Non-championship F2 Race

Imola, 25 Jul 1971

ResultsLapsTime/Speed
1 Carlos Pace March 712M [20] - Cosworth FVA
#25 Frank Williams Racing 		56 1.30.57.6
115.04
2 Giovanni Salvati March 712M [19] - Cosworth FVA
#7 Scuderia Ala d'Oro 		56 1.33.22.8
3 Xavier Perrot March 712M [6] - Cosworth FVA
#26 Squadra Tartaruga 		56 1.33.34.3
4 Wilson Fittipaldi March 712M [17] - Cosworth FVA
#9 Team Bardahl 		54
5 Adam Potocki Lotus 69 [69.F2.3] - Cosworth FVA
#27 GTE Racing Cars 		52
6 Dieter Quester March 712M [14] - BMW M11
#21 Eifelland Wohnwagenbau (see note 1) 		45
7 Luigi Fontanesi Tecno TF70 [T00806] - Cosworth FVA
#3 Racing Team IRIS 		44 retired heat 1
8 Carlos Reusch Brabham BT36 [7] - Cosworth FVA
#11 Automovil Club, Argentina 		39 retired heat 1
9 Spartaco Dini De Tomaso 103 [F2-00298] - Cosworth FVA
#4 		39 retired heat 1
10 François Cévert Tecno TF71 [T00720] - Ford BDA
#1 Équipe ELF Tecno 		37 retired heat 2
NC Giancarlo Naddeo 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 Noghes Brabham BT30 [9] - Cosworth FVA
#16 Écurie Monaco 		29 retired heat 1
NC Emerson Fittipaldi Lotus 69 [69/71.5.F2] - Cosworth FVA
#8 Team Bardahl 		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 		6 retired both heats
NC Ernesto "Tino" Brambilla March 712M [18] - Cosworth FVA
#5 Scuderia Ala d'Oro 		5 retired heat 1; DNS heat 2
NC Helmut Marko Lola T240 ["F2.1"] - Cosworth FVA
#12 Écurie Bonnier 		5 retired heat 1; DNS heat 2
NC Carlos Reutemann Brabham BT36 [6] - Cosworth FVA
#10 Automovil Club, Argentina 		4 retired heat 1; DNS heat 2
NC Patrick Dal Bo Pygmée MDB16 [MDB16-271] - Cosworth FVA
#22 Constructions Mech Pygmée (see note 2) 		4 retired heat 1; DNS heat 2
NC Vittorio Brambilla March 712M [1] - Cosworth FVA
#6 Scuderia Ala d'Oro 		3 retired heat 1; DNS heat 2
DNS Bruno Frey Chevron B18 [18.71.2] - Cosworth FVA
#20 Midland Racing Team 		Did not start
(car stolen from paddock overnight)
DNSC Silvio Moser Brabham BT36 [11] - Cosworth FVA
#18 		Did not start (crashed)
DNA TBA Brabham BT36 [4] - Cosworth FVA
#14 Eifelland Wohnwagenbau 		Did not arrive
DNA Max Jean ("Jean Max") March 712M [4] - Cosworth FVA
#24 Frank Williams Racing 		Did not arrive
DNA Fredy Link March 712M [16] - Cosworth FVA
#17 		Did not arrive

All cars are 1.6-litre F2 unless noted.

Heat 1 Laps Time Speed
1François Cévert280.45.21.0115.51
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 Naddeo27
9Adam Potocki26
Emerson Fittipaldi18Overheating
Luigi Fontanesi17Ignition
Spartaco Dini16Fuel pressure
Carlos Reusch12Fuel 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 Noghes1Clutch
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 Reusch280.46.37.5
4Lionel Noghes280.46.38.1
5Xavier Perrot280.46.38.2
6Giovanni Salvati280.46.49.0
7Wilson Fittipaldi26
8Adam Potocki26
9Spartaco Dini23
Dieter Quester17Piston
Jean Blanc11Engine
Hannelore Werner10Fuel pressure
François Cévert9Engine
Giancarlo Naddeo5Engine
Claudio Francisci1Engine
Jürg Dubler1Engine
Ernesto "Tino" BrambillaDid not start
Vittorio BrambillaDid not start
Carlos ReutemannDid not start
Patrick Dal BoDid not start
Emerson FittipaldiDid not start
Helmut MarkoDid not start
Qualifying
Qualifying information not available

Notes on the cars:

  1. 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).
  2. Pygmée MDB16 [MDB16-271] (Patrick Dal Bo): According to the research of Gérard Gamand, Editor of Autodiva, the ex-Beltoise 'châssis MDB16#271' went to Richard Daniel for 1972. Daniel raced the car in course de côte until the end of 1972 but its next owner is currently 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' orginal 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.