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1978 British Formula Three season

The 1978 British Formula Three season was the 28th season of the British Formula Three racing. There was once again two major championships contested throughout the year: the British Automobile Racing Club organised BP Super Visco British Formula 3 Championship, and the British Racing Drivers' Club backed Vandervell British Formula 3 Championship. This would be the final year with multiple British championship, with the BARC and BRDC unifying for the following season.

The BARC championship was won by Brazilian driver Nelson Piquet ahead of British driver Derek Warwick, whilst in the BRDC championship, Warwick triumphed over Piquet.[1] Piquet subsequently moved up into Formula One during the same year, driving for the Brabham team in the final Formula 1 race of the season as well as two other teams earlier.

BP Super Visco British F3 Championship edit

The BARC championship was run over 16 rounds, held at ten different circuits across England and in Monaco and France.[2] The champion was Brazilian Nelson Piquet, ahead of BRDC series champion Derek Warwick[1]

Calendar and results edit

Round Date Circuit Winning driver Winning team Winning car Ref.
R1 12 March   Thruxton Circuit   Derek Warwick Warwick Trailers Ralt RT1/77 - Toyota [3]
R2 27 March   Thruxton Circuit   Derek Warwick Warwick Trailers Ralt RT1/77 - Toyota [4]
R3 16 April   Brands Hatch   Derek Warwick Warwick Trailers Ralt RT1/77 - Toyota [5]
R4 22 April   Oulton Park   Chico Serra Sadia Racing with Project Four March 783 - Toyota [6]
R5 30 April   Donington Park   Nelson Piquet Brastemp/Armo/Hobby Ralt RT1/78 - Toyota [7]
R6 6 May   Circuit de Monaco   Elio de Angelis Everest Racing Team Chevron B38 - Toyota [8]
R7 14 May   Mallory Park   Nelson Piquet Brastemp/Armo/Hobby Ralt RT1/78 - Toyota [9]
R8 29 May   Thruxton Circuit   Nelson Piquet Brastemp/Armo/Hobby Ralt RT1/78 - Toyota [10]
R9 11 June   Brands Hatch   Nelson Piquet Brastemp/Armo/Hobby Ralt RT1/78 - Toyota [11]
R10 25 June   Cadwell Park   Nelson Piquet Brastemp/Armo/Hobby Ralt RT1/78 - Toyota [12]
R11 2 July   Circuit Paul Ricard   Nelson Piquet Brastemp/Armo/Hobby Ralt RT1/78 - Toyota [13]
R12 9 July   Silverstone Circuit   Nelson Piquet Brastemp/Armo/Hobby Ralt RT1/78 - Toyota [14]
R13 15 July   Brands Hatch   Chico Serra Sadia Racing with Project Four March 783 - Toyota [15]
R14 23 July   Donington Park   Derek Warwick Warwick Trailers Ralt RT1/77 - Toyota [16]
R15 24 September   Snetterton Motor Racing Circuit   Nelson Piquet Brastemp/Armo/Hobby Ralt RT1/78 - Toyota [17]
R16 15 October   Mallory Park   Rob Wilson International Computers Limited - Royal Grafton China Ralt RT1/78 - Toyota [18]
R17 29 October   Thruxton Circuit   Chico Serra Sadia Racing with Project Four March 783 - Toyota [19]

Final championship standings edit

Points were awarded to the top six drivers in each race as follows:[2]

 1st   2nd   3rd   4th   5th   6th  Fastest Lap
9 6 4 3 2 1 1
Pos. Driver Entrant Car-Engine Points
1   Nelson Piquet Brastemp / Arno Hobby Ralt RT1/78 - Toyota 101
2   Derek Warwick Warwick Trailers Ralt RT1/77 - Toyota 72
3   Chico Serra Sadia Racing with Project Four March 783 - Toyota 72
4   Philip Bullmann Alan Docking Racing
Unipart Racing Team 		Chevron B38 - Toyota
March 783 - Triumph Dolomite/Swindon 		22
  Tiff Needell Unipart Racing Team March 783 - Triumph Dolomite/Swindon
6   Rob Wilson International Computers Limited - Royal Grafton China Ralt RT1/78 - Toyota 20
7   Andrea de Cesaris Marlboro Team Tiga Ralt RT1/76 - Toyota 19
8   Stefan Johansson Anglia Cars Ltd Argo JM1 - Toyota 15
9   Huub Rothengatter Racing Team Holland
Alan Docking Racing 		Ralt RT1/78 - Toyota
Chevron B38 - Toyota 		11
  Thorkild Thyrring Marlboro Ralt RT1/78 - Toyota
11   Jacques Coulon Martini Moutl - Jacques Coulon Martini Mk 21 - Toyota 10
  Elio de Angelis Scuderia Everest Chevron B38 - Toyota
13   Alain Prost Écurie Elf Martini Mk 21 - Renault Gordini/Dudot 7
  Ian Taylor Unipart Racing Team March 783 - Triumph Dolomite/Swindon
15   John Bright Rugby Finance (Midlands) Ltd
Twinsocks with McRitchie of Edinburgh 		Wheatcroft R18 - Toyota
March 773 - Toyota 		6
  Jim Crawford Toyota Switzerland Chevron B43 - Toyota
  Siegfried Stohr Trivellato Racing Team Chevron B43 - Toyota
18   Daniele Albertin Scuderia Del Lario Ralt RT1 - Toyota 4
19   Ian Flux Cloud Engineering Ralt RT1 - Toyota
March 773 - Toyota 		3
  Nigel Mansell March Racing Team March 783 - Toyota
  Pedro Nogues Rushen Green Racing March 783 - Toyota
  Trevor van Rooyen Unipart Racing Team
SDC Builders 		March 783 - Triumph Dolomite/Swindon
March 783 - Toyota
23   Geoff Brabham Brabham Racing Organisation / Esso Ralt RT1 - Toyota 2
  Jan Lammers Racing Team Holland Ralt RT1 - Toyota
  Brett Riley Dr. Joseph Ehrlich
Unipart Racing Team 		Ehrlich RP4 - Toyota
March 783 - Triumph Dolomite/Swindon
26   Patrick Bardinon Écurie Elf Martini Mk 21 - Toyota 1
  Philippe Colonna Alan Docking Racing Chevron B43 - Toyota
  Derek Lawrence Derek Lawrence Chevron B38 - Chevrolet Vega/Titan
  Jean-Louis Schlesser Jean-Louis Schlesser Chevron B38 - Toyota
Source[1][2]

Vandervell British F3 Championship edit

The BRDC championship was run over ten rounds, held at five different circuits across England.[2] The champion was Englishman Derek Warwick, ahead of BARC series champion Nelson Piquet[1]

Calendar and results edit

Round Date Circuit Winning driver Winning team Winning car Ref.
R1 5 March   Silverstone Circuit   Derek Warwick Warwick Trailers Ralt RT1/77 - Toyota [20]
R2 19 March   Silverstone Circuit   Nelson Piquet Brastemp/Armo/Hobby Ralt RT1/78 - Toyota [21]
R3 1 May   Silverstone Circuit   Chico Serra Sadia Racing with Project Four March 783 - Toyota [22]
R4 20 May   Oulton Park   Nelson Piquet Brastemp/Armo/Hobby Ralt RT1/78 - Toyota [23]
R5 13 August   Mallory Park   Derek Warwick Warwick Trailers Ralt RT1/77 - Toyota [24]
R6 26 August   Donington Park   Derek Warwick Warwick Trailers Ralt RT1/77 - Toyota [25]
R7 28 August   Silverstone Circuit   Nelson Piquet Brastemp/Armo/Hobby Ralt RT1/78 - Toyota [26]
R8 23 September   Silverstone Circuit   Nelson Piquet Brastemp/Armo/Hobby Ralt RT1/78 - Toyota [26]
R9 30 September   Silverstone Circuit   Nelson Piquet Brastemp/Armo/Hobby Ralt RT1/78 - Toyota
R10 28 August   Brands Hatch   Derek Warwick Warwick Trailers Ralt RT1/77 - Toyota [27]

Non-championship races edit

Race Date Circuit Winning driver Winning team Winning car Ref.
World Cup International F3 Race 9 April   Donington Park   Derek Warwick Warwick Trailers Ralt RT1/77 - Toyota [28]
Plastic Padding Formula 3 Trophy 11 November   Thruxton Circuit   Derek Warwick Warwick Trailers Ralt RT1/77 - Toyota [29]

References edit

  1. ^ a b c d "F2 Register - Index".
  2. ^ a b c d "British Formula 3 1978 season review and full race results".
  3. ^ "Thruxton, 12 Mar 1978 « British Formula 3".
  4. ^ "Thruxton, 27 Mar 1978 « British Formula 3".
  5. ^ "Brands Hatch, 16 Apr 1978 « British Formula 3".
  6. ^ "Oulton Park, 22 Apr 1978 « British Formula 3".
  7. ^ "Donington Park, 30 Apr 1978 « British Formula 3".
  8. ^ "Monte Carlo, 6 May 1978 « British Formula 3".
  9. ^ "Mallory Park, 14 May 1978 « British Formula 3".
  10. ^ "Thruxton, 29 May 1978 « British Formula 3".
  11. ^ "Brands Hatch, 11 Jun 1978 « British Formula 3".
  12. ^ "Cadwell Park, 25 Jun 1978 « British Formula 3".
  13. ^ "Paul Ricard, 2 Jul 1978 « British Formula 3".
  14. ^ "Silverstone, 9 Jul 1978 « British Formula 3".
  15. ^ "Brands Hatch, 15 Jul 1978 « British Formula 3".
  16. ^ "Donington Park, 23 Jul 1978 « British Formula 3".
  17. ^ "Snetterton, 24 Sep 1978 « British Formula 3".
  18. ^ "Mallory Park, 15 Oct 1978 « British Formula 3".
  19. ^ "Thruxton, 29 Oct 1978 « British Formula 3".
  20. ^ "Silverstone, 5 Mar 1978 « British Formula 3".
  21. ^ "Silverstone, 19 Mar 1978 « British Formula 3".
  22. ^ "Silverstone, 1 May 1978 « British Formula 3".
  23. ^ "Oulton Park, 20 May 1978 « British Formula 3".
  24. ^ "Mallory Park, 13 Aug 1978 « British Formula 3".
  25. ^ "Donington Park, 26 Aug 1978 « British Formula 3".
  26. ^ a b "Silverstone, 28 Aug 1978 « British Formula 3".
  27. ^ "Brands Hatch, 7 Oct 1978 « British Formula 3".
  28. ^ "Donington Park, 9 Apr 1978 « British Formula 3".
  29. ^ "Thruxton, 11 Nov 1978 « British Formula 3".
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