1995 British Formula 3 Season
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The 1995 British Formula Three season was the 45th British Formula Three Championship, won by
Oliver Gavin Oliver Benjamin Gavin (born 29 September 1972) is a British racing driver who joined Corvette Racing in 2002. He has won five American Le Mans Series class championships, five 24 Hours of Le Mans class wins, six 12 Hours of Sebring class wi ...
. The season started on 26 March at
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and ended at Thruxton on 15 October following eighteen races. Having finished runner-up to
Kelvin Burt Kelvin Burt (born 7 September 1967 in Birmingham) is a British auto racing driver. After attending the Jim Russell Racing Drivers' School in 1987 he turned to Formula Ford racing, battling hard against David Coulthard for the championship. He wo ...
two years previously, Gavin took the risk of dropping back down to Formula Three off the back of an unsuccessful season in Formula 3000 and was able to narrowly clinch the title at the final round from fellow Briton
Ralph Firman Ralph David Firman Jr. (born 20 May 1975) is a British and Irish former racing driver who last raced under an Irish licence. His father, Ralph Firman Sr., co-founded the Van Diemen racecar constructor with Ross Ambrose, father of V8 Supercars ...
. Class B was won by Martin Byford. The scoring system was 20-15-12-10-8-6-4-3-2-1 points awarded to the first ten finishers, with 1 (one) extra point added to the driver who set the fastest lap of the race. All results counted towards the driver's final tally.


Drivers and Teams


Race calendar and results


Championship Standings


References

AUTOCOURSE 1995-96
British Motorsport Year 1995-96


External links


The official website of the British Formula 3 Championship
{{British F3 Seasons
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British Formula Three Championship seasons