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A round of the French Formula 3 Championship the race was decided on the aggregate times over two heats. Victory went to the Martini of Christian Ethuin who finished second in Heat 1 0.6 seconds behind the similar car of Bernard Beguin. The positions were reversed in Heat two, Ethuin winning by 10 seconds after Beguin spun four laps from the finish. The Alpine of Alain Serpaggi took third overall after finishing fourth and third respectively in the heats. Jean-Pierre Paoli was unlucky, he took third in Heat 1 and was leading Heat 2 when the gearbox on his Martini played up causing him to fall away.
f3 HISTORY
RACES
Race Report: Arras, 22 July 1973
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