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.
| 1976 British Formula Three season | |||
| Previous: | 1975 | Next: | 1977 |
Despite competition from a heavily financed Formule Renault Europe series in 1975 and 1976, Formula Three continued to grow in 1976, notably in Italy and Sweden and with the FIA's European Formula Three series which was done properly in 1976 instead of being an afterthought as in 1975.
John Webb's MCD series had been dropped after 1974, leaving only the BARC series, sponsored by BP, in 1975. For 1976, BP's rivals Shell backed a five-race BRDC series at Silverstone and MCD also returned to organise a number of non-championship races with good prize money. Rupert Keegan won the more prestigious BP series having made a flying start in his ex-Brian Henton March 743-Toyota but then struggled mid-season when trying to replace the old March with a Hawke commissioned by his father and was caught by March works driver Bruno Giacomelli before snatching the title at the last race. The Italian however won the short ShellSport series comfortably. Geoff Lees and Stephen South emerged from the chasing pack as likely future stars.
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
Champion: 
Joint Runner Up: 
Results
| Date | Round | Circuit | Winning driver | Winning team | Winning car |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 07/03/76 | Rd.1 | |
|
British Air Ferries Racing Team | March 743-Toyota |
| 19/04/76 | Rd.2 | |
|
British Air Ferries Racing Team | March 743-Toyota |
| 25/04/76 | Rd.3 | .svg.png){kind=small} |
|
British Air Ferries Racing Team | March 743-Toyota |
| 09/05/76 | Rd.4 | |
|
British Air Ferries Racing Team | March 743-Toyota |
| 23/05/76 | Rd.5 | |
|
March Racing Ltd | March 763-Toyota |
| 06/06/76 | Rd.6 | |
|
March Racing Ltd | March 763-Toyota |
| 10/07/76 | Rd.7 | |
|
March Racing Ltd | March 763-Toyota |
| 17/07/76 | Rd.8 | |
|
March Racing Ltd | March 763-Toyota |
| 15/08/76 | Rd.9 | |
|
British Air Ferries Racing Team | Chevron B43-Toyota |
| 12/09/76 | Rd.10 | |
|
March Racing Ltd | March 763-Toyota |
| 19/09/76 | Rd.11 | |
|
British Air Ferries Racing Team | Chevron B43-Toyota |
| 31/10/76 | Rd.12 | |
|
Rob Roy Racing with D.J. Bond | Chevron B43-Toyota |
| Source:[2][3] | |||||
Drivers' Championship
| Pos | Driver | Entrant | THR |
THR |
ZOL |
THR |
BRH |
SIL |
OUL |
BRH |
MAL |
THR |
SNE |
THR |
Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 | 27 |
| 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
| Place | Driver | Entrant | Car | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | |
British Air Ferries Racing Team | March 743-Toyota Chevron B43-Toyota |
74 |
| 2 | |
March Racing | March 763-Toyota | 71 |
| 3 | |
Rob Roy Racing with D.J. Bond | Chevron B43-Toyota | 31 |
| 4 | |
Dortmunder Union Bier/Bogarts of Birmingham | March 763-Toyota | 27 |
| 5 | |
Anglian Gilt Producers | Modus M1-Toyota | 21 |
| 6 | |
Brett Riley/David Price Racing | Modus M1-Ford | 13 |
| 7 | |
Safir Engineering Ltd | Safir RJ03-Toyota | 27 |
| 8 | |
Unipart Racing Team | March 763-Triumph | 9 |
|
F & S Properties | Ralt RT1-Toyota | 9 | |
| 10 |  |
March Engineering | March 763-Toyota | 7 |
| 11 | .svg.png){kind=small} |
Brabham Racing Organisation | Ralt RT1-Toyota | 6 |
 |
March Racing | March 763-Toyota | 6 | |
|
Ockley Racing Team | Ralt RT1-Toyota | 6 | |
| 14 |  |
Dick Parsons | Anson SA1-Triumph | 5 |
| 15 | |
Dr. Joseph Ehrlich | Ehrlich ES5/6-Toyota March 743-Toyota |
4 |
| 16 | |
Chris Barnett | March 753-Toyota | 3 |
 |
Texaco Racing | Van Diemen VG376-Toyota | 3 | |
| 18 | |
Bob Arnott | March 743-Toyota | 2 |
|
Dr. Joseph Ehrlich | March 743-Toyota | 2 | |
|
Jeff Sharpe | Dastle Mk 10C-Ford | 2 | |
| 21 | |
Scuderia Everest | March 763-Toyota | 1 |
|
Ken Silverstone | March 753-Toyota | 1 | |
 |
Dr. Joseph Ehrlich | Ehrlich ES5/6-Toyota | 1 | |
|
March 753-Toyota | 1 | ||
| Source:[4] | ||||
B.R.D.C. Shellsport British F3 Championship
Champion:
Joint Runner Up:
Results
| Date | Round | Circuit | Winning driver | Winning team | Winning car |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 14/03/76 | Rd.1 | |
|
British Air Ferries Racing Team | March 743-Toyota |
| 11/04/76 | Rd.2 | |
|
March Racing Ltd | March 763-Toyota |
| 20/06/76 | Rd.3 | |
|
March Racing Ltd | March 763-Toyota |
| 30/08/76 | Rd.4 | |
|
British Air Ferries Racing Team | Chevron B43-Toyota |
| 18/09/76 | Rd.5 | |
|
Rob Roy Racing with D.J. Bond | Chevron B43-Toyota |
| Source:[6][7] | |||||
Table
| Place | Driver | Entrant | Car | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 |
|
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 |
|
March Racing | March 743-Toyota | 6 | |
|
Ian Williams | Supernova SF376-Ford Supernova SF376-Toyota |
6 | |
| 18 | |
Jeff Sharpe | Dastle Mk 10C-Ford | 4 |
|
Dick Parsons | Anson SA1-Triumph | 4 | |
|
Dortmunder Union Bier/Bogarts of Birmingham | March 753-Toyota | 4 | |
| 21 | |
GRD 373/376-Ford | 2 | |
|
Dr. Joseph Ehrlich | March 743-Toyota | 2 | |
|
David Price Racing | Modus M1-Ford | 2 | |
|
Phil Silverstone | March 763-Toyota | 2 | |
| 25 | |
Unipart Racing Team | March 763-Triumph | 1 |
|
Ken Silverstone | March 753-Toyota | 1 | |
| Source:[8] | ||||
Non-Championship Races
Results
| Date | Race | Circuit | Winning driver | Winning team | Winning car |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 27/03/76 | Race of the North | |
|
British Air Ferries Racing Team | March 743-Toyota |
| 02/05/76 | Hollies Trophy | |
|
Dr. Joseph Ehrlich | Ehrlich ES5/6-Toyota |
| 31/05/76 | Volkswagen Silver Cup | |
|
Brett Riley/David Price Racing | Modus M1-Ford |
| 26/09/76 | Griffin Golden Helmet Trophy | |
|
Dortmunder Union Bier/Bogarts of Birmingham | March 763-Toyota |
| 24/10/76 | Paul Nicholas Trophy | |
|
March Racing Ltd | March 763-Toyota |
| Source:[9][10] | |||||
References
- http://www.formula2.net/F376_Tables.htm
- http://www.oldracingcars.com/f3/
- http://formula-net/F376_Index.htm%5B%5D
- http://www.formula2.net/F376_Tables.htm
- http://www.formula2.net/F376_Tables.htm
- http://www.oldracingcars.com/f3/
- http://formula-net/F376_Index.hrm%5B%5D
- http://www.formula2.net/F376_Tables.htm
- http://www.oldracingcars.com/f3/
- http://formula-net/F376_Index.hrm%5B%5D
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