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Vandervell British Formula 3 Championship Race

Mallory Park, 13 Aug 1978

ResultsLapsTime/Speed
1 Derek Warwick Ralt RT1/77 [86] - Toyota 2T-G Novamotor
#1 Warwick Trailers
20 15m 01.2s
107.86 mph
2 Rob Wilson Ralt RT1/78 [98] - Toyota 2T-G Novamotor
#31 ICL/Royal Grafton China
20 15m 18.6s
3 Peré (Pedro) Noguès March 783 [10] - Toyota 2T-G Novamotor
#50 Rushen Green Racing (see note 1)
20 15m 19.6s
4 Jorge Caton Ralt RT1/77 [57] - Toyota 2T-G Novamotor
#8 Equipo Nacional Español
20 15m 24.7s
5 John Stokes Chevron B38 [38.77.25] - Toyota 2T-G Novamotor
#35 (see note 2)
20 15m 24.9s
6 Brett Riley Ehrlich RP4 - Toyota 2T-G Novamotor
#56 Dr. J. Ehrlich
20 15m 30.3s
7 Fermin Veléz Ralt RT1/77 [58] - Toyota 2T-G Novamotor
#7 Equipo Nacional Español
20 15m 30.9s
8 Derek Lawrence Chevron B38 [38.77.10] - Chevrolet Vega
#28
20 15m 31.3s
9 Trevor van Rooyen March 783 [21] - Toyota 2T-G Novamotor
#41 SDC (see note 3)
20 15m 32.9s
10 Steve Malins Chevron B43 [43.78.20] - Toyota 2T-G Novamotor
#22 Malins (Mamod) Ltd (see note 4)
20 15m 36.8s
11 John Lewis Chevron B38 - Toyota 2T-G Novamotor
#21
19
12 Wyatt Stanley March 753 [14] - Toyota 2T-G Novamotor
#46 (see note 5)
19
13 Ken Silverstone Ralt RT1/78 [139] - Toyota 2T-G Novamotor
#18
18
R David Brotherston Chevron B34 [34-76-29] - Toyota 2T-G Novamotor
#48 (see note 6)

R Ian Flux March 773 [U2] - Toyota 2T-G Holbay
#14 Cloud Engineering (see note 7)
11 Throttle cable
R Satoru Nakajima Nova 513 - Toyota 2T-G
#12 Nova Engineering
2 Fuel pump
DNS Phil Silverstone Ralt RT1/77 [54] - Toyota 2T-G Novamotor
#16 Cloud Engineering Ltd
Did not start
DNA Paul Bernasconi Ralt RT1/76 [22] - Toyota 2T-G Novamotor
#3
Did not arrive
DNA Chico Serra March 783 - Toyota 2T-G Novamotor
#13 Sadia Racing with Project 4
Did not arrive
DNA Fernando Jorge Ralt RT1/77 [82] - Toyota 2T-G Novamotor
#19
Did not arrive
DNA Gary Scott Ralt RT1/78 [116] - Toyota 2T-G Novamotor
#20
Did not arrive
DNA Paul Morton Hawke DL14 - Toyota 2T-G Novamotor
#49
Did not arrive
DNA John Bright Wheatcroft R18 [006?] - Toyota 2T-G Novamotor
#51 Rugby Finance (see note 8)
Did not arrive
DNA Paul Dalton Royale RP5 [1] - Ford ohc
#52
Did not arrive

All cars are 2-litre F3 unless noted.

Qualifying
1 Derek Warwick (F3) 2-litre Ralt RT1/77 [86] - Toyota 2T-G Novamotor 0.43.9
2 Peré (Pedro) Noguès (F3) 2-litre March 783 [10] - Toyota 2T-G Novamotor 0.44.3
3 Rob Wilson (F3) 2-litre Ralt RT1/78 [98] - Toyota 2T-G Novamotor 0.44.7
4 Trevor van Rooyen (F3) 2-litre March 783 [21] - Toyota 2T-G Novamotor 0.44.8
5 Satoru Nakajima (F3) 2-litre Nova 513 - Toyota 2T-G 0.44.9
6 John Stokes (F3) 2-litre Chevron B38 [38.77.25] - Toyota 2T-G Novamotor 0.44.9
7 Fermin Veléz (F3) 2-litre Ralt RT1/77 [58] - Toyota 2T-G Novamotor 0.45.0
8 Ian Flux (F3) 2-litre March 773 [U2] - Toyota 2T-G Holbay 0.45.1
9 Brett Riley (F3) 2-litre Ehrlich RP4 - Toyota 2T-G Novamotor 0.45.2
10 Steve Malins (F3) 2-litre Chevron B43 [43.78.20] - Toyota 2T-G Novamotor 0.45.3
11 Jorge Caton (F3) 2-litre Ralt RT1/77 [57] - Toyota 2T-G Novamotor 0.45.3
12 Derek Lawrence (F3) 2-litre Chevron B38 [38.77.10] - Chevrolet Vega 0.45.3
13 Ken Silverstone (F3) 2-litre Ralt RT1/78 [139] - Toyota 2T-G Novamotor 0.45.8
14 John Lewis (F3) 2-litre Chevron B38 - Toyota 2T-G Novamotor 0.46.6
15 Wyatt Stanley (F3) 2-litre March 753 [14] - Toyota 2T-G Novamotor 0.47.3
16 David Brotherston (F3) 2-litre Chevron B34 [34-76-29] - Toyota 2T-G Novamotor 0.48.8
17 Phil Silverstone * (F3) 2-litre Ralt RT1/77 [54] - Toyota 2T-G Novamotor 0.49.7
 
* Did not start

Notes on the cars:

  1. March 783 [10] (Peré (Pedro) Noguès): Shown in March records for 1978 as delivered to Rushen Green Racing 29 March 1978, colour blue, with tub 78M42. Pedro Nogues joined Serra at Rushen Green from the end of April, with a blue 783. Retained into 1979. This chassis number observed on the hillclimb car of Tom Hart (Beckenham, Greater London) in the 1600cc class in 1981. To Barrie Dutnall (Gillingham, Kent) in 1983 and 1984, then to Billy MacMillan (Darvel, East Ayrshire, Scotland) and fitted with a Cosworth BDG, then to Bill Wood (Edinburgh) at the end of 1986. Wood did not enjoy it, and it was sold via David Keogh or Paul Rendle at the end of 1987 to Chris Drewett (Harbury, Warwickshire). Raced by Drewett from 1988 to 2002. Sold by Drewett via Paul Matty to Andrew Peach, and presumably the March 782 raced by him in the HSCC Derek Bell Trophy in 2004.
  2. Chevron B38 [38.77.25] (John Stokes): New to John Stokes (Birmingham) and raced in British F3 in 1977, sponsored by Bogarts of Birmingham. Retained for 1978 and rented by Philippe Colonna for the Zolder F3 in Zolder after Colonna had wrecked his ex-Stephen South March at Zeltweg. Then raced again by Stokes until the end of August.
  3. March 783 [21] (Trevor van Rooyen): Shown in March records for 1978 as completed as a team car, 17 March 1978, with tub 78M43. This was the only works car built in 1978 and is the car debuted by Nigel Mansell at Silverstone, 19 March 1978, when race reports describe it as brand new. Used by Mansell in the early part of the season then by Snobeck, van Rooyen, Bullman and Hatagawa.
  4. Chevron B43 [43.78.20] (Steve Malins): New to Steve Malins to race in the British F3 series, replacing a Chevron B38 that was wreitten off in a testying accident at Donington in early May. He was sponsored by Malins (Mamod) Ltd. The car was rented from Malins by Bernard Devaney for two races. Malins retained the car for 1979, but was very rarely seen.
  5. March 753 [14] (Wyatt Stanley): 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.
  6. Chevron B34 [34-76-29] (David Brotherston): New to Rupert Keegan in July 1976 and raced in the British F3 series with British Air Ferries sponsorship, winning three races and clinching the BP BARC title for Keegan. To David Brotherston (Edinburgh, Scotland) for 1978, and raced in the British F3 series. Brotherston continued to use the car in 1979 and 1980, again in British F3, after which he sold the car to Bob Howlings. Then to Bob Baxter (Saffron Walden, Essex) for Formule Libre towards the end of the 1981 season. Later to Alastair Ferguson, and used by him in TF3 in 1987. It was unused from the late 1990s until 2007, when Ferguson sold it to Hugh Price. Price had it completely rebuilt to Keegan's BAF livery with a view to racing it in the Classic F3 series in 2008. It was sold to Bruce Bartell in 2009, and raced by him in HSCC events, then by his son Maxim Bartell in Classic F3 from 2014 to 2017.
  7. March 773 [U2] (Ian Flux): March works records show this as James King's works car for 1977 built on a lightweight tub AM773-41 with parts from 763-U2. This would be the "ex-King" car sold to Ian Flux early in 1978, and raced by him in the 1978 British F3 series.
  8. Wheatcroft R18 [006?] (John Bright): Chassis 006 is believed to be the identity of the rebuilt car raced by John Bright (Leicester) in British Formula 3 following his massive accident at Cadwell Park in July 1977. Bright first drove the "rebuilt" car at Donington Park on the last day of July, and continued with it to the end of that season. He raced it again in 1978, but again crashed, at Brands Hatch in July, and this time the car did not reappear. Bright sold the R18 to Rhoddy Harvey-Bailey (Hilton, Derbyshire) and John Colley for 1979, and as part of the deal Bright rebuilt it to Formula Atlantic specification. It was raced by Harvey-Bailey, Colley and Ian Shaw, using Alan Smith BDA engines. It was also raced on one occasion by John Bright. It was advertised by Roger Cowman in September 1979 as "hardly used". Colley sold it to hillclimber Richard Barnes (Lichfield, Staffordshire), who fitted an 1100cc Cosworth BDJ and hillclimbed it for a while. He has retained the car in his collection since then.

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

AS 17.8.78 pp. 32.-33. MN p.4