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European 2-litre Sports Car Championship for Makes 1973

Round	Date	Race	State	Practiced	Started	Classified
1	8.4.1973	Euro 2L Paul Ricard	F		22
2	6.5.1973	Euro 2L Misano	I	26	20	7
3	3.6.1973	Euro 2L Imola	I
4	17.6.1973	Trophée d'Auvergne	F	30	25
5	15.8.1973	Coppa Citta di Enna	I	22	20
6	2.9.1973	500 km Nürburgring	D	47	37
7	16.9.1973	Euro 2L Zeltweg	A	21
8	30.9.1973	400 km Barcelona	E	28	28

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European 2-litre Sports Car Championship for Makes	Round: 1

Euro 2L Paul Ricard

Trophée Paul Ricard, Le Castellet	Date: 8.4.1973

Started:

Circuit lenght: 3,263 km

Race distance:

Winner's average speed: 146,835 km/h

Fastest lap:

Guy Edwards

No. 12

Lola T292 Chevrolet Vega

1:16,3

153,991 km/h

Pos.	No.	Driver / Nationality	Car	Entrant	Laps	Time/retired	Pos.	Practice
1.	34	John Lepp (GB)	Chevron B23 Ford	Red Rose Racing	89	2:13:20,000	12.	1:20,100
2.	33	John Burton (GB)	Chevron B23 Ford	Red Rose Racing	88		14.	1:20,500
3.	16	Jacques Henry (F)	Lola T290 Ford ex-Bonnier	Christine Laure	88		16.	1:22,200
4.	31	Gabriele Serblin (I)	March 73S BMW	Team Ceramica Pagnossin	88		15.	1:20,500
5.	-	Mauricio Marcotulli	Chevron B23 Ford 73-14	Mauricio Marcotulli	81		20.	1:24,100
6.	-	Fred Stalder (F)	Lola T290 Ford ex-Sweitlik	Fred Stalder	78		21.	1:24,400
7.	-	Rolf Skoghag (S)	Lola T212 Ford SL210/14	Rolf Skoghag	78		9.	1:19,300
8.	24	Martin Raymond (GB)	Chevron 23 Ford	Martin Raymond	64		7.	1:18,600
9.	-	Hervé Bayard (F)	Lola T292 Ford	Team Archambeaud	54		23.
10.	40	Jean-Louis Lafosse (F)	Lola T292 Vega	Ecurie Filipinetti	49	2:Gearbox	2.	1:16,500
	Did not finish:
	1	Arturo Merzario (I)	Abarth Osella PA1	Osella ?	10	1:Engine	3.	1:17,200
	3	Jean-Claude Andruet (F)	Abarth Osella PA1	Yacco ?	9	1:Overheating	11.	1:19,900
	-	Jörg Obermoser (D)	GRD S73 Ford	Obermoser Racing	7	1:Overheating	18.	1:22,500
	-	Roland Heiler (D)	GRD S73 Ford	Obermoser Racing	7	1:Overheating	19.	1:24,000
	4	John Miles (GB)	GRD S73 Vega	GRD/DART Racing	2	1:Rotor arm	6.	1:18,400
	-	Roger Dubos (F)	Chevron B21 Ford	Ecurie Dinitrol Total		DNF	17.	1:22,300
	-	Gérard Larrousse (F)	Lola T292 BMW	Team Archambeaud		1:Engine	8.	1:19,000
	-	John Hine (GB)	Chevron B19 Ford ex-Bridges			1:Differential	13.	1:20,300
	12	Guy Edwards (GB)	Lola T292 Chevrolet Vega	Barclay's International Racing		1:Oil seal; 2:Oil pressure	1.	1:15,200
	15	Chris Craft (GB)	Lola T292 Ford HU55	Crowne Racing Team		1:Gearbox oil seal	5.	1:18,300
	19	José Juncadella (E)	Chevron B23 Ford	Red Rose Racing		Engine	10.	1:19,300
	30	Toine Hezemans (NL)	March 73S BMW 8	Trivellato Team		DNF	4.	1:17,600
	Did not start:
	-	Fredy Grainal (B)	Lola T290 Ford HU17	Freddy Grainal			22.

Heat 1

Circuit lenght: 3,263 km

Race distance:

Winner's average speed: 149,543 km/h

Pos.	No.	Driver / Nationality	Car	Entrant	Laps	Time/retired
1.	40	Jean-Louis Lafosse (F)	Lola T292 Vega	Ecurie Filipinetti	45	0:58:55,600
2.	31	Gabriele Serblin (I)	March 73S BMW	Team Ceramica Pagnossin	45	1:00:13,400
3.	24	Martin Raymond (GB)	Chevron 23 Ford	Martin Raymond	45	1:00:15,300
4.	34	John Lepp (GB)	Chevron B23 Ford	Red Rose Racing	44
5.	33	John Burton (GB)	Chevron B23 Ford	Red Rose Racing	43
6.	-	Hervé Bayard (F)	Lola T292 Ford	Team Archambeaud	43
7.	30	Toine Hezemans (NL)	March 73S BMW 8	Trivellato Team	43
8.	16	Jacques Henry (F)	Lola T290 Ford ex-Bonnier	Christine Laure	43
9.	-	Fred Stalder (F)	Lola T290 Ford ex-Sweitlik	Fred Stalder	42
10.	-	Mauricio Marcotulli	Chevron B23 Ford 73-14	Mauricio Marcotulli	40
	-	Rolf Skoghag (S)	Lola T212 Ford SL210/14	Rolf Skoghag	37
	Did not finish:
	1	Arturo Merzario (I)	Abarth Osella PA1	Osella ?	10	Engine
	3	Jean-Claude Andruet (F)	Abarth Osella PA1	Yacco ?	9	Overheating
	-	Roland Heiler (D)	GRD S73 Ford	Obermoser Racing	7	Overheating
	-	Jörg Obermoser (D)	GRD S73 Ford	Obermoser Racing	7	Overheating
	4	John Miles (GB)	GRD S73 Vega	GRD/DART Racing	2	Rotor arm
	-	Gérard Larrousse (F)	Lola T292 BMW	Team Archambeaud		Engine
	-	John Hine (GB)	Chevron B19 Ford ex-Bridges			Differential
	12	Guy Edwards (GB)	Lola T292 Chevrolet Vega	Barclay's International Racing		Oil filter seal
	15	Chris Craft (GB)	Lola T292 Ford HU55	Crowne Racing Team		Gearbox oil seal
	19	José Juncadella (E)	Chevron B23 Ford	Red Rose Racing		Engine
	Did not start:
	-	Fredy Grainal (B)	Lola T290 Ford HU17	Freddy Grainal

Heat 2

Circuit lenght: 3,263 km

Race distance:

Winner's average speed: 120,493 km/h

Fastest lap:

Guy Edwards

No. 12

Lola T292 Chevrolet Vega

1:16,3

153,991 km/h

Pos.	No.	Driver / Nationality	Car	Entrant	Laps	Time/retired
1.	34	John Lepp (GB)	Chevron B23 Ford	Red Rose Racing	45	1:13:08,000
2.	33	John Burton (GB)	Chevron B23 Ford	Red Rose Racing	45	1:13:28,900
3.	16	Jacques Henry (F)	Lola T290 Ford ex-Bonnier	Christine Laure	45	1:13:29,900
4.	31	Gabriele Serblin (I)	March 73S BMW	Team Ceramica Pagnossin	43
5.	-	Rolf Skoghag (S)	Lola T212 Ford SL210/14	Rolf Skoghag	41
6.	-	Mauricio Marcotulli	Chevron B23 Ford 73-14	Mauricio Marcotulli	41
7.	-	Fred Stalder (F)	Lola T290 Ford ex-Sweitlik	Fred Stalder	37
	Did not finish:
	24	Martin Raymond (GB)	Chevron 23 Ford	Martin Raymond	18	DNF
	-	Hervé Bayard (F)	Lola T292 Ford	Team Archambeaud	11	Ignition
	40	Jean-Louis Lafosse (F)	Lola T292 Vega	Ecurie Filipinetti	4	Gearbox
	12	Guy Edwards (GB)	Lola T292 Chevrolet Vega	Barclay's International Racing	2	Oil pressure
	4	John Miles (GB)	GRD S73 Vega	GRD/DART Racing	1	Engine
	19	José Juncadella (E)	Chevron B23 Ford	Red Rose Racing	1	DQ-push start
	Did not start:
	-	Fredy Grainal (B)	Lola T290 Ford HU17	Freddy Grainal
	-	Roland Heiler (D)	GRD S73 Ford	Obermoser Racing
	-	Gérard Larrousse (F)	Lola T292 BMW	Team Archambeaud
	-	John Hine (GB)	Chevron B19 Ford ex-Bridges
	-	Jörg Obermoser (D)	GRD S73 Ford	Obermoser Racing
	1	Arturo Merzario (I)	Abarth Osella PA1	Osella ?
	3	Jean-Claude Andruet (F)	Abarth Osella PA1	Yacco ?
	15	Chris Craft (GB)	Lola T292 Ford HU55	Crowne Racing Team

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European 2-litre Sports Car Championship for Makes	Round: 2

Euro 2L Misano

Trofeo Ignazio Giunti, Misano Adriatico, Autodromo di Santa Monica)	Date: 6.5.1973

Practiced:	26
Started:	20
Classified:	7

Circuit lenght:

Race distance: 279,040 km

Winner's average speed: 157,490 km/h

Fastest lap:

Guy Edwards

No. 6

Lola T292 Chevrolet Vega

1:17,9

Pos.	No.	Driver / Nationality	Car	Entrant	Laps	Time/retired	Pos.	Practice
1.	26	Chris Craft (GB)	Lola T292 Ford HU55	Crowne Racing Ltd.	80	1:46:18,800	2.	1:16,900
2.	-	John Lepp (GB)	Chevron B23 Ford	Red Rose Racing	80	1:47:29,000	5.	1:18,200
3.	-	Dieter Quester (A)	Abarth Osella PA1	Osella	80	1:48:05,000	6.	1:18,200
4.	-	Mauro Nesti (I)	March 73S BMW	Trivellato Team	79		12.	1:19,400
5.	-	José Juncadella (E)	Chevron B23 Ford	Hire International/Scuderia Montjuich	78		11.	1:19,300
6.	-	Fred Stalder (F)	Lola T290 Ford ex-Swietlik	Fred Stalder	77		17.	1:22,200
7.	6	Guy Edwards (GB)	Lola T292 Chevrolet Vega	Barclays International Racing	75	2:Engine	1.	1:16,600
	Did not finish:
	-	Jorge de Bagration (E)	Chevron B21/23 Ford ex-Hanson	Hire International/Scuderia Montjuich	63	2:Handling	14.	1:20,300
	-	John Burton (GB)	Chevron B23 Ford	Red Rose Racing	54	1:DNF	8.	1:18,600
	-	Jim Busby (USA)	Lola T292 Ford	Barclays International Racing	3	1:Valves	13.	1:19,800
	-	Jacques Henry (F)	Lola T290 Ford ex-Bonnier	Jacques Henry	2	1:Engine	18.	1:23,100
	4	Nanni Galli (I)	Abarth Osella PA1	Osella	2	1:Collision damage	3.	1:17,300
	-	Cosimo Turizio (I)	March 73S BMW	Trivellato Team		1:DNF	16.	1:21,600
	-	"Pal Joe" (I)	Lola T290 Ford	"Pal Joe"		1:DNF	19.	1:23,400
	-	Stefano Buonapace (I)	Chevron B23 Tondelli	Eris Tondelli		DNF	20.	1:24,200
	-	Bert Kuehne (CDN)	March 73S BMW	March Engineering		1:Brakes; 2:Metering unit belt	15.	1:20,800
	-	Gabriele Serblin (I)	March 73S BMW	Team Ceramica Pagnossin		1:Gearbox input shaft	7.	1:18,600
	-	Francesco Cerulli-Irelli (I)	AMS - Ford	AMS Corse		1:DNF	9.	1:19,000
	16	Toine Hezemans (NL)	March 73S BMW 8	March Engineering		2:Brake line, fire	4.	1:18,000
	35	Jean-Claude Andruet (F)	Abarth Osella SE-021	Osella		1:Gearbox	10.	1:19,200
	Did not start:
	-	Mario Casoni (I)	Raymond - Ford
	-	Manfred Mohr (D)	AMS - Tecno	AMS Corse		Overheating	21.	1:24,400
	Did not qualify:
	-	Giuseppe Piazzi (I)	Dallara 1300	Giuseppe Piazzi
	-	Volonterio Ottorino	Alfa Romeo Giulia TZ
	-	xxx	Alpine
	-	Danilo Tesini (I)	Dallara 1300

Heat 1

Circuit lenght:

Race distance:

Winner's average speed: 158,787 km/h

Fastest lap:

Guy Edwards

No. 6

Lola T292 Chevrolet Vega

1:17,9

162,191 km/h

Pos.	No.	Driver / Nationality	Car	Entrant	Laps	Time/retired
1.	6	Guy Edwards (GB)	Lola T292 Chevrolet Vega	Barclays International Racing	40	0:52:43,000
2.	26	Chris Craft (GB)	Lola T292 Ford HU55	Crowne Racing Ltd.	40	0:52:45,000
3.	16	Toine Hezemans (NL)	March 73S BMW 8	March Engineering	40	0:53:13,300
4.	-	John Lepp (GB)	Chevron B23 Ford	Red Rose Racing	40	0:53:17,700
5.	-	Dieter Quester (A)	Abarth Osella PA1	Osella	40	0:53:42,700
6.	-	Mauro Nesti (I)	March 73S BMW	Trivellato Team	39
7.	-	Jorge de Bagration (E)	Chevron B21/23 Ford ex-Hanson	Hire International/Scuderia Montjuich	39
8.	-	José Juncadella (E)	Chevron B23 Ford	Hire International/Scuderia Montjuich	39
9.	-	Fred Stalder (F)	Lola T290 Ford ex-Swietlik	Fred Stalder	38
10.	-	Bert Kuehne (CDN)	March 73S BMW	March Engineering	38	Brakes
11.	-	Cosimo Turizio (I)	March 73S BMW	Trivellato Team	36
12.	35	Jean-Claude Andruet (F)	Abarth Osella SE-021	Osella	35	Gearbox
13.	-	Gabriele Serblin (I)	March 73S BMW	Team Ceramica Pagnossin	20	Gearbox input shaft
	Did not finish:
	-	DNS - Manfred Mohr (D)	AMS - Tecno	AMS Corse		DNF
	-	Francesco Cerulli-Irelli (I)	AMS - Ford	AMS Corse		DNF
	-	Jim Busby (USA)	Lola T292 Ford	Barclays International Racing		Valves
	-	Jacques Henry (F)	Lola T290 Ford ex-Bonnier	Jacques Henry		Engine
	-	John Burton (GB)	Chevron B23 Ford	Red Rose Racing		DNF
	-	"Pal Joe" (I)	Lola T290 Ford	"Pal Joe"		DNF
	4	Nanni Galli (I)	Abarth Osella PA1	Osella		Collision damage

Heat 2

Circuit lenght:

Race distance:

Winner's average speed: 156,262 km/h

Fastest lap:

Guy Edwards

No. 6

Lola T292 Chevrolet Vega

1:18,1

160,778 km/h

Pos.	No.	Driver / Nationality	Car	Entrant	Laps	Time/retired
1.	26	Chris Craft (GB)	Lola T292 Ford HU55	Crowne Racing Ltd.	40	0:53:33,800
2.	-	John Burton (GB)	Chevron B23 Ford	Red Rose Racing	40	0:54:03,500
3.	-	John Lepp (GB)	Chevron B23 Ford	Red Rose Racing	40	0:54:11,300
4.	-	Dieter Quester (A)	Abarth Osella PA1	Osella	40	0:54:22,300
5.	-	Mauro Nesti (I)	March 73S BMW	Trivellato Team	40	0:54:35,700
6.	-	José Juncadella (E)	Chevron B23 Ford	Hire International/Scuderia Montjuich	39
7.	-	Fred Stalder (F)	Lola T290 Ford ex-Swietlik	Fred Stalder	39
8.	6	Guy Edwards (GB)	Lola T292 Chevrolet Vega	Barclays International Racing	35	Engine
9.	-	Jorge de Bagration (E)	Chevron B21/23 Ford ex-Hanson	Hire International/Scuderia Montjuich	24	Handling
	Did not finish:
	-	Bert Kuehne (CDN)	March 73S BMW	March Engineering		Metering unit belt
	16	Toine Hezemans (NL)	March 73S BMW 8	March Engineering		Brake line, fire
	Did not start:
	-	Francesco Cerulli-Irelli (I)	AMS - Ford	AMS Corse
	-	Manfred Mohr (D)	AMS - Tecno	AMS Corse
	-	Jim Busby (USA)	Lola T292 Ford	Barclays International Racing
	-	Cosimo Turizio (I)	March 73S BMW	Trivellato Team
	-	Jacques Henry (F)	Lola T290 Ford ex-Bonnier	Jacques Henry
	-	"Pal Joe" (I)	Lola T290 Ford	"Pal Joe"
	-	Gabriele Serblin (I)	March 73S BMW	Team Ceramica Pagnossin
	4	Nanni Galli (I)	Abarth Osella PA1	Osella
	35	Jean-Claude Andruet (F)	Abarth Osella SE-021	Osella

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European 2-litre Sports Car Championship for Makes	Round: 3

Euro 2L Imola

Trofeo Benellé, Imola	Date: 3.6.1973

Circuit lenght:

Race distance:

Winner's average speed: 169,878 km/h

Fastest lap:

Jean-Pierre Jabouille

No. 47

Alpine A440 Renault

1:45

175,691 km/h

Pos.	No.	Driver / Nationality	Car	Entrant	Laps	Time/retired	Pos.	Practice
1.	5	Chris Craft (GB)	Lola T292 Ford HU55	Crowne Racing	60	1:48:32,600	3.	1:46,610
2.	-	John Burton (GB)	Chevron B23 Ford	Red Rose Racing	60	1:49:01,000	8.	1:47,730
3.	-	Henri Pescarolo (F)	Abarth Osella PA1	Abarth Corse	60	1:49:18,600	5.	1:47,340
4.	-	Dave Walker (AUS)	GRD S73 Ford	GRD/DART Racing	60	1:49:31,400	10.	1:47,790
5.	12	Cosimo Turizio (I)	March 73S BMW	Scuderia Vesuvio	60	1:49:35,700	9.	1:47,750
6.	-	Gianfranco Trombetti (I)	Abarth Osella SE-021	"Gianfranco"	58	1:51:08,000	18.	1:52,500
7.	-	Bert Kuehne (CDN)	March 73S BMW	Colonial Racing	57		16.
8.	-	Franco Pilone (I)	Abarth Osella PA1	Osella?	57		24.	1:58,000
9.	-	Manfred Mohr (D)	AMS 273 Tecno	AMS Corse	55	2:Engine	13.	1:49,040
10.	-	Roger Heavens (GB)	Chevron B23 Ford	Roger Heavens Racing	55		21.	1:55,500
	Did not finish:
	-	Gérard Larrousse (F)	Lola T292 BMW	Archambeaud Team	45	2:Engine	1.	1:45,980
	-	Hervé Bayard (F)	Lola T292 Vega	Archambeaud Team	31	1:Puncture	14.	1:49,380
	-	Jean-Louis Lafosse (F)	Lola T290 BMW	Ecurie Filipinetti	31	1:Fuel leak; 2:Accident	19.	1:53,300
	-	Guy Edwards (GB)	Lola T292 Chevrolet Vega	Barclays International Racing	27	1:Distributor; 2:Distributor	2.	1:46,350
	47	Jean-Pierre Jabouille (F)	Alpine A440 Renault	Société Alpine	16	1:Cambelt drive	7.	1:47,720
	-	John Lepp (GB)	Chevron B23 Ford	Red Rose Racing	15	1:Accident	12.	1:48,550
	-	Dieter Quester (A)	Abarth Osella PA1	Osella?	13	1:Brakes	6.	1:47,530
	-	Jim Busby (USA)	Lola T292 Vega	Barclays International Racing	0	1:Accident	17.	1:52,300
	-	Alain Peltier (B)	March 73S BMW	Ecurie Vic Elford	0	1:Collision with Lafosse	15.	1:51,010
	-	Gabriele Serblin (I)	March 73S BMW	Team Ceramica Pagnosin		2:Misfire	4.	1:47,020
	-	"Yogi" (D)	Chevron B21 Ford			1:DNF	20.	1:54,080
	-	Martin Raymond (GB)	Chevron B23 Ford	Martin Raymond		2:DNF	11.	1:48,520
	Did not start:
	-	José Juncadella (E)	Chevron B23 Ford	Red Rose Racing		Clutch	25.
	-	Rolf Skoghag (S)	Lola T212 Ford SL210/14	Rolf Skoghag			23.	1:56,880
	-	Spartaco Dini (I)	March 73S BMW 8	Trivellato Team			22.	1:55,640
	Did not qualify:
	-	Jörg Obermoser (D)	GRD S73 Ford	Obermoser Racing			26.	2:11,580

Heat 1

Circuit lenght:

Race distance:

Winner's average speed: 171,575 km/h

Fastest lap:

Jean-Pierre Jabouille

No. 47

Alpine A440 Renault

1:45

175,691 km/h

Pos.	No.	Driver / Nationality	Car	Entrant	Laps	Time/retired
1.	-	Gérard Larrousse (F)	Lola T292 BMW	Archambeaud Team	30	0:53:44,100
2.	5	Chris Craft (GB)	Lola T292 Ford HU55	Crowne Racing	30	0:54:00,600
3.	-	John Burton (GB)	Chevron B23 Ford	Red Rose Racing	30	0:54:05,400
4.	12	Cosimo Turizio (I)	March 73S BMW	Scuderia Vesuvio	30	0:54:40,400
5.	-	Manfred Mohr (D)	AMS 273 Tecno	AMS Corse	30	0:54:46,500
6.	-	Henri Pescarolo (F)	Abarth Osella PA1	Abarth Corse	30	0:54:54,200
7.	-	Dave Walker (AUS)	GRD S73 Ford	GRD/DART Racing	30	0:55:10,900
8.	-	Martin Raymond (GB)	Chevron B23 Ford	Martin Raymond	30	0:55:19,700
	Did not finish:
	-	Guy Edwards (GB)	Lola T292 Chevrolet Vega	Barclays International Racing	25	Distributor
	47	Jean-Pierre Jabouille (F)	Alpine A440 Renault	Société Alpine	16	Cambelt drive
	-	John Lepp (GB)	Chevron B23 Ford	Red Rose Racing	15	Accident
	-	Dieter Quester (A)	Abarth Osella PA1	Osella?	13	Brakes
	-	Hervé Bayard (F)	Lola T292 Vega	Archambeaud Team	11	Puncture
	-	Jean-Louis Lafosse (F)	Lola T290 BMW	Ecurie Filipinetti	2	Fuel leak
	-	Jim Busby (USA)	Lola T292 Vega	Barclays International Racing	0	Accident
	-	Alain Peltier (B)	March 73S BMW	Ecurie Vic Elford	0	Collision with Lafosse
	-	Gabriele Serblin (I)	March 73S BMW	Team Ceramica Pagnosin		Injection
	Did not start:
	-	José Juncadella (E)	Chevron B23 Ford	Red Rose Racing
	-	Rolf Skoghag (S)	Lola T212 Ford SL210/14	Rolf Skoghag
	-	Spartaco Dini (I)	March 73S BMW 8	Trivellato Team
	Did not qualify:
	-	Jörg Obermoser (D)	GRD S73 Ford	Obermoser Racing

Heat 2

Circuit lenght:

Race distance:

Winner's average speed: 169,659 km/h

Fastest lap:

Cosimo Turizio

No. 12

March 73S BMW

1:46,4

173,300 km/h

Pos.	No.	Driver / Nationality	Car	Entrant	Laps	Time/retired
1.	-	Dave Walker (AUS)	GRD S73 Ford	GRD/DART Racing	30	0:54:20,500
2.	-	Henri Pescarolo (F)	Abarth Osella PA1	Abarth Corse	30	0:54:24,400
3.	5	Chris Craft (GB)	Lola T292 Ford HU55	Crowne Racing	30	0:54:32,000
4.	12	Cosimo Turizio (I)	March 73S BMW	Scuderia Vesuvio	30
5.	-	John Burton (GB)	Chevron B23 Ford	Red Rose Racing	30	0:54:55,600
6.	-	Hervé Bayard (F)	Lola T292 Vega	Archambeaud Team	29
7.	-	Bert Kuehne (CDN)	March 73S BMW	Colonial Racing	29
8.	-	Franco Pilone (I)	Abarth Osella PA1	Osella?
	-	Gianfranco Trombetti (I)	Abarth Osella SE-021	"Gianfranco"	29	0:54:54,800
	-	Jean-Louis Lafosse (F)	Lola T290 BMW	Ecurie Filipinetti	20	Accident
	Did not finish:
	-	Manfred Mohr (D)	AMS 273 Tecno	AMS Corse	25	Engine
	-	Gérard Larrousse (F)	Lola T292 BMW	Archambeaud Team	15	Engine
	-	Gabriele Serblin (I)	March 73S BMW	Team Ceramica Pagnosin	4	Misfire
	-	Guy Edwards (GB)	Lola T292 Chevrolet Vega	Barclays International Racing	2	Distributor
	Did not start:
	-	José Juncadella (E)	Chevron B23 Ford	Red Rose Racing
	-	Dieter Quester (A)	Abarth Osella PA1	Osella?
	-	Jim Busby (USA)	Lola T292 Vega	Barclays International Racing
	-	John Lepp (GB)	Chevron B23 Ford	Red Rose Racing
	-	Alain Peltier (B)	March 73S BMW	Ecurie Vic Elford
	-	Rolf Skoghag (S)	Lola T212 Ford SL210/14	Rolf Skoghag
	47	Jean-Pierre Jabouille (F)	Alpine A440 Renault	Société Alpine
	Did not qualify:
	-	Jörg Obermoser (D)	GRD S73 Ford	Obermoser Racing

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European 2-litre Sports Car Championship for Makes	Round: 4

Trophée d'Auvergne

Trophée d'Auvergne, 300 kms Clermond Ferrand (Charrade)	Date: 17.6.1973

Practiced:	30
Started:	25

Circuit lenght:

Race distance: 257,760 km

Winner's average speed: 151,033 km/h

Fastest lap:

Gérard Larrousse

No. 15

Lola T292 BMW

3:7,5

154,656 km/h

Pos.	No.	Driver / Nationality	Car	Entrant	Laps	Time/retired	Pos.	Practice
1.	1	Guy Edwards (GB)	Lola T292 Ford HU40	Barclays International Racing	32	1:42:23,900	5.	3:10,000
2.	27	Chris Craft (GB)	Lola T292 Ford HU55	Crowne Racing	32	1:42:39,400	4.	3:09,500
3.	11	John Burton (GB)	Chevron B23 Ford	Red Rose Racing	32	1:44:39,500	8.	3:12,000
4.	36	Carlos Santos (P)	Lola T292 Ford HU47	Team BIP	31		12.	2:15,700
5.	28	Fred Stalder (F)	Lola T290 Ford HU5	Fred Stalder	31		15.	3:17,700
6.	23	Alain Peltier (B)	March 73S BMW 10	Ecurie Vic Elford	31		14.	3:17,500
7.	24	Jean-Louis Lafosse (F)	Lola T292 Chevy Vega HU58	Ecurie Filipinetti	31		6.	3:11,300
8.	34	Roger Dubos (F)	Chevron B21/23 Ford	Ecurie Dinitrol Total	30		16.	3:18,700
9.	30	Jean-Claude Andruet (F)	Abarth Osella PA1 03	Jean-Claude Andruet	30		7.	3:11,500
10.	2	Jim Busby (USA)	Lola T292 Ford HU51	Barclays International Racing	30		17.	3:19,300
11.	-	Bert Kuehne (CDN)	March 73S BMW 1	Colonial Racing Team	30		20.	3:22,500
12.	7	Peter Smith (GB)	Chevron B21 Ford 72-03?	Pete Smith	30		21.	3:22,600
13.	29	John Hine (GB)	Abarth Osella PA1 05	Osella	29		9.	3:11,000
14.	15	Gérard Larrousse (F)	Lola T292 BMW HU42	Team Archambeaud	29		2.	3:08,900
15.	25	"Marie-Claude Beaumont" (F)	Lola T290 Chevy Vega	Ecurie Filipinetti	29		27.	3:30,200
16.	9	Roger Heavens (GB)	Chevron B23 Ford	Roger Heavens	29		22.	3:23,600
	Did not finish:
	6	Ian Grob (GB)	Chevron B23 Ford	KVG Racing	30	Loose front bodywork	25.	3:28,200
	12	John Lepp (GB)	Chevron B23 Ford	Red Rose Racing	27	Accident	11.	3:14,700
	8	Martin Raymond (GB)	Chevron B23 Ford	Martin Raymond	20	Front wishborne	23.	3:23,900
	16	Hervé Bayard (F)	Lola T292 BMW	Team Archambeaud/Swiss Cheese	20	Battery	18.	3:21,300
	35	Carlos Gaspar (P)	Lola T292 Ford	Team BIP	16	Metering unit drive belt	10.	3:14,100
	19	Toine Hezemans (NL)	March 73S BMW 8	Trivellato Team	15	Sticking throttle	19.	3:22,500
	21	Gabriele Serblin (I)	March 73S BMW	Team Ceramica Pagnosin	13	Electrics & engine	13.	3:16,500
	18	René Herzog (CH)	GRD S73 Ford	René Herzog	10	DNF	24.	3:25,900
	31	Arturo Merzario (I)	Abarth Osella PA1 new	Osella	3	Coil	1.	3:06,400
	Did not start:
	16	Jean-Pierre Jabouille (F)	Alpine A440 Renault	Société Alpine	0	Stone in engine on formation lap	3.	3:09,200
	-	Manfred Mohr (D)	AMS 273 Tecno	AMS Corse		Engine	26.
	Did not qualify:
	-	Jörg Obermoser (D)	GRD S73 BMW	Obermoser Racing		Engine
	-	Gualtiero Sartori (CH)	Abarth 2000SP

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European 2-litre Sports Car Championship for Makes	Round: 5

Coppa Citta di Enna

XII. 'Coppa Citta' di Enna, Pergusa	Date: 15.8.1973

Practiced:	22
Started:	20

Circuit lenght: 4,845 km

Race distance: 288,000 km

Winner's average speed: 195,501 km/h

Fastest lap:

Arturo Merzario

No. 7

Abarth Osella PA1

1:27,1

200,253 km/h

(lap 8)

Pos.	No.	Driver / Nationality	Car	Entrant	Laps	Time/retired	Group	Pos.	Practice
1.	8	Vittorio Brambilla (I)	Abarth Osella PA1	Abarth Corse?	60	1:29:13,000		5.	1:27,300
2.	-	Toine Hezemans (NL)	March 73S BMW 8	Trivellato Team	60	1:30:04,800		10.	1:28,400
3.	-	Jean-Claude Andruet (F)	Abarth Osella PA1	Abarth Corse?	60	1:30:35,600		16.	1:29,200
4.	-	Guy Edwards (GB)	Lola T292 Ford	Barclay's International Racing	60	1:31:16,400		9.	1:28,300
5.	-	John Burton (GB)	Chevron B23 Ford	Red Rose Racing	59	1:30:25,100		17.	1:29,200
6.	-	Giorgio Pianta (I)	Abarth Osella PA1	Abarth Corse?	59	1:31:01,500		15.	1:29,100
7.	24	Jean-Louis Lafosse (F)	Lola T292 Ford	Ecurie Filipinetti	58	1:25:51,500/DNF		1.	1:25,900
8.	-	Piero Monticone (I)	Chevron B23 Ford	Piero Monticone	56	1:29:29,800/DNF		21.	1:33,000
9.	-	Jorge de Bagration (E)	Chevron B23 Ford 73-09	Hire Racing	56	1:29:31,900/DNF		13.	1:28,700
10.	-	Fred Stalder (F)	Lola T290/292 Ford ex-Swietlik	Fred Stalder	55	1:24:21,800/DNF		18.	1:30,300
	Not classified:
11.	-	Stefano Buonapace (I)	Chevron B21 Tondelli	Eris Tondelli	52	1:30:04,000	Gr.5 1.3	22.	1:38,000
	Did not finish:
12.	12	John Lepp (GB)	Chevron B23 Ford	Red Rose Racing	43	1:04:39,700/1:Puncture		6.	1:27,500
13.	7	Arturo Merzario (I)	Abarth Osella PA1	Abarth Corse?	39	1:08:15,800/2:Engine		2.	1:26,400
14.	18	Alain Peltier (B)	March 73S BMW	Ecurie Vic Elford	37	0:56:23,000/1:Water pump drive belt		14.	1:29,100
15.	19	Gabriele Serblin (I)	March 73S BMW	Team Ceramica Pagnosin	36	0:54:03,800/2:Puncture, accident		8.	1:28,200
16.	-	Chris Craft (GB)	Lola T292 Ford HU55	Crowne Racing	36	1:08:45,500/2:Ignition		3.	1:26,700
17.	-	Jim Busby (USA)	Lola T292 Ford	Barclay's International Racing	21	0:33:02,500/1:Accident		19.	1:30,400
18.	-	Vic Elford (GB)	March 73S BMW	Ecurie Vic Elford	17	0:25:29,300/1:Engine		4.	1:27,100
19.	-	Roland Heiler (D)	Lola T292 BMW	Roland Heiler	8	0:18:49,400/1:Accident		7.	1:27,700
20.	-	Javier Juncadella (E)	Chevron B23 Ford	Hire Racing	3	0:04:51,700/1:Puncture, accident		12.	1:28,500
	Did not start:
	-	Manfred Mohr (D)	AMS 273 Tecno	AMS Corse		Engine		20.	1:32,400
	-	Cosimo Turizio (I)	March 73S BMW	Trivellato Team		DNS?		11.	1:28,400

Heat 1

Circuit lenght: 4,845 km

Race distance:

Winner's average speed: 196,825 km/h

Pos.	No.	Driver / Nationality	Car	Entrant	Laps	Time/retired	Group
1.	-	Chris Craft (GB)	Lola T292 Ford HU55	Crowne Racing	30	0:44:18,500
2.	24	Jean-Louis Lafosse (F)	Lola T292 Ford	Ecurie Filipinetti	30	0:44:19,200
3.	8	Vittorio Brambilla (I)	Abarth Osella PA1	Abarth Corse?	30	0:44:33,000
4.	-	Toine Hezemans (NL)	March 73S BMW 8	Trivellato Team	30	0:44:55,700
5.	19	Gabriele Serblin (I)	March 73S BMW	Team Ceramica Pagnosin	30	0:44:56,100
6.	-	Jean-Claude Andruet (F)	Abarth Osella PA1	Abarth Corse?	30	0:45:24,000
7.	-	Guy Edwards (GB)	Lola T292 Ford	Barclay's International Racing	30	0:45:45,300
8.	-	Jorge de Bagration (E)	Chevron B23 Ford 73-09	Hire Racing	29
9.	-	Fred Stalder (F)	Lola T290/292 Ford ex-Swietlik	Fred Stalder	29
10.	-	Giorgio Pianta (I)	Abarth Osella PA1	Abarth Corse?	29
11.	-	John Burton (GB)	Chevron B23 Ford	Red Rose Racing	29
12.	-	Piero Monticone (I)	Chevron B23 Ford	Piero Monticone	28
13.	-	Stefano Buonapace (I)	Chevron B21 Tondelli	Eris Tondelli	26		Gr.5 1.3
14.	7	Arturo Merzario (I)	Abarth Osella PA1	Abarth Corse?	23
15.	-	Jim Busby (USA)	Lola T292 Ford	Barclay's International Racing	21	Accident
16.	-	Vic Elford (GB)	March 73S BMW	Ecurie Vic Elford	17	Engine
17.	12	John Lepp (GB)	Chevron B23 Ford	Red Rose Racing	13	Puncture
18.	-	Roland Heiler (D)	Lola T292 BMW	Roland Heiler	8	Accident
19.	18	Alain Peltier (B)	March 73S BMW	Ecurie Vic Elford	7	Water pump drive belt
20.	-	Javier Juncadella (E)	Chevron B23 Ford	Hire Racing	3	Puncture, accident
	Did not finish:
	-	DNS - Cosimo Turizio (I)	March 73S BMW	Trivellato Team		DNF?
	Did not start:
	-	Manfred Mohr (D)	AMS 273 Tecno	AMS Corse

Heat 2

Circuit lenght: 4,845 km

Race distance:

Winner's average speed: 195,246 km/h

Pos.	No.	Driver / Nationality	Car	Entrant	Laps	Time/retired	Group
1.	8	Vittorio Brambilla (I)	Abarth Osella PA1	Abarth Corse?	30	0:44:40,000
2.	12	John Lepp (GB)	Chevron B23 Ford	Red Rose Racing	30	0:44:49,000
3.	-	Toine Hezemans (NL)	March 73S BMW 8	Trivellato Team	30	0:45:09,100
4.	-	Jean-Claude Andruet (F)	Abarth Osella PA1	Abarth Corse?	30	0:45:11,600
5.	-	John Burton (GB)	Chevron B23 Ford	Red Rose Racing	30	0:45:12,500
6.	18	Alain Peltier (B)	March 73S BMW	Ecurie Vic Elford	30	0:45:25,600
7.	-	Guy Edwards (GB)	Lola T292 Ford	Barclay's International Racing	30	0:45:31,100
8.	-	Giorgio Pianta (I)	Abarth Osella PA1	Abarth Corse?	30	0:45:59,000
9.	24	Jean-Louis Lafosse (F)	Lola T292 Ford	Ecurie Filipinetti	28
10.	-	Piero Monticone (I)	Chevron B23 Ford	Piero Monticone	28	DNF
11.	-	Jorge de Bagration (E)	Chevron B23 Ford 73-09	Hire Racing	26	DNF
12.	-	Fred Stalder (F)	Lola T290/292 Ford ex-Swietlik	Fred Stalder	26	DNF
13.	-	Stefano Buonapace (I)	Chevron B21 Tondelli	Eris Tondelli	26	DNF	Gr.5 1.3
14.	7	Arturo Merzario (I)	Abarth Osella PA1	Abarth Corse?	16	Engine
15.	19	Gabriele Serblin (I)	March 73S BMW	Team Ceramica Pagnosin	6	Puncture, accident
16.	-	Chris Craft (GB)	Lola T292 Ford HU55	Crowne Racing	6	Ignition
	Did not start:
	-	Manfred Mohr (D)	AMS 273 Tecno	AMS Corse
	-	Jim Busby (USA)	Lola T292 Ford	Barclay's International Racing
	-	Vic Elford (GB)	March 73S BMW	Ecurie Vic Elford
	-	Roland Heiler (D)	Lola T292 BMW	Roland Heiler
	-	Javier Juncadella (E)	Chevron B23 Ford	Hire Racing
	-	Cosimo Turizio (I)	March 73S BMW	Trivellato Team

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European 2-litre Sports Car Championship for Makes	Round: 6

500 km Nürburgring

Internationales ADAC 500 km Rennen, Eifelpokalrennen, Nürburgring	Date: 2.9.1973

Practiced:	47
Started:	37

Circuit lenght: 22,835 km

Race distance:

Winner's average speed: 177,050 km/h

Attendance: 15000

Fastest lap:

Arturo Merzario

No. 7

Abarth Osella PA1

7:39,7

178,800 km/h

Pos.	No.	Driver / Nationality	Car	Entrant	Laps	Time/retired	Pos.	Group	Pos.	Practice
1.	7	Arturo Merzario (I)	Abarth Osella PA1	Abarth Osella	22	2:50:13,800		S2.0	1.	7:37,000
2.	32	Martin Raymond (GB)	Chevron B23 Ford	Martin Raymond	22	2:55:07,800		S2.0	6.	7:52,000
3.	-	Tim Schenken (AUS)	Chevron B23 Ford	Roger Hire	22	2:59:26,600			9.	7:56,800
4.	9	Giorgio Pianta (I)	Abarth Osella PA1	Abarth Osella	22	3:00:21,300		S2.0	15.	8:07,800
5.	35	Peter Smith (GB)	Chevron B21 Ford 72-03?	Peter Smith	22	3:05:05,300		S2.0	14.	8:06,700
6.	30	Javier Juncadella (E)	Chevron B23 Ford	Escuderia Montjuich Tergal	22	3:05:43,700		S2.0	22.	8:21,800
7.	26	Ian Grob (GB)	Chevron B23 Ford	K.V.G. Racing	21			S2.0	25.	8:33,300
8.	16	Chris Skeaping (GB)	Chevron B23 Ford	Promoto Racing Services	21	1:Clutch		S2.0	19.	8:21,000
9.	24	Jim Busby (USA)	Lola T292 Ford	Barclays International Racing With Lola Cars	21			S2.0	17.	8:20,100
10.	34	Robin Smith (GB)	Lola T212 Ford	Robin Smith	21			S2.0	33.	8:55,600
13.	74	Werner Christmann (D)	Porsche 914/6 914 143 0306	Hubert Engbert Ölde	21		1.	GT2.0	37.	9:26,800
	Did not finish:
	2	Vic Elford (GB)	March 73S BMW 9?	Ecurie Vic Elford	17	1:Rear suspension mounting		S2.0	10.	7:57,900
	11	Chris Craft (GB)	Lola T292 Ford HU55	Crowne Racing Ltd.	17	1:Engine		S2.0	2.	7:44,600
	10	Hervé Bayard (F)	Lola T292 BMW	Archambeaud Racing	16	2:Engine		S2.0	13.	8:02,600
	-	John Burton (GB)	Chevron B23 Ford	Red Rose Racing	15	2:Head gasket			5.	7:49,700
	8	Jean-Claude Andruet (F)	Abarth Osella PA1	Abarth Osella	15	1:Front wishborne mount; 2:DQ-outside assistance		S2.0	23.	8:24,900
	-	John Lepp (GB)	Chevron B23 Ford	Red Rose Racing	13	1:Gearbox oil seal			8.	7:56,300
	25	Guy Edwards (GB)	Lola T292 Ford	Guy Edwards	12	1:Engine; 2:Fuel pipe		S2.0	4.	7:48,900
	6	Derek Bell (GB)	Abarth Osella PA1	Abarth Osella	2	1:Engine; 2:Engine		S2.0	3.	7:47,500
	21	Gabriele Serblin (I)	March 73S BMW	Gabriele Serblin	1	1:Gearbox input shaft		S2.0	20.	8:21,200
	36	Jörg Obermoser (D)	GRD S73 BMW	Jörg Obermoser Eurorace	1	1:Engine		S2.0	7.	7:52,700
	-	Reinhold Jöst (D)	Lola T292 BMW	Roland Heiler		2:Engine			12.	7:58,400
	4	Jean-Pierre Jabouille (F)	Alpine A440 Renault	Automobiles Alpine Renault		2:Engine		S2.0	11.	7:58,200
	Other starters:
	-	xxx	URD 772 BMW 001-72
	-	Helmut Bross (D)	Lola T290 Ford	Bross Racing					16.	8:14,800
	-	Brian Joscelyne (GB)	Lola T290 Ford	Dorset Foods					32.	8:55,000
	-	Fred Stalder (F)	Lola T290 Ford ex-Swietlik	Fred Stalder					24.	8:29,500
	-	John Quick (GB)	Chevron B23 Ford	Ember Racing					26.	8:34,000
	12	Michel Dupont (CH)	Chevron B23 Ford	Dupont Michel				S2.0	30.	8:48,000
	14	Christine Beckers (B)	Chevron B21 Ford	Ecurie Dinol Total				S2.0	29.	8:46,200
	15	Fredy Grainal (B)	Lola T290 Ford HU17	Marcel van Hool				S2.0	21.	8:21,400
	17	Henk Bosman (NL)	Chevron B21 Ford	Stichting Team 4711 Sir Irish Moss				S2.0	27.	8:44,300
	18	Bert Kuehne (CDN)	March 73S BMW	STP March Racing Team				S2.0	18.	8:20,900
	40	Norbert Dombrowski (D)	Lola T212 Ford	Duckhams Oils Racing Team H. Hundt GmbH				S2.0	31.	8:52,300
	42	Jörg Zaborowski (D)	Chevron B21 Ford	Jörg Zaborowski				S2.0	28.	8:45,800
	52	Olof Wijk (S)	Astra RNR1 Ford 03	Team Victor				S1.6	35.	9:13,900
	54	Bill Needham (GB)	Coldwell C14 Ford	Promoto Racing Services				S1.6	36.	9:23,300
	59	Heinz Wechsler (D)	Chevron B19 Ford	Duckhams Oils Racing Team H. Hundt GmbH				S1.6	34.	9:12,400
	In entry list:
	1	Jean-Louis Lafosse (F)	Lola T292	Equipe Gitanes		Not known if ran		S2.0
	3	Alain Peltier (B)	March 73S BMW	Alain Peltier		Not known if ran		S2.0
	5	xxx	Alpine A440 Renault	Automobiles Alpine Renault		Not known if ran		S2.0
	19	Cosimo Turizio (I)	March 73S BMW	Trivellato Racing Team		Not known if ran		S2.0
	20	Toine Hezemans (NL)	March 73S BMW	Toine Hezemans		Not known if ran		S2.0
	22	xxx	Chevron B23 Ford	Escuderia Montjuich Tergal		Not known if ran		S2.0
	23	Tony Birchenhough (GB)	Lola T290 Ford	Dorset Foods		Not known if ran		S2.0
	27	Ian Harrower (GB)	Chevron B19 Ford	MRS K. Bell		Not known if ran		S2.0
	28	Roger Heavens (GB)	Chevron B23 Ford	Roger Heavens		Not known if ran		S2.0
	29	Roger Hurst (GB)	Rawlson CR10 Ford	Roger Hurst		Not known if ran		S2.0
	31	Mike Knight (GB)	Chevron B19	Mike Knight		Not known if ran		S2.0
	33	Bill de Selincourt (GB)	Chevron B23 Ford	Ember Racing		Not known if ran		S2.0
	37	René Herzog (CH)	GRD S73	René Herzog		Not known if ran		S2.0
	38	Roland Heiler (D)	Lola T292	Roland Heiler		Not known if ran		S2.0
	39	xxx	Opel Ascona	Steinmetz Autosport GmbH		Not known if ran		S2.0
	41	Manfred Pade (D)	Porsche 906	Manfred Pade		Not known if ran		S2.0
	51	Peter Homolla (D)	Lotus 23	Peter Homolla		Not known if ran		S1.6
	53	John Blanckley (GB)	Scorpion JB4	Promoto Racing Services		Not known if ran		S1.6
	55	Werner Horn (D)	Scirocco NSU	Schmidt Tuning		Not known if ran		S1.6
	56	Werner Horn (D)	Simca Seven Spider			Not known if ran		S1.6
	57	Heinz Tubbesing (D)	Scirocco NSU	Görke-Bork		Not known if ran		S1.6
	58	Helmut Kalenborn (D)	NSU Astamot	Helmut Kalenborn		Not known if ran		S1.6
	71	Girolama Capra (I)	Porsche 911	Scuderia Palladio Vicenza		Not known if ran		GT2.0
	72	Dieter Franke (D)	Porsche 911	Braun Sixtant Racing Team		Not known if ran		GT2.0
	81	Maurice Dantinne (B)	Alpine A110 1300S Renault	Scuderia Mille Miglia c/o Maurice Dantinne		Not known if ran		GT1.6
	82	Peter Brand (D)	Alpine A110 Renault	Brand Peter		Not known if ran		GT1.6
	83	Knut Reinecke (D)	Alpine A110 1600S Renault	RDK-Team		Not known if ran		GT1.6
	84	Armin Vogt (D)	Alfa Romeo GTA	Vogt Armin		Not known if ran		GT1.6

Heat 1

Circuit lenght: 22,835 km

Race distance: 250,000 km

Winner's average speed: 176,800 km/h

Attendance: 15000

Fastest lap:

Arturo Merzario

No. 7

Abarth Osella PA1

7:42,2

177,700 km/h

Pos.	No.	Driver / Nationality	Car	Entrant	Laps	Time/retired	Group
1.	7	Arturo Merzario (I)	Abarth Osella PA1	Abarth Osella	11	1:25:13,300	S2.0
2.	32	Martin Raymond (GB)	Chevron B23 Ford	Martin Raymond	11	1:27:54,600	S2.0
3.	-	John Burton (GB)	Chevron B23 Ford	Red Rose Racing	11	1:28:16,200
4.	-	Tim Schenken (AUS)	Chevron B23 Ford	Roger Hire	11	1:28:27,900
5.	10	Hervé Bayard (F)	Lola T292 BMW	Archambeaud Racing	11	1:30:06,800	S2.0
6.	-	Reinhold Jöst (D)	Lola T292 BMW	Roland Heiler	11	1:30:22,300
7.	9	Giorgio Pianta (I)	Abarth Osella PA1	Abarth Osella	11	1:30:33,500	S2.0
8.	35	Peter Smith (GB)	Chevron B21 Ford 72-03?	Peter Smith	11	1:33:19,300	S2.0
9.	30	Javier Juncadella (E)	Chevron B23 Ford	Escuderia Montjuich Tergal	11	1:34:18,100	S2.0
10.	26	Ian Grob (GB)	Chevron B23 Ford	K.V.G. Racing	10		S2.0
	Did not finish:
	16	Chris Skeaping (GB)	Chevron B23 Ford	Promoto Racing Services	10	Clutch	S2.0
	25	Guy Edwards (GB)	Lola T292 Ford	Guy Edwards	9	Engine	S2.0
	2	Vic Elford (GB)	March 73S BMW 9?	Ecurie Vic Elford	6	Rear suspension	S2.0
	11	Chris Craft (GB)	Lola T292 Ford HU55	Crowne Racing Ltd.	6	Engine	S2.0
	8	Jean-Claude Andruet (F)	Abarth Osella PA1	Abarth Osella	5	Front wishborne mount	S2.0
	-	John Lepp (GB)	Chevron B23 Ford	Red Rose Racing	2	Gearbox oil seal
	18	Bert Kuehne (CDN)	March 73S BMW	STP March Racing Team	1	Gearbox input shaft	S2.0
	21	Gabriele Serblin (I)	March 73S BMW	Gabriele Serblin	1	Gearbox input shaft	S2.0
	36	Jörg Obermoser (D)	GRD S73 BMW	Jörg Obermoser Eurorace	1	Engine	S2.0
	6	Derek Bell (GB)	Abarth Osella PA1	Abarth Osella	0	Engine	S2.0
	-	John Quick (GB)	Chevron B23 Ford	Ember Racing		Radiator damage

Heat 2

Circuit lenght: 22,835 km

Race distance: 250,000 km

Winner's average speed: 177,300 km/h

Attendance: 15000

Fastest lap:

Arturo Merzario

No. 7

Abarth Osella PA1

7:39,7

178,800 km/h

Pos.	No.	Driver / Nationality	Car	Entrant	Laps	Time/retired	Group
1.	7	Arturo Merzario (I)	Abarth Osella PA1	Abarth Osella	11	1:25:00,500	S2.0
2.	11	Chris Craft (GB)	Lola T292 Ford HU55	Crowne Racing Ltd.	11	1:26:37,100	S2.0
3.	32	Martin Raymond (GB)	Chevron B23 Ford	Martin Raymond	11	1:27:13,200	S2.0
4.	2	Vic Elford (GB)	March 73S BMW 9?	Ecurie Vic Elford	11		S2.0
5.	-	John Lepp (GB)	Chevron B23 Ford	Red Rose Racing	11
6.	9	Giorgio Pianta (I)	Abarth Osella PA1	Abarth Osella	11		S2.0
7.	-	Tim Schenken (AUS)	Chevron B23 Ford	Roger Hire	11
8.	30	Javier Juncadella (E)	Chevron B23 Ford	Escuderia Montjuich Tergal	11		S2.0
9.	35	Peter Smith (GB)	Chevron B21 Ford 72-03?	Peter Smith	11		S2.0
	Did not finish:
	8	Jean-Claude Andruet (F)	Abarth Osella PA1	Abarth Osella	10	DQ-outside assistance	S2.0
	10	Hervé Bayard (F)	Lola T292 BMW	Archambeaud Racing	5	Engine	S2.0
	-	John Burton (GB)	Chevron B23 Ford	Red Rose Racing	4	Head gasket
	25	Guy Edwards (GB)	Lola T292 Ford	Guy Edwards	3	Fuel pipe	S2.0
	6	Derek Bell (GB)	Abarth Osella PA1	Abarth Osella	2	Engine	S2.0
	-	Reinhold Jöst (D)	Lola T292 BMW	Roland Heiler		Engine
	4	Jean-Pierre Jabouille (F)	Alpine A440 Renault	Automobiles Alpine Renault		Engine	S2.0

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European 2-litre Sports Car Championship for Makes	Round: 7

Euro 2L Zeltweg

Zeltweg, Österreichring	Date: 16.9.1973

Practiced:

Circuit lenght: 5,911 km

Race distance: 344,000 km

Winner's average speed:

Fastest lap:

Guy Edwards

No. 8

Lola T292 Ford

1:44,35

204,040 km/h

Pos.	No.	Driver / Nationality	Car	Entrant	Laps	Time/retired	Pos.	Practice
1.	8	Guy Edwards (GB)	Lola T292 Ford	Barclay's International Racing	60	1:46:11,900	5.	1:44,910
2.	-	Martin Raymond (GB)	Chevron B23 Ford	Martin Raymond	60	1:46:44,920	8.
3.	-	John Burton (GB)	Chevron B23 Ford	Red Rose Racing	60	1:46:52,120	7.
4.	-	Dieter Quester (A)	Abarth Osella PA1	Abarth Corse?	60	1:46:57,840	9.
5.	268	Jörg Obermoser (D)	GRD S73 BMW	Euro'Racing	60	1:47:21,950	4.	1:44,720
6.	-	Toine Hezemans (NL)	March 73S BMW 8	Trivellato Team	60	1:47:48,559	13.
7.	-	René Herzog (CH)	GRD S73 BMW	René Herzog	58		16.
8.	-	Bert Kuehne (CDN)	March 73S BMW	Colonial Racing	58		15.
9.	-	Paul Blancpain (CH)	Chevron B23 Ford	Paul Blancpain	58		14.
10.	-	Jorge de Bagration (E)	Chevron B23 Ford 73-09	HIRE International	55		21.	no time
	Did not finish:
	-	John Lepp (GB)	Chevron B23 Ford	Red Rose Racing	57	1:Clutch	6.
	-	Alain Peltier (B)	March 73S BMW	Ecurie Vic Elford	38	2:Metering unit drive belt	12.
	-	Vic Elford (GB)	March 73S BMW	Ecurie Vic Elford	35	1:Misfire	11.
	-	Gabriele Serblin (I)	March 73S BMW	Team Ceramica Pagnossin	31	1:Ignition	3.	1:44,350
	-	Robin Smith (GB)	Lola T212 Ford	Robin Smith		1:Spun; 2:Out of fuel	18.
	-	Chris Craft (GB)	Lola T292 Ford HU55	Crowne Racing Team		1:Engine	1.	1:44,080
	-	Pino Pica (I)	Abarth Osella PA1	Osella		1:Engine	10.
	-	José Juncadella (E)	Chevron B23 Ford	HIRE International		1:DNF	20.	no time
	-	Arturo Merzario (I)	Abarth Osella PA1	Osella		1:Engine	2.	1:44,230
	Other starters:
	-	Christian Melville (GB)	Abarth Osella PA1	Christian Melville			19.
	-	Philipp Gantner (D)	Lola T292 BMW	Roland Heiler			17.
	In entry list:
	-	Hervé Bayard (F)	?
	-	Jean-Louis Lafosse (F)	?
	-	Roland Heiler (D)	GRD - BMW
	-	Jean-Pierre Jabouille (F)	Alpine A440 Renault
	-	Gérard Larrousse (F)	?

Heat 1

Circuit lenght: 5,911 km

Race distance:

Winner's average speed:

Fastest lap:

Guy Edwards

No. 8

Lola T292 Ford

1:44,35

204,040 km/h

Pos.	No.	Driver / Nationality	Car	Entrant	Laps	Time/retired
1.	8	Guy Edwards (GB)	Lola T292 Ford	Barclay's International Racing	30	0:53:04,440
2.	-	John Burton (GB)	Chevron B23 Ford	Red Rose Racing	30	0:53:32,110
3.	-	Martin Raymond (GB)	Chevron B23 Ford	Martin Raymond	30	0:53:32,430
4.	-	Dieter Quester (A)	Abarth Osella PA1	Abarth Corse?	30	0:53:35,360
5.	268	Jörg Obermoser (D)	GRD S73 BMW	Euro'Racing	30	0:54:00,700
6.	-	Toine Hezemans (NL)	March 73S BMW 8	Trivellato Team	30	0:54:03,820
7.	-	Alain Peltier (B)	March 73S BMW	Ecurie Vic Elford	30	0:54:37,590
8.	-	René Herzog (CH)	GRD S73 BMW	René Herzog	29
9.	-	Bert Kuehne (CDN)	March 73S BMW	Colonial Racing	29
10.	-	Jorge de Bagration (E)	Chevron B23 Ford 73-09	HIRE International	29
11.	-	Paul Blancpain (CH)	Chevron B23 Ford	Paul Blancpain	29
12.	-	Philipp Gantner (D)	Lola T292 BMW	Roland Heiler	26
13.	-	Robin Smith (GB)	Lola T212 Ford	Robin Smith	25	Anti-roll bar, spun
14.	-	Christian Melville (GB)	Abarth Osella PA1	Christian Melville	16
	Did not finish:
	-	John Lepp (GB)	Chevron B23 Ford	Red Rose Racing	27	Clutch
	-	Vic Elford (GB)	March 73S BMW	Ecurie Vic Elford	5	Misfire
	-	Gabriele Serblin (I)	March 73S BMW	Team Ceramica Pagnossin	1	Ignition
	-	Chris Craft (GB)	Lola T292 Ford HU55	Crowne Racing Team		Engine
	-	Arturo Merzario (I)	Abarth Osella PA1	Osella		Engine
	-	Pino Pica (I)	Abarth Osella PA1	Osella		Engine

Heat 2

Circuit lenght: 5,911 km

Race distance:

Winner's average speed:

Pos.	No.	Driver / Nationality	Car	Entrant	Laps	Time/retired
1.	-	Gabriele Serblin (I)	March 73S BMW	Team Ceramica Pagnossin	30	0:53:03,310
2.	8	Guy Edwards (GB)	Lola T292 Ford	Barclay's International Racing	30	0:53:07,460
3.	-	Martin Raymond (GB)	Chevron B23 Ford	Martin Raymond	30	0:53:12,490
4.	-	John Burton (GB)	Chevron B23 Ford	Red Rose Racing	30	0:53:20,010
5.	268	Jörg Obermoser (D)	GRD S73 BMW	Euro'Racing	30	0:53:21,250
6.	-	Dieter Quester (A)	Abarth Osella PA1	Abarth Corse?	30	0:53:21,490
7.	-	John Lepp (GB)	Chevron B23 Ford	Red Rose Racing	30	0:53:21,700
8.	-	Toine Hezemans (NL)	March 73S BMW 8	Trivellato Team	30	0:53:44,770
9.	-	Vic Elford (GB)	March 73S BMW	Ecurie Vic Elford	30	0:53:45,430
10.	-	René Herzog (CH)	GRD S73 BMW	René Herzog	29
11.	-	Bert Kuehne (CDN)	March 73S BMW	Colonial Racing	29
12.	-	Paul Blancpain (CH)	Chevron B23 Ford	Paul Blancpain	29
13.	-	Philipp Gantner (D)	Lola T292 BMW	Roland Heiler	28
14.	-	Christian Melville (GB)	Abarth Osella PA1	Christian Melville	27
15.	-	Jorge de Bagration (E)	Chevron B23 Ford 73-09	HIRE International	26
	Did not finish:
	-	Alain Peltier (B)	March 73S BMW	Ecurie Vic Elford	8	Metering unit drive
	-	Robin Smith (GB)	Lola T212 Ford	Robin Smith		Out of fuel
	Did not start:
	-	José Juncadella (E)	Chevron B23 Ford	HIRE International
	-	Pino Pica (I)	Abarth Osella PA1	Osella
	-	Chris Craft (GB)	Lola T292 Ford HU55	Crowne Racing Team
	-	Arturo Merzario (I)	Abarth Osella PA1	Osella

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European 2-litre Sports Car Championship for Makes	Round: 8

400 km Barcelona

400 km de Barcelona, Montjuich Circuit	Date: 30.9.1973

Practiced:	28
Started:	28

Circuit lenght:

Race distance:

Winner's average speed: 144,300 km/h

Fastest lap:

Gérard Larrousse

No. 11

Lola T292 BMW

1:29,8

151,963 km/h

Pos.	No.	Driver / Nationality	Car	Entrant	Laps	Time/retired	Pos.	Practice
1.	11	Gérard Larrousse (F)	Lola T292 BMW HU42	Archambeaud Racing	106	2:43:11,900	3.	1:30,900
2.	10	Chris Craft (GB)	Lola T292 Ford HU55	Crowne Racing	106	2:43:18,000	1.	1:29,400
3.	28	Martin Raymond (GB)	Chevron B21/23 Ford 27	Martin Raymond	103		10.	1:32,800
4.	2	Jorge de Bagration (E)	Chevron B23 Ford 73-9	Escuderia Montjuich	102		12.	1:33,900
5.	1	José Juncadella (E)	Chevron B21/23 Ford 20	Escuderia Montjuich	102		11.	1:32,900
6.	9	Christian Melville (GB)	Abarth Osella PA1 02	Abarth-Osella	99		19.	1:35,700
7.	8	Juan Fernandez (E)	Abarth Osella PA1 07	Abarth-Osella	98	1:DNF	13.	1:34,200
8.	21	José Uriarte (E) DNS - Hervé LeGuellec (F)	Chevron B21/23 Ford 2	Promoto Racing	88		23.	1:37,000
	Not classified:
	16	Carlos Gaspar (P)	Lola T292 Ford HU47	BIP/Ecurie Bonnier			9.	1:32,600
	29	Tony Birchenhough (GB)	Lola T290 Ford HU22	Dorset Foods			27.	1:40,500
	Did not finish:
	14	Javier Juncadella (E)	March 73S BMW 8	Trivellato	67	2:Radiator	8.	1:31,700
	12	Hervé Bayard (F)	Lola T292 BMW HU54	Archambeaud Racing	20	1:DNF	21.	1:35,900
	19	Jörg Obermoser (D)	GRD S73 BMW	Jorg Obermoser/Eurorace	17	1:DQ: Sticking throttle	5.	1:31,100
	6	Arturo Merzario (I)	Abarth Osella PA1 04	Abarth-Osella	16	1:Engine	16.	1:34,900
	26	Guy Edwards (GB)	Lola T292 Ford HU40	Barclays International Team Lola	15	1:Engine	2.	1:29,800
	18	Manfred Mohr (D)	AMS 273 Tecno	AMS Corse	13	1:Engine	14.	1:34,700
	4	John Lepp (GB)	Chevron B23 Ford 73-12	Red Rose Racing	6	1:Drive shaft	26.	1:40,400
	5	John Burton (GB)	Chevron B23 Ford 73-08	Red Rose Racing		2:Electrics	4.	1:31,100
	7	Pino Pica (I)	Abarth Osella PA1 05	Abarth-Osella		1:Accident	6.	1:31,100
	15	Gabriele Serblin (I)	March 73S BMW 3	Trivellato		2:Loose HT lead	7.	1:31,300
	17	Jorge Pinhol (P)	Lola T292 Ford HU52	BIP/Ecurie Bonnier		2:Accident	15.	1:34,800
	20	Emilio Zapico (E) DNS - John Sabourin (GB)	Chevron B21/23 Ford 12A	Promoto Racing		2:DNS	17.	1:35,000
	22	Rafael Barrios (E)	Chevron B21/23 Ford 9	Promoto Racing		2:DNS	22.	1:36,600
	23	Fredy Grainal (B)	Lola T290 Ford HU17	Van Hool Racing		1:DNF	24.	1:39,600
	24	Francisco Torredemer (E)	Abarth Osella PA1 09	Escuderia Tibidabo		1:DNF	25.	1:40,100
	25	Jorge Pla (E)	Lola T290 Ford HU9	Escuderia Tibidabo		2:DNF	20.	1:35,800
	30	Tony Goodwin (GB)	Chevron B23 Ford 73-10	Ember Racing		1:Wheel bearing & spin	18.	1:35,700
	33	Luciano Ottero (E)	Abarth Osella SE-021 22	Abarth-Osella		2:DNS	28.	1:42,600
	In entry list:
	3	xxx	Chevron B23	Escuderia Montjuich
	27	Roger Heavens (GB)	Lola T294	Roger Heavens
	31	Gianfranco Trombetti (I)	Abarth Osella	Brescia Corse
	32	Franco Berruto (I)	Fiat Abarth 2000	Brescia Corse
	34	Claude Haldi (CH)	Porsche 911	Porsche Club Romand

Heat 1

Fastest lap:

Gérard Larrousse

No. 11

Lola T292 BMW

Pos.	No.	Driver / Nationality	Car	Entrant	Laps	Time/retired
1.	10	Chris Craft (GB)	Lola T292 Ford HU55	Crowne Racing	53	1:21:38,800
2.	11	Gérard Larrousse (F)	Lola T292 BMW HU42	Archambeaud Racing	53	1:21:45,000
3.	14	Javier Juncadella (E)	March 73S BMW 8	Trivellato	53	1:22:38,800
4.	5	John Burton (GB)	Chevron B23 Ford 73-08	Red Rose Racing	52
5.	28	Martin Raymond (GB)	Chevron B21/23 Ford 27	Martin Raymond	52
6.	2	Jorge de Bagration (E)	Chevron B23 Ford 73-9	Escuderia Montjuich	51
7.	1	José Juncadella (E)	Chevron B21/23 Ford 20	Escuderia Montjuich	51
8.	16	Carlos Gaspar (P)	Lola T292 Ford HU47	BIP/Ecurie Bonnier	50
9.	25	Jorge Pla (E)	Lola T290 Ford HU9	Escuderia Tibidabo	50
10.	9	Christian Melville (GB)	Abarth Osella PA1 02	Abarth-Osella	49
11.	15	Gabriele Serblin (I)	March 73S BMW 3	Trivellato		DNF
12.	20	Emilio Zapico (E) DNS - John Sabourin (GB)	Chevron B21/23 Ford 12A	Promoto Racing		DNF
13.	22	Rafael Barrios (E)	Chevron B21/23 Ford 9	Promoto Racing
14.	17	Jorge Pinhol (P)	Lola T292 Ford HU52	BIP/Ecurie Bonnier
15.	8	Juan Fernandez (E)	Abarth Osella PA1 07	Abarth-Osella	48	DNF
16.	33	Luciano Ottero (E)	Abarth Osella SE-021 22	Abarth-Osella
17.	29	Tony Birchenhough (GB)	Lola T290 Ford HU22	Dorset Foods
18.	21	José Uriarte (E) DNS - Hervé LeGuellec (F)	Chevron B21/23 Ford 2	Promoto Racing
	Did not finish:
	19	Jörg Obermoser (D)	GRD S73 BMW	Jorg Obermoser/Eurorace	17	DQ: Sticking throttle
	6	Arturo Merzario (I)	Abarth Osella PA1 04	Abarth-Osella	16	Engine
	26	Guy Edwards (GB)	Lola T292 Ford HU40	Barclays International Team Lola	15	Engine
	18	Manfred Mohr (D)	AMS 273 Tecno	AMS Corse	13	Engine
	4	John Lepp (GB)	Chevron B23 Ford 73-12	Red Rose Racing	6	Drive shaft
	7	Pino Pica (I)	Abarth Osella PA1 05	Abarth-Osella		Accident
	12	Hervé Bayard (F)	Lola T292 BMW HU54	Archambeaud Racing		DNF
	23	Fredy Grainal (B)	Lola T290 Ford HU17	Van Hool Racing		DNF
	24	Francisco Torredemer (E)	Abarth Osella PA1 09	Escuderia Tibidabo		DNF
	30	Tony Goodwin (GB)	Chevron B23 Ford 73-10	Ember Racing		Wheel bearing

Heat 2

Pos.	No.	Driver / Nationality	Car	Entrant	Laps	Time/retired
1.	11	Gérard Larrousse (F)	Lola T292 BMW HU42	Archambeaud Racing	53	1:21:26,900
2.	10	Chris Craft (GB)	Lola T292 Ford HU55	Crowne Racing	53	1:21:39,200
3.	28	Martin Raymond (GB)	Chevron B21/23 Ford 27	Martin Raymond	51
4.	2	Jorge de Bagration (E)	Chevron B23 Ford 73-9	Escuderia Montjuich	51
5.	1	José Juncadella (E)	Chevron B21/23 Ford 20	Escuderia Montjuich	50
6.	8	Juan Fernandez (E)	Abarth Osella PA1 07	Abarth-Osella	50
7.	9	Christian Melville (GB)	Abarth Osella PA1 02	Abarth-Osella	50
8.	21	José Uriarte (E) DNS - Hervé LeGuellec (F)	Chevron B21/23 Ford 2	Promoto Racing	49
	Not classified:
9.	23	Fredy Grainal (B)	Lola T290 Ford HU17	Van Hool Racing	46
10.	29	Tony Birchenhough (GB)	Lola T290 Ford HU22	Dorset Foods	46
11.	16	Carlos Gaspar (P)	Lola T292 Ford HU47	BIP/Ecurie Bonnier		Puncture
	Did not finish:
	14	Javier Juncadella (E)	March 73S BMW 8	Trivellato	14	Radiator
	5	John Burton (GB)	Chevron B23 Ford 73-08	Red Rose Racing		Electrics
	15	Gabriele Serblin (I)	March 73S BMW 3	Trivellato		DNF
	17	Jorge Pinhol (P)	Lola T292 Ford HU52	BIP/Ecurie Bonnier		Accident
	25	Jorge Pla (E)	Lola T290 Ford HU9	Escuderia Tibidabo		DNF
	Did not start:
	4	John Lepp (GB)	Chevron B23 Ford 73-12	Red Rose Racing
	6	Arturo Merzario (I)	Abarth Osella PA1 04	Abarth-Osella
	7	Pino Pica (I)	Abarth Osella PA1 05	Abarth-Osella
	12	Hervé Bayard (F)	Lola T292 BMW HU54	Archambeaud Racing
	18	Manfred Mohr (D)	AMS 273 Tecno	AMS Corse
	19	Jörg Obermoser (D)	GRD S73 BMW	Jorg Obermoser/Eurorace
	20	Emilio Zapico (E) John Sabourin (GB)	Chevron B21/23 Ford 12A	Promoto Racing
	22	Rafael Barrios (E)	Chevron B21/23 Ford 9	Promoto Racing
	24	Francisco Torredemer (E)	Abarth Osella PA1 09	Escuderia Tibidabo
	26	Guy Edwards (GB)	Lola T292 Ford HU40	Barclays International Team Lola
	30	Tony Goodwin (GB)	Chevron B23 Ford 73-10	Ember Racing
	33	Luciano Ottero (E)	Abarth Osella SE-021 22	Abarth-Osella

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