Silverstone, 7 Oct 1979 « British Formula 3

Vandervell British Formula 3 Championship Race

Silverstone, 7 Oct 1979

Results			Laps	Time/Speed
1	Stefan Johansson	March 793 - Toyota 2T-G Novamotor #2 Marlboro Racing with McMahon	12	19m 02.27s 110.88 mph
2	Mike Thackwell	March 793 [1] - Toyota 2T-G Novamotor #17 March Racing	12	19m 15.30s
3	Kenneth Acheson	March 793 [13] - Toyota 2T-G Novamotor #30 RMC Group	12	19m 33.35s
4	Mike Blanchet	Lola T670 [HU1] - Toyota 2T-G Novamotor #51 SDC Builders	12	19m 43.72s
5	Placido Inglesias	Ralt RT1/78 [131] - Toyota 2T-G Novamotor #38 Team Perdigao	12	20m 42.45s
6	Jan Hedström	Ralt RT1/76 [37] - Toyota 2T-G Novamotor #90	12	21m 08.43s
7	Fermin Veléz	March 783 [14] - Toyota 2T-G Novamotor #37 Equipo Nacional Español (see note 1)	11	Accident, not running at end of twelfth lap
8	Gerry Amato	March 773 [T1] - Toyota 2T-G Novamotor #9	9
R	Chico Serra	March 793 [20] - Toyota 2T-G Novamotor #13 Sadia Racing with Project 4	10	Accident
R	Eddie Jordan	March 793 [18] - Toyota 2T-G Novamotor #3 Marlboro Racing with McMahon	10	Accident
R	Roberto Guerrero	Argo JM3 [021-F3] - Toyota 2T-G Novamotor #45 Roldan Autos with Anglia Cars Ltd	10	Accident
R	Eliseo Salazar	Ralt RT3/79 [160] - Toyota 2T-G Novamotor #36 Schick Toyota Chilean Team	10	Accident
R	Ian Flux	March 793 - Triumph Dolomite Swindon 4 #15 Unipart Racing	10
R	Andrea de Cesaris	March 793 [12] - Toyota 2T-G Novamotor #5 Marlboro Team Tiga	3	Collision with Serra
R	Brett Riley	March 783 - Triumph Dolomite Swindon 4 #14 Unipart Racing	2	Spun, damaged brake pipe
R	Bernard Devaney	Chevron B47B [47.79.08] - Toyota 2T-G Novamotor #1 Derek McMahon Racing with Chevron Cars	0	Collision with Jordan, rolled
R	Rob Wilson	March 793 [783-5] - Toyota 2T-G #29 Rushen Green Racing (see note 2)		Misfire
R	Bengt Trägårdh	Ralt RT1/78 [110] - Toyota 2T-G Novamotor #778
R	Trevor Templeton	Ralt RT1/78 [116] - Toyota 2T-G Novamotor #31 A.W. Brown Racing with Malcolm Templeton
R	John Lewis	Chevron B47B [42.78.19A] - Toyota 2T-G Novamotor #61
R	Osamu Hatagawa	Ralt RT1/76 [29] - Toyota 2T-G Novamotor #40 (see note 3)
R	Benoît Morand	Chevron B38 - Toyota 2T-G Novamotor #55 (see note 4)
DNS	John Bright	Pilbeam MP44 [1] - Toyota 2T-G Novamotor #16	Did not start (Accident)
DNQ	Paul Dalton	Royale RP5 [1] - Ford twin cam #12	Did not qualify
DNA	Michael Roe	March 793 - Toyota 2T-G Novamotor #4 David Clark	Did not arrive
DNA	Phil Silverstone	Ralt RT1/77 [54] - Toyota 2T-G Novamotor #33 Welwyn Discount Tyres and Exhaust Centres	Did not arrive
DNA	Wyatt Stanley	Ralt RT1/78 [105] - Toyota 2T-G Novamotor #32	Did not arrive
DNA	Jorge Caton	Ralt RT1/77 [57] - Toyota 2T-G Novamotor #8 Equipo Nacional Español	Did not arrive

All cars are 2-litre F3 unless noted.

Qualifying
1	Kenneth Acheson	(F3) 2-litre March 793 [13] - Toyota 2T-G Novamotor	1.26.71
2	Mike Thackwell	(F3) 2-litre March 793 [1] - Toyota 2T-G Novamotor	1.26.84
3	Stefan Johansson	(F3) 2-litre March 793 - Toyota 2T-G Novamotor	1.26.86
4	Andrea de Cesaris	(F3) 2-litre March 793 [12] - Toyota 2T-G Novamotor	1.26.96
5	Chico Serra	(F3) 2-litre March 793 [20] - Toyota 2T-G Novamotor	1.27.21
6	Eddie Jordan	(F3) 2-litre March 793 [18] - Toyota 2T-G Novamotor	1.27.31
7	Roberto Guerrero	(F3) 2-litre Argo JM3 [021-F3] - Toyota 2T-G Novamotor	1.27.61
8	Brett Riley	(F3) 2-litre March 783 - Triumph Dolomite Swindon 4	1.28.08
9	Eliseo Salazar	(F3) 2-litre Ralt RT3/79 [160] - Toyota 2T-G Novamotor	1.28.42
10	Rob Wilson	(F3) 2-litre March 793 [783-5] - Toyota 2T-G	1.28.48
11	Bernard Devaney	(F3) 2-litre Chevron B47B [47.79.08] - Toyota 2T-G Novamotor	1.28.81
12	Fermin Veléz	(F3) 2-litre March 783 [14] - Toyota 2T-G Novamotor	1.28.87
13	Bengt Trägårdh	(F3) 2-litre Ralt RT1/78 [110] - Toyota 2T-G Novamotor	1.28.90
14	Trevor Templeton	(F3) 2-litre Ralt RT1/78 [116] - Toyota 2T-G Novamotor	1.29.00
15	Mike Blanchet	(F3) 2-litre Lola T670 [HU1] - Toyota 2T-G Novamotor	1.29.52
16	Placido Inglesias	(F3) 2-litre Ralt RT1/78 [131] - Toyota 2T-G Novamotor	1.29.79
17	Ian Flux	(F3) 2-litre March 793 - Triumph Dolomite Swindon 4	1.29.94
18	John Lewis	(F3) 2-litre Chevron B47B [42.78.19A] - Toyota 2T-G Novamotor	1.30.42
19	Osamu Hatagawa	(F3) 2-litre Ralt RT1/76 [29] - Toyota 2T-G Novamotor	1.30.88
20	John Bright *	(F3) 2-litre Pilbeam MP44 [1] - Toyota 2T-G Novamotor	1.31.69
21	Jan Hedström	(F3) 2-litre Ralt RT1/76 [37] - Toyota 2T-G Novamotor	1.33.09
22	Gerry Amato	(F3) 2-litre March 773 [T1] - Toyota 2T-G Novamotor	1.36.87
23	Benoît Morand	(F3) 2-litre Chevron B38 - Toyota 2T-G Novamotor	1.46.97
24	Paul Dalton *	(F3) 2-litre Royale RP5 [1] - Ford twin cam	6.03.52

* Did not start

Notes on the cars:

March 783 [14] (Fermin Veléz): Shown in March records for 1978 as delivered to Rushen Green Racing 14 April 1978, colour red, with tub 78M71. This is presumably the car used by Serra at Donington 30 April 1978, where Motoring News describes it as a new and unsorted chassis being readied for Monaco, and at Silverstone the following day where the Autosport report also describes it as new and used the day before at Donington. Sold to Fermin Velez for 1979, run by Brian Lewis Racing, with the chassis number observed by F1R at Snetterton in August 1979.
March 793 [783-5] (Rob Wilson): Shown in March records for 1978 as delivered to Daniel Herregods, 19 January 1978, colour yellow with tub 78M25. To Rob Wilson in 1979 to replace his tiring Ralt RT1 and updated to 1979 specification. Autosport notes ‘ex Herregods’ and chassis number noted by F1R at Snetterton in August 1979. Sold to Gerry Amato for 1980 season, Autosport notes his car as ‘ex Wilson 1979’. Retained by Amato until 1982 then sold to Greg and Tim Atkinson.
Ralt RT1/76 [29] (Osamu Hatagawa): Ralt records show as sold to Geoff Brabham in 1976, probably being delivered in early June. Used by him until the end of 1978 then sold to Ken Thorogood's Hub of the Universe Racing for Osamu Hatagawa to use in British races.
Chevron B38 (Benoît Morand): Benoît Morand raced a Chevron B38 in Swiss F3 events in 1978, and then in British F3 in 1979. His car was nearly always described as a B38, and the few ocassions it was described as a B43 probably referred to it having been updated.

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' original 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.