1980 British Formula Three season

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1980 champion, Stefan Johansson

The 1980 British Formula Three season (known as the 1980 Vandervell British Formula 3 Championship for sponsorship reasons) was the 30th season of the British Formula Three Championship. Swedish driver Stefan Johansson won the championship racing for Project Four Racing.

Johansson took the title by two points from title rivals Kenneth Acheson and Roberto Guerrero. At the start of the season, most of the front-runners used the March 803. However, by Round 7 in Snetterton, Acheson had changed to the March 793 and became the man to beat along with Guerrero. In the latter half of the season, Johansson changed from the 803 to the Ralt RT3, winning the last four races. ^[1] It was also the last Britifh Formula 3 season for Nigel Mansell as he moved into Formula One to drive for Lotus.

Race Calendar and Results

Chamipionship Events

Round	Circuit	Date	Pole Position	Winning Driver	Winning Team
1	Silverstone	2 March	Stefan Johansson	Stefan Johansson	Project Four Racing
2	Thruxton	9 March	Stefan Johansson	Roberto Guerrero	Anglia Cars
3	Brands Hatch	30 March	Stefan Johansson	Brett Riley	David Price Racing
4	Thruxton	7 April	Stefan Johansson	Kenneth Acheson	RMC Group
5	Silverstone	20 April	Kenneth Acheson	Kenneth Acheson	RMC Group
6	Thruxton	6 May	Roberto Guerrero	Roberto Guerrero	Anglia Cars
7	Snetterton	11 May	Kenneth Acheson	Kenneth Acheson	RMC Group
8	Silverstone	26 May	Stefan Johansson	Stefan Johansson	Project Four Racing
9	Cadwell Park	1 June	Roberto Guerrero	Roberto Guerrero	Anglia Cars
10	Silverstone	8 June	Kenneth Acheson	Kenneth Acheson	RMC Group
11	Brands Hatch	29 June	Roberto Guerrero	Roberto Guerrero	Anglia Cars
12	Silverstone	6 July	Stefan Johansson	Thierry Tassin	Anglia Cars
13	Brands Hatch	13 July	Brett Riley	Kenneth Acheson	RMC Group
14	Oulton Park	19 July	Roberto Guerrero	Roberto Guerrero	Anglia Cars
15	Silverstone	25 August	Kenneth Acheson	Thierry Tassin	Anglia Cars
16	Silverstone	7 September	Mike White	Mike White	Autowindscreens with Gerard Racing
17	Mallory Park	28 September	Stefan Johansson	Stefan Johansson	Project Four Racing
18	Silverstone	5 October	Stefan Johansson	Stefan Johansson	Project Four Racing
19	Oulton Park	18 October	Stefan Johansson	Stefan Johansson	Project Four Racing
20	Thruxton	26 October	Stefan Johansson	Stefan Johansson	Project Four Racing
Source: [1]

Non Chamipionship Events

Name	Circuit	Date	Pole Position	Winning Driver	Winning Team
Howitt Printing Trophy	Silverstone	27 April	Kenneth Acheson	Kenneth Acheson	RMC Group
Leinster Trophy	Mondello Park	14 September	Bernard Devaney	Trevor Templeton	A. W. Brown
Wendy Wools Formula 3 Race	Thruxton	8 November	Stefan Johansson	Rob Wilson	SW Racing

Championship Standings

Place	Driver	Entrant	Total
1	Stefan Johansson	Project Four Racing	97
2	Kenneth Acheson	RMC Group	95
	Roberto Guerrero	Anglia Cars	95
4	Thierry Tassin	Anglia Cars	59
5	Rob Wilson	SW Racing	40
6	Mike White	Autowindscreens with Gerard Racing	37
7	Brett Riley	David Price Racing	20
8	David Sears	Rushen Green Racing	19
9	Nigel Mansell	March Racing Ltd	15
	Eddie Jordan	Marlboro Team Ireland	15
Source: [2]

References

1. Chris Townsend. "British Formula 3 1980". Archived from the original on 2024-09-14. Retrieved 2025-05-12.
2. Racing Years. "1980 / Vandervell British Formula 3". Archived from the original on 2024-12-01. Retrieved 2025-05-12.