1977 British Formula Three season

1977 British Formula Three season 1976 1978 The 1977 British Formula Three season was the 27th season of the British Formula Three season. Derek Daly took the B.A.R.C. BP Super Visco British Formula 3 Championship, while Stephen South took the B.R.D.C. Vandervell British Formula 3 Championship. The success of the European Championship, now in its third season, stole some of the limelight from the British championships in 1977 and the continuing divide between the BP-sponsored BARC title and the Vandervell-sponsored BRDC title cannot have helped. South started the season in dominant form in the March 763-Toyota he had raced in the previous year and led both championships into July. After wrecking the 763 in an accident with Len Cooke he moved over to a March 773-Toyota and the BP series turned into a three-way fight with Daly and Cooke. Daly led into the final round and clinched the title by winning after his rivals dropped out. South's consolation was the Vandervell title. Both drivers moved into F2 for 1978 but only Daly was able to secure a proper budget.Formula 3 1977 - Championship Tables http://www.formula2.net/F377_Tables.htm B.A.R.C. BP Super Visco British F3 Championship thumb|right|B.A.R.C. BP Super Visco British F3 champion, Derek Daly Champion: Republic of Ireland Derek Daly Joint Runner Up: UK Stephen South and Sweden Eje Elgh Results Date Round Circuit Winning driver Winning team Winning car 13/03/1977 Rd.1 GBR Thruxton UK Stephen South Stephen South/Team BP March 763-Toyota 26/03/1977 Rd.2 GBR Oulton Park (short) Sweden Eje Elgh Chevron Racing Team Chevron B38-Toyota 03/04/1977 Rd.3 GBR Silverstone (Club) UK Ian Taylor Unipart Racing Team March 773-Triumph 11/04/1977 Rd.4 GBR Thruxton Sweden Eje Elgh Chevron Racing Team Chevron B38-Toyota 24/04/1977 Rd.5 Belgium Zolder Italy Piercarlo Ghinzani AFMP Euroracing with March March 773-Toyota 21/05/1977 Rd.6 Monaco Monaco France Didier Pironi Écurie Elf Martini Mk21-Toyota 29/05/1977 Rd.7 GBR Brands Hatch (Club) UK Stephen South Team BP March 763-Toyota 07/06/1977 Rd.8 GBR Donington Park Australia Geoff Brabham Brabham Racing Organisation Ralt RT1-Toyota 19/06/1977 Rd.9 GBR Thruxton UK Geoff Lees Chevron Racing Team Chevron B38-Toyota 10/07/1977 Rd.10 GBR Cadwell Park USA James King March Racing Ltd March 773-Toyota 31/07/1977 Rd.11 GBR Donington Park Sweden Eje Elgh Chevron Racing Team Chevron B38-Toyota 07/08/1977 Rd.12 GBR Snetterton UK Stephen South Team BP March 763-Toyota 11/09/1977 Rd.13 GBR Brands Hatch (Club) Republic of Ireland Derek Daly Derek McMahon Racing Chevron B38-Toyota 25/09/1977 Rd.14 GBR Mallory Park Republic of Ireland Derek Daly Derek McMahon Racing Chevron B38-Toyota 16/10/1977 Rd.15 GBR Donington Park Republic of Ireland Derek Daly Derek McMahon Racing Chevron B38-Toyota 30/10/1977 Rd.16 GBR Thruxton Republic of Ireland Derek Daly Derek McMahon Racing Chevron B38-Toyota Source:Formula 3 « OldRacingCars.com https://www.oldracingcars.com/f3/http://formula-net/F377_Index.htmFebruary 2019 InternetArchiveBot yes Table Place Driver Entrant Car Total 1 Republic of Ireland Derek Daly Derek McMahon Racing Chevron B38-Toyota 69 2 UK Stephen South Team BP March 763-Toyota March 773-Toyota 56 Sweden Eje Elgh Chevron Racing Team Chevron B38-Toyota 56 4 UK Geoff Lees Chevron Racing Team Chevron B38-Toyota 41 5 UK Derek Warwick Warwick Trailers Chevron B38-Toyota Ralt RT1-Toyota 40 6 USA James King March Racing Ltd March 773-Toyota 22 7 New Zealand Brett Riley AFMP Euroracing with March March 773-Toyota 16 8 UK Ian Taylor Unipart Racing Team March 773-Triumph 11 9 Italy Piercarlo Ghinzani AFMP Euroracing with March March 773-Toyota 9 France Didier Pironi Écurie Elf Martini Mk21-Toyota 9 UK Tiff Needell Unipart Racing Team March 773-Triumph 9 12 Italy Elio de Angelis Trivallato Racing TeamElio de Angelis Chevron B38-ToyotaRalt RT1-Toyota 8 13 Denmark Thorkild Thyrring Chevron Racing Team Chevron B38-Toyota 7 UK Ian Flux Ockley Team Racing Ralt RT1-Toyota 7 15 Brazil Mario Ferraris March Racing Ltd March 773-Toyota 6 Italy Piero Necchi Trivallato Racing Team Astra Racing Team Chevron B38-ToyotaRalt RT1-Toyota 6 17 Republic of Ireland David Kennedy Anglia Cars Ltd Argo JM1-Toyota 4 Sweden Anders Olofsson Puss o Kram Jeamns Racing Ralt RT1-Toyota 4 19 Brazil Aryon Cornelsen-Filho March Racing Ltd March 773-Toyota 3 France Patrick Gaillard Patrick Gaillard Chevron B38-Toyota 3 Sweden Stefan Johansson Anglia Cars Ltd Argo JM1-Toyota 3 22 Australia Paul Bernasconi Paul Bernasconi Ralt RT1-Toyota 2 UK Don Farthing Don Farthing Racing Ralt RT1-Toyota 2 24 Italy Gianfranco Brancatelli Scuderia Everest Ralt RT1-Toyota 1 UK John Bright Bob Gerard Racing Wheatcroft R18-Toyota 1 UK Ian Grob Alan Docking Racing Chevron B38-Toyota 1 Brazil Mario Pati Automovel Club Paulista AFMP Euroracing with March Ralt RT1-Toyota March 773-Toyota 1 Italy Oscar Pedersoli Scuderia Gulf Rondini Ralt RT1-Toyota 1 Source: B.R.D.C. Vandervell British F3 Championship Champion: UK Stephen South Runner Up: New Zealand Brett Riley Results Date Round Circuit Winning driver Winning team Winning car 06/03/1977 Rd.1 GBR Silverstone UK Stephen South Team BP March 763-Toyota 01/05/1977 Rd.2 GBR Brands Hatch UK Stephen South Team BP March 763-Toyota 06/06/1977 Rd.3 GBR Silverstone (Club) Australia Geoff Brabham Brabham Racing Organisation Ralt RT1-Toyota 16/07/1977 Rd.4 GBR Silverstone Sweden Anders Olofsson Puss o Kram Jeans Racing Ralt RT1-Toyota 27/08/1977 Rd.5 GBR Donington Park New Zealand Brett Riley David Price Racing March 773-Toyota 29/08/1977 Rd.6 GBR Silverstone (Club) Italy Beppe Gabbiani Trivellato Racing Team Chevron B38-Toyota 01/10/1977 Rd.7 GBR Silverstone New Zealand Brett Riley David Price Racing March 773-Toyota Source:http://formula-net/F377_Index.hrmFebruary 2019 InternetArchiveBot yes Table Place Driver Entrant Car Total 1 UK Stephen South Team BP March 763-Toyota March 773-Toyota 75 2 New Zealand Brett Riley AFMP Euroracing with March March 773-Toyota 58 3 UK Derek Warwick Warwick Trailers Ralt RT1-Toyota Chevron B38-Toyota 41 4 Australia Geoff Brabham Brabham Racing Organisation Ralt RT1-Toyota 36 5 Sweden Eje Elgh Chevron Racing Team Chevron B38-Toyota 34 Republic of Ireland Derek Daly Derek McMahon Racing Chevron B38-Toyota 34 7 Brazil Nelson Piquet Scuderia Mirabella Mille Miglia March 773-ToyotaRalt RT1-Toyota 32 8 Italy Beppe Gabbiani Trivellato Racing Team Chevron B38-Toyota 30 9 UK Ian Taylor Unipart Racing Team March 773-Triumph 26 10 UK Geoff Lees Chevron Racing Team Chevron B38-Toyota 24 11 Sweden Anders Olofsson Puss o Kram Jeans Racing Ralt RT1-Toyota 23 UK Tiff Needell Unipart Racing Team March 773-Triumph 23 13 France Patrick Gaillard Patrick Gaillard Chevron B38-Toyota 21 14 UK Ian Flux Ockley Team Racing Ralt RT1-Toyota 19 15 Italy Elio de Angelis Elio de AngelisTrivellato Racing Team Ralt RT1-Toyota Chevron B38-Toyota 15 16 UK Ian Grob Alan Docking Racing Chevron B38-Toyota 14 17 Italy Piercarlo Ghinzani AFMP Euroracing with March March 773-Toyota 10 UK Nigel Mansell Alan McKechnie Racing Puma 377-Toyota Lola T570-Toyota 10 Brazil Mario Pati Automovel Club PaulistaAFMP Euroracing with March Ralt RT1-Toyota March 773-Toyota 10 20 UK Jan Seymour City Speed Racing March 763-Toyota 8 West Germany Bertram Schäfer Klaus Zimmermann Racing Team Ralt RT1-Toyota 8 22 France Philippe Colonna Alan Docking Racing Chevron B38-Toyota 6 USA Danny Sullivan Anglia Cars Ltd Argo JM1-Toyota 6 24 USA James King March Racing Ltd March-Toyota 773 4 25 UK John Bright Bob Gerard Racing Wheatcroft R18-Toyota 3 Belgium Pierre Dieudonné Dr. Joseph Ehrlich Ehrlich ES6-ToyotaEhrlich RP3-Toyota 3 Australia Chris Farrell Chris Farrell Chevron B38-Toyota 3 28 UK John Stokes Bogarts of Birmingham Chevron B38-Toyota 2 Denmark Thorkild Thyrring Chevron Racing Team Chevron B38-Toyota 2 30 Netherlands Jan Lammers Hawke Racing TeamRacing Team Holland Hawke DL18-Toyota Ralt RT1-Toyota 1 Source: Non-Championship Races Results Date Race Circuit Winning driver Winning team Winning car 08/07/1977 Donington Trophy GBR Donington Park UK John Bright Bob Gerard Racing Wheatcroft R18-Toyota 04/09/1977 B.R.S.C.C. Trophy GBR Mallory Park UK Stephen South Team BP March 763-Toyota 13/11/1977 Gone in 60seconds Formula 3 Trophy GBR Thruxton Republic of Ireland Derek Daly Derek McMahon Racing Chevron B38-Toyota Source: References Category:British Formula Three Championship seasons Formula Three