Hitachi Formula Atlantic Series Race
Silverstone, 5 May 1980
| Results | Laps | Time/Speed | ||
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| 1 | David Leslie | Ralt RT4/80 [185] - Ford BDA Nicholson #8 Hope Scott Garage Ltd./Nixon Vehicle Wash Ltd |
25 | 0.22.27.0 107.44 |
| 2 | Alo Lawler | Ralt RT1/77 [64] - Ford BDA Smith #3 L&B Excavations |
25 | |
| 3 | Phil Dowsett | March 79B [782-6] - Ford BDA Racing Fabrications #5 Pinch Plant/Martins (see note 1) |
25 | |
| 4 | David Duffield | Ralt RT1 [145] - Ford BDA Swindon #20 Caledon Coal Co. |
25 | |
| 5 | Bernard Hunter | March 80A [1] - Ford BDA Swindon #7 Colin Bennett Racing |
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| 6 | Andy Barton | March 79B [782-13] - Ford BDA Richardson #30 (see note 2) |
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| UNK | Ian Flux | Ehrlich RP5 - Ford BDA Ehrlich #15 Dr. J. Ehrlich |
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| UNK | Mike Catlow | Ralt RT1 [71] - Ford BDA Hart #16 |
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| UNK | Nick Adams | March 80A [18] - Ford BDA Nelson #11 Maclean Business Publications |
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| UNK | Charlie Kirby | March 782 [14] - Ford BDA Swindon #17 (see note 3) |
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| UNK | Roger Orgee | March 782 [2/2] - Ford BDA Richardson #4 Baric Computing Services |
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| UNK | Richard Piper | Wimhurst - Ford BDA Cosworth #12 |
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| UNK | Cameron Binnie | March 77B [3] - Ford BDA Nicholson #29 |
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| UNK | Roger Andreason | Druid 79A [377-01] - Ford BDA Andreason #14 Andreasson Racing and Tuning |
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| UNK | Gary Gibson | Chevron B42 [42-78-08] - Ford BDA Smith #31 |
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| UNK | Trevor Templeton | Chevron B42 - Ford BDA #32 |
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| UNK | Dave Muter | Barton JTB3 [Sana RD11] - Ford BDA Cosworth #51 |
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All cars are 1.6-litre F/Atl unless noted.
| Qualifying | |||||
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| Qualifying information not available |
Notes on the cars:
- March 79B [782-6] (Phil Dowsett): Alex Ribeiro's Hart-engined car at Thruxton 27 Mar 1978 and presumably all season. Hired by Wolfgang Locher for Hockenheim 26 Sep. To Phil Dowsett for Formula Atlantic in 1979 and converted to 79B spec. To Dave Hoban in 1982 and retained until 1984.
- March 79B [782-13] (Andy Barton): Ingo Hoffmann's car at Thruxton 27 Mar 1978 and presumably all season. Raced by Cheever at Rouen. Believed to be the car then bought by Andy Barton and used in libre racing and Formula Atlantic until the end of 1981.
- March 782 [14] (Charlie Kirby): Eddie Cheever's car at Thruxton 27 Mar 1978 and presumably all season. To Dick Bennetts Racing and converted to Formula Atlantic for Eje Elgh to race in New Zealand in January 1979. Then to Charlie Kirby as a 78B and raced in Atlantic from 1979 to 1981.
Sources
The identification of individual cars in these results is based on the material presented elsewhere in this site and may in some cases contradict the organisers' orginal results.
The British race results have been compiled by Chris Townsend based on material in Autosport and Motoring News reports in the UK plus the information supplied by a wide range of contributors on the Atlas F1 and 10 Tenths forums.
If you can help with any additions, clarifications or corrections, please respond via the threads shown on the Atlantics page.
