Vandervell British Formula 3 Championship Race
Oulton Park, 19 Jul 1980
| Results | Laps | Time/Speed | |||||||
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| 1 | Roberto Guerrero | Argo JM6 [039-F3] - Toyota 2T-G Novamotor #4 Anglia Cars |
20 | 19m 54.13s 99.73 mph |
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| 2 | Stefan Johansson | March 803B [20 or 21] - Toyota 2T-G Novamotor #1 Project Four Racing |
20 | 19m 54.19s |
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| 3 | Rob Wilson | Ralt RT3/80 [191] - Toyota 2T-G Novamotor #31 SW Racing |
20 | 19m 57.50s |
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| 4 | Mike White | March 803B [803-2] - Toyota 2T-G Novamotor #11 Autowindscreens with Gerard Racing |
20 | 20m 03.12s |
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| 5 | Thierry Tassin | Argo JM6 [042-F3] - Toyota 2T-G Novamotor #5 Anglia Cars |
20 | 20m 03.29s |
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| 6 | David Sears | Argo JM6 [043-F3] - Toyota 2T-G Novamotor #3 Rushen Green Racing |
20 | 20m 08.09s |
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| 7 | Brett Riley | March 803B - Alfa Romeo Novamotor #18 |
20 | 20m 16.79s |
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| 8 | Mike O'Brien | March 803B [803-10] - Toyota 2T-G Novamotor #9 National Girobank |
20 | 20m 23.62s |
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| 9 | Eddie Jordan | March 803 [16] - Toyota 2T-G Novamotor #7 Marlboro Team Ireland (see note 1) |
20 | 20m 24.61s |
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| 10 | Toshio Suzuki | March 803B [803-18] - Toyota 2T-G Novamotor #12 |
20 | 20m 26.28s |
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| 11 | Wyatt Stanley | Ralt RT3/80 [187] - Toyota 2T-G Novamotor #40 (see note 2) |
20 | 20m 37.97s |
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| 12 | John Village | Ralt RT1/78 [115] - Toyota 2T-G Novamotor #15 |
20 | 20m 38.43s |
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| 13 | Rick Whyman | Chevron B43 [43.78.07] - Toyota 2T-G Novamotor #24 (see note 3) |
20 | 20m 39.28s |
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| R | Phil Silverstone | Argo JM6 [041-F3] - Toyota 2T-G Novamotor #41 |
4 | Engine | |||||
| R | Kenneth Acheson | March 793 [13] - Toyota 2T-G Novamotor #8 RMC Group-Murray Taylor Racing |
2 | Damaged radiator | |||||
| DNA | Ian Shaw | Pilbeam MP45 [1] - Toyota 2T-G Novamotor #32 Pilbeam Racing Design |
Did not arrive | ||||||
| DNA | Tony Norton | March 773/783 [773-3] - Triumph Dolomite 4 #23 PC Designs Ltd (see note 4) |
Did not arrive | ||||||
| DNA | Paul Hutson | March 783/793 [783-23] - Toyota 2T-G Novamotor #19 |
Did not arrive | ||||||
| DNA | Terry Gray | Ralt RT1/78 [139] - Toyota 2T-G Novamotor #47 |
Did not arrive | ||||||
All cars are 2-litre F3 unless noted.
| Qualifying | |||||
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| 1 | Roberto Guerrero | (F3) 2-litre Argo JM6 [039-F3] - Toyota 2T-G Novamotor | 1m 00.16s | ||
| 2 | David Sears | (F3) 2-litre Argo JM6 [043-F3] - Toyota 2T-G Novamotor | 1m 00.96s | ||
| 3 | Mike White | (F3) 2-litre March 803B [803-2] - Toyota 2T-G Novamotor | 1m 01.39s | ||
| 4 | Stefan Johansson | (F3) 2-litre March 803B [20 or 21] - Toyota 2T-G Novamotor | 1m 01.77s | ||
| 5 | Thierry Tassin | (F3) 2-litre Argo JM6 [042-F3] - Toyota 2T-G Novamotor | 1m 01.87s | ||
| 6 | Brett Riley | (F3) 2-litre March 803B - Alfa Romeo Novamotor | 1m 02.00s | ||
| 7 | Kenneth Acheson | (F3) 2-litre March 793 [13] - Toyota 2T-G Novamotor | 1m 02.16s | ||
| 8 | Eddie Jordan | (F3) 2-litre March 803 [16] - Toyota 2T-G Novamotor | 1m 02.58s | ||
| 9 | Rob Wilson | (F3) 2-litre Ralt RT3/80 [191] - Toyota 2T-G Novamotor | 1m 02.59s | ||
| 10 | Mike O'Brien | (F3) 2-litre March 803B [803-10] - Toyota 2T-G Novamotor | 1m 03.55s | ||
| 11 | John Village | (F3) 2-litre Ralt RT1/78 [115] - Toyota 2T-G Novamotor | 1m 03.77s | ||
| 12 | Toshio Suzuki | (F3) 2-litre March 803B [803-18] - Toyota 2T-G Novamotor | 1m 04.50s | ||
| 13 | Wyatt Stanley | (F3) 2-litre Ralt RT3/80 [187] - Toyota 2T-G Novamotor | 1m 06.26s | ||
| 14 | Rick Whyman | (F3) 2-litre Chevron B43 [43.78.07] - Toyota 2T-G Novamotor | 1m 08.32s | ||
| 15 | Phil Silverstone | (F3) 2-litre Argo JM6 [041-F3] - Toyota 2T-G Novamotor | 1m 17.41s | ||
Notes on the cars:
- March 803 [16] (Eddie Jordan): Sold to Eddie Jordan 18 Jan 1980. Used in first part of 1980 season, then rented out, and for sale with chassis number (Autosport 5 Feb 1981 p47). To Roger Cowman (Belper, Derbyshire) for Ian Shaw then subsequently to Tony Norton. Retained 1982.
- Ralt RT3/80 [187] (Wyatt Stanley): Sold to Wyatt Stanley 22 May 1980 and used in 1980 British series. To Roy Kennedy Racing ('ex Stanley' Autosport 2 Jul 1981 p4) for various rental drivers. Retained 1982.
- Chevron B43 [43.78.07] (Rick Whyman): New to Chevron Racing Team for Patrick Gaillard to race in the European F3 championship in 1978. Sold to Barry Green for British F3 in 1979, and rented by Fred Opert Racing for Manuel Tolama to drive at the Monaco GP F3 event that year. To Rick Whyman for British F3 in 1980, then driven by Trevor Wigglesworth from August onwards after Whyman bought a March 793. Raced again by Wigglesworth for Rick Whyman Racing in 1981.
- March 773/783 [773-3] (Tony Norton): March build records show sold to Unipart, 23 December 1976. Only one 773 is consigned to Unipart in the build records. Assumed that Taylor as senior driver would take the new car, a fact borne out by occasional references in 1977 to Needell being in a 763, the team's original car.
Sources
Note that 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' published results.
These British Formula 3 results have been compiled by Chris Townsend using the main British magazines Autosport and Motoring News but also the US magazine On Track which carried surprisingly good coverage of the British series.
All comments, clarifications, corrections and additions are most welcome. Please email Allen (allen@oldracingcars.com) if you can help in any way with our research.
Individual sources for this event
Autosport 24 Jul 1980 p22, Motoring News 24 Jul 1980 p13