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Forward Trust Formula Three Championship

Snetterton, 12 May 1974

ResultsLapsTime/Speed
1 Alex Dias Ribeiro GRD 374 [088-F3] - Ford twin cam Novamotor
#15 (see note 1)
10 10m 51.4s
105.2 mph
2 Tony Rouff GRD 373 [050-F3] - Ford twin cam Vegantune
#14
10 10m 56.0s
3 José Chateaubriand March 743 [19] - Ford ohc Holbay
#2 March Engineering
10 10m 58.4s
4 Nicholas von Preussen March 733 [12] - Ford twin cam Neil Brown
#7
10 11m 16.2s
5 Luis Correia Moraes GRD 374 [089-F3?] - Ford ohc Holbay
#12 Team Brasil (see note 2)
10 11m 39.2s
6 Peter Dugdale March 733 [4] - Ford twin cam RWS
#8 Eric Dugdale Group Racing
10 11m 54.4s
7 Chepot Hanny Wiano March 743 [24] - Ford ohc Holbay
#4 Ippokampos Racing
9 Accident
R Buzz Buzaglo March 743 [22] - Ford ohc Holbay
#3 Ippokampos Racing (see note 3)
5 Engine
R Pedro Passadore GRD 374 - Ford twin cam Novamotor
#16 Monzeglio GRD Squadra Corse
3 Puncture
R Michael Underwood GRD 373 - Ford twin cam
#24
1
R Derek Lawrence Ehrlich ES2/3 - Ford twin cam Ehrlich
#22
0
DNSP Brian Henton March 743 [25?] - Ford ohc Holbay
#1 March Engineering
Did not start (retired on parade lap)
DNA José Espírito Santo March 743 [2] - Ford twin cam Washer
#5
Did not arrive
DNA Bob Arnott Modus M1 [001-F3] - Ford twin cam
#23 Team Modus
Did not arrive
DNA Marcos Moraes GRD 374 [089-F3?] - Ford ohc Holbay
#12 Team Brasil (see note 4)
Did not arrive
DNA "Teleco" March 743 - Ford twin cam
#6
Did not arrive
DNA Dick Parsons Ensign LNF3 [71.1] - Ford twin cam Novamotor
#17 Smiths Crisps Racing
Did not arrive
DNA Frank Scurria Ensign LNF3/72 - Ford twin cam
#20
Did not arrive

All cars are 2-litre F3 unless noted.

Qualifying
1 Alex Dias Ribeiro (F3) 2-litre GRD 374 [088-F3] - Ford twin cam Novamotor
2 Brian Henton * (F3) 2-litre March 743 [25?] - Ford ohc Holbay
3 Buzz Buzaglo (F3) 2-litre March 743 [22] - Ford ohc Holbay
 
* Did not start

Notes on the cars:

  1. GRD 374 [088-F3] (Alex Dias Ribeiro): New to Alex Dias Ribeiro and raced in British F3 in 1974 with Hollywood sponsorship, winning at Snetterton in May. Crashed at Cadwell Park in July and replaced with a new car.
  2. GRD 374 [089-F3?] (Luis Correia Moraes): 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.
  3. March 743 [22] (Buzz Buzaglo): 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.
  4. GRD 374 [089-F3?] (Marcos Moraes): 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.