European Hill Climb Championship Round
Montseny, 21 May 1972
| Results | Time | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Xavier Perrot | (F2) 1.8-litre March 722 [16] - Cosworth BDE (see note 1) |
8m 57.13s | |||
| 2 | Robert "Jimmy" Mieusset | (F2) 1.8-litre March 722 - Ford BDA (see note 2) |
9m 00.8s | |||
| 3 | Juan Fernández | (sports racing) 3-litre Porsche 908/03 [013] |
9m 37.0s | |||
| 4 | Juan Kutz | (sports racing) 3-litre Porsche 908 |
9m 55.68s | |||
| 5 | Manuel Juncosa | (G5 3.0) 3-litre Fiat-Abarth 3000 - Abarth V8 |
10m 05.20s | |||
| 6 | Salvador Cañellas | (Formula 1430) 1.4-litre Selex ST3 - Seat |
10m 05.89s | |||
| 7 | "Jean-Claude" | (Formula 1430) 1.4-litre Selex ST3 - Seat |
10m 12.24s | |||
| 8 | José-Marie Clot | (Formula 1430) 1.4-litre Selex ST3 - Seat |
10m 12.60s | |||
| 9 | Toni Fischhaber | (G4) Porsche 911S |
10m 28.55s | |||
| 10 | Jorge Pla | (G5 2.0) 2-litre Fiat-Abarth 2000 - Abarth 4 |
10m 30.85s | |||
| Qualifying | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Qualifying information not available |
Notes on the cars:
- March 722 [16] (Xavier Perrot): New to Xavier Perrot (Zürich, Switzerland), and raced in European hillclimbs, F2 events, and both Swiss and German national events in 1972. He won major events in this car at Ampus, Dobratsch, Mont Ventoux, Freiburg-Schauinsland and St Ursanne-Les Rangiers. The car reappeared at the Jim Clark Memorial Trophäe at Hockenheim in April 1973 where it was driven by entered by Formel Rennsport Club Schweiz for Paul Keller (Trasadingen, Schaffhausen, Switzerland) to drive, but was reported to be owned by Freddy Link. Keller crashed it at the Nürburgring three weeks later, but it was back out for Jean-Claude Favre to drive at Payerne in May and in other events later in the season. Subsequent history unknown, but an "ex-Perrot" with "722-16" chassis plate was advertised in 2003. It should be noted that Bob Lazier's Formula B March 722 had the number "722-16" noted in its original SCCA logbook, so the association of Lazier's car with this chassis number is entirely genuine - even if the reason for the duplicated number is not yet understood.
- March 722 (Robert "Jimmy" Mieusset): Robert "Jimmy" Mieusset (Lyon, Rhône-Alpes, France) drove a March 722 with huge success in French hillclimbs in 1972 and 1973, winning at least 28 events. Despite buying a newer March 742, it appears that he retained the 722, and it is possible he used it in minor events in 1974 and 1975. In 1976, the car was reported to be with Christian Thomas for French hillclimbs, but his only known appearance was at Bourbach le Haut in May 1976. Subsequent history unknown.
Sources
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' original results.
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Individual sources for this event
Autocourse 1972/73 p194, Autosprint 22-29 May 1972 p33. Both sources list the top ten with their times but Autocourse makes a better job of the names than Autosprint. Autocourse also supplies more detailed descriptions of most of the cars, especially the Selex.