Grand Prix de Dijon
Dijon-Prenois, 4 Jun 1972
| Results | Laps | Time/Speed | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Arturo Merzario | (G5) 2-litre Abarth Osella SE021/72 [0020] 4 #1 Scuderia Brescia Corse |
100 | 1h 50m 08.2s 174.819 kph |
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| 2 | Dieter Quester | (G5) 2-litre Chevron B21 [72-15] - BMW #38 Bosch Racing (see note 1) |
100 | 1h 51m 05.9s |
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| 3 | John Lepp | (G5) 1.9-litre Chevron B19 [71-29] - Cosworth FVC B Smith Central Garage, Mirfield |
100 | 1h 51m 36.8s |
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| 4 | John Burton | (G5) 1.9-litre Chevron B21 [72-12A] - Cosworth FVC B Smith Canon Cameras Racing |
99 | ||||||
| 5 | Jean-Louis Lafosse | (G5) 1.8-litre Lola T290 [HU10] - Cosworth FVC Bonnier #40 Scuderia Filipinetti (see note 2) |
99 | ||||||
| 6 | Niki Bosch | (G5) 1.9-litre Chevron B21 [72-8?] - Cosworth FVC B Smith Red Rose Racing |
98 | ||||||
| 7 | Bob Wollek | (G5) 1.8-litre Chevron B21 [72-14] - Cosworth FVC Alan Smith Canon Cameras Racing |
96 | ||||||
| 8 | Jorge de Bagration | (G5) 1.8-litre Lola T290 [HU9] - Cosworth FVC Bonnier Ecurie Bonnier |
95 | ||||||
| 9 | Roland Heiler, Jörg Obermoser |
(G5) 1.8-litre Lola T290 [HU6] - Cosworth FVC Bonnier Ecurie Bonnier |
94 | ||||||
| 10 | Philippe Monot | (G5) 1.8-litre Lola T290 [HU15] - Cosworth FVC #14 Racing Team Minel |
86 | ||||||
| 12 | Guy Edwards | (G5) 1.9-litre Lola T212 [HU26] - Cosworth FVC Smith Barclays International Racing |
80 | ||||||
| 13 | Antonio Zadra | (G5) 1.8-litre Lola T290 [HU8] - Cosworth FVC Trivellato Antonio Zadra |
79 | ||||||
| R | Jo Bonnier | (G5) 1.8-litre Lola T290 [HU2] - Cosworth FVC Bonnier #17 Ecurie Filipinetti |
81 | 2:Gear linkage | |||||
| R | John Bridges | (G5) 1.9-litre Chevron B19/B21 [71-32] - Cosworth FVC Smith Red Rose Racing (see note 3) |
57 | 2:DNF | |||||
| R | Peter Humble | (G5) 1.8-litre Chevron B21 [B19 71-34] - Cosworth FVC Peter Humble |
56 | 2:Lost nose section | |||||
| R | Gérard Larrousse | (G5) 1.8-litre Lola T290 [HU5] - Cosworth FVC Bonnier Ecurie Bonnier (see note 4) |
46 | 1:Engine | |||||
| R | Walter Frey | (G5) 1.8-litre Chevron B21 - Cosworth FVC Walter Frey |
38 | 1:Accident | |||||
| R | Max Cohen-Olivar | (G5) 1.8-litre Chevron B21 [72-6] - Cosworth FVC Max Cohen-Olivar |
14 | 1:Collision | |||||
| R | John Hine | (G5) 2-litre Chevron B21 [72-19] - Chevrolet Vega Red Rose Racing |
14 | 1:Collision | |||||
| R | Andrew Fletcher | (G5) 1.8-litre Chevron B21 [B19 71-31] - Cosworth FVC Felday William Tuckett |
1:DNF | ||||||
| R | José Juncadella | (G5) 1.9-litre Chevron B21 [72-7?] - Cosworth FVC B Smith Red Rose Racing (see note 5) |
1:DNF | ||||||
| DNS | "Pal Joe" (Gianfranco Palazzoli) | (G5) 2-litre Abarth Osella SE021/71 [0012] 4 Bosch Racing Team |
Did not start (Engine) |
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| DNA | Nello Chelli | (G5) 1.8-litre Lola T290 [HU14] - Cosworth FVC Racing Team Minel (see note 6) |
Did not arrive | ||||||
| Qualifying | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Arturo Merzario | (G5 2.0) 2-litre Abarth Osella SE021/72 [0020] - Abarth 4 | 1m 04.2s | |||
| 2 | John Hine | (G5 2.0) 2-litre Chevron B21 [72-19] - Chevrolet Vega | 1m 04.7s | |||
| 3 | John Burton | (G5 2.0) 1.9-litre Chevron B21 [72-12A] - Cosworth FVC B Smith | 1m 04.9s | |||
| 4 | Jean-Louis Lafosse | (G5 2.0) 1.8-litre Lola T290 [HU10] - Cosworth FVC Bonnier | 1m 05.3s | |||
| 5 | John Lepp | (G5 2.0) 1.9-litre Chevron B19 [71-29] - Cosworth FVC B Smith | 1m 05.3s | |||
| 6 | Bob Wollek | (G5 2.0) 1.8-litre Chevron B21 [72-14] - Cosworth FVC Alan Smith | 1m 05.4s | |||
| 7 | Dieter Quester | (G5 2.0) 2-litre Chevron B21 [72-15] - BMW | 1m 05.7s | |||
| 8 | Gérard Larrousse | (G5 2.0) 1.8-litre Lola T290 [HU5] - Cosworth FVC Bonnier | 1m 05.8s | |||
| 9 | José Juncadella | (G5 2.0) 1.9-litre Chevron B21 [72-7?] - Cosworth FVC B Smith | 1m 05.9s | |||
| 10 | Jo Bonnier | (G5 2.0) 1.8-litre Lola T290 [HU2] - Cosworth FVC Bonnier | 1m 06.1s | |||
| 11 | Guy Edwards | (G5 2.0) 1.9-litre Lola T212 [HU26] - Cosworth FVC Smith | 1m 06.3s | |||
| 12 | Niki Bosch | (G5 2.0) 1.9-litre Chevron B21 [72-8?] - Cosworth FVC B Smith | 1m 07.3s | |||
| 13 | John Bridges | (G5 2.0) 1.9-litre Chevron B19/B21 [71-32] - Cosworth FVC Smith | 1m 07.5s | |||
| 14 | Philippe Monot | (G5 2.0) 1.8-litre Lola T290 [HU15] - Cosworth FVC | 1m 07.6s | |||
| 15 | Walter Frey | (G5 2.0) 1.8-litre Chevron B21 - Cosworth FVC | 1m 08.4s | |||
| 16 | Max Cohen-Olivar | (G5 2.0) 1.8-litre Chevron B21 [72-6] - Cosworth FVC | 1m 08.6s | |||
| 17 | Peter Humble | (G5 2.0) 1.8-litre Chevron B21 [B19 71-34] - Cosworth FVC | 1m 09.0s | |||
| 18 | Roland Heiler | (G5 2.0) 1.8-litre Lola T290 [HU6] - Cosworth FVC Bonnier | 1m 09.2s | |||
| 19 | Andrew Fletcher | (G5 2.0) 1.8-litre Chevron B21 [B19 71-31] - Cosworth FVC Felday | 1m 10.3s | |||
| 20 | "Pal Joe" (Gianfranco Palazzoli) * | (G5 2.0) 2-litre Abarth Osella SE021/71 [0012] - Abarth 4 | 1m 15.3s | |||
| 21 | Antonio Zadra | (G5 2.0) 1.8-litre Lola T290 [HU8] - Cosworth FVC Trivellato | 1m 15.8s | |||
| 22 | Jorge de Bagration | (G5 2.0) 1.8-litre Lola T290 [HU9] - Cosworth FVC Bonnier | ||||
| * Did not start | ||||||
Notes on the cars:
- Chevron B21 [72-15] (Dieter Quester): A reputedly lightweight car built for BMW to test a new 2-litre version of their Formula 2 engine. Entered by Bosch Racing Team Vienna for Dieter Quester who took pole on three of his four appearances in the car and won at Salzburgring on 21 May 1972. Crashed at Enna 15 Aug 1972 and heavily damaged. Later sold by BMW to Vasek Polak in the US and repaired by Hans Adam, Mark Flores and Bruce Ponder. It was raced in SCCA BSR racing in 1974 and 1975 by Ponder and later used in Can-Am in 1979 by Hurley Haywood. THe car was retained in the Polak collection until it was sold back to BMW and restored to original specification for their museum. The car was raced by Hubert Hahne at the Goodwood Festival of Speed in 2001.
- Lola T290 [HU10] (Jean-Louis Lafosse): Chassis HU10 was new at at Dijon in June 1972 replacing chassis HU3 crashed at Vallelunga in April. It was used through the rest of 1972 under the Scuderia Filipinetti banner wearing Flint livery and with FVC and later Chevy Vega EA engines. Also used by Lafosse in French hillclimbs in 1972. Lafosse retained the car for the first race of 1973 and it was also raced by Marie-Claude Beaumont at Clermont-Ferrand in June 1973. In 1975, the car was acquired by Hans-Markus Huber in Switzerland and used in Swiss national racing throughout the late 1970s. He retained the car until about 2005/2006 when he sold it to the US. In 2007, Lola Heritage recorded that HU10 was owned by Jeff Lewis.
- Chevron B19/B21 [71-32] (John Bridges): The last new B19 to appear in Europe, B19-71-32 was new for Red Rose Racing boss John Bridges to drive at Jarama 7 Nov 1971. It had the wider B21-spec chassis required to meet 1972 regulations so was retained by Red Rose Racing as a fourth entry in 1972. It was driven mainly by Bridges in 1972 but also by Niki Bosch, Paco Josa and John Watson in European 2-litre events. At the end of the 1972 season it was sold to Bobby Howlings and was almost certainly the car driven by Howlings and John Hine at Vallelunga 25 Mar 1973 and then by Hine at Paul Ricard 8 Apr 1973. The car then disappears from Howlings' Ember Racing team, possibly to Japan or possibly to fellow wheeler-dealer Tony Dean.
- Lola T290 [HU5] (Gérard Larrousse): This car was acquired by Ecurie Bonnier and run for customer Claude Swietlik throughout 1972, also being raced by Mario Cabral, Gilbert Salles and Hervé Bayard on occasion. In 1973 it was sold to Fred Stalder who founded Racing Organisation Course (ROC) and was used throughout the season in both European 2-litre racing and in French hillclimbs. Based on photographic evidence, this car was retained by ROC for 1974 as a backup for for hire purposes. It appears to be the car used by Albert Dufrêne in French hillclimbs in 1974 and is then believed to have passed to Christian Riehl around 1976.
- Chevron B21 [72-7?] (José Juncadella): Red Rose Racing acquired two Chevron B21s for the start of the season, chassis B21-72-07 and B21-72-08. Of these, 72-07 appears to have been José Juncadella's car, presumably the one he raced all season. In 1973, the car appeared at the first race for José's brother Javier Juncadella but Roger Hire then became involved with the team and he provided a new B23 and his relatively recent B21 instead of the ex-Red Rose B21. The fate of the B21 is not known.
- Lola T290 [HU14] (Nello Chelli): Raced by Nello Chelli in 1972 in French hilllcimbs, winning the G5-7 class at Neufchatel-en-Bray (11 May) and at Glouneaux (25 Jun) and winning overall at Abreshwiler (14 May) and at Angouleme (21 May). Also used in some circuit racing. Sold to Jacques Henry and run alongside Fred Stalder's T290 HU5 in European 2-litre racing, at Le Mans and in French hillclimbs. Its usage after 1973 is currently unknown but a car bearing this number was later bought by Matt Slinn from France in 1999 where it had been hillclimbing, was restored by Tollbar Racing in Matlock, fitted with a BDG engine and subsequently sold to Richard Hope. Retained by Hope in 2007.
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.
