March 761

1976 March Formula One racing car on display in the Icons of F1 exhibition in the National Motor Museum. The car is orange with green and white around the cockpit.

Key facts

Year

1976
Country

Great Britain
Capacity

2,993cc
Cylinders

V8
Valves

Double overhead camshaft
Output

520bhp at 10,500rpm
Maximum speed

200mph
Price new

Not marketed
Loaned by

Private owner
Manufacturer

March Engineering, Bicester

During the 1976 season March fielded the Ford Cosworth DFV powered 761, designed by Robin Herd. Having started the season with Italian drivers Vittorio Brambilla and Lella Lombardi (as yet the only woman driver to have scored World Championship points), Ronnie Peterson joined the team following the first round in Brazil. A second pair of March cars were run that season, for Hans-Joachim Stuck and Arturo Mezario. Peterson won the Italian Grand Prix, while Brambilla’s sixth place in the Netherlands secured him a single World Championship point.

March Engineering were well-known as builders of racing cars for customers in Formula 2, Formula 3, Indycar and sports car racing. They also supplied Formula 1 cars to privateers, as well as running their own factory team.