British Formula One Racing Team

British Formula One racing team was a UK-based Formula 1 racing team, which in 1977 enlisted in the five Formula 1 races. The team entered the so-called customer team with a car purchased by March. It was able to qualify at any world championship race.

History

The British Formula One racing team was founded in 1977 by racing driver Brian Henton and the journalist Don Shaw. Henton had denied two rounds of the 1975 Formula 1 World Championship for Team Lotus. In the 1977 season, he received the March factory team, which took time, under the name Rothmans International, a contract for a race. After that, no ways a further engagement resulted in an existing team. In order to further participate nonetheless at Formula 1 races, Henton started his own racing team. From March, he acquired a used March 761, as the drive was an older Cosworth DFV eight-cylinder engine.

The team reported in 1977 to four Grand Prix as well as a non -counting for the World Cup Formula 1 race. In late summer 1977, the team was closed again after the financial resources were depleted.

Henton drove to the end of the season two races for the Dutch team HB Bewaking system. After three years in Formula 2, he returned with the newly formed team Toleman back into Formula 1. In 1982, he drove some races for Arrows and Tyrrell, but reached with any of the teams positions in the points. Then Henton finished his career as a racing driver.

Formula 1 race

British Formula One racing not debuted at the Formula 1 World Championship scoring XII. Race of Champions, held at Brands Hatch on March 20, 1977. Henton scored in qualifying with his March 761 the pole position in front of the factory March by Alex Dias Ribeiro -. He finished the race as best privateer rider in fourth place. It was the only race took part in the Henton with his own team.

The first world championship race of the team was the Spanish Grand Prix, which was held at Jarama in May 1977. Henton here missed qualifying by 0.3 seconds. The ensuing Monaco Grand Prix was out of the team, as Henton no chances figured to move into the circle of the 20 approved for racing vehicles. The next announcement was made for the Grand Prix of Belgium. Here Henton left the car the Belgian racing driver Bernard de Dryver who paid for the cockpit. De Dryver missed qualifying by one second; be behind the pole time of James Hunt in the McLaren factory was 5.7 seconds. The Grand Prix of Great Britain Henton came back on yourself for this race stood beside the factory teams to eight customer teams. Only two of them - the team Merzario and Williams Grand Prix Engineering - qualified. Hentons British Formula One racing team was the best of the non- qualified teams; the residue at the last position was 0.5 seconds. The Grand Prix of Austria was the last Formula 1 race, to which the British Formula One Team has been reported. Again, there was no race entry. Henton missed qualifying by 0.1 seconds.

Race Results

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