Race Report: Brands Hatch, 24 June 1973

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Race Report: Brands Hatch, 24 June 1973

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With the exception of the few drivers that had gone to Rouen most of the rest of the top UK runners arrived at Brands Hatch for this round of the Lombard North Central Championship. Pole position went to the GRD of the improving Richard Robarts 0.2 seconds inside Rikki von Opel’s lap record. Completing the front row were the Marches of Tony Brise and Leonel Friedrich, the latter receiving a gear ratio change after practice. On the third row was the welcome sight of Andy Sutcliffe in the Elden Mk12, despite a tired engine Sutcliffe showed there was nothing much wrong with the chassis. Ian Taylor found himself well down the grid when he had to qualify with his March minus third gear.

It was Brazilian Friedrich who led away from Brise and Robarts but by the end of the lap Brise had moved into the lead and that was how it would stay for the rest of the race. Friedrich kept in touch with Brise until lap 5 when the ex-Linguard Goulding Alpine of Allan Davies lost it’s oil. Entering Paddock Brise held a big slide on the oil but Friedrich went off and had to abandon his car, only just in time as Jimmy Fuller lost his Brabham BT38 at the same corner and careered into the empty March.
Robarts was now second but under pressure from a now fully geared Ian Taylor, just as Taylor was about to make a move on Robarts his metering unit detached itself and despite efforts to temporarily repair it was to no avail and the Baty March was out. Andy Sutcliffe took over third, he had been behind Mo Harness but the Ensign had spun off at Kidney on lap 1. There were no further changes in position and Brise cruised home to an easy 14 second victory over Robarts.

f3 HISTORY

RACES

Race Report: Brands Hatch, 24 June 1973

Race Heat 1

1 Vittorio Brambilla

Birel Alfa Romeo 20:09.40

2 Fabrizio Noe

Lotus-Ford 69 20:09.50

3 Luigi Fontanesi

Tecno-Ford 20:13.10

4 Carlo Franchi (Gimax)

De Sanctis-Alfa Romeo 20:23.40

Race Heat 2

1 Giovanni Lo Voi

Brabham-Ford BT28 15:05.00

2 Adelmo Fossati

Brabham BT28 15:05.00

3 Patrice Compain

Martini-Ford MW7 15:21.00

4 Manfred Möhr

Lotus-Ford 15:34.10

5 Marcello Gallo

Brabham BT28

Race Final

1 Vittorio Brambilla

Birel Alfa Romeo 30:44.30 144.318

2 Marcello Gallo

Brabham BT28 30:44.34

3 Fabrizio Noe

Lotus-Ford 69 30:45.10

4 Adelmo Fossati

Brabham BT28 30:55.40

5 Patrice Compain

Martini-Ford MW7 31:08.00

6 Carlo Franchi (Gimax)

De Sanctis-Alfa Romeo 31:11.50

7 Manfred Möhr

Lotus-Ford 31:59.60

8 Giovanni Lo Voi

Martini-Ford MW7 31:08.00

Race Report: Rouen, 24 June 1973

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Race Report: Rouen, 24 June 1973

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Another round of the French F3 Championship, this was a supporting race for the European F2 Championship event. Originally due to be held over 25 laps on the Saturday it was moved to the Sunday and reduced to 20 laps (due to failing light).

Larry Perkins made the best getaway and lead the opening couple of laps from Jean-Pierre Paoli and Jacques Lafitte. Michel Leclere in the works Alpine-Renault then moved through to the front and led until Perkins locked up on oil dropped at Nouveau Monde and T-boned Leclere putting them both out. Shortly after the second works Alpine of Alain Serpaggi had its throttle stick open at the silly new chicane just down from the start, the Alpine was launched into the air and in the ensuing melee both Lucien Guitteny (Alpine) and Bernard Beguin (Martini) were eliminated.

The Martini of Lafitte now led from the March of Masami Kuwashima, Paoli was next closely followed by Christian Ethuin (Martini) with a gap back to Alain Cudini (Martini), Brian Henton (GRD) and Johnny Gerber (Brabham). Paoli was soon to retire when his Holbay expired leaving Lafitte and Kuwashima to do battle for the lead. Kuwashima took over first place and seemed to have the race won but on the last corner the March got a little crossed up allowing Lafitte to retake the lead and win the race. Third looked to be between Ethuin and Henton as the Frenchman fell away from the two leaders, Henton took the position on the last lap but entering the last corner there was contact and the following Cudini took advantage to pass both of them. Next up came Johnny Gerber who had fallen well back followed by Mike Tyrrell who was amazed to have finished as he hadn’t expected his engine to go the distance.

f3 HISTORY

RACES

Race Report: Rouen, 24 June 1973

Race Heat 1

1 Vittorio Brambilla

Birel Alfa Romeo 20:09.40

2 Fabrizio Noe

Lotus-Ford 69 20:09.50

3 Luigi Fontanesi

Tecno-Ford 20:13.10

4 Carlo Franchi (Gimax)

De Sanctis-Alfa Romeo 20:23.40

Race Heat 2

1 Giovanni Lo Voi

Brabham-Ford BT28 15:05.00

2 Adelmo Fossati

Brabham BT28 15:05.00

3 Patrice Compain

Martini-Ford MW7 15:21.00

4 Manfred Möhr

Lotus-Ford 15:34.10

5 Marcello Gallo

Brabham BT28

Race Final

1 Vittorio Brambilla

Birel Alfa Romeo 30:44.30 144.318

2 Marcello Gallo

Brabham BT28 30:44.34

3 Fabrizio Noe

Lotus-Ford 69 30:45.10

4 Adelmo Fossati

Brabham BT28 30:55.40

5 Patrice Compain

Martini-Ford MW7 31:08.00

6 Carlo Franchi (Gimax)

De Sanctis-Alfa Romeo 31:11.50

7 Manfred Möhr

Lotus-Ford 31:59.60

8 Giovanni Lo Voi

Martini-Ford MW7 31:08.00

Race Report: Thruxton, 17 June 1973

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Race Report: Thruxton, 17 June 1973

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Ian Taylor took pole position for this the latest round of the Forward Trust Championship, sharing the front row with Taylor was the similar car of Tony Brise and Matt Spitzley in his updated variant. The GRD of Alan Jones sitting on row three was trying a front radiator conversion to increase cooling in preparation for the upcoming Paul Ricard race.

Taylor went straight into the lead from pole closely pursued by Spitzley, Brise, Kuwashima and Jones. Entering the complex for the first time Brian Henton’s GRD made contact with the Ensign of Mike Wilds causing the GRD to spin into the infield. As the leaders entered Club Brise, who had passed Spitzley for second, outbraked Taylor to take the lead but on the following lap Taylor was back in front. As the two leaders fought it out at the front the rest of the pack, headed by Kuwashima, began to fall away.

There was a big battle going on for fourth between Spitzley (March 713M/733), Jones, (GRD 373), Russell Wood (March 733), Johnny Gerber (Brabham BT41), Leonel Friedrich (March 733), Mo Harness (Ensign F373), Tony Rouff (GRD 373) and Richard Robarts GRD 373). It was an extremely close fight until Spitzley made contact with Jones at Campbell causing several of the runners to loose contact, Jones, Friedrich, Spitzley and Harness continued to contest the place.
Out in front Taylor gradually pulled away from Brise who in turn was leaving Kuwashima behind and at the end of the race Taylor took an easy 6.4 second victory. Friedrich passed Jones on lap 11 and any hope Jones had of regaining the place were lost when he was delayed by a back marker. Spitzley took fifth right on Jones’ tail with Harness taking sixth from Roberts.

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RACES

Race Report: Thruxton, 17 June 1973

Race Heat 1

1 Vittorio Brambilla

Birel Alfa Romeo 20:09.40

2 Fabrizio Noe

Lotus-Ford 69 20:09.50

3 Luigi Fontanesi

Tecno-Ford 20:13.10

4 Carlo Franchi (Gimax)

De Sanctis-Alfa Romeo 20:23.40

Race Heat 2

1 Giovanni Lo Voi

Brabham-Ford BT28 15:05.00

2 Adelmo Fossati

Brabham BT28 15:05.00

3 Patrice Compain

Martini-Ford MW7 15:21.00

4 Manfred Möhr

Lotus-Ford 15:34.10

5 Marcello Gallo

Brabham BT28

Race Final

1 Vittorio Brambilla

Birel Alfa Romeo 30:44.30 144.318

2 Marcello Gallo

Brabham BT28 30:44.34

3 Fabrizio Noe

Lotus-Ford 69 30:45.10

4 Adelmo Fossati

Brabham BT28 30:55.40

5 Patrice Compain

Martini-Ford MW7 31:08.00

6 Carlo Franchi (Gimax)

De Sanctis-Alfa Romeo 31:11.50

7 Manfred Möhr

Lotus-Ford 31:59.60

8 Giovanni Lo Voi

Martini-Ford MW7 31:08.00

Race Report: Clermont Ferrand, 17 June 1973

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Race Report: Clermont Ferrand, 17 June 1973

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This 12 lap round of the French Formula 3 Championship was supporting the European 2-litre Sports Car Championship event. Jacques Lafitte took pole position in his works Martini, he was using the car usually driven by Jean-Pierre Paoli after damaging his normal chassis in a testing accident. Second fastest 0.7 seconds slower than Lafitte was Michel Leclere in the works Alpine-Renault, the sister Alpine of Alain Serpaggi was third.

The three front row men led away from the start with Lafitte and Leclere constantly swopping the lead as Serpaggi kept a watching brief in third until his Alpine lost a wheel fortunately without injury to Serpaggi. Next up were Larry Perkins and Bernard Beguin but the Cowangie Kid began to suffer from brake fade and gradually dropped away to finish sixth. Back at the front Lafitte and Leclere continued their fantastic battle for the lead with both men taking it in turns at the front but at the finish line it was Lafitte that kept the nose of his Martini in front to win by 0.3 seconds.

f3 HISTORY

RACES

Race Report: Clermont Ferrand, 17 June 1973

Race Heat 1

1 Vittorio Brambilla

Birel Alfa Romeo 20:09.40

2 Fabrizio Noe

Lotus-Ford 69 20:09.50

3 Luigi Fontanesi

Tecno-Ford 20:13.10

4 Carlo Franchi (Gimax)

De Sanctis-Alfa Romeo 20:23.40

Race Heat 2

1 Giovanni Lo Voi

Brabham-Ford BT28 15:05.00

2 Adelmo Fossati

Brabham BT28 15:05.00

3 Patrice Compain

Martini-Ford MW7 15:21.00

4 Manfred Möhr

Lotus-Ford 15:34.10

5 Marcello Gallo

Brabham BT28

Race Final

1 Vittorio Brambilla

Birel Alfa Romeo 30:44.30 144.318

2 Marcello Gallo

Brabham BT28 30:44.34

3 Fabrizio Noe

Lotus-Ford 69 30:45.10

4 Adelmo Fossati

Brabham BT28 30:55.40

5 Patrice Compain

Martini-Ford MW7 31:08.00

6 Carlo Franchi (Gimax)

De Sanctis-Alfa Romeo 31:11.50

7 Manfred Möhr

Lotus-Ford 31:59.60

8 Giovanni Lo Voi

Martini-Ford MW7 31:08.00

Race Report: Silverstone, 10 June 1973

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Race Report: Silverstone, 10 June 1973

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Despite the ravages of Monaco the week before a good field of 21 runners arrived at Silverstone for the latest round of the Forward Trust Championship. Qualifying was a very close affair, the surprise package of Matt Spitzley in his updated March took pole position but the next six cars all set identical times with Brian Henton and Alan Jones, despite blowing his engine early in the practice session, joining Spitzley at the front. Interestingly long-time GRD runner Tony Brise was out in a brand new March 733 and was on the pace immediately. Brazilian Leonel Friedrich fell foul of one of the Silverstone hares, the March survived, the hare didn’t.

Jones made the best start from the front row to lead Brise and the rest, due to the newness of Brise’s car he was actually driving in bare feet as he didn’t fit into the tub too well, Henton assumed third position ahead of Kuwashima and Taylor. Mo Harness trying to make up for his lowly grid position tried an interesting new line through Becketts, backwards! He spun to the back of the field and immediately started on a great recovery drive. Poor Friedrich never even started the race as when a helpful marshall pushed his car after the Brazilian flooded the engine on the grid the rear wing broke. Brise moved his new March into the lead on lap 2 and immediately began to pull away from the rest as he hurled the car round the track in great opposite lock slides. Kuwashima further demoted Jones to third but the Japanese March was out on lap 5 when Kuwashima spun out at Copse when his gearbox siezed.

Taylor now moved up to second but he could do nothing about Brise who was setting new lap records at the front although the leading March began to slow slightly towards the end of the race as the throttle pedal began to stiffen up. Jones eventually finished third, his GRD visibly less stable than the Marches through Silverstone’s corners, Henton took fourth ahead of Robarts who recovered very well from a first lap spin that dropped him to 14th. Pole man Spitzley finished sixth ahead of the fast recovering Harness who snatched seventh from Sheldon’s Royale on the line. In post-race scrutineering Spitzley’s March was disqualified for being underweight.

f3 HISTORY

RACES

Race Report: Silverstone, 10 June 1973

Race Heat 1

1 Vittorio Brambilla

Birel Alfa Romeo 20:09.40

2 Fabrizio Noe

Lotus-Ford 69 20:09.50

3 Luigi Fontanesi

Tecno-Ford 20:13.10

4 Carlo Franchi (Gimax)

De Sanctis-Alfa Romeo 20:23.40

Race Heat 2

1 Giovanni Lo Voi

Brabham-Ford BT28 15:05.00

2 Adelmo Fossati

Brabham BT28 15:05.00

3 Patrice Compain

Martini-Ford MW7 15:21.00

4 Manfred Möhr

Lotus-Ford 15:34.10

5 Marcello Gallo

Brabham BT28

Race Final

1 Vittorio Brambilla

Birel Alfa Romeo 30:44.30 144.318

2 Marcello Gallo

Brabham BT28 30:44.34

3 Fabrizio Noe

Lotus-Ford 69 30:45.10

4 Adelmo Fossati

Brabham BT28 30:55.40

5 Patrice Compain

Martini-Ford MW7 31:08.00

6 Carlo Franchi (Gimax)

De Sanctis-Alfa Romeo 31:11.50

7 Manfred Möhr

Lotus-Ford 31:59.60

8 Giovanni Lo Voi

Martini-Ford MW7 31:08.00

Race Report: Monaco, 3 June 1973

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Race Report: Monaco, 3 June 1973

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68 cars arrived at Monaco from an original entry of 82, from these the fastest 48 would qualify for the two heats that would decide the 20 runners that would make up the final. The cars were split into two groups each of whom would have two 40 minute sessions to set a qualifying time.

At the end of all the sessions it was Michel Leclere that set the best time, the works Alpine’s featuring a new 1 inch widened track front and rear. Both Leclere and Serpaggi were delighted with the feel of their newly modified cars. Second fastest was Jacques Lafitte in his works Martin MK12, although over a second slower than Leclere Lafitte was happy as he set his time in the slower second sessions that were affected by dropped oil. Making it an all French trio at the front was the Shell France Martini of Bernard Beguin. Fourth fastest time was given to Italian runner Claudio Fransisci although even his own team hadn’t got him within two seconds of the official timekeepers. Masami Kuwashima was looking very quick and set fifth fastest time despite several spins although his second session was abruptly halted when the March hit the harbour wall very hard, the car was repairable for the heat but it would still have a kinked tub. Also showing well was the Cowangie Kid, Larry Perkins, in his ex-Alan Jones GRD 372, he had tested at Magny Cours and a repositioned rear wing and some De Carbon dampers were making the car fly.

Of the other runners Tony Brise was not happy with the handling of his GRD and Alan Jones lost a lot of time with a broken wheel rim when he was forced off-line by a slow Tecno. Jean Max had a large accident at Portier which removed one side of his car rendering him a non-starter and Hakan Dahlqvist was disqualified for ignoring a black flag when his Merlyn was dropping oil. Ian Taylor was hampered by a broken differential that lost him time in his second session and one-off F3 returnee Bob Evans was not happy with the handling of his STP-March 723. Jacques Coulon was also returning to F3 from F2 and was having a run in the spare DART GRD, he took a corner off the car in qualifying and seemed to be uninterested in the whole proceedings.
Of the non-qualifiers Mo Harness was disappointed not to be allowed to take Max’s place, the organisers not believing in reserves, Harness had an off at Piscine which interrupted his qualifying. Danny Sullivan, whose Ehrlich was running on Dellorto carburettors, was never going to make it after loosing third gear and Val Musetti had a shunt on Thursday, an all nighter to rebuild the Royale proving fruitless when a ball joint failed on the second lap of Friday’s practice.

After all the practice sessions the qualifying times were put into chronological order and first, third, fifth etc. went into one heat with second, fourth, sixth etc. into the second. The final would be made up from the first ten in each heat.

Bernard Beguin was in trouble before the flag fell with the engine in his Martini sounding very rough during his warm up lap. It was Michele Leclere who made the best start to lead from Masami Kuwashima, Christian Ethuin, Jean-Pierre Paoli who had made a great getaway from the fourth row, then a gap back to Bruno Pescia, Alain Serpaggi, Tony Brise, the ailing Beguin, Leonel Friedrich, Carlo Giorgio, Ian Taylor and Damien Magee. However Paoli only made it as far as St Devote on lap 2 where he hit the Armco removing three wheels from his Martini, this accident giving Leclere a good lead over Kuwashima who was fighting off the attentions of Ethuin. Brise had moved up to fourth on lap 3 and Pescia who had been well placed spun his March down to the back of the field on lap 5. Pescia’s problems held up several of the drivers allowing Brise to pull away from his pursuers led by Serpaggi from Giorgio, Friedrich, Taylor, Magee and Wilds.
Lap 6 saw Ethuin pass Kuwashima at the chicane but almost immediately there were problems at Tabac. Down at the lower end of the field there had been an intense battle between Salminen, Sassi, Svensson and Lewis, suddenly there were cars flying off the track in all directions almost blocking the track. Lewis was the only one of the group to be able to continue, his Brabham now less its nosecone, in the confusion a Tabac marshall began waving a red flag and many drivers expected the race to be stopped. Both Leclere and Ethuin picked their way through the wreckage but Kuwashima slowed down on seeing the red flag and lost quite a lot of time, the rest of the field also made their way past the carnage and the man with the red flag gave up and put it away. Next to leave the fray was Ian Taylor was out on lap 7, his March clipped the kerb at Station Hairpin, flew across the track and hit the opposite kerb doing substantial damage in the process.
Tony Brise had managed to pull up onto the tail of Kuwashima in the confusion but he clipped the kerb at Casino bending a top link and then on the ninth lap he did more damage to the GRD at the chicane causing him to retire a lap later with one of his wheels pointing at a very odd angle. Meanwhile back at the front Ethuin began to close the gap to Leclere but the Alpine had enough in hand to win by some 4 seconds despite a big sideways moment at Casino on the last lap. Kuwashima also came under heavy pressure from Serpaggi in the last 5 laps but at the line he took third by a tenth of a second. Giorgio managed to keep Friedrich at bay for fifth despite the Brazilians best efforts over the second half of the race with Magee taking seventh despite a broken gear lever.

Heat 2 was all Jacques Lafitte, he took an immediate lead at the start whilst the rest of the field found themselves boxed in behind Giorgio Francia. Conny Andersson’s March took third at the start ahead of Larry Perkins, Gunnar Nordström, Alan Jones, Alberto Colombo and Russell Wood. As Lafitte increased his lead Andersson and Perkins were involved in a tense battle that caused Perkins to give the chicane a heavy clout that launched his GRD in the air which cost him some time but no places. Also battling hard were Nordström and Jones until they made contact at Piscine on lap 2, Jones struck the Armco and retired immediately. Andersson and Perkins finally found a way past Francia on lap 6 but for Perkins it was to no avail as on the following lap he hit the chicane and bent a top link and had to retire after falling down the field with his wheel now misaligned.
This left Lafitte with a comfortable lead over Andersson who in turn was well ahead of Francia who had Nordström close behind although with an eye to the final the GRD did not attempt to pass the Brabham. Gaudenzio Mantova’s Lotus 69 was next and pulling away from a battle between Russell Wood and Jurg Dubler, the Lotus pulling up to within a second of Nordström at the finish. Dubler got ahead of Wood on lap 9, the engine of the Chequered Flag March not running cleanly due to fuel pressure problems. Alberto Colombo’s Brabham BT41 had been in seventh but the Italian dropped out on lap 10 with a damaged front wheel. Lucien Guitteny’s Alpine passed Johnny Gerber’s Brabham for eighth on lap 8 and the Mexican was further demoted by Lella Lombardi at the chicane on lap 13. The Brabham BT41 of the Italian lady made contact with Gerber’s works version bending a front wing and delaying Gerber by quite a large amount.
Gerber now found himself dicing for tenth (and the final qualifying spot) with Jac Nelleman and Alessandro Pessenti-Rossi and on the last lap in an amazing manoeuvre Nelleman passed both Brabhams as they entered Casino Square and as they reached the chicane Gerber dropped another place to Pessenti-Rossi. The Italian then tried to pass Nelleman at La Rascasse which nearly ended in tears with both cars making heavy contact although Pessenti-Rossi recovered first to take the final qualifying position. Retirements from the race included Coulon who capped a lacklustre weekend with a collision with Pessenti-Rossi on lap 1 from which he immediately retired and Roelof Wunderink who badly damaged his car at St Devote on lap 10. Brian Henton had a miserable race, from his lowly grid position he ran towards the rear of the field, he lost his nosecone on the Pit Straight and was black flagged, he then spun after hitting a car at La Rascasse and he finally finished last in the heat.

Lafitte’s heat winning time was a couple of seconds quicker than that of Leclere’s so the Martini took up the pole position with the runners from his heat lined up behind, Leclere and his fellow Heat 1 runners took the opposite side. Andersson’s March was unable to take part in the warm up lap when it refused to fire up in the pits but it was started in time to join the grid. When the flag fell it was Andersson who accelerated into an immediate lead from the second row, in fact many people felt he had jumped the start. At the chicane it was still Andersson from Lafitte and Leclere, then it was Francia, Kuwashima, Serpaggi, Ethuin, Giorgio, and Nordström. Andersson was quickly demoted on lap 2 by both Lafitte and Leclere and they both began to pull away from the rest of the runners. Leclere was trying to pass the Martini all round the track and on lap 4 the Alpine punted the Martini up the gearbox exiting the left hander behind the swimming pool, the Martini snapped sideways but Lafitte held the moment. Leclere found that he had damaged the steering on the Alpine and cracked a wheel and he immediately began to drop down the order. Andersson moved up to second although some way behind Lafitte and the Swede found himself under heavy pressure from Kuwashima and Serpaggi, the Alpine driver demoting Kuwashima to fourth on lap 7. The March of Kuwashima was out three laps later when a stud on a wishbone failed and the car ground to a halt on the hill up to Casino. Ethuin moved up onto Serpaggi’s tail and both Frenchmen were trying to get past the wide March of Andersson, however Ethuin only lasted in fourth briefly as he went off at Tabac damaging the suspension on the Martini.

On lap 18 Andersson and Serpaggi arrived at the chicane side by side, Andersson ran wide on the exit and made contact with the Armco and at Tabac the March spun bending a radius rod and damaging the bodywork, the Swede motored round to the pits and retirement. Serpaggi now had a clear run on Lafitte and with six laps remaining he set off after the leader but Lafitte had enough of a lead and despite Serpaggi flinging the Alpine all round the track the Martini came home the victor by 1.5 seconds.
Nordström had moved up to third by passing Giorgio and Francia but he was disqualified in post-race scrutineering due to a leaking airbox. Francia had been in fourth holding up a bunch consisting of Magee, Friedrich, Giorgio and Mantova, Magee got ahead of Francia on lap 18 but was unable to pull away but Francia was unable to retake the Irishman and the remaining positions remained static to the finish allowing Magee to claim an excellent third spot after Nordström’s disqualification. Jurg Dubler had been running with this group until Mantova passed Dubler at the chicane launching the Swiss Brabham into the air, Dubler later went up the escape road at the chicane on lap 19 and then pitted with locking brakes. Russell Wood had been making good progress up the field and had been with Mantova when his fuel pressure problems struck again and he had too retire at La Portier. Mike Wilds had been chasing Wood but when he encountered the slowing Leclere he tried to pass him at the chicane on lap 8, the two cars touched and Wilds flew up into the air and landed heavily, the resulting puncture causing him to leave the track at Tabac badly damaging the Ensign. Leclere was also a disappointed retirement as a result of all his various problems, the accident being the final straw.

f3 HISTORY

RACES

Race Report: Monaco, 3 June 1973

Race Heat 1

1 Vittorio Brambilla

Birel Alfa Romeo 20:09.40

2 Fabrizio Noe

Lotus-Ford 69 20:09.50

3 Luigi Fontanesi

Tecno-Ford 20:13.10

4 Carlo Franchi (Gimax)

De Sanctis-Alfa Romeo 20:23.40

Race Heat 2

1 Giovanni Lo Voi

Brabham-Ford BT28 15:05.00

2 Adelmo Fossati

Brabham BT28 15:05.00

3 Patrice Compain

Martini-Ford MW7 15:21.00

4 Manfred Möhr

Lotus-Ford 15:34.10

5 Marcello Gallo

Brabham BT28

Race Final

1 Vittorio Brambilla

Birel Alfa Romeo 30:44.30 144.318

2 Marcello Gallo

Brabham BT28 30:44.34

3 Fabrizio Noe

Lotus-Ford 69 30:45.10

4 Adelmo Fossati

Brabham BT28 30:55.40

5 Patrice Compain

Martini-Ford MW7 31:08.00

6 Carlo Franchi (Gimax)

De Sanctis-Alfa Romeo 31:11.50

7 Manfred Möhr

Lotus-Ford 31:59.60

8 Giovanni Lo Voi

Martini-Ford MW7 31:08.00