Grand Prix de la Ville de St-Pol
Croix-en-Ternois, 28 Oct 1973
| Results | Laps | Time/Speed | |||||||
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| 1 | Jacques Laffite | Martini MK12 [005?] - Ford twin cam Holbay R73 #23 BP Racing |
50 | 47m 12.6s |
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| 2 | Jean-Pierre Paoli | Martini MK12 [007?] - Ford twin cam Holbay R73 #24 BP Racing |
50 | 47m 17.9s |
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| 3 | Alain Serpaggi | Alpine A364 [3648] - Renault R16 Dudot #17 Societé des Automobiles Alpine |
50 | 47m 19.3s |
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| 4 | Tony Brise | March 733 [21] - Ford twin cam Holbay R73 #5 Team Kent Messenger Racing |
50 | 47m 21.0s |
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| 5 | Jean Ragnotti | March 733 [24] - Ford twin cam Holbay R73 #8 Ecurie Antar Filipinetti |
50 | 47m 25.4s |
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| 6 | Michel Leclère | Alpine A364 [3649] - Renault R16 Dudot #16 Societé des Automobiles Alpine |
50 | 47m 29.9s |
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| 7 | Bernard Béguin | Martini MK12 [002] - Ford twin cam Holbay R73 #1 Ecurie Volant Shell |
50 | 48m 07.3s |
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| 8 | Bernard Chevanne | Martini MK12 [006] - Ford twin cam Holbay #19 Shell France |
50 | 48m 32.4s |
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| 9 | Max Bonnin | March 733 [723-5?] - Ford twin cam Novamotor #14 Bonnin Seca |
50 | 48m 48.8s |
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| 10 | Patrick Boutin | Martini MK9 - Ford twin cam Novamotor #7 |
50 | 48m 56.0s |
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| 11 | Alain Cudini | Martini MK12 [001] - Ford twin cam Holbay #4 Ecurie ELF |
48 | ||||||
| 12 | Christian Ethuin | Martini MK12 [004] - Ford twin cam Vegantune #2 Motul La Defense Mondiale |
47 | ||||||
| 13 | Pierre-François Rousselot | March 733 [22] - Ford twin cam Holbay R73 #18 Ecurie ELF |
44 | ||||||
| NC | Philippe Albera | March 733 [23] - Ford twin cam Holbay #9 Ecurie Antar Filipinetti |
38 | ||||||
| NC | Roger Hurst | March 713M [6] - Ford twin cam #22 (see note 1) |
21 | ||||||
| NC | Lucien Guitteny | Alpine A364 [3640] - Renault R16 Dudot #12 Ecurie Volant Shell |
16 | ||||||
| NC | Max Jean ("Jean Max") | Martini MK12 [003] - Ford twin cam Vegantune #3 Motul La Defense Mondiale |
10 | ||||||
| DNA | Günter Kölmel | Lotus 69 [71/69.9.F3] - BMW M10 Schnitzer #20 Haj Haj Racing (see note 2) |
Did not arrive | ||||||
| DNA | Roelof Wunderink | Ensign LNF3/71 [71.2] - Ford twin cam Vegantune #15 |
Did not arrive | ||||||
| DNA | Randy Lewis | Brabham BT41 [16] - Ford twin cam Novamotor #21 Wrangler Racing (see note 3) |
Did not arrive | ||||||
| DNA | Ole Vejlund | Ensign LNF3/72 - Ford twin cam Vegantune #6 STP Danmark |
Did not arrive | ||||||
| DNA | Derek Kavanagh | GRD 373 - Ford twin cam #10 |
Did not arrive | ||||||
| DNA | Damien Magee | Brabham BT41 - Ford twin cam Novamotor #11 A.W. Brown Racing |
Did not arrive | ||||||
All cars are 1.6-litre F3 unless noted.
| Heat 1 | Laps | Time | Speed | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Christian Ethuin | 25 | 0.23.38.1 | |
| 2 | Jacques Laffite | 25 | 0.23.39.2 | |
| 3 | Alain Serpaggi | 25 | 0.23.39.6 | |
| 4 | Jean-Pierre Paoli | 25 | 0.23.42.3 | |
| 5 | Tony Brise | 25 | 0.23.43.3 | |
| 6 | Michel Leclère | 25 | 0.23.51.5 | |
| 7 | Jean Ragnotti | 25 | 0.23.52.4 | |
| 8 | Max Bonnin | 25 | 0.24.20.9 | |
| 9 | Bernard Chevanne | 25 | 0.24.22.7 | |
| 10 | Bernard Béguin | 25 | 0.24.26.9 | |
| 11 | Patrick Boutin | 25 | 0.24.27.8 | |
| 12 | Alain Cudini | 23 | ||
| 13 | Roger Hurst | 21 | ||
| Pierre-François Rousselot | 19 | retired | ||
| Philippe Albera | 13 | retired | ||
| Lucien Guitteny | 6 | retired | ||
| Max Jean ("Jean Max") | 10 | retired | ||
| Heat 2 | Laps | Time | Speed | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Jacques Laffite | 25 | 0.23.33.4 | |
| 2 | Jean-Pierre Paoli | 25 | 0.23.35.6 | |
| 3 | Jean Ragnotti | 25 | 0.23.37.7 | |
| 4 | Tony Brise | 25 | 0.23.37.7 | |
| 5 | Michel Leclère | 25 | 0.23.38.4 | |
| 6 | Alain Serpaggi | 25 | 0.23.39.7 | |
| 7 | Bernard Béguin | 25 | 0.23.40.4 | |
| 8 | Pierre-François Rousselot | 25 | 0.23.48.2 | |
| 9 | Philippe Albera | 25 | 0.23.53.6 | |
| 10 | Alain Cudini | 25 | 0.23.55.7 | |
| 11 | Bernard Chevanne | 25 | 0.24.09.7 | |
| 12 | Patrick Boutin | 25 | 0.24.28.2 | |
| 13 | Max Bonnin | 25 | 0.24.28.9 | |
| 14 | Christian Ethuin | 22 | ||
| Lucien Guitteny | 10 | retired | ||
| Max Jean ("Jean Max") | Did not start | |||
| Roger Hurst | Did not start | |||
| Qualifying | |||||
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| Qualifying information not available |
Notes on the cars:
- March 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.
- Lotus 69 [71/69.9.F3] (Günter Kölmel): New to Freddy Kottulinsky and raced extensively in European F3 in 1971, using Schnitzer BMW engines and entered by Haj-Haj Racing Team. Raced by Günter Kölmel (Achern-Ohnsbach, Baden-Württemberg, Germany) in European F3 in 1972 and 1973, again with BMW engines and entered by Haj-Haj Racing Team. Kölmel raced the car again in F3 in 1974, now using 2-litre BMW engines. Subsequent history unknown.
- Brabham BT41 [16] (Randy Lewis): New to Randy Lewis in 1973.
Sources
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