1970 British Formula Three season

The 1970 British Formula Three Championship was the 20th season of the British Formula 3 season. The season consisted of three championships. The Lombank F3 Championship was won by Dave Walker. The Shellsport F3 Championship was won by Tony Trimmer and the Forward Trust Championship was won by future Formula One winner Carlos Pace.

The Lotus 59, its successor the Lotus 59A and the Brabham BT28 dominated the championships with majority of the wins and a signficant amount of the top drivers and teams using them. The Chevron B17 and March 703 were also competititve cars.

The season is maybe best remembered for the 1970 F3 Daily Express Trophy race at Crystal Palace circuit (Round 11 of the Shell Super Oil British F3 Championship) where, whilst battling hard for second position, James Hunt and Dave Morgan crashed out of the race with 1 lap to go. Hunt then went over and pushed Morgan to the ground. This continued Hunts' reputation for crashing and earned Morgan a 12 month suspension.

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