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: Rupert Keegan
Joint Runner Up: Bruno Giacomelli
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 Thruxton Rupert Keegan British Air Ferries Racing Team March 743-Toyota 19/04/76 Rd.2 Thruxton Rupert Keegan British Air Ferries Racing Team March 743-Toyota 25/04/76 Rd.3 Zolder Rupert Keegan British Air Ferries Racing Team March 743-Toyota 09/05/76 Rd.4 Thruxton Rupert Keegan British Air Ferries Racing Team March 743-Toyota 23/05/76 Rd.5 Brands Hatch (Club) Bruno Giacomelli March Racing Ltd March 763-Toyota 06/06/76 Rd.6 Silverstone (Club) Bruno Giacomelli March Racing Ltd March 763-Toyota 10/07/76 Rd.7 Oulton Park Bruno Giacomelli March Racing Ltd March 763-Toyota 17/07/76 Rd.8 Brands Hatch Bruno Giacomelli March Racing Ltd March 763-Toyota 15/08/76 Rd.9 Mallory Park Rupert Keegan British Air Ferries Racing Team Chevron B43-Toyota 12/09/76 Rd.10 Thruxton Bruno Giacomelli March Racing Ltd March 763-Toyota 19/09/76 Rd.11 Snetterton Rupert Keegan British Air Ferries Racing Team Chevron B43-Toyota 31/10/76 Rd.12 Thruxton Geoff Lees Rob Roy Racing with D.J. Bond Chevron B43-Toyota Source:
Drivers' Championship
Pos Driver Entrant THR THR ZOL THR BRH SIL OUL BRH MAL THR SNE THR Pts 1 Rupert Keegan British Air Ferries Racing Team 1 1 1 1 2 6 2 Ret 1 2 1 Ret 74 2 Bruno Giacomelli March Engineering 3 3 9 Ret 1 1 1 1 2 1 3 Ret 71 3 Geoff Lees Rob Roy Racing with D.J. Bond 12 5 3 3 3 2 1 31 4 Stephen South Dortmunder Union Bier/Bogarts of Birmingham 2 2 7 DNA Ret 2 Ret Ret Ret 4 4 Ret 26 5 Mike Young Anglian Gilt Producers Ret 4 3 2 Ret 3 6 7 6 8 5 21 6 Brett Riley David Price Racing Ret 3 DSQ Ret 3 5 12 13 4 13 7 Tiff Needell Safir Engineering DNS 4 6 6 Ret 2 13
Table Place Driver Entrant Car Total 1 Rupert Keegan British Air Ferries Racing Team March 743-ToyotaChevron B43-Toyota 74 2 Bruno Giacomelli March Racing March 763-Toyota 71 3 Geoff Lees Rob Roy Racing Chevron B43-Toyota 31 4 Stephen South Bogarts of Birmingham March 763-Toyota 26 5 Mike Young Anglian Gilt Producers Modus M1-Toyota 21 6 Brett Riley Brett Riley/David Price Racing Modus M1-Ford 13 7 Tiff Needell Safir Engineering Ltd Safir RJ03-Toyota 27 8 Tony Dron Unipart Racing Team March 763-Triumph 9 Boy Hayje F & S Properties Ralt RT1-Toyota 9 10 Conny Andersson March Engineering March 763-Toyota 7 11 Geoff Brabham Brabham Racing Organisation Ralt RT1-Toyota 6 Aryon Cornelsen-Filho March Racing March 763-Toyota 6 Ian Flux Ockley Racing Team Ralt RT1-Toyota 6 14 Dick Parsons Dick Parsons Anson SA1-Triumph 5 15 Richard Hawkins Dr. Joseph Ehrlich Ehrlich ES5/6-ToyotaMarch 743-Toyota 4 16 Chris Barnett Chris Barnett March 753-Toyota 3 Jac Nellemann Texaco Racing Van Diemen VG376-Toyota 3 18 Bob Arnott Bob Arnott March 743-Toyota 2 Pierre Dieudonné Dr. Joseph Ehrlich March 743-Toyota 2 Barrie Maskell Jeff Sharpe Dastle Mk 10C-Ford 2 21 Gianfranco Brancatelli Scuderia Everest March 763-Toyota 1 Ken Silverstone Ken Silverstone March 753-Toyota 1 Mike Tyrrell Dr. Joseph Ehrlich Ehrlich ES5/6-Toyota 1 Pascal Witmeur March 753-Toyota 1 Source:
B.R.D.C. Shellsport British F3 Championship
Champion: Bruno Giacomelli
Joint Runner Up: 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 Silverstone (Club) Rupert Keegan British Air Ferries Racing Team March 743-Toyota 11/04/76 Rd.2 Silverstone Bruno Giacomelli March Racing Ltd March 763-Toyota 20/06/76 Rd.3 Silverstone (Club) Bruno Giacomelli March Racing Ltd March 763-Toyota 30/08/76 Rd.4 Silverstone (Club) Rupert Keegan British Air Ferries Racing Team Chevron B43-Toyota 18/09/76 Rd.5 Silverstone Geoff Lees Rob Roy Racing with D.J. Bond Chevron B43-Toyota Source:http://formula-net/F376_Index.hrm
Table Place Driver Entrant Car Total 1 Bruno Giacomelli March Racing March 763-Toyota 79 2 Rupert Keegan British Air Ferries Racing Team March 743-Toyota Chevron B43-Toyota 62 3 Geoff Lees Rob Roy Racing with D.J. Bond Chevron B43-Toyota 42 4 Mike Young Anglian Gilt Producers Modus M1-Toyota 36 5 Ian Flux Ockley Racing Team Ralt RT1-Toyota 29 6 Stephen South Dortmunder Union Bier/Bogarts of Birmingham March 763-Toyota 21 7 Willi Siller Team Modus Modus M1-Toyota 18 8 Geoff Brabham Brabham Racing Organisation Ralt RT1-Toyota 16 9 Paulo Gomes Team Modus Modus M1-Toyota 15 10 Jan Seymour City Speed Racing March 743-Ford March 743-Toyota 11 11 Ulf Svensson Ulf Svensson Ralt RT1-Toyota 10 Paul Bernasconi Paul Bernasconi Ralt RT1-Toyota 10 13 Richard Hawkins Dr. Joseph Ehrlich Ehrlich ES5/6-ToyotaMarch 743-Toyota 8 14 John Lain Imado Watch Co Ltd Modus M1-Toyota 7 15 Bob Arnott Bob Arnott March 743-Ford March 743-Toyota 6 Aryon Cornelsen-Filho March Racing March 743-Toyota 6 Claude Cuicci Ian Williams Supernova SF376-Ford Supernova SF376-Toyota 6 18 Barrie Maskell Jeff Sharpe Dastle Mk 10C-Ford 4 Dick Parsons Dick Parsons Anson SA1-Triumph 4 John Stokes Dortmunder Union Bier/Bogarts of Birmingham March 753-Toyota 4 21 Doug Bassett GRD 373/376-Ford 2 Pierre Dieudonné Dr. Joseph Ehrlich March 743-Toyota 2 Brett Riley David Price Racing Modus M1-Ford 2 Phil Silverstone Phil Silverstone March 763-Toyota 2 25 Tony Dron Unipart Racing Team March 763-Triumph 1 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 Oulton Park Rupert Keegan British Air Ferries Racing Team March 743-Toyota 02/05/76 Hollies Trophy Mallory Park Richard Hawkins Dr. Joseph Ehrlich Ehrlich ES5/6-Toyota 31/05/76 Volkswagen Silver Cup Silverstone Brett Riley Brett Riley/David Price Racing Modus M1-Ford 26/09/76 Griffin Golden Helmet Trophy Mallory Park Stephen South Dortmunder Union Bier/Bogarts of Birmingham March 763-Toyota 24/10/76 Paul Nicholas Trophy Brands Hatch Conny Andersson March Racing Ltd March 763-Toyota Source:
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