Pole position: Facetti in 1.36,16
Fastest lap: Finotto/Facetti in 1.36,94
Distance: 500 km
Average speed: 149,43 kmh
Weather:
Ruleset: Group 2/76
Car info: 1979 Cars
Dramatically, Martino Finotto and Carlo Facetti in their old BMW CSL lost the lead of Sunday's ETCC race at Brands Hatch, a race they had comfortably headed for 100 of a scheduled 120 laps, when the gear lever broke! Quick repairs were made, but the rival Luigi team were already over a lap ahead as Facetti tried desperately to regain ground. And then, just a few laps later, the green "Jolly Club" car hit a patch of oil and shot into the catch fencing. For the Luigi team of Jean Xhenceval, Pierre Dieudonné and Raymond van Hove, with their familiar CSL, it was a well deserved win, and their second ETCC success of the season. They have now moved into the lead of the Championship, defending points leaders Umberto Grano and Eddy Joosen having retired early on in Sunday's race because of engine failure. A splendid second place fell to the rapid Zakspeed Escort of Klaus Niedzwiedz and Sigi Muller (Jr). To British eyes, however, the most satisfactory aspects of the event were the excellent fifth overall taken by Holman Blackburn and Gordon Bruce in a Tricentrol Gp1 Capri, and the encouraging sixth claimed by the enthusiastic Dave McPherson/David da Costa/ Pete King team with their new Group 2 RS 1800. |
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Division 1-5
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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 | 6 | Luigi Racing BMW 3.0 CSL |
Raymond Van Hove, B Jean Xhenceval, B Pierre Dieudonné, B |
3196 | L6 | Div. 5 | 120 | 2 | 1.37,91 | ||
| 2 | 1 | 20 | D&W Zakspeed Ford Escort II RS |
Klaus Niedzwiedz, D Siegfried Müller Jr, D |
1840 | L4 | Div. 3 | 116 | 5 | 1.40,19 | ||
| 3 | 1 | 18 | Racing Corporation Vienna BMW 530i |
Heribert Werginz, A Harald Neger, A |
2985 | L6 | Div. 4 | 115 | 9 | 1.43,34 | ||
| 4 | 1 | 29 | Kilian Tuning Audi 80 GTE |
Fred Rosterg, D Manfred Trint, D |
1596 | L4 | Div. 2 | 112 | 11 | 1.44,11 | ||
| 5 | 2 | 12? | Voxson Car Sound Systems Ford Capri III 3.0S |
Holman “Les” Blackburn, GB Gordon Bruce, GB |
2993 | V6 | Div. 4 | 112 | 15 | 1.45,53 | ||
| 6 | 2 | 24 | Ronnie Scotts Club - Withersford Valprint Ford Escort II RS |
Pete King, GB David da Costa, GB Dave McPherson, GB |
1840 | L4 | Div. 3 | 111 | 6 | 1.41,78 | Clutch | |
| 7 | 3 | 15 | Mazda RX-5 |
David Palmer, GB John Markey, GB |
2 x 654 | R2 | Div. 4 | 106 | 20 | 1.51,08 | ||
| 8 | 1 | 30 | AZNP Skoda 130 RS |
Josef Michl, CS Petr Samohyl, CS |
1298 | L4 | Div. 1 | 106 | 19 | 1.48,56 | ||
| 9 | 2 | 31 | Bohemia Crystal Liberec Skoda 130 RS |
Zdenek Vojtech, CS Bretislav Enge, CS |
1298 | L4 | Div. 1 | 105 | 18 | 1.48,48 | ||
| NC | BMW 530i |
Pete Lovett, GB John Morrison, GB |
2985 | L6 | Div. 4 | 14 | 1.45,40 | |||||
| NC | Remco Team Alfa Romeo Alfetta GTV |
Michel Lauria, B Robert Verstraeten, B |
1962 | L4 | Div. 3 | 24 | no time | |||||
| NC | 28 | TL Racing AB VW Scirocco |
Thomas Lindström, S Bo Wiedesheim, S |
1596 | L4 | Div. 2 | 12 | 1.44,85 | ||||
| DNF | 17 | Diermeier Racing Ford Capri III 3.0S |
Bernd Herlitze, D Rolf Körner, D |
2993 | V6 | Div. 4 | 17 | 1.48,30 | Steering | |||
| DNF | 41 | SAR Bern VW Scirocco |
Armin Buschor, CH Armin König, CH |
1596 | L4 | Div. 2 | 16 | 1.47,94 | ||||
| DNF | Eggenberger BMW 320 |
Marco Vanoli, CH Paul Geisser, CH |
1990 | L4 | Div. 3 | 13 | 1.44,95 | Blown engine | ||||
| DNF | Alfa Romeo Alfasud Sprint TI |
John Myerscough, GB John Howlings |
1299 | B4 | Div. 1 | 21 | 1.54,47 | Accident | ||||
| DNF | 35? | Fiat 128 coupé 1300 |
Hans Hettelder, NL Cees de Graaf, NL |
1290 | L4 | Div. 1 | 23 | 1.57,91 | Accident | |||
| DNF | Mini 1275 GT |
Jon Mowatt, GB Martin Pearson, GB |
1275 | L4 | Div. 1 | 22 | 1.54,84 | |||||
| DNF | MSC Langenfeld Audi 80 GTE |
Hans-Joachim Nowak, D Willi Bergmeister, D |
1596 | L4 | Div. 2 | 8 | 1.42,33 | Oil pressure | ||||
| DNF | 21? | D&W Zakspeed Ford Escort II RS |
Dieter Quester, A Walter Nussbaumer, CH |
1840 | L4 | Div. 3 | 4 | 1.39,91 | Steering, accident | |||
| DNF | 27 | The Akai Golf VW Golf |
Richard Lloyd, GB Tony Dron, GB (Win Percy, GB) |
1596 | L4 | Div. 2 | 10 | 1.43,48 | Transmission | |||
| DNF | 4 | Écurie Chardon des Dunes-Dragons BMW 3.0 CSL |
Michel Delcourt, B Jean-Marie Baert, B |
3196 | L6 | Div. 5 | 7 | 1.42,26 | Differential | |||
| DNF | 1 | BMW Italia BMW 3.0 CSL |
Umberto Grano, I Eddy Joosen, B |
3196 | L6 | Div. 5 | 3 | 1.38,17 | Valve rocker | |||
| DNF | 9 | Jolly Club Milano BMW 3.0 CSL |
Martino Finotto, I Carlo Facetti, I |
3196 | L6 | Div. 5 | 9 | 1 | 1.36,16 | 1.36,94 | Accident | |
| DNS | Alfa Romeo Alfasud Ti |
Jon Dooley, GB Leo Bertorelli, GB |
1286 | B4 | Div. 1 | |||||||