1973 Rothmans 5000 European Championship

January 2020 1973 Rothmans 5000 European Championship 1972 1974 The 1973 Rothmans 5000 European ChampionshipProgramme, Rothmans 5000 European Championship, Mallory Park, Sunday 1 April 1973Programme, Rothmans 5000 European Championship, Grote Prijs van Zandvoort, 30-9-1973Official Programme, Rothmans 5000 European Championship, Brands Hatch, 20/21 October 1973 was a motor racing series for Formula 5000 cars.Wolfgang Kopfler, Formula 5000 in Europe - Race by Race, 2004 The series was organized in the United Kingdom by the British Racing and Sports Car Club but also incorporated European rounds.European Formula 5000 races 1969-1977, www.oldracingcars.com Retrieved on 4 January 2015 It was the fifth in an annual sequence of European Formula 5000 Championships, and the first to be contested as the Rothmans 5000 European Championship. The 1973 championship was won by Teddy Pilette, driving a McLaren M18 and a Chevron B24.Wolfgang Kopfler, 1973 Rothmans European Formula 5000 Championship, Formula 5000 in Europe - Race by Race, 2004, pages 114 to 116 The championship was open to Formula 5000 cars, which were defined for this series as single-seater cars using production based engines.Event 1, The Rothmans 5000 European Championship Race (entry list), Programme, Mallory Park, 8 July 1973 Significant changes to the technical regulations were made for 1973. Engines from 2750cc to 5000cc capacity were now permitted, regardless of the number of cylinders. Engines with a capacity of between 4000cc and 5000cc were still required to use pushrod operated valve gear, however engines of less than 4000cc capacity could use unrestricted valve gear and could be turbocharged. Calendar The championship was contested over fifteen rounds. Round NameF5000 championship races in Europe, jpgleize.perso.neuf.fr https://web.archive.org/web/20141020022915/http://jpgleize.perso.neuf.fr/gp/gb5mod.htm 20 October 2014 Retrieved on 4 January 2015 Circuit Date Winning driver Car 1 Brands Hatch Rothmans F5000 GBR Brands Hatch 17 March GBR Peter Gethin Chevron B24 Chevrolet 2 Mallory Park Rothmans F5000 GBR Mallory Park 1 April NZL Graham McRae McRae GM1 Chevrolet 3 GKN Vanwall Trophy GBR Silverstone 7 April GBR David Hobbs Lola T330 Chevrolet 4 Snetterton Rothmans F5000 GBR Snetterton 20 April USA Brett Lunger Trojan T101 Chevrolet 5 Brands Hatch Rothmans F5000 GBR Brands Hatch 23 April GBR Steve Thompson Chevron B24 Chevrolet 6 Oulton Park Rothmans F5000 GBR Oulton Park 13 May BEL Teddy Pilette Chevron B24 Chevrolet 7 Mallory Park Rothmans F5000 GBR Mallory Park 28 May GBR Keith Holland Trojan T101 Chevrolet 8   ITA Misano 10 June Cancelled following practice"Rothmans F5000 Championship round, Misano, 10 Jun 1973", www.oldracingcars.com Retrieved on 4 January 2015 9   NLD Zandvoort 1 July Cancelled before practiceBrian Phillips, Two races cancelled, and now its F5000 action at last, Programme, Mallory Park, 8 July 1973, page 3 10 Mallory Park Rothmans F5000 GBR Mallory Park 8 July USA Brett Lunger Trojan T101 Chevrolet 11 Dublin Grand Prix IRE Mondello Park 22 July GBR Keith Holland Trojan T101 Chevrolet 12   GBR Silverstone 5 August Cancelled following practice"Rothmans F5000 Championship round, Silverstone, 5 Aug 1973", www.oldracingcars.com Retrieved on 4 January 2015 13 Brands Hatch Rothmans F5000 GBR Brands Hatch 27 August BEL Teddy Pilette Chevron B24 Chevrolet 14 Rothmans Gold Cup GBR Oulton Park 9 September GBR Peter Gethin Chevron B24 Chevrolet 15 Jyllandsringen Rothmans F5000 DEN Jyllands-Ringen 23 September GBR Ian Ashley Lola T330 Chevrolet 16 Duinen Trophee NLD Zandvoort 30 September GBR Guy Edwards Lola T330 Chevrolet 17 Snetterton Rothmans F5000 GBR Snetterton 7 October GBR Bob Evans Trojan T101 Chevrolet 18 Brands Hatch Rothmans F5000 GBR Brands Hatch 21 October GBR Guy Edwards Lola T330 Chevrolet Points system Championship points were awarded on a 20–15–12–10–8–6–4–3–2–1 basis for the first ten places at each of the first seventeen rounds and on a 40-30-24-20-16-12-8-6-4-2 basis for the first ten places at the final round. Championship standings Position Driver Car Entrant Points 1 BEL Teddy Pilette McLaren M18 Chevrolet Chevron B24 Chevrolet Racing Team VDS 136 2 GBR Tony Dean Chevron B24 Chevrolet Anglo-American Racing 133 3 GBR Keith Holland Trojan T101 Chevrolet Lola T190 Chevrolet Ian Ward Racing 116 4 GBR Steve Thompson Chevron B24 Chevrolet Servis Appliances Racing 114 5 GBR Guy Edwards Lola T330 Chevrolet John Butterworth 102 6 DEN Tom Belsø Lola T330 Chevrolet ShellSPORT Luxembourg 97 7 USA Brett Lunger Lola T330 Chevrolet Trojan T101 Chevrolet Hogan Racing Ltd Sid Taylor 95 8 GBR Peter Gethin Chevron B24 Chevrolet Chevron Racing Anglo-American Racing 65 9 GBR Bob Evans Trojan T101 Chevrolet Alan McKechnie Racing 64 10 NLD Gijs van Lennep Lola T330 Chevrolet ShellSPORT Luxembourg 59 11 GBR Clive Santo Surtees TS11 Chevrolet Lola T330 Chevrolet ShellSPORT Luxembourg 50 12 GBR Ian Ashley Lola T330 Chevrolet Doug Hardwick 37 13 GBR David Hobbs Lola T330 Chevrolet Hogan Racing Ltd 29 14 NZL Graham McRae McRae GM1 Chevrolet McRae GM2 Chevrolet Iberia Team McRae 28 = NZL David Oxton Begg FM5 Chevrolet GN Begg Engineering 28 16 GBR John Watson Trojan T101 Chevrolet Hexagon Racing 24 17 GBR Chris Craft McLaren M18 Chevrolet Chevron B24 Chevrolet Racing Team VDS 23 = USA Bob Brown Chevron B24 Chevrolet Anglo-American Racing 23 19 CAN Brian Robertson McLaren M19 Chevrolet Anglo-American Racing 15 20 GBR Ray Allen Surtees TS8 Chevrolet Lola T330 Chevrolet Servis Appliances Racing ShellSPORT Luxembourg 12 21 GBR Jock Russell McRae GM1 Chevrolet Jock Russell 7 22 DEN Jac Nellemann McLaren M18 Chevrolet Sheridan Thynne 6 = GBR Alan Rollinson McRae GM1 Chevrolet Alan Rollinson 6 24 GBR Tony Trimmer McLaren M18 Chevrolet Lola T330 Chevrolet Sheridan Thynne ShellSPORT Luxembourg 5 = GBR Willie Green Trojan T101 Chevrolet Hexagon Racing 5 26 GBR Damien Magee Trojan T101 Chevrolet Hexagon Racing 4 27 GBR Richard Knight Kitchmac Chevrolet 3 28 USA John Gunn March 73A Chevrolet 2 = GBR Clive Baker McLaren M10B Chevrolet Clive Baker 2 30 NLD Arie Luyendijk McLaren M18 Chevrolet Sheridan Thynne 1 = GBR Chris Featherstone Lola T190 Chevrolet Chris Featherstone 1 References Category:European Formula 5000 Championship seasons Rothmans