Forward Trust Formula Three Championship
Mallory Park, 6 May 1973
Results | Laps | Time/Speed | |||||||
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1 | Ian Taylor | March 733 - Ford twin cam Holbay #23 Chris Andrews |
12 | 09m 42.4s 100.13 mph |
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2 | Mike Wilds | Ensign LNF3/73 [72.8] - Ford twin cam Holbay #8 Dempster International Racing Team |
12 | 09m 43.2s |
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3 | Mo Harness | Ensign LNF3/73 [73.17] - Ford twin cam Holbay #7 Modus Team Ensign |
12 | 09m 53.8s |
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4 | Leonel Friedrich | March 733 [13] - Ford twin cam Holbay #21 (see note 1) |
12 | 09m 55.2s |
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5 | Damien Magee | Brabham BT41 [30] - Ford twin cam Novamotor #2 Marshall Wingfield Ltd |
12 | 09m 56.2s |
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6 | Masami Kuwashima | March 733 [18] - Ford twin cam Holbay #22 Reystan Racing |
12 | 09m 56.8s |
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7 | Tony Rouff | GRD 373 [050-F3] - Ford twin cam Vegantune #16 AB3 Racing Developments |
12 | 09m 56.8s |
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8 | Neil Ginn | GRD 372 [022-F3] - Ford twin cam Norvic #10 |
12 | 10m 00.2s |
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9 | Alan Jones | GRD 373 [060-F3] - Ford twin cam Vegantune #17 Jeremy Gambs |
12 | 10m 01.6s |
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10 | Roger Craven | GRD 372 [024-F3] - Ford twin cam RES #11 L&K Racing Team |
12 | 10m 12.2s |
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11 | John MacDonald | GRD 372 [025-F3] - Ford twin cam Vegantune #15 |
12 | 10m 21.6s |
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12 | Thomas B Hilliar | Ensign LNF3/73 [73.15] - Ford twin cam Vegantune #6 |
12 | 10m 24.1s |
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13 | Simon Sherman | Royale RP11 [5] - Ford twin cam Vegantune #31 (see note 2) |
12 | 10m 24.4s |
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14 | John Sheldon | Royale RP11 [3] - Ford twin cam Vegantune #30 (see note 3) |
12 | 10m 30.8s |
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15 | Tony Brise | GRD 372/73 [045-F3] - Ford twin cam Holbay #12 Team Kent Messenger |
11 | ||||||
16 | Andy MacGregor | Brabham BT35 [4] - Ford twin cam Dentune #1 |
11 | ||||||
R | Russell Wood | March 733 [3] - Ford twin cam Novamotor #24 The Chequered Flag (see note 4) |
6 | Shock absorber | |||||
R | José Espírito Santo | March 733 [6] - Ford twin cam Mohr #20 |
2 | Engine | |||||
R | Val Musetti | Royale RP11A [6] - Ford twin cam Vegantune #32 (see note 5) |
2 | ||||||
R | Brian Henton | GRD 373 [057-F3] - Ford twin cam Holbay #14 |
0 | Collision with Harness | |||||
DNA | Allan Davies | Alpine A364 [3647] - Renault R16 Dudot #28 |
Did not arrive | ||||||
DNA | Danny Sullivan | Ehrlich ES3 - Ford twin cam Ehrlich #5 Dr J. Ehrlich |
Did not arrive | ||||||
DNA | "Teleco" | March 733 [15] - Ford twin cam Novamotor #25 Angeleri March Racing Brazil |
Did not arrive | ||||||
DNA | Matt Spitzley | March 733 [7] - Ford twin cam Longman #26 |
Did not arrive |
All cars are 1.6-litre F3 unless noted.
Qualifying | |||||
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1 | Tony Brise | (F3) 1.6-litre GRD 372/73 [045-F3] - Ford twin cam Holbay | 0.50.0 | ||
2 | Mike Wilds | (F3) 1.6-litre Ensign LNF3/73 [72.8] - Ford twin cam Holbay | 0.51.6 | ||
3 | Alan Jones | (F3) 1.6-litre GRD 373 [060-F3] - Ford twin cam Vegantune | 0.51.8 | ||
4 | Ian Taylor | (F3) 1.6-litre March 733 - Ford twin cam Holbay | 0.52.2 | ||
5 | Damien Magee | (F3) 1.6-litre Brabham BT41 [30] - Ford twin cam Novamotor | 0.52.4 | ||
6 | Mo Harness | (F3) 1.6-litre Ensign LNF3/73 [73.17] - Ford twin cam Holbay | 0.52.6 | ||
7 | Tony Rouff | (F3) 1.6-litre GRD 373 [050-F3] - Ford twin cam Vegantune | 0.52.8 | ||
8 | Brian Henton | (F3) 1.6-litre GRD 373 [057-F3] - Ford twin cam Holbay | 0.53.8 | ||
9 | Roger Craven | (F3) 1.6-litre GRD 372 [024-F3] - Ford twin cam RES | 0.54.2 | ||
10 | John Sheldon | (F3) 1.6-litre Royale RP11 [3] - Ford twin cam Vegantune | 0.54.4 | ||
11 | Neil Ginn | (F3) 1.6-litre GRD 372 [022-F3] - Ford twin cam Norvic | 0.54.8 | ||
12 | John MacDonald | (F3) 1.6-litre GRD 372 [025-F3] - Ford twin cam Vegantune | 0.55.0 | ||
13 | Thomas B Hilliar | (F3) 1.6-litre Ensign LNF3/73 [73.15] - Ford twin cam Vegantune | 0.55.8 | ||
14 | Leonel Friedrich | (F3) 1.6-litre March 733 [13] - Ford twin cam Holbay | 0.56.6 | ||
15 | Russell Wood | (F3) 1.6-litre March 733 [3] - Ford twin cam Novamotor | 0.57.4 | ||
16 | Simon Sherman | (F3) 1.6-litre Royale RP11 [5] - Ford twin cam Vegantune | 0.57.6 | ||
17 | Masami Kuwashima | (F3) 1.6-litre March 733 [18] - Ford twin cam Holbay | 0.58.0 | ||
18 | José Espírito Santo | (F3) 1.6-litre March 733 [6] - Ford twin cam Mohr | 1.02.4 | ||
19 | Andy MacGregor | (F3) 1.6-litre Brabham BT35 [4] - Ford twin cam Dentune | 1.03.8 | ||
20 | Val Musetti | (F3) 1.6-litre Royale RP11A [6] - Ford twin cam Vegantune | 1.34.0 |
Notes on the cars:
- 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 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.
- Royale RP11 [3] (John Sheldon): New to The Chequered Flag for Ian Ashley in British F3 in 1972. The team were a frequent non-arrival from July onwards, even when Brian McGuire replaced Ian Ashley as the nominated driver. Sold to John Sheldon (Surbiton, Surrey) for 1973 and raced in the British F3 series. Last seen at Mallory Park in August 1973. Subsequent history unknown.
- 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.
- 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.
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.