Championnat de France de Formule 3
La Châtre, 20 May 1973
| Results | Laps | Time/Speed | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Larry Perkins | GRD 372 [032-F3] - Ford twin cam Novamotor #10 Team Cowangie (see note 1) |
79 | 52m 40.5s |
| 2 | Bernard Béguin | Martini MK12 [002] - Ford twin cam Holbay R73 #11 Ecurie Volant Shell |
74 | |
| 3 | Jacques Laffite | Martini MK12 [005] - Ford twin cam Holbay R73 #8 BP France |
72 | |
| 4 | Max Jean ("Jean Max") | Martini MK12 [003] - Ford twin cam Vegantune #6 Motul Defence Mondiale |
69 | |
| 5 | Max Bonnin | March 733 [723-5?] - Ford twin cam Novamotor #7 Bonnin Seca |
52 | |
| 6 | Bernard Chevanne | Martini MK12 [006] - Ford twin cam Holbay #12 Ecurie Volant Shell |
42 | |
| 7 | Jean-Pierre Paoli | Martini MK12 [007] - Ford twin cam Holbay R73 #9 BP France |
40 | 24m 29.0s |
| 8 | Christian Ethuin | Martini MK12 [004] - Ford twin cam Vegantune #5 Motul Defence Mondiale |
40 | 24m 32.4s |
| 9 | Lucien Guitteny | Alpine A364 [3640] - Renault R16 Dudot #4 Ecurie Volant Shell |
39 | |
| NC | Günter Kölmel | Lotus 69 [71/69.9.F3] - BMW M10 #17 Haj Haj Racing (see note 2) |
1 | |
All cars are 1.6-litre F3 unless noted.
| Heat 2 | Laps | Time | Speed | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Larry Perkins | 40 | 0.27.58.7 | |
| 2 | Bernard Béguin | 40 | 0.28.02.4 | |
| 3 | Max Bonnin | 38 | ||
| 4 | Jacques Laffite | 32 | Not running | |
| 5 | Max Jean ("Jean Max") | 29 | ||
| 6 | Bernard Chevanne | 28 | ||
| 7 | Günter Kölmel | 1 | ||
| Jean-Pierre Paoli | 40 | DSQ: leaking airbox | ||
| Lucien Guitteny | 0 | retired | ||
| Christian Ethuin | Did not start | |||
| Qualifying | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Qualifying information not available |
Notes on the cars:
- 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.
- 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.
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