1975 British Formula Three season

The 1975 B.A.R.C. BP Super Visco British F3 Championship was the 25th season of the British Formula 3 season. Sweden's Gunnar Nilsson took the title.

After the poor 1974 season, Formula Three was completely revived in 1975, not just in Britain but in Italy, Sweden and Germany. The British series, sponsored by BP and organised by the B.A.R.C., was the most important of these as it was the only one open to drivers of all nationalities and was regarded by some as the effective European championship. There was also a European Cup, but in this first season it was barely noticed. The BP championship dominated by three works operations: March, with drivers Gunnar Nilsson and Alex Ribeiro, Modus, with Danny Sullivan, and Safir, with Patrick Nève. The works GRD operation also mounted a comeback but it was a failure, despite a surprise GRD win at Monaco, and the company collapsed the following year. Nilsson was a worthy champion, winning five British championship events plus three others, including the opening round of the Swedish series in April.

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Champion: Gunnar Nilsson

Joint Runners-up: Alex Ribeiro & Danny Sullivan

The scoring system was 9-6-4-3-2-1 points to the first six classified finishers, with 1 (one) extra pointa added to the driver who set the fastest lap of the race. All results counted.

Results

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Date	Round	Circuit	Winning driver	Winning team	Winning car
02/03/75	N/C	Thruxton	Alex Ribeiro	March Engineering Ltd	March 753-Toyota
31/03/75	Rd.1	Thruxton	Gunnar Nilsson	March Engineering Ltd	March 753-Toyota
19/04/75	N/C	Aintree	Gunnar Nilsson	March Engineering Ltd	March 753-Toyota
27/04/75	Rd.2	Silverstone (Club)	Danny Sullivan	Team Modus	Modus M1-Ford
10/05/75	Rd.3	Monaco	Renzo Zorzi	Scuderia Mirabella Mille Miglia	GRD 374-Lancia
18/05/75	Rd.4	Brands Hatch (Club)	Alex Ribeiro	March Engineering Ltd	March 753-Toyota
26/05/75	Rd.5	Thruxton	Gunnar Nilsson	March Engineering Ltd	March 753-Toyota
08/06/75	Rd.6	Anderstorp	Conny Andersson	Rotel Racing	March 753-Toyota
15/06/75	Rd.7	Snetterton	Gunnar Nilsson	March Engineering Ltd	March 753-Toyota
22/06/75	N/C	Cadwell Park	Chris Barnett	Chris Barnett	March 753-BMW
29/06/75	Rd.8	Monza	Larry Perkins	Team Cowangie	Ralt RT1-Ford
13/07/75	Rd.9	Cadwell Park	Danny Sullivan	Team Modus	Modus M1-Toyota
19/07/75	Rd.10	Silverstone	Gunnar Nilsson	March Engineering Ltd	March 753-Toyota
26/07/75	Rd.11	Oulton Park	Danny Sullivan	Team Modus	Modus M1-Toyota
03/08/75	Rd12	Knockhill	Patrick Nève	Safir Engineering Ltd	Safir RJ03S-Ford
17/08/75	Rd.13	Thruxton	Alex Ribeiro	March Engineering Ltd	March 753-Toyota
25/08/75	Rd.14	Silverstone (Club)	Eddie Cheever	Henry Morrogh Racing Driving School	Modus M1-Ford
31/08/75	Rd.15	Silverstone	Eddie Cheever	Henry Morrogh Racing Driving School	Modus M1-Toyota
07/09/75	N/C	Brands Hatch	Larry Perkins	Team Cowangie	Ralt RT1-Toyota
21/09/75	Rd.16	Brands Hatch	Larry Perkins	Team Cowangie	Ralt RT1-Toyota
28/09/75	Rd.17	Silverstone	Gunnar Nilsson	March Engineering Ltd	March 753-Toyota
04/10/75	Rd.18	Oulton Park	Ingo Hoffmann	Ingo Hoffmann	March 753-Toyota
26/10/75	Rd.19	Thruxton	Alex Ribeiro	March Engineering Ltd	March 753-Toyota
15/11/75	N/C	Thruxton	Gunnar Nilsson	March Engineering Ltd	March 753-Toyota
Source:^[1]^[2]

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Drivers' Championship

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Pos	Driver	Entrant	THR	SIL	MON	BRH	THR	AND	SNE	MOZ	CAP	SIL	OUL	KNO	THR	SIL	SIL	BRH	SIL	OUL	THR	Pts
1	Gunnar Nilsson	March Engineering	1	DNA	DNQ	2	1	Ret	1	DNS	Ret	1	DNS	3	4	3	Ret	3	1	4	7	74
2	Alex Ribeiro	March Engineering	8	Ret	Ret	1	6	Ret	Ret	DSQ	2	Ret	8	7	1	2	Ret	2	5	2	1	59
3	Danny Sullivan	Team Modus	Ret	1	Ret	DNA	3	Ret	9	DNQ	1	Ret	1	2	2	4	Ret	4	Ret	Ret	2	59
4	Patrick Nève	Safir Engineering Ltd	2	Ret	2	3	2	DNS	5	DNQ	Ret	2		1	5	5	Ret	DNS	Ret	Ret	4	50
5	Larry Perkins	Team Cowanige	5	Ret	Ret		7		19	1		9					2	1	2	3	5	40
6	Ingo Hoffman	Ingo Hoffman		5	6	7	Ret	9	3	DNA	4	6	3	4	3	8	Ret	6	20	1	DNS	33
7	Eddie Cheever	Henry Morrogh Racing Driving School		23								Ret	Ret	Ret	Ret	1	1	Ret	9	5	Ret	21
8	Richard Hawkins	F.S. Ratcliffe Springs (Rochdale) Ltd		Ret	21	6	5	35	16		13	3	2	Ret	8	16	4	Ret	4	Ret	9	19
9	Pierre Dieudonné	Bang & Olufsen Team Michel Vaillant	DNS	DSQ	22	8	9	DNS	2	DNQ		7	4	6	DNA	14	3	Ret	3	8	10	18
10	Stephen South	Rayrace International	6	Ret	Ret	5	25	6	Ret	DNA	18	Ret	21		DNS	6	Ret	8	6	6	3	13
11	Conny Andersson	Rotel Racing			4			1		Ret		25										12
12	Renzo Zorzi	Scuderia Mirabella Mille Miglia			1					DNQ		DNQ										9
13	Hervé Regout	Bang & Olufsen Team Michel Vaillant	12	3	Ret	13	4	15	6	8		22	7	Ret	DNA	13	Ret	7	Ret	Ret	15	8
14	Bob Arnott	Swan Song Records	3	DNS	23	9	8	11	15	9	DNS	21	5			10	12	5	10	9	8	8
15	Conny Ljungfeldt	Rotel Racing						2		Ret		8										7
16	Ian Taylor	GRD Ltd	4	Ret	DNA	4	Ret	32	7	DNA		DNQ	16				DNA					7
17	Gianfranco Brancatelli	Scuderia Nettuno			5			34		4		5										7
18	Mike Tyrrell	Tony Roles Racing	7	2	DNQ	11	17		DNA			Ret	13	14								6
19	Fernando Spreafico	Fernando Spreafico								2		28										6
20	Dick Parsons	Dick Parsons	Ret	Ret	DNQ				Ret		3	10			6	9	8	DNA	22		DNA	6
21	Ulf Svensson	Ulf Svensson			3			7		6		26										5
22	Peter Clark	Wisharts Garage	13	4	DNA	16			DNA		5	36	9	9	DNA	20	13	DNA	15		DNA	5
23	Terry Perkins	Team Cowangie		DNS	DNPQ		DNS		DNA			4					5	DNA	13	17	Ret	5
24	Claes Sigrudsson	Dalsy Konfektion AB			DNQ			3		15												4
25	Alessandro Pesenti-Rossi	Scuderia Citta Dei Mille			20			33		3							27					4
26	Chris Barnett	Chris Barnett	10	DSQ	DNQ	DNS	Ret		4	DNA	Ret	Ret	11		Ret	11	10	9	8	15	6	4
27	Gunnar Nordström	Team Warsteiner Eurorace			DNQ			4														3
28	Luciano Pavesi	Scuderia Ala d’Oro			8			5		DNQ							20					2
29	Graham Hamilton	MacDonald Shand Ecurie Ecosse	9	Ret	DNPQ	17	16	16	14	13		34	12	5	11		9	10	DNS	10	Ret	2
30	Piercarlo Ghinzani	Scuderia Allegrini			Ret					5							23					2
31	Rupert Keegan	British Air Ferries Racing Team	11	Ret	9	DNPQ	Ret		DNA	DNA	Ret	Ret	6	8	7	15	DNA	Ret	7	7	14	1
32	Tim Brise	Team Modus		22			26		DNS		DNS	DNA			9	7	6	Ret	17	DNA	DNA	1
33	Ken Silverstone	Ken Silverstone	Ret	21	DNPQ	15	27		20	DNA	6	32	23	10	12	22	22	Ret	18	DNA	16	1
34	Peter Dugdale	Eric Dugdale Group Racing	14	6			19		DNA													1
35	Tony Rouff	Dr Joseph Ehrlich	18	Ret	DNQ	10	Ret		8	DNQ		DNQ	22		Ret	21	23		DNS			1
36	Tony Brise	Team Modus			11						DNS											1

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Table

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Place	Driver	Entrant	Car	Total
1	Gunnar Nilsson	March Engineering Ltd	March 753-Toyota	74
2	Alex Ribeiro	March Engineering Ltd	March 753-Toyota	59
2	Danny Sullivan	Team Modus	Modus M1-Ford Modus M1-Toyota	59
4	Patrick Nève	Safir Engineering Ltd	Safir RJ03S-Ford	50
5	Larry Perkins	Team Cowangie	Ralt RT1-Ford Ralt RT1-Toyota	40
6	Ingo Hoffmann	Ingo Hoffmann	March 753-Ford March 753-Toyota	33
7	Eddie Cheever	Henry Morrogh Racing Driving School	Modus M1-Ford Modus M1-Toyota	21
8	Richard Hawkins	F.S. Ratcliffe Springs (Rochdale) Ltd	March 743-Toyota	19
9	Pierre Dieudonné	Bang & Olufsen Team Michel Vaillant	March 753-BMW	18
10	Stephen South	Rayrace International	Ray RB3 75-Toyota March 753-Toyota	13
11	Conny Andersson	Rotel Racing	March 753-Toyota	12
12	Renzo Zorzi	Scuderia Mirabella Mille Miglia	GRD 374-Lancia	9
13	Bob Arnott	Swan Song Records	March 743-Ford	8
13	Hervé Regout	Bang & Olufsen Team Michel Vaillant	March 753-BMW	8
15	Gianfranco Brancatelli	Scuderia Nettuno	March 753-Toyota	7
	Conny Ljungfeldt	Rotel Racing	March 743-Toyota	7
	Ian Taylor	GRD Ltd	GRD 375-Ford	7
18	Dick Parsons	Dick Parsons	Modus M1-Ford	6
	Fernando Spreafico	Scuderia Concordia	GRD 373-Ford	6
	Mike Tyrrell	Tony Roles Racing	March 733-Ford	6
21	Peter Clark	Wisharts Garage	Modus M1-Ford	5
	Terry Perkins	Team Cowangie	Ralt RT1-Ford	5
	Ulf Svensson	Ulf Svensson	Brabham BT41-Ford	5
24	Chris Barnett	Chris Barnett	March 753-BMW	4
	Alessandro Pesenti-Rossi	Scuderia Citta Dei Mille	March 743-Toyota	4
	Claes Sigurdsson	Dalsy Konfektion AB	Brabham BT41-Ford	4
27	Gunnar Nordström	Team Warsteiner Eurorace	Modus M1-Toyota	3
28	Piercarlo Ghinzani	Scuderia Allegrini	CRS 001-Toyota	2
	Luciano Pavesi	Scuderia Ala d’Oro	Brabham BT41-Toyota	2
	Graham Hamilton	MacDonald Shand Ecurie Ecosse	March 753-Ford	2
31	Tim Brise	Team Modus	Modus M1-Ford	1
	Tony Brise	Team Modus	Modus M1-Ford	1
	Peter Dugdale	Eric Dugdale Group Racing	March 733-Ford	1
	Luigino Grassi	Luigino Grassi	Brabham BT41-Ford	1
	Rupert Keegan	British Air Ferries Racing Team	March 743-Toyota	1
	Tony Rouff	Dr Joseph Ehrlich	Ehrlich ES5-Ford	1
	Ken Silverstone	Ken Silverstone	March 743-Ford	1
Source:^[3]

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