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Hockenheim 12 hours

Hockenheim Motodrom, BRD

Date: 6/6/1960
Track length: 7.725 m
Attendance: unknown
Entries accepted: 22 (GT)
Starters: 19 (GT)
Finishers: 14 classified (GT)

Pole position: unknown
Fastest lap: Ruby/Evertz in in 3.27,6 (TC); Seidel in 2.51,5 (GT)

Distance: 6 hours for touring cars under 850 cc, 6 hours for GTs under 1000 cc
Average speed: 126,800 kmh (TC); 153,172 kmh (GT)
Weather: Warm and dry
Ruleset: unknown
Car info:  

 

The 12-hour race this year was split into 2 races of 6 hours: a GT race for the World GT championship (under 1000 cc only) and the regular touring car race.
Fiat-Abarth were the obvious favourites despite that their biggest car was 750 cc, giving away 250 cc to the class limit. Still, the winning car averaged 153 kmh!
Together with the 10 Abarths (nearly half the field) came many well-known Italian drivers. The other 12 cars consisted of NSUs, Auto-Unions, a Healey Sprite and for the first time, Steyr-Puch was represented with its Fiat 500 version.
Abarth won all three classes, the 1000 cc the most exciting fight; the Leto de Priolo brothers never lost sight of the leading (and winning) Seidel/Poltronieri car, but in mid-race the brothers dropped back with a few minor problems; they were able to come back and challenge for the lead in the end. The 700 class was dominated by Cattini/Thiele until they retired, leaving the win to the Sala brothers.


6 hour race for Touring cars under 850 cc
Pos Pos in class # Team / Entrant
Car- Engine
Drivers, Nationality Engine
vol. (cc)
Engine
Type
Group Distance,
time
Qualifying position Qualifying time Fastest lap Reason out,
remarks
1 1 24  
BMW 700 CS
Hans Stuck Sr, D
Josef "Sepp" Greger, D
697 B2 700 99 laps, 6:01.46,6        
2 2    
BMW 700 CS
Walter Schneider, D
Döhring, D
697 B2 700 99 laps, 6:01.46,9     3.30,5  
3 3    
BMW 700 CS
Herbert Linge, D
K.H. Schäufele, D
697 B2 700 97 laps, 6:01.15,4        
  1    
Renault Dauphine Gordini
Franz Josef Oebel, D
F.A. Göke, D
845 L4 850 95 laps, 6:01.55,1        
  2    
DKW F11 Junior
Peter Ruby, D
Egon Evertz, D
796 L3 850 95     3.27,6  
  3    
DKW F11 Junior
Egon Evertz, D
Knicse
796 L3 850 94        
  1    
NSU Prinz 30
Hans E. Böhm, D
W. Sobotta, D
583 L2 600 90 laps, 6:03.04,1        
  2    
Fiat 500
A. Brena, I
Luciano Massoni, I
479 L2 600 89 laps, 6:04.34,0        
  3    
NSU Prinz 30
"H. Nohrmann", D
Krech, D
583 L2 600 89        
       
NSU Prinz 30
Lambert
Roland Heck, D
583 L2 600       3.48,5  

6 hour race for GTs under 1000 cc
Pos Pos in class # Team / Entrant
Car- Engine
Drivers, Nationality Engine
vol. (cc)
Engine
Type
Group Distance,
time
Qualifying position Qualifying time Fastest lap Reason out,
remarks
1 1 66 Scuderia Sant Ambroeus srl.
Fiat Abarth 750 Zagato
Wolfgang Seidel, D
Mario Poltronieri, I
747 L4 1000 119 laps, 6:00.05,7 1 2.56,3 2.51,5  
2 2 65 Scuderia Ambrosiana
Fiat Abarth 750 Zagato
Massimo Leto di Priolo, I
Salvatore Leto di Priolo, I
747 L4 1000 119 laps, 6:00.06,1 2 2.56,3    
3 1 57 Mirabella
Fiat Abarth 700 Zagato
Aristodemo Sala, I
Giancarlo Sala, I
698 L4 700 116 laps, 6:00.09,4 3 3.01,8    
4 2 53 Scuderia Sant Ambroeus srl.
Fiat Abarth 700 Zagato
Gianni Morini Prada ("Sam"), I
Giancarlo Rigamonti, I
698 L4 700 116 laps, 6:02.46,3 6 3.09,5    
5 3 54 Mirabella
Fiat Abarth 700 Zagato
Rino Scotti, I
Luigi Ogna, I
698 L4 700 107 5 3.08,3    
6 4 51  
Fiat Abarth 700 Monza
Roland Moll, D
Charles Frey, D
698 L4 700 100 16      
7 3 68  
Fiat Abarth 750 Zagato
Jack Nelson, USA
D. Lowry, USA
747 L4 1000 97 8 3.31,6    
8 4 69  
Auto Union 1000S
Richard Weiland, D
Anton Alexander, D
981 L3 1000 97 15      
9 5 62  
Auto Union 1000S
Joseph Thomas, F
Pierre Tramzal, CH
981 L3 1000 97 13      
10 1 41 Scuderia Ambrosiana
Fiat Abarth 500 Zagato
Raffaello Ciarpaglini, I
Vincenzo Antonini Ossi, I
479 L2 500 92 laps, 6:03.20,9 9 3.54,0    
11 2 43  
Steyr-Puch 500
Hans Beck, D
Rainer Retzer, D
493 B2 500 90 10 3.54,3    
12 5 55  
NSU ?Sport Prinz
Werner Kucklies, D
Karl-Heinz Eggers, D
598 L2 700 88 17      
13 3 42  
Steyr-Puch 500
Karl Eisele, D
Helmut Eisele, D
493 B2 500 85 11 3.55,8    
14 4 44  
Steyr-Puch 500
Fritz Hahnl Jr, D
Hans-Helmuth Hespen, D
(Helmut Zick, D)
493 B2 500 85 12 4.17,8    
NC   59  
NSU Sport Prinz
William Lutz, D
George R. Kreisel, USA
598 L2 700 75 19      
DNF   63  
Austin Healey Sprite Mk I
Gerd Pauker, D
Horst Pauker, D
(H. Spieker, D)
948 L4 1000   14      
DNF   52 Scuderia Sant Ambroeus srl.
Fiat Abarth 700 Zagato
Remo Cattini, I
Alfonso Thiele, I
698 L4 700   4 3.02,4    
DNF   58 Scuderia Ambrosiana
Fiat Abarth 700 Zagato
Wittigo von Einsiedel, D
Inge Pawlowitz, NL
698 L4 700   7 3.10,4    
DNF   56  
NSU Sport Prinz
Leonardo Cirincione, I
Lothar Siefener, D
598 L2 700   18      
DNS   61  
Auto Union 1000S
Helmut Rehberg, D
Ewald Pauly, D
(Bruno Runte, D)
(Helmut Becker, D)
981 L3 1000