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John Player Formula 3 International Championship

Mallory Park, 23 Apr 1973

ResultsLapsTime/Speed
1 Alan Jones GRD 373 [060-F3] - Ford twin cam Vegantune
#48 DART Racing/GRD Ltd
40 35m 21.2s
91.56 mph
2 Tony Brise GRD 372/73 [045-F3] - Ford twin cam Holbay
#19 Team Kent Messenger
40 35m 24.2s
3 Russell Wood March 733 [3] - Ford twin cam Novamotor
#27 The Chequered Flag (see note 1)
40 35m 52.4s
4 Ian Taylor March 733 - Ford twin cam Holbay
#28 Chris Andrews
40 36m 03.0s
5 Damien Magee Brabham BT41 [30] - Ford twin cam Novamotor
#15 Marshall Wingfield Ltd
40 36m 03.2s
6 Leonel Friedrich March 733 [13] - Ford twin cam Holbay
#26 (see note 2)
40 36m 11.4s
7 Mike Wilds Ensign LNF3/73 [72.8] - Ford twin cam Holbay
#24 Dempster International Racing Team
39 35m 22.0s
8 Barrie Maskell Dastle Mk10 - Ford twin cam Holbay
#4 Hesketh Racing
39 35m 23.6s
9 Larry Perkins GRD 372 [032-F3] - Ford twin cam Novamotor
#44 Team Cowangie (see note 3)
39 35m 27.4s
10 Mo Harness Ensign LNF3/73 [73.17] - Ford twin cam Holbay
#23 Modus Team Ensign
39 35m 41.6s
11 Gunnar Nordström GRD 373 [048-F3] - Ford twin cam Holbay
#53 Karlssons Klister Racing Team
39 35m 52.8s
12 Brian Henton GRD 373 [057-F3] - Ford twin cam Holbay
#20
39 35m 59.8s
13 Richard Robarts GRD 373 [053-F3] - Ford twin cam Holbay
#49 Myson Racing
39 36m 00.2s
14 Ulf Svensson Brabham BT41 [14] - Ford twin cam Holbay
#7 (see note 4)
39 36m 00.2s
15 Wolfgang Bülow GRD 373 [064-F3] - Ford twin cam Mohr
#58
39 36m 20.6s
16 John Sheldon Royale RP11 [3] - Ford twin cam Vegantune
#41 (see note 5)
37 35m 38.8s
R Pedro Passadore GRD 372 [021-F3] - Ford twin cam Vegantune
#28 (see note 6)
30 Accident
R Håkan Dahlqvist Merlyn Mk 22 [440/F3/73] - Ford twin cam Vegantune
#35 Karlssons Klister Racing Team
(see note 7)
25 Lost wheel
R Ingvar Carlsson GRD 373 [047-F3] - Ford twin cam Holbay
#55 Duckhams-Hans Wängstre Racing
22 Valve
R Roger Keele March 723 - Ford twin cam Vegantune
#18 Alan McKechnie Racing
3 Collision with Bulow
DNQH John MacDonald GRD 372 [025-F3] - Ford twin cam Vegantune
#9 (see note 8)
Did not qualify from heats
DNQH Roelof Wunderink Ensign LNF3/71 [71.2] - Ford twin cam Vegantune
#34
Did not qualify from heats
DNQH Nick Crossley March 733 [4] - Ford twin cam Novamotor
#37 P&M Racing Preparations
Did not qualify from heats
DNQH Roger Craven GRD 372 [024-F3] - Ford twin cam RES
#30 L&K Racing Team (see note 9)
Did not qualify from heats
DNQH Masami Kuwashima March 733 [18] - Ford twin cam Holbay
#12 Reystan Racing
Did not qualify from heats
DNQH Mike Tyrrell Ensign LNF3 - Ford twin cam Vegantune
#22 Marc Gregory Property Developments
Did not qualify from heats
DNQH Thomas B Hilliar Ensign LNF3/73 [73.15] - Ford twin cam Vegantune
#47
Did not qualify from heats
DNQH Val Musetti Royale RP11A [6] - Ford twin cam Vegantune
#14 (see note 10)
Did not qualify from heats
DNQH Jeremy Gambs GRD 373 [070-F3] - Ford twin cam Vegantune
#33
Did not qualify from heats
DNQH Nicholas von Preussen March 733 [12] - Ford twin cam Novamotor
#38 P&M Racing Preparations
Did not qualify from heats
DNS Randy Lewis Brabham BT41 [16] - Ford twin cam Novamotor
#10 Wrangler Racing (see note 11)
Did not start
DNS Simon Sherman Royale RP11 [5] - Ford twin cam Vegantune
#39 (see note 12)
Did not start
DNS John Littler Ensign LNF3/72 [72.7] - Ford twin cam Vegantune
#56 Promoto Racing Services
Did not start
DNS Neil Ginn GRD 372 [022-F3] - Ford twin cam Novamotor
#42 (see note 13)
Did not start
DNA Bengt Rådmyr Lotus 69 [59 F3-26] - Ford twin cam Holbay
#1 Rådmyr Racing Organisation
Did not arrive
DNA Per-Olof Zetterström Brabham BT41 [21] - Ford twin cam
#2 Aladdin Racing Team
Did not arrive
DNA Danny Sullivan Ehrlich ES2 - Ford twin cam Ehrlich
#3 Ehrlich Engineering
Did not arrive
DNA Wilhelm "Willi" Deutsch March 733 - Ford twin cam
#5
Did not arrive
DNA Ole Vejlund Ensign LNF3/72 - Ford twin cam Vegantune
#6 STP Demark
Did not arrive
DNA Harald Ertl March 733 - Ford twin cam
#8
Did not arrive
DNA Andy Sutcliffe Royale RP11A [6] - Ford twin cam Novamotor
#11 Reystan Racing (see note 14)
Did not arrive
DNA Tony Rouff GRD 373 [050-F3] - Ford twin cam Vegantune
#29 AB3 Racing Developments
Did not arrive
DNA Andy MacGregor Brabham BT35 [4] - Ford twin cam
#34 (see note 15)
Did not arrive
DNA José Espírito Santo March 733 [6] - Ford twin cam Mohr
#17
Did not arrive
DNA Alan Edgar Alexis Mk20 - Ford twin cam
#40
Did not arrive
DNA "Teleco" March 733 [15] - Ford twin cam Novamotor
#51 Angeleri March Racing Brazil
Did not arrive
DNA Matt Spitzley March 733 [7] - Ford twin cam Longman
#31
Did not arrive
DNA Bernard Vermillio Merlyn Mk 21 [445/F3/73] - Ford twin cam Novamotor
#16 (see note 16)
Did not arrive
DNA Ken Sedgley Ensign LNF3/71 [71.1] - Ford twin cam Vegantune
#21
Did not arrive
DNA Roger Hurst March 723 [713M-6] - Ford twin cam
#25 (see note 17)
Did not arrive
DNA Richard Knight Brabham BT41 - Ford twin cam
#32 John Stanton
Did not arrive
DNA Johnny Gerber Brabham BT41 [11] - Ford twin cam
#36 Motor Racing Developments (see note 18)
Did not arrive
DNA Simon Sherman Royale RP11 [5] - Ford twin cam
#39 (see note 19)
Did not arrive
DNA Antonio Guarana Menezes March 733 - Ford twin cam Novamotor
#50 Angeleri March Racing Brazil
Did not arrive
DNA Ulf Karlsson Brabham BT41 - Ford twin cam
#46 Team Polarvagen
Did not arrive
DNA Hans-Peter Hoffmann GRD 372 [017-F3] - Ford twin cam Novamotor
#57 (see note 20)
Did not arrive
DNA Conny Andersson Brabham BT38C [21] - Ford twin cam Novamotor
#52 Gekås Kläder (see note 21)
Did not arrive
DNA Mike Catlow Elden Mk12 [68/12001/72] - Ford twin cam Holbay
#43 Elden International Racing
Did not arrive

All cars are 1.6-litre F3 unless noted.

Heat 1 Laps Time Speed
1Ian Taylor100.09.21.686.54 mph
2Tony Brise100.09.23.0
3Mo Harness100.09.30.6
4Russell Wood100.09.30.8
5Håkan Dahlqvist100.09.37.6
6Leonel Friedrich100.09.40.8
7Ingvar Carlsson100.09.41.2
8Roger Keele100.09.41.6
9Gunnar Nordström100.09.51.0
10Wolfgang Bülow100.09.55.8
11Richard Robarts100.09.56.0
12Ulf Svensson100.09.57.4
13John MacDonald90.09.28.4
14Roelof Wunderink90.09.32.4
15Nick Crossley90.09.33.4
Roger Craven8retired
Masami Kuwashima8Accident
Mike Tyrrell6Accident
Simon ShermanDid not start
Simon ShermanDid not start
Randy LewisDid not start
Heat 2 Laps Time Speed
1Alan Jones100.09.19.286.94 mph
2Damien Magee100.09.29.8
3Pedro Passadore100.09.31.2
4Mike Wilds100.09.42.6
5Barrie Maskell100.09.48.8
6Larry Perkins100.09.50.0
7Brian Henton100.09.50.4
8John Sheldon100.10.00.8
9Thomas B Hilliar100.10.13.0
10Val Musetti100.10.22.6
11Jeremy Gambs90.09.22.2
Nicholas von Preussen2Tyres
John LittlerDid not start
Neil GinnDid not start (Accident)
Qualifying
Qualifying information not available

Notes on the cars:

  1. 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.
  2. 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.
  3. GRD 372 [032-F3] (Larry Perkins): Entered by GRS International for Keiichi Tahara at two races in June and July 1972. To Team Cowangie for Larry Perkins to drive in British and French F3 in 1973 but although the car was identified as chassis 032, it was once referred to as "ex-Jones" [his own chassis 033-F3 or the ex-Sutcliffe GRS car] and also once as ex-Rousselot [the GRS chassis 021]. Jones had retained 033 for the start of 1973 and the ex-Rousselot 021-F3 was driven in 1973 by Pedro Passadore, so neither are likely. Perkins badly damaged the car in practice at Paul Ricard on 1 July 1973. When he returned to racing, he first borrowed the works Ensign and then acquired a Brabham BT41, indicating that the GRD was not repaired.
  4. Brabham BT41 [14] (Ulf Svensson): New to Ulf Svensson in 1973.
  5. 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.
  6. GRD 372 [021-F3] (Pedro Passadore): Entered by GRS International for Pierre-François Rousselot and raced extensively in British F3 in 1972, using Novamotor and later Holbay engines, and sponsored by Gitanes. Raced by Neil Ginn at one early-1973 race, then entered by DART Racing with GRD for Pedro Passadore, who raced it in Britain from April to June 1973, when he moved to a newer GRD 373. The subsequent history of the 372 is unknown.
  7. Merlyn Mk 22 [440/F3/73] (Håkan Dahlqvist): New to Håkan Dahlqvist for British and European F3 in 1973, and described as a "Mk 22". Dahlqvist won the Swedish F3 title in this car. Retained by Dahlqvist for Swedish F3 in 1974, when it was also driven at one race by Matts Nygren. To Lars-Åke Olsson for Swedish F3 in 1975. To Thomas Gunnarsson for Swedish F3 in 1976. To Thorbjörn Bäck for Swedish F3 in 1977. Subsequent history unknown, but in about 1987 or 1988, Richard Parkin located the car in Sweden and brought it back to England. He sold it to Anthony Taylor about a year later, and Taylor restored it to Formula B specification, using it briefly in HSCC historic racing. Taylor's understanding was that it was Dahlqvist's Swedish F3 championship winning car. The car was later sold via Chris Alford about 1994 or 1995. Richard Taylor, Anthony's son, recalls that it might have gone to Canada.
  8. GRD 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.
  9. 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.
  10. 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.
  11. Brabham BT41 [16] (Randy Lewis): New to Randy Lewis in 1973.
  12. 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.
  13. GRD 372 [022-F3] (Neil Ginn): Entered by GRS International for Scottish Formula Ford champion Neil Ginn and raced extensively in British F3 in 1972, using Novamotor engines. It was sponsored by Lyle & Scott's 'Y-front' underwear range. Retained for Ginn for 1973. The car had to be rebuilt on a borrowed tub after his accident in practice at Oulton Park on Good Friday. Ginn's last race was at Oulton Park at the end of May. In January 1974, Ginn advertised his "1973 GRD model" which came with "brand new tub and new bodywork" as well as a Novamotor engine and Hewland Mk 8 gearbox.
  14. Royale RP11A [6] (Andy Sutcliffe): 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.
  15. Brabham BT35 [4] (Andy MacGregor): New to Canadian Chris O'Brien and used in British F3 in 1971, sponsored by Diner's Club. Retained by O'Brien for a couple of races early in 1972, while waiting for his Brabham BT38C to arrive, but he did not race it. Then sold to Andy McGregor but he failed to arrive for his first few races, then couldn't qualify for a few more, so did not start a race in 1972. Retained by McGregor for 1973, and used most of the season.
  16. Merlyn Mk 21 [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.
  17. March 723 [713M-6] (Roger Hurst): New to John Bisignano (Denver, CO) and raced in British F3 in 1971 with support from Liggett & Myers L&M tobacco brand. Sold in October 1971 to Roger Hurst (Folkestone, Kent) of Lenham Hurst and raced in F3 in 1972 and 1973. By 1973 the car was being described on occasion as a 723, a 733, a March Falconer, and even as a Lenham LM1. Last raced by Hurst in November 1973. In March 1974, the car was advertised by Low Cost Racing who mentioned that it had Falconer bodywork and was fitted with a Holbay R70 engine for Formula 4. Its history over the next five years is unknown, but in 1979 and 1980, Tony Harris and Colin Brook raced 713M-6 in F4. Subsequent history unknown. A car with this identity was advertised in Italy in 2012.
  18. 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.
  19. 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.
  20. GRD 372 [017-F3] (Hans-Peter Hoffmann): New to Hans-Peter Hoffmann (Burgdorf, Switzerland) and raced in Swiss, German and French F3 races in 1972. Retained for 1973, when he raced it in F3 events in Germany, Britain, Italy and France. Subsequent history unknown.
  21. Brabham BT38C [21] (Conny Andersson): New to Conny Andersson and raced in European F3 in 1972 using Novamotor engines. Retained at the start of 1973, until Andersson's new March 733 arrived. To Mats Byström, and raced in Swedish F3 in 1973. To Rolf Johansson, and raced by him in Swedish F3 in 1974 and 1975.

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.