John Player Formula 3 International Championship
Brands Hatch, 29 Jul 1973
Results | Laps | Time/Speed | |||||||
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1 | Tony Brise | March 733 [21] - Ford twin cam Holbay R73 #1 Team Kent Messenger Racing |
30 | 24m 33.4s 90.89 mph |
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2 | Conny Andersson | March 733 [16] - Ford twin cam Novamotor #62 Ge-Kås Ullared |
30 | 24m 37.0s |
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3 | Jacques Laffite | Martini MK12 [005?] - Ford twin cam Holbay R73 #15 BP France |
30 | 24m 39.4s |
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4 | Alain Serpaggi | Alpine A364 [3648] - Renault R16 Dudot #79 Societé des Automobiles Alpine |
30 | 24m 39.4s |
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5 | Mo Harness | March 733 [25] - Ford twin cam Holbay R73 #38 Team Modus Racing with ShellSPORT |
30 | 24m 40.0s |
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6 | Mike Wilds | March 733 [26] - Ford twin cam Holbay R73 #66 Dempster International Racing Team (see note 1) |
30 | 24m 43.4s |
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7 | Alan Jones | GRD 373 [060-F3] - Ford twin cam Vegantune #31 DART Racing with GRD |
30 | 24m 44.0s |
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8 | Alain Cudini | Martini MK12 [001] - Ford twin cam Holbay #73 Ecurie Elf |
30 | 24m 50.6s |
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9 | Pedro Passadore | GRD 373 [059-F3] - Ford twin cam Vegantune #75 DART Racing with GRD |
30 | 25m 07.8s |
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10 | Leonel Friedrich | March 733 [13] - Ford twin cam Holbay #2 (see note 2) |
30 | 25m 10.0s |
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11 | Bernard Béguin | Martini MK12 [002] - Ford twin cam Holbay R73 #14 Ecurie Volants Shell |
30 | 25m 12.6s |
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12 | Lella Lombardi | Brabham BT41 [18] - Ford twin cam Novamotor #41 Scuderia Italia |
30 | 25m 13.0s |
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13 | Max Jean ("Jean Max") | Martini MK12 [003] - Ford twin cam Vegantune #46 Motul Defense Mondiale |
30 | ||||||
14 | Ian Taylor | March 733 - Ford twin cam Holbay R73 #65 Chris Andrews |
30 | ||||||
15 | Christian Ethuin | Martini MK12 [004] - Ford twin cam Vegantune #74 Motul Defence Mondiale |
29 | Lost wheel | |||||
16 | Philippe Albera | March 733 [23?] - Ford twin cam Holbay R73 #23 Ecurie Antar March |
29 | ||||||
17 | Jean Ragnotti | March 733 [24] - Ford twin cam Holbay R73 #53 Ecurie Antar March |
29 | ||||||
R | Pierre-François Rousselot | March 733 [22] - Ford twin cam Holbay R73 #3 Ecurie Elf March |
15 | Oil tank | |||||
R | Håkan Dahlqvist | Merlyn Mk 22 [440/F3/73] - Ford twin cam Vegantune #48 Karlsons Klister Racing Team |
4 | Accident at Pilgrim's Rise | |||||
R | Richard Robarts | GRD 373 [053-F3] - Ford twin cam Novamotor #76 Myson Racing with GRD |
Oil leak | ||||||
DNQH | Matt Spitzley | March 733 [7] - Ford twin cam Brown #6 |
Did not qualify from heats | ||||||
DNQH | Val Musetti | Royale RP11A [6] - Ford twin cam Vegantune #20 (see note 3) |
Did not qualify from heats | ||||||
DNQH | Michel Leclère | Alpine A364 [3649] - Renault R16 Dudot #19 Societé des Automobiles Alpine |
Did not qualify from heats | ||||||
DNQH | Roger Craven | GRD 372 [024-F3] - Ford twin cam Vegantune #8 L&K Team Racing |
Did not qualify from heats | ||||||
DNQH | S.N. (Norman) Moffett | GRD 372 - Ford twin cam Holbay #10 |
Did not qualify from heats | ||||||
DNQH | José Espírito Santo | March 733 [6] - Ford twin cam Mohr #4 |
Did not qualify from heats | ||||||
DNQH | Per-Olof Zetterström | Brabham BT41 [21] - Ford twin cam Holbay #16 Aladdin Racing |
Did not qualify from heats | ||||||
DNQH | Max Bonnin | March 733 [723-5?] - Ford twin cam Novamotor #5 |
Did not qualify from heats | ||||||
DNQH | Tony Rouff | GRD 373 [050-F3] - Ford twin cam Vegantune #32 AB3 Racing Developments |
Did not qualify from heats | ||||||
DNQH | Roelof Wunderink | Ensign LNF3/71 [71.2] - Ford twin cam Vegantune #45 |
Did not qualify from heats | ||||||
DNQH | Mike Tyrrell | Ensign LNF3 - Ford twin cam Vegantune #44 Marc Gregory Property Developers |
Did not qualify from heats | ||||||
DNQH | John MacDonald | GRD 372 [025-F3] - Ford twin cam Novamotor #34 |
Did not qualify from heats | ||||||
DNQH | Nicholas von Preussen | March 733 [12] - Ford twin cam Vegantune #37 P&M Racing Preparations Ltd |
Did not qualify from heats | ||||||
DNQH | Jimmy Fuller | Brabham BT38C [19] - Ford twin cam Holbay #40 (see note 4) |
Did not qualify from heats | ||||||
DNQH | Jean-Pierre Paoli | Martini MK12 [007?] - Ford twin cam Holbay R73 #47 BP France |
Did not qualify from heats | ||||||
DNQH | Masami Kuwashima | March 733 [18] - Ford twin cam Holbay R73 #36 Reystan Racing |
Did not qualify from heats | ||||||
DNQH | Bernard Vermillio | Merlyn Mk 21B [445/F3/73] - Ford twin cam Novamotor #80 |
Did not qualify from heats | ||||||
DNQH | Mike Catlow | Elden Mk12 [87/12002/72] - Ford twin cam Holbay #81 Mitford Group Team Elden |
Did not qualify from heats | ||||||
DNQH | Wilhelm "Willi" Deutsch | March 733 - Ford twin cam Holbay #67 |
Did not qualify from heats | ||||||
DNQH | Ulf Svensson | Brabham BT41 [14] - Ford twin cam Holbay R73 #72 (see note 5) |
Did not qualify from heats | ||||||
DNQH | Larry Perkins | Brabham BT41 [31] - Ford twin cam Novamotor #70 Team Cowangie |
Did not qualify from heats | ||||||
DNQH | Nick Crossley | March 733 [4] - Ford twin cam Novamotor #63 P&M Racing Preparations Ltd |
Did not qualify from heats | ||||||
DNQH | Randy Lewis | Brabham BT41 [16] - Ford twin cam Novamotor #68 (see note 6) |
Did not qualify from heats | ||||||
DNQH | Buzz Buzaglo | March 733 [723-1] - Ford twin cam Novamotor #64 |
Did not qualify from heats | ||||||
DNQH | Russell Wood | March 733 [3] - Ford twin cam Novamotor #61 The Chequered Flag (see note 7) |
Did not qualify from heats | ||||||
DNQH | Danny Sullivan | March 723/733 - Ford twin cam Vegantune #82 |
Did not qualify from heats | ||||||
DNQH | Norman Pierce | Dastle Mk10 - Ford twin cam Novamotor #78 |
Did not qualify from heats | ||||||
DNS | Ole Vejlund | Ensign LNF3/72 - Ford twin cam Vegantune #22 |
Did not start | ||||||
DNS | Rudolf Dötsch | GRD 373 - Ford twin cam Novamotor #7 |
Did not start | ||||||
DNS | Brian Henton | GRD 373 [057-F3] - Ford twin cam Holbay #35 |
Did not start | ||||||
DNS | Johnny Gerber | Brabham BT41 [11] - Ford twin cam Vegantune #71 Ippokampos Racing (see note 8) |
Did not start | ||||||
DNA | Barrie Maskell | GRD 373 - Ford twin cam Holbay #9 GRS International |
Did not arrive | ||||||
DNA | Gunnar Nordström | GRD 373 [048-F3] - Ford twin cam Holbay R73 #11 Karlsons Klister Racing Team |
Did not arrive | ||||||
DNA | Bernard Chevanne | Martini MK12 [006] - Ford twin cam Holbay #12 Ecurie Volants Shell |
Did not arrive | ||||||
DNA | TBA | GRD 373 - Ford twin cam Holbay #24 GRS International |
Did not arrive | ||||||
DNA | "Jean Albert" | March 733 - Ford twin cam Novamotor #25 Scuderia Patavium |
Did not arrive | ||||||
DNA | Walter Neubauer | Tecno 69/F3 [T00 346] - Ford twin cam Novamotor #26 |
Did not arrive | ||||||
DNA | Sigi Hofmann | GRD 373 - Ford twin cam Holbay #33 Jörg Obermoser Eurorace |
Did not arrive | ||||||
DNA | "Teleco" | March 733 [15] - Ford twin cam #39 Angeleri March Racing |
Did not arrive | ||||||
DNA | Damien Magee | Brabham BT41 [30] - Ford twin cam Novamotor #42 A.W. Brown Racing |
Did not arrive | ||||||
DNA | Thomas B Hilliar | Ensign LNF3/73 [73.15] - Ford twin cam Vegantune #43 |
Did not arrive | ||||||
DNA | Simon Sherman | Royale RP11 [5] - Ford twin cam Vegantune #50 (see note 9) |
Did not arrive | ||||||
DNA | Willi Sommer | March 723 - Ford twin cam Novamotor #52 Reifag Racing Team (see note 10) |
Did not arrive | ||||||
DNA | Roger Hurst | March 723 [713M-6] - Ford twin cam #54 (see note 11) |
Did not arrive | ||||||
DNA | Bernd Rack | March 733 [713S-5] - Ford twin cam #55 (see note 12) |
Did not arrive | ||||||
DNA | Piergiovanni Tenani | March 733 - Ford twin cam Novamotor #56 (see note 13) |
Did not arrive | ||||||
DNA | Ken Sedgley | Ensign LNF3/71 [71.1] - Ford twin cam Vegantune #77 |
Did not arrive | ||||||
DNA | Richard Knight | GRD 372 - Ford twin cam Holbay #83 J. Stanton |
Did not arrive | ||||||
DNA | Lucien Guitteny | Alpine A364 - Renault R16 Dudot #84 Ecurie Volants Shell |
Did not arrive |
All cars are 1.6-litre F3 unless noted.
Heat 1 | Laps | Time | Speed | |
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1 | Tony Brise | 10 | 0.08.12.6 | 90.62 mph |
2 | Jacques Laffite | 10 | 0.08.13.6 | |
3 | Leonel Friedrich | 10 | 0.08.19.8 | |
4 | Pierre-François Rousselot | 10 | 0.08.20.0 | |
5 | Philippe Albera | 10 | 0.08.21.4 | |
6 | Bernard Béguin | 10 | 0.08.21.8 | |
7 | Matt Spitzley | 10 | 0.08.24.0 | |
8 | Val Musetti | 10 | 0.08.32.0 | |
9 | Michel Leclère | 10 | 0.08.33.4 | |
10 | Roger Craven | 10 | 0.08.38.4 | |
11 | S.N. (Norman) Moffett | 10 | 0.08.51.2 | |
12 | José Espírito Santo | 10 | 0.09.29.2 | |
13 | Per-Olof Zetterström | |||
Max Bonnin | 5 | Differential | ||
Barrie Maskell | did not arrive | |||
Gunnar Nordström | did not arrive | |||
Bernard Chevanne | did not arrive | |||
TBA | did not arrive | |||
"Jean Albert" | did not arrive | |||
Rudolf Dötsch | Did not start | |||
Walter Neubauer | did not arrive | |||
Ole Vejlund | Did not start |
Heat 2 | Laps | Time | Speed | |
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1 | Mo Harness | 10 | 0.08.16.2 | 89.96 mph |
1 | Christian Ethuin | 0.08.12.6 | 90.62 mph | |
2 | Alain Serpaggi | 0.08.12.8 | ||
2 | Alan Jones | 10 | 0.08.16.6 | |
3 | Alain Cudini | 0.08.14.2 | ||
3 | Lella Lombardi | 10 | 0.08.20.2 | |
4 | Conny Andersson | 0.08.15.0 | ||
4 | Håkan Dahlqvist | 10 | 0.08.20.8 | |
5 | Pedro Passadore | 0.08.17.0 | ||
5 | Jean Ragnotti | 10 | 0.08.20.8 | |
6 | Mike Wilds | 0.08.19.2 | ||
6 | Max Jean ("Jean Max") | 10 | 0.08.21.4 | |
7 | Tony Rouff | 10 | 0.08.25.2 | |
7 | Ian Taylor | 0.08.22.8 | ||
8 | Roelof Wunderink | 10 | 0.08.26.4 | |
8 | Richard Robarts | 0.08.23.0 | ||
9 | Mike Tyrrell | 10 | 0.08.31.2 | |
9 | Bernard Vermillio | 0.08.28.8 | ||
10 | Ole Vejlund | 10 | 0.08.31.4 | |
10 | Mike Catlow | 0.08.29.6 | ||
11 | John MacDonald | 10 | 0.08.31.6 | |
11 | Wilhelm "Willi" Deutsch | 0.08.34.6 | ||
12 | Nicholas von Preussen | 10 | 0.08.36.2 | |
12 | Ulf Svensson | 0.08.35.0 | ||
13 | Jimmy Fuller | |||
13 | Larry Perkins | |||
14 | Nick Crossley | |||
15 | Randy Lewis | |||
16 | Buzz Buzaglo | |||
Jean-Pierre Paoli | Collision with Kuwashima at Bottom Bend | |||
Masami Kuwashima | Collision with Paoli at Bottom Bend | |||
Russell Wood | Puncture | |||
Danny Sullivan | Gearbox | |||
Norman Pierce | retired | |||
Johnny Gerber | Did not start | |||
Lucien Guitteny | did not arrive | |||
Willi Sommer | did not arrive | |||
Damien Magee | did not arrive | |||
Piergiovanni Tenani | did not arrive | |||
Simon Sherman | did not arrive | |||
Bernd Rack | did not arrive | |||
Richard Knight | did not arrive | |||
Ken Sedgley | did not arrive | |||
Thomas B Hilliar | did not arrive | |||
Brian Henton | Did not start | |||
Sigi Hofmann | did not arrive | |||
Roger Hurst | did not arrive | |||
"Teleco" | did not arrive |
Qualifying | |||||
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1 | Tony Brise | (F3) 1.6-litre March 733 [21] - Ford twin cam Holbay R73 | |||
2 | Christian Ethuin | (F3) 1.6-litre Martini MK12 [004] - Ford twin cam Vegantune | |||
3 | Alain Serpaggi | (F3) 1.6-litre Alpine A364 [3648] - Renault R16 Dudot | |||
4 | Jacques Laffite | (F3) 1.6-litre Martini MK12 [005?] - Ford twin cam Holbay R73 | |||
5 | Alain Cudini | (F3) 1.6-litre Martini MK12 [001] - Ford twin cam Holbay | |||
6 | Conny Andersson | (F3) 1.6-litre March 733 [16] - Ford twin cam Novamotor | |||
7 | Mo Harness | (F3) 1.6-litre March 733 [25] - Ford twin cam Holbay R73 | |||
8 | Alan Jones | (F3) 1.6-litre GRD 373 [060-F3] - Ford twin cam Vegantune | |||
9 | Pedro Passadore | (F3) 1.6-litre GRD 373 [059-F3] - Ford twin cam Vegantune | |||
10 | Mike Wilds | (F3) 1.6-litre March 733 [26] - Ford twin cam Holbay R73 | |||
11 | Leonel Friedrich | (F3) 1.6-litre March 733 [13] - Ford twin cam Holbay | |||
12 | Pierre-François Rousselot | (F3) 1.6-litre March 733 [22] - Ford twin cam Holbay R73 | |||
13 | Lella Lombardi | (F3) 1.6-litre Brabham BT41 [18] - Ford twin cam Novamotor | |||
14 | Håkan Dahlqvist | (F3) 1.6-litre Merlyn Mk 22 [440/F3/73] - Ford twin cam Vegantune | |||
15 | Jean Ragnotti | (F3) 1.6-litre March 733 [24] - Ford twin cam Holbay R73 | |||
16 | Philippe Albera | (F3) 1.6-litre March 733 [23?] - Ford twin cam Holbay R73 | |||
17 | Max Jean ("Jean Max") | (F3) 1.6-litre Martini MK12 [003] - Ford twin cam Vegantune | |||
18 | Bernard Béguin | (F3) 1.6-litre Martini MK12 [002] - Ford twin cam Holbay R73 | |||
19 | Ian Taylor | (F3) 1.6-litre March 733 - Ford twin cam Holbay R73 | |||
20 | Richard Robarts | (F3) 1.6-litre GRD 373 [053-F3] - Ford twin cam Novamotor |
Notes on the cars:
- March 733 [26] (Mike Wilds): New to Dempster International Racing Team for Mike Wilds to drive in F3 from July 1973 onwards, replacing the 1972/73 Ensign with which he had started the season. It was then sold to Graham Watts (Faringham) for hillclimbs, appearing at Prescott in March 1974, when the car had a 1600cc Holbay engine. During 1975, the car was bought by Terry Smith (Felton, Somerset) to replace his highly successful 1-litre Vixen Imp. Smith raced the March in sprints and hillclimbs through the rest of 1975 and through 1976, using a 1600cc Holbay Ford twin cam engine, but in the summer of 1976, bought the ex-F1 McLaren M14D. The March was sold to Geoff Hunt (Andover, Hampshire), again with the Holbay twin cam, and used in sprints for quite a few years. Eventually traded to Richard Speakman for the ex-F3 Pilbeam MP51. Subsequent history unknown.
- March 733 [13] (Leonel Friedrich): New to Brazilian driver Leonel Friedrich (Porto Alegre, Brazil) and run for him by Peter Bloore Racing in the 1973 British Formula 3 season. Friedrich had not sat in a single-seater racing car before, but was the 1972 1600cc class Brazilian Touring Car Champion. For a novice, he was impressively quick straight away, eighth fastest in practice at his first race, and finishing second four times in his first dozen F3 races. His March was fitted with Holbay engines except for a brief mid-season flirtation with Novamotors. The car was then hired to another young Brazilian Alex Dias Ribeiro, and run for him by Angeleri March Racing Brazil in two races at the very end of the season. 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.
- Brabham BT38C [19] (Jimmy Fuller): New to Canadian driver Chris O'Brien and raced in British F3 in 1972 using Holbay engines. To Jimmy Fuller for 1973, again in British F3 and again using Holbay engines. Advertised by Fuller from Sunbury-on-Thames as a "BT38/41" with two rebuilt Novamotor twin-cams, a spare monocoque and bodywork for £2,250 in November 1973. Formula 3 changed to 2000cc for 1974, and the BT38C was sold to David Taylor (Formy, Lancashire, later Merseyside) for Kim Mather to race in British Formula Atlantic in 1974. When the car first appeared, it had a RES BDA engine and still used F3 wheels, Mather recalling that he "just dropped a BDA in it". By the end of May it had a Richardson BDA and wider wheels, but it was still far off the pace of the leading cars, and this turned out to be its last Atlantic race. Taylor also used the car in sprints at Longridge, and Mather won two libre races at Aintree. Taylor advertised the car in September, complete with Richardson BDA, for £2,200 and sold it to Ted Payne (Middleton-in-Teesdale, County Durham). Payne had raced a BT38 earlier in the season with a Vegantune engine, but it appears he had sold that car and had bought Taylor's very similar one with its Richardson engine. Payne continued to race the car in 1975, and entry lists show that it was black with a Richardson engine, and generally entered as a BT38-40. It was advertised by Payne in November 1975 as a BT38/40 with a recently rebuilt Cosworth BDA engine, and with a spare monocoque.
- Brabham BT41 [14] (Ulf Svensson): New to Ulf Svensson in 1973.
- Brabham BT41 [16] (Randy Lewis): New to Randy Lewis in 1973.
- 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.
- Brabham BT41 [11] (Johnny Gerber): Initially a Motor Racing Developments entry for Tony Trimmer in 1973, then becoming an Ippokampos Racing entry for Johnny Gerber until August 1973. Not seen again.
- 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.
- March 723 (Willi Sommer): Willi Sommer (Mainz, Rhineland-Palatinate, West Germany) raced a March 723 in German and European F3 in 1972. It was sometimes described as an Eifelland, but more generally as a March, and was entered by Reifag Racing Team, Darmstadt. Sommer did not race in the early part of 1973, but raced the 723 at Hockenheim in July 1973. He was entered for two British races but did not appear, and then went to a race at Zolder on 26 August where he was not allowed to practice as his Wagenpass was out of date. He drove from Zolder to a hillclimb at Bendorf, but officials there found that his Wagenpass had been altered, and his licence was suspended until March 1975. The subsequent history of the March is 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 (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.
- March 733 [713S-5] (Bernd Rack): New to Eifelland for Formula 3 and delivered in March 1971. Listed in March records as for "Erwin", so presumably the car raced by Erwin Derichs (Kottenheim, Rhineland-Palatinate, West Germany) in some German national F3 races in 1971 as part of the Eifelland Caravaning team. According to Manfred Werner, this was then the car of Bernd Rack (Kelkheim, Hesse, West Germany) in 1972 and 1973. Subsequent history unknown.
- March 733 (Piergiovanni Tenani): Piergiovanni Tenani drove a Trivellato Racing Team March 733 with Novamotor engine in almost all races of the 1973 Italian Formula 3 series up to August, after which he missed the last few races. He retained his car for 1974, when it was updated to a 2000cc Novamotor twin cam. 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 (allen@oldracingcars.com) if you can help in any way with our research.