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.

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

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

TeamChassisEngineNo.DriverRounds
United Kingdom Madgwick InternationalReynardCosworth1Argentina José Luis Di PalmaAll
United Kingdom Apache RacingReynardCosworth4United Kingdom Dominic ChappellAll
5United Kingdom Phil AndrewsAll
United Kingdom AIM MotorsportReynardMugen6Greece Andreas Halkiopoulos1–2, 4-7
United Kingdom McNeil EngineeringLolaJudd7Canada Robbie Stirling1–3, 5-7
United Kingdom Rex Hart RacingReynardCosworth8United Kingdom David Mercer3, 5, 7
United Kingdom Weylock RacingReynardCosworth9Sweden Nicke Blom1
France Franck Fréon4
United Kingdom Fred Goddard RacingReynardCosworth10Finland Pekka Herva2–3, 5
Mexico Gianfranco Cané4
United Kingdom Worswick EngineeringReynardCosworth11United Kingdom Tony Worswick3
United Kingdom Cobra MotorsportReynardCosworth12United Kingdom Richard Dean4
Germany Monninghoff Sport PromotionReynardCosworth14Germany Klaus Panchyrz4
15United Kingdom James Taylor4
Netherlands Vortex MotorsportReynardCosworth18Netherlands Allard Kalff6
Denmark Kris Nissen7
19Germany Hans Fertl6
United Kingdom OmegalandLolaCosworth20South Africa Stephen Watson7
Italy Durango CorseReynardCosworth30United Kingdom Gareth Rees6
Italy Christian Pescatori7
31Italy Luca Riccitelli6
Austria Philipp Peter7
32Italy Vito Popolizio6-7

Results

British Formula Two Championship

RoundDateCircuitPole positionFastest lapWinning driverWinning team
CApril 1United Kingdom Oulton ParkCancelled due to lack of entries
CMay 2United Kingdom Thruxton
1May 30United Kingdom Brands Hatch (Indy)Argentina José Luis Di PalmaCanada Robbie StirlingUnited Kingdom Phil AndrewsUnited Kingdom Apache Racing
2June 4United Kingdom Silverstone (National)United Kingdom Phil AndrewsFinland Pekka HervaArgentina José Luis Di PalmaUnited Kingdom Madgwick International
3June 11United Kingdom Oulton ParkUnited Kingdom Phil AndrewsUnited Kingdom Phil AndrewsUnited Kingdom Phil AndrewsUnited Kingdom Apache Racing
4July 10Canada HalifaxFrance Franck FréonFrance Franck FréonMexico Gianfranco CaneUnited Kingdom Fred Goddard Racing
5August 7United Kingdom SnettertonArgentina José Luis Di PalmaArgentina José Luis Di PalmaArgentina José Luis Di PalmaUnited Kingdom Madgwick International
CSeptember 18United Kingdom Brands Hatch (GP)Cancelled due to lack of entries
6October 16United Kingdom SnettertonUnited Kingdom Gareth ReesUnited Kingdom Gareth ReesUnited Kingdom Gareth ReesItaly Durango Corse
7October 30United Kingdom Donington ParkItaly Christian PescatoriUnited Kingdom Phil AndrewsItaly Christian PescatoriItaly Durango Corse

Championship Standings

Pos.DriverUnited Kingdom BHIUnited Kingdom SILUnited Kingdom OULCanada HALUnited Kingdom SNEUnited Kingdom SNEUnited Kingdom DONPoints
1Argentina José Luis Di PalmaRet12314434
2United Kingdom Phil Andrews121DNS2DNSRet30
3United Kingdom Dominic Chappell2Ret3442Ret22
4Canada Robbie StirlingDSQRet433513
5Mexico Gianfranco Cane19
6United Kingdom Gareth Rees19
7Italy Christian Pescatori19
8Greece Andreas Halkiopoulos346NCRetRet8
9Germany Klaus Panchyrz26
10Austria Philipp Peter26
11Finland Pekka Herva3DNSRet4
12Denmark Kris Nissen34
13United Kingdom David Mercer5594
14United Kingdom James Taylor52
15Italy Luca Riccitelli52
16South Africa Stephen Watson61
17Italy Vito Popolizio671
18India Akbar Ebrahim80
United Kingdom Tony WorswickRet
France Franck FréonRet
United Kingdom Richard DeanRet
Germany Hans FertlRet
United Kingdom Steve ArnoldRet
Sweden Nicke BlomDNS