MARCH was formed in 1969. The name being an anagram of the founding partners, Max Mosley, Alan Rees, Graham Coaker and Robin Herd. The team, based in Bicester near Oxford., built a Formula 3 car (model number 693) that was raced by Ronnie Peterson. The naming convention adopted by MARCH identified the year of the car with the first two digits and the third identifying the racing class. The 1969 Formula 3 car was 693.
