1976 British Formula Three season

September 2022 1976 British Formula Three season 1975 1977 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 Champion: UK Rupert Keegan Joint Runner Up: Italy Bruno Giacomellihttp://www.devontophotels.com/formula2net/ F2 Register - Index www.devontophotels.com 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 Date Round Circuit Winning driver Winning team Winning car 07/03/76 Rd.1 GBR Thruxton UK Rupert Keegan British Air Ferries Racing Team March 743-Toyota 19/04/76 Rd.2 GBR Thruxton UK Rupert Keegan British Air Ferries Racing Team March 743-Toyota 25/04/76 Rd.3 Belgium Zolder UK Rupert Keegan British Air Ferries Racing Team March 743-Toyota 09/05/76 Rd.4 GBR Thruxton UK Rupert Keegan British Air Ferries Racing Team March 743-Toyota 23/05/76 Rd.5 GBR Brands Hatch (Club) Italy Bruno Giacomelli March Racing Ltd March 763-Toyota 06/06/76 Rd.6 GBR Silverstone (Club) Italy Bruno Giacomelli March Racing Ltd March 763-Toyota 10/07/76 Rd.7 GBR Oulton Park Italy Bruno Giacomelli March Racing Ltd March 763-Toyota 17/07/76 Rd.8 GBR Brands Hatch Italy Bruno Giacomelli March Racing Ltd March 763-Toyota 15/08/76 Rd.9 GBR Mallory Park UK Rupert Keegan British Air Ferries Racing Team Chevron B43-Toyota 12/09/76 Rd.10 GBR Thruxton Italy Bruno Giacomelli March Racing Ltd March 763-Toyota 19/09/76 Rd.11 GBR Snetterton UK Rupert Keegan British Air Ferries Racing Team Chevron B43-Toyota 31/10/76 Rd.12 GBR Thruxton UK Geoff Lees Rob Roy Racing with D.J. Bond Chevron B43-Toyota Source:https://www.oldracingcars.com/f3/ Formula 3 (F3) « OldRacingCars.com Allen Brown OldRacingCars.com Drivers' Championship Pos Driver Entrant THRUK THRUK ZOLNetherlands THRUK BRHUK SILUK OULUK BRHUK MALUK THRUK SNEUK THRUK Pts 1 UK Rupert Keegan British Air Ferries Racing Team 1 1 1 1 2 6 2 Ret 1 2 1 Ret 74 2 Italy Bruno Giacomelli March Engineering 3 3 9 Ret 1 1 1 1 2 1 3 Ret 71 3 UK Geoff Lees Rob Roy Racing with D.J. Bond 12 5 3 3 3 2 1 31 4 UK Stephen South Dortmunder Union Bier/Bogarts of Birmingham 2 2 7 DNA Ret 2 Ret Ret Ret 4 4 Ret 26 5 UK Mike Young Anglian Gilt Producers Ret 4 3 2 Ret 3 6 7 6 8 5 21 6 New Zealand Brett Riley David Price Racing Ret 3 DSQ Ret 3 5 12 13 4 13 7 UK Tiff Needell Safir Engineering DNS 4 6 6 Ret 2 13 Table Place Driver Entrant Car Total 1 UK Rupert Keegan British Air Ferries Racing Team March 743-ToyotaChevron B43-Toyota 74 2 Italy Bruno Giacomelli March Racing March 763-Toyota 71 3 UK Geoff Lees Rob Roy Racing Chevron B43-Toyota 31 4 UK Stephen South Bogarts of Birmingham March 763-Toyota 26 5 UK Mike Young Anglian Gilt Producers Modus M1-Toyota 21 6 New Zealand Brett Riley Brett Riley/David Price Racing Modus M1-Ford 13 7 UK Tiff Needell Safir Engineering Ltd Safir RJ03-Toyota 27 8 UK Tony Dron Unipart Racing Team March 763-Triumph 9 Netherlands Boy Hayje F & S Properties Ralt RT1-Toyota 9 10 Sweden Conny Andersson March Engineering March 763-Toyota 7 11 Australia Geoff Brabham Brabham Racing Organisation Ralt RT1-Toyota 6 Brazil Aryon Cornelsen-Filho March Racing March 763-Toyota 6 UK Ian Flux Ockley Racing Team Ralt RT1-Toyota 6 14 USA Dick Parsons Dick Parsons Anson SA1-Triumph 5 15 New Zealand Richard Hawkins Dr. Joseph Ehrlich Ehrlich ES5/6-ToyotaMarch 743-Toyota 4 16 UK Chris Barnett Chris Barnett March 753-Toyota 3 Denmark Jac Nellemann Texaco Racing Van Diemen VG376-Toyota 3 18 UK Bob Arnott Bob Arnott March 743-Toyota 2 Belgium Pierre Dieudonné Dr. Joseph Ehrlich March 743-Toyota 2 UK Barrie Maskell Jeff Sharpe Dastle Mk 10C-Ford 2 21 Italy Gianfranco Brancatelli Scuderia Everest March 763-Toyota 1 UK Ken Silverstone Ken Silverstone March 753-Toyota 1 Antigua and Barbuda Mike Tyrrell Dr. Joseph Ehrlich Ehrlich ES5/6-Toyota 1 Belgium Pascal Witmeur March 753-Toyota 1 Source: B.R.D.C. Shellsport British F3 Championship thumb|right|Shellsport champion, Bruno Giacomelli Champion: Italy Bruno Giacomelli Joint Runner Up: UK 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 Date Round Circuit Winning driver Winning team Winning car 14/03/76 Rd.1 GBR Silverstone (Club) UK Rupert Keegan British Air Ferries Racing Team March 743-Toyota 11/04/76 Rd.2 GBR Silverstone Italy Bruno Giacomelli March Racing Ltd March 763-Toyota 20/06/76 Rd.3 GBR Silverstone (Club) Italy Bruno Giacomelli March Racing Ltd March 763-Toyota 30/08/76 Rd.4 GBR Silverstone (Club) UK Rupert Keegan British Air Ferries Racing Team Chevron B43-Toyota 18/09/76 Rd.5 GBR Silverstone UK Geoff Lees Rob Roy Racing with D.J. Bond Chevron B43-Toyota Source:http://formula-net/F376_Index.hrmFebruary 2019 InternetArchiveBot yes Table Place Driver Entrant Car Total 1 Italy Bruno Giacomelli March Racing March 763-Toyota 79 2 UK Rupert Keegan British Air Ferries Racing Team March 743-Toyota Chevron B43-Toyota 62 3 UK Geoff Lees Rob Roy Racing with D.J. Bond Chevron B43-Toyota 42 4 UK Mike Young Anglian Gilt Producers Modus M1-Toyota 36 5 UK Ian Flux Ockley Racing Team Ralt RT1-Toyota 29 6 UK Stephen South Dortmunder Union Bier/Bogarts of Birmingham March 763-Toyota 21 7 Austria Willi Siller Team Modus Modus M1-Toyota 18 8 Australia Geoff Brabham Brabham Racing Organisation Ralt RT1-Toyota 16 9 Brazil Paulo Gomes Team Modus Modus M1-Toyota 15 10 UK Jan Seymour City Speed Racing March 743-Ford March 743-Toyota 11 11 Sweden Ulf Svensson Ulf Svensson Ralt RT1-Toyota 10 Australia Paul Bernasconi Paul Bernasconi Ralt RT1-Toyota 10 13 New Zealand Richard Hawkins Dr. Joseph Ehrlich Ehrlich ES5/6-ToyotaMarch 743-Toyota 8 14 UK John Lain Imado Watch Co Ltd Modus M1-Toyota 7 15 UK Bob Arnott Bob Arnott March 743-Ford March 743-Toyota 6 Brazil Aryon Cornelsen-Filho March Racing March 743-Toyota 6 Belgium Claude Cuicci Ian Williams Supernova SF376-Ford Supernova SF376-Toyota 6 18 UK Barrie Maskell Jeff Sharpe Dastle Mk 10C-Ford 4 USA Dick Parsons Dick Parsons Anson SA1-Triumph 4 UK John Stokes Dortmunder Union Bier/Bogarts of Birmingham March 753-Toyota 4 21 UK Doug Bassett GRD 373/376-Ford 2 Belgium Pierre Dieudonné Dr. Joseph Ehrlich March 743-Toyota 2 New Zealand Brett Riley David Price Racing Modus M1-Ford 2 UK Phil Silverstone Phil Silverstone March 763-Toyota 2 25 UK Tony Dron Unipart Racing Team March 763-Triumph 1 UK Ken Silverstone Ken Silverstone March 753-Toyota 1 Source: Non-Championship Races Results Date Race Circuit Winning driver Winning team Winning car 27/03/76 Race of the North GBR Oulton Park UK Rupert Keegan British Air Ferries Racing Team March 743-Toyota 02/05/76 Hollies Trophy GBR Mallory Park New Zealand Richard Hawkins Dr. Joseph Ehrlich Ehrlich ES5/6-Toyota 31/05/76 Volkswagen Silver Cup GBR Silverstone New Zealand Brett Riley Brett Riley/David Price Racing Modus M1-Ford 26/09/76 Griffin Golden Helmet Trophy GBR Mallory Park UK Stephen South Dortmunder Union Bier/Bogarts of Birmingham March 763-Toyota 24/10/76 Paul Nicholas Trophy GBR Brands Hatch Sweden Conny Andersson March Racing Ltd March 763-Toyota Source: References 30em Category:British Formula Three Championship seasons Formula Three