Race Report: Montlhéry, 28 March 1971

Montlery
James Hunt fought a tough race at Montlhéry in the Challenge Raymond Sommer, beating the two works Alpines of Depailler and Jabouille. Christian Ethuin led for a time in the new works Tecno until fuel starvation struck and he fell back to finish fifth.

f3 HISTORY

RACES

Race Report: Montlhéry, 28 March 1971

Qualifying

1 Jacques Coulon

Martini-Ford MW7 1:36.5

Race

1 James Hunt

March-Holbay 713M 31:57.3

2 Patrick Depailler

Alpine-Renault A360 31:58.0

3 Jean-Pierre Jabouille

Alpine-Renault A360 31:58.1

4 François Migault

Martini-Ford MW7 32:22.3

5 Christian Ethuin

Tecno-Renault TF71/3 32:50.3

6 Bernard Lagier

Brabham-Ford BT35 33:00.3

7 Fabrizio Noe

Lotus-Ford 69 33:01.3