# 1976 FIA European Formula 3 Championship

The 1976 FIA European Formula 3 Championship was the second edition of the FIA European Formula 3 Championship. The championship consisted of 10 rounds across the continent. The season was won by Italian driver Riccardo Patrese who competed for Trivellato Racing Team. He had the same number of points and wins with Conny Andersson after their one worst point results were dropped, but had more total score than Anderson. The third place in the drivers' standings was taken by Gianfranco Brancatelli, who was the only other driver to win the race.

## Calendar

| Round | Circuit | Date |
| 1 | Nürburgring, Nürburg | 4 April |
| 2 | Circuit Park Zandvoort, Zandvoort | 19 April |
| 3 | Mantorp Park, Mantorp | 9 May |
| 4 | AVUS, Berlin | 23 May |
| 5 | Autodromo di Pergusa, Pergusa | 13 June |
| 6 | Autodromo Nazionale Monza, Monza | 27 June |
| 7 | Circuit de Croix-en-Ternois, Croix-en-Ternois | 25 July |
| 8 | Kassel-Calden Circuit, Kassel | 22 August |
| 9 | Ring Knutstorp, Kågeröd | 5 September |
| 10 | ACI Vallelunga Circuit, Campagnano di Roma | 4 October |

## Results

| Round | Circuit | Pole Position | Fastest Lap | Winning Driver | Winning Team |
| 1 | Nürburgring | Rudolf Dötsch | Gianfranco Brancatelli | Conny Andersson | March Engineering |
| 2 | Circuit Park Zandvoort | Riccardo Patrese | Gianfranco Brancatelli | Riccardo Patrese | Trivellato Racing Team |
| 3 | Mantorp Park | Conny Andersson | Riccardo Patrese | Gianfranco Brancatelli | Scuderia Everest |
| 4 | AVUS | Conny Andersson | not recorded | Conny Andersson | March Engineering |
| 5 | Autodromo di Pergusa | Gianfranco Brancatelli | Conny Andersson | Riccardo Patrese | Trivellato Racing Team |
| 6 | Autodromo Nazionale Monza | Conny Andersson | Riccardo Patrese | Riccardo Patrese | Trivellato Racing Team |
| 7 | Circuit de Croix-en-Ternois | Conny Andersson | Conny Andersson | Conny Andersson | March Engineering |
| 8 | Kassel-Calden Circuit | Gianfranco Brancatelli | not recorded | Riccardo Patrese | Trivellato Racing Team |
| 9 | Ring Knutstorp | Jac Nellemann | Conny Andersson | Conny Andersson | March Engineering |
| 10 | ACI Vallelunga Circuit | Gianfranco Brancatelli | Alessandro Pesenti-Rossi | Gianfranco Brancatelli | Scuderia Everest |

## Championship standings

| Pos | Driver | NÜR | ZAN | MAN | AVUS | PER | MNZ | CRT | KAS | KNT | VLL | Pts |
| 1 | Riccardo Patrese | 3 | 1 | 2 | 20 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 1 | DNQ | 2 | 52 |
| 2 | Conny Andersson | 1 | DNS | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 1 | DNQ | 52 |
| 3 | Gianfranco Brancatelli | Ret | 4 | 1 | 4 | Ret | Ret | 2 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 36 |
| 4 | Bertram Schäfer | 2 | 9 | DNQ | 3 | DNS | DNQ | 5 | Ret | | | 14 |
| 5 | Marc Surer | 5 | 3 | Ret | 18 | | | DNQ | 7 | 5 | 4 | 13 |
| 6 | Piercarlo Ghinzani | | 19 | | | 3 | Ret | | 4 | | 3 | 11 |
| 7 | Ulf Svensson | DNS | 6 | 6 | 2 | | 14 | DNQ | 16 | Ret | Ret | 7 |
| 8 | Jac Nellemann | | Ret | 7 | 12 | | | Ret | 6 | 2 | | 7 |
| 9 | Clas Sigurdsson | 4 | 7 | 3 | | | | 9 | 8 | 10 | 12 | 7 |
| 10 | Thorkild Thyrring | | | | | | | 10 | 5 | 3 | | 6 |
| 11 | Giuseppe Bossoni | 6 | 5 | | | 8 | 5 | | | | Ret | 6 |
| 12 | Hakan Alriksson | | 8 | 4 | 6 | | | DNQ | 9 | DNQ | | 5 |
| 13 | Wolfgang Klein | | 2 | 12 | | | DNQ | DNQ | | DNQ | | 4 |
| 14 | Boy Hayje | | 24 | | | | 3 | 7 | | | | 4 |
| 15 | Francesco Campaci | Ret | 13 | Ret | | 4 | Ret | | | | | 3 |
| 16 | Gaudenzio Mantova | DNS | | | | 13 | 4 | | | | | 3 |
| 17 | Henrik Spellerberg | 13 | 11 | 10 | 11 | | | 4 | DNQ | 15 | | 3 |
| 18 | Jochen Dauer | | | | 5 | | | | 20 | | | 2 |
| 19 | Lamberto Leoni | | | | | 5 | Ret | 14 | 23 | Ret | | 2 |
| 20 | Rupert Keegan | Ret | | | | | | 11 | | | 5 | 2 |
| 21 | Fernando Spreafico | | | | | 6 | DNQ | 8 | 15 | | 8 | 1 |
| 22 | Orazio Ragaiolo | | | | | 7 | 6 | | | | 7 | 1 |
| 23 | Jean-Louis Schlesser | | | | | | | 6 | | | | 1 |
| 24 | Mats Nygren | | | | | | | | | 6 | | 1 |
| 25 | Geoff Lees | | | | | | | | | | 6 | 1 |
| | Erkki Salminen | 7 | 14 | Ret | 10 | | | | | 14 | DNQ | 0 |
| | Ernst Maring | | | Ret | 7 | | 16 | | 27 | | | 0 |
| | Anders Olofsson | Ret | 22 | DNQ | | | | | DNQ | 7 | | 0 |
| | Aryon Cornelsen-Filho | | | | | | 7 | | | | | 0 |
| | Rudolf Dötsch | DNS | 10 | 9 | 8 | | | DNQ | 22 | | | 0 |
| | Paolo Bozzetto | | | 8 | 9 | Ret | 11 | | | | DNQ | 0 |
| | Guido Pardini | | | 14 | | 14 | 8 | | 11 | | Ret | 0 |
| | John Nielsen | Ret | 12 | DNQ | | | | | DNQ | 8 | | 0 |
| | Severo Zampatti | 8 | | | | | | | | | | 0 |
| | Manfred Leppke | DNS | | Ret | | 12 | 9 | DNQ | DNQ | | DNQ | 0 |
| | Tarcisio Riva | | | | | 9 | DNQ | | DNQ | | DNQ | 0 |
| | Leonardo Verrelli | | | | | | DNQ | | | | 9 | 0 |
| | Werner Fischer | 9 | | | | | | | | | | 0 |
| | Helmut Bross | | | | | | | | 10 | 13 | | 0 |
| | Alessandro Pesenti-Rossi | | | | | 10 | Ret | | | | 14 | 0 |
| | Oscar Pedersoli | DNS | | | | DNQ | 10 | | 17 | | DNQ | 0 |
| | Guido Dacco | | | | | 10 | Ret | | | | | 0 |
| | Piero Necchi | | | | | | | | | | 10 | 0 |
| | Andrea Morell | 10 | | | | | | | | | | 0 |
| | Stefan Johansson | | | 11 | | | | | 12 | DNQ | | 0 |
| | Lars Svensson | 11 | 15 | | 13 | | Ret | | | | | 0 |
| | Huub Rothengatter | | 18 | Ret | | | 13 | | | 11 | | 0 |
| | Patrick Bardinon | | | | | | | | | | 11 | 0 |
| | Daniele Albertin | | | 15 | 23 | | 12 | DNQ | | | | 0 |
| | Bosse Hagberg | | | | | | DNQ | 12 | 21 | Ret | | 0 |
| | Heinz Scherle | 12 | | | 24 | | | | 25 | | | 0 |
| | Jan Ridell | | | | | | | | | 12 | | 0 |
| | Ole Vejlund | | | 13 | | | | 13 | 13 | 16 | | 0 |
| | Augusto Avanzini | | | | | | DNQ | | | | 13 | 0 |
| | Marcel Wettstein | 14 | 16 | | | | | | | | | 0 |
| | Rudolf Röhnert | 17 | | | 14 | | | | | | | 0 |
| | Slim Borgudd | Ret | Ret | 19 | | | | | | 14 | | 0 |
| | Jean-Jacques Witz | 16 | | Ret | | | 15 | | | | DNQ | 0 |
| | William Dawson | 15 | 20 | | | | | | | | | 0 |
| | Walter Spitaler | Ret | | | 15 | | | | DNQ | | | 0 |
| | Werner Klein | | | DNQ | 16 | | | | 18 | | | 0 |
| | Thorbjörn Carlsson | | | 16 | | | | | | | | 0 |
| | Günter Kölmel | DNS | | | 17 | | DNQ | | 26 | | DNQ | 0 |
| | Peter Wisskirchen | 21 | 17 | | | | | | | | | 0 |
| | Ingvar Carlsson | | | 17 | | | | | | | | 0 |
| | Mats Peterson | | | | | | | | | 17 | | 0 |
| | Massimo Perazza | | | 18 | 19 | DNQ | | | | | | 0 |
| | Josef Kremer | 18 | | | | | | | | | | 0 |
| | Curt Norrman | | | | | | | | | 18 | | 0 |
| | Dieter Kern | 22 | | | | | | | 19 | | | 0 |
| | Rolf Egger | 19 | | | | | | DNQ | | | | 0 |
| | Bonde Hallenmark | | | | | | | | | 19 | | 0 |
| | Sören-Poul Hansen | | | | | | | | DNQ | 20 | | 0 |
| | John Rust | 20 | | | | | | | | | | 0 |
| | Wolfgang Holy | Ret | 21 | | | | | | | | | 0 |
| | Herbert Bürgmayr | | | | 21 | | | | | | | 0 |
| | Dan Molin | | | | | | | | | 21 | | 0 |
| | Wolfgang Locher | | | | 22 | | | | DNQ | | | 0 |
| | Hanspeter Kaufmann | | 23 | | | | | | | | | 0 |
| | Heinz Lange | | | | | | | DNQ | 24 | | | 0 |
| | Olaf Höhn | | | | | | | | 28 | | | 0 |
| | Conny Ljungfeldt | | DNS | Ret | | | | DNQ | | Ret | | 0 |
| | Piergiovanni Tenani | | | | | | | Ret | | | DNS | 0 |
| | Willi Siller | Ret | | | | | DNQ | | | | | 0 |
| | Marcello Rosei | | | | | Ret | DNQ | | | | | 0 |
| | Alceste Bodini | Ret | | | | | | | | | | 0 |
| | Günter Hölker | Ret | | | | | | | | | | 0 |
| | Roberto Manzoni | | | | | | | | | | Ret | 0 |
| | Roland Saier | Ret | | | | | | | | | | 0 |
| | Gunnar Nordström | Ret | | | | | | | | | | 0 |
| | Nils-Äke Carlborg | | | Ret | | | | | | | | 0 |
| | Antonio Rampinini | | | | | | Ret | | | | | 0 |
| | Bruno Giacomelli | | | | | | Ret | | | | | 0 |
| | Lars-Viggo Jensen | | | | | | | | | Ret | | 0 |
| | Guido Cappellotto | | | | | | DNQ | | DNS | | DNQ | 0 |
| | Eje Elgh | DNS | | DNQ | | | | | | | | 0 |
| | Peter Bonk | DNS | | | | | | | DNQ | | | 0 |
| | Alex Wittwer | DNS | | | | | | | | | | 0 |
| | Norbert Hutter | DNS | | | | | | | | | | 0 |
| | Giovanni Carminati | | | | | | | | | | DNQ | 0 |
| | Heinz Schaltinat | DNS | | | | | | | | | | 0 |
| | Guido Bernasconi | | | | | DNQ | | | | | DNQ | 0 |
| | Artemio Rosich | | | | | DNQ | DNQ | | | | | 0 |
| | Gregor Aronsson | | | | | | DNQ | | | DNQ | | 0 |
| | Il Liscio | | | | | | DNQ | | | | DNQ | 0 |
| | Sandro Cinotti | | | | | | DNQ | | | | DNQ | 0 |
| | Marco de Tomasi | | | | | | DNQ | | | | DNQ | 0 |
| | Tony Dron | | | | | | DNQ | | | | DNQ | 0 |
| | Giorgio Cattini | | | | | | DNQ | | | | DNQ | 0 |
| | Giovanni Albertin | | | | | | | | DNQ | | DNQ | 0 |
| | Giovanni Bertaccini | | | | | | DNQ | | | | | 0 |
| | Bruno Eggel | | | | | | DNQ | | | | | 0 |
| | Igino Scarpenti | | | | | | DNQ | | | | | 0 |
| | Antonio Stalfieri | | | | | | DNQ | | | | | 0 |
| | Stephen South | | | | | | DNQ | | | | | 0 |
| | Giordano Regazzoni | | | | | | DNQ | | | | | 0 |
| | Pierre Dieudonne | | | | | | DNQ | | | | | 0 |
| | Richard Hawkins | | | | | | DNQ | | | | | 0 |
| | Paulo Gomez | | | | | | DNQ | | | | | 0 |
| | Giulio Regosa | | | | | | DNQ | | | | | 0 |
| | Duilio Ghislotti | | | | | | DNQ | | | | | 0 |
| | Romeo Camathias | | | | | | DNQ | | | | | 0 |
| | Alceste Bodini | | | | | | DNQ | | | | | 0 |
| | Jean-Pierre Rochat | | | | | | DNQ | | | | | 0 |
| | Franco Pozzoli | | | | | | DNQ | | | | | 0 |
| | Ruggero Gruet | | | | | | DNQ | | | | | 0 |
| | Walter Schöch | | | | | | DNQ | | | | | 0 |
| | Robert Werl | | | | | | DNQ | | | | | 0 |
| | Maurizio Orsi | | | | | | DNQ | | | | | 0 |
| | Mario Benusiglio | | | | | | DNQ | | | | | 0 |
| | Barrie Maskell | | | | | | | DNQ | | | | 0 |
| | Jean-Claude Alzerat | | | | | | | DNQ | | | | 0 |
| | Detlef Schmickler | | | | | | | DNQ | | | | 0 |
| | Luis de Almenara | | | | | | | DNQ | | | | 0 |
| | Livio Ponzone | | | | | | | DNQ | | | | 0 |
| | Willi Weyer | | | | | | | | DNQ | | | 0 |
| | Bernd Breil | | | | | | | | DNQ | | | 0 |
| | Kurt Liljekvist | | | | | | | | | DNQ | | 0 |
| | Gimax | | | | | | | | | | DNQ | 0 |
| | Manolo Veladini | | | | | | | | | | DNQ | 0 |
| Pos | Driver | NÜR | ZAN | MAN | AVUS | PER | MNZ | CRT | KAS | KNT | VLL | Pts |