1977 British Formula Three season

The 1977 British Formula Three season was the 27th season of the British Formula Three season. Derek Daly took the B.A.R.C. BP Super Visco British Formula 3 Championship, while Stephen South took the B.R.D.C. Vandervell British Formula 3 Championship.

The success of the European Championship, now in its third season, stole some of the limelight from the British championships in 1977 and the continuing divide between the BP-sponsored BARC title and the Vandervell-sponsored BRDC title cannot have helped.

South started the season in dominant form in the March 763-Toyota he had raced in the previous year and led both championships into July. After wrecking the 763 in an accident with Len Cooke he moved over to a March 773-Toyota and the BP series turned into a three-way fight with Daly and Cooke. Daly led into the final round and clinched the title by winning after his rivals dropped out. South's consolation was the Vandervell title. Both drivers moved into F2 for 1978 but only Daly was able to secure a proper budget.^[1]

B.A.R.C. BP Super Visco British F3 Championship

Champion: Derek Daly

Joint Runner Up: Stephen South and Eje Elgh

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Results

Date	Round	Circuit	Winning driver	Winning team	Winning car
13/03/77	Rd.1	Thruxton	Stephen South	Stephen South/Team BP	March 763-Toyota
26/03/77	Rd.2	Oulton Park (short)	Eje Elgh	Chevron Racing Team	Chevron B38-Toyota
03/04/77	Rd.3	Silverstone (Club)	Ian Taylor	Unipart Racing Team	March 773-Triumph
11/04/77	Rd.4	Thruxton	Eje Elgh	Chevron Racing Team	Chevron B38-Toyota
24/04/77	Rd.5	Zolder	Piercarlo Ghinzani	AFMP Euroracing with March	March 773-Toyota
21/05/77	Rd.6	Monaco	Didier Pironi	Écurie Elf	Martini Mk21-Toyota
29/05/77	Rd.7	Brands Hatch (Club)	Stephen South	Team BP	March 763-Toyota
07/06/77	Rd.8	Donington Park	Geoff Brabham	Brabham Racing Organisation	Ralt RT1-Toyota
19/06/77	Rd.9	Thruxton	Geoff Lees	Chevron Racing Team	Chevron B38-Toyota
10/07/77	Rd.10	Cadwell Park	James King	March Racing Ltd	March 773-Toyota
31/07/77	Rd.11	Donington Park	Eje Elgh	Chevron Racing Team	Chevron B38-Toyota
07/08/77	Rd.12	Snetterton	Stephen South	Team BP	March 763-Toyota
11/09/77	Rd.13	Brands Hatch (Club)	Derek Daly	Derek McMahon Racing	Chevron B38-Toyota
25/09/77	Rd.14	Mallory Park	Derek Daly	Derek McMahon Racing	Chevron B38-Toyota
16/10/77	Rd.15	Donington Park	Derek Daly	Derek McMahon Racing	Chevron B38-Toyota
30/10/77	Rd.16	Thruxton	Derek Daly	Derek McMahon Racing	Chevron B38-Toyota
Source:^[2]^[3]

Table

Place	Driver	Entrant	Car	Total
1	Derek Daly	Derek McMahon Racing	Chevron B38-Toyota	69
2	Stephen South	Team BP	March 763-Toyota March 773-Toyota	56
2	Eje Elgh	Chevron Racing Team	Chevron B38-Toyota	56
4	Geoff Lees	Chevron Racing Team	Chevron B38-Toyota	41
5	Derek Warwick	Warwick Trailers	Chevron B38-Toyota Ralt RT1-Toyota	40
6	James King	March Racing Ltd	March 773-Toyota	22
7	Brett Riley	AFMP Euroracing with March	March 773-Toyota	16
8	Ian Taylor	Unipart Racing Team	March 773-Triumph	11
9	Piercarlo Ghinzani	AFMP Euroracing with March	March 773-Toyota	9
	Didier Pironi	Écurie Elf	Martini Mk21-Toyota	9
	Tiff Needell	Unipart Racing Team	March 773-Triumph	9
12	Elio de Angelis	Trivallato Racing Team Elio de Angelis	Chevron B38-Toyota Ralt RT1-Toyota	8
13	Thorkild Thyrring	Chevron Racing Team	Chevron B38-Toyota	7
13	Ian Flux	Ockley Team Racing	Ralt RT1-Toyota	7
15	Mario Ferraris	March Racing Ltd	March 773-Toyota	6
15	Piero Necchi	Trivallato Racing Team Astra Racing Team	Chevron B38-Toyota Ralt RT1-Toyota	6
17	David Kennedy	Anglia Cars Ltd	Argo JM1-Toyota	4
17	Anders Olofsson	Puss o Kram Jeamns Racing	Ralt RT1-Toyota	4
19	Aryon Cornelsen-Filho	March Racing Ltd	March 773-Toyota	3
	Patrick Gaillard	Patrick Gaillard	Chevron B38-Toyota	3
	Stefan Johansson	Anglia Cars Ltd	Argo JM1-Toyota	3
22	Paul Bernasconi	Paul Bernasconi	Ralt RT1-Toyota	2
22	Don Farthing	Don Farthing Racing	Ralt RT1-Toyota	2
24	Gianfranco Brancatelli	Scuderia Everest	Ralt RT1-Toyota	1
	John Bright	Bob Gerard Racing	Wheatcroft R18-Toyota	1
	Ian Grob	Alan Docking Racing	Chevron B38-Toyota	1
	Mario Pati	Automovel Club Paulista AFMP Euroracing with March	Ralt RT1-Toyota March 773-Toyota	1
	Oscar Pedersoli	Scuderia Gulf Rondini	Ralt RT1-Toyota	1
Source:^[1]

B.R.D.C. Vandervell British F3 Championship

Champion: Stephen South

Runner Up: Brett Riley

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Results

Date	Round	Circuit	Winning driver	Winning team	Winning car
06/03/77	Rd.1	Silverstone	Stephen South	Team BP	March 763-Toyota
01/05/77	Rd.2	Brands Hatch	Stephen South	Team BP	March 763-Toyota
06/06/77	Rd.3	Silverstone (Club)	Geoff Brabham	Brabham Racing Organisation	Ralt RT1-Toyota
16/07/77	Rd.4	Silverstone	Anders Olofsson	Puss o Kram Jeans Racing	Ralt RT1-Toyota
27/08/77	Rd.5	Donington Park	Brett Riley	David Price Racing	March 773-Toyota
29/08/77	Rd.6	Silverstone (Club)	Beppe Gabbiani	Trivellato Racing Team	Chevron B38-Toyota
01/10/77	Rd.7	Silverstone	Brett Riley	David Price Racing	March 773-Toyota
Source:^[2]^[4]

Table

Place	Driver	Entrant	Car	Total
1	Stephen South	Team BP	March 763-Toyota March 773-Toyota	75
2	Brett Riley	AFMP Euroracing with March	March 773-Toyota	58
3	Derek Warwick	Warwick Trailers	Ralt RT1-Toyota Chevron B38-Toyota	41
4	Geoff Brabham	Brabham Racing Organisation	Ralt RT1-Toyota	36
5	Eje Elgh	Chevron Racing Team	Chevron B38-Toyota	34
5	Derek Daly	Derek McMahon Racing	Chevron B38-Toyota	34
7	Nelson Piquet	Scuderia Mirabella Mille Miglia	March 773-Toyota Ralt RT1-Toyota	32
8	Beppe Gabbiani	Trivellato Racing Team	Chevron B38-Toyota	30
9	Ian Taylor	Unipart Racing Team	March 773-Triumph	26
10	Geoff Lees	Chevron Racing Team	Chevron B38-Toyota	24
11	Anders Olofsson	Puss o Kram Jeans Racing	Ralt RT1-Toyota	23
11	Tiff Needell	Unipart Racing Team	March 773-Triumph	23
13	Patrick Gaillard	Patrick Gaillard	Chevron B38-Toyota	21
14	Ian Flux	Ockley Team Racing	Ralt RT1-Toyota	19
15	Elio de Angelis	Elio de Angelis Trivellato Racing Team	Ralt RT1-Toyota Chevron B38-Toyota	15
16	Ian Grob	Alan Docking Racing	Chevron B38-Toyota	14
17	Piercarlo Ghinzani	AFMP Euroracing with March	March 773-Toyota	10
	Nigel Mansell	Alan McKechnie Racing	Puma 377-Toyota Lola T570-Toyota	10
	Mario Pati	Automovel Club Paulista AFMP Euroracing with March	Ralt RT1-Toyota March 773-Toyota	10
20	Jan Seymour	City Speed Racing	March 763-Toyota	8
20	Bertram Schäfer	Klaus Zimmermann Racing Team	Ralt RT1-Toyota	8
22	Philippe Colonna	Alan Docking Racing	Chevron B38-Toyota	6
22	Danny Sullivan	Anglia Cars Ltd	Argo JM1-Toyota	6
24	James King	March Racing Ltd	March-Toyota 773	4
25	John Bright	Bob Gerard Racing	Wheatcroft R18-Toyota	3
	Pierre Dieudonné	Dr. Joseph Ehrlich	Ehrlich ES6-Toyota Ehrlich RP3-Toyota	3
	Chris Farrell	Chris Farrell	Chevron B38-Toyota	3
28	John Stokes	Bogarts of Birmingham	Chevron B38-Toyota	2
28	Thorkild Thyrring	Chevron Racing Team	Chevron B38-Toyota	2
30	Jan Lammers	Hawke Racing Team Racing Team Holland	Hawke DL18-Toyota Ralt RT1-Toyota	1
Source:^[1]

Non-Championship Races

Results

Date	Race	Circuit	Winning driver	Winning team	Winning car
08/07/77	Donington Trophy	Donington Park	John Bright	Bob Gerard Racing	Wheatcroft R18-Toyota
04/09/77	B.R.S.C.C. Trophy	Mallory Park	Stephen South	Team BP	March 763-Toyota
13/11/77	Gone in 60seconds Formula 3 Trophy	Thruxton	Derek Daly	Derek McMahon Racing	Chevron B38-Toyota
Source:^[2]^[4]

References

^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e "Formula 3 1977 - Championship Tables".
^ ^a ^b ^c "Formula 3 « OldRacingCars.com".
^ http://formula-net/F377_Index.htm^{[permanent dead link]}
^ ^a ^b http://formula-net/F377_Index.hrm^{[permanent dead link]}

[F377Tables-1] "Formula 3 1977 - Championship Tables".

[oldf3-2] "Formula 3 « OldRacingCars.com".

[3] ttp://formula-net/F377_Index.htm^{[permanent dead link]}

[formula-net-4] ttp://formula-net/F377_Index.hrm^{[permanent dead link]}

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