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Brands Hatch

Brands Hatch International Circuit, Kent, Great-Britain

Date: 12/3/1978
Track length: 4.207 m
Attendance: 7.000
Entries accepted: 33
Starters: 28
Finishers: 16

Pole position: Facetti in 1.35,63
Fastest lap: Facetti in 1.36,61 = 156,730 kmh

Distance: 500 km/120 laps
Average speed: 136,430 kmh
Weather:
Ruleset: Group 2/76
Car info: 1978 Cars

 

The first round of the 1978 ETCC promised to be even duller than your average 1977 race; Jaguar and Alpina had pulled the plug, so a handful of privateers remained, spiced with local entrants which in the worst case (like here) did not have a national Group 2 championship and therefore could offer little else than some Group 1B machinery.
Of the 4 BMWs entered, two did not even start since their complete engine stock was used in practice. The other two were a Luigi car, entered by BMW Italia for Walkinshaw/Grano, and last years’ Alpina car, sold to Finotto who shared with Facetti. The latter was the quickest car, but hopeless pit stops saw the Luigi car closer and closer, and in the final stint Walkinshaw took over the lead just three laps before the end.
The 1600 cc class was the most interesting, with Scirocco’s fighting for the class lead. Bergmeister/Siegrist had a broken half shaft, which was changed in a staggering 5 minutes, but it was not enough: Lloyd/Stocker had passed and won the class.


Division 1-5
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 Luigi/BMW Italia
BMW 3.0 CSL
Tom Walkinshaw, GB
Umberto Grano, I
3196 L6 Div. 5 120 laps, 3:41.59,90 3 1.37,01    
2 2 3 Jolly Club Milano
BMW 3.0 CSL
Carlo Facetti, I
Martino Finotto, I
3171 L6 Div. 5 120 laps, 3:42.00,92 1 1.35,63 1.36,61  
3 1 42 VW Motorsport
VW Scirocco
Anton Stocker, CH
Richard Lloyd, GB
1596 L4 Div. 2 110 5 1.42,92    
4 2 41 VW Motorsport
VW Scirocco
Willi Bergmeister, D
Jörg Siegrist, CH
1596 L4 Div. 2 110 4 1.42,79    
5 1 33 Eggenberger Motorsport
BMW 320
Kurt König, D
Heinz Weltrowski, D
1998 L4 Div. 3 109 7 1.44,40    
6 3 5 Think Automotive
Chevrolet Camaro
Tony Dron, GB
Jac Nelleman, DK
  V8 Div. 5 109 13 1.46,14    
7 1 17 Nu-Luxe Foam
Ford Capri II 3.0S
Jeff Allam, GB
Stuart Patterson, GB
2993 V6 Div. 4 107 16 1.47,33    
8 1 55 Jolly Club
Fiat 128 coupé 1300
Lella Lombardi, I
Carlo Giani, I
1290 L4 Div. 1 105 18 1.49,31    
9 2 51  
Alfa Romeo Alfasud Sprint
Guy Deladrière, B
Richard Mattozza, B
1299 B4 Div. 1 105 26 1.53,23    
10 2 21 Altham Travel
Vauxhall Firenza Magnum 2300
Barrie Williams, GB
Jock Robertson, GB
2279 L4 Div. 4 105 21 1.50,29    
11 3 22  
Opel Commodore GS/E
Wolfgang Dackweiler, D
Axel Sonntag, D
2784 L6 Div. 4 103 23 1.51,12    
12 3 46 Ronnie Scotts Club
Ford Escort II Sport
Pete King, GB
John Waterman, GB
Dave McPherson, GB
1594 L4 Div. 2 102 27 1.57,15    
13 2? 36 Napolina Alfa Romeo Dealer Team
Alfa Romeo Alfetta GTV
Jon Dooley, GB
Rex Greenslade, GB
1962 L4 Div. 2 101 19 1.49,45    
14 4 44  
VW Scirocco
Drago Regvart, YU
Dagmar Suster, YU
1596 L4 Div. 2 100 20 1.49,70    
NC? 3 53  
Skoda 130 RS
Milan Zapadlo, CS
Josef Michl, CS
(Susan Tucker-Peak, GB)
1298 L4 Div. 1   22 1.50,92   Broken cam
NC   11  
Mazda RX-2
John Markey, GB
David Palmer, GB
2 x 491 R2 Div. 4   24 1.52,08   Unsuitable tyres
    15  
Ford Capri II 3.0S
Norris Miles, NZ
Gordon Miles, NZ
2993 V6 Div. 4   17 1.48,98    
DNF?      
BMW 320
Robert Lang, YU
Goran Strok, YU
1998 L4 Div. 3   30 3.36,80   Persistent misfire
DNF   43 TL Racing AB
VW Scirocco
Thomas Lindström, S
Bengt Winqvist, S
1596 L4 Div. 2   8 1.44,83   Blown engine
DNF   16 Equipe Esso
Ford Capri II 3.0S
Vince Woodman, GB
Jonathan Buncombe, GB
2993 V6 Div. 4 107 9 1.45,22   Accident damage
DNF   35  
BMW 2002 TII
Dieter Hegels, D
Wolfgang Sander, D
1990 L4 Div. 3   10 1.45,65   Accident
DNF   18 Gordon Spice Racing
Ford Capri II 3.0S
Gordon Spice, GB
Chris Craft, GB
2993 V6 Div. 4   11 1.45,78   Accident damage
DNF   31  
BMW 320
Dieter Kindlmann, D
Ludwig Linder, D
1990 L4 Div. 3   12 1.45,81   Differential
DNF   12 Mann’s Garage
Ford Capri II 3.0S Gr. 2
Brian Robinson, GB
Holman “Les” Blackburn, GB
2993 V6 Div. 4   14 1.46,23   Head gasket
DNF   34 IFM Efector
BMW 2002 TII
Rolf Rummel, D
Karl-Heinz Hintz, D
1990 L4 Div. 3   15 1.46,76   Engine
DNF   54  
Skoda 130 RS
Milan Zid, CS
Jaroslav Bobek, CS
1298 L4 Div. 1 60? 29 1.57,50   Engine
DNF   52  
Alfa Romeo Alfasud Sprint
Harry Schultze, D
Walter Dona, I
1299 B4 Div. 1   25 1.52,22   Gearbox or engine
DNF   56  
Datsun Cherry 120A
Oscar Kessler, B
André Hardy, B
ca. 1300 L4 Div. 1   28 1.57,37    
DNS   4  
BMW 3.0 CSL
Eddy Joosen, B
Raymond Van Hove, B
3196 L6 Div. 5   6 1.43,41   Engine
DNS   2 Luigi Racing
BMW 3.0 CSL
Jean Xhenceval, B
(Pierre Dieudonné, B)
3196 L6 Div. 5   2 1.36,95   Engine