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Hewland Engineering
understands what its clients require; largely
because William Hewland personally competed and
ran a racing team.
Details below.
2000 :
Final two races, due to concentrating on
Hewland Management:
SRWC at
Barcelona
with MBR: DNF. Race
report.
Privilege GT round at Brands
Hatch: 4th. Race
report.
1999 : Various
Having closed
my team down at the end of `98, I sat out the
early part of the `99 season.
BOSS: I drove
an F3000 car in a BOSS race to 4th place.
A deal to drive in selected events with Lister
cars, from June onwards, materialised.
British GT Championship,
in GT2 partnered by Thorkild Thyrring:
Brands Hatch:
DNF (After running second). Race
report
Silverstone GP:
2nd (After leading for all of my stint). Race
report
Silverstone
Int: 1st Race
Report
FIA GT Donington
Park; Partnered by Julian Bailey and Andy
Wallace: 2nd. Race
report
1998 : Privilege Insurance BRDC GT championship
with Hewland Engineering Motorsport.
My team ran a
Lister Storm GTL in the GT1 category of the
Privilege Insurance British GT Championship. The
drivers were myself and Paul Evans. The series
was extremely competitive and unfortunately we
were not able to obtain the Michelin tyres that
the Lister really needed to work well. (We
proved this in a post season tyre test).
Results:
Two seconds,
Two thirds, Two fourths, One fifth, One Sixth,
One DNF.
1997 : Privilege Insurance BRDC GT championship
with Hewland Engineering Motorsport.
My team took on
the ASCARI GT1 racing project to compete in the
Privilege Insurance BRDC GT championship. We
successfully re-engineered the car but the all
new turbo BMW engine project (not a Hewland
responsibility) was to prove late and in need of
development, which hampered our seasons start.
At Donington in August however, I drove the car
solo which means I had to endure a 30 second
penalty in the pits. I was 27 seconds behind the
leader when the race was red flagged (stopped
early) with eight minutes to go. Fourth place
would have been 1st or 2nd even with the
penalty.
Generally the
season was a washout due to the engine problems,
but the chassis ended up very good, with our
development.
The last two
races of the season in PRO- SPORT 3000 were
contested to keep my hand in due to the lack of
GT races.
Oulton Park and
Donington: TWO WINS, Two fastest laps.
1996: Pro-Sport 3000 with Hewland Engineering
Motorsport.
Third season in
Pro-Sport 3000, to defend title.
My results from
10 races contested: (11 race season)
Winner of Championship;
9 wins, 1 DNF,
9 poles, 7 fastest laps and 2 new lap records.
Also; one off
British Formula Two outing at Silverstone in
June with Fred Goddard Racing. This was `just
for fun` and involved using a 1991 Reynard car
with only twelve laps practise beforehand. I ran
a strong third during the race before mechanical
failure caused my retirement.
1995: Pro-Sport 3000 with Hewland Engineering
Motorsport.
I continued
into a second full season of Pro-Sport 3000;
this time expanding the team to run two cars.
My results from
17 races:
Winner of Championship;
5 wins, 5
seconds, 5 thirds; 2 DNF; 5 poles, 11 fastest
laps.
Also outright
circuit record at Croft and new lap record at
Donington.
1994: Pro-Sport 3000 with Hewland Engineering
Motorsport.
Set up my own
team, HEWLAND ENGINEERING MOTORSPORT, to run in
closely fought PRO-SPORT 3000 one make series.
Total results:
3 Wins, 2
Seconds, 5 Thirds, 3 Fourths, 1 Fifth , 1 DNF.
Three pole
positions , Three fastest laps including 1 lap
record.
ALSO: Took a
drive at Le Mans with Astratech Harrier team.
The car was completed far too late to be trouble
free and retired early on, but at least I
qualified the car easily and completed a long
stint. Good experience!
October/
December 94. Formula Two test driving for
Nicholson Mclaren (with Fred Goddard Racing) for
development engine.
1993: British F3 with Fred Goddard Racing. Class
B.
A frustrating
year. Stayed with old car from year before and
was under funded in probably the most
competitive year of class B formula. One fourth
place and five fifths in tough fourteen car
class B field. PRO SPORT 3000. Two races with
factory. One win, one second. Also: Race
engineered briefly for Fred Goddard Racing in
F2.
1992: British F3 with Mark Bailey Racing; Class
B.
I started the
season with a Ralt RT35 / Mugen and later
swapped to a Reynard 913 chassis.
Best results:
At first ever
F3 race, qualified 10th overall and set new lap
record which stood until 1996. Finished third in
class due to clutch problem.
F3 became
harder with new team becoming lost with chassis
set up but still achieved six top three finishes
in class.
Finished 9th
overall in British Grand Prix support round.
1991: ARP F3 series:
1991 was the
heyday for this series (for three year old
cars), with up to 23 cars on the grid. I drove a
Ralt RT 31 / JUDD
Best results:
Four Wins, six
poles, six fastest laps.
Three
electrical failures whilst leading races meant
third in championship. (I was still in the frame
to win the series at the last race of season,
but suffered a mechanical failure ).
1990: Toyota Formula Three Championship.
First year in
car racing. Easily the most competitive year of
formula, with 35 entries. (Incomparable to the
present remnants of TF3, now in historic class).
I drove a March 803 / Toyota
Best results:
Two second
places, one third, one fourth, three fifths.
One pole
position, one lap record, three fastest laps.
Sixth in series
out of 35 cars.
1984 to 1989:
Karting with works Hewland team.
Returned to
Karting in senior category and had about 10 wins
at club level. Twice finished second in 100
National season championship at Blackbush
circuit.
(I was elected
president of Camberley Kart Club in 1997)
1981 to 1984:
Rested from racing to concentrate on college and
work at Hewland Engineering.
1978 TO 1981:
Karting with works Hewland team.
Many wins at
club level.
In 1979 I
finished third in the R.A.C Junior Britain
Championship and third in the season long `Road
And Racing` sponsored series. These
championships were the highest level possible.
Chronological experience list, of racing cars
driven:
Van Diemen '85
Formula Ford
March 803 /
Toyota F3
Van Diemen
Formula Forward
Ralt RT31 / Judd
F3
Ralt RT35 / Mugen
F3
Reynard 913 /
Mugen F3
Pro-Sport 3000
Sportscar
Harrier LMP2
Reynard 90D / DFV
F3000
Reynard 91D / DFV
F3000
BRM / Nissan SR1
Sportscar
Ascari TT / BMW
GT1 Sportscar
Jade Sportscar
Lister Storm GTL
GT1 Sportscar
Open Fortuna by
Nissan single seater
Swift / Toyota
Formula Atlantic
Formula Palmer
Audi single seater
Courage C51 /
Nissan Sportscar
Reynard 93D /
Mugen F3000
Reynard 93D / DFV
F3000
Footwork Judd
Boss / F1
Tyrrell / DFR `90
F1
Lister Storm GT2
Sportscar.
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