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Branca
Aquilino Branca and his team were based in Buscate on the outskirts of Milan and for some 20 years built a limited number of cars for Formula Junior and F3. The cars were sometimes named Moretti but since there was a Fiat conversion specialist in Turin with the same name, Branca was often used instead. The company first produced an F3 car in 1952 but owing to the popularity of Formula Junior in Italy a change to this formula was quickly adopted with a front-engined Fiat 1100 engine powered chassis. A change to a rear engined car followed but success was limited against the all conquering Stanguellini cars and the later British models. A switch to sports cars was the next chapter of the Branca story and then in 1964 a new F3 on Brabham lines with a Ford engine was introduced with some success. Branca continued intermittently building F3 cars until 1978 when they withdrew from racing.
1967
Thimgs were quiet for Branca until 1967 when Giancarlo Baghetti won
a F3 slipstreamer at Monza For the first time Branca employed a monocoque chassis and later in the season a wedge shaped body was applied.
1971
During the middle of 1971 a Nova engined car appeared called the Branca 71 appeared and Giovanni Salvati won another race at Monza. Half a dozen drivers used a Branca during 1972 with minor success. That seemed to be almost the end of Branca with only the occasional appearance through to 1978.
1974
During the middle of 1971 a Nova engined car appeared called the Branca 71 appeared and Giovanni Salvati won another race at Monza. Half a dozen drivers used a Branca during 1972 with minor success. That seemed to be almost the end of Branca with only the occasional appearance through to 1978.
1978
This would seem to be the last of the F3 Brancas. Racing in 1978 it is notable for the slimness of the tub, however this is somewhat negated by the front suspension and the rear radiator being hung well out in the breeze!
Drivers
1964 Aquilino Branca, Carlo Facetti, Salvatore Giglio, Domenico Lo Coco, Ettore Rovida.
1965 Aquilino Branca, Giancarlo Gagliardi, Domenico Lo Coco.
1966 Giancarlo Baghetti, Ernesto Brambilla, Giancarlo Gagliardi.
1967 Scott Anderson, Giancarlo Baghetti, Lella Lombardi, Manfred Möhr, Luciano Pavesi.
1968 Enzo Corti, Carlo Franchi, Franco Galli, Lella Lombardi, Aldo Maggi, Luciano Pavesi, Giorgio Pianta, Pino Pica, Pier-Giorgio Provolo.
1969
1970 Aldo Maggi.
1971 Aldo Maggi, Luciano Pavesi, Giovanni Salvati
1972 Bergami, Aldo Maggi, Gaudenzio Mantova, Renzo Zorzi.
1974 Bruno Beccaro.
1976 Bruno Beccaro.
1978 Bozzetto