Pole position: Jöst in 1.26,67 = 174,711 kmh
Fastest lap:
Distance: 6 hours
Average speed: 161,901 kmh
Weather: Warm and dry
Ruleset: Group 1-6/76
Car info: 1979 Cars
Like in Germany, the Kremer K3 Porsche seemed unbeatable. The race was won by the Joest-Porsche 908, but the WC Group 5 class was won by Ludwig and Plankenhorn. Loos had entered his cars but stayed away, so the competition for Kremer was meagre; the BMW M1, classified as sportscar since it was not homologated, but it crashed when in a corner the power had cut out suddenly. Lancia finished fifth despite a damaged radiator. |
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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 | 1/1 | 1 | Liqui Moly Joest Racing Porsche 908/4 |
Reinhold Jöst, D Volkert Merl, D |
2142 tc | Sports +2000 | 231 laps, 6:00.04,9 | 1 | 1.26,67 | |||
| 2 | 1/1 | 27 | Porsche Kremer Porsche 935 K3 |
Klaus Ludwig, D Axel Plankenhorn, D |
2993 tc | B6 | Group 5/Div. 2 | 229 | 2 | 1.28,49 | ||
| 3 | 2/1 | 34 | Mogil Motors Ltd. Chevron-Ford B36 |
Martin Raymond, GB Tony Charnell, GB |
1996 | L4 | Sports -2000 | 220 | 6 | 1.29,94 | ||
| 4 | 2/2 | 24 | Sekurit Racing Team Porsche 935-77A |
Dieter Schornstein, D Edgar Dören, D |
2993 tc | B6 | Group 5/Div. 2 | 218 | 11 | 1.33,15 | ||
| 5 | 3/1 | 31 | Lancia Squadra Corse Lancia Beta Montecarlo |
Riccardo Patrese, I Walter Röhrl, D |
1425 tc | L4 | Group 5/Div. 1 | 214 | 5 | 1.29,93 | ||
| 6 | 3/2 | 8 | Alain de Cadenet De Cadenet-Lola-Ford LM |
Alain de Cadenet, GB François Migault, F |
2993 | V8 | Sports +2000 | 212 | 7 | 1.30,52 | ||
| 7 | 4/3 | 3 | JC Racing Limited De Cadenet-Lola-Ford LM |
John Cooper, GB Pete Lovett, GB John Morrison, GB |
2993 | V8 | Sports +2000 | 212 | 10 | 1.32,53 | ||
| 8 | 1 | 18 | Biennoise Porsche Carrera RSR |
Enzo Calderari, CH Willi Spavetti, CH Rolf Maritz, CH |
2994 | B6 | GT | 209 | 17 | 1.40,66 | ||
| 9 | 2 | 5 | Lubrifilm Racing Team Porsche Carrera RSR |
Angelo Pallavicini, CH Marco Vanoli, CH Rodolfo Cescato, CH |
2994 | B6 | GT | 208 | 20 | 1.40,81 | ||
| 10 | 3 | 14 | Charles Ivey Racing Porsche Carrera RSR |
Barrie Williams, GB Dudley Wood, GB |
2994 | B6 | GT | 205 | 15 | 1.40,18 | ||
| 11 | 4 | 19 | Porsche Carrera RSR |
John Beasley, GB John Harper, GB |
2994 | B6 | GT | 204 | 21 | 1.41,48 | ||
| 12 | 5 | 6 | Porsche Carrera |
Jean-Pierre Delaunay, F Michel Bienvault, F Sylvain Lachaud, F |
2994 | B6 | GT | 203 | 27 | 1.43,54 | ||
| 13 | 6 | 17 | Porsche 911 SC |
Jean-Louis Schlesser, F Gérard Bleynie, F Jacques Guérin, F |
2994 | B6 | GT | 202 | 14 | 1.39,81 | ||
| 14 | 7 | 7 | Porsche Carrera |
Thierry Perrier, F Roger Carmillet, F |
2994 | B6 | GT | 200 | 22 | 1.41,49 | ||
| 15 | 4/3 | 20 | Porsche 934/5 |
Tony Dron, GB Mark Dorrington Niblett, GB |
2993 ?tc | B6 | Group 5/Div. 2 | 199 | 24 | 1.42,20 | ||
| 16 | 8 | 10 | Porsche 934 |
Kenneth Leim, S Lella Lombardi, I |
2993 tc | B6 | GT | 198 | 23 | 1.42,09 | ||
| 17 | 5/4 | 4 | Maltin Car Concessionaires Porsche Carrera RSR |
Steve Earle, USA Simon Phillips, GB Steve Griswold, USA |
2994 | B6 | Group 5/Div. 2 | 197 | 30 | 1.44,35 | ||
| 18 | 9 | 22 | Morris Stapleton Motors Morgan Plus 8 |
Brian Classic, GB John Spero, GB Bill Wykeham, GB |
3532 | V8 | GT | 193 | 29 | 1.44,33 | ||
| 19 | 10 | 11 | A.M. Bernard Porsche 934 |
Georges Bourdillat, F Roland Ennequin, F |
2993 tc | B6 | GT | 191 | 26 | 1.43,33 | ||
| 20 | 11 | 15 | Tuckers Fast Food Franchise Ltd. Porsche 911 SC |
Tony Lanfranchi, GB Adrian Yates-Smith, GB |
2994 | B6 | GT | 185 | 18 | 1.40,74 | ||
| 21 | 6/5 | 12 | Scotts Corner Garage Porsche Carrera RSR |
Paul Edwards, GB Barry Robinson, GB Richard Cleare, GB |
2994 | B6 | Group 5/Div. 2 | 185 | 28 | 1.43,90 | ||
| 22 | 1 | 32 | Gordon Ramsay Racing Team Porsche 924 |
Win Percy, GB Juliette Slaughter, GB |
1984 | L4 | GT Group 3 | 177 | 32 | 1.51,84 | ||
| 23 | 7/2 | 39 | BMW 320 |
Jacques Berenger, F Charles Geeraerts, B |
1990 | L4 | Group 5/Div. 1 | 174 | 19 | 1.40,80 | ||
| NC | 9 | Écurie 13 Etoiles Porsche 934 |
Antoine Salamin, CH Philippe Collet, CH Gerard Vial, CH |
2993 tc | B6 | GT | 154 | 25 | 1.42,40 | |||
| NC | 33 | Tuff/Kote Dinol Racing Porsche 935 |
Jan Lundgårdh, S Eberhard Braun, D |
1394 tc | B6 | Group 5/Div. 1 | 136 | 13 | 1.39,48 | |||
| DNF | 36 | Dorset Racing Associates Lola-Ford T297 |
Richard Jones, GB Peter Clark, GB Anthony Birchenhough, GB |
1996 | L4 | Sports -2000 | 126 | 8 | 1.31,29 | Oil leak | ||
| DNF | 29 | Ford Capri III 3.0S |
Holman “Les” Blackburn, GB Gordon Bruce, GB |
2993 | V6 | Touring | 125 | 31 | 1.45,23 | Wishbone mounting | ||
| DNF | 28 | Porsche Kremer Porsche 935 K3 |
Claude Bourgoignie, B Louis Krages ("John Winter"), D (Klaus Ludwig, D) |
2993 tc | B6 | Group 5/Div. 2 | 100 | 3 | 1.29,06 | |||
| DNF | 42 | Cheetah-BMW G601 |
Daniel Brillat, F Jean-Pierre Aeschlimann, CH |
1990 | L4 | Sports -2000 | 71 | 9 | 1.31,68 | |||
| NC | 37 | Morfe Racing with Polaroof Lotus Esprit S1 |
Richard Jenvey, GB David Mercer, GB Mike Chittenden, GB |
1973 | L4 | Group 5/Div. 1 | 69 | 12 | 1.38,75 | |||
| DNF | 38 | Art Hough Pressings Lotus Elan |
Max Payne, GB John Evans, GB (Bob Eccles, GB) |
1845 | Group 5/Div. 1 | 49 | 16 | 1.40,22 | Engine | |||
| DNF | 16 | March Engines Ltd. BMW M1 |
Manfred Winkelhock, D Ian Grob, GB Guy Edwards, GB |
3498 | L6 | Sports +2000 | 45 | 4 | 1.29,31 | Accident | ||