Motul M1

[Chris Townsend]

Ron Dennis' stab at car construction in F2 for 1973.

Ten were built where did they all go?
Recent information suggests that virtually all landed up in N. America, and more information added to the following would be good...

201 Works test car. F1R shows as team spare at Mallory and Pau. Probably Bobby Rahal's first Atlantic car. [In a MN interview in 76/77 he remarks that he had the first Rondel]. Badly damaged by Rahal. Rebuilt by Dwight Zillig [1976] then to Randy Zwimmer for Can Am

202: F1R doesn't give this chassis, which suggests that it was the car sold to Tate of Leeds and used by Chris Meek and later Tom Pryce in F.Atlantic. Used by Meek to win 1974 Northern Single Seater Championship. F/S AS 1976 as NSSC winner unused since 1974

203: F1R says Schenken's car in 73.

204: F1R says Scheckter and then Pryce in 73. To N.America 1974

205: F1R says Jaussaud's car in 73

206: F1R says Pescarolo and Schenken in 73

207: F1R says Wolleck in 73. 1974 Iain McLaren [AS 'ex Wolleck']. FS AS 1/4/76 'ex McLaren'

208: F1R says new for Tom Pryce at Rouen in 73. To North America 1974

209: Unknown. Maybe the Meek car, but unlikely given that car's appearance date. More likely a late season test car.

210: Not used 73-74. Appears as basis of the Safir F2 car run by Patrick Neve at Silverstone in 1975.

In 1974 a host of Rondels appear in the US and Canada

Chris O'Brien [who ran British F3 in early 70s] [ex Pryce so 204 or 208]
Seb Barone [also ex Pryce so 204 or 208]
Al Justason then to Bob Beyea for 1975
Roger Seacrist
Peter Symond
All except Symond appear in the Canadian series, most appear at Watkins Glen at the season end, so there is little possibility of cars being swapped.

If we take all of these together with the two cars that stayed in Britain, there's only one spare chassis to be accounted for, Problem is, who had what!

Chris