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Silverstone 6 Hours

Silverstone, Northampton, Great-Britain

Date: 14/5/1978
Track length: 4.719 m
Attendance:
Entries accepted: 42
Starters: 27
Finishers: 15

Pole position: Ickx in 1.22,38 = 206,202 kmh
Fastest lap:

Distance: 6 hours
Average speed: 184,937 kmh
Weather: Light rain, later dry
Ruleset: Group 1-5/76
Car info: 1978 Cars

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The championship continued in Britain, where there at least was some excitement about the new “Moby Dick” Porsche. It looked cool and was placed on pole; thereafter it dominated the race.
Another pleasant surprise was that the turbo BMW stayed together for 4,5 hours, before an oil leak of the rear axle spoilt its fine battle with three Loos Porsches and one Kremer. The latter finished second overall, since the Loos armada all retired. Third overall was the 2-litre BMW of Grohs/Joosen.


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 1 Martini Racing
Porsche 935-78
Jochen Mass, D
Jacky Ickx, B
3211 tc B6 Group 5/Div. 2 236 laps 1 1.22,38    
2 2 8 Porsche Kremer
Porsche 935-77A
Bob Wollek, F
Henri Pescarolo, F
2994 tc B6 Group 5/Div. 2 229 3 1.24,29    
3 1 53 Faltz-Alpina Essen/BMW Belgium
BMW 320
Harald Grohs, D
Eddy Joosen, B
1990 L4 Group 5/Div. 1 220 15 1.30,76    
4 2 54 BMW Schweiz
BMW 320
Freddy Kottulinsky, S
Markus Hotz, CH
1990 L4 Group 5/Div. 1 220 17 1.32,50    
5 3 9 Porsche Kremer
Porsche 935
Dieter Schornstein, D
Louis Krages ("John Winter"), D
Bob Wollek, F
2857 tc B6 Group 5/Div. 2 219 8 1.26,81    
6 4 12 Konrad Racing
Porsche 935
Franz Konrad, A
Volkert Merl, D
2857 tc B6 Group 5/Div. 2 203 7 1.26,80    
7 5/1 25 Wrangler Racing Team
Porsche 934
Eberhard Sindel, D
Preben Kristoffersen, DK
2993 tc B6 Group 4/Div. 2 198 20 1.39,37    
8 6/2 24 Pallvano Corse
Porsche 934
Angelo Pallavicini, CH
Peter Bernhard, CH
2993 tc B6 Group 4/Div. 2 195 23 1.41,84    
9 7/3 31  
Porsche Carrera RSR
Martin Raymond, GB
Simon Phillips, GB
John Beasley, GB
2994 B6 Group 4/Div. 2 191 21 1.40,59    
10 8/4 32 Charles Ivey
Porsche Carrera RSR
Bob Neville, GB
Tony Wingrove, GB
Pete Lovett, GB
2994 B6 Group 4/Div. 2 190 28 1.43,64    
11 3 70 Västkust-Stugan
Porsche Carrera 2.0
Kurt Simonsen, S
Jan Lundgårdh, S
1991 B6 Group 5/Div. 1 187 26 1.43,02    
12 9/5 35 A.S.A. Cachia
Porsche Carrera RSR
Georges Bourdillat, F
Alain-Michel Bernard, F
2994 B6 Group 4/Div. 2 184 29 1.44,87    
13 10/1 41  
Ford Capri II 3.0S
Dave Brodie, GB
Dave Matthews, GB
2993 V6 Touring/Div. 2 183 30 1.45,21    
14 11 17  
Porsche 935
Mike Franey, GB
Klaus Drees, D
2857 tc B6 Group 5/Div. 2 183 14 1.30,59    
15 12/6 22  
Porsche 934
Kenneth Leim, S
Lella Lombardi, I
2993 tc B6 Group 4/Div. 2 178 22 1.41,08    
DNF   5 Weisberg Gelo Team
Porsche 935-77A
Toine Hezemans, NL
Hans Heyer, D
John Fitzpatrick, GB
2994 tc B6 Group 5/Div. 2 178 5 1.24,33    
DNF   38 BMW Motorsport GmbH
BMW 320 Turbo 2.1
Ronnie Peterson, S
Hans-Joachim Stuck, D
2100 tc L4 Group 5/Div. 2 150 6 1.25,86   Rear axle
DNF   28 Meccarillos Racing Team
Porsche 934
Jacques Guérin, F
Jean-Pierre Delaunay, F
(Claude Haldi, CH)
2993 tc B6 Group 4/Div. 2 140 24 1.42,41   Spin
DNF   6 Weisberg Gelo Team
Porsche 935-77A
Klaus Ludwig, D
Derek Bell, GB
Hans Heyer, D
2994 tc B6 Group 5/Div. 2 111 4 1.24,32   Wheel
DNF   4 Weisberg Gelo Team
Porsche 935-77A
John Fitzpatrick, GB
Toine Hezemans, NL
2994 tc B6 Group 5/Div. 2 95 2 1.23,98   Accident
DNF   55 BMW Italia
BMW 320
Giorgio Francia, I
Umberto Grano, I
1994 L4 Group 5/Div. 1 95 13 1.30,30   Accident
DNF   15 Meccarillos Racing Team
Porsche 935
Claude Haldi, CH
Herbert Müller, CH
2857 tc B6 Group 5/Div. 2 66 10 1.28,63   Bodywork
DNF   23 Max Moritz Racing Team
Porsche 934
Edgar Dören, D
Gerhard Holup, D
2993 tc B6 Group 4/Div. 2 55 19 1.35,68   Accident
DNF   60 Carters Bros. (Rochdale) Ltd.
Lotus Elan
Jon Fletcher, GB
Barrie Williams, GB
1594 L4 Group 4/Div. 1 41 27 1.43,27   Engine
DNF   51 BMW Sweden
BMW 320
Bo Emanuelsson, S
Ingvar Carlsson, S
1990 L4 Group 5/Div. 1 30 16 1.31,54   Accident
DNF   14 Jolly Club
Porsche 935
Carlo Facetti, I
Martino Finotto, I
2857 tc B6 Group 5/Div. 2 24 9 1.28,06   Wheel
DNF   16 A.S.A. Cachia
Porsche 935
Jean-Louis Lafosse, F
Michel Leclère, F
2857 tc B6 Group 5/Div. 2 24 12 1.29,01   Wheel
DNS   11 Konrad Racing
Porsche 935
Franz Konrad, A
Volkert Merl, D
2857 tc B6 Group 5/Div. 2   11 1.28,66   Withdrawn
DNS   52 Faltz-Alpina Essen/BMW Austria+UK
BMW 320
Dieter Quester, A
Tom Walkinshaw, GB
1990 L4 Group 5/Div. 1   18 1.33,65   Accident
DNS   42  
Ford Capri III 3.0S
? Holman “Les” Blackburn, GB
Brian Robinson, GB
Stuart Rolt, GB
Jeremy Nightingale, GB
2993 V6 Touring/Div. 2   25 1.42,72   Accident
DNQ   63 Ronnie Scotts Club
Ford Escort II Sport
Dave McPherson, GB
Pete King, GB
John Waterman, GB
1594 L4 Touring/Div. 1     1.50,07    
DNQ   64 Ken Coffey
Ford Escort II RS 2000
Cyd Williams, GB
John Morris, GB
Ken Coffey, GB
1993 L4 Touring/Div. 1     1.53,16    
DNQ   68 Hughes of Beaconsfield
Toyota Celica GT
Brian Cutting, GB
Gordon Mayers, GB
1588? L4 Touring/Div. 1     1.54,02    
DNF   61 Dick Lovett Specialist Cars
Porsche 924
Pete Lovett, GB
Peter Richman, GB
1984 L4 Group 4/Div. 1     1.56,09