There was a small but select entry for this non-championship race held on the tiny 1.2 km La Chatre circuit. Due to its small size and restricted width only 10 cars are allowed to start so a two heats and a final were adopted to give everyone a race.

Heading the UK runners were Roger Williamson in his GRD 372 and Tony Brise in his Brabham BT38, also from England was Stan Matthews (March 723). James Hunt was entered in his March 713M but team-mate in the La Vie Clare team, Philippe de Henning, had badly damaged his car at Mallory and Hunt stood down to let de Henning use his car to gain more recognition with the French F3 organisers. Heading the French runners were the two works Alpine-Renault A364s of Michel Leclere and Alain Serpaggi backed up by the private A360 of Lucien Guitteny. A host of Martini Mk 9s arrived for Jacques Coulon, François Rabbione, Bernard Beguin, Guy Dhotel, Joel Auvray, Patrice Compain (in the ex-José Dolhem car) and Philippe Munier. Christian Ethuin had the Narval JC3 that had been running well recently, there were Lotus 69s for Freddy Link and Gerhard Witti, and finally Brabham BT35s for Hannu Maurer Stroh and Yannick Auxemery (the latter wearing Alpine influenced bodywork).