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#1 LuckyStrike006

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Posted 09 July 2014 - 02:51

Hello.

This is my first post on this forum although I have been reading it for years and I have now decided - having exhausted all my available options - to ask the knowledgeable Motorsport fans on here for help in finding out the results of every race of the 1998 British and European Formula Ford Championships. I need them for a comprehensive statistical research project I am doing on Jenson Button and they have so far proved elusive. I know of certain results but it is difficult to find the names of the lesser known drivers who raced with him and joined him on the podium or in the kitty litter. So if anyone has any information about the calenders, (I can't even find a complete calender!), the results of each race, the drivers and teams, or knows where I can find that information, I would be grateful to hear from you. I hope someone can help me.      



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#2 Michael Ferner

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Posted 09 July 2014 - 10:15

It took some digging, but here are the results for the European Championship (EFDA? ):

 

July 19, Le Castellet

1 Craig Murray (GB), Van Diemen RF98 (Mick Gardner Racing)

2 Jenson Button (GB), Mygale SJ98(Haywood Racing)

3 Jean-Christophe Ravier (F), Van Diemen RF98 (Graff Racing)

4 Derek Hayes (GB), Mygale SJ98 (Haywood Racing)

5 Ricardo van der Ende (NL), Mygale SJ98 (Haywood Racing)

6 ?

7 ?

8 Frank Diefenbacher (D), Van Diemen

9 ?

10 Walter Lechner jr. (A), Mygale

11 ?

12 ?

13 ?

14 ?

15 Mark Fullalove (GB)

16 ?

17 ?

18 ?

19 ?

20 Daniel Carugati (CH)

21 ?

22 ?

23 Ralph Heininger (CH)

etc. (40 starters)

 

September 27, Spa (8 laps)

1 Derek Hayes (GB), Mygale SJ98 (Haywood)

2 Daniel Wheldon (GB), Van Diemen RF98 (Van Diemen)

3 Jean-Christophe Ravier (F), Van Diemen RF98 (Graff)

4 John Svensson (B), Mygale SJ98

5 Jenson Button (GB), Mygale SJ98 (Haywood)

6 TImo Bernhard (D), Swift SC98Z (Jenzer)

7 Ricardo van der Ende (NL), Van Diemen RF98 (Mick Gardner)

8 Craig Murray (GB), Mygale SJ98 (Haywood)

9 Renaud Derlot, Van Diemen RF98

10 Walter van Lent (NL), Mygale SJ98

11 ?

12 ?

13 ?

14 ?

15 ?

16 ?

17 ?

18 ?

19 ?

20 Frank Diefenbacher (D), Van Diemen

etc. (50 starters)

 

October 11, Hockenheim (8 laps)

1 Jenson Button (GB), Mygale SJ98 (Haywood)

2 Xavier Armant (F), Mygale

3 Craig Murray (GB), Van Diemen

4 Derek Hayes (GB), Mygale

5 Daniel Wheldon (GB), Van Diemen

6 Ricardo van der Ende (NL), Mygale

7 ?

8 Walter Lechner jr. (A), Mygale

9 ?

10 ?

11 ?

12 ?

13 ?

14 Ralph Heininger (CH), Swift

etc.

 

October 18, Brands Hatch (12 laps)

1 Derek Hayes (GB), Mygale SJ98 (Haywood)

2 Daniel Wheldon (GB), Van Diemen RF98

3 Nicolas Stelandre (B), Van Diemen RF98

4 Raphael Real del Sarte (F), Van Diemen RF97

5 Renaud Derlot, Van Diemen RF98

6 Timo Bernhard (D), Swift SC98Z

etc.

 

Final points: 1 Hayes 50, 2 Button 47, 3 Wheldon 38, 4 Murray 37, 5 Ravier 27

 

October 25, Brands Hatch (20 laps, non-championship Festival)

1 Jenson Button (GB), Mygale SJ98 (Haywood)

2 Daniel Wheldon (GB), Van Diemen RF98 (Van Diemen)

3 Nicolas Kiesa (DK), Van Diemen RF98 (ADR Motorsport)

4 Barry Horne (GB), Van Diemen RF98 (Maxtrac Racing)

5 Walter Lechner jr. (A), Mygale SJ98 (Walter Lechner Racing)

6 Mark Taylor (GB), Mygale SJ98 (Mackie Motorsport)

7 Jeroen Bleekemolen (NL), Swift SC98R (Geva Racing)

8 Mark Mackenna/McKenna? (IRL?), Mygale SJ98 (Haywood)

9 John Svensson (B), Mygale SJ98 (John's Racing)

10 Gregory Breuer (F), Van Diemen RF98 (Graff)

11 Walter van Lent (NL), Mygale SJ98 (Multipromo)

12 Pedro Meireles (P), Mygale SJ98 (driver)

13 Julien Melis (F), Van Diemen RF98 (Graff)

14 Jesper Carlsen (DK), Vector MG94 (Team Witchcraft)

15 Tristan Gommendy (F), Mygale SJ98 (Mygale)

16 Xavier Armant (F), Mygale SJ98 (CD Sport)

17 Ollie Kaurala (SF), Van Diemen RF95 (500 Club)

18 Sebastien Foglieni (F), Mygale SJ98 (Mygale)

19 Mark Fullalove (GB), Van Diemen RF98 (Mick Gardner)

20 Mark Marchant (GB), Jamun 98 (Jamun)

21 Jeff Wright (IRL?), Vector MG98 (Vector)

22 Robert Collard (GB), Van Diemen RF98 (Van Diemen)

23 Jan Neuman (DK), Vector MG94 (Team Witchcraft)

24 Marcos Ambrose (AUS), Van Diemen RF98 (Van Diemen)

25 Nicolas Stelandre (B), Van Diemen RF98 (Speed Lover)

26 Andy Charsley (GB), Ray 97 (Hawkins Racing)

27 Jean-Christophe Ravier (F), Van Diemen RF98 (Graff)

28 Raphael Real del Sarte (F), Van Diemen RF97 (Gipsey Racing)

etc.


Edited by Michael Ferner, 09 July 2014 - 10:25.


#3 Michael Ferner

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Posted 09 July 2014 - 10:38

British Championship:

 

Final points:

1 Jenson Button, Haywood Mygale, 133

2 Derek Hayes, Haywood Mygale, 118

3 Daniel Wheldon, Van Diemen, 104

4 Nicolas Kiesa, ADR Van Diemen, 104

5 Marcos Ambrose, Van Diemen, 96

6 Craig Murray, MGR Van Diemen, 72

7 Tom Sisley, ADR Van Diemen, 70

8 Barry Horne, Maxtrac Van Diemen, 46

9 Robert Collard, Swift & Van Diemen, 41

10 Mark McKenna, Haywood Mygale, 27

 

BTCC supporting series, so look for BTCC rounds to find race results.

 

All right, while I'm at it:

 

Apr 13, Thruxton (12 laps): 1 Murray, 2 Hayes, 3 Button, 4 Ambrose, 5 Collard (Swift), 6 Tommy Field (Swift), 7 van der Ende (Van Diemen), 8 Per-Christian Morland (Mygale), 9 McKenna (Vector), 10 Sisley

Apr 26, Silverstone (12 laps): 1 Button, 2 Hayes, 3 Sisley, 4 Kiesa, 5 Horne, 6 Field, 7 van der Ende (VD), 8 Morland, 9 Earl Goddard (Swift), 10 Andre d'Cruze (Ray)

May 4, Donington (16 laps): 1 Button, 2 van der Ende (VD), 3 Hayes, 4 Wheldon, 5 Horne, 6 Kiesa, 7 Sisley, 8 Goddard, 9 Collard (Swift), 10 Alan Kelly (Mygale)

May 17, Brands Hatch (24 laps): 1 Hayes, 2 Wheldon, 3 Kiesa, 4 Ambrose, 5 Murray, 6 Field, 7 Horne, 8 van der Ende (VD), 9 Collard (Swift), 10 d'Cruze

May 24, Oulton Park (18 laps): 1 Button, 2 Hayes, 3 Kiesa, 4 Ambrose, 5 Morland, 6 Field, 7 Wheldon, 8 Collard (Swift), 9 Robin Liddell (Vector), 10 Horne

Jun 14, Donington (16 laps): 1 Hayes, 2 Murray, 3 Button, 4 Sisley, 5 Horne, 6 Ambrose, 7 Kiesa, 8 Goddard (Mygale), 9 Oliver Smith (Van Diemen), 10 Jeremy Smith (Van Diemen)

Jun 28, Croft (14 laps): 1 Wheldon, 2 Ambrose, 3 Button, 4 Kiesa, 5 Hayes, 6 Sisley, 7 McKenna, 8 Liddell, 9 Fullalove, 10 Richard Antinucci (Mygale)

Jul 26, Snetterton (15 laps): 1 Wheldon, 2 Button, 3 Kiesa, 4 Ambrose, 5 Murray, 6 Hayes, 7 Horne, 8 Liddell, 9 Greg Caton (Swift), 10 Antinucci

Aug 2, Thruxton (13 laps): 1 Button, 2 Wheldon, 3 Hayes, 4 Liddell, 5 Sisley, 6 Ambrose, 7 Murray, 8 Caton, 9 Antinucci, 10 Julian Barratt (Mygale)

Aug 16, Knockhill (22 laps): 1 Ambrose, 2 Murray, 3 Sisley, 4 Button, 5 Collard (VD), 6 Hayes, 7 Antinucci, 8 Wheldon, 9 J. Smith, 10 Barratt

Aug 31, Brands Hatch (20 laps): 1 Kiesa, 2 Hayes, 3 Murray, 4 Ambrose, 5 Button, 6 Bleekemolen, 7 Collard (VD), 8 Sepp Koster (Swift), 9 Sisley, 10 Liddell

Sep 13, Oulton Park (18 laps): 1 Wheldon, 2 Hayes, 3 Kiesa, 4 Sisley, 5 Horne, 6 James Pickford (Mygale), 7 McKenna, 8 O. Smith, 9 J. Smith, 10 Fullalove

Sep 20, Silverstone (12 laps): 1 Wheldon, 2 Button, 3 McKenna, 4 Kiesa, 5 Bleekemolen, 6 Ambrose, 7 Jeff Wright (Vector), 8 Andy Charsley (Ray), 9 Goddard (Mygale), 10 Fullalove

Sep 20, Silverstone (12 laps): 1 Button, 2 Kiesa, 3 Wheldon, 4 Hayes, 5 Ambrose, 6 Sisley, 7 Bleekemolen, 8 Collard (VD), 9 Charsley, 10 Wright


Edited by Michael Ferner, 09 July 2014 - 11:15.


#4 LuckyStrike006

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Posted 09 July 2014 - 17:09

It took some digging, but here are the results for the European Championship (EFDA? ):

 

July 19, Le Castellet

1 Craig Murray (GB), Van Diemen RF98 (Mick Gardner Racing)

2 Jenson Button (GB), Mygale SJ98(Haywood Racing)

3 Jean-Christophe Ravier (F), Van Diemen RF98 (Graff Racing)

4 Derek Hayes (GB), Mygale SJ98 (Haywood Racing)

5 Ricardo van der Ende (NL), Mygale SJ98 (Haywood Racing)

6 ?

7 ?

8 Frank Diefenbacher (D), Van Diemen

9 ?

10 Walter Lechner jr. (A), Mygale

11 ?

12 ?

13 ?

14 ?

15 Mark Fullalove (GB)

16 ?

17 ?

18 ?

19 ?

20 Daniel Carugati (CH)

21 ?

22 ?

23 Ralph Heininger (CH)

etc. (40 starters)

 

September 27, Spa (8 laps)

1 Derek Hayes (GB), Mygale SJ98 (Haywood)

2 Daniel Wheldon (GB), Van Diemen RF98 (Van Diemen)

3 Jean-Christophe Ravier (F), Van Diemen RF98 (Graff)

4 John Svensson (B), Mygale SJ98

5 Jenson Button (GB), Mygale SJ98 (Haywood)

6 TImo Bernhard (D), Swift SC98Z (Jenzer)

7 Ricardo van der Ende (NL), Van Diemen RF98 (Mick Gardner)

8 Craig Murray (GB), Mygale SJ98 (Haywood)

9 Renaud Derlot, Van Diemen RF98

10 Walter van Lent (NL), Mygale SJ98

11 ?

12 ?

13 ?

14 ?

15 ?

16 ?

17 ?

18 ?

19 ?

20 Frank Diefenbacher (D), Van Diemen

etc. (50 starters)

 

October 11, Hockenheim (8 laps)

1 Jenson Button (GB), Mygale SJ98 (Haywood)

2 Xavier Armant (F), Mygale

3 Craig Murray (GB), Van Diemen

4 Derek Hayes (GB), Mygale

5 Daniel Wheldon (GB), Van Diemen

6 Ricardo van der Ende (NL), Mygale

7 ?

8 Walter Lechner jr. (A), Mygale

9 ?

10 ?

11 ?

12 ?

13 ?

14 Ralph Heininger (CH), Swift

etc.

 

October 18, Brands Hatch (12 laps)

1 Derek Hayes (GB), Mygale SJ98 (Haywood)

2 Daniel Wheldon (GB), Van Diemen RF98

3 Nicolas Stelandre (B), Van Diemen RF98

4 Raphael Real del Sarte (F), Van Diemen RF97

5 Renaud Derlot, Van Diemen RF98

6 Timo Bernhard (D), Swift SC98Z

etc.

 

Final points: 1 Hayes 50, 2 Button 47, 3 Wheldon 38, 4 Murray 37, 5 Ravier 27

 

October 25, Brands Hatch (20 laps, non-championship Festival)

1 Jenson Button (GB), Mygale SJ98 (Haywood)

2 Daniel Wheldon (GB), Van Diemen RF98 (Van Diemen)

3 Nicolas Kiesa (DK), Van Diemen RF98 (ADR Motorsport)

4 Barry Horne (GB), Van Diemen RF98 (Maxtrac Racing)

5 Walter Lechner jr. (A), Mygale SJ98 (Walter Lechner Racing)

6 Mark Taylor (GB), Mygale SJ98 (Mackie Motorsport)

7 Jeroen Bleekemolen (NL), Swift SC98R (Geva Racing)

8 Mark Mackenna/McKenna? (IRL?), Mygale SJ98 (Haywood)

9 John Svensson (B), Mygale SJ98 (John's Racing)

10 Gregory Breuer (F), Van Diemen RF98 (Graff)

11 Walter van Lent (NL), Mygale SJ98 (Multipromo)

12 Pedro Meireles (P), Mygale SJ98 (driver)

13 Julien Melis (F), Van Diemen RF98 (Graff)

14 Jesper Carlsen (DK), Vector MG94 (Team Witchcraft)

15 Tristan Gommendy (F), Mygale SJ98 (Mygale)

16 Xavier Armant (F), Mygale SJ98 (CD Sport)

17 Ollie Kaurala (SF), Van Diemen RF95 (500 Club)

18 Sebastien Foglieni (F), Mygale SJ98 (Mygale)

19 Mark Fullalove (GB), Van Diemen RF98 (Mick Gardner)

20 Mark Marchant (GB), Jamun 98 (Jamun)

21 Jeff Wright (IRL?), Vector MG98 (Vector)

22 Robert Collard (GB), Van Diemen RF98 (Van Diemen)

23 Jan Neuman (DK), Vector MG94 (Team Witchcraft)

24 Marcos Ambrose (AUS), Van Diemen RF98 (Van Diemen)

25 Nicolas Stelandre (B), Van Diemen RF98 (Speed Lover)

26 Andy Charsley (GB), Ray 97 (Hawkins Racing)

27 Jean-Christophe Ravier (F), Van Diemen RF98 (Graff)

28 Raphael Real del Sarte (F), Van Diemen RF97 (Gipsey Racing)

etc.

 

 

British Championship:

 

Final points:

1 Jenson Button, Haywood Mygale, 133

2 Derek Hayes, Haywood Mygale, 118

3 Daniel Wheldon, Van Diemen, 104

4 Nicolas Kiesa, ADR Van Diemen, 104

5 Marcos Ambrose, Van Diemen, 96

6 Craig Murray, MGR Van Diemen, 72

7 Tom Sisley, ADR Van Diemen, 70

8 Barry Horne, Maxtrac Van Diemen, 46

9 Robert Collard, Swift & Van Diemen, 41

10 Mark McKenna, Haywood Mygale, 27

 

BTCC supporting series, so look for BTCC rounds to find race results.

 

All right, while I'm at it:

 

Apr 13, Thruxton (12 laps): 1 Murray, 2 Hayes, 3 Button, 4 Ambrose, 5 Collard (Swift), 6 Tommy Field (Swift), 7 van der Ende (Van Diemen), 8 Per-Christian Morland (Mygale), 9 McKenna (Vector), 10 Sisley

Apr 26, Silverstone (12 laps): 1 Button, 2 Hayes, 3 Sisley, 4 Kiesa, 5 Horne, 6 Field, 7 van der Ende (VD), 8 Morland, 9 Earl Goddard (Swift), 10 Andre d'Cruze (Ray)

May 4, Donington (16 laps): 1 Button, 2 van der Ende (VD), 3 Hayes, 4 Wheldon, 5 Horne, 6 Kiesa, 7 Sisley, 8 Goddard, 9 Collard (Swift), 10 Alan Kelly (Mygale)

May 17, Brands Hatch (24 laps): 1 Hayes, 2 Wheldon, 3 Kiesa, 4 Ambrose, 5 Murray, 6 Field, 7 Horne, 8 van der Ende (VD), 9 Collard (Swift), 10 d'Cruze

May 24, Oulton Park (18 laps): 1 Button, 2 Hayes, 3 Kiesa, 4 Ambrose, 5 Morland, 6 Field, 7 Wheldon, 8 Collard (Swift), 9 Robin Liddell (Vector), 10 Horne

Jun 14, Donington (16 laps): 1 Hayes, 2 Murray, 3 Button, 4 Sisley, 5 Horne, 6 Ambrose, 7 Kiesa, 8 Goddard (Mygale), 9 Oliver Smith (Van Diemen), 10 Jeremy Smith (Van Diemen)

Jun 28, Croft (14 laps): 1 Wheldon, 2 Ambrose, 3 Button, 4 Kiesa, 5 Hayes, 6 Sisley, 7 McKenna, 8 Liddell, 9 Fullalove, 10 Richard Antinucci (Mygale)

Jul 26, Snetterton (15 laps): 1 Wheldon, 2 Button, 3 Kiesa, 4 Ambrose, 5 Murray, 6 Hayes, 7 Horne, 8 Liddell, 9 Greg Caton (Swift), 10 Antinucci

Aug 2, Thruxton (13 laps): 1 Button, 2 Wheldon, 3 Hayes, 4 Liddell, 5 Sisley, 6 Ambrose, 7 Murray, 8 Caton, 9 Antinucci, 10 Julian Barratt (Mygale)

Aug 16, Knockhill (22 laps): 1 Ambrose, 2 Murray, 3 Sisley, 4 Button, 5 Collard (VD), 6 Hayes, 7 Antinucci, 8 Wheldon, 9 J. Smith, 10 Barratt

Aug 31, Brands Hatch (20 laps): 1 Kiesa, 2 Hayes, 3 Murray, 4 Ambrose, 5 Button, 6 Bleekemolen, 7 Collard (VD), 8 Sepp Koster (Swift), 9 Sisley, 10 Liddell

Sep 13, Oulton Park (18 laps): 1 Wheldon, 2 Hayes, 3 Kiesa, 4 Sisley, 5 Horne, 6 James Pickford (Mygale), 7 McKenna, 8 O. Smith, 9 J. Smith, 10 Fullalove

Sep 20, Silverstone (12 laps): 1 Wheldon, 2 Button, 3 McKenna, 4 Kiesa, 5 Bleekemolen, 6 Ambrose, 7 Jeff Wright (Vector), 8 Andy Charsley (Ray), 9 Goddard (Mygale), 10 Fullalove

Sep 20, Silverstone (12 laps): 1 Button, 2 Kiesa, 3 Wheldon, 4 Hayes, 5 Ambrose, 6 Sisley, 7 Bleekemolen, 8 Collard (VD), 9 Charsley, 10 Wright

Thank you so much for the help I really appreciate it. So kind. Thanks