The 1993 British Formula Two Championship was the fifth season of the British Formula 3000 Championship. The series was won by the Belgian driver Philippe Adams, later to make an unsuccessful F1 debut by buying a drive at Team Lotus. He drove for both Madgwick International and Argo Cars during the year, taking five wins including the first four races. British F2 had by this stage become seriously devalued with tiny grids, with an average of only eight entries in each race. Another Belgian, Madgwick's Mikke van Hool, shared the runner-up spot with the Team AJS's José Luis Di Palma. With three and two wins apiece, the two runners-up ensured no-one else stepped on the top step of the podium. Nigel Smith, driving a full season for Jupiter Racing, was fourth overall and best of the Brits. Other drivers racing included sometime F1 driver Enrico Bertaggia and future IndyCar and IRL driver Stéphan Grégoire.

Unfortunately, this season was plagued by the low amount on entries, some races receiving only seven entries, and a maximum of ten entries was achieved during the season.

Drivers and teams

The following drivers and teams contested the 1993 British Formula Two Championship.

TeamChassisEngineNo.DriverRounds
United Kingdom Madgwick InternationalReynardCosworth2Belgium Mikke van Hool3-10
3Belgium Philippe Adams1-4
United Kingdom Team AJSReynardCosworth4Argentina José Luis Di PalmaAll
Italy Durango CorseReynardCosworth5Italy Enrico Bertaggia1-3
Italy Martino Spezio7
Italy Domenico Gitto8
6Italy Severino Nardozzi1-3
United Kingdom McNeil EngineeringLolaCosworth7Canada Robbie Stirling3–6, 8, 10
United Kingdom CoBRa MotorsportReynardCosworth8France Stéphan Grégoire1
United Kingdom Phil Andrews2, 4
Canada Robbie Stirling9
Netherlands Klaas Zwart10
Netherlands Vortex MotorsportReynardCosworth10United Kingdom Phil Andrews1
United Kingdom Apache RacingRaltCosworth11United Kingdom Dominic Chappell1-9
Reynard12United Kingdom James Taylor1-8
United Kingdom Jason Elliott9
United Kingdom Fred Goddard RacingReynardCosworth14South Africa Hilton Cowie4-5
United Kingdom Paul Evans9
United Kingdom Weylock RacingReynardCosworth15Italy Guido Nannini2-3
Austria Pierre Chauvet8
United Kingdom Jason Elliott10
United Kingdom Argo Racing CarsReynardCosworth20Italy Marco Spiga1-7
Belgium Philippe Adams9-10
United Kingdom Chris PerkinsReynardCosworth21United Kingdom Chris Perkins10
United Kingdom Jupiter RacingReynardCosworth42United Kingdom Nigel SmithAll

Results

British Formula Two Championship

RoundDateCircuitPole positionFastest lapWinning driverWinning team
1April 12United Kingdom Oulton ParkArgentina José Luis Di PalmaBelgium Philippe AdamsBelgium Philippe AdamsUnited Kingdom Madgwick International
2April 24United Kingdom Silverstone (National)Belgium Philippe AdamsBelgium Philippe AdamsBelgium Philippe AdamsUnited Kingdom Madgwick International
3May 9United Kingdom Brands Hatch (Indy)Belgium Philippe AdamsBelgium Philippe AdamsBelgium Philippe AdamsUnited Kingdom Madgwick International
4June 6United Kingdom Donington ParkBelgium Philippe AdamsBelgium Philippe AdamsBelgium Philippe AdamsUnited Kingdom Madgwick International
5June 19United Kingdom Oulton ParkArgentina José Luis Di PalmaArgentina José Luis Di PalmaBelgium Mikke van HoolUnited Kingdom Madgwick International
6July 25United Kingdom Brands Hatch (Indy)Italy Marco SpigaBelgium Mikke van HoolArgentina José Luis Di PalmaUnited Kingdom Team AJS
7August 15United Kingdom SnettertonBelgium Mikke van HoolBelgium Mikke van HoolBelgium Mikke van HoolUnited Kingdom Madgwick International
8September 12United Kingdom Brands Hatch (GP)Belgium Mikke van HoolBelgium Mikke van HoolBelgium Mikke van HoolUnited Kingdom Madgwick International
9September 26United Kingdom ThruxtonBelgium Philippe AdamsBelgium Philippe AdamsBelgium Philippe AdamsUnited Kingdom Argo Racing Cars
10October 10United Kingdom Donington ParkArgentina José Luis Di PalmaBelgium Philippe AdamsArgentina José Luis Di PalmaUnited Kingdom Team AJS

Championship Standings

Pos.DriverOULSILBHIDONOULBHISNEBGPTHRDONPoints
1Belgium Philippe Adams11111Ret45
2Belgium Mikke van Hool2Ret1Ret112442
3Argentina José Luis Di PalmaRet244Ret1227142
4United Kingdom Nigel Smith6338323Ret5329
5United Kingdom Dominic Chappell4Ret66434Ret319
6Canada Robbie Stirling9RetDNS436214
7United Kingdom James TaylorNC487555412
8Italy Marco SpigaRet67526Ret10
9Italy Enrico Bertaggia2Ret58
10United Kingdom Phil AndrewsRetRet26
11South Africa Hilton Cowie365
12France Stéphan Grégoire34
13Italy Severino Nardozzi55Ret4
14United Kingdom Paul Evans43
15Netherlands Klaas Zwart52
16United Kingdom Chris Perkins61
17Italy Guido Nannini7100
United Kingdom Jason ElliottRetDNS
Italy Martino SpezioRet
Austria Pierre ChauvetRet
Italy Domenico GittoDNS