Race Report: La Châtre, 6 June 1971

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This the X Grand Prix de La Châtre, was the seventh round of the French F3 championship and was held as a two heats and a final format at the small circuit of La Châtre, all three races were over 40 laps. The two heats were won by Renault powered cars, one by Jacques Coulon in his Martini MW7, the other by Patrick Depailler’s works Alpine A360. In the final Depailler beat Coulon by 2 seconds with the second works Alpine of Jabouille taking the third spot.

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Race Report: La Châtre, 6 June 1971

Race Heat 1

1 Jacques Coulon

Martini-Renault MW7 40

2 Jean-Pierre Jabouille

Alpine-Renault A360

3 François Rabbione

Martini-Novamotor MW7

4 François Lacarrau

Martini-Renault MW7

5 Joël Auvray

Martini-Novamotor MW7

6 Max Bonnin

Brabham-Novamotor BT28

Race heat 2

1 Patrick Depailler

Alpine-Renault A360 40

2 Jean-Louis Lafosse

Brabham-Holbay BT35

3 Christian Ethuin

Tecno-Renault 71

4 Patrice Compain

Martini-Novamotor MW7

5 François Migault

Martini-Novamotor MW7

6 Marcel Morel

Tecno-Renault 71

Race Final

1 Patrick Depailler

Alpine-Renault A360 25:42.1 40

2 Jacques Coulon

Martini-Renault MW7 25:44.5 40

3 Jean-Pierre Jabouille

Alpine-Renault A360 25:45.2 40

4 François Lacarrau

Martini-Renault MW7 25:45.4 40

5 Jean-Louis Lafosse

Brabham-Holbay BT35 26:01.3 40

6 François Migault

Martini-Novamotor MW7 26:01.5 40

7 François Rabbione

Martini-Novamotor MW7 26:02.2 40

8 Christian Ethuin

Tecno-Renault 71 26:02.4 40

9 Joël Auvray

Martini-Novamotor MW7 39

10 Patrice Compain

Martini-Novamotor MW7 38