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1996 British Formula Two Championship

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The 1996 British Formula Two Championship was the seventh season of the British Formula 3000 Championship. The championship was dominated by the Super Nova car of Gareth Rees, the former Marlboro Masters F3 winner who competed in International Formula 3000 the previous year. He won six races and clinched the title with two rounds to go.

Rees started the season in style, winning the first 5 races, but stumbled at Donington when Sascha Maassen took his only victory of the year. Werner Lupberger won the following round as Rees retired, but Gareth won the Silverstone round to tie up the championship. Luiz Garcia Jr. won the remaining two rounds after battling with Lupberger and Gonzalo Rodriguez, securing second in the standings. Lupberger ended up third, one place ahead of Rodriguez. British Formula Renault champion David Cook raced twice in Rees' absence, while future International F3000 star Jason Watt made his F3000 debut for Fred Goddard Racing in the final round. Ex-Andrea Moda F1 non-qualifier Perry McCarthy made a single seater return with DKS Racing. The future boss of International F3000 team Arden, Christian Horner, finished fifth overall after half a season with veteran team Madgwick International. Sarah Kavanagh, future Formula Nippon and BOSS Formula 1 driver, raced on a couple of occasions in a Sainsbury's and Parmalat backed Fred Goddard Racing entry.

Several talented drivers entered British F2 in 1996, but at times grids had declined to just five cars, the smallest in the series' history, and teams withdrew their support. British F2 was finally dead.[1]

Drivers and teams

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The following drivers and teams contested the 1996 British Formula Two Championship. All teams ran a Reynard chassis with Cosworth engine.

Team No. Driver Rounds
United Kingdom Fred Goddard Racing 1 South Africa Werner Lupberger All
6 United Kingdom Steve Arnold 1
Germany Sascha Maassen 4, 6, 8-9
Denmark Jason Watt 10
16 Republic of Ireland Sarah Kavanagh 4, 6
United Kingdom Francis Phillips 8
United Kingdom Paul Smith 10
22 Russia Alan Berkov 1, 4
24 United Kingdom William Hewland 4
United Kingdom Super Nova Racing 2 United Kingdom Gareth Rees 1-8
United Kingdom David Cook 9-10
3 Brazil Luiz Garcia Jr. All
Italy Durango Equipe 4 Italy Luca Riccitelli 1-4
Italy Denny Zardo 5
5 Italy Fabrizio Gollin 1
Italy Vito Popolizio 2-3
Italy Pietro Ferrero 4
United Kingdom Jupiter Racing 7 United Kingdom Nigel Smith 4
United Kingdom Madgwick International 8 United Kingdom Christian Horner 5-10
United Kingdom Edenbridge Racing 9 Uruguay Gonzalo Rodriguez 4–6, 8-10
United Kingdom DKS Prosperity Management 10 United Kingdom Perry McCarthy 8-10
United Kingdom Worswick Engineering 17 United Kingdom Tony Worswick 5
United Kingdom Rex Hart Racing 20 United Kingdom David Mercer 1, 4–5, 7-10
Australia Lars Johansson 6

Results

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British Formula Two Championship

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Round Date Circuit Pole Position Fastest Lap Winning Driver Winning Team
1 April 5 United Kingdom Oulton Park (Fosters) United Kingdom Gareth Rees Italy Luca Riccitelli United Kingdom Gareth Rees United Kingdom Super Nova Racing
2 May 6 United Kingdom Snetterton Brazil Luiz Garcia Jr. Brazil Luiz Garcia Jr. United Kingdom Gareth Rees United Kingdom Super Nova Racing
3 United Kingdom Gareth Rees Brazil Luiz Garcia Jr. United Kingdom Gareth Rees United Kingdom Super Nova Racing
4 June 22 United Kingdom Silverstone (GP) Germany Sascha Maassen United Kingdom Gareth Rees United Kingdom Gareth Rees United Kingdom Super Nova Racing
5 July 6 United Kingdom Oulton Park Brazil Luiz Garcia Jr. United Kingdom Gareth Rees United Kingdom Gareth Rees United Kingdom Super Nova Racing
6 August 4 United Kingdom Donington Park United Kingdom Gareth Rees United Kingdom Gareth Rees Germany Sascha Maassen United Kingdom Fred Goddard Racing
7 August 27 United Kingdom Brands Hatch (Indy) South Africa Werner Lupberger Brazil Luiz Garcia Jr. South Africa Werner Lupberger United Kingdom Fred Goddard Racing
8 September 28 United Kingdom Silverstone (GP) United Kingdom Gareth Rees Uruguay Gonzalo Rodriguez United Kingdom Gareth Rees United Kingdom Super Nova Racing
9 October 13 United Kingdom Brands Hatch (Indy) Brazil Luiz Garcia Jr. Uruguay Gonzalo Rodriguez Brazil Luiz Garcia Jr. United Kingdom Super Nova Racing
10 October 27 United Kingdom Donington Park Brazil Luiz Garcia Jr. Brazil Luiz Garcia Jr. Brazil Luiz Garcia Jr. United Kingdom Super Nova Racing

Championship Standings

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Pos. Driver OUL SNE SNE SIL OUL DON BHI SIL BHI DON Points
1 United Kingdom Gareth Rees 1 1 1 1 1 5 Ret 1 56
2 Brazil Luiz Garcia Jr. Ret 2 2 2 Ret 3 2 2 1 1 52
3 South Africa Werner Lupberger 4 3 3 Ret 3 Ret 1 6 3 2 35
4 Uruguay Gonzalo Rodriguez Ret 2 2 Ret 2 3 22
5 United Kingdom Christian Horner Ret 4 3 3 5 6 14
6 Germany Sascha Maassen Ret 1 Ret 4 12
7 Italy Luca Riccitelli 2 4 Ret Ret 9
8 United Kingdom David Mercer 6 4 Ret 4 5 7 8 9
9 United Kingdom Perry McCarthy 3 Ret Ret 4
10 Italy Fabrizio Gollin 3 4
11 Italy Pietro Ferrero 3 4
12 United Kingdom David Cook 6 4 4
13 Italy Denny Zardo 4 3
14 United Kingdom Tony Worswick 5 2
15 Russia Alan Berkov 5 DNS 2
16 Italy Vito Popolizio 5 Ret 2
17 Denmark Jason Watt 5 2
18 Republic of Ireland Sarah Kavanagh Ret 6 1
19 Australia Lars Johansson 7 0
20 United Kingdom Francis Phillips 7 0
21 United Kingdom Paul Smith 7 0
United Kingdom William Hewland Ret

References

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  1. ^ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2021-10-23. Retrieved 2020-05-05.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  2. ^ "1996 Venson British F2 Championship | Motorsport Database".