F3 History

This time the F3 cars found themselves lumped in with the F4 cars for their visit to Lincolnshire’s mini Nurburgring.

Luckily for Brian Henton the damage to his March 743 sustained in his Monaco shunt was minor and soon repaired, Superhen celebrated by getting pole position, leading from start to finish and setting a new F3 and circuit lap record which didn’t leave much for anyone else. Behind Henton it was José Santo’s 743 second and he was chased hard by Barrie Maskell’s Dastle and Derek Lawrence’s Ehrlich. Santo lost time with an off at the Hall Bends while Lawrence was in trouble when he lost his clutch early in the race all of which gave a delighted Maskell second place despite only having a 1700 cc engine.
Tony Rouff was having to use a 1600 cc engine after his usual 2-litre had problems at Monaco and he found himself trapped behind Brazilian newcomer Julio Caio in the ex-Bob Arnott Modus and it took Rouff until lap 9 to find away past into fifth place. Dick Parsons had been running with Rouff until head gasket failure saw his ex-Bev Bond Ensign forced into retirement. Jose Chateaubriand and Nicholas von Preussen came together on lap 1, von Preussen was out on the spot whilst Chateaubriand lasted a few more laps until a puncture ended his race.