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.
Champion: Rupert Keegan
Joint Runner Up: Bruno Giacomelli [1]
Pos | Driver | Entrant | THR | THR | ZOL | THR | BRH | SIL | OUL | BRH | MAL | THR | SNE | THR | Pts |
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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 | 27 |
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 | ||||||
Champion: Bruno Giacomelli
Joint Runner Up: Rupert Keegan
Date | Round | Circuit | Winning driver | Winning team | Winning car |
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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: [2] [3] | |||||
Place | Driver | Entrant | Car | Total |
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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-Toyota March 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: [1] | ||||
Date | Race | Circuit | Winning driver | Winning team | Winning car |
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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: [2] [3] | |||||
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