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taking second and Henri Pescarolo driving a

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finishing third. The race was run over 118 laps of the full GP circuit and initial plans were for an entry of up to 100 cars with a race for the first thirty qualifiers and a secondary race for qualifiers in positions 30 to 60. The entry list was ultimately lower than expected but a secondary race was still run. This was won by Dave Morgan (

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BT38), with Ian Ashley ( Lola T191) and Tony Dean ( Brabham BT30/36) second and third respectively.

Classification

Qualifying

Race

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