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Fifteen cars from an entry of 36 actually arrived at Brands Hatch for this round of the Shell/Motor Sport Championship. Most numerous chassis was Brabham with six cars, Colin Vandervell in his usual Rowland powered BT35, Holbay versions were on hand for Brendan McInerney, Chris O’Brien and from France Jean-Louis Lafosse and Bernard Lagier. Alan Joy was in his updated BT28 Rowland. Five Lotus 69s, three of them new models were the next numerous type, previously seen were the Holbay powered cars of Andy Sutcliffe and Claude Bourgoignie. New chassis were in the hands of Dave Walker in the works Gold Leaf car, although it was only new in the sense it hadn’t been seen this year, it was in fact a Lotus 59 updated to 69
spec, it was fitted with a Novamotor engine. A similar power unit was to be found in the Ian Ashley car that was likewise an updated 59, whilst Richard Longman relied on a Holbay for his “proper” 69. Three Marches came next, all Holbay powered, James Hunt had his usual spaceframe model with Roger Williamson and Tim Goss in the monocoque version. Final entry was the singleton Ensign-Holbay for Bev Bond.
f3 HISTORY
RACES
Race Report: Brands Hatch, 3 April 1971
Qualifying
1 Colin Vandervell
Brabham-Rowland BT35 1:38.4
2 Bev Bond
Ensign-Holbay LN1 1:38.6
3 Dave Walker
Lotus-Novamotor 69 1:39.0
4 Roger Williamson
March-Holbay 713M 1:40.6
5 Ian Ashley
Lotus-Novamotor 69 1:41.2
6 Brendan McInerney
Brabham-Holbay BT35 1:41.8
7 Claude Bourgoignie
Lotus-Holbay 69 1:41.8
8 Tim Goss
March-Holbay 713M 1:42.2
9 Alan Joy
Brabham-Rowland BT28 1:42.2
10 Andy Sutcliffe
Lotus-Holbay 69 1:42.2
11 Jean-Louis Lafosse
Brabham-Holbay BT35 1:42.6
12 James Hunt
March-Holbay 713S 1:43.8
13 Richard Longman
Lotus-Holbay 69 1:44.2
14 Chris O'Brien
Brabham-Holbay BT35 1:48.6
Brabham-Holbay BT35 1:50.2
Lotus-Novamotor 69 NT
Race
1 Bev Bond
Ensign-Holbay LN1 1-07:03.0 40 94.85
2 Roger Williamson
March-Holbay 713M 1-07:04.8 40
3 Ian Ashley
Lotus-Novamotor 69 1-07:44.4 40
4 Claude Bourgoignie
Lotus-Holbay 69 1-08:05.6 40
5 Dave Walker
Lotus-Novamotor 69
6 Brendan McInerney
Brabham-Holbay BT35 39
7 Tim Goss
March-Holbay 713M 39
8 Bernard Lagier
Brabham-Holbay BT35 36
9 Chris O'Brien
Brabham-Holbay BT35 36
10 Richard Longman
Lotus-Holbay 69 31
11 Andy Sutcliffe
Lotus-Holbay 69 31