The 1968 British Formula Three Championship (known as the 1968 Lombank British F3 Championship for sponsorship reasons) was the 18th season of the British Formula 3 season. Australian driver Tim Schenken, driving for Sports Motors (Manchester), won the championship by 11 points from Tony Lanfranchi.
The Brabham BT21-Ford (and BT21B) dominated the grid with seven of the top ten drivers using the chassis, and winning eleven races. Tim Schenken, however, won the championship as one of the only participants driving the Chevron B9-Ford. The Lotus 41-Ford won one race and the Titan Mk.3-Ford won three races.
Race Calendar and Results
RoundCircuitDatePole positionWinning driverWinning team1 Mallory Park 10 March Morris Nunn Mike KeensPM Racing Preparations2 Oulton Park 16 March Morris Nunn Morris NunnAstrali Accessories3 Snetterton 24 March Charles Lucas Charles LucasCharles Lucas Engineering4 Snetterton 12 April Roy Pike Mike WalkerThe Chequered Flag5 Brands Hatch 15 April Roy Pike Roy PikeCharles Lucas Engineering6 Oulton Park 11 May John Miles Cyd WIlliamsGoodwin Racing7 Mallory Park 12 May John Miles Cyd WIlliamsGoodwin Racing8 Brands Hatch 19 May N/A Roy PikeCharles Lucas Engineering9 Brands Hatch 2 June Harry Stiller Tim SchenkenSports Motors (Manchester)10 Oulton Park 15 June Tim Schenken Tim SchenkenSports Motors (Manchester)11 Brands Hatch 7 July Richard Burton Tetsu IkuzawaFrank Williams Racing Cars12 Oulton Park 13 July Cyd Williams Tim SchenkenSports Motors (Manchester)13 Mallory Park 28 July Tim Schenken Tetsu IkuzawaFrank Williams Racing Cars14 Mallory Park 11 August Cyd Williams Cyd WilliamsGoodwin Racing15 Brands Hatch 18 August N/A Tony LanfranchiAlan Fraser Racing16 Oulton Park 14 September Tim Schenken Tim SchenkenSports Motors (Manchester)17 Oulton Park 28 September Tim Schenken Tim SchenkenSports Motors (Manchester)18 Brands Hatch 29 September Tim Schenken Tim SchenkenSports Motors (Manchester)19 Mallory Park 13 October Tetsu Ikuzawa Tetsu IkuzawaFrank Williams Racing Cars20 Oulton Park 26 October Bev Bond Tim SchenkenSports Motors (Manchester)21 Oulton Park 9 November Tetsu Ikuzawa Tetsu IkuzawaFrank Williams Racing Cars22 Brands Hatch 24 November N/A Tony LanfranchiAlan Fraser Racing23 Brands Hatch 27 December Tony Lanfranchi Tony LanfranchiAlan Fraser Racing Source:
Championship Standings
Place Driver Entrant Total 1 Tim Schenken Sports Motors (Manchester) 80 2 Tony Lanfranchi Alan Fraser Racing 69 3 Cyd Williams Goodwin Racing 53 4 Tetsu Ikuzawa Frank Williams Racing Cars 51 5 Bev Bond Jean Allen Racing 39 6 Dave Berry Frank Lythgoe Racing 25 7 John Miles John Miles 21 8 Roy Pike Charles Lucas Engineering 19 9 Mike Beuttler Mike Beuttler 18 10 Mike Keens Mike Keens 17 Source:
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