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John Player Formula 3 International Championship

Mallory Park, 26 Aug 1973

ResultsLapsTime/Speed
1 Tony Brise March 733 [21] - Ford twin cam Holbay R73
#33 Team Kent Messenger Racing
15 11m 49.8s
102.7 mph
2 Matt Spitzley March 733 [7] - Ford twin cam Brown
#6
15 11m 50.8s
3 Richard Robarts March 733 [24] - Ford twin cam Holbay R73
#18 Myson Racing
15 11m 51.2s
4 Mike Wilds March 733 [26] - Ford twin cam Holbay R73
#28 Dempster International Racing Team
(see note 1)
15 11m 53.6s
5 Russell Wood March 733 [3] - Ford twin cam Novamotor
#21 The Chequered Flag (see note 2)
15 11m 53.8s
6 Pedro Passadore GRD 373 [060-F3] - Ford twin cam Vegantune
#20 DART Racing with GRD
15 11m 56.6s
7 Tony Rouff GRD 373 [050-F3] - Ford twin cam Vegantune
#32 AB3 Racing Developments
15 12m 03.8s
8 Leonel Friedrich March 733 [13] - Ford twin cam Holbay R73
#22 (see note 3)
15 12m 04.6s
9 Nicholas von Preussen March 733 [12] - Ford twin cam Novamotor
#31 P&M Racing Preparations Ltd
15 12m 06.4s
10 José Espírito Santo March 733 [6] - Ford twin cam Mohr
#29
15 12m 08.6s
11 Larry Perkins Brabham BT41 [31] - Ford twin cam Novamotor
#38 Team Cowangie
15 12m 08.8s
12 Mike Tyrrell Ensign LNF3 - Ford twin cam Holbay
#12 Mark Gregory Property Developers
15 12m 09.0s
13 Derek Lawrence Ehrlich ES2 - Ford twin cam Ehrlich
#27 Dr J. Ehrlich
15 12m 09.8s
14 "Teleco" March 733 [15] - Ford twin cam Novamotor
#24 Angeleri March Racing Brazil
15 12m 12.6s
15 Brian Henton GRD 373 [057-F3] - Ford twin cam Holbay
#15
15 12m 13.2s
16 John Sheldon Royale RP11 [3] - Ford twin cam Vegantune
#36 (see note 4)
15 12m 34.8s
17 Alan Jones GRD 373 [060-F3] - Ford twin cam Vegantune
#19 DART Racing with GRD
15 12m 49.2s
R Val Musetti Royale RP11A [6] - Ford twin cam Vegantune
#10 (see note 5)
7
R Bernard Vermillio Merlyn Mk 21B [445/F3/73] - Ford twin cam Novamotor
#8 (see note 6)
4
R Thomas B Hilliar Ensign LNF3/73 [73.15] - Ford twin cam Vegantune
#9
0
DNQ Frank Scurria Ensign LNF3/72 - Ford twin cam Vegantune
#5
Did not qualify
DNQ Roger Craven GRD 372 [024-F3] - Ford twin cam RES
#37 L&K Racing Team (see note 7)
Did not qualify
DNQ Simon Sherman Royale RP11 [5] - Ford twin cam Vegantune
#34 (see note 8)
Did not qualify
DNQ John MacDonald GRD 373 [372 025-F3] - Ford twin cam Novamotor
#14 (see note 9)
Did not qualify
DNQ Marco Tessiore GRD 373 - Ford twin cam Vegantune
#39 DART Racing with GRD
Did not qualify
DNA Jeremy Gambs GRD 373 [070-F3] - Ford twin cam
#1
Did not arrive
DNA Mike Catlow Elden Mk12 - Ford twin cam
#2 Mitford Group-Team Elden
Did not arrive
DNA Jimmy Fuller Brabham BT38C [19] - Ford twin cam Holbay
#3 ADM Business Systems Ltd (see note 10)
Did not arrive
DNA S.N. (Norman) Moffett GRD 372 - Ford twin cam Holbay
#4 (see note 11)
Did not arrive
DNA TBA Brabham BT41 - Ford twin cam Novamotor
#7 Wrangler Racing Team
Did not arrive
DNA Allan Davies Alpine A364 [3647] - Renault R16 Dudot
#11 Tullett & Riley
Did not arrive
DNA Barrie Maskell GRD 373 - Ford twin cam Holbay
#16 GRS International
Did not arrive
DNA Ian Taylor March 733 - Ford twin cam Holbay
#23 Chris Andrews
Did not arrive
DNA Angelo Piccione March 733 [27?] - Ford twin cam Holbay
#25 Angeleri March Racing Brazil
Did not arrive
DNA Masami Kuwashima March 733 [18] - Ford twin cam Holbay
#26 Reystan Racing
Did not arrive
DNA Nick Crossley March 733 [4] - Ford twin cam Novamotor
#30 P&M Racing Preparations Ltd
Did not arrive
DNA Johnny Gerber Brabham BT41 [11] - Ford twin cam Vegantune
#35 Ippokampos Racing (see note 12)
Did not arrive
DNA Ronnie Mackay MRE Mk2 [P.1.73] - Ford twin cam
#40
Did not arrive

All cars are 1.6-litre F3 unless noted.

Qualifying
1 Tony Brise (F3) 1.6-litre March 733 [21] - Ford twin cam Holbay R73 0.46.4
2 Matt Spitzley (F3) 1.6-litre March 733 [7] - Ford twin cam Brown 0.46.4
3 Alan Jones (F3) 1.6-litre GRD 373 [060-F3] - Ford twin cam Vegantune 0.46.6
4 Richard Robarts (F3) 1.6-litre March 733 [24] - Ford twin cam Holbay R73 0.46.6
5 Leonel Friedrich (F3) 1.6-litre March 733 [13] - Ford twin cam Holbay R73 0.46.6
6 Pedro Passadore (F3) 1.6-litre GRD 373 [060-F3] - Ford twin cam Vegantune 0.46.6
7 Russell Wood (F3) 1.6-litre March 733 [3] - Ford twin cam Novamotor 0.46.8
8 José Espírito Santo (F3) 1.6-litre March 733 [6] - Ford twin cam Mohr 0.46.8
9 Derek Lawrence (F3) 1.6-litre Ehrlich ES2 - Ford twin cam Ehrlich 0.47.0
10 Tony Rouff (F3) 1.6-litre GRD 373 [050-F3] - Ford twin cam Vegantune 0.47.0
11 Mike Wilds (F3) 1.6-litre March 733 [26] - Ford twin cam Holbay R73 0.47.0
12 Mike Tyrrell (F3) 1.6-litre Ensign LNF3 - Ford twin cam Holbay 0.47.0
13 Larry Perkins (F3) 1.6-litre Brabham BT41 [31] - Ford twin cam Novamotor 0.47.0
14 Brian Henton (F3) 1.6-litre GRD 373 [057-F3] - Ford twin cam Holbay 0.47.2
15 Bernard Vermillio (F3) 1.6-litre Merlyn Mk 21B [445/F3/73] - Ford twin cam Novamotor 0.47.2
16 John Sheldon (F3) 1.6-litre Royale RP11 [3] - Ford twin cam Vegantune 0.47.4
17 "Teleco" (F3) 1.6-litre March 733 [15] - Ford twin cam Novamotor 0.47.8
18 Nicholas von Preussen (F3) 1.6-litre March 733 [12] - Ford twin cam Novamotor 0.48.2
19 Thomas B Hilliar (F3) 1.6-litre Ensign LNF3/73 [73.15] - Ford twin cam Vegantune 0.48.4
20 Val Musetti (F3) 1.6-litre Royale RP11A [6] - Ford twin cam Vegantune 0.48.4
21 Frank Scurria * (F3) 1.6-litre Ensign LNF3/72 - Ford twin cam Vegantune 0.48.6
22 Roger Craven * (F3) 1.6-litre GRD 372 [024-F3] - Ford twin cam RES 0.48.8
23 Simon Sherman * (F3) 1.6-litre Royale RP11 [5] - Ford twin cam Vegantune 0.49.2
24 John MacDonald * (F3) 1.6-litre GRD 373 [372 025-F3] - Ford twin cam Novamotor 0.51.0
25 Marco Tessiore * (F3) 1.6-litre GRD 373 - Ford twin cam Vegantune 0.51.4
 
* Did not start

Notes on the cars:

  1. March 733 [26] (Mike Wilds): New to Dempster International Racing Team for Mike Wilds to drive in F3 from July 1973 onwards, replacing the 1972/73 Ensign with which he had started the season. It was then sold to Graham Watts (Faringham) for hillclimbs, appearing at Prescott in March 1974, when the car had a 1600cc Holbay engine. During 1975, the car was bought by Terry Smith (Felton, Somerset) to replace his highly successful 1-litre Vixen Imp. Smith raced the March in sprints and hillclimbs through the rest of 1975 and through 1976, using a 1600cc Holbay Ford twin cam engine, but in the summer of 1976, bought the ex-F1 McLaren M14D. The March was sold to Geoff Hunt (Andover, Hampshire), again with the Holbay twin cam, and used in sprints for quite a few years. Eventually traded to Richard Speakman for the ex-F3 Pilbeam MP51. Subsequent history unknown.
  2. March 733 [3] (Russell Wood): New to Russell Wood and run for him in the British F3 series by Peter Bloore Racing with backing from The Chequered Flag. Wood won three early round of the championship but had a heavy accident at Zandvoort in May and did not win again. Sold to Australian Ian Douglass for 1974 and rebuilt for Australian F2, using various 742 bits. The car was involved in a fire during private testing at Oran Park after the Lakeside race in December 1974 and was completely burnt to the ground.
  3. March 733 [13] (Leonel Friedrich): New to Brazilian driver Leonel Friedrich (Porto Alegre, Brazil) and run for him by Peter Bloore Racing in the 1973 British Formula 3 season. Friedrich had not sat in a single-seater racing car before, but was the 1972 1600cc class Brazilian Touring Car Champion. For a novice, he was impressively quick straight away, eighth fastest in practice at his first race, and finishing second four times in his first dozen F3 races. His March was fitted with Holbay engines except for a brief mid-season flirtation with Novamotors. The car was then hired to another young Brazilian Alex Dias Ribeiro, and run for him by Angeleri March Racing Brazil in two races at the very end of the season. Subsequent history unknown.
  4. Royale RP11 [3] (John Sheldon): New to The Chequered Flag for Ian Ashley in British F3 in 1972. The team were a frequent non-arrival from July onwards, even when Brian McGuire replaced Ian Ashley as the nominated driver. Sold to John Sheldon (Surbiton, Surrey) for 1973 and raced in the British F3 series. Last seen at Mallory Park in August 1973. Subsequent history unknown.
  5. Royale RP11A [6] (Val Musetti): New factory car for Tom Pryce to drive, replacing the one wrecked at the 1972 Monaco GP F3 race. To Reystan Racing for 1973 for Andy Sutcliffe to drive, but Sutcliffe left the team in April, and his seat was taken over by Val Musetti, who had written off his own RP11 in testing. Raced by Musetti through to the end of the season. Converted to Formula Atlantic specification for 1974 and raced by Musetti in the British championship up to May. Sold later in the year to Mike Franey and raced in libre racing. Raced by Franey in a couple of British Formula Atlantic races in 1975. Subsequent history unknown.
  6. Merlyn Mk 21B [445/F3/73] (Bernard Vermillio): New to Bernard Vermillio for British F3 in 1973, but he failed to arrive for most of his races and had a poor season. The car was acquired from from Vermilio by Gordon Smiley (Mirriam, Kansas) who had come to England to race a works Merlyn Mk 25 in Formula Ford, and the Mk 21 was converted for him to also race in the Formula Atlantic series. His only race in the Mk 21 was in the Brands Hatch race in mid-March supporting the Race of Champions. He crashed during the very wet race and according to Clive Hayward, he "stuffed it pretty thoroughly". Smiley moved to the Elden F3 team.
  7. GRD 372 [024-F3] (Roger Craven): Entered by GRS International for Andy Sutcliffe for a few races in British F3 in April 1972, using Holbay engines. Then entered for young Portuguese driver Jorge Pinhol for the rest of the season, but he often failed to appear and may have only been at eight races, starting as few as three. Pinhol's car had been announced in early February, but he did not appear until the end of April. His last definite appearance was at Thruxon on 6 August but his entries continued until the start of October. The car was then run for Formula Ford star Johnny Gerber as an Ippokampos Racing entry but run by GRS International at Brands Hatch on 22 October 1972. The ex-Pinhol car went to Roger Craven (Lincoln) for British F3 in 1973, using RES and Vegantune engines. Also used by Craven very successfully in libre racing that season. It was advertised by Craven's entrant, L & K Racing Team (Lincoln) with a Neil Brown engine in November 1973 and from the same Lincoln telephone numbers in February 1974. Subsequent history unknown.
  8. Royale RP11 [5] (Simon Sherman): New to Simon Sherman and raced in British F3 in 1972. Retained for 1973, but did not start many races. Sherman entered the car for a few races in 1974 but only started one race. Subsequent history unknown.
  9. GRD 373 [372 025-F3] (John MacDonald): New to Reystan Racing Ltd for Masami Kuwashima to drive in British F3 in 1972, using Holbay engines. To John MacDonald for British F3 in 1973, when it was described as being the remains of Kuwashima's 1972 car built up around a new tub. Raced until October 1973, when it was said to have been sold to Ireland. Subsequent history unknown.
  10. Brabham BT38C [19] (Jimmy Fuller): New to Canadian driver Chris O'Brien and raced in British F3 in 1972 using Holbay engines. To Jimmy Fuller for 1973, again in British F3 and again using Holbay engines. Advertised by Fuller from Sunbury-on-Thames as a "BT38/41" with two rebuilt Novamotor twin-cams, a spare monocoque and bodywork for £2,250 in November 1973. Formula 3 changed to 2000cc for 1974, and the BT38C was sold to David Taylor (Formy, Lancashire, later Merseyside) for Kim Mather to race in British Formula Atlantic in 1974. When the car first appeared, it had a RES BDA engine and still used F3 wheels, Mather recalling that he "just dropped a BDA in it". By the end of May it had a Richardson BDA and wider wheels, but it was still far off the pace of the leading cars, and this turned out to be its last Atlantic race. Taylor also used the car in sprints at Longridge, and Mather won two libre races at Aintree. Taylor advertised the car in September, complete with Richardson BDA, for £2,200 and sold it to Ted Payne (Middleton-in-Teesdale, County Durham). Payne had raced a BT38 earlier in the season with a Vegantune engine, but it appears he had sold that car and had bought Taylor's very similar one with its Richardson engine. Payne continued to race the car in 1975, and entry lists show that it was black with a Richardson engine, and generally entered as a BT38-40. It was advertised by Payne in November 1975 as a BT38/40 with a recently rebuilt Cosworth BDA engine, and with a spare monocoque. It was bought by Andrew Wareing (Kirkham, Fylde, Lancashire), whose recollection is that it came from Joe Applegarth, but Applegarth says he never owned a BT38. Wareing used it in sprints and libre in 1976. He advertised it in September 1976 as a BT38/40 with BDA engine, 10" and 14" wheels and a spare tub, and recalls that it went to a family of hillclimbers, father and sons. This must be John Hart (East Dulwich, London), who after hillclimbing a Brabham BT18 in 1976, transferred its Cosworth FVA engine into a Brabham BT38 for 1977. Hart recalls buying the BT38 in the Isle of Man, but it is quite plausible that the car had acquired an Isle of Man event sticker if Wareing had competed in one of the Longton & DCC events on the island. Hart raced this car in hillclimbs and sprints through 1977, being joined by his son Greg later that season. The pair retained the BT38 for 1978 but Greg wrecked it in a major accident at Shelsley Walsh in August, which he was lucky to escape. The car was briskly rebuilt using a BT40 monocoque acquired from MRD and raced again at Gurston Down just two weeks later. The car was renamed 'Hart JG79' for 1979, fitted with a 1600cc Richardson FVA and raced by Greg and John in 1979 and 1980. Doug Hart recalls that the BT40 was sold to Paul Squires, "who sadly died at a young age and before he finished the car". Subsequent history unknown.
  11. GRD 372 (S.N. (Norman) Moffett): After struggling with his March 723 in British F3 early in 1973, Roger Williamson swapped to a GRD 372 in mid-April. The car was provided by his sponsor Tom Wheatcroft, and the car he first raced was described as the development model when Williamson tested it briefly at Snetterton. Autosport said he drove the development car on his GRD debut at Silverstone's International Trophy, but Motoring News noticed that GRD had managed to produce his new car ahead of schedule. With mechanics Eric Hassel and Nick Jordan, and using Holbay engines, Williamson won on his debut in the car. He also raced the new car at Monaco, but flew back to race the "original GRD prototype previously raced by Sutcliffe" at Silverstone the next day. At Oulton Park in August he had a huge accident in practice, so the team built up the ex-Sutcliffe prototype for him to race. Presumably he raced the prototype at the next two races, over that same Bank Holiday weekend, before returning to his regular car for the races in September and October. He won ten races in total to take the BRSCC/Shell F3 title. The car was then sold to Norman Moffett (Newtownabbey, County Antrim, Northern Ireland) who raced it in British F3 through 1973. It was advertised by Moffets Car Sales (Belfast, Northern Ireland) in December 1973. Subsequent history unknown.
  12. Brabham BT41 [11] (Johnny Gerber): Initially a Motor Racing Developments entry for Tony Trimmer in 1973, then becoming an Ippokampos Racing entry for Johnny Gerber until August 1973. Not seen again.

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.

These British Formula 3 results have been compiled by Chris Townsend using the main British magazines Autosport and Motoring News but also the US magazine On Track which carried surprisingly good coverage of the British series.

All comments, clarifications, corrections and additions are most welcome. Please email Allen (allen@oldracingcars.com) if you can help in any way with our research.