The 1973 British Formula Three season was the 23rd season of the British Formula 3 season. It consisted of three championships. Tony Brise won the John Player and Lombard F3 (shared with Richard Robarts) Championships, whilst Ian Taylor won the Forward trust Championship.
B.A.R.C. Forward Trust British F3 Championship Champion: Ian Taylor
Runner-up: Tony Brise
Ran over 14 rounds, the scoring system was 9-6-4-3-2-1 points to the first six classified finishers.
Results
RoundCircuitDatePole positionWinning driverWinning team1 Thruxton 25 March Tony Brise Ian TaylorChris Andrews2 Snetterton 1 April Mike Wilds Alan JonesDART Racing with GRD3 Mallory Park 6 May Tony Brise Ian taylorChris Andrews4 Brands Hatch 20 May Brian Henton Richard RobartsMyson Racing with GRD5 Silverstone 10 June Matt Spitzley Tony BriseTeam Kent Messenger Racing6 Thruxton 17 June Ian Taylor Ian TaylorChris Andrews7 Cadwell Park 15 July Alan Jones Race cancelled8 Thruxton 5 August Mike Wilds Michel LeclèreAlpine Renault9 Croft 12 August Mo Harness Mike WildsDempster International Racing Team10 Brands Hatch 19 August Mo Harness Ian TaylorChris Andrews11 Castle Combe 27 August N/A Ian TaylorChris Andrews12 Silverstone 9 September Mike Wilds Brian Hentondriver13 Thruxton 16 September Ian Taylor Tony BriseTeam Kent Messenger Racing14 Thruxton 28 October Luis Antonio Siqueira Veiga Richard RobartsMyson Racing Source:
Drivers' Championship
Table
Place Driver Entrant Total 1 Ian Taylor Chris Andrews 64 2 Tony Brise Team Kent Messenger Racing 42 3 Richard Robarts Myson Racing 32 4 Mo Harness driver 24 5 Leonel Friedrich driver 23 Source:
MCD John Player F3 Championship Champion: Tony Brise
Runner-up: Alan Jones
Ran over 14 rounds, the championship used a 20-15-12 points system with double points at the final race.
Results
RoundCircuitDatePole positionWinning driverWinning team1 Silverstone 8 April Russell Wood Russell WoodChequered Flag-Peter Bloore Racing2 Oulton Park 20 April Tony Brise Russell WoodChequered Flag-Peter Bloore Racing3 Mallory Park 23 April N/A Alan JonesDART Racing/GRD Ltd4 Zandvoort 20 May Masami Kuwashima Alan JonesDART Racing/GRD Ltd5 Oulton Park 28 May Leonel Friedrich Conny AnderssonGeKås Kläder6 Monaco 2 June N/A Jacques LaffiteBP France7 Paul Ricard 1 July Alain Serpaggi Jacques LaffiteBP France8 Silverstone 14 July Alan Jones Tony RouffAB3 Racing Developments9 Brands Hatch 29 July Tony Brise Tony BriseTeam Kent Messenger Racing10 Paul Ricard 2 September N/A Michel LeclèreSocieté des Automobiles Alpine11 Brands Hatch 30 September N/A Brian HentonTeam Ensign12 Oulton Park 7 October Larry Perkins Alan JonesDART Racing with GRD13 Mallory Park 14 October Richard Robarts Mike WildsDempster International Racing Team14 Brands Hatch 21 October Ian Taylor Tony BriseTeam Kent Messenger Racing Source:
Drivers' Championship
Table
Place Driver Entrant Total 1 Tony Brise Team Kent Messenger Racing 123 2 Alan Jones DART Racing with GRD 121 3 Russell Wood Chequered Flag-Peter Bloore Racing 119 4 Jacques Laffite BP France 112 5 Ian Taylor Colin Andrews 78 Source:
MCD Lombard North Central F3 Championship Champions: Tony Brise, Richard Robarts
Runner-up: Mike Wilds
Ran over 11 rounds, the scoring system was 9-6-4-3-2-1 points to the first six classified finishers. Double points were awarded at the last race and the fastest lap was worth 1 or 2 points.
Results
RoundCircuitDatePole positionWinning driverWinning team1 Brands Hatch 4 March Tony Brise Russell WoodChequered Flag-Peter Bloore Racing2 Silverstone 18 March Alan Jones Alan JonesDART Racing with GRD3 Snetterton 13 May Masami Kuwashima Tony BriseTeam Kent Messenger4 Brands Hatch 24 June Richard Robarts Tony BriseTeam Kent Messenger5 Silverstone 1 July Derek Lawrence Richard RobartsMyson Racing6 Snetterton 8 July Alan Jones Ian TaylorChris Andrews7 Mallory Park 22 July Mike Wilds Brian Hentondriver8 Oulton Park 11 August Richard Robarts Mo HarnessTeam Modus Racing with Shellsport9 Silverstone 27 August Tony Brise Alan JonesDART Racing with GRD10 Oulton Park 8 September Alan Jones Tony BriseTeam Kent Messenger11 Brands Hatch 4 November Tony Brise Richard RobartsMyson Racing Source:
Drivers' Championship
Table
Place Driver Entrant Total1 Tony Brise Team Kent Messenger Racing 52 Richard Robarts Myson Racing 52 3 Mike Wilds Dempster International Racing Team 33 4 Russell Wood Chequered Flag-Peter Bloore Racing 29 5 Alan Jones DART Racing with GRD 25 Ian Taylor Chris Andrews 25 Source:
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