1995 Birkin Cars/TVR Invitational Race

South Africa  1995 Birkin Cars/TVR Invitational Race Grand Prix
Race details
Date 29 January 1995 (1995-01-29)
Official name Birkin Cars/TVR Invitational Race
Location Kyalami Grand Prix Circuit
Course Asphalt
Course length 4.26 km (4.26 mi)
Distance 35 laps, 149.135 km (93.209 mi)
Pole position
Driver Madgwick International
Time 1:27.670
Podium
First Vortex Motorsport
Second Madgwick International
Third
  • United Kingdom Richard Dean
Madgwick International

The 1995 Birkin Cars/TVR Invitational Race was a non-championship Formula 3000 race held at the Kyalami Grand Prix Circuit in South Africa. Jan Lammers won the race after passing polesitter Kenny Bräck in the first turn.

Summary

Number two starter Jan Lammers had a very good start and passed polesitter Kenny Bräck for the lead in the opening lap. Lammers opened up a gap towards Bräck having a seven-second advantage at one point. South African driver Stephen Watson was running in fourth place until he tried to overtake Richard Dean. This resulted in Watson losing two spots. Less than a lap later he went off course attempting to overtake an other driver. He damaged his rear wing and had to retire. Near the end of the race Bräck was closing in on Lammers. But as he attempted a pass for the lead the Swedish driver spun. As he completed a perfect 360 degree spin he did not lose a spot but could not threaten Lammers for the win.[1]

Classification

Qualifying

Pos Driver Team Constructor Time
1 Sweden Kenny Bräck Madgwick International Reynard 94D-Judd 1:27.670
2 Netherlands Jan Lammers Vortex Motorsport Reynard 94D-Cosworth 1:27.670
3 Brazil Tarso Marques Vortex Motorsport Reynard 94D-Cosworth 1:28.142
4 United Kingdom Phil Andrews Apache Racing Reynard 93D-Cosworth 1:28.553
5 Germany Sascha Maassen Team Monninghoff Reynard 93D-Cosworth 1:28.627
6 United Kingdom Richard Dean Madgwick International Reynard 92D-Cosworth 1:29.175
7 South Africa Stephen Watson Nordic Racing Lola T94/50-Cosworth 1:29.277
8 Germany Klaus Panchyrz Team Monninghoff Reynard 92D-Cosworth 1:29.414
9 United Kingdom Dino Morelli Omegaland International Reynard 94D-Judd 1:29.474
10 United Kingdom Gareth Rees Omegaland International Reynard 94D-Judd 1:29.670
11 South Africa Hilton Cowie Nordic Racing Lola T94/50-Cosworth 1:29.847
12 Finland Pekka Herva Fred Goddard Racing Reynard 91D-Cosworth 1:31.078
13 United Kingdom Dominic Chappell Apache Racing Reynard 93D-Cosworth 1:31.369
14 United Kingdom Nigel Smith Team Schemes Reynard 92D-Cosworth 1:31.628
15 Italy Guido Dacco Weylock Racing Reynard 91D-Cosworth 1:33.008
16 South Africa Iain Pepper Fred Goddard Racing Reynard 90D-Cosworth 1:33.173
17 Austria Frederico Careca Weylock Racing Reynard 93D-Cosworth 1:33.223
18 United Kingdom David Mercer Weylock Racing Reynard 92D-Cosworth 1:38.119

Race result

Pos Driver Team Constructor Laps Time/Retired
1 Netherlands Jan Lammers Vortex Motorsport Reynard 94D-Cosworth 35 53:15.833
2 Sweden Kenny Bräck Madgwick International Reynard 94D-Judd 35 53:18.130
3 United Kingdom Richard Dean Madgwick International Reynard 92D-Cosworth 35 53:57.773
4 United Kingdom Gareth Rees Omegaland International Reynard 94D-Judd 35 54:02.119
5 United Kingdom Dino Morelli Omegaland International Reynard 94D-Judd 35 54:02.981
6 South Africa Hilton Cowie Nordic Racing Lola T94/50-Cosworth 35 54:20.451
7 Finland Pekka Herva Fred Goddard Racing Reynard 91D-Cosworth 35 54:38.463
8 Germany Sascha Maassen Team Monninghoff Reynard 93D-Cosworth 34 Out of fuel
9 United Kingdom Dominic Chappell Apache Racing Reynard 93D-Cosworth 34 Running
10 Austria Frederico Careca Weylock Racing Reynard 93D-Cosworth 34 Running
11 Italy Guido Dacco Weylock Racing Reynard 91D-Cosworth 34 Running
12 Brazil Tarso Marques Vortex Motorsport Reynard 94D-Cosworth 33 Spin
13 Germany Klaus Panchyrz Team Monninghoff Reynard 92D-Cosworth 32 Out of fuel
14 United Kingdom David Mercer Weylock Racing Reynard 92D-Cosworth 32 Running
Ret United Kingdom Phil Andrews Apache Racing Reynard 93D-Cosworth 29 Spin
Ret United Kingdom Nigel Smith Team Schemes Reynard 92D-Cosworth 13 Input shaft
Ret South Africa Stephen Watson Nordic Racing Lola T94/50-Cosworth 8 Accident
DNS South Africa Iain Pepper Fred Goddard Racing Reynard 90D-Cosworth 0 Ignition

[2]

References

  1. "Kyalami Invitational report". motorsport.com. Retrieved 12 April 2014.
  2. "Birkin Cars/TVR Invitational Race - Kyalami (ZA), January 29th 1995". Unofficial F3000. Retrieved 12 April 2014.
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