1975 British Formula Three season
The 1975 B.A.R.C. BP Super Visco British F3 Championship was the 25th season of the British Formula 3 season. Sweden's Gunnar Nilsson took the title.
After the poor 1974 season, Formula Three was completely revived in 1975, not just in Britain but in Italy, Sweden and Germany. The British series, sponsored by BP and organised by the B.A.R.C., was the most important of these as it was the only one open to drivers of all nationalities and was regarded by some as the effective European championship. There was also a European Cup, but in this first season it was barely noticed. The BP championship dominated by three works operations: March, with drivers Gunnar Nilsson and Alex Ribeiro, Modus, with Danny Sullivan, and Safir, with Patrick Nève. The works GRD operation also mounted a comeback but it was a failure, despite a surprise GRD win at Monaco, and the company collapsed the following year. Nilsson was a worthy champion, winning five British championship events plus three others, including the opening round of the Swedish series in April.
B.A.R.C. BP Super Visco British F3 Championship
[edit]Champion: 
Gunnar Nilsson
Joint Runners-up: 
Alex Ribeiro & 
Danny Sullivan
The scoring system was 9-6-4-3-2-1 points to the first six classified finishers, with 1 (one) extra pointa added to the driver who set the fastest lap of the race. All results counted.
Results
[edit]Drivers' Championship
[edit]| Pos | Driver | Entrant | THR
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SIL
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MON
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BRH
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THR
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AND
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SNE
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MOZ
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CAP
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SIL
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OUL
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KNO
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THR
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SIL
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SIL
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BRH
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SIL
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OUL
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THR
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Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Gunnar Nilsson
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March Engineering | 1 | DNA | DNQ | 2 | 1 | Ret | 1 | DNS | Ret | 1 | DNS | 3 | 4 | 3 | Ret | 3 | 1 | 4 | 7 | 74 |
| 2 | Alex Ribeiro
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March Engineering | 8 | Ret | Ret | 1 | 6 | Ret | Ret | DSQ | 2 | Ret | 8 | 7 | 1 | 2 | Ret | 2 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 59 |
| 3 | Danny Sullivan
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Team Modus | Ret | 1 | Ret | DNA | 3 | Ret | 9 | DNQ | 1 | Ret | 1 | 2 | 2 | 4 | Ret | 4 | Ret | Ret | 2 | 59 |
| 4 |  Patrick Nève
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Safir Engineering Ltd | 2 | Ret | 2 | 3 | 2 | DNS | 5 | DNQ | Ret | 2 | 1 | 5 | 5 | Ret | DNS | Ret | Ret | 4 | 50 | |
| 5 |  Larry Perkins
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Team Cowanige | 5 | Ret | Ret | 7 | 19 | 1 | 9 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 40 | |||||||
| 6 | Ingo Hoffman
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Ingo Hoffman | 5 | 6 | 7 | Ret | 9 | 3 | DNA | 4 | 6 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 8 | Ret | 6 | 20 | 1 | DNS | 33 | |
| 7 | Eddie Cheever
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Henry Morrogh Racing Driving School | 23 | Ret | Ret | Ret | Ret | 1 | 1 | Ret | 9 | 5 | Ret | 21 | ||||||||
| 8 |  Richard Hawkins
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F.S. Ratcliffe Springs (Rochdale) Ltd | Ret | 21 | 6 | 5 | 35 | 16 | 13 | 3 | 2 | Ret | 8 | 16 | 4 | Ret | 4 | Ret | 9 | 19 | ||
| 9 | Pierre Dieudonné
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Bang & Olufsen Team Michel Vaillant | DNS | DSQ | 22 | 8 | 9 | DNS | 2 | DNQ | 7 | 4 | 6 | DNA | 14 | 3 | Ret | 3 | 8 | 10 | 18 | |
| 10 | Stephen South
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Rayrace International | 6 | Ret | Ret | 5 | 25 | 6 | Ret | DNA | 18 | Ret | 21 | DNS | 6 | Ret | 8 | 6 | 6 | 3 | 13 | |
| 11 | Conny Andersson
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Rotel Racing | 4 | 1 | Ret | 25 | 12 | |||||||||||||||
| 12 | Renzo Zorzi
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Scuderia Mirabella Mille Miglia | 1 | DNQ | DNQ | 9 | ||||||||||||||||
| 13 | Hervé Regout
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Bang & Olufsen Team Michel Vaillant | 12 | 3 | Ret | 13 | 4 | 15 | 6 | 8 | 22 | 7 | Ret | DNA | 13 | Ret | 7 | Ret | Ret | 15 | 8 | |
| 14 | Bob Arnott
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Swan Song Records | 3 | DNS | 23 | 9 | 8 | 11 | 15 | 9 | DNS | 21 | 5 | 10 | 12 | 5 | 10 | 9 | 8 | 8 | ||
| 15 | Conny Ljungfeldt
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Rotel Racing | 2 | Ret | 8 | 7 | ||||||||||||||||
| 16 | Ian Taylor
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GRD Ltd | 4 | Ret | DNA | 4 | Ret | 32 | 7 | DNA | DNQ | 16 | DNA | 7 | ||||||||
| 17 | Gianfranco Brancatelli
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Scuderia Nettuno | 5 | 34 | 4 | 5 | 7 | |||||||||||||||
| 18 |  Mike Tyrrell
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Tony Roles Racing | 7 | 2 | DNQ | 11 | 17 | DNA | Ret | 13 | 14 | 6 | ||||||||||
| 19 | Fernando Spreafico
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Fernando Spreafico | 2 | 28 | 6 | |||||||||||||||||
| 20 | Dick Parsons
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Dick Parsons | Ret | Ret | DNQ | Ret | 3 | 10 | 6 | 9 | 8 | DNA | 22 | DNA | 6 | |||||||
| 21 | Ulf Svensson
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Ulf Svensson | 3 | 7 | 6 | 26 | 5 | |||||||||||||||
| 22 | Peter Clark
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Wisharts Garage | 13 | 4 | DNA | 16 | DNA | 5 | 36 | 9 | 9 | DNA | 20 | 13 | DNA | 15 | DNA | 5 | ||||
| 23 | Terry Perkins
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Team Cowangie | DNS | DNPQ | DNS | DNA | 4 | 5 | DNA | 13 | 17 | Ret | 5 | |||||||||
| 24 | Claes Sigrudsson
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Dalsy Konfektion AB | DNQ | 3 | 15 | 4 | ||||||||||||||||
| 25 | Alessandro Pesenti-Rossi
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Scuderia Citta Dei Mille | 20 | 33 | 3 | 27 | 4 | |||||||||||||||
| 26 | Chris Barnett
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Chris Barnett | 10 | DSQ | DNQ | DNS | Ret | 4 | DNA | Ret | Ret | 11 | Ret | 11 | 10 | 9 | 8 | 15 | 6 | 4 | ||
| 27 | Gunnar Nordström
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Team Warsteiner Eurorace | DNQ | 4 | 3 | |||||||||||||||||
| 28 | Luciano Pavesi
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Scuderia Ala d’Oro | 8 | 5 | DNQ | 20 | 2 | |||||||||||||||
| 29 | Graham Hamilton
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MacDonald Shand Ecurie Ecosse | 9 | Ret | DNPQ | 17 | 16 | 16 | 14 | 13 | 34 | 12 | 5 | 11 | 9 | 10 | DNS | 10 | Ret | 2 | ||
| 30 | Piercarlo Ghinzani
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Scuderia Allegrini | Ret | 5 | 23 | 2 | ||||||||||||||||
| 31 | Rupert Keegan
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British Air Ferries Racing Team | 11 | Ret | 9 | DNPQ | Ret | DNA | DNA | Ret | Ret | 6 | 8 | 7 | 15 | DNA | Ret | 7 | 7 | 14 | 1 | |
| 32 | Tim Brise
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Team Modus | 22 | 26 | DNS | DNS | DNA | 9 | 7 | 6 | Ret | 17 | DNA | DNA | 1 | |||||||
| 33 | Ken Silverstone
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Ken Silverstone | Ret | 21 | DNPQ | 15 | 27 | 20 | DNA | 6 | 32 | 23 | 10 | 12 | 22 | 22 | Ret | 18 | DNA | 16 | 1 | |
| 34 | Peter Dugdale
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Eric Dugdale Group Racing | 14 | 6 | 19 | DNA | 1 | |||||||||||||||
| 35 | Tony Rouff
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Dr Joseph Ehrlich | 18 | Ret | DNQ | 10 | Ret | 8 | DNQ | DNQ | 22 | Ret | 21 | 23 | DNS | 1 | ||||||
| 36 | Tony Brise
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Team Modus | 11 | DNS | 1 |
Table
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ Allen Brown. "Formula 3 (F3) « OldRacingCars.com". Archived from the original on 2013-07-06. Retrieved 2013-07-04.
- ^ "F2 Register - Index".
- ^ "F2 Register - Index".