# 1999 British Formula Three Championship

The 1999 British Formula Three season was the 49th British Formula Three Championship season. It commenced on 21 March, and ended on 17 October after sixteen races. Marc Hynes was the champion, although the season is best remembered for 19-year-old future F1 champion Jenson Button marking himself out as one to watch. Martin O'Connell took the spoils in Class B.

## Drivers and teams

The following teams and drivers were competitors in the 1999 season. Class B is for older Formula Three cars.
| Team | No | Driver | Chassis | Engine | Rounds |
| Class A ||||||
| Stewart Racing | 1 | Luciano Burti | Dallara F399 | Mugen-Honda | All |
| Stewart Racing | 2 | Andrew Kirkaldy | Dallara F399 | Mugen-Honda | All |
| Fortec Motorsport | 3 | Matt Davies | Dallara F399 | Mugen-Honda | All |
| Fortec Motorsport | 4 | Kristian Kolby | Dallara F399 | Mugen-Honda | All |
| Promatecme UK | 5 | Aluizio Coelho | Dallara F399 | Renault Sodemo | All |
| Promatecme UK | 6 | Jenson Button | Dallara F399 | Renault Sodemo | All |
| Alan Docking Racing | 7 | Yudai Igarashi | Dallara F399 | Mugen-Honda | 1–15 |
| Alan Docking Racing | 7 | Warren Hughes | Dallara F399 | Mugen-Honda | 16 |
| Alan Docking Racing | 8 | Alex Yoong | Dallara F399 | Mugen-Honda | 3–6 |
| Alan Docking Racing | 8 | Doug Bell | Dallara F399 | Mugen-Honda | 7–14 |
| SpeedSport F3 | 9 | Toby Scheckter | Dallara F399 | Mugen-Honda | All |
| SpeedSport F3 | 10 | Warren Carway | Dallara F399 | Mugen-Honda | All |
| Carlin Motorsport | 12 | Narain Karthikeyan | Dallara F399 | Mugen-Honda | All |
| Carlin Motorsport | 14 | Michael Bentwood | Dallara F399 | Mugen-Honda | All |
| S.S. Sport | 15 | Tim Spouge | Dallara F399 | Opel Spiess | All |
| S.S. Sport | 16 | Doug Bell | Dallara F399 | Opel Spiess | 1–3 |
| Manor Motorsport | 17 | Marc Hynes | Dallara F399 | Mugen-Honda | All |
| Manor Motorsport | 18 | Tor Sriachavanon | Dallara F399 | Mugen-Honda | All |
| Graff Racing | 19 | Alex Yoong | Dallara F399 | Mugen-Honda | 9 |
| ASM | 20 | Sebastien Dumez | Dallara F399 | Renault Sodemo | 14 |
| ASM | 21 | Tiago Monteiro | Dallara F399 | Renault Sodemo | 14 |
| ASM | 22 | Julien Beltoise | Dallara F399 | Renault Sodemo | 14 |
| JB Motorsports | 23 | Walter van Lent | Dallara F399 | Opel Spiess | 14 |
| JB Motorsports | 24 | Yves Olivier | Dallara F399 | Opel Spiess | 14 |
| Prema Powerteam | 25 | Peter Sundberg | Dallara F399 | Opel Spiess | 14 |
| Prema Powerteam | 26 | Juan Manuel López | Dallara F399 | Opel Spiess | 14 |
| Prema Powerteam | 27 | Giorgio Pantano | Dallara F399 | Opel Spiess | 14 |
| Opel Team BSR | 28 | Christijan Albers | Dallara F399 | Opel Spiess | 14 |
| Opel Team BSR | 29 | Patrick Friesacher | Dallara F399 | Opel Spiess | 14 |
| RC Benetton | 30 | Gabriele Varano | Dallara F399 | Opel Spiess | 14 |
| Class B ||||||
| Rowan Racing | 51 | Martin O'Connell | Dallara F398 | TOM'S-Toyota | 1–7, 10–16 |
| Rowan Racing | 51 | Stephen Shanly | Dallara F398 | TOM'S-Toyota | 8–9 |
| Rowan Racing | 52 | Gavin Jones | TOM'S 037F | TOM'S-Toyota | 6, 8–9 |
| Rowan Racing | 52 | Charles Hall | Dallara F398 | TOM'S-Toyota | 13–14 |
| Carlin Motorsport | 54 | John Bender | Dallara F398 | Mugen-Honda | 3–5, 8–9, 11–16 |
| SpeedSport F3 | 57 | John Ingram | Dallara F398 | Mugen-Honda | 8–9 |
| SpeedSport F3 | 57 | Nick Eliades | Dallara F398 | Mugen-Honda | 13–16 |
| JSR | 75 | Jeremy Smith | Dallara F398 | Opel Spiess | 1–8, 10 |
| Diamond Racing | 77 | Takuma Sato | Dallara F398 | Mugen-Honda | 9–12, 14–16 |