1974 British Formula Three season

1974 British Formula Three season 1973 1975 thumb|right|1974 double champion, Brian Henton The 1974 British Formula Three season was the 24th season of the British Formula 3 season. It consisted of two championships. The 1974 B.A.R.C. Forward Trust British F3 Championship and the 1974 MCD Lombard North Central F3 Championship. Both of which were won by Brian Henton. Brian Henton dominated the season taking home 15 victories and his team March Engineering Ltd taking home 18 overall. GRD as a constructor took home seven wins and modus took home one. The season was started with reliability issues with only 5 cars starting the opening race. As the season progressed with March's dominance only GRD could put up a challenge to their dominant machinary.British Formula 3 (F3) 1974 « OldRacingCars.com Chris Townsend https://www.oldracingcars.com/f3/uk/1974/ https://web.archive.org/web/20250314174524/https://www.oldracingcars.com/f3/uk/1974/ 2025-03-14 live 2025-05-05 B.A.R.C. Forward Trust British F3 Championship Champion: Great Britain Brian Henton Runner-up: United States Tony Rouff Ran over 13 rounds, the scoring system was 9-6-4-3-2-1 points to the first six classified finishers. Results Date Round Circuit Winning driver Winning team Winning car 24/03/74 Rd.1 GBR Thruxton UK Brian Henton March Engineering Ltd March 743-Ford 05/04/74 Rd.2 GBR Silverstone UK Brian Henton March Engineering Ltd March 743-Ford 12/04/74 Rd.3 GBR Snetterton Brazil Alex Dias Ribeiro Hollywood Racing Team GRD 373-Ford 19/04/74 Rd.4 GBR Brands Hatch GBR Brian Henton March Engineering Ltd March 743-Ford 02/06/74 Rd.5 GBR Cadwell Park GBR Brian Henton March Engineering Ltd March 743-Ford 09/06/74 Rd.6 GBR Silverstone USA Tony Rouff Tony Rouff GRD 373-Ford 21/07/74 Rd.7 GBR Cadwell Park Portugal José Espírito Santo Santa Clara Portugal March 743-Ford 27/07/74 Rd.8 GBR Oulton Park GBR Brian Henton March Engineering Ltd March 743-Ford 18/08/74 Rd.9 GBR Thruxton GBR Brian Henton March Engineering Ltd March 743-Ford 08/09/74 Rd.10 GBR Silverstone Antigua and Barbuda Mike Tyrrell Tony Roles Racing March 733-Ford 15/09/74 Rd.11 GBR Brands Hatch GBR Brian Henton March Engineering Ltd March 743-Ford 06/10/74 Rd.12 GBR Thruxton USA Danny Sullivan Team Modus Modus M1-Ford 27/10/74 Rd.13 GBR Thruxton GBR Brian Henton March Engineering Ltd March 743-Toyota Source:1974 Forward Trust British F3 Championship MotorSport Magazine https://www.motorsportmagazine.com/database/championships/1974-forward-trust-british-f3-championship/ https://web.archive.org/web/20240502005254/https://www.motorsportmagazine.com/database/championships/1974-forward-trust-british-f3-championship/ 2024-05-02 live 2025-05-05 Drivers' Championship Table Place Driver Entrant Car Total 1 Great Britain Brian Henton March Engineering Ltd March 743-ToyotaMarch 743-Ford 81 2 USA Tony Rouff Tony Rouff GRD 373-Ford 54 3 Portugal José Espírito Santo Santa Clara Portugal March 733-FordMarch 743-Ford 36 4 USA Danny Sullivan Team Modus March 723-FordModus M1-Ford 28 5 Brazil Alex Dias Ribeiro Hollywood Racing Team GRD 374-Ford 27 Brazil José Chateaubriand March Engineering Ltd March 743-FordMarch 743-Toyota 27 7 Antigua and Barbuda Mike Tyrell Tony Roles Racing March 733-Ford 15 8 GBR Nicholas von Preussen March Engineering Ltd March 733-Ford 13 9 Sweden Conny Andersson March Engineering Ltd March 743-Toyota 10 10 GBR Barrie Maskell Barrie Maskell Dastle Mk10B-Ford 8 Source:British Formula 3 (F3) 1974 « OldRacingCars.com Chris Townsend https://www.oldracingcars.com/f3/uk/1974/ https://web.archive.org/web/20250314174524/https://www.oldracingcars.com/f3/uk/1974/ 2025-03-14 live 2025-05-05 MCD Lombard North Central F3 Championship Champion: GBR Brian Henton Runner-up: BRA Alex Dias Ribeiro Ran over 14 rounds, the scoring system was 9-6-4-3-2-1 points to the first six classified finishers with double points on the last race. Results Date Round Circuit Winning driver Winning team Winning car 09/03/74 Rd.1 GBR Oulton Park UK Brian Henton March Engineering Ltd March 743-Ford 17/03/74 Rd.2 GBR Silverstone UK Brian Henton March Engineering Ltd March 743-Ford 12/04/74 Rd.3 GBR Oulton Park UK Brian Henton March Engineering Ltd March 743-Ford 28/04/74 Rd.4 GBR Mallory Park USA Tony Rouff Tony Rouff GRD 373-Ford 26/05/74 Rd.5 GBR Brands Hatch GBR Nicholas von Preussen Nicholas von Preussen March 733-Ford 30/06/74 Rd.6 GBR Snetterton GBR Nicholas von Preussen Nicholas von Preussen March 733-Ford 28/07/74 Rd.7 GBR Snetterton UK Brian Henton March Engineering Ltd March 743-Ford 10/08/74 Rd.8 GBR Oulton Park BRA Alex Dias Ribeiro Hollywood Racing Team GRD 374-Ford 11/08/74 Rd.9 GBR Brands Hatch GBR Brian Henton March Engineering Ltd March 743-Ford 25/08/74 Rd.10 GBR Mallory Park USA Tony Rouff Tony Rouff GRD 373-Ford 26/08/74 Rd.11 GBR Silverstone GBR Brian Henton March Engineering Ltd March 743-Ford 22/09/74 Rd.12 GBR Thruxton USA Tony Rouff Tony Rouff GRD 373-Ford 28/09/74 Rd.13 GBR Oulton Park GBR Brian Henton March Engineering Ltd March 743-Toyota 13/10/74 Rd.14 GBR Brands Hatch BRA Alex Dias Ribeiro Hollywood Racing Team GRD 374-Ford Source:1974 Lombard British F3 Championship MotorSport Magazine https://www.motorsportmagazine.com/database/championships/1974-lombard-british-f3-championship/ https://web.archive.org/web/20250210232204/https://www.motorsportmagazine.com/database/championships/1974-lombard-british-f3-championship/ 2025-02-10 live 2025-05-05 Drivers' Championship Table Place Driver Entrant Car Total 1 Great Britain Brian Henton March Engineering Ltd March 743-ToyotaMarch 743-Ford 78 2 Brazil Alex Dias Ribeiro Hollywood Racing Team GRD 374-Ford 60 3 USA Tony Rouff Tony Rouff GRD 373-Ford 54 4 Brazil José Chateaubriand March Engineering Ltd March 743-FordMarch 743-Toyota32 5 GBR Nicholas von Preussen Nicholas von Preussen March 733-Ford 29 6 GBR Derek Lawrence Dr Joseph Ehrlich Ehrlich ES2-Ford 17 7 USA Danny Sullivan Danny Sullivan March 733-FordModus M1-Ford 16 8 Sweden Conny Andersson March Engineering Ltd March 743-Toyota11 9 Antigua and Barbuda Mike Tyrrell Tony Roles Racing March 733-Ford 8 10 GBR Barrie Maskell Barrie Maskell Dastle Mk10B-Ford 7 Source:1974 / British Formula 3 Racing Years https://www.racingyears.com/results/1974/British_Formula_3 https://web.archive.org/web/20250318014104/https://www.racingyears.com/results/1974/British_Formula_3 2025-03-18 live 2025-03-18 References Category:British Formula Three Championship seasons Formula Three