John Player Formula 3 International Championship
Mallory Park, 23 Apr 1973
Results | Laps | Time/Speed | |||||||
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1 | Alan Jones | GRD 373 [060-F3] - Ford twin cam Vegantune #48 DART Racing/GRD Ltd |
40 | 0.35.21.2 91.56 mph |
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2 | Tony Brise | GRD 372/73 [045-F3] - Ford twin cam Holbay #19 Team Kent Messenger |
40 | 0.35.24.2 |
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3 | Russell Wood | March 733 [3] - Ford twin cam Novamotor #27 The Chequered Flag (see note 1) |
40 | 0.35.52.4 |
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4 | Ian Taylor | March 733 - Ford twin cam Holbay #28 Chris Andrews |
40 | 0.36.03.0 |
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5 | Damien Magee | Brabham BT41 [30] - Ford twin cam Novamotor #15 Marshall Wingfield Ltd |
40 | 0.36.03.2 |
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6 | Lionel Friedrich | March 733 [13] - Ford twin cam Holbay #26 |
40 | 0.36.11.4 |
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7 | Mike Wilds | Ensign LNF3/73 [72.8] - Ford twin cam Holbay #24 Dempster International Racing Team |
39 | 0.35.22.0 |
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8 | Barrie Maskell | Dastle Mk10 - Ford twin cam Holbay #4 Hesketh Racing |
39 | 0.35.23.6 |
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9 | Larry Perkins | GRD 372 [032-F3] - Ford twin cam Novamotor #44 Team Cowangie |
39 | 0.35.27.4 |
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10 | Mo Harness | Ensign LNF3/73 [73.17] - Ford twin cam Holbay #23 Modus Team Ensign |
39 | 0.35.41.6 |
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11 | Gunnar Nordström | GRD 373 [048-F3] - Ford twin cam Holbay #53 Karlssons Klister Racing Team |
39 | 0.35.52.8 |
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12 | Brian Henton | GRD 373 [057-F3] - Ford twin cam Holbay #20 |
39 | 0.35.59.8 |
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13 | Richard Robarts | GRD 373 [053-F3] - Ford twin cam Holbay #49 Myson Racing |
39 | 0.36.00.2 |
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14 | Ulf Svensson | Brabham BT41 [14] - Ford twin cam Holbay #7 |
39 | 0.36.00.2 |
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15 | Wolfgang Bülow | GRD 373 [064-F3] - Ford twin cam Mohr #58 |
39 | 0.36.20.6 |
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16 | John Sheldon | Royale RP11 [3] - Ford twin cam Vegantune #41 (see note 2) |
37 | 0.35.38.8 |
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R | Pedro Passadore | GRD 372 [021-F3] - Ford twin cam Vegantune #28 |
30 | Accident | |||||
R | Håkan Dahlqvist | Merlyn Mk 22 [440.F3.73] - Ford twin cam Vegantune #35 Karlssons Klister Racing Team |
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 |
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 |
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 3) |
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 |
Did not start | ||||||
DNS | Simon Sherman | Royale RP11 [5] - Ford twin cam Vegantune #39 (see note 4) |
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 |
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 5) |
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 |
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 - Ford twin cam Novamotor #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 6) |
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 |
Did not arrive | ||||||
DNA | Simon Sherman | Royale RP11 [5] - Ford twin cam #39 (see note 7) |
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 [013-F3?] - Ford twin cam Novamotor #57 |
Did not arrive | ||||||
DNA | Conny Andersson | Brabham BT38C [21] - Ford twin cam Novamotor #52 Gekås Kläder |
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.
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Qualifying | |||||
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Qualifying information not available |
Notes on the cars:
- 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 involevd in a fire during private testing at Oran Park after the Lakeside race in December 1974 and was completely burnt to the ground.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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 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. It is likely that this car remained in F4 for some time and could well be the Falconer-bodied 713M raced by Jim Burrows (Ilford, Greater London) in 1975. Subsequent history unknown. A car with this identity was advertised in Italy in 2012.
- 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.
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.
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 if you can add anything.