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Most of the runners at this meeting were the usual French teams and drivers.
Jacques Coulon took a lead he would hold to the finish on lap 2 pulling away to win by an astonishing 42.5 seconds. Behind the flying Martini the Alpines of Leclere and Serpaggi had a good battle until Leclere had to retire with a broken clutch and soon after Serpaggi had to pit to straighten the nosecone although he retained his second place. Behind the two Alpines were Bernard Beguin in his Martini, Dave Brodie’s March 713M and Philip Munier in his Martini. Brodie was next to pit to have a broken wing fixed loosing a lap and dropping to fifth at the finish and soon after Munier was forced to retire his Martini leaving Beguin in a safe third place.
f3 HISTORY
RACES
Race Report: Montlhery, 8 October 1972
Race Heat 1
1 Vittorio Brambilla
Birel Alfa Romeo 20:09.40
2 Fabrizio Noe
Lotus-Ford 69 20:09.50
3 Luigi Fontanesi
Tecno-Ford 20:13.10
4 Carlo Franchi (Gimax)
De Sanctis-Alfa Romeo 20:23.40
Race Heat 2
1 Giovanni Lo Voi
Brabham-Ford BT28 15:05.00
2 Adelmo Fossati
Brabham BT28 15:05.00
3 Patrice Compain
Martini-Ford MW7 15:21.00
4 Manfred Möhr
Lotus-Ford 15:34.10
5 Marcello Gallo
Brabham BT28
Race Final
1 Vittorio Brambilla
Birel Alfa Romeo 30:44.30 144.318
2 Marcello Gallo
Brabham BT28 30:44.34
3 Fabrizio Noe
Lotus-Ford 69 30:45.10
4 Adelmo Fossati
Brabham BT28 30:55.40
5 Patrice Compain
Martini-Ford MW7 31:08.00
6 Carlo Franchi (Gimax)
De Sanctis-Alfa Romeo 31:11.50
7 Manfred Möhr
Lotus-Ford 31:59.60
8 Giovanni Lo Voi
Martini-Ford MW7 31:08.00