1975 British Formula Three season

1975 British Formula Three season 1974 1976 thumb|right|1975 champion, Gunnar Nilsson 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 Champion: Sweden Gunnar Nilsson Joint Runners-up: Brazil Alex Ribeiro & USA Danny Sullivan The scoring system was 9-6-4-3-2-1 points to the first six classified finishers, with 1 (one) extra point added to the driver who set the fastest lap of the race. All results counted. Results Date Round Circuit Winning driver Winning team Winning car 02/03/75 N/C GBRThruxton Brazil Alex Ribeiro March Engineering Ltd March 753-Toyota 31/03/75 Rd.1 GBR Thruxton Sweden Gunnar Nilsson March Engineering Ltd March 753-Toyota 19/04/75 N/C GBR Aintree Sweden Gunnar Nilsson March Engineering Ltd March 753-Toyota 27/04/75 Rd.2 GBR Silverstone (Club) USA Danny Sullivan Team Modus Modus M1-Ford 10/05/75 Rd.3 Monaco Monaco Italy Renzo Zorzi Scuderia Mirabella Mille Miglia GRD 374-Lancia 18/05/75 Rd.4 GBR Brands Hatch (Club) Brazil Alex Ribeiro March Engineering Ltd March 753-Toyota 26/05/75 Rd.5 GBR Thruxton Sweden Gunnar Nilsson March Engineering Ltd March 753-Toyota 08/06/75 Rd.6 Sweden Anderstorp Sweden Conny Andersson Rotel Racing March 753-Toyota 15/06/75 Rd.7 GBR Snetterton Sweden Gunnar Nilsson March Engineering Ltd March 753-Toyota 22/06/75 N/C GBR Cadwell Park UK Chris Barnett Chris Barnett March 753-BMW 29/06/75 Rd.8 Italy Monza Australia Larry Perkins Team Cowangie Ralt RT1-Ford 13/07/75 Rd.9 GBR Cadwell Park USA Danny Sullivan Team Modus Modus M1-Toyota 19/07/75 Rd.10 GBR Silverstone Sweden Gunnar Nilsson March Engineering Ltd March 753-Toyota 26/07/75 Rd.11 GBR Oulton Park USA Danny Sullivan Team Modus Modus M1-Toyota 03/08/75 Rd12 GBR Knockhill Belgium Patrick Nève Safir Engineering Ltd Safir RJ03S-Ford 17/08/75 Rd.13 GBR Thruxton Brazil Alex Ribeiro March Engineering Ltd March 753-Toyota 25/08/75 Rd.14 GBR Silverstone (Club) USA Eddie Cheever Henry Morrogh Racing Driving School Modus M1-Ford 31/08/75 Rd.15 GBR Silverstone USA Eddie Cheever Henry Morrogh Racing Driving School Modus M1-Toyota 07/09/75 N/C GBR Brands Hatch Australia Larry Perkins Team Cowangie Ralt RT1-Toyota 21/09/75 Rd.16 GBR Brands Hatch Australia Larry Perkins Team Cowangie Ralt RT1-Toyota 28/09/75 Rd.17 GBR Silverstone Sweden Gunnar Nilsson March Engineering Ltd March 753-Toyota 04/10/75 Rd.18 GBR Oulton Park Brazil Ingo Hoffmann Ingo Hoffmann March 753-Toyota 26/10/75 Rd.19 GBRThruxton Brazil Alex Ribeiro March Engineering Ltd March 753-Toyota 15/11/75 N/C GBRThruxton Sweden Gunnar Nilsson March Engineering Ltd March 753-Toyota Source:Formula 3 (F3) « OldRacingCars.com Allen Brown http://www.oldracingcars.com/f3/ https://web.archive.org/web/20130706113046/http://www.oldracingcars.com/f3/ 2013-07-06 live 2013-07-04 http://formula2.net/F375 F2 Register - Index Drivers' Championship Pos Driver Entrant THRUK SILUK MONMonaco BRHUK THRUK ANDSweden SNEUK MOZItaly CAPUK SILUK OULUK KNOUK THRUK SILUK SILUK BRHUK SILUK OULUK THRUK Pts 1 Sweden Gunnar Nilsson March Engineering 1 DNA DNQ 2 1 Ret 1 DNS Ret 1 DNS 3 4 3 Ret 3 1 4 7 74 2 Brazil Alex Ribeiro March Engineering 8 Ret Ret 1 6 Ret Ret DSQ 2 Ret 8 7 1 2 Ret 2 5 2 1 59 3 USA Danny Sullivan Team Modus Ret 1 Ret DNA 3 Ret 9 DNQ 1 Ret 1 2 2 4 Ret 4 Ret Ret 2 59 4 Belgium Patrick Nève Safir Engineering Ltd 2 Ret 2 3 2 DNS 5 DNQ Ret 2 1 5 5 Ret DNS Ret Ret 4 50 5 Australia Larry Perkins Team Cowanige 5 Ret Ret 7 19 1 9 2 1 2 3 5 40 6 Brazil Ingo Hoffman Ingo Hoffman 5 6 7 Ret 9 3 DNA 4 6 3 4 3 8 Ret 6 20 1 DNS 33 7 USA Eddie Cheever Henry Morrogh Racing Driving School 23 Ret Ret Ret Ret 1 1 Ret 9 5 Ret 21 8 New Zealand Richard Hawkins 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 Belgium Pierre Dieudonné 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 UK Stephen South Rayrace International 6 Ret Ret 5 25 6 Ret DNA 18 Ret 21 DNS 6 Ret 8 6 6 3 13 11 Sweden Conny Andersson Rotel Racing 4 1 Ret 25 12 12 Italy Renzo Zorzi Scuderia Mirabella Mille Miglia 1 DNQ DNQ 9 13 Belgium Hervé Regout 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 UK Bob Arnott Swan Song Records 3 DNS 23 9 8 11 15 9 DNS 21 5 10 12 5 10 9 8 8 15 Sweden Conny Ljungfeldt Rotel Racing 2 Ret 8 7 16 UK Ian Taylor GRD Ltd 4 Ret DNA 4 Ret 32 7 DNA DNQ 16 DNA 7 17 Italy Gianfranco Brancatelli Scuderia Nettuno 5 34 4 5 7 18 Antigua and Barbuda Mike Tyrrell Tony Roles Racing 7 2 DNQ 11 17 DNA Ret 13 14 6 19 Italy Fernando Spreafico Fernando Spreafico 2 28 6 20 USA Dick Parsons Dick Parsons Ret Ret DNQ Ret 3 10 6 9 8 DNA 22 DNA 6 21 Sweden Ulf Svensson Ulf Svensson 3 7 6 26 5 22 UK Peter Clark Wisharts Garage 13 4 DNA 16 DNA 5 36 9 9 DNA 20 13 DNA 15 DNA 5 23 Australia Terry Perkins Team Cowangie DNS DNPQ DNS DNA 4 5 DNA 13 17 Ret 5 24 Sweden Claes Sigrudsson Dalsy Konfektion AB DNQ 3 15 4 25 Italy Alessandro Pesenti-Rossi Scuderia Citta Dei Mille 20 33 3 27 4 26 UK Chris Barnett Chris Barnett 10 DSQ DNQ DNS Ret 4 DNA Ret Ret 11 Ret 11 10 9 8 15 6 4 27 Sweden Gunnar Nordström Team Warsteiner Eurorace DNQ 4 3 28 Italy Luciano Pavesi Scuderia Ala d’Oro 8 5 DNQ 20 2 29 UK Graham Hamilton MacDonald Shand Ecurie Ecosse 9 Ret DNPQ 17 16 16 14 13 34 12 5 11 9 10 DNS 10 Ret 2 30 Italy Piercarlo Ghinzani Scuderia Allegrini Ret 5 23 2 31 UK Rupert Keegan 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 UK Tim Brise Team Modus 22 26 DNS DNS DNA 9 7 6 Ret 17 DNA DNA 1 33 UK Ken Silverstone Ken Silverstone Ret 21 DNPQ 15 27 20 DNA 6 32 23 10 12 22 22 Ret 18 DNA 16 1 34 UK Peter Dugdale Eric Dugdale Group Racing 14 6 19 DNA 1 35 USA Tony Rouff Dr Joseph Ehrlich 18 Ret DNQ 10 Ret 8 DNQ DNQ 22 Ret 21 23 DNS 1 36 UK Tony Brise Team Modus 11 DNS 1 Table Place Driver Entrant Car Total 1 Sweden Gunnar Nilsson March Engineering Ltd March 753-Toyota 74 2 Brazil Alex Ribeiro March Engineering Ltd March 753-Toyota 59 USA Danny Sullivan Team Modus Modus M1-FordModus M1-Toyota 59 4 Belgium Patrick Nève Safir Engineering Ltd Safir RJ03S-Ford 50 5 Australia Larry Perkins Team Cowangie Ralt RT1-FordRalt RT1-Toyota 40 6 Brazil Ingo Hoffmann Ingo Hoffmann March 753-FordMarch 753-Toyota 33 7 USA Eddie Cheever Henry Morrogh Racing Driving School Modus M1-FordModus M1-Toyota 21 8 New Zealand Richard Hawkins F.S. Ratcliffe Springs (Rochdale) Ltd March 743-Toyota 19 9 Belgium Pierre Dieudonné Bang & Olufsen Team Michel Vaillant March 753-BMW 18 10 UK Stephen South Rayrace International Ray RB3 75-ToyotaMarch 753-Toyota 13 11 Sweden Conny Andersson Rotel Racing March 753-Toyota 12 12 Italy Renzo Zorzi Scuderia Mirabella Mille Miglia GRD 374-Lancia 9 13 UK Bob Arnott Swan Song Records March 743-Ford 8 Belgium Hervé Regout Bang & Olufsen Team Michel Vaillant March 753-BMW 8 15 Italy Gianfranco Brancatelli Scuderia Nettuno March 753-Toyota 7 Sweden Conny Ljungfeldt Rotel Racing March 743-Toyota 7 UK Ian Taylor GRD Ltd GRD 375-Ford 7 18 USA Dick Parsons Dick Parsons Modus M1-Ford 6 Italy Fernando Spreafico Scuderia Concordia GRD 373-Ford 6 Antigua and Barbuda Mike Tyrrell Tony Roles Racing March 733-Ford 6 21 UK Peter Clark Wisharts Garage Modus M1-Ford 5 Australia Terry Perkins Team Cowangie Ralt RT1-Ford 5 Sweden Ulf Svensson Ulf Svensson Brabham BT41-Ford 5 24 UK Chris Barnett Chris Barnett March 753-BMW 4 Italy Alessandro Pesenti-Rossi Scuderia Citta Dei Mille March 743-Toyota 4 Sweden Claes Sigurdsson Dalsy Konfektion AB Brabham BT41-Ford 4 27 Sweden Gunnar Nordström Team Warsteiner Eurorace Modus M1-Toyota 3 28 Italy Piercarlo Ghinzani Scuderia Allegrini CRS 001-Toyota 2 Italy Luciano Pavesi Scuderia Ala d’Oro Brabham BT41-Toyota 2 UK Graham Hamilton MacDonald Shand Ecurie Ecosse March 753-Ford 2 31 UK Tim Brise Team Modus Modus M1-Ford 1 UK Tony Brise Team Modus Modus M1-Ford 1 UK Peter Dugdale Eric Dugdale Group Racing March 733-Ford 1 Italy Luigino Grassi Luigino Grassi Brabham BT41-Ford 1 UK Rupert Keegan British Air Ferries Racing Team March 743-Toyota 1 USA Tony Rouff Dr Joseph Ehrlich Ehrlich ES5-Ford 1 UK Ken Silverstone Ken Silverstone March 743-Ford 1 Source:http://www.formula2.net/F375_Tables.htm F2 Register - Index References Category:British Formula Three Championship seasons Formula Three