Race Report: Mantorp Park, 15 September 1974

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A good field arrived to take part in this Swedish F3 race and it was Gunnar Nilsson who set a sub-lap record time to take pole position in his March-Toyota 743.

The first four on the grid immediately pulled away from the rest of the field and began a classic F3 slipstreaming battle. It was Nordström who took the lead initially and into the last lap and the last corner Nilsson outbraked Andersson to take second but Nordström held onto take the win by a thousandth of a second. Nilsson broke the lap record no less than four times on his way to the runner up spot.

f3 HISTORY

RACES

Race Report: Mantorp Park, 15 September 1974

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