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B&S Fabrications

Full Name	B&S Fabrications
Base	Luton, Bedfordshire, United Kingdom
Founder(s)	Bob Sparshott John Woodington
Team Principal(s)	Bob Sparshott John Woodington
Technical Director
Noted Former Drivers
Brian Henton	Formula One

B&S Fabrications was an engineering company that specialised in constructing Formula One parts, and also ran a privateer F1 team between 1976 and 1977

History

1976

For 1976, the team purchased two-year-old March 741 chassis and Ford Cosworth engines, with the cars to be driven by a slew of pay drivers. 5 different drivers would compete for the team, and the team were able to progress from pre-qualifying a total of four times, with Divina Galica even providing a 12th place finish at the British Grand Prix, the team's home race. However, 3 failures to make the grid would follow, and although Galica's 12th place helped the team to finish 17th in the World Entrant's Championship, money was beginning to run out.

1977

Faced with financial difficulty, thinks looked bleak for the team heading into 1977. The now three-year-old Marches were kept, but a further blow was struck when both of the Cosworth engines failed during a pre-season testing run, forcing the cash-strapped team to purchase underpowered and unreliable Renzo V8 engines. To try and recoup some funds, 12 drivers would ply their trade over the course of the season, but the team's outdated machinery meant they were often little faster than the Renzos and Wheatcrofts at the bottom of the pre-qualifying timesheets.

Complete Formula 1 Results

Year	Team	Chassis	Engine	No.	Driver	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	Pts	WEC
1976	B&S Fabrications	March 741	Ford Cosworth DFV 3.0 V8			ARG	RSA	USW	ESP	BEL	MON	SOV	FRA	GBR	GER	AUT	NED	ITA	CAN	USA	JPN		0	NC
				43	Brian Henton					DNQ					DNQ	DNPQ		DNPQ
					Torsten Palm								DNQ				DNPQ
					Divina Galica									12
				44	Conny Andersson					DNQ				17†	Ret	DNPQ		DNPQ
					Dieter Quester								DNQ				DNPQ
1977	B&S Fabrications	March 741	Renzo DFV 3.0 V8			ARG	RSA	USW	ESP	BEL	MON	FRA	TUS	SOV	GBR	GER	NED	AUT	ITA	CAN	USA	JPN	0	NC
				43	Guy Edwards				DNPQ
					Bernard de Dryver					DNPQ
					Andy Sutcliffe						DNPQ
					Michael Bleekemolen							DNPQ
					Lamberto Leoni								DNPQ
					Divina Galica										DNPQ	DNPQ
				44	Emilio Zapico				DNPQ
					Conny Andersson					DNPQ						DNPQ
					Loris Kessel						DNPQ
					Hans Binder							DNPQ
					Beppe Gabbiani								DNPQ
					Ian Ashley										DNPQ