Non-championship F2 Race

Mallory Park, 14 Mar 1971

ResultsLapsTime/Speed
1 Henri Pescarolo March 712M [4] - Cosworth FVA
#31 Frank Williams Racing 		80 0.59.57.2
108.08
2 Gerry Birrell Lotus 69 [71/69.3.F2] - Cosworth FVA
#26 J&J Stanton 		80 1.00.36.0
3 Brian Hart Brabham BT30 [15] - Cosworth FVA
#7 F.R. Gerard (see note 1) 		79
4 Peter Westbury Brabham BT30 [23] - Cosworth FVA
#8 FIRST 		78
5 Tetsu Ikuzawa Lotus 69 [71/69.1.F2] - Cosworth FVA
#27 		78
6 Jeremy Richardson Brabham BT30 [16] - Cosworth FVA
#12 Paul Watson Racing Organisation
 		78
7 Xavier Perrot Chevron B18 [18.71.2] - Cosworth FVA
#39 Siffert Racing Team 		77
8 Rod Pickering Brabham BT23C [10] - Cosworth FVA
#21 		77
9 Tommy Reid Brabham BT30 [12] - Cosworth FVA
#9 Irish Racing Cars [Mick Mooney]
(see note 2) 		76
10 Mike Beuttler March 712M [5] - Cosworth FVA
#35 Clarke Mordaunt Racing with Alistair Guthrie
 		75
11 Carlos Reutemann Brabham BT30 [18] - Cosworth FVA
#1 Automovil Club, Argentina 		74 retired heat 1
12 Derek Bell March 712M [2] - Cosworth FVA
#32 Frank Williams Racing 		72
NC John Watson Brabham BT30 [11] - Cosworth FVA
#11 		68
NC Brian Nelson Crosslé 18F [18F.71.02] - Cosworth FVA
#42 		67 retired heat 1
NC Hannelore Werner March 712M [3] - Cosworth FVA
#37 Eifelland Wohnwagenbau 		63 retired heat 2
NC Niki Lauda March 712M [9] - Cosworth FVA
#33 		59 retired both heats
NC Jo Siffert Chevron B18 [18.71.3] - Cosworth FVA
#38 Siffert Racing Team 		54 retired heat 1
NC Ronnie Peterson March 712M [7] - Cosworth FVA
#30 March Engineering 		35 accident heat 1; DNS heat 2
NC Tom Walkinshaw March 712M [8] - Cosworth FVA
#34 Ecurie Ecosse 		24 retired heat 1; DNS heat 2
DNA Carlos Reusch Brabham BT30 [19] - Cosworth FVA
#2 Automovil Club, Argentina 		Did not arrive
DNA Peter Gaydon Brabham BT30 - Cosworth FVA
#3 Eifelland Wohnwagenbau 		Did not arrive
DNA Bernd Terbeck Brabham BT36 [3] - Cosworth FVA
#4 Eifelland Wohnwagenbau 		Did not arrive
DNA Jürg Dubler Brabham BT30 [24] - Cosworth FVA
#5 Jolly Club Switzerland 		Did not arrive
DNA Silvio Moser Brabham BT30 [4 as '7'] - Cosworth FVA
#6 Jolly Club Switzerland 		Did not arrive
DNA Alistair Walker Brabham BT30 [26] - Cosworth FVA
#10 		Did not arrive
DNA Cyd Williams Brabham BT30 [10] - Cosworth FVA
#14 Ian Bannen (see note 3) 		Did not arrive
DNA Brian Cullen Brabham BT23C [11] - Cosworth FVA
#15 		Did not arrive
DNA Ernesto "Tino" Brambilla Brabham BT30 - Cosworth FVA
#16 Scuderia Ala d'Oro 		Did not arrive
DNA Vittorio Brambilla Brabham BT30 - Cosworth FVA
#17 Scuderia Ala d'Oro 		Did not arrive
DNA Tim Schenken Brabham BT36 [1] - Cosworth FVA
#18 Rondel Racing 		Did not arrive
DNA Gianclaudio "Clay" Regazzoni Brabham BT36 - Cosworth FVA
#19 Rondel Racing 		Did not arrive
DNA Ronnie Mackay Brabham BT30 - Cosworth FVA
#20 		Did not arrive
DNA Johnny Blades Lotus 59B [59.F2.21] - Cosworth FVA
#22 Paul Watson Racing Organisation
 		Did not arrive
DNA Graham Hill Lotus 69 [69.F2.5] - Cosworth FVA
#23 		Did not arrive
DNA Wilson Fittipaldi Lotus 69 [69.F2.4] - Cosworth FVA
#24 Team Bardahl 		Did not arrive
DNA Alan Rollinson Lotus 69 [71/69.2.F2] - Cosworth FVA
#25 Irish Racing Cars [Mick Mooney]
 		Did not arrive
DNA Richard Scott Lotus 69 ["69/71.18.F2"] - Cosworth FVA
#28 LIRA 		Did not arrive
DNA Reine Wisell Lotus 69 [69.F2.1] - Cosworth FVA
#29 LIRA 		Did not arrive
DNA Dieter Quester March 712M - Cosworth FVA
#36 Eifelland Wohnwagenbau 		Did not arrive
DNA Graham Eden Chevron B18 [18.A.71.1] - Ford BDA
#40 		Did not arrive
DNA Bruno Frey Chevron B18 [18.71.2] - Cosworth FVA
#41 Midland Racing Team 		Did not arrive

All cars are 1.6-litre F2 unless noted.

Heat 1 Laps Time Speed
1Henri Pescarolo400.29.32.0109.71
2Gerry Birrell400.29.56.4
3Mike Beuttler39
4Peter Westbury39
5John Watson39
6Brian Hart39
7Tetsu Ikuzawa39
8Jeremy Richardson39
9Tommy Reid38
10Xavier Perrot38
11Rod Pickering38
12Derek Bell36
13Hannelore Werner36
Ronnie Peterson35Accident
Carlos Reutemann34Not classified
Brian Nelson32Fuel injection trumpet
Niki Lauda31Fuel pipe union
Tom Walkinshaw24Oil pressure
Jo Siffert14Fuel blockage/suspension damage
Heat 2 Laps Time Speed
1Henri Pescarolo400.30.25.2106.51
2Gerry Birrell400.30.39.6
3Carlos Reutemann400.30.46.4
4Brian Hart400.31.08.2
5Jo Siffert400.31.12.0
6Peter Westbury39
7Tetsu Ikuzawa39
8Xavier Perrot39
9Jeremy Richardson39
10Rod Pickering39
11Tommy Reid38
12Derek Bell36
13Mike Beuttler36
Brian Nelson35not classified
John Watson29not classified
Niki Lauda28Connecting rod
Hannelore Werner27Fuel leak
Ronnie PetersonDNS
Tom WalkinshawDNS
Qualifying
Qualifying information not available

Notes on the cars:

  1. Brabham BT30 [15] (Brian Hart): Sold new 1970 to Bob Gerard and used in European F2 by Henri Pescarolo and Peter Gaydon. Retained 1971, and run in the early part of the season in F2 for Brian Hart. However, financial constraints forced Gerard to cut back and he then ran the car in Atlantic for his mechanic, Bob Salisbury. Replaced as the team’s main car by a BT35 late in the 1971 season but retained and continued to appear on occasion. Sold to Martin Webb in 1972 for Libre races [chassis no. given MN 15 Jun 1972 p5].
  2. Brabham BT30 [12] (Tommy Reid): Autosport identifies BT30-12 as Reid's F2 car in 1971 implying BT30-8 was his FVC libre car. As BT30-8 is advertised by Bobby Howlings in late 1971, it is reasonable to assume that it was BT30-12 that Reid retained for the early part of 1972, still FVA-powered. That car goes to Nelson Todd in July 1972 and has then been tentatively identified as John Pollock's 1973 car, Harold McGarrity's 1974 car and Paddy Heron's 1975 BT30.
  3. Brabham BT30 [10] (Cyd Williams): Sold new to Sports Motors for 1970 European F2 season and raced by Tim Schenken. Press reports at the start of 1971 have this car sold to Ian Bannen and entered by him for Cyd Williams in F2. Sold mid 1971 to Bill Creasy, and used in Libre races, mainly at Silverstone. Presumed to be the car raced occasionally in Atlantic by Creasy in 1971/72. Hill-climbed by Simon Riley in 1974.

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' orginal results.

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Individual sources for this event

Most chassis numbers at Thruxton are reported by Autosport 18 Mar 1971 p23 except Reid's BT30 and Pickering's ex-Dean BT23C which appear to be misprints given what else is known of these cars. Lauda's car is given as 712M-6 but this would also appear to be a misprint as that was Perrot's car and Lauda's regular car was 712M-9. It is possible Lauda's car wasn't ready and Perrot's was borrowed for that event. Jeremy Richardson's BT30 is said to be ex-Bell (Motoring News 7 Jan 1971 p18) and Brian Nelson's Crosslé 18F was the Sebring Formula B winner as the Bogota car was still on the boat.