1989 British Formula 3000 Championship Rd.9

A total of 11 F3000 cars were entered for this, the final round of the 1989 British F3000 Championship.^[2]

Andrew Gilbert-Scott took pole position for Eddie Jordan Racing team in their Cosworth-engined Reynard 88D. He was joined on the front row by championship leader, Gary Brabham in a similar Reynard, prepared by Bromley Motorsport.^[2]

The race was held over 27 laps of the Brands Hatch Grand Prix circuit. The race was stopped on lap six, following an accident involving Andrew Gilbert-Scott. This effectively handed Gary Brabham the title. Brabham would go on and win the restarted race for the Bromley Motorsport team, driving their Reynard-Cosworth 88D. The Aussie won in a time of 35:09.83mins., averaging a speed of 119.782 mph. Second place went to Perry McCarthy in GA Motorsport's Lola-Cosworth T88/50, who was nearly 25secs behind. Third went to Marco Greco who completed the podium for Eddie Jordan Racing in his Cosworth engined Reynard 88D.^[2]

Class winners in bold

Pos.	No.	Driver	Entrant	Car - Engine	Time, Laps	Reason Out
1st	5	Gary Brabham	Bromley Motorsport	Reynard-Cosworth 88D	35:09.83
2nd	11	Perry McCarthy	GA Motorsport	Lola-Cosworth T88/50	35:34.58
3rd	2	Marco Greco	Eddie Jordan Racing	Reynard-Cosworth 88D	27
4th	10	Jonthan Bancroft	GA Motorsport	Lola-Cosworth T88/50	27
5th	37	”Pierre Chauvet”	RCR 3000	Lola-Cosworth T88/50	27
6th	9	Paolo Carcasci	CoBRa Motorsport	Reynard-Cosworth 88D	27 #
7th	12	Antonio Albacete	Madgwick Motorsport	Reynard-Cosworth 88D	27 #
8th	8	Felipe Machado	Madgwick Motorsport	Reynard-Cosworth 88D	26
9th	7	Tony Worswick	Tony Worswick	Reynard-Cosworth 88D	26
DNF	3	Andrew Gilbert-Scott	Eddie Jordan Racing	Reynard-Cosworth 88D	6	crash
DNS	6	Mike Bryan	R.O./Omegaland	Reynard-Cosworth 88D		accident in practice
# includes 60s penalty for jump-start

• Fastest lap: Gary Brabham, 1:16.04secs. (123.077 mph)

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