2002 British Formula Three Championship
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The 2002 British Formula Three season was the 52nd British Formula Three Championship season. It commenced on 31st March and ended on 22 September, after twenty-six races.
The scoring system was 20-15-12-10-8-6-4-3-2-1 points awarded to the first ten finishers, with one extra point added to the driver who set the fastest lap of the race. All results counted towards the driver's final tally.
If a Class B driver finished in the top 10 overall, they did not score points for the main championship; the points were awarded to the next placed driver in the main class. Similarly, if a Class B driver set the fastest lap of the race, they did not receive the extra point for the main championship; the extra point was awarded to the driver in the main class who set the fastest lap.
Drivers and teams
The following teams and drivers were competitors in the 2002 season. The Scholarship class is for older Formula Three cars.
Race calendar and results
Notes:
1.^ – The second race at the Croft meeting was cancelled due to poor weather conditions. It was run at the Snetterton meeting.
Standings
| Pos | Driver | BRH United Kingdom | DON United Kingdom | SIL United Kingdom | KNO United Kingdom | CRO United Kingdom | SIL United Kingdom | CAS United Kingdom | BRH United Kingdom | ROC United Kingdom | OUL United Kingdom | SNE United Kingdom | THR United Kingdom | DON United Kingdom | Pts | ||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | United Kingdom Robbie Kerr | 1 | 3 | 6 | 3 | 4 | 1 | Ret | 12 | Ret | C | 1 | 6 | 1 | DNS | 1 | 1 | 6 | 1 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 1 | Ret | 4 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 306 |
| 2 | Australia James Courtney | 2 | 2 | 3 | 2 | Ret | 5 | 1 | 1 | 1 | C | Ret | 1 | 2 | 20 | 7 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 9 | Ret | 4 | 4 | 4 | 269 | ||
| 3 | Finland Heikki Kovalainen | 8 | 10 | 7 | 6 | Ret | 2 | 3 | 13 | 4 | C | 21 | 8 | 4 | 17 | 14 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 257 |
| 4 | France Bruce Jouanny | 6 | 1 | 2 | 16 | 6 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 8 | C | 5 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 3 | 4 | Ret | 19 | 10 | 2 | 2 | 3 | Ret | 2 | 2 | 1 | 249 |
| 5 | Republic of Ireland Michael Keohane | DNS | Ret | 1 | 1 | 3 | 7 | Ret | 2 | 3 | C | 6 | 7 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 18 | Ret | 6 | DNS | DNS | 2 | 7 | 5 | 24 | 169 | |||
| 6 | Brazil Fabio Carbone | 16 | DNS | 8 | 7 | 24 | 6 | 14 | Ret | 5 | C | 3 | 2 | 13 | 19 | 5 | Ret | 5 | 8 | 2 | 7 | 3 | 16 | 4 | 14 | 5 | 9 | 5 | 137 |
| 7 | United Kingdom Mark Taylor | 4 | 5 | Ret | 8 | 1 | 3 | Ret | Ret | Ret | C | 2 | 3 | 6 | 4 | 11 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 3 | Ret | 22 | 7 | Ret | Ret | DNS | 122 | ||
| 8 | South Africa Alan van der Merwe | 25 | 9 | 10 | Ret | 8 | 10 | 5 | 4 | Ret | C | 8 | 12 | 7 | 1 | 4 | 4 | Ret | 7 | 5 | 8 | 6 | Ret | Ret | Ret | Ret | 19 | Ret | 98 |
| 9 | United Kingdom Rob Austin | 5 | 6 | 5 | 4 | Ret | 9 | 7 | 9 | 6 | C | 10 | 10 | 9 | 7 | 3 | 8 | 11 | Ret | Ret | Ret | Ret | Ret | Ret | 5 | 9 | 7 | 10 | 90 |
| 10 | United States Richard Antinucci | 7 | 8 | 22 | Ret | 5 | 11 | Ret | DNS | 2 | C | 16 | 4 | 19 | 5 | 13 | 22 | 21 | 10 | 10 | 11 | 7 | 10 | 2 | Ret | Ret | 6 | 7 | 89 |
| 11 | Denmark Ronnie Bremer | 9 | 7 | 9 | 12 | 17 | Ret | 2 | Ret | Ret | C | 7 | 11 | Ret | 8 | 12 | 13 | 10 | 4 | 6 | Ret | 8 | 4 | 5 | 7 | 6 | 21 | 8 | 86 |
| 12 | Japan Shinya Hosokawa | Ret | Ret | 23† | Ret | 10 | 12 | 8 | 5 | DNS | C | Ret | 15 | 20 | 16 | 9 | 10 | 1 | 13 | Ret | 6 | 21 | 9 | 15 | Ret | DNS | 16 | 13 | 51 |
| 13 | United Kingdom Matthew Gilmore | 13 | Ret | NC | 13 | 12 | 18 | 15 | 7 | Ret | C | 4 | 9 | 21 | 18 | 10 | 11 | 7 | 11 | 17 | 5 | 14 | Ret | 7 | 17 | 19 | 20 | 6 | 47 |
| 14 | Brazil Ernani Judice | 3 | 4 | 14 | Ret | 7 | 8 | Ret | Ret | 31 | |||||||||||||||||||
| 15 | Netherlands Stefan de Groot | 18 | 9 | 10 | 5 | 3 | 10 | 25 | 9 | 29 | |||||||||||||||||||
| 16 | United Kingdom Derek Hayes | 3 | 3 | 25 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 17 | Sweden Robert Dahlgren | 10 | 12 | 6 | 6 | 13 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| 18 | United Kingdom Tom Sisley | 14 | 13 | 11 | 10 | 9 | 13 | 10 | 11 | 7 | C | DNS | DNS | 12 | |||||||||||||||
| 19 | United Kingdom Mark Mayall | 12 | 17 | 20 | Ret | 11 | 23 | Ret | 8 | Ret | C | 20 | 16 | 12 | 11 | 15 | 14 | Ret | 24 | 15 | 21 | 17 | 13 | Ret | Ret | DNS | 12 | Ret | 12 |
| 20 | France James Andanson | 17 | 25 | 8 | 7 | 9 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| 21 | United Kingdom Stefan Hodgetts | 16 | 15 | Ret | DNS | 13 | 12 | Ret | 18 | 6 | 11 | Ret | 12 | 8 | |||||||||||||||
| 22 | Italy Stefano Fabi | Ret | 20 | Ret | 24 | 18 | 26 | 13 | 10 | 9 | C | 26 | 22 | 22 | DNS | 17 | 23 | 15 | 18 | 12 | 17 | 16 | 19 | 14 | Ret | Ret | 18 | 18 | 8 |
| 23 | Colombia Giandomenico Brusatin | Ret | Ret | Ret | 18 | 14 | Ret | 9 | Ret | Ret | C | 17 | 14 | 18 | 15 | 18 | DNS | 4 | |||||||||||
| 24 | Greece John Antoniadis | 16 | 19 | 20 | Ret | 11 | 16 | 13 | 21 | 4 | |||||||||||||||||||
| 25 | United Kingdom Tor Graves | 15 | 15 | 24† | 19 | 23 | 24 | 11 | Ret | Ret | C | 25 | 21 | 24 | 22 | 19 | 21 | Ret | 21 | Ret | 15 | 19 | 14 | 16 | 15 | 21 | 26 | Ret | 2 |
| 26 | United Kingdom Andrew Thompson | 12 | Ret | 0 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 27 | Netherlands Jeroen Bleekemolen | Ret | 23 | 0 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Scholarship Class | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1 | United Kingdom Adam Carroll | Ret | 11 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 17 | 17 | 14 | Ret | C | 14 | 13 | 8 | 6 | 23 | 6 | 8 | 5 | Ret | Ret | 9 | 8 | 6 | 9 | 13 | 17 | Ret | 367 |
| 2 | Monaco Clivio Piccione | 23 | 23† | 12 | 9 | Ret | 15 | 18 | Ret | 11 | C | 9 | Ret | 15 | 10 | 21 | Ret | 19 | 14 | 8 | 4 | 18 | Ret | 8 | Ret | 15 | 10 | 15 | 249 |
| 3 | Canada Billy Asaro | 11 | DNS | Ret | 11 | Ret | 14 | 21 | Ret | 13 | C | Ret | NC | 25 | 9 | 22 | DNS | Ret | 15 | 9 | Ret | 11 | 11 | 11 | 12 | 14 | 11 | 11 | 216 |
| 4 | United Kingdom Stephen Colbert | 19 | 24† | 13 | 17 | 19 | 29 | 16 | 20 | DSQ | C | 11 | 19 | 10 | 24 | 25 | Ret | 16 | 25 | 11 | 13 | 15 | Ret | 10 | 10 | 12 | 15 | 19 | 208 |
| 5 | Sweden Robert Dahlgren | 23 | 17 | 11 | 12 | 20 | 20 | 12 | 12 | Ret | DSQ | Ret | Ret | 8 | 8 | 8 | 17 | 167 | |||||||||||
| 6 | India Karun Chandhok | 21 | 19 | Ret | 14 | 13 | 19 | Ret | 16 | 15 | C | 12 | 20 | Ret | Ret | DNS | 12 | 13 | 17 | Ret | 20 | 13 | Ret | Ret | Ret | 17 | Ret | 14 | 156 |
| 7 | Republic of Ireland Gavin Smith | Ret | 14 | 15 | 23 | Ret | Ret | 25 | 21 | 14 | C | 24 | 23 | 14 | 14 | 24 | Ret | 20 | 16 | Ret | 18 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 13 | Ret | 14 | 16 | 147 |
| 8 | United Kingdom Justin Sherwood | 17 | 18 | 18 | 20 | 22 | Ret | Ret | 19 | 10 | C | 18 | 18 | Ret | 21 | 27 | 19 | 22 | 20 | 20 | 16 | Ret | Ret | 13 | 16 | 18 | Ret | 23 | 130 |
| 9 | Malaysia Fairuz Fauzy | 24 | DNS | 19 | 21 | 15 | 20 | 19 | 15 | 12 | C | 15 | 25 | 16 | 23 | 28 | 16 | Ret | 27 | Ret | 14 | Ret | Ret | 17 | Ret | 20 | 22 | Ret | 119 |
| 10 | Denmark Jesper Carlsen | 16 | 13 | 16 | 15 | Ret | 21 | 22 | Ret | Ret | C | 13 | Ret | 23 | 13 | 26 | Ret | 18 | Ret | 81 | |||||||||
| 11 | Switzerland Harold Primat | 22 | 22 | 21 | 25 | 20 | 28 | 23 | 17 | Ret | C | 22 | 24 | Ret | DNS | DNS | Ret | 22 | Ret | 23 | Ret | 15 | 18 | Ret | Ret | 23 | 25 | 57 | |
| 12 | United Kingdom David Clark | DNS | Ret | 17 | DNQ | 16 | 22 | 20 | 18 | Ret | C | 19 | Ret | 17 | 19 | 48 | |||||||||||||
| 13 | Spain Pedro Barral | 14 | 22 | Ret | 17 | Ret | Ret | 22 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| 14 | Italy Diego Romanini | 20 | 21 | DNQ | 22 | 21 | 25 | Ret | Ret | Ret | C | 27 | DNQ | 22 | |||||||||||||||
| 15 | United Kingdom Adam Jones | Ret | 17 | 14 | 26 | 20 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| 16 | United Kingdom Stefan Hodgetts | Ret | 16 | 12 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 17 | United Kingdom Luke Stevens | 24 | 20 | 6 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 18 | France Julien Schell | 27 | 22 | 4 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 19 | Brazil Reck Junior | 24 | Ret | 2 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 20 | South Africa Earl Goddard | Ret | 27 | 1 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Turkey Jason Tahinci | DNQ | DNQ | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Angola Ricardo Teixeira | DNQ | C | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Pos | Driver | BRH United Kingdom | DON United Kingdom | SIL United Kingdom | KNO United Kingdom | CRO United Kingdom | SIL United Kingdom | CAS United Kingdom | BRH United Kingdom | ROC United Kingdom | OUL United Kingdom | SNE United Kingdom | THR United Kingdom | DON United Kingdom | Pts |