Race Report: Nurburgring, 31 May 1975

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Race Report: Nurburgring, 31 May 1975

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A support race for the 1000 km Sports Car race and round 4 of the German F3 Championship, the Texaco Trophy was held over 6 laps of the full 22.835 km circuit.

Friday’s practice session was cold and miserable and most runners seemed uninterested in really going for a time, Conny Andersson went the quickest at 8:14.3, a tenth up on Freddy Kottulinsky. It nearly all went wrong for Andersson when he came up to pass a Maco at the Karussel, thinking it was being driven by the experienced Ernst Maring Andersson dived inside expecting to be given room. However it was the identical orange coloured Jaegermeister team car of the less careful Erhard Miltz who chopped Andersson denting the tub on the Swede’s March 753. Two men who came to grief were Graham Hamilton in the Ecurie Ecosse March 753 who blew an engine after half a lap and with no spare was out of the race as was Piergiovanni Tenani who removed a rear wheel on his March 743.
Saturday practice was much warmer and it was Conny Andersson who was soon setting a hot pace, lap by lap he reduced his times until he took the pole with an 8:04.7 lap that was over three seconds faster than Kottulinsky and some 10 seconds under Giorgio Francia’s lap record. Third fastest was the now quite elderly Alpine of Dieter Kern with Francia’s Maco in fourth.

Kottulinsky lead the other 33 cars away from the grid but by the end of the lap he had surrendered first place to Andersson, third was Kern from Francia, Gunnar Nordström, Ernst Maring, Renzo Zorzi, Ulf Svensson, Rudolf Dötsch, Clas Sigurdsson and Heinz Lange. Andersson set a new lap record of 8:07.1 on lap 2 but Kottulinsky wasn’t letting him get away whilst Kern was dropping away in third. Nordström pushed Francia back a place on the second lap but the Italian stayed in close contact. On lap 3 Kottulinsky came through the North Curve in the lead with Andersson in second and in some difficulties with the rear of his March. For a minute it looked as if Andersson would pull off the track but he continued but the March stopped part way round the lap with a broken damper.
By lap 4 Kottulinsky had a lead of 8.5 seconds from Kern in second who was falling further back with every lap. Nordström was eight seconds back in third with Francia another six seconds away in fourth, next there was a big dice for fifth between Maring, Dötsch, Svensson and Zorzi. Sigurdson had fallen away from this group and was having a lone race ahead of the GRD 373s of Bernhard Brack and Hakan Alriksson. Lasse Karlsson retired his old Brabham BT38 at this time with engine failure, he hadn’t qualified but had been allowed to start the race anyway.
With two laps to go Dötsch had dropped to the back of the fifth placed battle and in an effort to get back on terms he shunted Svensson up the rear at the Swallow Tail Curve. Both cars hurtled off the track, Dötsch wrote his March 753 off against the Armco whilst Svensson’s Brabham BT41 suffered rear end damage.
There were no further incidents or positional changes so at the chequered flag it was Kottulinsky who took the win by twelve seconds from Kern, Kottulinsky also setting a new lap record on the fifth lap.

f3 HISTORY

RACES

Race Report: Nurburgring, 31 May 1975

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, 26 May 1975

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Race Report: Thruxton, 26 May 1975

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The latest round of the BP Super Visco Static round was at Thruxton and once again it was a works March on pole, Gunnar Nilsson taking the fastest time in practice. Second quickest was the Safir of Patrick Neve which this week was fitted with a Holbay Ford twin-cam instead of the Pinto unit that had been used previously. Those in trouble during practice included Terry Perkins who blew a head gasket in his Ralt which caused him to miss the race and Ian Taylor whose GRD-Holbay was suffering from overheating problems.

Once again it was Gunnar Nilsson who leapt into the lead with Patrick Neve making a great start to slot into second followed by Danny Sullivan and Alex Ribeiro. Suddenly on the third lap the race was stopped, Rupert Keegan’s March stripped second gear at the start, his slowing March was struck on the left front wheel by Tony Rouff’s Ehrlich and both cars spun into the barrier with Rouff’s car being launched over Keegan’s. The red flags were shown when it was clear that Keegan was trapped by his foot in the car and needed to be cut out, fortunately his injuries were relatively light, a broken toe and heavy bruising to his legs and feet.
The race was restarted with Nilsson once again taking the lead but this time Ribeiro and Sullivan filled second and third ahead of Neve. The Safir seemed faster that the Modus in a straight line and it didn’t take Neve long to pass Sullivan. Nilsson was extending his lead at the front and his task was made easier as Ribeiro spun at the chicane on the sixth lap, both Neve and Sullivan were badly held up in avoiding the rotating Brazilian. Sullivan recovered the fastest to take second although once again after four laps of chasing the Modus Neve’s speed advantage gave him second. Neve chased after Nilsson who backed off a little to save his tyres but he had the race well in hand and the Swede came home by two seconds to claim the win, Sullivan took third from a fast closing Hervé Regout.
Those out of luck included Ian Taylor whose engine overheated again, Chris Barnett retired with a broken rocker and Ingo Hoffman who was out after three laps with his throttle stuck open.

f3 HISTORY

RACES

Race Report: Thruxton, 26 May 1975

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: Mugello, 25 May 1975

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Race Report: Mugello, 25 May 1975

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Another round of the Italian F3 Championship.

f3 HISTORY

RACES

Race Report: Mugello, 25 May 1975

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: Brands Hatch, 18 May 1975

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Race Report: Brands Hatch, 18 May 1975

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25 entries were accepted for the 20 available grid positions and all but 2 arrived. The missing runners were Danny Sullivan whose Modus hadn’t been repaired from its Monaco outing and Robert Joubert who has apparently given up on F3 with his Lola.

Practice was held on an all but dry track and quickest of all was the works March of Alex Ribeiro whose fastest lap equalled Brian Henton’s lap record. Patrick Neve was second fastest complaining of understeer and worn tyres, Richard Hawkins completed the front row also beset by understeer. Ian Taylor was happy with his GRD in fourth now that it had been fitted with a new 2.0 Holbay twin-cam, whilst fifth man Gunnar Nilsson was feeling out of sorts with a temperature of 102 degrees. Nilsson was lucky to escape with no damage to his car when he had an off at Bottom Bend, ending up in the bank by the pit access road. Of the rest Mike Tyrrell was having an outing in the ex-Ribeiro GRD 374 he had hired from Brian Henton, it was fitted with a set of works body panels whilst Rupert Keegan was very disappointed to non-qualify, his March 743 suffering terminal clutch slip.

Patrick Neve made the best start from the middle of the front row with Nilsson slotting into second but as the cars entered Kidney Nilsson slipped through into the lead immediately followed by Taylor and after some hairy wheel banging Ribeiro as well. As the cars crossed the line at the end of the first lap it was Nilsson, Taylor, Ribeiro, Neve, South, Hawkins, Hoffman, Dieudonné, Rouff, Tyrrell, Bassett and Regout. In the next few laps Nilsson and Taylor began to open out a gap with Taylor making strenuous efforts especially at Clearways to find a way into the lead. Ribeiro was trying really hard and by lap 4 the Brazilian had caught the two leaders and on lap 7 he moved into second as Taylor began to fall away with engine bothers.

The two Marches began to fight for the lead but just as it was getting interesting Nilsson was forced to let Ribeiro through on lap 10 as his engine began to suffer from fluctuating oil pressure. Over the remaining 10 laps Nilsson did his best to hang on but Ribeiro pulled gradually away to win by nearly five seconds, Nilsson pulled over as he crossed the finishing line his engine covered in oil. Patrick Neve moved up to finish third as Taylor’s engine expired on the last lap although the GRD coasted across the line to finish fourth. Behind Stephen South in fifth Richard Hawkins crossed the line dragging his nose cone behind him, he had been dicing with Neve but on the penultimate lap he understeered off at Clearways. Tony Rouff had been seventh until a tap from Dieudonné at Druids on the final lap spun him down to tenth at the finish.

f3 HISTORY

RACES

Race Report: Brands Hatch, 18 May 1975

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: Vallelunga, 18 May 1975

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Race Report: Vallelunga, 18 May 1975

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Another round of the Italian F3 Championship.

f3 HISTORY

RACES

Race Report: Vallelunga, 18 May 1975

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: Saarlouis, 11 May 1975

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Race Report: Saarlouis, 11 May 1975

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The third round of the German F3 Championship the “Rundstreckenrennen Saarlouis” was held over 15 laps of the 4.94 km circuit.

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RACES

Race Report: Saarlouis, 11 May 1975

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, 10 May 1975

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Race Report: Monaco, 10 May 1975

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The annual support race for the Monaco GP was also a round of the BP championship which assured a healthy entry of UK based team in addition to a large contingent of Scandinavian and Continental runners. A total entry of 66 cars would have to battle for the 36 places in the two heats, the first nine from each heat would then qualify for a place in the final, qualifying took place on late Thursday and first thing Friday morning with all the races on Saturday.

Fastest of all the runners was Larry Perkins in the works Ralt who apart from a few minor adjustments was very happy with the car which would duly take up pole position in Heat 1. Second quickest and thus pole sitter for Heat 2 was Tony Brise who was running his F Atlantic Modus converted back to F3 specification, other than a few minor problems Brise had a smooth time during qualifying. Conny Andersson and Gunnar Nilsson were second and third on the grid for Heat 1 in their March 753s again neither man had any major problems other than traffic to report.
Second on the grid for Heat 2 was the surprise package of Italian Renzo Zorzi in his GRD 374 unusually powered by a Repetto-tuned Lancia Beta engine, many people, a little uncharitably, felt the timekeepers had made an error with his fastest time. Alex Ribeiro took third fastest in Heat 2 with the second of the works Marches.
Of the other runners Heat 1 man Mike Tyrrell had a big shunt when a clevis broke on his 733 putting him in the Armco, the non-qualifying Ken Silverstone kindly allowed his March 743 to be cannibalized to provide the parts to allow Tyrrell to race. Also in Heat 1 experienced Freddy Kottulinsky would normally expect to be at the front but problems with his new BMW engine saw him qualify well down the field.
In Heat 2 Danny Sullivan had to have his Modus rebuilt using parts from non-qualifier Reudi Gygax’s car after the American hit a tree (!) after encountering someone else’s oil. Rupert Keegan had a couple of spins without any damage to his March whilst South lost most of the second session when a burnt out coil/distributor stopped his Ray starting. Derek Cook was pleased to make the race, he was having his first F3 race in the ex-Ribeiro GRD 374 hired from Brian Henton.
Of the non-qualifiers, in addition to the aforementioned Ken Silverstone who wasn’t used to his “new” March 743 the other UK based runners out of luck were Robert Joubert in his Lola T350 who had an engine bend a valve two laps into the second session after having problems in the first period. Terry Perkins was still sorting out the second Ralt RT1 while Graham Hamilton just couldn’t get the Ecurie Ecosse March 753 within 2 seconds of making the cut.

Bob Arnott was late arriving for Heat 1 after there were problems starting his car, the organisers said Alessendro Pesenti-Rossi could take his place as first reserve, when Arnott arrived he wasn’t allowed to take his rightful grid position and Pesenti-Rossi took the start. Some behind the scenes arguing saw Arnott allowed to race in Heat 2 (after Giorgio Francia broke a driveshaft as he motored from the paddock to the track) although it would be from the back of the grid.
Larry Perkins took an immediate lead chased by Conny Andersson and Gunnar Nilsson but the unfortunate Nilsson was out almost immediately with a broken gear lever. At the end of the first lap it was Perkins and Andersson out in front with a gap back to Patrick Neve, Pierre Dieudonné and Marcello Rosei. Perkins and Andersson gradually pulled away from Neve and for a while Perkins opened out a gap to Andersson but in the closing stages the Swede closed the gap again and the two cars crossed the finishing line a third of a second apart. Neve stayed in third for the whole race initially chased by Dieudonné until the Belgian lost time with a pitstop to secure a loose coil. Rosei moved up to fourth chased hard by the Marches of Gaudenzio Mantova, Hervé Regout and Ingo Hoffman until Hoffman spun on lap 6 and then the Lancia in Rosei’s March began to fail blowing out a lot of smoke so Mantova and Regout finished fourth and fifth. Mike Tyrrell and Freddy Kottulinsky looked like qualifying but as they entered Mirabeau Kottulinsky tapped a backmarker, the German’s Modus then hit Tyrrell pushing the Antiguan off the track and out of the race. Kottulinsky lost several places and damaged his nosecone but he still managed to make the final.

Tony Brise made a slow getaway from pole in Heat 2 and it was the unfancied Zorzi that took the lead, Ribeiro moved into second ahead of Ulf Svensson’s Brabham and Brise next with the engine on his Modus misfiring. At the end of the lap Brise pitted to have a plug lead refitted, he resumed well down the field, some 34 seconds behind the ninth place he needed to qualify for the final. Zorzi, showing his practice time had not been a timekeeping error, lead the race from start to finish with Ribeiro gradually falling away in second. Svensson was still in third and during the closing laps he moved onto Ribeiro’s tail loosing out on the runner-up spot by less than half a second at the flag. Fourth was Jac Nelleman who fought of the attentions of Danny Sullivan with Rupert Keegan finishing a few seconds behind in sixth.
As for Brise he flew after his pit stop catching those ahead of him at the rate of several seconds a lap. So fast was his pace that when he caught Richard Hawkins in ninth, the final qualifying place, Hawkins assumed he was being lapped and moved over to let Brise through! Of the other UK runners neither Cook nor Parsons qualified and Arnott’s back of the grid start saw him move up to twelfth.

Larry Perkins seemed to make a good start from his pole position in the final but Conny Andersson appeared to make an even better one rocketing past Zorzi and passing Perkins at the Casino. In fact the stewards deemed Andersson’s start a little too good and he was docked a minute for anticipating the starter. At the end of the first lap the penalised Andersson led from Perkins, Ribeiro, Zorzi, Neve and Svensson with a gap back to Mantova and the rest of the field, at the back a determined Tony Brise was carving his way through the slower runners in an effort to get at the leaders. Lap 3 saw Andersson gradually pulling away from Perkins who in turn was dropping Ribeiro and Zorzi.
Brise had made great progress and was already in tenth by lap 4, 25 seconds behind Andersson at the front. Danny Sullivan was out, he had a moment on the first lap and then when Rupert Keegan dived up his inside on lap 4 at St Devote the American was taken by surprise and lost the Modus hitting the Armco hard.
By lap 8 Andersson had increased his lead to two seconds over Perkins, there was a gap back to Ribeiro who was still battling with Zorzi with Neve just behind in fifth, next up it was Svensson and Brise who seemed unable to make any impression on the gap to Andersson. On lap 11 the stewards announced Andersson’s penalty and Perkins’ pit crew passed on the information to Larry, perhaps he relaxed a little for as he entered the swimming pool his foot slipped from the brake to the accelerator and the Ralt spun slowly into the Armco damaging the rear wing.
Andersson now had a 20 second lead over Ribeiro and Zorzi whilst Brise was closing in on Neve and Svensson. On lap 17 Brise passed Svensson and a lap later he was ahead of Neve at the Gasworks. Still racing hard Brise then took care of Zorzi which just left Ribeiro who was effectively leading after Andersson’s penalty.
Entering the Mirabeau Brise pulled out from behind Ribeiro as both cars overtook a lapped backmarker Ribeiro seemed to keep to the racing line whilst Brise kept his line as he braked down the inside, there wasn’t the space for two cars and Brise hit Ribeiro who spun round, Brise’s Modus mounted the March and both cars were out on the spot.

Zorzi was now in the lead but Neve was trying hard but although he closed in on the March he was unable to find a way past, so at the flag it was surprise package Zorzi in his March-Lancia that took the win with Neve less than a second behind. Svensson took third with Andersson dropping to fourth after his penalty was applied, fifth went to Gianfranco Brancatelli who just held off Mantova in sixth.
South had been ahead of Brancatelli but he went straight on at the hairpin and then rejoined the track without the marshalls permission, he was shown a black and yellow “reprimand” flag, thinking this was the same as a black flag South pitted and lost what might have been fourth. Rupert Keegan should have been sixth but he lost third gear and dropped back to finish ninth.

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RACES

Race Report: Monaco, 10 May 1975

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: Sembach, 4 May 1975

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Race Report: Sembach, 4 May 1975

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The second round of the German F3 Championship the “Flugplatzrennen Sembach” was held over 10 laps of the 5.61 km circuit.

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Race Report: Sembach, 4 May 1975

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