James Hunt fought a tough race at Montlhéry in the Challenge Raymond Sommer, beating the two works Alpines of Depailler and Jabouille. Christian Ethuin led for a time in the new works Tecno until fuel starvation struck and he fell back to finish fifth.
f3 HISTORY
RACES
Race Report: Montlhéry, 28 March 1971
Qualifying
1 Jacques Coulon
Martini-Ford MW7 1:36.5
Race
1 James Hunt
March-Holbay 713M 31:57.3
2 Patrick Depailler
Alpine-Renault A360 31:58.0
3 Jean-Pierre Jabouille
Alpine-Renault A360 31:58.1
4 François Migault
Martini-Ford MW7 32:22.3
5 Christian Ethuin
Tecno-Renault TF71/3 32:50.3
6 Bernard Lagier
Brabham-Ford BT35 33:00.3
7 Fabrizio Noe
Lotus-Ford 69 33:01.3