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BP Super Visco Static Formula 3 Race

Silverstone, 31 Aug 1975

ResultsLapsTime/Speed
1 Eddie Cheever Modus M1 [023-F3] - Toyota 2T-G Novamotor
#43
20 31m 05.99s
113.13 mph
2 Larry Perkins Ralt RT1 [2] - Ford twin cam Novamotor
#44 Team Cowangie
20 31m 13.75s
3 Pierre Dieudonné March 753 [14] - BMW M10 Schrick
#7 Bang & Olufsen Team Michel Vaillant
(see note 1)
20 31m 13.89s
4 Richard Hawkins March 743 [24] - Ford twin cam Novamotor
#17 F.S.Ratcliffe Springs
20 31m 14.30s
5 Terry Perkins Ralt RT1 [3] - Ford twin cam Novamotor
#45 Team Cowangie
20 31m 15.06s
6 Tim Brise Modus M1 [10/16-F3] - Ford twin cam Neil Brown
#34 Team Modus
20 31m 19.07s
7 Bertram Schäfer Ralt RT1 [4] - BMW M10
#61
20 31m 22.66s
8 Dick Parsons Modus M1 [006-F3] - Ford twin cam
#36
20 31m 25.69s
9 Graham Hamilton March 753 [9] - Ford twin cam Novamotor
#5 Macdonald Shand/Ecurie Ecosse
20 31m 26.21s
10 Chris Barnett March 753 [1] - Toyota 2T-G Novamotor
#4
20 31m 30.75s
11 Steve Pettitt March 733 [15] - Ford twin cam Neil Brown
#19 Joe Simons Racing
20 31m 57.10s
12 Bob Arnott March 743 [22] - Ford twin cam Neil Brown
#12 (see note 2)
20 31m 58.12s
13 Peter Clark Modus M1 [001-F3] - Ford twin cam
#35 Wisharts Garage
20 32m 28.50s
14 John Lain GRD 375 [373 057-F3] - Ford ohc Holbay
#29 Imado Watch Co Ltd
20 32m 28.79s
R Alex Dias Ribeiro March 753 [10] - Toyota 2T-G Novamotor
#1 March Engineering
17 Brakes
R Danny Sullivan Modus M1 [014-F3] - Ford twin cam Neil Brown
#33 Team Modus
11 Suspension
R Patrick Neve Safir RJ03 - Ford twin cam Holbay
#58 Safir Engineering
9 Plug
R Gunnar Nilsson March 753 [U1] - Toyota 2T-G Novamotor
#2 March Engineering
9 Accdent
R Stephen South Ray 75F3 [75.F3.01] - Toyota 2T-G Novamotor
#46 Rayrace International
9 Accident
R Hervé Regout March 753 [15] - BMW M10 Schrick
#6 Bang & Olufsen Team Michel Vaillant
(see note 3)
6 Accdent
R Ingo Hoffmann March 753 [16 or 18] - Toyota 2T-G Novamotor
#9 Creditum Investments Brazil
2 Oil leak
UNK Ken Silverstone March 743 ["35"] - Ford twin cam Neil Brown
#53

UNK Tony Rouff Ehrlich ES5 - Ford twin cam Vegantune
#47 Dr. J. Erlich

DNS Donald MacLeod GRD 375 [098-F3] - Ford twin cam Neil Brown
#31 (see note 4)
Did not start
DNA Rupert Keegan March 743 [19] - Toyota 2T-G Novamotor
#10 British Air Ferries Racing Team
Did not arrive
DNA Harry Gilbert March 733 [7] - Ford twin cam Neil Brown
#22
Did not arrive
DNA Ian Taylor GRD 375 [098-F3] - Ford twin cam Holbay
#27 GRD Ltd (see note 5)
Did not arrive
DNA Doug Bassett GRD 374 [090-F3?] - Ford twin cam Holbay
#28 (see note 6)
Did not arrive
DNA Fritz Stehlin Modus M1 [10/16-F3] - Ford twin cam
#34
Did not arrive
DNA Pascal Witmeur Brabham BT41 - Ford twin cam Scholar
#62
Did not arrive

All cars are 2-litre F3 unless noted.

Qualifying
1 Patrick Neve (F3) 2-litre Safir RJ03 - Ford twin cam Holbay 1.31.11
2 Gunnar Nilsson (F3) 2-litre March 753 [U1] - Toyota 2T-G Novamotor 1.31.18
3 Alex Dias Ribeiro (F3) 2-litre March 753 [10] - Toyota 2T-G Novamotor 1.31.84
4 Danny Sullivan (F3) 2-litre Modus M1 [014-F3] - Ford twin cam Neil Brown 1.31.59
5 Eddie Cheever (F3) 2-litre Modus M1 [023-F3] - Toyota 2T-G Novamotor 1.31.69
6 Terry Perkins (F3) 2-litre Ralt RT1 [3] - Ford twin cam Novamotor 1.31.75
7 Ingo Hoffmann (F3) 2-litre March 753 [16 or 18] - Toyota 2T-G Novamotor 1.31.97
8 Richard Hawkins (F3) 2-litre March 743 [24] - Ford twin cam Novamotor 1.32.03
9 Stephen South (F3) 2-litre Ray 75F3 [75.F3.01] - Toyota 2T-G Novamotor 1.32.18
10 Bertram Schäfer (F3) 2-litre Ralt RT1 [4] - BMW M10 1.32.23
11 Dick Parsons (F3) 2-litre Modus M1 [006-F3] - Ford twin cam
12 Larry Perkins (F3) 2-litre Ralt RT1 [2] - Ford twin cam Novamotor
13 Chris Barnett (F3) 2-litre March 753 [1] - Toyota 2T-G Novamotor 1.32.47
14 Graham Hamilton (F3) 2-litre March 753 [9] - Ford twin cam Novamotor 1.32.91
15 Pierre Dieudonné (F3) 2-litre March 753 [14] - BMW M10 Schrick
16 Hervé Regout (F3) 2-litre March 753 [15] - BMW M10 Schrick
17 Tim Brise (F3) 2-litre Modus M1 [10/16-F3] - Ford twin cam Neil Brown 1.33.46
18 Donald MacLeod * (F3) 2-litre GRD 375 [098-F3] - Ford twin cam Neil Brown 1.34.09
19 Ken Silverstone (F3) 2-litre March 743 ["35"] - Ford twin cam Neil Brown
20 Steve Pettitt (F3) 2-litre March 733 [15] - Ford twin cam Neil Brown
21 Peter Clark (F3) 2-litre Modus M1 [001-F3] - Ford twin cam
22 Tony Rouff (F3) 2-litre Ehrlich ES5 - Ford twin cam Vegantune
23 John Lain (F3) 2-litre GRD 375 [373 057-F3] - Ford ohc Holbay
24 Bob Arnott (F3) 2-litre March 743 [22] - Ford twin cam Neil Brown No time
 
* Did not start

Notes on the cars:

  1. March 753 [14] (Pierre Dieudonné): Originally a car belonging to the B&O team in 1975, when used by Pierre Dieudonné. Chassis number for this car and its sister, driven by Hervé Regout, observed by AF at Oulton Park 4 October 1975. Sold to Ken Silverstone for the 1976 season [Autosport 2 Sep 1976 p33 says his car is ‘ex Dieudonné.) To Wyatt Stanley in mid 1977 and retained by him for the 1978 season.
  2. March 743 [22] (Bob Arnott): New to Ippokampos Racing for Australian racer Buzz Buzaglo to use in British and European F3 in 1974. Used by Tom Pryce at the Monaco GP F3 support race. Sold to Bob Arnott for 1975 and retained for the first few weeks of the 1976 season. Sold to Colin Myles (Holmes Chapel, Cheshire) and fitted with a 1098cc Hart engine for hillclimbs from 1979 or earlier.
  3. March 753 [15] (Hervé Regout): Originally a car belonging to the B&O team in 1975, when used by Hervé Regout. Chassis number for this car and its sister, driven by Pierre Dieudonné, were observed by AF at Oulton Park 4 October 1975. Sold in 1976 to Phil Silverstone, and retained until early 1978 at least. At the beginning of 1978 Ian Flux joined Cloud Engineering, who ran Phil Silverstone, and in the absence of anything better he used this car, which Silverstone had replaced with a Ralt, for the first race of the Vandervell series. See Autosport 9 Mar 1978 p41.
  4. GRD 375 [098-F3] (Donald MacLeod): Raced by Ian Taylor and Donald MacLeod in 1975, then to Ian Rimmer for Formula 4 in 1977 and 1978. It was owned by Jim Ward, John Smith and Roger Hurst during the 1980s and 1990s before being rebuilt by Peter Denty Racing (Thetford, Norfolk) in 1995 and sold to Erwin Mundt (Germany) in 1997.
  5. GRD 375 [098-F3] (Ian Taylor): Raced by Ian Taylor and Donald MacLeod in 1975, then to Ian Rimmer for Formula 4 in 1977 and 1978. It was owned by Jim Ward, John Smith and Roger Hurst during the 1980s and 1990s before being rebuilt by Peter Denty Racing (Thetford, Norfolk) in 1995 and sold to Erwin Mundt (Germany) in 1997.
  6. GRD 374 [090-F3?] (Doug Bassett): New to Team Brasil for Marcos Moraes to race in British F3 in 1974. Also raced by his elder brother Luis Correira Moraes after Marcos Moraes was injured while testing. The car was identified as 089-F3 during 1974. Sold for 1975 to Doug Bassett and continued in British F3, but identified now as 090-F3. Bassett reappeared briefly at the start of 1976 in this car. Subsequent history unknown.

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.