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The
LIRA Lotus 69 of Richard Scott leads the Frank Williams March
712M of Carlos Pace and Brian Hart in Bob Gerard's Brabham BT30
at North Tower Crescent. |
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Richard
Scott's Lotus 69 again, this time ahead of Carlo Reutemann (Brabham
BT36), François Cevert's Tecno 71 and Brian Hart's Brabham
BT30. |
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Tim
Schenken in the Rondel Racing Brabham BT36 takes a wide line through
North Tower Crescent as the March 712M of Dieter Quester takes
a tighter line. |
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Gerry
Birrell is getting the tail of his Lotus 69 well out of shape
as the March 713Ms of Jean-Pierre Jaussaud and Dieter Quester
and Tim Schenken's Brabham BT36 follow. |
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Jo
Siffert flings his Chevron B18C through South Tower. |
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Ronnie
Peterson as we knew and loved him, his March 713M totally sideways. |
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Jean-Pierre
Jaussaud in the Shell-Arnold March 713M in Heat 2 on his way to
qualifying for the final. |
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Henri
Pescarolo (March 713M) ahead of the Lotus 69s of Emerson Fittipaldi
and Gerry Birrell. |
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Henri
Pescarolo (March 713M) and Emerson Fittipaldi (Lotus 69) have
begun to eke out a lead on Gerry Birrell's Lotus 69. |
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The
Jolly Club Brabham BT30 of Swiss Silvio Moser leads the Shell-Arnold
March 713M of Jean-Pierre Jarier. |
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Henri
Pescarolo in the Frank Williams Racing March 713M. |
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The
March 713M of Dieter Quester ahead of Tim Schenken's Brabham BT36. |
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Gerry
Birrell in his Lotus 69 leads the Brabham BT30s of John Watson
and Jurg Dubler, Niki Lauda (March 713M) and Carlos Reutemann
(Brabham BT36). |
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Jean-Pierre
Jarier hangs out the tail of his Shell-Arnold March 713M in his
efforts to keep the LIRA-Team Lotus 69 of Reine Wisell at bay. |
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Swiss
driver Jurg Dubler (Jolly Club Brabham BT30) leads the March 713M
of Austria's Niki Lauda. |
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Rolf
Stommelen's Brabham BT36 and Tino Brambilla's March 713M share
the sleepers in practice for Heat 1, both non-started. |
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Tim
Schenken in the works supported Rondel Racing, (the "Ron"
deriving from Ron Dennis) Brabham BT36. Schenken drove very well
in the final to pip Ronnie Peterson for second place. |
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The
March 713M of Tom Walkinshaw runs wide, Alistair Walker (Brabham
BT30), Peter Westbury and Graham Hill, both in Brabham BT36s are
next and then comes the Lotus 69 of Tetsu Ikuzawa. |
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The
March 713M of Wilson Fittipaldi heads the works March of John
Cannon. Next up are the Tecno 71 of Patrick Depailler and the
713M of Mike Beuttler. |
| RESULTS | |||
Heat
1 (45 Laps) |
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1 |
Silvio Moser | Brabham-Cosworth FVA BT30 | 38:25.4 (97.68mph) |
2 |
Jean-Pierre Jarier | March-Cosworth FVA 713M | 38:34.8 |
3 |
Peter Westbury | Brabham-Cosworth FVA BT36 | 38:40.2 |
4 |
Patrick Depailler | Tecno-Pederzani FVA 71 | 38:41.0 |
5 |
Derek Bell | March-Cosworth FVA 713M | 38:48.4 |
6 |
Mike Beuttler | March-Cosworth FVA 713M | 39:00.2 |
| Fastest Lap: Reine Wisell (Lotus-Cosworth FVA 69) 0:50.2 (99.68 mph) | |||
Heat
2 (45 Laps) |
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1 |
Emerson Fittipaldi | Lotus-Cosworth FVA 69 | 38:02.6 (98.65mph) |
2 |
Jean-Pierre Jaussaud | March-Cosworth FVA 713M | 38:04.2 |
3 |
Tim Schenken | Brabham-Cosworth FVA BT36 | 38:19.0 |
4 |
Dieter Quester | March-Cosworth FVA 713M | 38:41.2 |
5 |
Carlos Reutemann | Brabham-Cosworth FVA BT36 | 38:44.4 |
6 |
Gerry Birrell | Lotus-Cosworth FVA 69 | 38:50.8 |
| Fastest Lap: Jean-Pierre Jaussaud (March-Cosworth FVA 713M) 0:49.6 (100.89 mph) | |||
| FINAL (50 Laps) | |||
1 |
Emerson Fittipaldi | Lotus-Cosworth FVA 69 | 42:03.0 (99.17mph) |
2 |
Tim Schenken | Brabham-Cosworth FVA BT36 | 42:07.4 |
3 |
Ronnie Peterson | March-Cosworth FVA 713M | 42:08.2 |
4 |
Jean-Pierre Jaussaud | March-Cosworth FVA 713M | 42:08.8 |
5 |
Carlos Reutemann | Brabham-Cosworth FVA BT36 | 49 laps |
6 |
Gerry Birrell | Lotus-Cosworth FVA 69 | 49 laps |
7 |
Silvio Moser | Brabham-Cosworth FVA BT30 | 49 laps |
8 |
Derek Bell | March-Cosworth FVA 713M | 46 laps |
| Fastest Lap: Tim Schenken (Brabham-Cosworth FVA BT36) - Ronnie Peterson (March-Cosworth FVA 713M) - Jean-Pierre Jaussaud (March-Cosworth FVA 713M) - Emerson Fittipaldi (Lotus-Cosworth FVA 69) 0:49.6 (100.89 mph) | |||
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