Pole position: Stuck in 4.04,2 = 207,607 kmh
Fastest lap: Grauls in 4.06,00 = 205,090 kmh
Distance: 24 hours
Average speed: 187,431 kmh
Weather: cloudy
Ruleset: Group 2/70
Car info: 1972 Cars
Even after the Nürburgring shock, the Capri remained favourite for the Spa classic. No opposition of Mercedes this year (the over-5 litre ban in the ETCC was only lifted after the Spa entry had closed), and Alfa Romeo relied on group 1. Though the fastest BMW (the Schnitzer car of Fitzpatrick/Heyer) was second in practice, the Ford trio was in no real danger at all. More BMWs were entered by Schnitzer (Peltier/Ethuin) and two Alpina cars (Hezemans/Furtmayr and Kelleners/Pankl). Division 1 saw the well known Autodelta Alfa GTAJs, the Fiats as usual victim of all kinds of problems, though they were pretty fast. After the start the fastest BMW lost half a lap per hour to the Ford trio. After three hours, the Kelleners car broke, so he teamed up with Hezemans, to no great avail since the car retired in the night, an hour after the Schnitzer car of Fitzpatrick/Heyer gave up the ghost. The Ford trio kept the lead easily, in division 2, Ford was leading too, both works Escorts having lapped the Autodelta Alfa Romeo trio a number of times. These were followed by the Brun/Kretschi Mazda. But the Escorts got into trouble. First, Menzel had hit the armco and his car was never the same again, falling back steadily. The other car retired early in the morning with ignition problems. Brun crashed at Masta at 5.13 in the morning, killing a marshal who was standing in front of the armco, with his back to the track. Early in the afternoon, the last BMW had to replace its front suspension, but could keep its fourth place - the Ford trio could drop the tempo even more, the victory was theirs. In division 1, the Alfa Romeos were reliable as ever, a double victory for Autodelta here. |
Division 1, 2 and 3
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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 | 2 | Ford Köln Ford Capri RS 2600 |
Jochen Mass, D Hans-Joachim Stuck, D |
2940 | V6 | Div. 3 | 318 laps | 1 | 4.04,2 | ||
2 | 2 | 3 | Ford BP Belgium Ford Capri RS 2600 |
Gerry Birrell, GB Claude Bourgoignie, B |
2940 | V6 | Div. 3 | 313 | 5 | 4.11,8 | ||
3 | 3 | 1 | Ford Köln Ford Capri RS 2600 |
Dieter Glemser, D Alex Soler-Roig, E |
2940 | V6 | Div. 3 | 313 | 3 | 4.09,3 | ||
4 | 4 | 10 | Team Schnitzer Motul BMW 2800 CS |
John Fitzpatrick, GB Alain Peltier, B Christian Ethuin, F |
2996 | L6 | Div. 3 | 304 | 7 | 4.15,1 | ||
5 | 5 | 15 | Luigi/Racing Team Marabout BMW 2800 CS |
Vincent Gaye, B Willy Braillard, B |
2996 | L6 | Div. 3 | 293 | 13 | 4.30,7 | ||
6 | 1 | 43 | Autodelta S.p.A. Alfa Romeo 2000 GTV Gr. 1 |
Claude Ballot-Léna, F Jean-Claude Lagniez, F |
1962 | L4 | Div. 2 | 288 | 30 | 4.50,8 | 1st Group 1 | |
7 | 6 | 27 | Cronk Garages BMW 3.0 CS Gr. 1 |
Peter Hanson, GB Jeremy Walton, GB |
2985 | L6 | Div. 3 | 287 | 61 | 5.03,7 | 1st Reserve | |
8 | 7 | 18 | BMW 3.0 CS Gr. 1 |
Noël Van Assche ("Pedro"), B Nicolas Koob, L |
2985 | L6 | Div. 3 | 286 | 29 | 4.50,3 | ||
9 | 2 | 41 | Autodelta S.p.A. Alfa Romeo 2000 GTV Gr. 1 |
Hans Hessel, D Dieter Gleich, D |
1962 | L4 | Div. 2 | 286 | 39 | 4.58,3 | ||
10 | 3 | 42 | Autodelta S.p.A. Alfa Romeo 2000 GTV Gr. 1 |
Jean-Claude Andruet, F Jean Ragnotti, F |
1962 | L4 | Div. 2 | 286 | 21 | 4.45,4 | ||
11 | 8 | 4 | Kent Frami Racing Team Ford Capri RS 2600 |
Jean-Claude Franck, B Klaus Fritzinger, D |
2940 | V6 | Div. 3 | 280 | 9 | 4.23,5 | ||
12 | 4 | 40 | Autodelta S.p.A. Alfa Romeo 2000 GTV Gr. 1 |
Pierre-Yves Bertinchamps, B Jacques Berger, B |
1962 | L4 | Div. 2 | 280 | 28 | 4.50,0 | ||
13 | 9 | 12 | Précision Liègeoise BMW 2800 CS Gr. 1 |
Bernard De St. Hubert, B Gérald Simonis, B |
2788 | L6 | Div. 3 | 280 | 41 | 4.59,7 | ||
14 | 57 | Alfa Romeo 2000 GTV Gr. 1 |
Roland Imbert, F Alain Serpaggi, F |
1962 | L4 | Div. 2 | 280 | 34 | ||||
15 | 50 | Euro Oil Racing Team Alfa Romeo 2000 GTV Gr. 1 |
Christine Beckers ("Christine"), B Jean-Claude Sola, F |
1962 | L4 | Div. 2 | 277 | 33 | 4.53,1 | |||
16 | 66 | Alfa Romeo 2000 GTV |
Helmut Hinse, D Mayer |
1962 | L4 | Div. 2 | 275 | 44 | 5.02,8 | |||
17 | 51 | Euro Oil Racing Team Alfa Romeo 2000 GTV Gr. 1 |
Etienne Stalpaert, B Roger Dubos, F |
1962 | L4 | Div. 2 | 274 | 26 | 4.48,8 | |||
18 | 30 | Gulf Opel Transeurope Opel Commodore GS Gr. 1 |
Dany Wauters, B Rick Coemans, B |
2784 | L6 | Div. 3 | 273 | 32 | 4.52,2 | Reserve | ||
19 | 53 | Euro Oil Racing Team Alfa Romeo 2000 GTV Gr. 1 |
André Lierneux, B Daniel Dezy, B |
1962 | L4 | Div. 2 | 272 | 42 | 5.00,9 | |||
20 | 60 | Van Stolle Nissan 2000 GT |
Henry Miroux, B Rob Janssen, NL |
1998 | L6 | Div. 3 | 272 | 57 | 5.19,2 | |||
21 | 1 | 80 | Autodelta S.p.A. Alfa Romeo 1300 GTA Junior |
Spartaco Dini ("Paco"), I Vincenzo Cazzago ("Pooky"), I |
1290 | L4 | Div. 1 | 270 | 22 | 4.46,9 | ||
22 | 63 | Alfa Romeo 2000 GTAm |
Dino Pizzinato, L Jean Welchenbach, L |
1985 | L4 | Div. 2 | 270 | 43 | 5.02,8 | |||
23 | 2 | 83 | Autodelta S.p.A. Alfa Romeo 1300 GTA Junior |
Carlo Facetti, I Carlo Truci, I |
1290 | L4 | Div. 1 | 263 | 18 | 4.41,6 | ||
24 | 59 | Audi 100 coupé S Gr. 1 |
M. Sourd, F Yves Evrard, F |
1871 | L4 | Div. 2 | 260 | 50 | 5.10,8 | |||
25 | 7 | 65 | Mazda Swiss Racing Mazda Savanna RX-3 |
Florian Vetsch, CH Peter Mattli, CH |
2 x 491 | R2 | Div. 2 | 260 | 24 | 4.47,5 | ||
26 | 46 | Ford Köln Ford Escort RS 1600 |
Harald Menzel, D Dave Matthews, GB |
1840 | L4 | Div. 2 | 260 | 8 | 4.19,8 | |||
27 | 49 | Ford Escort TC |
Ken Coffey, GB Ted Worswick, GB |
1594 | L4 | Div. 2 | 254 | 52 | 5.12,3 | |||
28 | 62 | Van Stolle Nissan 2000 GT |
Henri Sonveau, B Serge Laurent, B |
1998 | L6 | Div. 3 | 253 | 60 | 5.26,1 | |||
29 | 3 | 84 | Ford Escort 1300 GT |
Robin Searle, GB Vernon Saunders, GB |
1298 | L4 | Div. 1 | 248 | 48 | 5.09,9 | ||
30 | 95 | NSU 1200 TT |
Peter Wisskirchen, D Hermann Cordes, D |
1296 | L4 | Div. 1 | 239 | 58 | 5.20,7 | |||
DNF | 74 | BMW 2002 |
Jean-Paul Rieu, B |
1990 | L4 | Div. 2 | 46 | 5.05,6 | ||||
DNF | 82 | Autodelta S.p.A. Alfa Romeo 1300 GTA Junior |
Luigi Colzani, I Vittorio Venturi, I |
1290 | L4 | Div. 1 | 40 | 4.59,4 | ||||
DNF | 47 | BP Belgium Ford Escort RS 1600 |
Yvette Fontaine, B Gill Fortescue-Thomas, GB |
ca. 1800 | L4 | Div. 2 | 11 | 4.27,5 | Head gasket | |||
DNF | 54 | Cronk Garages BMW 2002 TI Gr. 1 |
John Bloomfield, GB Tony Lanfranchi, GB Roger Bell, GB |
1990 | L4 | Div. 2 | 51 | 5.12,0 | Blown engine | |||
DNF | 99 | NSU 1200 TT |
Daniel Dupré, F Gilles Doncheux, F |
1296 | L4 | Div. 1 | 59 | 5.20,8 | ||||
DNF | 64 | Mazda Swiss Racing Mazda Savanna RX-3 |
Walter Brun, CH Joe Kretschi, CH |
2 x 491 | R2 | Div. 2 | ca. 160 | 31 | 4.51,0 | Accident | ||
DNF | 16 | Précision Liègeoise BMW 2800 CS |
Jean Xhenceval, B Hughes de Fierlant, B |
2996 | L6 | Div. 3 | 6 | 4.13,7 | Broken rear hub | |||
DNF | 56 | BMW-Alpina BMW 2800 CS |
Toine Hezemans, NL Ernst Furtmayr, D Helmut Kelleners, D |
2996 | L6 | Div. 3 | ca. 150 | 12 | 4.27,9 | Head gasket | ||
DNF | 11 | Team Schnitzer Motul BMW 2800 CS |
John Fitzpatrick, GB Hans Heyer, D |
2996 | L6 | Div. 3 | ca. 160 | 2 | 4.07,8 | Engine bearings | ||
DNF | 73 | BMW 2002 |
André Bouckenaere, B Michel De Deyne, B |
1990 | L4 | Div. 2 | 8 | 36 | 4.55,6 | Reserve / Drivers sick of fumes | ||
DNF | 92 | Trivellato-Mineif Racing Fiat 128 coupé 1300 |
Jacopo "Pino" Trivellato, I Manfred Mineif, D |
1290 | L4 | Div. 1 | 20 | 4.45,2 | Engine | |||
DNF | 55 | BMW 2002 |
Robert Derom, B Jean-Marie Detrin, B |
1990 | L4 | Div. 2 | 25 | 4.48,4 | ||||
DNF | 52 | Euro Oil Racing Team Alfa Romeo 2000 GTV Gr. 1 |
Michel Noé, B Pierre Poisse, B |
1962 | L4 | Div. 2 | 38 | 4.57,8 | ||||
DNF | 22 | Volvo 164 |
Joost Byttebier, B Claude Crespin, B |
2978 | L6 | Div. 3 | 47 | 5.06,7 | ||||
DNF | 19 | Citroën SM |
Roger Vanderschrick, B Jacques Hendrickx, B |
2670 | V6 | Div. 3 | 54 | 5.14,0 | ||||
DNF | 45 | Sony Racing Team Ford Escort RS 1600 |
Han Akersloot, NL Dave Brodie, GB |
1840 | L4 | Div. 2 | 15 | 4.34,1 | Out of fuel | |||
DNF | 5 | Holman Blackburn Ford Capri 3000 Gr. 2 |
Holman “Les” Blackburn, GB John Moss, GB |
3000? | V6 | Div. 3 | 35 | 4.54,0 | Differential oil loss | |||
DNF | 81 | Autodelta S.p.A. Alfa Romeo 1300 GTA Junior |
Teodoro Zeccoli, I Massimo Larini, I |
1290 | L4 | Div. 1 | 23 | 4.47,2 | Engine | |||
DNF | 29 | Dutch National Racing Team Opel Commodore GS/E |
Huub Vermeulen, NL Fred Frankenhout, NL |
2490 | L6 | Div. 3 | 37 | 4.65,4 | Reserve/Accident | |||
DNF | 9 | BMW-Alpina BMW 2800 CS |
Helmut Kelleners, D Gerold Pankl, A |
2996 | L6 | Div. 3 | ca. 25 | 4 | 4.09,7 | Con rod | ||
DNF | 67 | BMW 2002 |
Rudy Host ("MacIntosh"), B Claude De Wael, B |
1990 | L4 | Div. 2 | 17 | 4.41,2 | Reserve/Head gasket | |||
DNF | 14 | Camel Yellow Racing Team BMW 2800 CS |
Philippe Toussaint, B Jean-Louis Haxhe, B |
2996 | L6 | Div. 3 | 16 | 4.34,2 | Head gasket | |||
DNF | 31 | Research Consultants Ltd. Chevrolet Camaro Mk 1 |
Terry Sanger, GB Mike Crabtree, GB |
5000 | V8 | Div. 3 | 27 | 4.49,4 | Alternator belt | |||
DNF | 90 | Fernand Neri Fiat 128 coupé 1300 |
Fernand Néri, B Maurice Damseaux, B |
1290 | L4 | Div. 1 | 45 | 5.04,8 | Head gasket | |||
DNF | 91 | Fernand Neri Fiat 128 Rallye |
William Scheeren, B Francis Polak, B |
1290 | L4 | Div. 1 | 56 | 5.18,6 | Head gasket | |||
DNF | 61 | Van Stolle Nissan 2000 GT |
Charles Van Stalle ("Chavan"), B Jean Degey, B |
1998 | L6 | Div. 3 | 55 | 5.16,0 | Head gasket | |||
DNF | 44 | Welcker Performance/Levi’s Ford Escort TC |
Yves Deprez, B Gustaaf "Taf" Witvrouw, B |
1594 | L4 | Div. 2 | 19 | 4.45,1 | Damage after hitting barrier | |||
DNF | 8 | Gulf Opel Transeurope Opel Commodore GS |
Chris Tuerlinx, B Teddy Pilette, B |
2998 | L6 | Div. 3 | ca. 140 | 10 | 4.27,4 | Rocker | ||
DNF | 7 | Gulf Opel Transeurope Opel Commodore GS/E |
Gerry Marshall, GB Paul Joossens, B |
2998 | L6 | Div. 3 | 14 | 4.32,2 | Flywheel | |||
DNF | 85 | NSU 1200 TT |
Jean-Claude Boucher, F Lucien Guitteny, F |
1296 | L4 | Div. 1 | 53 | 5.13,4 | Holed piston | |||
WDN | 98 | Simca Rallye 1 |
J.M. Heilman, B John Vanderheyden, B |
1294 | L4 | Div. 1 | 49 | 5.10,7 | Too slow (?!) | |||
DNQ | 68 | MLG Motors BMW 2002 TI Gr. 1 |
Roger Bell, GB Tony Dron, GB |
1990 | L4 | Div. 2 | 2nd Reserve | |||||
DNQ | 72 | Ford Escort TC |
Dennis Thorne, GB Jenny Dell, GB |
1594 | L4 | Div. 2 | Reserve | |||||
DNQ | 93 | Alfa Romeo 1300 GTA Junior |
Edgar Gillessen, B Emmanuel Remion, B |
1290 | L4 | Div. 1 | Reserve | |||||
DNQ | 28 | Mazda RX-2 |
Jules Gillotay, B Roland De Jamblinne, B |
2 x 491 | R2 | Div. 3 | Reserve | |||||
DNQ | 21 | Chevrolet Camaro |
Robert Eberhard, D Kurt Auer, D |
5000 | V8 | Div. 3 | Reserve | |||||
DNQ | 94 | Alfa Romeo 1300 GTA Junior |
Pierre Rubens, B Bernard Carlier, B |
1290 | L4 | Div. 1 | ||||||
DNQ | 25 | Ford Capri RS 2600 |
Jean-Pierre Morise, F ? D. Pecqueur, F |
2900 | V6 | Div. 3 |
Remarks: King’s cup: Alfa Romeo Spanish TCC coefficient: 12,0