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500 km do Estoril

Autodromo do Estoril, Portugal

Date: 28/5/1978
Track length: 4.350 m
Attendance: unknown
Entries accepted: unknown
Starters: unknown
Finishers: unknown

Pole position: Facetti/Finotto
Fastest lap: Facetti in 1.52,46 = 139,249 kmh

Distance: 500 km
Average speed: 130,737 kmh
Weather:
Ruleset: Group 2/76
Car info: 1978 Cars

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In Estoril, things were more or less the same as last race; the Luigi/BMW Italia car of Grano and Xhenceval won the race after Facetti/Finotto suffered more bad luck with a slipping clutch and overheating problems. Bergmeister and Siegrist finished second overall (we were getting used to this) but a fourth overall for a humble Fiat 128 was more than a decent championship could bear - even with Lella Lombardi behind the wheel.
On the Spanish front, much irritation was caused by Chrysler España, who tried to get the winning Seats robbed of any points after their own cars had retired; FIA regulations stated that cars had to cover 90% of the distance of the winner to get points, the Spanish rules named 70%. It was in vain, Chrysler could forget the championship after only three rounds.

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 24 Luigi/BMW Italia
BMW 3.0 CSL		 Umberto Grano, I
Tom Walkinshaw, GB
 3196 L6 Div. 5 115 laps in 3:49.34,9        
2 1   VW Motorsport
VW Scirocco		 Willi Bergmeister, D
Jörg Siegrist, CH
 1596 L4 Div. 2 111        
3 1   Racing Corporation Vienna
BMW 530i		 Heribert Werginz, A
Harald Neger, A
Roman Loibnegger, A
 2985 L6 Div. 4 109        
4 1   Jolly Club
Fiat 128 coupé 1300		 Lella Lombardi, I
Carlo Giani, I
 1290 L4 Div. 1 106        
5 2    
Alfa Romeo Alfasud Sprint		 Richard Mattozza, B
Jacques Berger, B
 1299 B4 Div. 1 104        
6 2    
VW Scirocco		 Drago Regvart, YU
Dagmar Suster, YU
 1596 L4 Div. 2 101        
7 1    
Seat 1430 FU 1800		 Manuel Juncosa, E
Hansi Bäbler, E
 1756 L4 Div. 3 100        
8 2    
Seat 1430 FU 1800		 Emilio Duran, E
Manuel Sanjurjo, E
 1756 L4 Div. 3 98        
NRF 3 5 VW Motorsport
VW Scirocco		 Anton Stocker, CH
Walter Brun, CH
 1596 L4 Div. 2 96       Wheel hub
10 3    
BMW 2002		 Amarac
Oliveira Simões, P
 1990 L4 Div. 3 94        
CL      
Chrysler 2L		 Juan Carlos Oñoro, E
Eugenio Ortiz ("Genito"), E
 1998 L4 Div. 3         Driveshaft
DNF   25 Luigi Racing
BMW 3.0 CSL		 Eddy Joosen, B
Raymond Van Hove, B
 3196 L6 Div. 5 68       Accident
DNF   26 Jolly Club Milano
BMW 3.0 CSL		 Martino Finotto, I
Carlo Facetti, I
 3171 L6 Div. 5 66 1   1.52,46 Clutch, suspension
DNF      
Chrysler 2L		 Jaime Sanz de Madrid, E
Juan José Sanz de Madrid, E
 1998 L4 Div. 3          
DNF      
Simca E 1000 Rallye		 Ignacio Mut, E
Arturo de Onis, E
 1294 L4 Div. 1          
DNF     Chrysler España S.A.
Chrysler 2L		 Carlos Martinez Peñacoba, E
Santiago Martin Cantero, E
 1998 L4 Div. 3          

Group 1 Spanish TCC
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    
Seat 1430 FU 1800		 Manuel Sanjurjo, E
 1756 L4 Group 1          
3 3    
Seat 1430 FU 1800		 Carlos Jódar, E
 1756 L4 Group 1          
4 4    
Seat 1430 FU 1800		 Ricardo García Galiano, E
 1756 L4 Group 1          
  7?    
Seat 127		 Enrique Zorzano, E
 903 L4 Group 1 1000