Race Report: Nogaro, 30 September 1973

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Race Report: Nogaro, 30 September 1973

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This was the penultimate round of the French F3 Championship and victory in both the race and the championship went to Jacques Lafitte after the only other potential championship contender, Michel Leclere, who needed to win the race did not. The race was due to be held over 25 laps but was reduced to 16 due to failing light.

f3 HISTORY

RACES

Race Report: Nogaro, 30 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

Race Report: Nogaro, 22 April 1973

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Race Report: Nogaro, 22 April 1973

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Details are very sparse about this French F3 race, it was held in two parts and the Martini’s of Christian Ethuin and Jacques Lafitte finished ahead of the Alpine-Renault of Michel Leclere.

f3 HISTORY

RACES

Race Report: Nogaro, 22 April 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

Race Report: Nogaro, 26 March 1972

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Race Report: Nogaro, 26 March 1972

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This was the first round of the French F3 Championship and was run over two 30 lap heats with the winner being decided on aggregate times.

The first heat was dominated by the two works Alpine-Renaults of Alain Serpaggi and Michel Leclère. The only opposition came from José Dolhem in his Martini MW7 and once he had retired with broken suspension Serpaggi took an easy 30 second victory from Leclère. Phillipe Albera took third in his Martini Mk9 from Patrice Compain (March 723) who recovered well after spinning on lap 2.
The second heat saw Leclère pull away in front this time whilst Serpaggi got involved in a battle with José Dolhem, Phillipe Albera and Jacques Coulon (Martini). Lap 6 saw Serpaggi retire the Alpine with a broken steering arm, so at the finish it was Leclère from Albera by 0.5 seconds from Coulon who in turn lead Dolhem by 0.1 seconds. Beguin’s Martini was another 30 seconds down with the March 713Ms of Alzerat and de Henning a lap down.

On aggregate it was Leclère from Beguin, Alzerat, de Henning and Max Bonnin (Brabham BT35).

f3 HISTORY

RACES

Race Report: Nogaro, 26 March 1972

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

Race Report: Nogaro, 8 August 1971

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Race Report: Nogaro, 8 August 1971

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The XII Grand Prix de Nogaro was the first race in Europe for engines fitted with the larger 21.5mm air restrictor but it made no difference to the status quo. The two 15-lap heats and the 40 lap final saw another triumph for the Alpine-Renaults of Jabouille and Depailler. This time it was Jabouille’s turn to taste victory, he beat teammate Depailler by 4.4 seconds with François Migault (Martini-Novamotor) a further 7.0 seconds down the road in third. From the start the Alpines led with only Patrice Compain (Martini-Novamotor) able to stay with them until he had to retire on lap 15 with a puncture. Depailler sat close to Jabouille until a grassy moment on lap 27 caused him to fall away, his air intake partially blocked with some of the French countryside. Behind Migault were Jacques Coulon in another Martini-Novamotor and Italian visitor Vittorio Brambilla with his Birel-Alfa Romeo until the Wainer tuned Alfa engine let Brambilla down.

f3 HISTORY

RACES

Race Report: Nogaro, 8 August 1971

Race Heat 1

1 Patrick Depailler

Alpine-Renault A360 15

2 Patrice Compain

Martini-Novamotor MW7

3 François Migault

Martini-Novamotor MW7

4 Jacques Coulon

Martini-Novamotor MW7

5 Marcel Morel

Martini-Renault MW7

6 Jean-Louis Lafosse

Brabham-Holbay BT35

7 Lucien Guitteny

Martini-BRM MW7

8 Philippe Albera

Martini-Novamotor MW7

9 Patrick Perrier

Martini-Novamotor MW7

10 Luigi Battistello

Brabham-Ford BT28

Fastest Lap

Roger Williamson

March-Holbay 713M 49.6 90.00

Race Heat 2

1 Jean-Pierre Jabouille

Alpine-Renault A360 13:25.8 15

2 Pierre-François Rousselot

Brabham-Holbay BT35 13:33.8

3 José Dolhem

Martini-BRM MW7 13:34.2

4 Vittorio Brambilla

Birel-Alfa Romeo

5 François Rabbione

Martini-Novamotor MW7

6 François Lacarrau

Martini-Renault MW7

7 Joël Auvray

Martini-Novamotor MW7

8 Max Bonnin

Brabham-Novamotor BT28

9 Terrance Peterson

Chevron-Ford B17

10 Gérard Gourdon

Tecno-Ford

11 Christian Ethuin

Tecno-Renault 71

Race

1 Jean-Pierre Jabouille

Alpine-Renault A360 35:34.0 40

2 Patrick Depailler

Alpine-Renault A360 35:38.4 40

3 François Migault

Martini-Novamotor MW7 35:45.6 40

4 Jacques Coulon

Martini-Novamotor MW7 35:46.4 40

5 Pierre-François Rousselot

Tecno-Renault 71Brabham-Holbay BT35 36:03.3 40

6 José Dolhem

Martini-BRM MW7 36:08.9 40

7 Jean-Louis Lafosse

Brabham-Holbay BT35 36:13.3 40

8 Lucien Guitteny

Martini-BRM MW7 39

9 François Lacarrau

Martini-Renault MW7 39

10 Joël Auvray

Martini-Novamotor MW7 39

Race Report: Nogaro, 12 April 1971

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Race Report: Nogaro, 12 April 1971

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François Migault won the Coupe de Pâques, the second round of the French Championship which was held at Nogaro. The race format was two 12 lap races with points awarded based on finishing positions. 1 for first, 2 for second etc. The driver with the lowest aggregate score would be the winner. Driving a new Martini-Noavamotor François Migault won both heats and defeated the works Alpine-Renault of Jean-Pierre Jabouille despite the Alpine setting the fastest lap.Christian Ethuin in a Tecno-Renault was third.

f3 HISTORY

RACES

Race Report: Nogaro, 12 April 1971

Race ( Aggregate Result)

1 François Migault

Martini-Novamotor MW7 2

2 Jean-Pierre Jabouille

Alpine-Renault A360 5

3 Christian Ethuin

Tecno-Renault TF71/3 5

4 Jean-Louis Lafosse

Brabham-Holbay BT35 9

5 François Laccarrau

Martini-Rowland MW7 10

6 José Dolhem

Martini-BRM MW7 11

7 Jean-Claude Andruet

Alpine-Renault A360 14

8 Philippe Albera

Martini-Novamotor MW7 18

9 François Rabbione

Martini-Novamotor MW7 18

10 Bernard Lagier

Brabham-Holbay BT35

11 Cliff Haworth

March-Alfa Romeo 703 23