Formula 1

Aurora F1 Championship

The history of formula one grand prix racing consists of much more than the world championship. 1979 mallory park aurora afx non championship f1 race the fastlane.

Guy Edwards Arrows Cosworth A1 Aurora Afx F1 Champions

1979 Thruxton Aurora Afx Non Championship F1 Race

1979 Silverstone Aurora Afx Non Championship F1 Race

The long established cosworth dfv engine helped make the series possible between 1978 and 1980.

Aurora f1 championship. The drivers championship was won by the spaniard emilio de villota who drove a williams fw07 entered by ram racing. Subscribe subscribed unsubscribe 254k. Notes on the cars. The 1980 british formula one championship formally the 1980 aurora afx f1 championship was the third season of the british formula one championshipit commenced on 4 april 1980 and ended on 5 october after twelve races. New to team lexington for ian scheckter to race in the south african formula atlantic championship in 1977returned to march engineering in 1978 and sold to andy barton newcastle upon tyne updated to 772p specification fitted with a 2 litre ford bdg and used in libre racing. Five women racing drivers have entered at least one grand prix although only two of them ever qualified and started a race. The aurora afx f1 championship replaced the shellsport group 8 series that had been run in 1976 and 1977 to formula libre rules. There were a plethora of non championship races during the 1950s and 1960s as well as national formula one championships such as the british aurora series. The 1979 british formula one championship formally the 1979 aurora afx f1 championship was the second season of the british formula one championshipit commenced on 1 april 1979 and ended on 7 october after fifteen races. All the winners from the 1978 aurora afx british f1 championship season. The british formula one championship often abbreviated to british f1 was a formula one motor racing championship held in the united kingdomit was often referred to as the aurora afx formula one series due to the aurora companys sponsorship of the series for three of the four seasons. Unsubscribe from the fastlane. March 77b772p 3 andy barton. This is a list of female motor racing drivers who have taken part in the formula one world championship since the inception of the world championship for drivers in 1950. The 1978 british formula one championship formally the 1978 aurora afx f1 championship was the first season of the british formula one championshipit commenced on 24 march 1978 and ended on 24 september after twelve races.

The drivers championship was won by englishman rupert keegan who drove an arrows a1 entered by charles clowes.