Pole position: Mass in 1.35,0
Fastest lap: Mass in 1.34,8
Distance: 4 hours
Average speed: 152,93 kmh
Weather: overcast but warm
Ruleset: Group 2/70
Car info: 1972 Cars
The tricky Zandvoort track, with its uneven surface and its sand, called for testing before the race - last year, the unbeatable Ford team skipped testing and was promptly defeated by BMW. Apart from the track, the Dutch competitors always showed a form quite unlike their performance on other circuits. The increased pace of the ETCC was demonstrated by Mass, clocking 1.35,4 first than dropping to 1.35,0 , against 1.37,2 for pole in 1971. Soler-Roig and Stommelen (Schnitzer) followed with 1.35,7, the latter one rolling the car in second practice - it was a non-starter for the race. So Hezemans could occupy the front row with 1.35,9. The older second Alpina car was in row 3, after the second Schnitzer car and the private Muir/Miles Capri, who were accused of having more than normal access to Harry Weslake’s engine shops. Next car on the grid was the Dutch BMW coupé, an Alpina car which had all sorts of problems during the Zandvoort national season. Next another two private Capris (the Frami car and Chiotakis’ national championship car) and then the fastest division 2 car, the Escort of Brodie and Berg - which were the only remaining competitive car, the other one (Akersloot’s RS) was a write-off after a crash by Birrell. Division 1 had the normal Autodelta Junior squad in the lead, the fastest Fiat third in class. The race was led initially by Soler-Roig and Mass, closely followed by Hezemans, but after a few laps the designated winner Mass took over, drove a fastest lap of 1.34,8 - faster than practice on near-full tanks) and opened a gap, helped by Soler-Roig who tried to block Hezemans a few laps. Hezemans then passed and left Soler-Roig behind without too much trouble. After two hours, the situation was a little different. In the lead were Glemser, followed by Larrousse, Muir/Miles, Fitzpatrick/Stommelen and Lauda, who after a careful start had fought down the Frami Capri as well as Fitzpatrick, only to tangle with an Alfa Romeo, losing a lap in the process. Hezemans had retired but was destined to take over the Lauda car. Now Stommelen retired, crashing on oil, then disaster struck for Larrousse: ignition failure, out. Mass took over the second car, just in time to get a third of the distance, making the points for position 1 valid. He won in front of Muir/Miles and Lauda/Hezemans. |
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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 | 1 | Ford Köln Ford Capri RS 2600 |
Dieter Glemser, D Alex Soler-Roig, E Jochen Mass, D |
2940 | V6 | Div. 3 | 146 laps, 4:00.11,4 | 2 | 1.35,7 | ||
| 2 | 2 | 4 | Malcolm Gartlan Racing Ford Capri RS 2600 |
Brian Muir, AUS John Miles, GB |
2940 | V6 | Div. 3 | 144 | 5 | 1.36,6 | ||
| 3 | 3 | 12 | BMW-Alpina BMW 2800 CS |
Niki Lauda, A Toine Hezemans, NL Gerold Pankl, A |
2996 | L6 | Div. 3 | 143 | 6 | 1.37,1 | ||
| 4 | 4 | 5 | Team 4711 Sir Irish Moss Ford Capri RS 2600 |
Nico Chiotakis, NL Claude Bourgoignie, B |
2940? | V6 | Div. 3 | 142 | 9 | 1.38,8 | ||
| 5 | 1 | 32 | Autodelta S.p.A. Alfa Romeo 1300 GTA Junior |
Spartaco Dini ("Paco"), I Wim Boshuis, NL |
1290 | L4 | Div. 1 | 134 laps, 4:01.06,2 | 15 | 1.43,9 | ||
| 6 | 2 | 31 | Autodelta S.p.A. Alfa Romeo 1300 GTA Junior |
Massimo Larini, I Vincenzo Cazzago ("Pooky"), I Carlo Facetti, I |
1290 | L4 | Div. 1 | 134 | 21 | 1.45,6 | ||
| 7 | 3 | 33 | Autodelta S.p.A. Alfa Romeo 1300 GTA Junior |
Luigi Colzani, I Vittorio Venturi, I |
1290 | L4 | Div. 1 | 133 | 19 | 1.45,2 | ||
| 8 | 5 | 6 | Ford Capri RS 2600 |
Holman “Les” Blackburn, GB John Moss, GB |
2940? | V6 | Div. 3 | 133 | 24 | 1.47,6 | ||
| 9 | 4 | 42 | Scuderia Filipinetti Fiat 128 coupé 1300 |
Jean-Louis Lafosse, F Bernard Chenevière, CH |
1290 | L4 | Div. 1 | 128/131 | 16 | 1.44,6 | ||
| 10 | 6 | 10 | Luigi/Racing Team Marabout BMW 2800 CS |
Vincent Gaye, B Willy Braillard, B |
2996 | L6 | Div. 3 | 124 | 14 | 1.42,7 | ||
| 11 | 1 | 21 | Fabergé Racing Ford Escort RS 1600 |
Ernst Berg, NL Dave Brodie, GB |
1800? | L4 | Div. 2 | 124 laps, 4:00.18,9 | 10 | 1.39,9 | ||
| 12 | 2 | 28 | Opel Manta 19 SR |
Gerrit de Vries, NL Franz Heine, D |
1900? | L4 | Div. 2 | 123 | 35? | no time? | ||
| 13 | 3 | 26 | Team Radio Veronica Alfa Romeo 2000 GTAm |
Bert Dolk, NL Freek Dudok van Heel, NL |
1985 | L4 | Div. 2 | 123 | 11 | 1.41,6 | ||
| 14 | 5 | 45 | DNR Tuning Daf 55 Marathon |
Dirk van de Pol, NL Rob Janssen, NL |
1148 | L4 | Div. 1 | 121 | 33 | 1.55,8 | ||
| 15 | 6 | 38 | Team London Drinks Alfa Romeo 1300 GTA Junior |
Hans Deen, NL Anton Keizer, NL |
1290 | L4 | Div. 1 | 119 | 22 | 1.46,2 | ||
| 16 | 7 | 46 | AZNP Skoda 120 S |
Jaroslav Bobek, CS Milan Zid, CS |
1299 | L4 | Div. 1 | 119 | 32 | 1.54,4 | ||
| 17 | 8 | 35 | Alfa Romeo Deutschland Alfa Romeo 1300 GTA Junior |
Hans Hessel, D Hartwig Bertrams, D |
1290 | L4 | Div. 1 | 111 | 29 | 1.51,3 | ||
| 18 | 9 | 37 | Gouden Gids Racing Team Alfa Romeo 1300 GTA Junior |
Hennie van der Vliet, NL Hans Kiviet, NL |
1290 | L4 | Div. 1 | 87 | 27 | 1.49,8 | ||
| DNF | 25 | Keiper-Recaro Racing Team Opel Ascona 19 SR |
Karlhorst Müller, D Ekkehard Schimpf, D |
1984 | L4 | Div. 2 | 26 | 1.49,4 | ||||
| DNF | 47 | AZNP Skoda 120 S |
Václav Bobek, CS Oldrich Horsák, CS |
1299 | L4 | Div. 1 | 30 | 1.53,3 | Accident | |||
| DNF | 22 | Orwo Racing Team Ford Escort RS 1600 |
Harrie Geeris, NL Alois Roppes, D |
1800? | L4 | Div. 2 | 36? | no time? | ||||
| DNF | 3 | Kent International Racing Ford Capri RS 2600 |
Jean-Claude Franck, B Chris Craft, GB |
2940 | V6 | Div. 3 | 8 | 1.37,9 | Accident | |||
| DNF | 9 | BMW Belgium/La Précision Liegeoise BMW 2800 CS |
Alain Peltier, B Jean Xhenceval, B |
2996 | L6 | Div. 3 | 12 | 1.42,0 | Gearbox | |||
| DNF | 30 | Autodelta S.p.A. Alfa Romeo 1300 GTA Junior |
Carlo Facetti, I Gianluigi Picchi, I |
1290 | L4 | Div. 1 | 13 | 1.42,2 | Blown engine | |||
| DNF | 34 | Alfa Romeo Deutschland Alfa Romeo 1300 GTA Junior |
Dieter Gleich, D Dieter Weizinger, D |
1290 | L4 | Div. 1 | 17 | 1.44,7 | Accident | |||
| DNF | 44 | STAR Daf 55 Marathon |
Han Tjan, NL Wim Luijbrechts, NL |
1148 | L4 | Div. 3 | 34 | 1.56,5 | ||||
| DNF | 36 | Team ELF SRT Holland Alfa Romeo 1300 GTA Junior |
Jan van der Pol, NL Henri van Oorschot, NL |
1290 | L4 | Div. 1 | 25 | 1.48,9 | ||||
| DNF | 49 | NSU 1200 TT |
Peter Wisskirchen, D Henk Wagenaar Hummelinck, NL |
1289 | L4 | Div. 1 | 31 | 1.54,2 | Lost wheel | |||
| DNF | 41 | Scuderia Filipinetti Fiat 128 coupé 1300 |
Walter Dona, I Umberto Grano, I |
1290 | L4 | Div. 1 | 18 | 1.44,9 | Head gasket | |||
| DNF | 43 | Scuderia Filipinetti Fiat 128 Rallye |
Mario Radicella, I Gérard Pillon, CH |
1290 | L4 | Div. 1 | 23 | 1.47,3 | Head gasket | |||
| DNF | 39 | Team Radio Veronica Fiat 128 coupé 1300 |
Ton Strous, NL Rob Dijkstra, NL |
1290 | L4 | Div. 1 | 20 | 1.45,2 | Blown engine | |||
| DNF | 14 | Alimpo BMW 2800 CS |
Rob Slotemaker, NL Helmut Kelleners, D |
2996 | L6 | Div. 3 | 7 | 1.37,7 | Engine | |||
| DNF | 7 | Team Schnitzer Motul BMW 2800 CS |
Rolf Stommelen, D John Fitzpatrick, GB |
2996 | L6 | Div. 3 | 4 | 1.36,6 | Accident | |||
| DNF | 2 | Ford Köln Ford Capri RS 2600 |
Jochen Mass, D Gérard Larrousse, F |
2940 | V6 | Div. 3 | 1 | 1.35,0 | Ignition | |||
| DNF | 11 | BMW-Alpina BMW 2800 CS |
Toine Hezemans, NL Jean-Pierre Beltoise, F |
2996 | L6 | Div. 3 | ca. 35 | 3 | 1.35,9 | Rear axle | ||
| DNF | 48 | BMC Mini Cooper S |
Tanny Boissevain, NL Gerard Schuiten, NL |
1293 | L4 | Div. 1 | 28 | 1.50,9 | ||||
| DNS | 20 | Sony Racing Team Ford Escort RS 1600 |
Gerry Birrell, GB Han Akersloot, NL Dave Matthews, GB |
1800? | L4 | Div. 2 | 1.38,0 | Accident in practice | ||||
| DNS | 8 | Team Schnitzer Motul BMW 2800 CS |
Rolf Stommelen, D Hans Heyer, D Gijs van Lennep, NL |
2996 | L6 | Div. 3 | 1.35,7 | Accident in practice | ||||
Remarks: Spanish TCC coefficient: 11,4