Vallelunga, 13 Jun 1971 « European Formula 2 (1600cc)

Non-championship F2 Race

Vallelunga, 13 Jun 1971

Results			Laps	Time/Speed
1	François Cévert	Tecno TF71 [T00714] - Ford BDA #1 Équipe ELF Tecno	70	1.27.24.6 153.567
2	Wilson Fittipaldi	March 712M [17] - Cosworth FVA #6 Team Bardahl	70	1.27.30.6
3	Carlos Pace	March 712M [20] - Cosworth FVA #9 Frank Williams Racing	70	1.27.38.2
4	John Cannon	March 712M [15] - Cosworth FVA #12 (see note 1)	70	1.28.11.2
5	Claudio Francisci	Tecno TF70 [T00808] - Cosworth FVA #20 Racing Team IRIS	70	1.28.42.1
6	Carlos Reutemann	Brabham BT30 [18] - Cosworth FVA #7 Automovil Club, Argentina	70	1.28.47.4
7	Andrea de Adamich	March 712M [4] - Cosworth FVA #3 Frank Williams Racing	70	1.28.59.9
8	John Watson	Brabham BT30 [11] - Cosworth FVA #16	70	1.29.23.7
9	Ernesto "Tino" Brambilla	March 712M [18] - Cosworth FVA #23 Scuderia Ala d'Oro	69
10	Tom Walkinshaw	March 712M [8] - Cosworth FVA #18 Ecurie Ecosse	69
11	Fredy Link	March 712M [16] - Cosworth FVA #11	68
12	Patrick Dal Bo	Pygmée MDB16 [MDB16-171] - Cosworth FVA #15 Constructions Mech Pygmée (see note 2)	63	retired heat 1
13	Gian-Luigi Picchi	March 712M [19] - Cosworth FVA #22 Scuderia Ala d'Oro	61
14	Giovanni Salvati	March 712M [1] - Cosworth FVA #24 Scuderia Ala d'Oro	36	retired heat 2
NC	Dieter Quester	March 712M [14] - BMW M11 #4 Eifelland Wohnwagenbau (see note 3)	30	retired heat 1; DNS heat 2
NC	Jürg Dubler	Brabham BT30 [24] - Cosworth FVA #10 Team Obrist	30	retired both heats
NC	Carlos Reusch	Brabham BT30 [19] - Cosworth FVA #8 Automovil Club, Argentina	6	retired heat 1; DNS heat 2
NC	Lionel Noghes	Brabham BT30 [9] - Cosworth FVA #14 Écurie Monaco	4	retired heat 1; DNS heat 2
NC	Arturo Merzario	Tecno TF70 [T00806] - Cosworth FVA #19 Racing Team IRIS	2	crashed heat 1; DNS heat 2
DNS	Silvio Moser	Brabham BT30 [17] - Cosworth FVA #5	Did not start
DNQ	Spartaco Dini	De Tomaso 103 [F2-00298] - Cosworth FVA #21	Did not qualify
DNA	TBA	Tecno - Ford BDA #2 Équipe ELF Tecno	Did not arrive

All cars are 1.6-litre F2 unless noted.

Heat 1		Laps	Time	Speed
1	Wilson Fittipaldi	35	0.43.46.1	153.44 kph
2	Carlos Pace	35	0.43.50.0
3	François Cévert	35	0.43.53.7
4	John Cannon	35	0.44.18.4
5	Carlos Reutemann	35	0.44.21.0
6	Gian-Luigi Picchi	35	0.44.35.9
7	Ernesto "Tino" Brambilla	35	0.44.39.2
8	Claudio Francisci	35	0.44.40.1
9	John Watson	35	0.44.49.0
10	Andrea de Adamich	35	0.44.51.2
11	Tom Walkinshaw	35	0.45.01.6
12	Fredy Link	34	0.44.52.9
	Dieter Quester	30	Gearbox
	Patrick Dal Bo	30	Gearbox
	Jürg Dubler	28	Suspension
	Carlos Reusch	6	Gearbox
	Lionel Noghes	4	Valve
	Arturo Merzario	2	Puncture, accident
	Silvio Moser	0	DNS

Heat 2		Laps	Time	Speed
1	François Cévert	35	0.43.30.9	154.236
2	Wilson Fittipaldi	35	0.43.44.5
3	Carlos Pace	35	0.43.45.2
4	John Cannon	35	0.43.53.1
5	Claudio Francisci	35	0.44.02.0
6	Andrea de Adamich	35	0.44.08.7
7	Carlos Reutemann	35	0.44.26.4
8	John Watson	35	0.44.34.7
9	Ernesto "Tino" Brambilla	34
10	Tom Walkinshaw	34
11	Fredy Link	34
12	Patrick Dal Bo	33
13	Gian-Luigi Picchi	26	Fuel injection
	Jürg Dubler	2	Exhaust manifold
	Giovanni Salvati	1	Engine
	Dieter Quester		DNS: Gearbox
	Carlos Reusch		DNS: Gearbox
	Lionel Noghes		DNS: Valve
	Arturo Merzario		DNS

Qualifying
Qualifying information not available

Notes on the cars:

March 712M [15] (John Cannon): John Cannon generally ran his March 712M in Formula 2 but took it to the US in September for the Lime Rock Formula 5000 race fitted with an FVC (MN 3 Feb 1972 p18). In 1972, the car was converted to Formula B specification with a Hart twin cam and raced by Warren G. Ogden III (North Andover, MA) in SCCA events. He advertised the car in Feb 1973 but it may have been the basis of the March 73B that he drove at Virginia International Raceway on 8 Apr 1973.
Pygmée MDB16 [MDB16-171] (Patrick Dal Bo): Gérard Gamand, Editor of Autodiva, has identified 'châssis MDB16#171' as the ex Patrick Dal Bo 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.
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. The next time the 712M emerged was as the basis of Kurt Bergmann's Kaimann F2 car, equipped with an Apfelbeck-developed 2-litre Opel engine. The car was used with some success in Austrian hillclimbs but the engine failed in practice when it appeared for its one F2 race, at Hockenheim in April 1974 (see Autosport 8 Apr 1976 p2). The F1 Register then reports the presence of a similarly specified car in the hands of Kurt Rieder at the Salzburg race in June (F1R Volume 10 p63).

Sources

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Individual sources for this event

Few chassis numbers are given at Vallelunga but de Adamich has Pescarolo's regular March; Cannon has his 'regular' car; Pace had 712M-20; Picchi has the March 712M that Salvati used in England (i.e. 712M-19) and Salvati has 712M-1.

Non-championship F2 Race