The 1977 Shellsport International Series was a Formula Libre motor racing championship held in the United Kingdom, the series ran F1, F2, F5000 and Formula Atlantic cars in the same race. The second Shellsport International Series was contested over 14 rounds. The season started on 13 March and ended on 16 October. The Drivers' Championship was won by Englishman Tony Trimmer. [1] The season was marred by the death of Brian McGuire during a practice session for round 11 at Brands Hatch. It was the last season of the Shellsport International Series. For 1978, the series would become the British Formula One series.
Entry List [2] | |||||
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Team | No. | Driver | Chassis | Engine | Rounds |
Formula 1 | |||||
![]() | 1 | ![]() | Penske PC3 | Ford Cosworth DFV 3.0 V8 | 2 |
![]() | 3-4, 6, 9-11 | ||||
![]() | 14 | ||||
![]() | 2 | ![]() | Surtees TS19 | Ford Cosworth DFV 3.0 V8 | All |
![]() | 4 | ![]() | March 75A/761 | Ford Cosworth DFV 3.0 V8 | 9-14 |
![]() | 6 | ![]() | McGuire BM1 | Ford Cosworth DFV 3.0 V8 | 1-8, 10-11 |
![]() | 10 | ![]() | Hesketh 308C | Ford Cosworth DFV 3.0 V8 | 3-6 |
![]() | 13 | ![]() | Surtees TS19 | Ford Cosworth DFV 3.0 V8 | 1-3, 5-14 |
![]() | 14 | ![]() | Lyncar 006 | Ford Cosworth DFV 3.0 V8 | 1-4 |
McLaren M23 | 9, 11, 13 | ||||
McLaren M25 | 14 | ||||
![]() | 29 | ![]() | Surtees TS16 | Ford Cosworth DFV 3.0 V8 | 5-7 |
![]() | 80 | ![]() | Lyncar 006 | Ford Cosworth DFV 3.0 V8 | 13-14 |
![]() | 82 | ![]() | March 761 | Ford Cosworth DFV 3.0 V8 | 14 |
Formula 2 | |||||
![]() | 15 | ![]() | Sana RD9 | Ford BDG Eden 2.0 L4 | 1 |
![]() | 2 | ||||
Ralt RT1/77 | 5-14 | ||||
![]() | 9 | ![]() | March 762 | Hart 420R 2.0 L4 | 4 |
![]() | 8 | ![]() | Boxer PR276 | Hart 420R 2.0 L4 | 10-11 |
![]() | 10 | ![]() | Chevron B27 | Ford BDG Smith 2.0 L4 | 1-2 |
![]() | 11 | ![]() | Chevron B35 | Ford BDX 2.0 L4 | 1, 3, 5 |
![]() | 12 | ![]() | Chevron B40 | Hart 420R 2.0 L4 | 11 |
![]() | 13 | ![]() | March 742 | Ford BDX Swindon 2.0 L4 | 4 |
![]() | 16 | ![]() | March 762 | Ford BDX 2.0 L4 | 3-4, 6 |
![]() | 16 | March 762 | Ford BDX 2.0 L4 | 5 | |
![]() | 13-14 | ||||
![]() | 17 | ![]() | Lola T462 | Ford BDX 2.0 L4 | 1-3, 5-6, 8-14 |
![]() | 20 | ![]() | March 772 | BMW M12 2.0 L4 | 1-3, 5-6, 8, 11-14 |
![]() | 23 | ![]() | Chevron B35 | Ford BDA 2.0 L4 | 1, 3 |
![]() | 30 | ![]() | Wimhurst LP2 | Ford Cosworth FVC 1.8 L4 | 4-7 |
![]() | 36 | ![]() | Lola T360 | Ford BDG Richardson 2.0 L4 | 5-6 |
![]() | 37 | ![]() | Chevron B35D | Ford BDA Richardson 2.0 L4 | 3, 8-9, 14 |
![]() | 38 | ![]() | Lola T450 | Ford BDX 2.0 L4 | 3, 7, 9-12 |
![]() | 43 | ![]() | Surtees TS15 | Ford BDA Hart 2.0 L4 | 11-14 |
![]() | 44 | ![]() | Chevron B40 | Hart 420R 2.0 L4 | 11 |
45 | ![]() | 11-12 | |||
![]() | 65 | ![]() | Brabham BT36 | Ford Cosworth FVC 1.8 L4 | 12-14 |
![]() | 78 | ![]() | March 752 | Ford BDX Swindon 2.0 L4 | 12 |
Formula 5000 | |||||
![]() | 3 | ![]() | Lola T332C | Chevrolet 5.0 V8 | 1-7 |
5 | ![]() | 10-14 | |||
![]() | 3 | ![]() | Chevron B30 | Ford GAA 3.4 V6 | 7 |
![]() | 4 | ![]() | March 75A/761 | Ford GAA 3.4 V6 | 1-8 |
![]() | 7 | ![]() | March 752 | Ford GAA 3.4 V6 | 1-10, 14 |
![]() | 18 | ![]() | Trojan T101 | Chevrolet 5.0 V8 | 2-4, 12, 14 |
![]() | 19 | ![]() | Lola T330 | Chevrolet 5.0 V8 | 1-10 |
![]() | 24 | ![]() | Chevron B30 | Ford GAA 3.4 V6 | 11, 13-14 |
![]() | 25 | ![]() | McRae GM1 | Chevrolet 5.0 V8 | 1 |
![]() | 11-14 | ||||
![]() | 32 | ![]() | Lola T330 | Chevrolet 5.0 V8 | 2-6, 8, 10-14 |
![]() | 34 | ![]() | Chevron B24 | Chevrolet 5.0 V8 | 4, 7, 11 |
![]() | 39 | ![]() | Chevron B30 | Ford GAA 3.4 V6 | 6 |
![]() | 62 | ![]() | Chevron B37 | Chevrolet 5.0 V8 | 2-9, 12-14 |
![]() | 75 | ![]() | Lola T330 | Chevrolet 5.0 V8 | 1, 4-6 |
Lola T400 | 7 | ||||
![]() | 77 | ![]() | Chevron B28 | Chevrolet 5.0 V8 | 8, 10-12 |
Formula Atlantic | |||||
![]() | 26 | ![]() | Chevron B29 | Ford BDA 1.6 L4 | 11 |
![]() | 28 | ![]() | March 73B | Ford BDA 1.6 L4 | 1-2 |
March 73B/74B | 6, 10-12 | ||||
![]() | 42 | ![]() | March 753/76B | Ford BDA 1.6 L4 | 10-12, 14 |
![]() | 66 | ![]() | Lyncar 005 | Ford BDA 1.6 L4 | 8-10 |
![]() | 64 | ![]() | GRD 372 | Ford BDA 1.6 L4 | 11 |
![]() | 76 | ![]() | March 74B | Ford BDA 1.6 L4 | 9, 12 |
Points are awarded to the top ten classified finishers using the following structure:
Position | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | 5th | 6th | 7th | 8th | 9th | 10th | FL |
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Points | 20 | 15 | 12 | 10 | 8 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 2 |
Pos. | Driver | MAL ![]() | SNE ![]() | OUL ![]() | BRH ![]() | MAL ![]() | THR ![]() | BRH ![]() | OUL ![]() | MAL ![]() | DON ![]() | BRH ![]() | THR ![]() | SNE ![]() | BRH ![]() | Pts |
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1 | ![]() | 3 | 5 | Ret | Ret | 1 | Ret | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 2 | Ret | 1 | 2 | 181 |
2 | ![]() | NC | 1 | Ret | 3 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 2 | Ret | Ret | Ret | 1 | Ret | 1 | 129 |
3 | ![]() | 5 | NC | 3 | 1 | 2 | 9 | 3 | Ret | Ret | 3 | DNS | 85 | |||
4 | ![]() | 6 | 6 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 9 | 6 | DNS | 5 | Ret | 80 | |||
5 | ![]() | 1 | Ret | DNS | DNS | 1 | 1 | 3 | Ret | 76 | ||||||
6 | ![]() | DNS | 2 | Ret | Ret | Ret | Ret | Ret | 4 | 3 | 2 | 3 | Ret | DNS | 6 | 74 |
7 | ![]() | Ret | 2 | 2 | 3 | 8 | Ret | Ret | DNS | 2 | Ret | 4 | 72 | |||
8 | ![]() | 2 | 4 | Ret | 6 | 4 | 3 | Ret | 4 | Ret | Ret | NC | 63 | |||
9 | ![]() | 7 | Ret | DNS | 7 | 4 | Ret | 7 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 52 | ||||
10 | ![]() | 4 | 3 | Ret | Ret | 10 | Ret | 6 | DNS | 5 | 5 | 45 | ||||
11 | ![]() | 1 | 4 | Ret | DSQ | 4 | DNS | 42 | ||||||||
12 | ![]() | 6 | 8 | Ret | Ret | 7 | 6 | 6 | Ret | 9 | 5 | 6 | Ret | 41 | ||
13 | ![]() | 7 | 4 | DNS | 8 | 10 | NC | 8 | 11 | DNS | Ret | Ret | 21 | |||
14 | ![]() | DNS | Ret | Ret | 2 | 8 | 18 | |||||||||
15 | ![]() | 8 | 5 | DNQ | 6 | 17 | ||||||||||
16 | ![]() | 3 | 12 | |||||||||||||
16 | ![]() | 6 | Ret | 7 | 9 | 12 | ||||||||||
18 | ![]() | 10 | 4 | 11 | ||||||||||||
18 | ![]() | 8 | 5 | Ret | 11 | |||||||||||
20 | ![]() | 9 | 5 | DNS | 10 | |||||||||||
20 | ![]() | DNS | 7 | Ret | 6 | 10 | ||||||||||
22 | ![]() | DNS | DNS | NC | Ret | 12 | 7 | 7 | 10 | 9 | ||||||
23 | ![]() | NC | Ret | Ret | Ret | Ret | 5 | 8 | ||||||||
23 | ![]() | Ret | DNS | Ret | Ret | Ret | Ret | Ret | 5 | Ret | DNS | 8 | ||||
23 | ![]() | 5 | 8 | |||||||||||||
26 | ![]() | DNS | 7 | 12 | DNS | 7 | 8 | |||||||||
27 | ![]() | 8 | 7 | 7 | ||||||||||||
28 | ![]() | 6 | Ret | 6 | ||||||||||||
29 | ![]() | DNS | NC | 7 | 4 | |||||||||||
29 | ![]() | 9 | 9 | Ret | NC | Ret | 4 | |||||||||
31 | ![]() | NC | 8 | DNS | 3 | |||||||||||
31 | ![]() | 8 | 3 | |||||||||||||
33 | ![]() | 9 | Ret | 2 | ||||||||||||
33 | ![]() | 9 | DNS | DNS | 2 | |||||||||||
— | ![]() | NC | DNQ | 11 | NC | 0 | ||||||||||
— | ![]() | 11 | Ret | 0 | ||||||||||||
— | ![]() | 12 | 0 | |||||||||||||
— | ![]() | NC | DNS | NC | NC | NC | Ret | 0 | ||||||||
— | ![]() | NC | Ret | NC | NC | 0 | ||||||||||
— | ![]() | NC | NC | Ret | 0 | |||||||||||
— | ![]() | NC | DNS | 0 | ||||||||||||
— | ![]() | DNQ | Ret | Ret | Ret | 0 | ||||||||||
— | ![]() | Ret | 0 | |||||||||||||
— | ![]() | Ret | 0 | |||||||||||||
— | ![]() | DSQ | 0 | |||||||||||||
— | ![]() | DNS | DNS | 0 | ||||||||||||
— | ![]() | DNS | 0 | |||||||||||||
— | ![]() | DNS | 0 | |||||||||||||
— | ![]() | DNS | 0 | |||||||||||||
— | ![]() | DNS | 0 | |||||||||||||
Pos. | Driver | MAL ![]() | SNE ![]() | OUL ![]() | BRH ![]() | MAL ![]() | THR ![]() | BRH ![]() | OUL ![]() | MAL ![]() | DON ![]() | BRH ![]() | THR ![]() | SNE ![]() | BRH ![]() | Pts |
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