1976 British Formula Three season
The 1976 British Formula Three season was the 26th season of the British Formula Three season. Rupert Keegan took the B.A.R.C. BP Super Visco British Formula 3 Championship, while Bruno Giacomelli took the B.R.D.C. Shellsport British Formula Three Championship.
Thanks to Giacomelli's March 763-Toyota and to Keegan's old 743, March dominated the two championships with 12 race wins, the other five falling to the Chevron B34s of Geoff Lees and mid-season convert Keegan.
B.A.R.C. BP Super Visco British F3 Championship
[edit]Champion: Rupert Keegan
Joint Runner Up: Bruno Giacomelli[1]
The scoring system was 9-6-4-3-2-1 points for the top six classified finishers, with 1 (one) extra point added to the driver who set the fastest lap of the race. All results counted.
Results
[edit]Drivers' Championship
[edit]Pos | Driver | Entrant | THR![]() |
THR![]() |
ZOL![]() |
THR![]() |
BRH![]() |
SIL![]() |
OUL![]() |
BRH![]() |
MAL![]() |
THR![]() |
SNE![]() |
THR![]() |
Pts |
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1 | ![]() |
British Air Ferries Racing Team | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 2 | Ret | 1 | 2 | 1 | Ret | 74 |
2 | ![]() |
March Engineering | 3 | 3 | 9 | Ret | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 3 | Ret | 71 |
3 | ![]() |
Rob Roy Racing with D.J. Bond | 12 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 31 | |||||
4 | ![]() |
Dortmunder Union Bier/Bogarts of Birmingham | 2 | 2 | 7 | DNA | Ret | 2 | Ret | Ret | Ret | 4 | 4 | Ret | 26 |
5 | ![]() |
Anglian Gilt Producers | Ret | 4 | 3 | 2 | Ret | 3 | 6 | 7 | 6 | 8 | 5 | 21 | |
6 | ![]() |
David Price Racing | Ret | 3 | DSQ | Ret | 3 | 5 | 12 | 13 | 4 | 13 | |||
7 | ![]() |
Safir Engineering | DNS | 4 | 6 | 6 | Ret | 2 | 13 |
Table
[edit]B.R.D.C. Shellsport British F3 Championship
[edit]Champion: Bruno Giacomelli
Joint Runner Up: Rupert Keegan
The scoring system was 20-15-12-10-8-6-4-3-2-1 points for the top ten classified finishers. All results counted.
Results
[edit]Date | Round | Circuit | Winning driver | Winning team | Winning car |
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14/03/76 | Rd.1 | ![]() |
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British Air Ferries Racing Team | March 743-Toyota |
11/04/76 | Rd.2 | ![]() |
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March Racing Ltd | March 763-Toyota |
20/06/76 | Rd.3 | ![]() |
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March Racing Ltd | March 763-Toyota |
30/08/76 | Rd.4 | ![]() |
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British Air Ferries Racing Team | Chevron B43-Toyota |
18/09/76 | Rd.5 | ![]() |
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Rob Roy Racing with D.J. Bond | Chevron B43-Toyota |
Source:[2][3] |
Table
[edit]Place | Driver | Entrant | Car | Total |
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1 | ![]() |
March Racing | March 763-Toyota | 79 |
2 | ![]() |
British Air Ferries Racing Team | March 743-Toyota Chevron B43-Toyota |
62 |
3 | ![]() |
Rob Roy Racing with D.J. Bond | Chevron B43-Toyota | 42 |
4 | ![]() |
Anglian Gilt Producers | Modus M1-Toyota | 36 |
5 | ![]() |
Ockley Racing Team | Ralt RT1-Toyota | 29 |
6 | ![]() |
Dortmunder Union Bier/Bogarts of Birmingham | March 763-Toyota | 21 |
7 | ![]() |
Team Modus | Modus M1-Toyota | 18 |
8 | ![]() |
Brabham Racing Organisation | Ralt RT1-Toyota | 16 |
9 | ![]() |
Team Modus | Modus M1-Toyota | 15 |
10 | ![]() |
City Speed Racing | March 743-Ford March 743-Toyota |
11 |
11 | ![]() |
Ulf Svensson | Ralt RT1-Toyota | 10 |
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Paul Bernasconi | Ralt RT1-Toyota | 10 | |
13 | ![]() |
Dr. Joseph Ehrlich | Ehrlich ES5/6-Toyota March 743-Toyota |
8 |
14 | ![]() |
Imado Watch Co Ltd | Modus M1-Toyota | 7 |
15 | ![]() |
Bob Arnott | March 743-Ford March 743-Toyota |
6 |
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March Racing | March 743-Toyota | 6 | |
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Ian Williams | Supernova SF376-Ford Supernova SF376-Toyota |
6 | |
18 | ![]() |
Jeff Sharpe | Dastle Mk 10C-Ford | 4 |
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Dick Parsons | Anson SA1-Triumph | 4 | |
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Dortmunder Union Bier/Bogarts of Birmingham | March 753-Toyota | 4 | |
21 | ![]() |
GRD 373/376-Ford | 2 | |
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Dr. Joseph Ehrlich | March 743-Toyota | 2 | |
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David Price Racing | Modus M1-Ford | 2 | |
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Phil Silverstone | March 763-Toyota | 2 | |
25 | ![]() |
Unipart Racing Team | March 763-Triumph | 1 |
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Ken Silverstone | March 753-Toyota | 1 | |
Source:[1] |
Non-Championship Races
[edit]Results
[edit]Date | Race | Circuit | Winning driver | Winning team | Winning car |
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27/03/76 | Race of the North | ![]() |
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British Air Ferries Racing Team | March 743-Toyota |
02/05/76 | Hollies Trophy | ![]() |
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Dr. Joseph Ehrlich | Ehrlich ES5/6-Toyota |
31/05/76 | Volkswagen Silver Cup | ![]() |
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Brett Riley/David Price Racing | Modus M1-Ford |
26/09/76 | Griffin Golden Helmet Trophy | ![]() |
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Dortmunder Union Bier/Bogarts of Birmingham | March 763-Toyota |
24/10/76 | Paul Nicholas Trophy | ![]() |
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March Racing Ltd | March 763-Toyota |
Source:[2][3] |
References
[edit]- ^ a b c "F2 Register - Index". www.devontophotels.com.
- ^ a b c Brown, Allen. "Formula 3 (F3) « OldRacingCars.com". OldRacingCars.com.
- ^ a b http://formula-net/F376_Index.hrm[permanent dead link ]