The 1977 British Formula Three season was the 27th season of the British Formula Three season. Derek Daly took the B.A.R.C. BP Super Visco British Formula 3 Championship, while Stephen South took the B.R.D.C. Vandervell British Formula 3 Championship.
The success of the European Championship, now in its third season, stole some of the limelight from the British championships in 1977 and the continuing divide between the BP-sponsored BARC title and the Vandervell-sponsored BRDC title cannot have helped.
South started the season in dominant form in the March 763-Toyota he had raced in the previous year and led both championships into July. After wrecking the 763 in an accident with Len Cooke he moved over to a March 773-Toyota and the BP series turned into a three-way fight with Daly and Cooke. Daly led into the final round and clinched the title by winning after his rivals dropped out. South's consolation was the Vandervell title. Both drivers moved into F2 for 1978 but only Daly was able to secure a proper budget.
B.A.R.C. BP Super Visco British F3 Championship
Champion: Derek Daly
Joint Runner Up: Stephen South and Eje Elgh
Results
Date Round Circuit Winning driver Winning team Winning car 13/03/1977 Rd.1 Thruxton Stephen South Stephen South/Team BP March 763-Toyota 26/03/1977 Rd.2 Oulton Park (short) Eje Elgh Chevron Racing Team Chevron B38-Toyota 03/04/1977 Rd.3 Silverstone (Club) Ian Taylor Unipart Racing Team March 773-Triumph 11/04/1977 Rd.4 Thruxton Eje Elgh Chevron Racing Team Chevron B38-Toyota 24/04/1977 Rd.5 Zolder Piercarlo Ghinzani AFMP Euroracing with March March 773-Toyota 21/05/1977 Rd.6 Monaco Didier Pironi Écurie Elf Martini Mk21-Toyota 29/05/1977 Rd.7 Brands Hatch (Club) Stephen South Team BP March 763-Toyota 07/06/1977 Rd.8 Donington Park Geoff Brabham Brabham Racing Organisation Ralt RT1-Toyota 19/06/1977 Rd.9 Thruxton Geoff Lees Chevron Racing Team Chevron B38-Toyota 10/07/1977 Rd.10 Cadwell Park James King March Racing Ltd March 773-Toyota 31/07/1977 Rd.11 Donington Park Eje Elgh Chevron Racing Team Chevron B38-Toyota 07/08/1977 Rd.12 Snetterton Stephen South Team BP March 763-Toyota 11/09/1977 Rd.13 Brands Hatch (Club) Derek Daly Derek McMahon Racing Chevron B38-Toyota 25/09/1977 Rd.14 Mallory Park Derek Daly Derek McMahon Racing Chevron B38-Toyota 16/10/1977 Rd.15 Donington Park Derek Daly Derek McMahon Racing Chevron B38-Toyota 30/10/1977 Rd.16 Thruxton Derek Daly Derek McMahon Racing Chevron B38-Toyota Source:http://formula-net/F377_Index.htm
Table Place Driver Entrant Car Total 1 Derek Daly Derek McMahon Racing Chevron B38-Toyota 69 2 Stephen South Team BP March 763-Toyota March 773-Toyota 56 Eje Elgh Chevron Racing Team Chevron B38-Toyota 56 4 Geoff Lees Chevron Racing Team Chevron B38-Toyota 41 5 Derek Warwick Warwick Trailers Chevron B38-Toyota Ralt RT1-Toyota 40 6 James King March Racing Ltd March 773-Toyota 22 7 Brett Riley AFMP Euroracing with March March 773-Toyota 16 8 Ian Taylor Unipart Racing Team March 773-Triumph 11 9 Piercarlo Ghinzani AFMP Euroracing with March March 773-Toyota 9 Didier Pironi Écurie Elf Martini Mk21-Toyota 9 Tiff Needell Unipart Racing Team March 773-Triumph 9 12 Elio de Angelis Trivallato Racing TeamElio de Angelis Chevron B38-ToyotaRalt RT1-Toyota 8 13 Thorkild Thyrring Chevron Racing Team Chevron B38-Toyota 7 Ian Flux Ockley Team Racing Ralt RT1-Toyota 7 15 Mario Ferraris March Racing Ltd March 773-Toyota 6 Piero Necchi Trivallato Racing Team Astra Racing Team Chevron B38-ToyotaRalt RT1-Toyota 6 17 David Kennedy Anglia Cars Ltd Argo JM1-Toyota 4 Anders Olofsson Puss o Kram Jeamns Racing Ralt RT1-Toyota 4 19 Aryon Cornelsen-Filho March Racing Ltd March 773-Toyota 3 Patrick Gaillard Patrick Gaillard Chevron B38-Toyota 3 Stefan Johansson Anglia Cars Ltd Argo JM1-Toyota 3 22 Paul Bernasconi Paul Bernasconi Ralt RT1-Toyota 2 Don Farthing Don Farthing Racing Ralt RT1-Toyota 2 24 Gianfranco Brancatelli Scuderia Everest Ralt RT1-Toyota 1 John Bright Bob Gerard Racing Wheatcroft R18-Toyota 1 Ian Grob Alan Docking Racing Chevron B38-Toyota 1 Mario Pati Automovel Club Paulista AFMP Euroracing with March Ralt RT1-Toyota March 773-Toyota 1 Oscar Pedersoli Scuderia Gulf Rondini Ralt RT1-Toyota 1 Source:
B.R.D.C. Vandervell British F3 Championship Champion: Stephen South
Runner Up: Brett Riley
Results
Date Round Circuit Winning driver Winning team Winning car 06/03/1977 Rd.1 Silverstone Stephen South Team BP March 763-Toyota 01/05/1977 Rd.2 Brands Hatch Stephen South Team BP March 763-Toyota 06/06/1977 Rd.3 Silverstone (Club) Geoff Brabham Brabham Racing Organisation Ralt RT1-Toyota 16/07/1977 Rd.4 Silverstone Anders Olofsson Puss o Kram Jeans Racing Ralt RT1-Toyota 27/08/1977 Rd.5 Donington Park Brett Riley David Price Racing March 773-Toyota 29/08/1977 Rd.6 Silverstone (Club) Beppe Gabbiani Trivellato Racing Team Chevron B38-Toyota 01/10/1977 Rd.7 Silverstone Brett Riley David Price Racing March 773-Toyota Source:http://formula-net/F377_Index.hrm
Table Place Driver Entrant Car Total 1 Stephen South Team BP March 763-Toyota March 773-Toyota 75 2 Brett Riley AFMP Euroracing with March March 773-Toyota 58 3 Derek Warwick Warwick Trailers Ralt RT1-Toyota Chevron B38-Toyota 41 4 Geoff Brabham Brabham Racing Organisation Ralt RT1-Toyota 36 5 Eje Elgh Chevron Racing Team Chevron B38-Toyota 34 Derek Daly Derek McMahon Racing Chevron B38-Toyota 34 7 Nelson Piquet Scuderia Mirabella Mille Miglia March 773-ToyotaRalt RT1-Toyota 32 8 Beppe Gabbiani Trivellato Racing Team Chevron B38-Toyota 30 9 Ian Taylor Unipart Racing Team March 773-Triumph 26 10 Geoff Lees Chevron Racing Team Chevron B38-Toyota 24 11 Anders Olofsson Puss o Kram Jeans Racing Ralt RT1-Toyota 23 Tiff Needell Unipart Racing Team March 773-Triumph 23 13 Patrick Gaillard Patrick Gaillard Chevron B38-Toyota 21 14 Ian Flux Ockley Team Racing Ralt RT1-Toyota 19 15 Elio de Angelis Elio de AngelisTrivellato Racing Team Ralt RT1-Toyota Chevron B38-Toyota 15 16 Ian Grob Alan Docking Racing Chevron B38-Toyota 14 17 Piercarlo Ghinzani AFMP Euroracing with March March 773-Toyota 10 Nigel Mansell Alan McKechnie Racing Puma 377-Toyota Lola T570-Toyota 10 Mario Pati Automovel Club PaulistaAFMP Euroracing with March Ralt RT1-Toyota March 773-Toyota 10 20 Jan Seymour City Speed Racing March 763-Toyota 8 Bertram Schäfer Klaus Zimmermann Racing Team Ralt RT1-Toyota 8 22 Philippe Colonna Alan Docking Racing Chevron B38-Toyota 6 Danny Sullivan Anglia Cars Ltd Argo JM1-Toyota 6 24 James King March Racing Ltd March-Toyota 773 4 25 John Bright Bob Gerard Racing Wheatcroft R18-Toyota 3 Pierre Dieudonné Dr. Joseph Ehrlich Ehrlich ES6-ToyotaEhrlich RP3-Toyota 3 Chris Farrell Chris Farrell Chevron B38-Toyota 3 28 John Stokes Bogarts of Birmingham Chevron B38-Toyota 2 Thorkild Thyrring Chevron Racing Team Chevron B38-Toyota 2 30 Jan Lammers Hawke Racing TeamRacing Team Holland Hawke DL18-Toyota Ralt RT1-Toyota 1 Source:
Non-Championship Races
Results
Date Race Circuit Winning driver Winning team Winning car 08/07/1977 Donington Trophy Donington Park John Bright Bob Gerard Racing Wheatcroft R18-Toyota 04/09/1977 B.R.S.C.C. Trophy Mallory Park Stephen South Team BP March 763-Toyota 13/11/1977 Gone in 60seconds Formula 3 Trophy Thruxton Derek Daly Derek McMahon Racing Chevron B38-Toyota Source:
References