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Non-championship F2 Race

Imola, 25 Jul 1971

ResultsLapsTime/Speed
1 Carlos Pace March 712M [20] - Cosworth FVA
#25 Frank Williams Racing
56 1h 30m 57.6s
115.04 kph
2 Giovanni Salvati March 712M [19] - Cosworth FVA
#7 Scuderia Ala d'Oro (see note 1)
56 1h 33m 22.8s
3 Xavier Perrot March 712M [6] - Cosworth FVA
#26 Squadra Tartaruga
56 1h 33m 34.3s
4 Wilson Fittipaldi March 712M [17] - Cosworth FVA
#9 Team Bardahl (see note 2)
54
5 Adam Potocki Lotus 69 [69.F2.3] - Cosworth FVA
#27 GTE Racing Cars (see note 3)
52
6 Dieter Quester March 712M [14] - BMW M12/2
#21 Eifelland Wohnwagenbau (see note 4)
45
7 Luigi Fontanesi Tecno TF70 [T00806] - Cosworth FVA
#3 Racing Team IRIS
44 retired heat 1
8 Carlos Ruesch Brabham BT36 [7] - Cosworth FVA
#11 Automovil Club, Argentina (see note 5)
39 retired heat 1
9 Spartaco Dini De Tomaso 103 [F2-00298] - Cosworth FVA
#4
39 retired heat 1
10 François Cevert Tecno TF71 [T00720] - Ford BDA
#1 Équipe ELF Tecno
37 retired heat 2
NC Giancarlo Naddéo March 712M [2] - Cosworth FVA
#28 Frank Williams Racing
32 retired heat 2
NC Claudio Francisci Tecno TF70 [T00808] - Cosworth FVA
#2 Racing Team IRIS
29 retired heat 2
NC Lionel Noghès Brabham BT30 [9] - Cosworth FVA
#16 Écurie Monaco (see note 6)
29 retired heat 1
NC Emerson Fittipaldi Lotus 69 [69/71.5.F2] - Cosworth FVA
#8 Team Bardahl (see note 7)
18 retired heat 1; DNS heat 2
NC Hannelore Werner March 712M [3] - Cosworth FVA
#15 Eifelland Wohnwagenbau
11 retired both heats
NC Jean Blanc Tecno TF70 [T00 740] - Cosworth FVA
#23
9 retired both heats
NC Jürg Dubler Brabham BT30 [24] - Cosworth FVA
#19 Jolly Club (see note 8)
6 retired both heats
NC Ernesto "Tino" Brambilla March 712M [18] - Cosworth FVA
#5 Scuderia Ala d'Oro (see note 9)
5 retired heat 1; DNS heat 2
NC Helmut Marko Lola T240 ["F2.1"] - Cosworth FVA
#12 Écurie Bonnier (see note 10)
5 retired heat 1; DNS heat 2
NC Carlos Reutemann Brabham BT36 [6] - Cosworth FVA
#10 Automovil Club, Argentina (see note 11)
4 retired heat 1; DNS heat 2
NC Patrick Dal Bo Pygmée MDB16 [MDB16-271] - Cosworth FVA
#22 Constructions Mech Pygmée (see note 12)
4 retired heat 1; DNS heat 2
NC Vittorio Brambilla March 712M [1] - Cosworth FVA
#6 Scuderia Ala d'Oro (see note 13)
3 retired heat 1; DNS heat 2
DNS Bruno Frey Chevron B18 [18.71.2] - Cosworth FVA
#20 Midland Racing Team (see note 14)
Did not start
(car stolen from paddock overnight)
DNSC Silvio Moser Brabham BT36 [11] - Cosworth FVA
#18 (see note 15)
Did not start (crashed)
DNA TBA Brabham BT36 [4] - Cosworth FVA
#14 Eifelland Wohnwagenbau (see note 16)
Did not arrive
DNA Max Jean ("Jean Max") March 712M - Cosworth FVA
#24 Frank Williams Racing
Did not arrive
DNA Fredy Link March 712M [16] - Cosworth FVA
#17 (see note 17)
Did not arrive

All cars are 1.6-litre F2 unless noted.

Heat 1 Laps Time Speed
1François Cevert280.45.21.0115.51
2Wilson Fittipaldi280.45.23.7
3Dieter Quester280.45.30.9
4Carlos Pace280.45.43.9
5Claudio Francisci280.45.50.7
6Giovanni Salvati280.46.33.8
7Xavier Perrot280.46.56.1
8Giancarlo Naddéo27
9Adam Potocki26
Emerson Fittipaldi18Overheating
Luigi Fontanesi17Ignition
Spartaco Dini16Fuel pressure
Carlos Ruesch12Fuel pump drive belt
Hannelore Werner11Overheating
Jean Blanc9Accident
Jürg Dubler5Gear lever
Ernesto "Tino" Brambilla5Valve
Helmut Marko5Handling
Carlos Reutemann4Piston
Patrick Dal Bo4Overheating
Vittorio Brambilla3Fuel pump drive belt
Lionel Noghès1Clutch
Silvio MoserDNS: Accident
Bruno FreyDNS: Car stolen from paddock overnight
Heat 2 Laps Time Speed
1Carlos Pace280.45.26.1115.3
2Luigi Fontanesi280.46.13.7
3Carlos Ruesch280.46.37.5
4Lionel Noghès280.46.38.1
5Xavier Perrot280.46.38.2
6Giovanni Salvati280.46.49.0
7Wilson Fittipaldi26
8Adam Potocki26
9Spartaco Dini23
Dieter Quester17Piston
Jean Blanc11Engine
Hannelore Werner10Fuel pressure
François Cevert9Engine
Giancarlo Naddéo5Engine
Claudio Francisci1Engine
Jürg Dubler1Engine
Vittorio BrambillaDid not start
Ernesto "Tino" BrambillaDid not start
Emerson FittipaldiDid not start
Helmut MarkoDid not start
Patrick Dal BoDid not start
Carlos ReutemannDid not start
Qualifying
Qualifying information not available

Notes on the cars:

  1. March 712M [19] (Giovanni Salvati): New to Sandro Angeleri's Ala d'Oro team, and raced by Giovanni Salvati and Gian-Luigi Picchi in F2 in 1971. Taken out to the Torneio Brasiliero at the end of 1971, and Salvati was driving this car when he crashed and died at Porte Allegre in November. It is assumed that the car was written off, and that surviving components would have been used on the two other Scuderia Ala d'Oro 712Ms, 712M/1 and 712M/18.
  2. March 712M [17] (Wilson Fittipaldi): New to Wilson Fittipaldi in May 1971, replacing the Lotus 69 with which he had started the European F2 season. Raced by Fittipaldi for the rest of the season as part of Team Bardahl. Retained for one F2 race in early 1972, then sold to Tate of Leeds (Racing) and converted to Formula Atlantic for Chris Meek to race in the British championship. Loaned to Sonny Rajah for the Brands Hatch Boxing Day race. Retained by Tate of Leeds for Malcolm Wayne in early 1973, then sold to visiting American Allen Karlberg (Seattle, WA) who took it back to the US. Entered by Karlberg for Monique Proulx at Watkins Glen in October 1974, by which time it had Falconer bodywork, and also taken to Trinidad for Formula Caribbean events where it was sold. By 1978 it was owned by David Kerr but it was "totally destroyed" in a towing incident at the "Love Bird International" meeting at Vernamfield Motorsport Park, Jamaica, in December 1978.
  3. Lotus 69 [69.F2.3] (Adam Potocki): New to Adam Potocki and raced very slowly in F2 in 1970. Retained for 1971, when he was no faster. Sold to Alain Saïdi and raced in French hillclimbs from 1972 to 1975, retaining its 1600cc Cosworth FVA throughout. Saïdi returned to the Lotus for a few events in 1978. According to Gérard Gamand, the car was later bought at auction by Guy Audibert in the mid-1980s, and restored at Gamand's workshops in Lyon. It was sold to Gérard Cerny, who raced it in historic events from the mid 1990s to early 2000s. Then sold it to Michel Ghio, who raced it in Historic F2 2010-2013.
  4. March 712M [14] (Dieter Quester): Thanks to Dieter Quester's BMW connections, he was able to acquire BMW engines for a new March 712M in 1971 and was highly successful, winning at Monza in June and taking a further five second places that season. In November, the car was said to have been sold to Freddy Link but that deal fell through as Eifelland were reluctant to sell the March-BMW. It later became a test car for a planned Opel F2 engine in early 1972, and was next seen when used as the basis of Kurt Bergmann's Kaimann F2 car, equipped with an Apfelbeck-developed 2-litre 16-valve Opel engine. The car was used with some success in Austrian hillclimbs, finishing second at Dobratsch in 1973, driven by Helmut Koinigg, but the engine failed in practice when it appeared for its one F2 race, at Hockenheim in April 1974. Kurt Rieder drove the car at the Salzburgring F2 race in June 1974, but failed to qualify. The car was sold by Bergmann to Fritz Enn, who fitted a Ford engine and sold it to somebody in Köln (Cologne). Subsequent history unknown.
  5. Brabham BT36 [7] (Carlos Ruesch): New to Automovil Club Argentina (ACA) for Carlos Ruesch to race in F2 in 1971. The car was reported to have been gone to a racing school in Argentina in 1972, but in 1974, the two ACA BT36s were reported to have been driven in local racing by Esteban Fernandino and Pablo Brea. In 2008, BT36-7 was on display in the Museo Juan Manuel Fangio in Balcarce, Argentina.
  6. Brabham BT30 [9] (Lionel Noghès): Sold new to Rodney Bloor's Sports Motors (Manchester) Ltd and run for François Mazet in F2 in 1970. Raced also by Gerry Birrell once at the end of the season. Then to Monegasque Lionel Noghès and raced under the Écurie Monaco banner in F2 in 1971. Last mentioned in June 1972 when the gearbox was stolen from the car while it was in storage at Lenham Hurst (Folkestone, Kent). Subsequent history unknown. The Noghès family are closely connected to the ruling family of Monaco and it is possible that the car has remained in the principality as part of The Private Collection of Antique Cars of H.S.H. Prince Rainier III.
  7. Lotus 69 [69/71.5.F2] (Emerson Fittipaldi): New to Team Bardahl for Emerson Fittipaldi to race in F2 in 1971, first appearing at Pau in late April. This car was sometimes reported as "69-F2-71-14", or some such variation, but this appears to have been its frame number, not its chassis number. Emerson won at Jarama, Crystal Palace and Albi that season, and also won two races in the Torneio Brasiliero at the end of the year. This car was rebuilt at the factory and fielded as a works entry for Emerson in 1972, supported by Colin Chapman's Moonraker Power Yachts venture, and with fitted with a Cosworth BDF. Fittipaldi won at Hockenheim, Rouen and Österreichring in 1972, and also won one race at Interlagos in October. Sold to Johnny Blades (Whitley Bay, Northumberland) for 1973, still in its 'Moonraker specification' with Cosworth BDF, and very successful in libre racing. Then to Andy Barton (Newcastle upon Tyne) late 1973, and raced in libre for the next two seasons, latterly with a 1600cc BDA. Then to David Muter (Sedghill) for three more seasons of libre racing. Later via Vincent Hayden (Salisbury) mid-1980s for historic racing, Jim Bennett (Denver, CO) late 1980s, Mike Taradash (Palos Verdes, CA) early 1990s, John Delane (Redondo Beach, CA) and Frank Sytner (Monaco) 2007. Sold by Sytner to Roger Bevan (High Wycombe) late 2008, and restored to exact Bardahl livery.
  8. Brabham BT30 [24] (Jürg Dubler): To Team Obrist and run by Motor Racing Enterprises in F2 in 1970 for Howden Ganley, Jean-Pierre Jaussaud and Richard Scott. Retained for 1971 and entered by Team Obrist for Jürg Dubler in F2 and also in some French and Swiss hillclimbs. Presumably the car driven by Albert Obrist at Lorentzweiler in April 1972. Then to Michel Pignard (Rillieux, France) for French hillclimbs in 1972 and early 1973 before being replaced with a 1971 Pygmée MDB16. Sold to Daniel Gache (Avignon, France) and advertised by him in December 1973. Gache recalls that he sold it to someone in the 'area of Lyon' and he believed that Gérard Gamand later bought the car from that same man. To Gamand (France) 1985 and retained to at least 1990. With Gerard Cerny (France) in 1994. Then unknown until raced by Laurent Fort (France) in 2009 and 2010. Sold to Ian Rimmer (Pavenham, Bedfordshire) in 2011 and restored by Peter Denty Racing. Sold by Rimmer in 2013 to Ray Stubber (Australia) who ran the car in a few HSCC Historic F2 and Derek Bell Trophy races between 2013 and 2015.
  9. March 712M [18] (Ernesto "Tino" Brambilla): New to Ernesto "Tino" Brambilla, and run for him by Scuderia Ala d'Oro in F2 in 1971. Retained for 1972, when it was first fitted with a Ferrari Dino V6 engine, and later with 1800cc Novamotor BDAs. Retained again for 1973, when it was in Beta livery and fitted with a Schnitzer BMW engine. Subsequent history unknown, but Fabio Montani told Philippe Demeyer that he believes it went to a "Diepoltz" in Switzerland.
  10. Lola T240 ["F2.1"] (Helmut Marko): New to Écurie Bonnier to Helmut Marko to race in Formula 2 in 1971. Then a Lola Cars entry for Frank Gardner and Jo Bonnier at the end of the F2 season. Then sold via Carl Haas to the US for Formula B, and according to the SCCA log book, its first owner was Jeff Overleese (Clinton, IL) who advertised it in February 1975. It went to Daniel Moon September 1975, then to Daryl Foster (Southgate, MI) August 1977, then to Ralph Denney October 1978, and then to Lyn Hanover (Columbus, OH) in June 1979. Entered by Hanover Automotive for Terry Whitlock to race in 'A' Sports Racing in 1980, and co-driven by Whitlock and Michael Canan at the 1981 IMSA Lumbermens 500. It raced into the mid-1980s, latterly in IMSA configuration, after which it was reacquired by Ralph Denny. Acquired by 2013 by Mike Winn, still in sports car bodywork.
  11. Brabham BT36 [6] (Carlos Reutemann): New to Automovil Club Argentina (ACA) for Carlos Reutemann to race in F2 in 1971. The car was reported to have been gone to a racing school in Argentina in 1972, but in 1974, the two ACA BT36s were reported to have been driven in local racing by Esteban Fernandino and Pablo Brea. In 2008, BT36-6 was on display in the Automovil Club Argentino Museum in Argentina.
  12. Pygmée MDB16 [MDB16-271] (Patrick Dal Bo): Gérard Gamand, Editor of Autodiva, has identified chassis 271 as the car raced by Jean Lachaud in 1972. In June 1973, Lachaud sold the car to Michel Pignard who raced it through the remainder of 1973 and then through 1974. Its racing history in 1975 is not yet established, but it returned in 1976 in the hands of Daniel Boccard, again using a Cosworth FVC engine. He appeared a few times a year with it in 1976, 1977 and 1978. It again fades from view, but according to Gérard this car was owned by Pascal Malateste in 1982. After three further French owners, it was in a private collection in the south of France in 2010.
  13. March 712M [1] (Vittorio Brambilla): The prototype monocoque Formula 2 March 712M was completed in October 1970, and was extensively tested at Silverstone in the hands of Ronnie Peterson, Howden Ganley, Carlos Pace, Mike Beuttler, Colin Vandervell and others. It was also tested in mid-November by Simon Taylor, editor of Autosport, for a feature article. Once its test duties were complete, it was converted to Formula Atlantic and driven by David Morgan in a race at Brands Hatch in May. It was then returned to F2 spec and sold to Scuderia Ala d'Oro in June 1971, and raced by a variety of Italians in F2. This is believed to be the car rebodied in 1972 as the "Allegrini-SM", built by Alain Siccardi for Milan industrialist Giuseppe Allegrini. Alessandro Pesenti-Rossi was intended to drive this car, but it was crashed very early in its career, and no results have been found for it. According to later owner Fabio Montani (Milan, Italy), the damaged chassis was taken to Bellasi for repairs, but was never collected, and was bought by Montani in about 1992. It was advertised by Montani as a restoration project together with a March 713M in December 1994.
  14. Chevron B18 [18.71.2] (Bruno Frey): New to Chevron's European agent Jo Siffert and entered by Siffert Racing in the F2 races at Bogotá in February 1971 for Xavier Perrot to drive. Perrot drove it one more time, at the European season opener at Mallory Park in March, but then acquired a March 712M instead. The Chevron went to Midland Racing Team in for Bruno Frey (Horw, Switzerland) to drive, but after failing to qualify for the Hockenheim round of the championship in April, he limited his appearances to non-championship and national events. For 1972, the car went to fellow Swiss Georges Schäfer and was fitted with a 1.8-litre Cosworth BDE for French hillclimbs, domestic events, and a few failures to qualify for F2 races. He returned for another DNQ at the start of 1973, after which the car disappears. This could be the car later used by Rémi Gillis, Bernard-Etienne Grobot and Lucien Guitteny in French hillclimbs, but that could also have been the ex-Hervé Bayard car. In July 1976, Michel Wyler (Geneva, Switzerland) had a B18 at Ayent Anzere which is likely to be this car. In 1995, Fredy Kumschick (Lucerne/Luzern, Switzerland), applied for FIA papers for a Chevron B18 with chassis number 71-2. The history given had a gap after Frey until Walter Bollier (Zürich, Switzerland) in 1991 and then Kumschick in 1994, who ran it for Peter Stoboski. Sold to dealer Christophe Pund of Le Galerie des Damiers (Cassel, France) in 2004 and then to an unknown owner and advertised on his behalf by Lutziger Classic Cars from 2012 to 2015, at which time it was yellow. Subsequent history unknown.
  15. Brabham BT36 [11] (Silvio Moser): New in July 1971 to Silvio Moser to replace his BT30. According to Moser's former mechanic, the car was "probably" sold to Hans Obrist at the ends of 1971 or early 1972 so would be the BT36 used by Hans Obrist (Schinznach, Switzerland) in Swiss national events in 1972. Last known when run by Obrist at the Lorentzweiler hillclimb in Luxembourg in April 1973. Then unknown from 1973 to 1977 but likely to be one of the as-yet unidentified Brabhams running in European hillclimbs. This is probably the car run in French hillclimbs by Michel Salvi (Malbuisson, France, very close to the Swiss border) in 1977, when it still had its 1600cc Cosworth FVA engine. Sold by Salvi in 1978 to Jacky Dalloz (Champagnole, France, not far from Malbuisson) and again used in French hillclimbs. Dalloz is believed to have crashed the Brabham some time around 1980, damaging the front of the car. The next owners were J Plante (Carcassonne, France, in the south of the country), then Alain Filhol (France) 1988 who had it restored by Simon Hadfield. Then to Ermanno Ronchi (Italy) 1992. It failed to sell at a Brooks auction in 2000 and next emerged with Andy Newall (UK) in 2003, having been rebuilt with a new Sid Hoole chassis, the original being retained. Sold to James Murray 2003 and rebuilt with the original chassis in 2006, the new chassis then being sold to Cornwall for a rebuild of a BT35. The BT36 was sold to Josef 'Sepp' Mayer (Heitersheim, Baden-Württemberg, Germany) 2008. To Luciano Arnold (Zurich, Switzerland) 2011.
  16. Brabham BT36 [4] (TBA): New to Rolf Stommelen as part of the Eifelland Wohnwagenbau (Caravaning) team for F2 in 1971. To Roland Binder (Esslingen, Germany) in F2 and hillclimbs in 1973. Later to Wittwer Racing, when the car had been modified with strange March bodywork, and sold to Ruedi Jauslin, then to dealer Fridolin Hämmerli. Then sold to Hansmarkus Huber who bought new Brabham bodywork from Peter Denty Racing; then sold to Albert Eggs, and sold by him to 'someone from Zurich'. Subsequent history unknown. A car with this number seen in 2003 with Sid Hoole and then in 2005 with Joseph (Sepp) Meyer.
  17. March 712M [16] (Fredy Link): New to Fredy Link, and run for him by Jolly Club in F2 in 1971. Also used in Formula 3 with a Renault Albert engine. To Peter Korda for 1972, and used in hillclimbs, German and Swiss national events, and occasional F2 races from 1972 to 1974. It appears that the car remained in Switzerland after Korda last used it. It went to Edmond Veigel (Lausanne, Switzerland) who dismantled the car and never used it. It was later acquired by Hans-Markus Huber (Berne, Switzerland), restored by him between 1989 and 1991, fitted with a BDA engine, and raced it in the European Historic Formula 2 Club series. Subsequent history unknown.

Sources

Note that the identification of individual cars in these results is based on the material presented elsewhere in this site and may in some cases contradict the organisers' published results.

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Individual sources for this event

A few chassis plates are given by Autosport 29 Jul 1971 p18 and Motoring News 29 Jul 1971 p9 with other cars apparantly remaining the same. Salvati's car was the car practiced by Picchi at Monza; Naddeo had the rebuilt Rouen car, ex-Bell; Dal Bo had the car Beltoise used at Rouen; and Moser wrote off Brabham BT36-11. It was Frey's turn to turn up with ex "ex-Perrot" Chevron B18 but there's no indeication he and Bayard are sharing.