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: Gunnar Nilsson
Joint Runners-up: Alex Ribeiro & 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 Thruxton Alex Ribeiro March Engineering Ltd March 753-Toyota 31/03/75 Rd.1 Thruxton Gunnar Nilsson March Engineering Ltd March 753-Toyota 19/04/75 N/C Aintree Gunnar Nilsson March Engineering Ltd March 753-Toyota 27/04/75 Rd.2 Silverstone (Club) Danny Sullivan Team Modus Modus M1-Ford 10/05/75 Rd.3 Monaco Renzo Zorzi Scuderia Mirabella Mille Miglia GRD 374-Lancia 18/05/75 Rd.4 Brands Hatch (Club) Alex Ribeiro March Engineering Ltd March 753-Toyota 26/05/75 Rd.5 Thruxton Gunnar Nilsson March Engineering Ltd March 753-Toyota 08/06/75 Rd.6 Anderstorp Conny Andersson Rotel Racing March 753-Toyota 15/06/75 Rd.7 Snetterton Gunnar Nilsson March Engineering Ltd March 753-Toyota 22/06/75 N/C Cadwell Park Chris Barnett Chris Barnett March 753-BMW 29/06/75 Rd.8 Monza Larry Perkins Team Cowangie Ralt RT1-Ford 13/07/75 Rd.9 Cadwell Park Danny Sullivan Team Modus Modus M1-Toyota 19/07/75 Rd.10 Silverstone Gunnar Nilsson March Engineering Ltd March 753-Toyota 26/07/75 Rd.11 Oulton Park Danny Sullivan Team Modus Modus M1-Toyota 03/08/75 Rd12 Knockhill Patrick Nève Safir Engineering Ltd Safir RJ03S-Ford 17/08/75 Rd.13 Thruxton Alex Ribeiro March Engineering Ltd March 753-Toyota 25/08/75 Rd.14 Silverstone (Club) Eddie Cheever Henry Morrogh Racing Driving School Modus M1-Ford 31/08/75 Rd.15 Silverstone Eddie Cheever Henry Morrogh Racing Driving School Modus M1-Toyota 07/09/75 N/C Brands Hatch Larry Perkins Team Cowangie Ralt RT1-Toyota 21/09/75 Rd.16 Brands Hatch Larry Perkins Team Cowangie Ralt RT1-Toyota 28/09/75 Rd.17 Silverstone Gunnar Nilsson March Engineering Ltd March 753-Toyota 04/10/75 Rd.18 Oulton Park Ingo Hoffmann Ingo Hoffmann March 753-Toyota 26/10/75 Rd.19 Thruxton Alex Ribeiro March Engineering Ltd March 753-Toyota 15/11/75 N/C Thruxton Gunnar Nilsson March Engineering Ltd March 753-Toyota Source:
Drivers' Championship
Pos Driver Entrant THR SIL MON BRH THR AND SNE MOZ CAP SIL OUL KNO THR SIL SIL BRH SIL OUL THR Pts 1 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 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 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 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 Larry Perkins Team Cowanige 5 Ret Ret 7 19 1 9 2 1 2 3 5 40 6 Ingo Hoffman Ingo Hoffman 5 6 7 Ret 9 3 DNA 4 6 3 4 3 8 Ret 6 20 1 DNS 33 7 Eddie Cheever Henry Morrogh Racing Driving School 23 Ret Ret Ret Ret 1 1 Ret 9 5 Ret 21 8 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 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 Stephen South Rayrace International 6 Ret Ret 5 25 6 Ret DNA 18 Ret 21 DNS 6 Ret 8 6 6 3 13 11 Conny Andersson Rotel Racing 4 1 Ret 25 12 12 Renzo Zorzi Scuderia Mirabella Mille Miglia 1 DNQ DNQ 9 13 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 Bob Arnott Swan Song Records 3 DNS 23 9 8 11 15 9 DNS 21 5 10 12 5 10 9 8 8 15 Conny Ljungfeldt Rotel Racing 2 Ret 8 7 16 Ian Taylor GRD Ltd 4 Ret DNA 4 Ret 32 7 DNA DNQ 16 DNA 7 17 Gianfranco Brancatelli Scuderia Nettuno 5 34 4 5 7 18 Mike Tyrrell Tony Roles Racing 7 2 DNQ 11 17 DNA Ret 13 14 6 19 Fernando Spreafico Fernando Spreafico 2 28 6 20 Dick Parsons Dick Parsons Ret Ret DNQ Ret 3 10 6 9 8 DNA 22 DNA 6 21 Ulf Svensson Ulf Svensson 3 7 6 26 5 22 Peter Clark Wisharts Garage 13 4 DNA 16 DNA 5 36 9 9 DNA 20 13 DNA 15 DNA 5 23 Terry Perkins Team Cowangie DNS DNPQ DNS DNA 4 5 DNA 13 17 Ret 5 24 Claes Sigrudsson Dalsy Konfektion AB DNQ 3 15 4 25 Alessandro Pesenti-Rossi Scuderia Citta Dei Mille 20 33 3 27 4 26 Chris Barnett Chris Barnett 10 DSQ DNQ DNS Ret 4 DNA Ret Ret 11 Ret 11 10 9 8 15 6 4 27 Gunnar Nordström Team Warsteiner Eurorace DNQ 4 3 28 Luciano Pavesi Scuderia Ala d’Oro 8 5 DNQ 20 2 29 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 Piercarlo Ghinzani Scuderia Allegrini Ret 5 23 2 31 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 Tim Brise Team Modus 22 26 DNS DNS DNA 9 7 6 Ret 17 DNA DNA 1 33 Ken Silverstone Ken Silverstone Ret 21 DNPQ 15 27 20 DNA 6 32 23 10 12 22 22 Ret 18 DNA 16 1 34 Peter Dugdale Eric Dugdale Group Racing 14 6 19 DNA 1 35 Tony Rouff Dr Joseph Ehrlich 18 Ret DNQ 10 Ret 8 DNQ DNQ 22 Ret 21 23 DNS 1 36 Tony Brise Team Modus 11 DNS 1
Table Place Driver Entrant Car Total 1 Gunnar Nilsson March Engineering Ltd March 753-Toyota 74 2 Alex Ribeiro March Engineering Ltd March 753-Toyota 59 Danny Sullivan Team Modus Modus M1-FordModus M1-Toyota 59 4 Patrick Nève Safir Engineering Ltd Safir RJ03S-Ford 50 5 Larry Perkins Team Cowangie Ralt RT1-FordRalt RT1-Toyota 40 6 Ingo Hoffmann Ingo Hoffmann March 753-FordMarch 753-Toyota 33 7 Eddie Cheever Henry Morrogh Racing Driving School Modus M1-FordModus M1-Toyota 21 8 Richard Hawkins F.S. Ratcliffe Springs (Rochdale) Ltd March 743-Toyota 19 9 Pierre Dieudonné Bang & Olufsen Team Michel Vaillant March 753-BMW 18 10 Stephen South Rayrace International Ray RB3 75-ToyotaMarch 753-Toyota 13 11 Conny Andersson Rotel Racing March 753-Toyota 12 12 Renzo Zorzi Scuderia Mirabella Mille Miglia GRD 374-Lancia 9 13 Bob Arnott Swan Song Records March 743-Ford 8 Hervé Regout Bang & Olufsen Team Michel Vaillant March 753-BMW 8 15 Gianfranco Brancatelli Scuderia Nettuno March 753-Toyota 7 Conny Ljungfeldt Rotel Racing March 743-Toyota 7 Ian Taylor GRD Ltd GRD 375-Ford 7 18 Dick Parsons Dick Parsons Modus M1-Ford 6 Fernando Spreafico Scuderia Concordia GRD 373-Ford 6 Mike Tyrrell Tony Roles Racing March 733-Ford 6 21 Peter Clark Wisharts Garage Modus M1-Ford 5 Terry Perkins Team Cowangie Ralt RT1-Ford 5 Ulf Svensson Ulf Svensson Brabham BT41-Ford 5 24 Chris Barnett Chris Barnett March 753-BMW 4 Alessandro Pesenti-Rossi Scuderia Citta Dei Mille March 743-Toyota 4 Claes Sigurdsson Dalsy Konfektion AB Brabham BT41-Ford 4 27 Gunnar Nordström Team Warsteiner Eurorace Modus M1-Toyota 3 28 Piercarlo Ghinzani Scuderia Allegrini CRS 001-Toyota 2 Luciano Pavesi Scuderia Ala d’Oro Brabham BT41-Toyota 2 Graham Hamilton MacDonald Shand Ecurie Ecosse March 753-Ford 2 31 Tim Brise Team Modus Modus M1-Ford 1 Tony Brise Team Modus Modus M1-Ford 1 Peter Dugdale Eric Dugdale Group Racing March 733-Ford 1 Luigino Grassi Luigino Grassi Brabham BT41-Ford 1 Rupert Keegan British Air Ferries Racing Team March 743-Toyota 1 Tony Rouff Dr Joseph Ehrlich Ehrlich ES5-Ford 1 Ken Silverstone Ken Silverstone March 743-Ford 1 Source:
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