Championnat de France de Formule 3
Albi, 23 Sep 1979
| Results | Laps | Time/Speed | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Alain Prost | Martini MK27 [001] - Renault 20TS Dudot #1 Ecurie ELF |
25 | 30m 42.74s |
| 2 | Philippe Streiff | Martini MK27 [003] - Toyota 2T-G Novamotor #6 Ecurie Motul Nogaro |
25 | 30m 50.45s |
| 3 | Tommy 'Slim' Borgudd | Ralt RT1/78 [126] - Toyota 2T-G Novamotor #2 Strike Ten Racing Team |
25 | 30m 51.49s |
| 4 | Philippe Alliot | Martini MK27 [007] - Toyota 2T-G Novamotor #3 Danielson |
25 | 30m 52.05s |
| 5 | John Bright | March 773 [U1] - Toyota 2T-G Novamotor #15 Gerard Racing (see note 1) |
25 | 31m 15.50s |
| 6 | Jean-Louis Schlesser | Argo JM3 [030-F3] - Toyota 2T-G Novamotor #4 Racing Team Holland with Anglia Cars |
25 | 31m 16.33s |
| 7 | Fridolin Wettstein | Ralt RT1/77 [59?] - Toyota 2T-G Novamotor #13 |
25 | 31m 33.80s |
| 8 | Jo Zeller | March 783 [1] - Toyota 2T-G Novamotor #16 Formel Rennsport Club |
24 | |
| 9 | Bernard Birbès | Chevron B38 [37.77.21] - Toyota 2T-G Novamotor (see note 2) |
23 | |
| R | Tryggve Grönvall | Ralt RT1/78 [123] - Toyota 2T-G Novamotor #19 |
3 | |
All cars are 2-litre F3 unless noted.
| Qualifying | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Alain Prost | (F3) 2-litre Martini MK27 [001] - Renault 20TS Dudot | 1m 13.29s | ||
| 2 | Philippe Alliot | (F3) 2-litre Martini MK27 [007] - Toyota 2T-G Novamotor | 1m 13.67s | ||
| 3 | Philippe Streiff | (F3) 2-litre Martini MK27 [003] - Toyota 2T-G Novamotor | 1m 13.99s | ||
| 4 | Tommy 'Slim' Borgudd | (F3) 2-litre Ralt RT1/78 [126] - Toyota 2T-G Novamotor | 1m 14.06s | ||
| 5 | Jean-Louis Schlesser | (F3) 2-litre Argo JM3 [030-F3] - Toyota 2T-G Novamotor | 1m 14.38s | ||
| 6 | John Bright | (F3) 2-litre March 773 [U1] - Toyota 2T-G Novamotor | 1m 14.63s | ||
| 7 | Fridolin Wettstein | (F3) 2-litre Ralt RT1/77 [59?] - Toyota 2T-G Novamotor | 1m 15.13s | ||
| 8 | Jo Zeller | (F3) 2-litre March 783 [1] - Toyota 2T-G Novamotor | 1m 15.25s | ||
| 9 | Bernard Birbès | (F3) 2-litre Chevron B38 [37.77.21] - Toyota 2T-G Novamotor | 1m 18.57s | ||
| 10 | Tryggve Grönvall | (F3) 2-litre Ralt RT1/78 [123] - Toyota 2T-G Novamotor | 1m 19.71s | ||
Notes on the cars:
- March 773 [U1] (John Bright): March works records show this as Mario Ferraris' works car for 1977 built on tub AM773-14 and rebuilt after Ferraris' Monaco accident on tub AM773-65. Sold in March 1978 to Neasrader Film Production for Richard Morgan according to the works records. Motoring News 30 Mar 1978 p11 says that Morgan's car is ex King, but we know from reports and the works records that King's main car was 773-U2. However, that car was damaged in the 1977 season and it is possible that King used 773-U1 after its rebuild as Ferraris' damaged wrist took longer to recover than the car did. Sold to John Bright in 1979 to replace his wrecked 773-13 and its identity eventually perhaps blurred with that car in a rebuild after a heavy accident.
- Chevron B38 [37.77.21] (Bernard Birbès): New to Patrick Gaillard for British F3 in 1977. Sold to Jean-Louis Schlesser for European F3 in 1978, and run by him for KWS Motorsport. Sold to Bernard Birbés for French F3 and French hillclimbs (using a 1600cc Toyota engine) in 1979. To André Argeliès and run in French hillclimbs with a 1300cc Ford engine in 1981 and 1982. By 1987, this car had returned to England as was being raced in TF3 by Ian Jacobs.
Sources
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