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[ReWind]

In vol. 9 of his fabulous „A Record of Grand Prix and Voiturette Racing“ series Paul Sheldon admitted that between 1973 and 1975 the members of the Formula 1 Register lost interest for a while (p. 338).

This resulted in some incomplete entry lists, especially for the following Formula 2 races:

1973 Grand Prix de Pau

1973 G.B. Grand Prix (Nivelles): full entry list is there

1973 Rhein-Pokal-Rennen (Hockenheim): full entry list is there, but Coulon's car number is missing

1973 Coppa di Santa Monica (Misano)

1973 Gran Premio del Mediterraneo (Enna)

1973 Gran Premio di Roma (Vallelunga)

1973 Grande Prémio de Estoril

1974 Grand Prix de Rouen

1974 Gran Premio del Mediterraneo (Enna)

1974 Grand Prix de Nogaro

1974 Preis von Baden-Württemberg und Hessen (Hockenheim)

1974 Gran Premio di Roma (Vallelunga): full entry list is there

1975 Grande Prêmio de Estoril

1975 Eifelrennen (Nürburgring): full entry list is there

1975 Grand Prix de Magny-Cours: full entry list is there

1975 Grand Prix de Pau

1975 Gran Premio del Mediterraneo (Enna)

1975 Grote Prijs van Limborg (Zolder)

 

Can someone provide the car numbers for any of these races?

Edited by ReWind, 21 February 2024 - 10:18.

[ReWind]

I can begin with the 1973 Rhein-Pokal-Rennen. On the WWW I found a program
page 1 - page 2
which gives the following car numbers:
1 Pescarolo, 2 Jaussaud, 3 Wollek, 4 Schenken, 5 Pryce (all Motul),
6 Mass, 7 Bell, 8 Hunt, 9 Salisbury, 10 Shangri-La (Surtees),
11 Depailler, 12 Jabouille  (Elf),
14 Wisell, 15 Gunnarsson, 16 Ikuzawa, 17 Kazato, 18 Williamson, 19 McInerney, 20 Bourgoignie (GRD),
21 Stuck, 22 V.Brambilla, 23 E.Brambilla, 24 Vandervell, 25 Gubelmann, 26 Frey, 27 Link, 28 Korda, 29 Salomon (March),
30 de Adamich, 31 Wingfield, 32 Amweg, 33 Binder (Brabham),
34 Birrell, 35 Morgan (Chevron),
36 Migault, 37 Schafer (Pygmée),
38 Scott (Scott), 39 Schurti (Royale), 40 Moser (Surtees), 41 Bond (Lola), 42 Vonlanthen (GRD)
 
Strangely there is no sign of Jacques Coulon who finished 3^rd on aggregate in a semi-works March.

 

EDIT: Coulon's car number was 38. Obviously he took it over from the non-appearing Scott.

Edited by ReWind, 21 February 2024 - 10:19.

[Alan Cox]

I'm sure you will be familiar with the formula2.net website which, again, is incomplete with regard to numbers, but a number of races which you list have some number information listed e.g. Enna 1973, Estoril 1975, Nuburgring 1975, Pau 1975 (partial), Zolder 1975

[ReWind]

Thanks, Alan.

I made spot-checks on that website, so did not look up each race (what - obviously - I should've done).

 

EDIT: But it seems that there are full numbers only for the 1975 Eifelrennen.

Edited by ReWind, 20 April 2015 - 15:06.

[nexfast]

In vol. 9 of his fabulous „A Record of Grand Prix and Voiturette Racing“ series Paul Sheldon admitted that between 1973 and 1975 the members of the Formula 1 Register lost interest for a while (p. 338).

This resulted in some incomplete entry lists, especially for the following Formula 2 races:

1973 Grand Prix de Pau

1973 G.B. Grand Prix (Nivelles)

1973 Rhein-Pokal-Rennen (Hockenheim)

1973 Coppa di Santa Monica (Misano)

1973 Gran Premio del Mediterraneo (Enna)

1973 Gran Premio di Roma (Vallelunga)

1973 Grande Prêmio de Estoril

1974 Grand Prix de Rouen

1974 Gran Premio del Mediterraneo (Enna)

1974 Grand Prix de Nogaro

1974 Preis von Baden-Württemberg und Hessen (Hockenheim)

1974 Gran Premio di Roma (Vallelunga)

1975 Grande Prêmio de Estoril

1975 Eifelrennen (Nürburgring)

1975 Grand Prix de Magny-Cours

1975 Grand Prix de Pau

1975 Gran Premio del Mediterraneo (Enna)

1975 Grote Prijs van Limborg (Zolder)

 

Can someone provide the car numbers for any of these races?

 

 

 

 

My very modest contribution: Mario Cabral was #4 in Grande Prémio (not Prêmio, that is brazilian portuguese, sorry about the pedantry) do Estoril de 1973 (source: its biography).  Russian site F1News.ru  provide numbers  to all F2 drivers that were also at any stage in their careers WDC competitors but since they usually do not correspond to the few in formula2.net I would not trust them at all.

 

 

 

[Tuboscocca]

I can begin with the 1973 Rhein-Pokal-Rennen. On the WWW I found a program
page 1 - page 2
which gives the following car numbers:
1 Pescarolo, 2 Jaussaud, 3 Wollek, 4 Schenken, 5 Pryce (all Motul),
6 Mass, 7 Bell, 8 Hunt, 9 Salisbury, 10 Shangri-La (Surtees),
11 Depailler, 12 Jabouille  (Elf),
14 Wisell, 15 Gunnarsson, 16 Ikuzawa, 17 Kazato, 18 Williamson, 19 McInerney, 20 Bourgoignie (GRD),
21 Stuck, 22 V.Brambilla, 23 E.Brambilla, 24 Vandervell, 25 Gubelmann, 26 Frey, 27 Link, 28 Korda, 29 Salomon (March),
30 de Adamich, 31 Wingfield, 32 Amweg, 33 Binder (Brabham),
34 Birrell, 35 Morgan (Chevron),
36 Migault, 37 Schafer (Pygmée),
38 Scott (Scott), 39 Schurti (Royale), 40 Moser (Surtees), 41 Bond (Lola), 42 Vonlanthen (GRD)
 
Strangely there is no sign of Jacques Coulon who finished 3^rd on aggregate in a semi-works March.

Reinhard

 

do you have this book??They state 'complete results' at least...

 

http://www.editions-...s,fr,4,P042.cfm

 

 

Michael

[ReWind]

@Michael: No, I don't have that book.

Maybe anyone else?

[Tuboscocca]

@Michael: No, I don't have that book.

Maybe anyone else?

I don't have it (yet!).Still available from Palmier..I know other books of the same author..

I'm sure someone has it..

 

Regards Michael

[ReWind]

I have to admit that I am a bit disappointed with the lack of responses to this thread.

Is there really no one with a program for one or another of those races?

 

1973 Rhein-Pokal-Rennen
 
Strangely there is no sign of Jacques Coulon who finished 3^rd on aggregate in a semi-works March.

Is there really no race report with a photo showing the 3rd placed driver and his car number?

[Felix Muelas]

Reinhard,

Thanks for pointing this out. To be honest I had never realized the "problem". But Michael´s suggestion -to take a look at Naviaux´s booklet makes sense. I will order a copy (as nobody who owns one seems to be awake this morning) and see if we can resolve it that way. 

[CNE]

Just seen this thread.

 

I do actually have the Naviaux book you are referring to.

 

Unfortunately the race numbers for the events listed in your initial postings, ReWind, are not included

 

According to the biblography the Sheldon books were one of the main sources.

 

In the Motoring News there is a report on the Coupe du Rhin (21st June 1973). However the only image of Coulon is 'long-shot' so his race number is not distinguishable.

 

Hope this helps (sort of)

 

Chris Ellard

[bschenker]

I think the Coulon photo on the Marche site is at Hockenheim.

 

http://trackthoughts...mw-and-the-732/

 

 

.

[ReWind]

Yes, Beat, but the April race - not the one in June I am referring to.

[nexfast]

In vol. 9 of his fabulous „A Record of Grand Prix and Voiturette Racing“ series Paul Sheldon admitted that between 1973 and 1975 the members of the Formula 1 Register lost interest for a while (p. 338).

This resulted in some incomplete entry lists, especially for the following Formula 2 races:

1973 Grand Prix de Pau

1973 G.B. Grand Prix (Nivelles)

1973 Rhein-Pokal-Rennen (Hockenheim)

1973 Coppa di Santa Monica (Misano)

1973 Gran Premio del Mediterraneo (Enna)

1973 Gran Premio di Roma (Vallelunga)

1973 Grande Prêmio de Estoril

1974 Grand Prix de Rouen

1974 Gran Premio del Mediterraneo (Enna)

1974 Grand Prix de Nogaro

1974 Preis von Baden-Württemberg und Hessen (Hockenheim)

1974 Gran Premio di Roma (Vallelunga)

1975 Grande Prêmio de Estoril

1975 Eifelrennen (Nürburgring)

1975 Grand Prix de Magny-Cours

1975 Grand Prix de Pau

1975 Gran Premio del Mediterraneo (Enna)

1975 Grote Prijs van Limborg (Zolder)

 

Can someone provide the car numbers for any of these races?

Reinhard, going through my Autosport collection, I can get a few more racing numbers from the pictures that can add to what has already been signalled accurately in the formula2.net site (for Pau).

 

For Pau, I have:

 

10- François Cevert

14 - Bob Wolleck

34 - Dave Morgan

 

For Nivelles

16 - Jochen Mass

32 - Manfred Schurti

37 - Mike Beutller

38 - Colin Vandervell

 

For Hockenheim

1 - Henri Pescarolo

5 - Tom Pryce

6 - Jochen Mass

24 - Colin Vandervell

 

For Enna-Pergusa

1 - Henri Pescarolo

4 - Tim Schencken

11 - Jean Pierre Jabouille

15 - Jochen Mass

19 - Ronnie Peterson

20 - Dave Morgan

 

For Vallelunga

5 - Jacques Coulon

 

For Estoril

8 - Wilson Fittipaldi

19 - Bertil Roos

 

Jean Pierre Jarier, of course, appears in most reports but it is always impossible to have an exact idea of his number. He was number 2 in Hockenheim but I don't know in which one of the races (photo on the seasonal survey).

 

Does this help? Do you want me to repeat the exercise for the following years or is it worthless?

 

José

Edited by nexfast, 05 June 2015 - 18:39.

[Henk Vasmel]

 

For Misano

1 - Henri Pescarolo

4 - Tim Schencken

11 - Jean Pierre Jabouille

15 - Jochen Mass

19 - Ronnie Peterson

20 - Dave Morgan

 

José

As far as I can see in my database, I think you mention the wrong race here. It should be the next one on the original list, Enna-Pergusa. At Misano (non-championship) most of these drivers were not even present.

 

  Number Drivers.First Name Driver

18 ? Ettore Ricci

3 ? Tom Pryce

8 ? Peter Gethin

21 ? Jacques Coulon

22 ? Ernesto "Tino" Brambilla, T.

25 ? Tetsu Ikuzawa

27 ? Jean-Pierre Beltoise

26 Jean-Pierre Jarier

23 Vittorio Brambilla, V.

15 Jochen Mass

4 Tim Schenken

2 ? Bob Wollek

6 W.S. "Bill" Gubelmann

19 Ronnie Peterson

16 Gabriele Serblin

17 ? Spartaco Dini

5 ? Silvio Moser

7 ? Jo Vonlanthen

20 David Morgan

11 Jean-Pierre Jabouille

24 ? Hiroshi Kazato

1 Henri Pescarolo

14 ? Mike Hailwood

9 ? Wilson Fittipaldi, W.

12 ? José Carlos Pace

10 ? Patrick Depailler

This is my list for Enna-Pergusa, but as you can see, there are (too) many question marks.

Edited by Henk Vasmel, 05 June 2015 - 18:29.

[nexfast]

As far as I can see in my database, I think you mention the wrong race here. It should be the next one on the original list, Enna-Pergusa. At Misano (non-championship) most of these drivers were not even present.

 

  Number Drivers.First Name Driver

18 ? Ettore Ricci

3 ? Tom Pryce

8 ? Peter Gethin

21 ? Jacques Coulon

22 ? Ernesto "Tino" Brambilla, T.

25 ? Tetsu Ikuzawa

27 ? Jean-Pierre Beltoise

26 Jean-Pierre Jarier

23 Vittorio Brambilla, V.

15 Jochen Mass

4 Tim Schenken

2 ? Bob Wollek

6 W.S. "Bill" Gubelmann

19 Ronnie Peterson

16 Gabriele Serblin

17 ? Spartaco Dini

5 ? Silvio Moser

7 ? Jo Vonlanthen

20 David Morgan

11 Jean-Pierre Jabouille

24 ? Hiroshi Kazato

1 Henri Pescarolo

14 ? Mike Hailwood

9 ? Wilson Fittipaldi, W.

12 ? José Carlos Pace

10 ? Patrick Depailler

This is my list for Enna-Pergusa, but as you can see, there are (too) many question marks.

You are totally right, there was no full report on Misano, just a small one on Pit and Paddock - only 12 cars - and I forgot to change the name in my notes to Enna-Pergusa when going through the races. Apologies.

 

P.S Correction now done. Thanks for spotting.

Edited by nexfast, 05 June 2015 - 18:40.

[Henk Vasmel]

Never mind. Getting it right in the end is all that counts. 

 

While we're at it, I checked the other required races too. Unfortunately only one with numbers 

Number Drivers.First Name Driver

25 Roland Binder, R.

26 Max Bonnin

42 Jürg M. Dubler

27 Alfred "Fredy" Amweg

41 Guillermo Ortega

11 W.S. "Bill" Gubelmann

11 Gianclaudio "Clay" Regazzoni

28 Jörg Siegrist

39 Harald Ertl

43 Georges Schäfer, G.

44 Claudio Francisci

13 Patrick Depailler

14 Hans-Joachim Stuck

24 Jacques Laffite

33 Patrick Tambay

37 Tom Pryce

40 Tim Schenken

22 Alessandro Pesenti-Rossi

18 Cosimo Turizio

17 Paolo Bozetto

38 David Purley

29 Jo Vonlanthen

12 Vittorio Brambilla, V.

21 Giancarlo Martini, G.

34 Michel Leclère

15 Jacques Coulon

19 Duilio Truffo

31 Carlo Giorgio

32 Jean-Pierre Jabouille

35 René Alexandre Arnoux

36 Arturo Merzario

30 Loris Kessel

23 Alberto Colombo

20 Maurizio Flammini

16 Gabriele Serblin

 

13-10-1974, Vallelunga

Edited by Henk Vasmel, 05 June 2015 - 18:39.

[ReWind]

Fundamentally every little bit helps.

But, Henk, the numbers you give for Vallelunga 1974 are the ones Sheldon used for indexing purposes. So they are not the real ones.

(Ditto for Enna 1973.)

[nexfast]

Fundamentally every little bit helps.

But, Henk, the numbers you give for Vallelunga 1974 are the ones Sheldon used for indexing purposes. So they are not the real ones.

(Ditto for Enna 1973.)

 So, here is my little bit for 1974:

 

Rouen

 

11-David Purley

14 - Masami Kuwashima

15 - John Watson

 

Enna

 

28 - David Purley

 

Nogaro

 

3 - Jim Crawford

6 - Patrick Tambay

9 - Jean-Pierre Jaussaud

 

Hockenheim

 

2 - Patrick Depailler

6 - Patrick Tambay

31 - Alessandro Pesenti-Rossi

37 - Jacques Laffite

 

Vallelunga

 

5 - Jacques Laffite

6 - Jean-Pierre Jabouille

 

1975 to follow.

[Henk Vasmel]

Fundamentally every little bit helps.

But, Henk, the numbers you give for Vallelunga 1974 are the ones Sheldon used for indexing purposes. So they are not the real ones.

(Ditto for Enna 1973.)

Ooops. But surprising that there are no question marks with the numbers in my database. On the other hand, the fact that 11 is the lowest number indeed is a giveaway.

For Enna, there are numbers lower than 11 and the few numbers found match the numbers in my list. So I think I found an entry list somewhere where no numbers where given to the entries, but I guessed that they were in numerical order anyway. The few numbers found later support that theory and for the question marks, we just have to find more proof.

For the time being I will add all question marks in my database for Vallelunga. I also have a plan of digging up my old '70s magazines again to recheck everything from the days I was just beginning to create my databases (on paper, computers only came in the late 80's). 

[nexfast]

And here it is 1975, as promised:

 

Estoril

 

3 - Lamberto Leoni

10 - Loris Kessel

 

Confirmed also numbers for Laffite, Jabouille and Leclère as shown in Formula2.net

 

Magny Cours

 

2 - Michel Leclère

3 - Patrick Tambay

4 - Jean-Pierre Beltoise

15 - Vittorio Brambilla

17 - Patrick Depailler

27 - Gabriele Serblin

 

Pau

 

7 - Gérard Larrousse

 

Confirmed Jabouille as 6 as in Formula2.net

 

Enna-Pergusa

 

1 - Gabriel Serblin

6 - Gérard Larrousse

36 - Herbert Muller

 

Zolder

 

2 - Michel Leclère

27 - Ray Mallock

 

Totally different from Formula2.net !??

[mathewking21]

Is there really no race report with a photo showing the 3rd placed driver and his car number?

[ReWind]

At least for two races a friendly soul sent me the entry lists. So here are the car numbers:

 

1974 Gran Premio di Roma (Vallelunga)

1 N.N. (Brian Lewis Racing) March-BMW (according to Sheldon: Clay Regazzoni, Bill Gubelmann)

2 Arturo Merzario (Osella Squadra Corse / Scuderia Città dei Mille) Osella-BMW

3 Patrick Depailler (Elf March Racing Team) March-BMW

4 Hans-Joachim Stuck (Jägermeister March Racing Team) March-BMW

5 Jacques Laffite (BP Racing France) March-BMW

6 Jean-Pierre Jabouille (Ecurie Elf) Elf 2 (Alpine)-BMW

7 David Purley (Team Harper) Chevron-BMW

8 Michel Leclère (Ecurie Elf) Elf 2 (Alpine)-BMW

9 Gabriele Serblin (Trivellato Racing Team) March-BMW

10 Patrick Tambay (Ecurie Elf) Elf 2 (Alpine)-BMW

11 Carlo Giorgio (Scuderia Jolly Club) March-Ford/Holbay

12 Tom Pryce (Team Harper) Chevron-BMW

13 not allocated

14 Jacques Coulon (Antar March Racing Team) March-BMW

15 Maurizio Flammini (CSAI Racing Team) March-BMW

16 Duilio Truffo (CSAI Racing Team) March-BMW

17 not allocated

18 Giancarlo Martini (Scuderia Passatore) March-BMW

19 Cosimo Turizio (Scuderia Vesuvio) March-BMW

20 Alessandro Pesenti-Rossi (Scuderia Città dei Mille) March-BMW

21 Vittorio Brambilla (Brian Lewis Racing) March-BMW

22 Paolo Bozzetto (Elba Racing Team) March-BMW

23 René Arnoux (Ecurie Elf) Elf 2 (Alpine)-BMW

24 Tim Schenken (Marlboro Team Ecuador) Surtees-BMW

25 Guillermo Ortega (Marlboro Team Ecuador) Surtees-BMW

26 Roland Binder (Roland Binder) March-BMW

27 Jürg Dubler (Scuderia Finotto) GRD-Ford

28 Jörg Siegrist (Gertsch Zürich Racing Team) Brabham (according to Sheldon: March-BMW)

29 Harald Ertl (Hire International Racing Enterprises) Chevron-BMW

30 Jo Vonlanthen (Team Brissago) March-BMW

31 Loris Kessel (Ecurie Treize Etoiles) March-BMW

32 Georges Schafer (Georges Schafer Team) Pygmée-Ford

33 Carlos Jarque (Scuderia Meneghina) N.N.

34 Max Bonnin (Max Bonnin) March-Ford

35 Fredy Amweg (Gertsch Zürich Racing Team) March-BMW

36 Alberto Colombo (Scuderia Mirabella M.M.) March-BMW

 

1975 Grand Prix de Magny-Cours

1 Jacques Laffite (Ecurie Elf) Martini-BMW

2 Michel Leclère (Elf March Racing Team) March-BMW

3 Patrick Tambay (Elf March Racing Team) March-BMW

4 Jean-Pierre Beltoise (ROC Motul La Pierre du Nord) Chevron-Simca/ROC

5 Xavier Lapeyre (ROC Motul La Pierre du Nord) Chevron-Simca/ROC

6 not allocated

7 Claude Bourgoignie (Bang&Olufsen Team Michel Vaillant) March-BMW

8 Bernard de Dryver (Bang&Olufsen Team Michel Vaillant) March-BMW

9 Willy Deutsch (Team Warsteiner Eurorace) March-BMW

10 not allocated

11 Jean-Pierre Jabouille (Equipe Elf Switzerland) Elf 2J-BMW

12 not allocated

13 not allocated

14 Max Bonnin (Max Bonnin) March-Ford

15 Vittorio Brambilla (Project 3 Racing) March-BMW

16 Héctor Rebaque (Fred Opert Racing) Chevron-Ford

17 Patrick Depailler (Brian Henton Racing) March-Ford (according to Sheldon: alternatively José Chateaubriand)

18 Giancarlo Martini (Scuderia Passatore) March-BMW

19 Lamberto Leoni (Scuderia Passatore) March-BMW

20 Roland Binder (Roland Binder) March-BMW

21 Hans Binder (Team Obermoser Eurorace) March-BMW

22 Max Mamers (Max Mamers) March-Simca/ROC  (according to Sheldon: -BMW)

23 Jo Vonlanthen (Team Vonlanthen) March-BMW

24 Loris Kessel (Ambrozium H7) March-BMW (according to Sheldon: alternatively Jean-Claude Favre)

25 Luis de Almenara (Luis de Almenara) March-BMW

26 Jörg Siegrist (SAR) March-BMW

27 Gabriele Serblin (Cucini Elba Racing Team) March-BMW

28 Giorgio Francia (Osella Racing) Osella-BMW

No sign of a second Equipe Elf entry (according to Sheldon: Gérard Larrousse) although I have to say the programme has some glaring errors so maybe it was # 10 or # 12.

Edited by ReWind, 02 August 2015 - 18:04.

[rateus]

A couple of notes re. the Magny-Cours entry above, courtesy of Autosport's report:

Chateaubriand was the originally entered driver of Depailler's car but failed to come up with the cash for the drive.
Favre was never entered in Kessel's car (he was actually the team manager) but did do a few laps in the morning warm-up as Loris wasn't feeling well.

Mamers is listed on the grid with a Chrysler (ie Simca) which then blew during the race.

Not sure re. an entry for Larrousse, but apparently even Jabouille's arrival was something of a surprise as he'd told people at the previous race that he wasn't going to turn up.

[ReWind]

Thanks to my friendly helper I now have the car numbers from another race:

1973 G.B. Grand Prix (Nivelles)

1 Emerson Fittipaldi (Team Lotus) Texaco Star (Lotus)-Ford

2 Ronnie Peterson (Team Lotus) Texaco Star (Lotus)-Ford

3 Vittorio Brambilla (Beta Racing Team) March-BMW

4 Ernesto Brambilla (Beta Racing Team) March-BMW

5 Jacques Coulon (Ecurie Antar-Filipinetti) March-BMW

6 Bill Gubelmann (William S. Gubelmann) March-BMW

7 Wilson Fittipaldi (Motor Racing Developments) Brabham-Ford

8 Roland Binder (Roland Binder) Brabham-Ford

9 Bob Marsland (De Wit Stickers Racing Team / Bob Marsland) Brabham-Ford

10 Peter Gethin (Chevron Racing Team) Chevron-Ford

11 Gerry Birrell (Chevron Racing Team) Chevron-Ford

12 Brett Lunger (Space Racing / Chevron Racing Team) Chevron-Ford

14 David Morgan (Edward Reeves) Chevron-Ford

15 „Shangri-La“ (Etienne Aigner Italy) Surtees-Ford

16 Jochen Mass (Matchbox Team Surtees) Surtees-Ford

17 Willy Braillard (Matchbox Team Surtees) Surtees-Ford

18 Silvio Moser (Silvio Moser) Surtees-Ford

19 James Hunt (Hesketh Racing) Surtees-Ford

20 Bob Salisbury (F.R. Gerard Racing) Surtees-Ford

21 Jean-Pierre Jarier (STP March Racing Team) March-BMW

22 Claude Bourgoignie (Racing Team Marabout / Claude Bourgoignie) GRD-Ford

23 Hiroshi Kazato (Team Nippon - GRS International) GRD-Ford

24 Brendan McInerney (GRS International) GRD-Ford

25 Roger Williamson (Wheatcroft Racing International) GRD-Ford

26 Sten Gunnarsson (Team Pierre Robert) GRD-Ford

27 Rolf Skoghag (Team Pierre Robert) GRD-Ford

28 Tom Walkinshaw (Tom Walkinshaw) GRD-Ford

29 Bob Wollek (Motul Rondel Racing) Motul-Ford

30 Jean-Pierre Jaussaud (Motul Rondel Racing) Motul-Ford

31 Tom Pryce (Titan Properties / Motul Rondel Racing) Motul-Ford

32 Manfred Schurti (Royale Cars Liechtenstein) Royale-Ford

33 Georges Schafer (Team Schafer) Pygmée-Ford

34 Francis Polak (De Wit Stickers Racing Team) Brabham-Ford

35 Andrea de Adamich (Fina Italie) Brabham-Ford

36 N.N. (John Coombs / Elf Coombs Racing) Elf (Alpine)-Ford

37 Mike Beuttler (Durlacher Team / Brian Lewis Racing) March-BMW

38 Colin Vandervell (Colin Vandervell / Brian Lewis Racing) March-BMW

 

# 15, 28, 30, 33, 34 & 36 are additions to Sheldon’s list which on the other hand contains a second entry by the March Racing Team (for Jean-Pierre Beltoise) that is not there in the programme.

 

In the programme the following drivers have an asterisk: E. Fittipaldi, Peterson, Gethin, Birrell, Morgan, Mass, Braillard, Jarier, Bourgoignie, de Adamich, and Beuttler. The explanation for the asterisk is: „Pilotes a suivre / Te volgen piloten“. I don’t know what this is about. Why should one follow these drivers but not the other ones?

 

Birrell, Wollek, and Jaussaud were busy at Le Mans that weekend. But after his early retirement there Wollek obviously travelled to Nivelles to line up on the last row of the grid and take part in the race.

 

In Sheldon’s starting grid Jacques Coulon appears twice: On the final row and as non-starter in 11^th position. I presume that Coulon set his time in one car (March 732-10) but raced another (March 732-7) and therefore was relegated to the back of the field alongside Wollek. Can anyone confirm this?

Edited by ReWind, 23 August 2015 - 20:50.

[rateus]

Re. Coulon, that's exactly what happened.  According to the Autosport report Coulon (who was running the spare works March, the normal Beltoise car, as his own couldn't be prepared in time) and Jarier swapped chassis when the latter over-revved his engine.  Jarier had already taken the spare out for a few laps and set a time good enough for pole in it (albeit slower than his fastest in his 'proper' entry), but Coulon didn't drive his new mount in practice and therefore wasn't credited with a time.  BTW he also did a practice lap in Gubelmann's car, so this was his third different March of the weekend.

 

Wollek had been at Nivelles prior to going to Le Mans (there were 2 days of unofficial practice before the official sessions) and talked the organisers into letting him start if he broke at Le Mans, which is what happened.  Those 2 unofficial days also accounted for the Pierre Roberts GRDs, which blew all their engines before the meeting officially started!

[Michael Ferner]

„Pilotes a suivre / Te volgen piloten: just a helpful hand by the promoter to let his patrons know who's hot, and who's not.

[ReWind]

On a French forum this results sheet from the 1974 Grand Prix de Nogaro has emerged.

 

 

So at least we know the numbers of the 15 cars which actually took the start:

1 Jacques Coulon (Antar March Racing Team) March-BMW

2 David Purley (Team Harper) Chevron-Ford (according to Sheldon: -BMW)

3 Jim Crawford (Team Harper) Chevron-Ford (according to Sheldon: -BMW)

4 Michel Leclère (Ecurie Elf) Elf 2-BMW

5 René Arnoux (Ecurie Elf) Elf 2-BMW

6 Patrick Tambay (Ecurie Elf) Elf 2-BMW

9 Jean-Pierre Jaussaud (Team Vonlanthen) March-BMW

12 Bill Gubelmann (Bill Gubelmann) March-BMW

14 Tim Schenken (Team Ecuador Marlboro) Surtees-BMW

15 Guillermo Ortega (Team Ecuador Marlboro) Surtees-BMW

16 Claude Bourgoignie (Claude Bourgoignie) GRD-Ford

17 Max Bonnin (Max Bonnin) March-BMW (according to Sheldon: -Ford)

19 Maxime Bochet (Brian Lewis Racing) March-BMW

20 Bob Marsland (Robert Marsland) Chevron-Ford

21 Georges Schafer (Georges Schafer) Pygmée-Ford

 

Free numbers are 7, 8, 10, 11, 13, and 18.

According to Sheldon there were the following entrants who did not arrive or did not start:

• Alain Cudini (Ecurie Elf) Elf 2-BMW
• José Dolhem (Team Surtees) Surtees-Ford
• Masami Kuwashima (Masami Kuwashima Racing) March-BMW
• Dave Walker (Team Obermoser Jörg) March-BMW

Cudini probably was # 7.

[ReWind]

From photographic evidence there it is possible to construct the major part of the entry list for the 1975 Grand Prix de Pau:
  1 Jacques Laffite (Ecurie Elf) Martini-BMW
  2 Michel Leclère (Team March) March-BMW
  3 Patrick Tambay (Team March) March-BMW
  4 Jean-Pierre Beltoise (ROC) Chevron-Chrysler Simca
  5 Xavier Lapeyre (ROC) Chevron-Chrysler Simca
  6 Jean-Pierre Jabouille (Equipe Elf) Elf-BMW
  7 Gérard Larrousse (Equipe Elf) Alpine-BMW
  8 Claude Bourgoignie (Team Michel Vaillant) March-BMW
  9 Bernard de Dryver (Team Michel Vaillant) March-BMW
10 not allocated
11 Patrick Depailler (Project 3 Racing) March-BMW
12 Willy Deutsch (Team Warsteiner Eurorace) March-BMW
13 not allocated
14 Sandro Cinotti (Project 3 Racing) March-BMW
15 Gabriele Serblin (Cucini Elba Racing Team) March-BMW
16 Alberto Colombo (Cucini Elba Racing Team) March-BMW
17 Maxime Bochet (Fred Opert Racing) Chevron-Ford
18 Brian Henton (Brian Henton Racing) March-Ford
19 Loris Kessel (Ambrozium H7) March-BMW
20 not allocated
21 Hans Binder (Team Obermoser) March-BMW
22 Duilio Truffo (Osella Racing) Osella-BMW
23 Giorgio Francia (Osella Racing) Osella-BMW
24 not allocated
25 not allocated
26 Harald Ertl (Fred Opert Racing) Chevron-BMW
27 not allocated
28 Lamberto Leoni (Scuderia del Passatore) March-BMW (dna)
29 Giancarlo Martini (Scuderia del Passatore) March-BMW

[ReWind]

Coulon's car number in the 1973 Rhein-Pokal-Rennen was 38 as there is photographic evidence at last.

[68targa]

1975 Zolder  GP Coupe de l'Avenir 14 Sept.

 

There are some photos of this race here:

https://www.motorspo..._type_id=57&p=3

 

So some of the missing numbers from Formula2.net site are

 

# 34 - Cosimo Turizio

# 11 - Sandro Cinotti

# 10 - Tim Schenken

# 17 - Gabriele Serblin

# 35 - Francy Jerancic

 

there is also a photo of Ray Mallock as #18

[ReWind]

In fact Max Bonnin is the only one of the thirty drivers who actually started the 1975 Zolder race of whom I do not know the car number.

The other 29 car numbers are these:

  1 Jacques Laffite

  2 Gérard Larrousse

  3 Jean-Pierre Jabouille

  4 Herbert Müller

  6 Willy Deutsch

  8 Loris Kessel

  9 Bruno Pescia

10 Tim Schenken

11 Sandro Cinotti

12 Patrick Tambay

14 Michel Leclère

15 Bernard de Dryver

16 Claude Bourgoignie

17 Gabriele Serblin

18 Ray Mallock

19 Alberto Colombo

20 Maurizio Flammini

21 Antônio Castro Prado

24 Héctor Rebaque

25 Hans Binder

29 Giorgio Francia

31 John Wingfield

33 Roland Binder

35 Franc Jerančič

40 Alain Peltier

42 Xavier Lapeyre

43 Christian Ethuin

44 "Gianfranco"

46 Roberto Filannino

 

34 Cosimo Turizio was one of the non-starters.