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Dijon 6 hours

Dijon, France

Date: 4/9/1976
Track length: 3.289 m
Attendance:
Entries accepted: 30
Starters: 20
Finishers: 15, 15 classified

Pole position: Peterson in 1.05,23 = 181,518 kmh
Fastest lap: Ickx in 1.06,84 = 177,145 kmh

Distance: 6 hours
Average speed: 169,932 kmh
Weather: Drying
Ruleset: Group 1-5/76
Car info: 1976 Cars

The Grand Final of the championship took place at the tiny circuit of Dijon. The entry was for both BMW and Porsche optimal: BMW finally bought the turbo car and its 3 atmospheric sisters, Porsche had two works cars and the Kremer car, with a flat nose for the first time. Besides them there were modified group 4 cars for Evertz and Haldi.
The turbo BMW was fastest in practice, the car now sporting a reinforced differential, gearbox and half shafts. Martini Porsche took second and third on the grid, followed by the Kremer car.
The Stella-painted BMW took the lead and reduced turbo pressure until Ickx could just follow but nothing more. Then a big bang: the differential exploded, the the fight was over. Four Porsches in front, behind them the remaining BMW’s, of which the Faltz car had to pit with a broken rear suspension.
Leaders Stommelen and Schurti had a pit stop with brake troubles and dropped to third, behind Ickx/Mass and the Kremer car.
But Porsche was world champion.

Group 5

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 Martini Racing
Porsche 935 Jacky Ickx, B
Jochen Mass, D
2857 tc B6 Div. 3 311 laps 2 1.05,73 1.06,84

2 2 5 Vaillant Kremer Team
Porsche 935 Kremer Bob Wollek, F
Hans Heyer, D
2857 tc B6 Div. 3 310 4 1.07,25

3 3 3 Martini Racing
Porsche 935 Manfred Schurti, FL
Rolf Stommelen, D
2857 tc B6 Div. 3 304 3 1.06,17

4 4 9 Egon Evertz KG Solingen
Porsche 934/5 Leo Kinnunen, SF
Egon Evertz, D
2993 tc B6 Div. 3 301 6 1.09,41

5 5 11 Audio - Vision Rister S.A.
Porsche 934/5 Claude Haldi, CH
Herbert Müller, CH
2993 tc B6 Div. 3 298 7 1.09,72

6 6 27 Team Schnitzer
BMW 3.5 CSL Dieter Quester, A
Albrecht Krebs, D
Ronnie Peterson, S
3498 L6 Div. 3 297 9 1.10,09

7 7 25 Hermetite Products
BMW 3.5 CSL John Fitzpatrick, GB
Tom Walkinshaw, GB
3498 L6 Div. 3 297 8 1.10,01

8 8 7 Vaillant Kremer Team
Porsche 934 Jürgen Barth, D
Reinhold Jöst, D
Bob Wollek, F
2993 tc B6 Div. 3 GT 290 11 1.11,74

9 9 23 Faltz-Alpina Essen
BMW 3.5 CSL Harald Grohs, D
Gunnar Nilsson, S
Alain Peltier, B
3498 L6 Div. 3 287 5 1.08,60

10 10 41
Porsche 934/5 Eberhard Sindel, D
Günther Steckkönig, D
2993 tc B6 Div. 3 286 12 1.11,92

11 11 61 A.S.A. Cachia
Porsche 934 Claude Ballot-Léna, F
Jacques Borras, F
2993 tc B6 Div. 3 GT 279 15 1.13,92

12 1 65
Porsche Carrera RSR Kurt Simonsen, S
Kenneth Leim, S
2994 B6 Div. 2 276 18 1.15,88

13 12 15 Heinz Schiller
Porsche 934/5 Florian Vetsch, CH
Peter Zbinden, CH
2993 tc B6 Div. 3 267 16 1.14,06

14 2 51
Porsche Carrera RSR William Vollery, CH
Jean-Pierre Aeschlimann, CH
Jean-Louis Lafosse, F
2994 B6 Div. 2 266 20 1.16,97

15 3 43
Porsche Carrera RSR Georges Bourdillat, F
Joël Laplacette, F
2994 B6 Div. 2 GT 265 21 1.18,53

DNF 31 Bourgogne
BMW 3.0 CSL Jean-Claude Justice, F
Rémy Julienne, F
François Migault, F
3498? L6 Div. 3 233 13 1.12,06

DNF 49
Porsche 934 Angelino Lepri, I
Girolamo Capra, I
Gabriele Gottifredi, I
2993 tc B6 Div. 3 GT 182 19 1.16,57 Accident

DNF 47
Porsche 934/5 Jean-Louis Chateau, F
Michel Seban, F
2993 tc B6 Div. 3 178 10 1.11,58 Exhaust

DNF 63 Louis Meznarie
Porsche Carrera RSR Anny-Charlotte Verney, F
Hubert Striebig, F
2994 B6 Div. 2 45 17 1.15,55 Clutch

DNF 21 BMW Motorsport
BMW 3.5 CSL turbo Ronnie Peterson, S
(Gunnar Nilsson, S)
3498 tc L6 Div. 3 33 1 1.05,23 Driveshaft

DNS 39 Brescia Corse
De Tomaso Pantera Maurizio Micangeli, I
Carlo Pietromarchi, I
5763 V8 Div. 3 14 1.13,70 Illegal windshield

Group 5
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	Martini Racing Porsche 935	Jacky Ickx, B Jochen Mass, D	2857 tc	B6	Div. 3	311 laps	2	1.05,73	1.06,84
2	2	5	Vaillant Kremer Team Porsche 935 Kremer	Bob Wollek, F Hans Heyer, D	2857 tc	B6	Div. 3	310	4	1.07,25
3	3	3	Martini Racing Porsche 935	Manfred Schurti, FL Rolf Stommelen, D	2857 tc	B6	Div. 3	304	3	1.06,17
4	4	9	Egon Evertz KG Solingen Porsche 934/5	Leo Kinnunen, SF Egon Evertz, D	2993 tc	B6	Div. 3	301	6	1.09,41
5	5	11	Audio - Vision Rister S.A. Porsche 934/5	Claude Haldi, CH Herbert Müller, CH	2993 tc	B6	Div. 3	298	7	1.09,72
6	6	27	Team Schnitzer BMW 3.5 CSL	Dieter Quester, A Albrecht Krebs, D Ronnie Peterson, S	3498	L6	Div. 3	297	9	1.10,09
7	7	25	Hermetite Products BMW 3.5 CSL	John Fitzpatrick, GB Tom Walkinshaw, GB	3498	L6	Div. 3	297	8	1.10,01
8	8	7	Vaillant Kremer Team Porsche 934	Jürgen Barth, D Reinhold Jöst, D Bob Wollek, F	2993 tc	B6	Div. 3 GT	290	11	1.11,74
9	9	23	Faltz-Alpina Essen BMW 3.5 CSL	Harald Grohs, D Gunnar Nilsson, S Alain Peltier, B	3498	L6	Div. 3	287	5	1.08,60
10	10	41	Porsche 934/5	Eberhard Sindel, D Günther Steckkönig, D	2993 tc	B6	Div. 3	286	12	1.11,92
11	11	61	A.S.A. Cachia Porsche 934	Claude Ballot-Léna, F Jacques Borras, F	2993 tc	B6	Div. 3 GT	279	15	1.13,92
12	1	65	Porsche Carrera RSR	Kurt Simonsen, S Kenneth Leim, S	2994	B6	Div. 2	276	18	1.15,88
13	12	15	Heinz Schiller Porsche 934/5	Florian Vetsch, CH Peter Zbinden, CH	2993 tc	B6	Div. 3	267	16	1.14,06
14	2	51	Porsche Carrera RSR	William Vollery, CH Jean-Pierre Aeschlimann, CH Jean-Louis Lafosse, F	2994	B6	Div. 2	266	20	1.16,97
15	3	43	Porsche Carrera RSR	Georges Bourdillat, F Joël Laplacette, F	2994	B6	Div. 2 GT	265	21	1.18,53
DNF		31	Bourgogne BMW 3.0 CSL	Jean-Claude Justice, F Rémy Julienne, F François Migault, F	3498?	L6	Div. 3	233	13	1.12,06
DNF		49	Porsche 934	Angelino Lepri, I Girolamo Capra, I Gabriele Gottifredi, I	2993 tc	B6	Div. 3 GT	182	19	1.16,57		Accident
DNF		47	Porsche 934/5	Jean-Louis Chateau, F Michel Seban, F	2993 tc	B6	Div. 3	178	10	1.11,58		Exhaust
DNF		63	Louis Meznarie Porsche Carrera RSR	Anny-Charlotte Verney, F Hubert Striebig, F	2994	B6	Div. 2	45	17	1.15,55		Clutch
DNF		21	BMW Motorsport BMW 3.5 CSL turbo	Ronnie Peterson, S (Gunnar Nilsson, S)	3498 tc	L6	Div. 3	33	1	1.05,23		Driveshaft
DNS		39	Brescia Corse De Tomaso Pantera	Maurizio Micangeli, I Carlo Pietromarchi, I	5763	V8	Div. 3		14	1.13,70		Illegal windshield