Formula Pacific
Formula Pacific was a motor racing category which was utilised in the Pacific Basin area from 1977 to 1982. It specified a single-seat, open-wheeler chassis powered by a production-based four-cylinder engine of under 1600cc capacity.[1] The formula was based on Formula Atlantic, with provision made for the use of Japanese engines.[2] The category was superseded in 1983 by Formula Mondial, which was devised by the FIA to replace both Formula Atlantic and Formula Pacific.
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New Zealand [edit]
New Zealand staged the first ever races for Formula Pacific cars 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 [edit]
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 [edit]
The Japan Automobile Federation ran a Formula Pacific championship from 1978 to 1982.[6]
Macau [edit]
The Macau Grand Prix utilized Formula Pacific regulations from 1977 [7] until Formula 3 rules were adopted for the 1983 event.[8]
List of Formula Pacific Champions [edit]
References [edit]
- ^ Survival of the Swiftest, 1980 Australian Grand Prix Program, page 23
- ^ a b 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
- ^ JAF Formula Pacific Series Races Retrieved on 23 January 2010
- ^ Grand Prix Macau > MGP Archive > Chronology > Decades of History - The 70s Retrieved on 23 January 2010
- ^ Grand Prix Macau > MGP Archive > Chronology > Decades of History - The 80s Retrieved on 23 January 2010
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