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Championnat de France de Formule 3

Pau, 6 May 1973

ResultsLapsTime/Speed
1 Jacques Laffite Martini MK12 [005] - Ford twin cam Holbay R73
#75 BP France
30 41m 30.96s
2 Jean-Pierre Paoli Martini MK12 [007] - Ford twin cam Holbay R73
#76 BP France
30 42m 12.67s
3 Bernard Béguin Martini MK12 [002] - Ford twin cam Holbay R73
#65 Ecurie Volant Shell
30 42m 23.37s
4 Max Jean ("Jean Max") Martini MK12 [003] - Ford twin cam Vegantune
#77 Motul Defence Mondiale
29 41m 43.57s
5 Randy Lewis Brabham BT41 [16] - Ford twin cam Novamotor
#62 Wrangler Racing (see note 1)
29 42m 44.93s
6 Alain Serpaggi Alpine A364 [3649] - Renault R16 Dudot
#79 Societé des Automobiles Alpine
27 Not running
7 Ken Sedgley Ensign LNF3/71 [71.1] - Ford twin cam Vegantune
#72
23 42m 08.86s
R Christian Ethuin Martini MK12 [004] - Ford twin cam Vegantune
#78 Motul Defence Mondiale
18 24m 57.75s
R Larry Perkins GRD 372 [032-F3] - Ford twin cam Novamotor
#63 Team Cowangie (see note 2)
14 19m 50.33s
R Roelof Wunderink Ensign LNF3/71 [71.2] - Ford twin cam Vegantune
#82
15 22m 37.96s
R Max Bonnin March 723 [5] - Ford twin cam Novamotor
#66 Bonnin Seca

DNS Michel Leclère Alpine A364 [3649] - Renault R16 Dudot
#80 Societé des Automobiles Alpine
Did not start
DNS Bernard Chevanne Martini MK12 [006] - Ford twin cam Holbay R73
#64 Ecurie Volant Shell
Did not start
DNA Jean Ragnotti March 733 - Ford twin cam Holbay
#69 Ecurie Antar Filipinetti
Did not arrive
DNA Philippe Albera March 733 [23] - Ford twin cam Holbay
#68 Ecurie Antar Filipinetti
Did not arrive
DNA Alain Cudini Alpine A364 - Renault R16 Dudot
#74 Ecurie ELF
Did not arrive
DNA Barrie Maskell Dastle Mk10B - Ford twin cam Holbay
#61 Hesketh Racing
Did not arrive
DNA Mike Tyrrell Ensign LNF3/72 - Ford twin cam Vegantune
#71 Marc Gregory Property Development
Did not arrive
DNA Lucien Guitteny Alpine A364 - Renault R16 Dudot
#73 Ecurie Volant Shell
Did not arrive
DNA Cliff Haworth Martini MK12 - Ford twin cam Novamotor
#67
Did not arrive
DNA Jürg Dubler Brabham BT41 - Ford twin cam Novamotor
#70
Did not arrive
DNA Philippe Munier Martini MK12 - Ford twin cam Novamotor
#81 Ecurie Volant Shell
Did not arrive

All cars are 1.6-litre F3 unless noted.

Qualifying
1 Jacques Laffite (F3) 1.6-litre Martini MK12 [005] - Ford twin cam Holbay R73 1.21.2
2 Christian Ethuin (F3) 1.6-litre Martini MK12 [004] - Ford twin cam Vegantune 1.22.5
3 Jean-Pierre Paoli (F3) 1.6-litre Martini MK12 [007] - Ford twin cam Holbay R73 1.22.7
4 Larry Perkins (F3) 1.6-litre GRD 372 [032-F3] - Ford twin cam Novamotor 1.23.0
5 Bernard Béguin (F3) 1.6-litre Martini MK12 [002] - Ford twin cam Holbay R73 1.23.1
6 Michel Leclère * (F3) 1.6-litre Alpine A364 [3649] - Renault R16 Dudot 1.23.2
7 Max Jean ("Jean Max") (F3) 1.6-litre Martini MK12 [003] - Ford twin cam Vegantune 1.23.5
8 Alain Serpaggi (F3) 1.6-litre Alpine A364 [3649] - Renault R16 Dudot 1.23.8
9 Randy Lewis (F3) 1.6-litre Brabham BT41 [16] - Ford twin cam Novamotor 1.24.3
10 Roelof Wunderink (F3) 1.6-litre Ensign LNF3/71 [71.2] - Ford twin cam Vegantune 1.26.9
11 Bernard Chevanne * (F3) 1.6-litre Martini MK12 [006] - Ford twin cam Holbay R73 1.27.2
12 Ken Sedgley (F3) 1.6-litre Ensign LNF3/71 [71.1] - Ford twin cam Vegantune 1.27.8
13 Max Bonnin (F3) 1.6-litre March 723 [5] - Ford twin cam Novamotor 1.29.0
 
* Did not start

Notes on the cars:

  1. Brabham BT41 [16] (Randy Lewis): New to Randy Lewis in 1973.
  2. GRD 372 [032-F3] (Larry Perkins): Entered by GRS International for Keiichi Tahara at two races in June and July 1972. To Team Cowangie for Larry Perkins to drive in British and French F3 in 1973 but although the car was identified as chassis 032, it was once referred to as "ex-Jones" [his own chassis 033-F3 or the ex-Sutcliffe GRS car] and also once as ex-Rousselot [the GRS chassis 021]. Jones had retained 033 for the start of 1973 and the ex-Rousselot 021-F3 was driven in 1973 by Pedro Passadore, so neither are likely. Perkins badly damaged the car in practice at Paul Ricard on 1 July 1973. When he returned to racing, he first borrowed the works Ensign and then acquired a Brabham BT41, indicating that the GRD was not repaired.

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.

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