Race Report: Imola, 24 July 1971

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Imola (and Monaco) expert Giancarlo Naddeo (Tecno) took victory in this Italian F3 race, starting from pole position he diced for several laps with second fastest Vittorio Brambilla (Birel) and Carlo Giorgio (Tecno). Brambilla retired on lap 7 with a blown engine but Naddeo couldn’t relax as Giorgio was still there and Vittorio Venturi (Tecno) caught up with them. Naddeo managed to pull out a small lead of 3 seconds by the finish with Giorgio finishing just ahead of Venturi.

f3 HISTORY

RACES

Race Report: Imola, 24 July 1971

Race

1 Giancarlo Naddeo

Tecno-Novamotor TF69 45:31.8 24

2 Carlo Giorgio

Tecno-Novamotor 45:34.9 24

3 Vittorio Venturi

Tecno-Ford 45:36.9 24

4 Remo Ramanzini

Brabham BT28 46:33.2 24

5 "Gero"

Quasar-Ford 46:48.1 24

6 Alessandro Pessenti-Rossi

Brabham-Ford BT28 46:48.3 24

7 Andrea Zucchi

Brabham-Ford 47:01.4 24

8 Giuseppe Piazzi

Chevron-Alfa Romeo B17 48:21.9 24

9 "Canale"

Tecno-Ford 23

10 Luigi Battistello

Brabham-Alfa Romeo 18

Fastest Lap

Vittorio Venturi

Tecno-Ford 1:50.9

Qualifying

1 Giancarlo Naddeo

Tecno-Novamotor TF69 1:50.42