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19. Coppa Florio, Enna-Pergusa 6 Hours

Autodromo di Pergusa, Enna, Sicily, Italy

Date: 24/6/1979
Track length: 4.950 m
Attendance:
Entries accepted: 21
Starters: 12
Finishers: 8

Pole position: Patrese in 1.39,32 = 179,420 kmh
Fastest lap: Lombardi in 1.42,5 = 173,854 kmh

Distance: 6 hours
Average speed: 151,131 kmh
Weather: Warm and dry
Ruleset: Group 1-6/76
Car info: 1979 Cars

 

While at the Norisring Porsches raced for money and German championship points, in Enna there wasn’t a single Porsche 935 on the track. Nine (!) group 5 cars took the start, and while an Osella won the race overall, in second there was a Lancia victory; hollow as it may be it was still a fine achievement for such a new car.


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 33  
Osella-BMW PA7
Lella Lombardi, I
Enrico Grimaldi, I
1990 L4 Sports -2000 184 laps, 6:01.35,6 2 1.40,03 1.42,5  
2 1/1 11 Lancia Squadra Corse
Lancia Beta Montecarlo
Riccardo Patrese, I
Carlo Facetti, I
1425 tc L4 Group 5/Div. 1 179 1 1.39,32    
3 2/1 4  
Porsche Carrera RSR
Angelo Pallavicini, CH
Marco Vanoli, CH
2994 B6 Group 5/Div. 2 177 12 no time    
4 2/2 34 Ecurie Cedac
Cheetah-BMW G601
Daniel Brillat, F
Jean-Pierre Aeschlimann, CH
1990 L4 Sports -2000 176 3 1.43,16    
5 3/2 1  
Ferrari 308 GTB
Felice Besenzoni, I
Luciano Dal Ben, I
2926 V8 Group 5/Div. 2 173 13 no time    
6 3/3 38  
Osella-Ford PA6
Vito Veninata, I
Giovanni Cascone, I
1990 L4 Sports -2000 170 10 1.54,23    
7 4/2 16  
Ford Escort II
E. de Franchis, I
Salvatore Gagliano, I
Sergio Punzo, I
1594 L4 Group 5/Div. 1 160 11 1.56,29    
8 4/4 36 Ateneo
Osella-BMW PA6
Marco de Bartoli, I
Giampaolo Ceraolo, I
1990 L4 Sports -2000 143 6 1.48,04    
DNF   2  
De Tomaso Pantera
Carlo Pietromarchi, I
Maurizio Micangeli, I
5763 V8 Group 5/Div. 2 63 8 1.49,75    
DNF   15  
Fiat X 1/9 Dallara
Giuseppe Piazzi, I
Renzo Zorzi, I
Stanislao Sterzel, I
1578 L4 Group 5/Div. 1 47 9 1.52,20    
DNF   6  
Porsche Carrera RSR
Enzo Calderari, CH
Willi Spavetti, CH
Rolf Maritz, CH
2994 B6 Group 5/Div. 2 43 13 1.57,82    
DNF   12  
BMW 320
Luigi Moreschi, I
Mario Casoni, I
Eugenio Renna ("Amphicar"), I
1990 L4 Group 5/Div. 1 38 7 1.49,21    
DNS   31 Ateneo
Osella-BMW PA7
Mario Casoni, I
Eugenio Renna ("Amphicar"), I
Luigi Moreschi, I
1990 L4 Sports -2000   5 1.45,17    
DNS   35  
Chevron-Ford B23
Girolama Caci, I
Mario Tropia, I
1996 L4 Sports -2000   4 1.43,70    
DNQ   17  
Ford Escort II RS
Ugo Gerbino, I
Cicero, I
  L4 Group 5/Div. 1     2.21,34