John Player Formula 3 International Championship
Oulton Park, 28 May 1973
Results | Laps | Time/Speed | |||||||
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1 | Conny Andersson | March 733 [16] - Ford twin cam Novamotor #46 GeKås Kläder |
20 | 33m 00.0s 100.4 mph |
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2 | Ian Taylor | March 733 - Ford twin cam Holbay #3 Chris Andrews |
20 | 33m 00.6s |
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3 | Tony Brise | GRD 373 [045-F3] - Ford twin cam Holbay #6 Team Kent Messenger |
20 | 33m 04.0s |
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4 | Alan Jones | GRD 373 [060-F3] - Ford twin cam Vegantune #2 DART Racing/GRD Ltd |
20 | 33m 04.0s |
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5 | Neil Ginn | GRD 372 [022-F3] - Ford twin cam Norvic #32 (see note 1) |
20 | 33m 05.6s |
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6 | Russell Wood | March 733 [3] - Ford twin cam Novamotor #1 The Chequered Flag (see note 2) |
20 | 33m 09.0s |
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7 | Leonel Friedrich | March 733 [13] - Ford twin cam Novamotor #14 (see note 3) |
20 | 33m 13.0s |
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8 | Mike Wilds | Ensign LNF3/73 [72.8] - Ford twin cam Holbay #20 Dempster International Racing Team |
20 | 33m 18.0s |
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9 | John Sheldon | Royale RP11 [3] - Ford twin cam Vegantune #37 (see note 4) |
20 | 33m 54.6s |
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10 | Tony Rouff | GRD 373 [050-F3] - Ford twin cam Vegantune #18 AB3 Racing Developments |
20 | 34m 07.8s |
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11 | Ulf Svensson | Brabham BT41 [14] - Ford twin cam Holbay #39 (see note 5) |
20 | 34m 08.6s |
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12 | Matt Spitzley | March 733 [7] - Ford twin cam Vegantune #34 |
20 | 34m 10.4s |
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13 | Roelof Wunderink | Ensign LNF3/71 [71.2] - Ford twin cam Vegantune #45 |
20 | 34m 21.4s |
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14 | Roger Craven | GRD 372 [024-F3] - Ford twin cam RES #26 L&K Racing Team (see note 6) |
19 | ||||||
15 | Thomas B Hilliar | Ensign LNF3/73 [73.15] - Ford twin cam Vegantune #35 |
19 | ||||||
16 | John MacDonald | GRD 372 [025-F3] - Ford twin cam Vegantune #11 (see note 7) |
19 | ||||||
17 | Jimmy Fuller | Brabham BT38C [19] - Ford twin cam Novamotor #30 (see note 8) |
19 | ||||||
R | Masami Kuwashima | March 733 [18] - Ford twin cam Holbay #4 Reystan Racing |
11 | Accident | |||||
R | Nick Crossley | March 733 [4] - Ford twin cam Novamotor #10 P&M Racing Preparations |
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R | Spencer Elton | Ensign LNF3/72 - Ford twin cam Vegantune #44 (see note 9) |
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R | Pedro Passadore | GRD 372 [021-F3] - Ford twin cam Vegantune #40 (see note 10) |
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R | Mike Catlow | Elden Mk12 [68/12001/72] - Ford twin cam Holbay #25 |
Oil pressure | ||||||
R | Damien Magee | Brabham BT41 [30] - Ford twin cam Novamotor #5 A.W. Brown Racing |
4 | Gearbox | |||||
R | John Littler | Ensign LNF3/72 [72.7] - Ford twin cam Vegantune #28 Promoto Racing Services |
0 | Accident | |||||
R | Mo Harness | Ensign LNF3/73 - Ford twin cam Holbay #22 Modus Team Ensign |
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R | Brian Henton | GRD 373 [057-F3] - Ford twin cam Holbay #15 |
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R | Mike Tyrrell | Ensign LNF3/72 - Ford twin cam Vegantune #17 Marc Gregory Property Development |
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R | Barrie Maskell | MRE Mk2 [P.1.73] - Ford twin cam Holbay #29 Competition Cars |
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R | Nicholas von Preussen | March 733 [12] - Ford twin cam Novamotor #43 P&M Racing Preparations |
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DNQH | Val Musetti | Royale RP11A [6] - Ford twin cam Vegantune #27 (see note 11) |
Did not qualify from heats | ||||||
DNQH | Andy MacGregor | Brabham BT35 [4] - Ford twin cam Dentune #36 |
Did not qualify from heats | ||||||
DNQH | Richard Robarts | GRD 373 [053-F3] - Ford twin cam Novamotor #42 Myson Racing |
Did not qualify from heats | ||||||
DNQH | Bernard Vermillio | Merlyn Mk 21 [445/F3/73] - Ford twin cam Novamotor #24 |
Did not qualify from heats | ||||||
DNS | Richard Knight | GRD 373 [372 030-F3] - Ford twin cam Vegantune #41 John Stanton (see note 12) |
Did not start | ||||||
DNS | "Teleco" | March 733 [15] - Ford twin cam Novamotor #8 Angeleri March Racing Brazil |
Did not start | ||||||
DNA | Ken Appleby | Elden PH9 - Ford twin cam #7 |
Did not arrive | ||||||
DNA | Roger Hurst | March 723 [713M-6] - Ford twin cam #9 (see note 13) |
Did not arrive | ||||||
DNA | Alan Edgar | Alexis Mk20 - Ford twin cam Vegantune #12 |
Did not arrive | ||||||
DNA | José Espírito Santo | GRD 373 - Ford twin cam #16 |
Did not arrive | ||||||
DNA | Ken Sedgley | Ensign LNF3/71 [71.1] - Ford twin cam Vegantune #19 |
Did not arrive | ||||||
DNA | Ole Vejlund | Ensign LNF3/72 - Ford twin cam Vegantune #21 STP Denmark |
Did not arrive | ||||||
DNA | Gunnar Nordström | GRD 373 [048-F3] - Ford twin cam #31 Karlssons Klister Racing Team |
Did not arrive | ||||||
DNA | Håkan Dahlqvist | Merlyn Mk 22 [440/F3/73] - Ford twin cam Vegantune #33 |
Did not arrive |
All cars are 1.6-litre F3 unless noted.
Heat 1 | Laps | Time | Speed | |
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1 | Ian Taylor | 10 | 0.17.57.6 | 92.24 mph |
2 | Russell Wood | 10 | 0.18.10.6 | |
3 | Damien Magee | 10 | 0.18.15.0 | |
4 | John Sheldon | 10 | 0.18.16.6 | |
5 | Brian Henton | 10 | 0.18.44.2 | |
6 | Mike Tyrrell | 10 | 0.18.52.0 | |
7 | Ulf Svensson | |||
8 | John MacDonald | |||
9 | Nicholas von Preussen | |||
10 | Roelof Wunderink | |||
11 | Thomas B Hilliar | |||
12 | Mike Catlow | 9 | ||
13 | Barrie Maskell | 5 | ||
Val Musetti | Clutch | |||
Richard Knight | Did not start |
Heat 2 | Laps | Time | Speed | |
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1 | Leonel Friedrich | 10 | 0.17.12.4 | 97.22 mph |
2 | Masami Kuwashima | 10 | 0.17.26.2 | |
3 | Conny Andersson | 10 | 0.17.27.8 | |
4 | Neil Ginn | 10 | 0.17.29.6 | |
5 | Tony Brise | 10 | 0.17.34.6 | |
6 | Mike Wilds | 10 | 0.17.35.0 | |
7 | Mo Harness | |||
8 | Matt Spitzley | |||
9 | Tony Rouff | |||
10 | Alan Jones | |||
11 | Pedro Passadore | |||
12 | Roger Craven | |||
13 | Nick Crossley | |||
14 | John Littler | |||
15 | Spencer Elton | |||
16 | Jimmy Fuller | 9 | ||
Andy MacGregor | 1 | Puncture | ||
Richard Robarts | Engine | |||
Bernard Vermillio | 1 | Accident | ||
"Teleco" | Did not start (Accident) |
Qualifying | |||||
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1 | Leonel Friedrich | (F3) 1.6-litre March 733 [13] - Ford twin cam Novamotor | |||
2 | Ian Taylor | (F3) 1.6-litre March 733 - Ford twin cam Holbay | |||
3 | Masami Kuwashima | (F3) 1.6-litre March 733 [18] - Ford twin cam Holbay | |||
4 | Russell Wood | (F3) 1.6-litre March 733 [3] - Ford twin cam Novamotor | |||
5 | Conny Andersson | (F3) 1.6-litre March 733 [16] - Ford twin cam Novamotor | |||
6 | Damien Magee | (F3) 1.6-litre Brabham BT41 [30] - Ford twin cam Novamotor | |||
7 | Neil Ginn | (F3) 1.6-litre GRD 372 [022-F3] - Ford twin cam Norvic | |||
8 | John Sheldon | (F3) 1.6-litre Royale RP11 [3] - Ford twin cam Vegantune | |||
9 | Tony Brise | (F3) 1.6-litre GRD 373 [045-F3] - Ford twin cam Holbay | |||
10 | Brian Henton | (F3) 1.6-litre GRD 373 [057-F3] - Ford twin cam Holbay | |||
11 | Mike Wilds | (F3) 1.6-litre Ensign LNF3/73 [72.8] - Ford twin cam Holbay | |||
12 | Mike Tyrrell | (F3) 1.6-litre Ensign LNF3/72 - Ford twin cam Vegantune | |||
13 | Mo Harness | (F3) 1.6-litre Ensign LNF3/73 - Ford twin cam Holbay | |||
14 | Ulf Svensson | (F3) 1.6-litre Brabham BT41 [14] - Ford twin cam Holbay | |||
15 | Matt Spitzley | (F3) 1.6-litre March 733 [7] - Ford twin cam Vegantune | |||
16 | John MacDonald | (F3) 1.6-litre GRD 372 [025-F3] - Ford twin cam Vegantune | |||
17 | Tony Rouff | (F3) 1.6-litre GRD 373 [050-F3] - Ford twin cam Vegantune | |||
18 | Nicholas von Preussen | (F3) 1.6-litre March 733 [12] - Ford twin cam Novamotor | |||
19 | Alan Jones | (F3) 1.6-litre GRD 373 [060-F3] - Ford twin cam Vegantune | |||
20 | Roelof Wunderink | (F3) 1.6-litre Ensign LNF3/71 [71.2] - Ford twin cam Vegantune | |||
21 | Pedro Passadore | (F3) 1.6-litre GRD 372 [021-F3] - Ford twin cam Vegantune | |||
22 | Thomas B Hilliar | (F3) 1.6-litre Ensign LNF3/73 [73.15] - Ford twin cam Vegantune | |||
23 | Roger Craven | (F3) 1.6-litre GRD 372 [024-F3] - Ford twin cam RES | |||
24 | Nick Crossley | (F3) 1.6-litre March 733 [4] - Ford twin cam Novamotor | |||
25 | John Littler | (F3) 1.6-litre Ensign LNF3/72 [72.7] - Ford twin cam Vegantune | |||
26 | Spencer Elton | (F3) 1.6-litre Ensign LNF3/72 - Ford twin cam Vegantune | |||
27 | Jimmy Fuller | (F3) 1.6-litre Brabham BT38C [19] - Ford twin cam Novamotor | |||
28 | Mike Catlow | (F3) 1.6-litre Elden Mk12 [68/12001/72] - Ford twin cam Holbay | |||
29 | Barrie Maskell | (F3) 1.6-litre MRE Mk2 [P.1.73] - Ford twin cam Holbay |
Notes on the cars:
- GRD 372 [022-F3] (Neil Ginn): Entered by GRS International for Scottish Formula Ford champion Neil Ginn and raced extensively in British F3 in 1972, using Novamotor engines. It was sponsored by Lyle & Scott's 'Y-front' underwear range. Retained for Ginn for 1973. The car had to be rebuilt on a borrowed tub after his accident in practice at Oulton Park on Good Friday. Ginn's last race was at Oulton Park at the end of May. In January 1974, Ginn advertised his "1973 GRD model" which came with "brand new tub and new bodywork" as well as a Novamotor engine and Hewland Mk 8 gearbox.
- 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 involved in a fire during private testing at Oran Park after the Lakeside race in December 1974 and was completely burnt to the ground.
- 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 [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.
- Brabham BT41 [14] (Ulf Svensson): New to Ulf Svensson in 1973.
- GRD 372 [024-F3] (Roger Craven): Entered by GRS International for Andy Sutcliffe for a few races in British F3 in April 1972, using Holbay engines. Then entered for young Portuguese driver Jorge Pinhol for the rest of the season, but he often failed to appear and may have only been at eight races, starting as few as three. Pinhol's car had been announced in early February, but he did not appear until the end of April. His last definite appearance was at Thruxon on 6 August but his entries continued until the start of October. The car was then run for Formula Ford star Johnny Gerber as an Ippokampos Racing entry but run by GRS International at Brands Hatch on 22 October 1972. The ex-Pinhol car went to Roger Craven (Lincoln) for British F3 in 1973, using RES and Vegantune engines. Also used by Craven very successfully in libre racing that season. It was advertised by Craven's entrant, L & K Racing Team (Lincoln) with a Neil Brown engine in November 1973 and from the same Lincoln telephone numbers in February 1974. Subsequent history unknown.
- GRD 372 [025-F3] (John MacDonald): New to Reystan Racing Ltd for Masami Kuwashima to drive in British F3 in 1972, using Holbay engines. To John MacDonald for British F3 in 1973, when it was described as being the remains of Kuwashima's 1972 car built up around a new tub. Raced until October 1973, when it was said to have been sold to Ireland. 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.
- Ensign LNF3/72 (Spencer Elton): New to Jeremy Gambs and raced in British F3 in 1972. Loaned to Alan McKechnie for Bob Evans at one race, and also raced by Gambs girlfriend Lorina Boughton, and by Reg James during that season. Sold to hillclimber Spencer Elton (Westbury, Wiltshire) for 1973 and raced in some F3 races. To David Way (Melksham, Wiltshire), fitted with a 1098cc Holbay engine and run in hillclimbs and sprints in 1974 in the 1100cc racing car class. Way bought the Cosworth FVA engine and Hewland FT200 gearbox from Gordon Brooks' wrecked Lotus 69 and fitted it to the Ensign for 1975. He raced it in this form up to 1979. Then sold to somebody in Dursley, thought to be Pete Morys, and then to Josie Tolhurst. For sale by Lenham Racing in 1986. Subsequent history unknown.
- GRD 372 [021-F3] (Pedro Passadore): Entered by GRS International for Pierre-François Rousselot and raced extensively in British F3 in 1972, using Novamotor and later Holbay engines, and sponsored by Gitanes. Raced by Neil Ginn at one early-1973 race, then entered by DART Racing with GRD for Pedro Passadore, who raced it in Britain from April to June 1973, when he moved to a newer GRD 373. The subsequent history of the 372 is 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.
- GRD 373 [372 030-F3] (Richard Knight): Entered by GRS International for Ian Taylor and Barrie Maskell in British F3 in late 1972, using Holbay and Vegantune engines. To Reystan Racing for Masami Kuwashima for a few races in early 1973 until Kuwashima acquired a March 733, but this 1973 car has also been identified as chassis 033. Then entered by Reystan partner John Stanton for Richard Knight to drive (as a 373) for two races in May 1973. Then to Rod Smith and entered for him by ADM Business Systems Ltd from September onwards, but "totalled" in an accident during practice for the race at Brands Hatch in early November 1973.
- 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.
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.