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Rothmans F5000 Championship round

Snetterton, 30 Aug 1971

ResultsLapsTime/Speed
1 Graham McRae McLaren M10B [400-11S] - Chevrolet V8
24 33m 34.6s
2 Mike Walker Lola T192 [HU26] - Chevrolet V8
24 33m 54.6s
3 Teddy Pilette McLaren M10B [400-20] - Chevrolet V8
24 34m 06.2s
4 Tony Trimmer Surtees TS5A [008] - Chevrolet V8
24 34m 55.2s
5 Fred Saunders Crosslé 15F [C15F/69/42] - Rover V8
24 36m 12.0s
6 Dave Berry (F5000) 4.5-litre Brabham BT16/21B [F2-19-65] - Rover V8
(see note 1)
22
7 Terry Sanger Harrier [001-2] - Chevrolet V8
22
8 Peter Hawtin Cooper T90 [F1C/2.69] - Chevrolet V8
22
R Gordon Spice McLaren M10B [400-05] - Chevrolet V8
(see note 2)
20 fuel pump
R Peter Wiechert Lola T190 [190/F1/4-2] - Chevrolet V8
(see note 3)
16 retired - unknown
R Brian Redman McLaren M18 [500-01] - Chevrolet V8
(see note 4)
8 accident
R Frank Gardner Lola T300 [P] - Chevrolet V8
(see note 5)
8 accident
R Alan Rollinson Surtees TS8 [007] - Chevrolet V8
(see note 6)
7 engine
R Mike Hailwood Surtees TS8 [005] - Chevrolet V8
(see note 7)
6 rear radius rod

All cars are 5-litre F5000 unless noted.

Heat 1 Laps Time Speed
1Graham McRae120.16.38.6117.24
2Mike Walker120.16.56.6
3Teddy Pilette120.17.08.8
4Gordon Spice120.17.13.8
5Tony Trimmer120.17.20.8
6Fred Saunders120.18.08.8
7Peter Wiechert11
8Dave Berry11
9Peter Hawtin11
10Terry Sanger10
Brian Redman8accident
Frank Gardner8accident
Alan Rollinson7engine
Mike Hailwood6rear radius rod
Heat 2 Laps Time Speed
1Graham McRae120.16.56.0115.23
2Teddy Pilette120.16.57.4
3Mike Walker120.16.58.0
4Tony Trimmer120.17.34.4
5Fred Saunders120.18.03.2
6Terry Sanger120.18.08.0
7Dave Berry11
8Peter Hawtin11
Gordon Spice8fuel pump
Peter Wiechert5retired - unknown
Qualifying
1 Frank Gardner (F5000) 5-litre Lola T300 [P] - Chevrolet V8 1.20.4
2 Brian Redman (F5000) 5-litre McLaren M18 [500-01] - Chevrolet V8 1.21.4
3 Mike Hailwood (F5000) 5-litre Surtees TS8 [005] - Chevrolet V8 1.22.0
4 Alan Rollinson (F5000) 5-litre Surtees TS8 [007] - Chevrolet V8 1.23.0
5 Graham McRae (F5000) 5-litre McLaren M10B [400-11S] - Chevrolet V8 1.23.6
6 Mike Walker (F5000) 5-litre Lola T192 [HU26] - Chevrolet V8 1.24.2
7 Gordon Spice (F5000) 5-litre McLaren M10B [400-05] - Chevrolet V8 1.25.0
8 Fred Saunders (F5000) 5-litre Crosslé 15F [C15F/69/42] - Rover V8 1.26.6
9 Tony Trimmer (F5000) 5-litre Surtees TS5A [008] - Chevrolet V8 1.27.2
10 Terry Sanger (F5000) 5-litre Harrier [001-2] - Chevrolet V8 1.29.6
11 Peter Wiechert (F5000) 5-litre Lola T190 [190/F1/4-2] - Chevrolet V8 1.30.4
12 Dave Berry (F5000) 4.5-litre Brabham BT16/21B [F2-19-65] - Rover V8 1.33.2
13 Peter Hawtin (F5000) 5-litre Cooper T90 [F1C/2.69] - Chevrolet V8 1.33.2
14 Teddy Pilette (F5000) 5-litre McLaren M10B [400-20] - Chevrolet V8 no time

Notes on the cars:

  1. Brabham BT16/21B [F2-19-65] (Dave Berry): Jack Brabham's works SCA-engined BT16, used during the 1965 mid-season and also raced by Chris Irwin when the Honda project was revived. To Robs Lamplough (London) for 1966 and retained for 1967. To John Watson (Craigavad, County Down, Northern Ireland) for Irish racing in 1967 and fitted with a Lotus-Ford twin-cam. Retained for 1968. Sold to Dave Berry (Colwyn Bay, Wales) for 1969 and used in UK libre; then fitted with an Oldsmobile V8 for 1970, 1971 and 1972. Last seen in October 1972.
  2. McLaren M10B [400-05] (Gordon Spice): Barry Newman for Howden Ganley: UK 1970 (18 races, five second places) - Gordon Spice: Argentinean GP 1971; UK 1971 (11 races + 1 DNS). Rebuilt as 'Kitchmac' by Tony Kitchiner for 1972 season: driven by Gordon Spice (UK: 7 races + 1 DNS), John Kendall (UK: 2 races; US : 1 race only R3 Watkins Glen), Fred Saunders (UK: 1 DNS only), Alan Rollinson (UK: 1 race only), Roger Williamson (UK: 3 races); UK 1973: driven by Kaye Griffiths ( 1 race only), Richard Knight (5 races + 1 DNS). Not seen again after the end of 1973. It has been reported that this car was wrecked in an accident but it appears to have survived its final race in 1973 intact. Subsequent history unknown.
  3. Lola T190 [190/F1/4-2] (Peter Wiechert): New to Jo Bonnier and raced at Sebring 28 Dec 1969. To Daniel Rouveyran 1970 for French hillclimbs but crashed. Returned to Bonnier and rebuilt on new T190 tub. Sold to Roland Heiler (Germany) and loaned back to Bonnier again for 1971 Argentine GP. Peter Wiechert (Germany) and Heiler UK 1971. Likely to be the car raced by Hans Furian (Austria) in Swiss Championship events in 1973 and at the F5000 races at Snetterton and Brands Hatch in October 1973. Subsequent history unknown.
  4. McLaren M18 [500-01] (Brian Redman): See full history: McLaren M18 500-01.
  5. Lola T300 [P] (Frank Gardner): Called a T242 at first race but this confused FB T240 owners so car renamed T300 for second race. Frank Gardner: UK 1971 (debuted R10 Thruxton 1 Aug). Raced four times before wrecked at Snetterton and replaced with first production T300.
  6. Surtees TS8 [007] (Alan Rollinson): New for Peter Revson at the 1971 Questor GP then for Alan Roillinson in UK series. To Alan Brodie 1972 and raced by Brodie and by Steve Thompson. To Servis Appliances Racing Team 1973 and raced by Ray Allan early in the season. Then possibly the Robin Darlington car in Sep 1973 Reappeared with Colin Andrews (Banbury, Oxfordshire) 1974, then to Steve Cuff (Frome, Somerset) 1975 for hillclimbs. To Alan Richards (Cheltenham) and used in sprints and occasional hill climbs in 1976 and 1977. Used in sprints and occasional hill climbs by Bob Clapham in 1978 and 1979. Then unknown until sold by Brian Redman to Dave Swigler (Panama City, FL) in 1986. Dave believes Brian got it from Richard Attwood about two years earlier. Retained until Swigler sold his collection to Harin De Silva (Palos Verdes Estates, CA) in 2009. Restored by Virtuoso Performance and first raced at Laguna Seca in August 2011. Also raced in New Zealand in the 2011/12 Tasman Revival series and at the Phillip Island Classic in March 2013.
  7. Surtees TS8 [005] (Mike Hailwood): Built for 1971 season and run by Team Surtees for Mike Hailwood to race in the 1971 British F5000 series. Hailwood won the opening race and also at Mallory Park and Silverstone later in the season to finish second in the championship. Sold to Belgian driver Hervé Bayard for 1972, reportedly together with a works spare car. Bayard raced it in one early season F5000 race at Mallory Park, but his main focus was hillclimbing in Europe. He had the car fitted with a Cosworth DFV engine and competed in the French and European series, winning overall at La Bachellerie, Turckheim-Trois-Epis, Les Andelys and Soissons. He finished second overall in the European championship. Bayard also used the Surtees-DFV at the Rothmans 50,000 on 28 August 1972 but did not qualify. After the 1972 season, the car was rebuilt back to Formula 5000 specification and entered by Ecurie Bonnier (Geneva, Switzerland) for Rolf Tellsten in the F5000 race at Mallory Park on 28 May 1973 but he and the car did not arrive. Ecurie Bonnier had been taken over by Heini Mader since Jo Bonnier's death. In February 1974, Ecurie Bonnier advertised six cars for sale in Autosport, including a Surtees TS8 that was "chassis only". The Surtees was later sold to engine builder Louis Morand (La Tour-de-Trême, Switzerland) and was stored at Mader's workshop at Gland, Switzerland until 1978. It then moved to Morand's workshop and was restored to F5000 specification, with a view to Benoît Morand, Louis' son, driving it. This didn't happen, and the car remained stored until sold to Peter Hoffmann (Mainz, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany) in 1982. Hoffman also did not race the car, and sold it in 1989 to Rainer Jacobi (Mainz), who restored the car and ran it in historic events in 1990 and 1991.

Sources

Note that 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' published results.

1969-1976 UK results have been researched and collated by Chris Townsend based primarily on material in Autosport and Motoring News. Information has been added from the growing collection of entry lists from programs.

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.