Pole position: Moutinho/Santos?
Fastest lap:
Distance: 70 laps
Average speed:
Weather: Sunny
Ruleset: Group 1B/76
Car info: 1976 Cars
The Portuguese Pedro Cortez and Domingos Sa Nogueira won the first round of the Trophée de l’Avenir which took place in Estoril. The race was disappointing, since there were no entries from abroad. This was caused by the late publication of the regulations and the difficulties the Portuguese Automobile Club had in contacting foreign drivers involved, like Reine Wisell and his Camaro. 21 cars took part in the practice sessions, Moutinho-Santos fastest of the first but then in practice 2 the gearbox broke and they couldn’t start. In the race, the lead changed a couple of times but in the end the Opel came out on top. |
Overall result
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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 | 33 | Opel Commodore GS/E |
Pedro Cortés, P Domingos Sá Nogueira, P |
2784 | L6 | +2000 | 70 laps | 2? | |||
2 | 1 | 23 | Alfa Romeo 2000 GTV |
Carlos Bello, P Bernardo Sá Nogueira, P |
1962 | L4 | 2000 | 70 laps | ||||
3 | 2 | 31 | Opel Commodore GS |
Fernando Carvalho, P Miguel Correia, P |
2490 | L6 | +2000 | 70 laps | ||||
4 | 1 | 8 | Alfa Romeo 1300 GT Junior |
João Carlos Ferreira, P Oliveira Simões, P |
1290 | L4 | 1300 | 68 | ||||
5 | 2? | Opel Ascona |
Leitao Breyner |
1897? | L4 | 2000 | 68 | |||||
1 | Audi 80 GTE |
Anton Konrad, D Hans-Joachim Nowak, D |
1588 | L4 | 1600 | |||||||
32 | Ford Capri 3000 GT |
José Meireles, P Aguiar Ramos, P |
2993 | V6 | +2000 | |||||||
2 | Volvo Portugal Daf 66 |
Luís Pinto de Freitas, P Camilio Figueiredo, P |
1289? | L4 | 1300 | |||||||
DNF | 29 | Opel Commodore GS/E |
Clemente "Kiko" Ribeiro da Silva, P Edgar Fortes, P |
2784 | L6 | +2000 | Gearbox | |||||
DNS | Opel Commodore GS/E |
Joaquim Moutinho, P Artur Santos, P |
2784? | L6 | +2000 | 1? | Gearbox in practice |