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Dijon 4 hours

Dijon, France

Date: 16/4/1978
Track length: 3.800 m
Attendance:
Entries accepted: 23
Starters: 22
Finishers: 16, 16 classified

Pole position: Hezemans in 1.20,4 = 170,149 kmh
Fastest lap: Hezemans in 1.21,7 = 167,442 kmh

Distance: 4 hours
Average speed: 159,930 kmh
Weather: Cold and cloudy
Ruleset: Group 1-5/76
Car info: 1978 Cars

 

Since Loos already had three victories in 1978 (Daytona, Zolder, Mugello) it was time for Kremer to strike back. And so they did.
Since the oil consumption of the twin turbo was a problem for all new cars, Kremer used last years’ single turbo version.
Snowfall (!) during practice made things a little uneasy, a hastily added practice on Sunday morning brought pole to the Loos stable, two blown engines the price for his prestige. The race was shortened to four hours.
Wollek took the lead after the start, but Hezemans was a little quicker. Fitzpatrick had to pit early, and after Ludwig had taken over from Hezemans, over a minute in front, disaster struck with a broken rear suspension and a broken half shaft soon after. Hezemans took over the Fitzpatrick car, but the car never recovered from the early stop.


Overall result
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 Porsche Kremer
Porsche 935
Bob Wollek, F
Henri Pescarolo, F
2994 tc B6 Group 5/Div. 2 169 laps, 4:00.55,85 2 1.20,46    
2 2 5 Weisberg Gelo Team
Porsche 935-77A
John Fitzpatrick, GB
Hans Heyer, D
Toine Hezemans, NL
2857 tc B6 Group 5/Div. 2 166 3 1.21,15    
3 1 21 BMW Italia
BMW 320
Giorgio Francia, I
Eddie Cheever, USA
1994 L4 Group 5/Div. 1 165 11 1.25,69    
4 2 23 BMW Sweden
BMW 320
Bo Emanuelsson, S
Ingvar Carlsson, S
1994 L4 Group 5/Div. 1 165 9 1.24,88    
5 3 9 Henri Cachia
Porsche 935
Jean-Louis Lafosse, F
Claude Ballot-Léna, F
2857 tc B6 Group 5/Div. 2 162 8 1.24,54    
6 4 3 Porsche Kremer
Porsche 935-77A
Dieter Schornstein, D
Louis Krages ("John Winter"), D
Dieter Schornstein, D
2994 tc B6 Group 5/Div. 2 157 7 1.23,94    
7 3 24 BMW Schweiz
BMW 320
Marc Surer, CH
Freddy Kottulinsky, S
1994 L4 Group 5/Div. 1 151 6 1.23,81    
8 5/1 31  
Porsche 934
Angelo Pallavicini, CH
Peter Bernhard, CH
Enzo Calderari, CH
2993 tc B6 Group 4/Div. 2 149 16 1.34,34    
9 6/2 36  
Porsche 934
Kurt Simonsen, S
Kenneth Leim, S
2993 tc B6 Group 4/Div. 2 147 19 1.35,63    
10 7 12  
Porsche 935
Wolfgang Kauwertz, D
Klaus Drees, D
Peter Hähnlein, D
2857 tc B6 Group 5/Div. 2 146 15 1.34,01    
11 8/3 39  
Porsche 934
Christian Bussi, F
André Gahinet ("Segolen"), F
Bernard Salam, F
2993 tc B6 Group 4/Div. 2 146 18 1.34,96    
12 9/4 34 Henri Cachia
Porsche Carrera RSR
Georges Bourdillat, F
Alain-Michel Bernard, F
2994 B6 Group 4/Div. 2 146 17 1.34,85    
13 4 20 Faltz-Alpina Essen/BMW Belgium
BMW 320
Harald Grohs, D
Patrick Nève, B
1994 L4 Group 5/Div. 1 143 5 1.23,45    
14 10/5 30 Heinz Schiller
Porsche 934
Gerard Vial, CH
Antoine Salamin, CH
2993 tc B6 Group 4/Div. 2 137 21 1.36,27    
15 11/6 37  
Porsche Carrera RSR
Anny-Charlotte Verney, F
Hubert Striebig, F
2994 B6 Group 4/Div. 2 133 20 1.35,74    
16 12/7 38 Max Moritz Racing Team
Porsche 934
Edgar Dören, D
Gerhard Holup, D
2993 tc B6 Group 4/Div. 2 119 13 1.29,93    
DNF   4 Heinz Schiller
Porsche 935
Claude Haldi, CH
Herbert Müller, CH
2857 tc B6 Group 5/Div. 2 143 10 1.25,3   Oil seal
DNF   6 Weisberg Gelo Team
Porsche 935-77A
Toine Hezemans, NL
Klaus Ludwig, D
2994? tc B6 Group 5/Div. 2 101 1 1.20,44 1.21,7 Driveshaft
DNF   32  
Porsche 934
Eberhard Sindel, D
Preben Kristoffersen, DK
2993 tc B6 Group 4/Div. 2 88 22 1.36,54   Turbocharger
DNF   25 Faltz-Alpina Essen/BMW Austria+UK
BMW 320
Dieter Quester, A
Tom Walkinshaw, GB
1994 L4 Group 5/Div. 1 81 12 1.26,01   Engine
DNF   11 Carlo Noce
Porsche 935
Mario Casoni, I
Dino Mallet, I
2857 tc B6 Group 5/Div. 2 31 14 1.30,47   Turbocharger
DNF   8 Konrad Racing
Porsche 935
Franz Konrad, A
Volkert Merl, D
2857 tc B6 Group 5/Div. 2 30 4 1.22,73   Head gasket
DNS   33 Basilea
Porsche 934
Peter Zbinden, CH
Edy Kofel, CH
2993 tc B6 Group 4/Div. 2   23 3.12,73