Formula Pacific
Formula Pacific was a motor racing category which was used in the
Introduction
The Formula Pacific category was created at a meeting of representatives from Pacific Basin countries (Australia, New Zealand, Canada and Japan) in 1976.[2] The formula was based on Formula Atlantic, with provision made for the use of Japanese engines.[2] The first races to be held under the new formula were staged in New Zealand in January 1977.[2]
New Zealand
New Zealand staged its first Formula Pacific races in January 1977[2] having abandoned Formula 5000 and moved to the new formula in that year.[3] The category continued there until Formula Mondial was introduced in 1983.[4]
Australia
Formula Pacific was adopted as part of Australian Formula 1 alongside the 5-litre Formula 5000 class in 1979 and it became the sole component of Australian Formula 1 in 1982. Formula Mondial was adopted as the new Australian Formula 1 in 1983 however cars complying with Formula Pacific would continue to compete alongside the new cars until the end of that year.[5]
Japan
The Japan Automobile Federation ran a Formula Pacific championship from 1978 to 1982.[6]
Macau
The
List of Formula Pacific series winners
% : The 1976 series was open to Formula Atlantic cars.[11]
+ : From 1983 to 1986 the Australian Drivers' Championship was contested by cars complying with Formula Mondial regulations.
References
- ^ Survival of the Swiftest, 1980 Australian Grand Prix Program, page 23
- ^ a b c d Graham Howard, A backward look at Formula Pacific, 1982 Australian Grand Prix Program, page 51
- ^ New Zealand Formula Pacific series races Retrieved on 23 January 2010
- ^ Formula Mondial - Southern Pacific Zone, Australian Motor Racing Year 1983/94, pages 232-233
- ^ CAMS Manual of Motor Sport 1983, page 273
- ^ Japanese Formula Pacific Retrieved on 14 April 2021
- ^ Grand Prix Macau > MGP Archive > Chronology > Decades of History - The 70s Archived 2012-03-01 at the Wayback Machine Retrieved on 23 January 2010
- ^ Grand Prix Macau > MGP Archive > Chronology > Decades of History - The 80s Retrieved on 23 January 2010
- ^ a b c The Sydney Morning Herald, Monday, 24 August 1981, page 21
- ^ a b c Bev Wright, O'Brien All the Way, Racing Car News, October 1982, pages 41 to 43
- ^ Lawrence's Rothmans title, Autosport, 6 January 1977, page 5