Formula Pacific

The Formula Pacific category was created at a meeting of representatives from Pacific Basin countries (Australia, New Zealand, Canada and Japan) in 1976.Graham Howard, A backward look at Formula Pacific, 1982 Australian Grand Prix Program, page 51 The formula was based on Formula Atlantic, with provision made for the use of Japanese engines. The first races to be held under the new formula were staged in New Zealand in January 1977.

New Zealand staged its first Formula Pacific races in January 1977 having abandoned Formula 5000 and moved to the new formula in that year.[http://www.oldracingcars.com/results/racelist.php?CategoryID=ZB New Zealand Formula Pacific series races] Retrieved on 23 January 2010

The category continued there until Formula Mondial was introduced in 1983.Formula Mondial - Southern Pacific Zone, Australian Motor Racing Year 1983/94, pages 232-233

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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.CAMS Manual of Motor Sport 1983, page 273

The Japan Automobile Federation ran a Formula Pacific championship from 1978 to 1982.[https://www.oldracingcars.com/japan/pacific/ Japanese Formula Pacific]

Retrieved on 14 April 2021

File:Grand_Prix_Museum_50815_19.jpg's Formula Pacific race car at the Macau Grand Prix Museum.]]

The Macau Grand Prix used Formula Pacific regulations from 1977[http://www.macau.grandprix.gov.mo/mgpc/subpage.php?d=530&lang=en Grand Prix Macau > MGP Archive > Chronology > Decades of History - The 70s] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120301141629/http://www.macau.grandprix.gov.mo/mgpc/subpage.php?d=530&lang=en |date=2012-03-01 }} Retrieved on 23 January 2010 until Formula 3 rules were adopted for the 1983 event.[http://gp.macau.grandprix.gov.mo/mgpc/subpage.php?id=531&lang=en Grand Prix Macau > MGP Archive > Chronology > Decades of History - The 80s] Retrieved on 23 January 2010 Winners of the race include eventual F1 drivers Riccardo Patrese and Roberto Moreno.

% : The 1976 series was open to Formula Atlantic cars.Lawrence's Rothmans title, Autosport, 6 January 1977, page 5

+ : From 1983 to 1986 the Australian Drivers' Championship was contested by cars complying with Formula Mondial regulations.

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