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Probably
a D37, note the unusual rollhoop.
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Germany's
only F3 constructor of the early 1980s, Erwin Derichs constructed a number
of distinctive looking if generally not too competitive cars. They were
built to contest the German F3 series and cars were being produced up until
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A singleton
D34 chassis was run in the German F3 series for Hans Hargarten, it used
a Ford engine and was never very competitive, the best result was a third
place in a poor field at Salzburg. |
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Erwin Derichs
ran his own Ford powered car in the German F3 championship, it wasn't very
competitive and recorded no top 6 finishes. |
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At least
two cars were built for 1976, designated the D36 one was fitted with a BMW
engine the other with a Ford. Results were poor in the German F3 championship
with a best finish of tenth, taken by Derichs himself. |
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Erwin
Derichs with his D37.
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All the later
Derichs seemed to follow a standard pattern, a slim honeycomb monocoque
with conventional suspension. The exhaust on the right hand of the
car indicates it could be VW powered. Results were not good with a
best finish of 7th at Hockenheim for Peter Kroeber. The next car does
not seem to have appeared until 1980. |
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Derichs
continued using the D37 in the Bose team (which seems to have been the works
team) for 1978 results were generally poor although Peter Kroeber won a
non-championship race with a small field on the short Nurburgring. Kroeber
also took another three top six finishes during the season, all in non-championship
events. |
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Once again
it was the D37 that was used by the Bose team and Peter Kroeber who again
had some good finishes in non-championship races. |
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For 1980
a new car, the D380, arrived on the scene. As in previous years the car
was no match for March, Ralt, Chevron etc. in the German Championship rounds,
the only top six placing being a fifth for Schlich at Siegerland. However
as ever some good results in the much smaller non-championship races were
garnered. |
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It was
the D380 again for 1980 and as ever it was championship = bad, non-championship
= good. |
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Jurgen
Endres in the Derichs D382 at the Nurburgring, May 1982.
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The D382 was
introduced for 1982, it seemed a small neat car with a bullet shaped
body. It was fitted with a Toyota engine and recorded a couple of
top ten finishes. |
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Another
new car for 1983, the D383, it only did a few races and results were poor. |
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A
very poor quality shot of the D384, it seems to have a similar
body shape to the D382.
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Front
suspension detail showing the pushrods and top mounted dampers.
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1984 saw the
introduction of the new D384 although in entry lists it was listed
as the D385, it seems to have followed the general design of the earlier
cars.
As ever the cars struggled in Championship events and only managed
three top six results in the non-championship rounds. |
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The D385
continued for another year in a handful of races, no good results were achieved.
The same car appeared for another two years with results tailing away even
more as the car showed its age. |
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Drivers |
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1974 |
Hans
Hargarten. |
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1975 |
D34
Hans Hargarten.
D35
Erwin Derichs, Romain Feitler.
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1976 |
D35
Peter Bonk.
D36
Erwin Derichs, Olaf Höhn, Manfred Leppke.
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1977 |
D37
Herbert Bürgmayr,
Peter Kroeber.
D36
Arno Derichs.
Erwin Derichs, Jürgen Schlich.
D35
Peter Bonk.
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1978 |
D37
Heinz Beißler,
Arno Derichs, Olaf Höhn, Henning Hagenbauer, Peter Kroeber,
Jürgen Schlich, Hannelore Werner.
D36
Konrad Heberer.
D35
Peter Bonk.
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1979 |
D37
Arno Derichs,
Frithjof Erpelding, Olaf Höhn, Peter Kroeber.
D36
Konrad Heberer.
D35
Peter Bonk.
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1980 |
D380
Heinz Beißler,
Erwin Derichs, Jürgen Schlich.
D37
Arno
Derichs, Jürgen Schlich.
D35
Peter Bonk.
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1981 |
D380
Heinz
Beißler, Henning Hagenbauer, Bernd
Suckow, Bernd Wicks.
D37
Arno
Derichs, Frithjof Erpelding, Helmut Kalenborn.
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1982 |
D382
Jürgen
Endres.
D380
Erwin
Derichs, Rudi Seher.
D37
Helmut
Kalenborn.
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1983 |
D383
Rainer Offenbach.
D37
Pit Bilger.
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1984 |
D385
Pit Bilger,
Jürgen von Gartzen, Wolfgang Kaufmann,
Bernd Wicks, Manfred Zimmermann.
D37
Pit Bilger, Jürgen
von Gartzen.
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1985 |
D385
Klaus-Dieter
Hoekel, Bruno Stanjek, Manfred Zimmermann. |
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1986 |
D385
Stefan
Oberndorfer. |
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1987 |
D385
Gerhard
Müller. |
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