This was a round of the French F3 Championship and was a supporting race for the European F2 Championship event.
Michel Leclere led the way from pole position in his Alpine-Renault with the two works BP Martinis of Jacques Lafitte and Jean-Pierre Paoli in close attendance with the Motul Martini of Christian Ethuin in fourth. Ethuin worked his way up to take the lead from Leclere but the Alpine driver fought back to take the lead again and when Ethuin had a moment and dropped away his victory was secure. Lafitte and Paoli took second and third places at the finish, Pierre-Francois Rousselot had been running with Lafitte but he too dropped back.
f3 HISTORY
RACES
Race Report: Albi, 17 September 1973
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
