austria Philipp Peter 2 6
11 Finland Pekka Herva 3 DNS Ret 4
12 Denmark Kris Nissen 3 4
13 United Kingdom David Mercer 5 5 9 4
14 United Kingdom James Taylor 5 2
15 Italy Luca Riccitelli 5 2
16 South Africa Stephen Watson 6 1
17 Italy Vito Popolizio 6 7 1
18 India Akbar Ebrahim 8 0
United Kingdom Tony Worswick Ret
France Franck Fréon Ret
United Kingdom Richard Dean Ret
Germany Hans Fertl Ret
United Kingdom Steve Arnold Ret
Sweden Nicke Blom DNS

References

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  1. ^ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2021-10-23. Retrieved 2020-05-04.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  2. ^ "1994 Venson British F2 Championship | Motorsport Database".