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March is an acromyn for the initials of Max Mosley, Alan Rees, Graham Coaker, and Robin Herd whom in 1969 put together £2,500 and started a racing car business. Their creations went from F3, F2, Formula Atlantic, Can-Am, Indy, and Formula 1. Like the French Martini’s a few March model 813 F3 cars crossed the Atlantic. These cars were dominant in the European F3 Championship. In 1983 they stop making F3 cars to concentrate on the Indycar and sport cars, which made more money for the company. By 1989 Adrian Newey was the chief designer for the G891 F1 car which run under the Leyton House banner. The car was a disappointment and the name March disappeared from racing
March Engineering began operations in 1969. Its four founders were Max Mosley, Alan Rees, Graham Coaker and Robin Herd. They each had a specific area of expertise: Max Mosley looked after the commercial side, Robin Herd was the designer, Alan Rees managed the racing team and Graham Coaker oversaw production at the factory in Bicester, Oxfordshire. The history of March is dominated by the conflict between the need for constant development and testing to remain at the peak of competitiveness in F1 and the need to build simple, reliable cars for customers in order to make a profit. Herd's original F1 plan was to build a single-car team around Jochen Rindt, but Rindt became dismayed at the size of the March programme and elected to continue at Team Lotus.
Andrea de Adamich driving a March-Alfa Romeo 711 at the 1971 German Grand Prix
De Adamich going to practice in a March 711March's launch was unprecedented in its breadth and impact. After building a single Formula Three car in 1969, March announced that they would be introducing customer cars for F1, F2, F3, Formula Ford and Can-Am in 1970, as well as running works F1, F2 and F3 teams.
Andrea de Adamich driving a March-Alfa Romeo 711 at the 1971 German Grand Prix
De Adamich going to practice in a March 711March's launch was unprecedented in its breadth and impact. After building a single Formula Three car in 1969, March announced that they would be introducing customer cars for F1, F2, F3, Formula Ford and Can-Am in 1970, as well as running works F1, F2 and F3 teams.
1979 March 79V Horag Heidegger
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1979 March 79V num39 DV-10-RA 02 800
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1980 March 79V FSV
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