The 1974 British Formula Three season was the 24th season of the British Formula 3 season. It consisted of two championships. The 1974 B.A.R.C. Forward Trust British F3 Championship and the 1974 MCD Lombard North Central F3 Championship. Both of which were won by Brian Henton.
Brian Henton dominated the season taking home 15 victories and his team March Engineering Ltd taking home 18 overall. GRD as a constructor took home seven wins and modus took home one.
The season was started with reliability issues with only 5 cars starting the opening race. As the season progressed with March's dominance only GRD could put up a challenge to their dominant machinary.
B.A.R.C. Forward Trust British F3 Championship Champion: Brian Henton
Runner-up: Tony Rouff
Ran over 13 rounds, the scoring system was 9-6-4-3-2-1 points to the first six classified finishers.
Results
Date Round Circuit Winning driver Winning team Winning car 24/03/74 Rd.1 Thruxton Brian Henton March Engineering Ltd March 743-Ford 05/04/74 Rd.2 Silverstone Brian Henton March Engineering Ltd March 743-Ford 12/04/74 Rd.3 Snetterton Alex Dias Ribeiro Hollywood Racing Team GRD 373-Ford 19/04/74 Rd.4 Brands Hatch Brian Henton March Engineering Ltd March 743-Ford 02/06/74 Rd.5 Cadwell Park Brian Henton March Engineering Ltd March 743-Ford 09/06/74 Rd.6 Silverstone Tony Rouff Tony Rouff GRD 373-Ford 21/07/74 Rd.7 Cadwell Park José Espírito Santo Santa Clara Portugal March 743-Ford 27/07/74 Rd.8 Oulton Park Brian Henton March Engineering Ltd March 743-Ford 18/08/74 Rd.9 Thruxton Brian Henton March Engineering Ltd March 743-Ford 08/09/74 Rd.10 Silverstone Mike Tyrrell Tony Roles Racing March 733-Ford 15/09/74 Rd.11 Brands Hatch Brian Henton March Engineering Ltd March 743-Ford 06/10/74 Rd.12 Thruxton Danny Sullivan Team Modus Modus M1-Ford 27/10/74 Rd.13 Thruxton Brian Henton March Engineering Ltd March 743-Toyota Source:
Drivers' Championship Table Place Driver Entrant Car Total 1 Brian Henton March Engineering Ltd March 743-ToyotaMarch 743-Ford 81 2 Tony Rouff Tony Rouff GRD 373-Ford 54 3 José Espírito Santo Santa Clara Portugal March 733-FordMarch 743-Ford 36 4 Danny Sullivan Team Modus March 723-FordModus M1-Ford 28 5 Alex Dias Ribeiro Hollywood Racing Team GRD 374-Ford 27 José Chateaubriand March Engineering Ltd March 743-FordMarch 743-Toyota 27 7 Mike Tyrell Tony Roles Racing March 733-Ford 15 8 Nicholas von Preussen March Engineering Ltd March 733-Ford 13 9 Conny Andersson March Engineering Ltd March 743-Toyota 10 10 Barrie Maskell Barrie Maskell Dastle Mk10B-Ford 8 Source:
MCD Lombard North Central F3 Championship Champion: Brian Henton
Runner-up: Alex Dias Ribeiro
Ran over 14 rounds, the scoring system was 9-6-4-3-2-1 points to the first six classified finishers with double points on the last race.
Results
Date Round Circuit Winning driver Winning team Winning car 09/03/74 Rd.1 Oulton Park Brian Henton March Engineering Ltd March 743-Ford 17/03/74 Rd.2 Silverstone Brian Henton March Engineering Ltd March 743-Ford 12/04/74 Rd.3 Oulton Park Brian Henton March Engineering Ltd March 743-Ford 28/04/74 Rd.4 Mallory Park Tony Rouff Tony Rouff GRD 373-Ford 26/05/74 Rd.5 Brands Hatch Nicholas von Preussen Nicholas von Preussen March 733-Ford 30/06/74 Rd.6 Snetterton Nicholas von Preussen Nicholas von Preussen March 733-Ford 28/07/74 Rd.7 Snetterton Brian Henton March Engineering Ltd March 743-Ford 10/08/74 Rd.8 Oulton Park Alex Dias Ribeiro Hollywood Racing Team GRD 374-Ford 11/08/74 Rd.9 Brands Hatch Brian Henton March Engineering Ltd March 743-Ford 25/08/74 Rd.10 Mallory Park Tony Rouff Tony Rouff GRD 373-Ford 26/08/74 Rd.11 Silverstone Brian Henton March Engineering Ltd March 743-Ford 22/09/74 Rd.12 Thruxton Tony Rouff Tony Rouff GRD 373-Ford 28/09/74 Rd.13 Oulton Park Brian Henton March Engineering Ltd March 743-Toyota 13/10/74 Rd.14 Brands Hatch Alex Dias Ribeiro Hollywood Racing Team GRD 374-Ford Source:
Drivers' Championship Table Place Driver Entrant Car Total 1 Brian Henton March Engineering Ltd March 743-ToyotaMarch 743-Ford 78 2 Alex Dias Ribeiro Hollywood Racing Team GRD 374-Ford 60 3 Tony Rouff Tony Rouff GRD 373-Ford 54 4 José Chateaubriand March Engineering Ltd March 743-FordMarch 743-Toyota32 5 Nicholas von Preussen Nicholas von Preussen March 733-Ford 29 6 Derek Lawrence Dr Joseph Ehrlich Ehrlich ES2-Ford 17 7 Danny Sullivan Danny Sullivan March 733-FordModus M1-Ford 16 8 Conny Andersson March Engineering Ltd March 743-Toyota11 9 Mike Tyrrell Tony Roles Racing March 733-Ford 8 10 Barrie Maskell Barrie Maskell Dastle Mk10B-Ford 7 Source:
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