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Trofeo Ignazio Giunti, 6 Ore Vallelunga

Autodromo Vallelunga, Italy

Date: 6/9/1979
Track length: 3.222 m
Attendance:
Entries accepted: 39
Starters: 28
Finishers: 15

Pole position: Coloni in 1.12,65 = 158,568 kmh
Fastest lap: Flammini in 1.13,08 = 157,635 kmh

Distance: 6 hours
Average speed: 141,207 kmh
Weather: Warm, dry
Ruleset: Group 1-6/76
Car info: 1979 Cars

 

The last race in this WMC season was in Rome, too far for Loos and Kremer so apart from some Group 6 cars there were 15 Group 5 (or less!) cars entered. The Italian 935 was missing too, Finotto/Facetti being in England to get their Euro championship, so the sportscars had a field day, finishing 1-6 with a Porsche Carrera RSR winning GT and Group 5 in seventh - after the only serious 935 of Schornstein/Dören was slowed by electrical problems. The Lancia of Röhrl and Cheever had a fine race but retired with intercooler problems.


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 7 Osella
Osella-BMW PA7
Giorgio Francia, I
Lella Lombardi, I
1990 L4 Sports -2000 265 laps, 6:00.19,3 2 1.13,08    
2 2/2 12  
Osella-BMW PA6
Enzo Coloni, I
Gerardo Vatielli, I
Pasquale Barberio, I
1990 L4 Sports -2000 261 1 1.12,65    
3 3/3 1  
Osella-Ford PA3
Christiano del Balzo ("Gero"), I
Saponaro ("Robin Hood"), I
1996 L4 Sports -2000 250 12 1.18,64    
4 4/4 5 Racing Organisation Course
Chevron-ROC B36
Bernard Verdier, F
Bruno Sotty, F
1993 L4 Sports -2000 248 16 1.19,72    
5 5/5 3  
Osella-BMW PA7
"Tore", I
Marco Rocca, I
1990 L4 Sports -2000 247 11 1.18,45    
6 6/6 15 Ateneo
Osella-BMW PA7
Luigi Moreschi, I
Eugenio Renna ("Amphicar"), I
1990 L4 Sports -2000 245 5 1.14,67    
7 1 54 Biennoise
Porsche Carrera RSR
Enzo Calderari, CH
Willi Spavetti, CH
Rolf Maritz, CH
2994 B6 GT 243 26 1.24,67    
8 1/1 44 Sekurit Racing Team
Porsche 935-77A
Dieter Schornstein, D
Edgar Dören, D
  B6 Group 5/Div. 2 235 14? 1.18,79?    
9 2 55  
Porsche 934
Bernard Salam, F
Christian Bussi, F
2993 tc B6 GT 233 25 1.24,34    
10 2/1 33  
Fiat X 1/9 Dallara
Renzo Zorzi, I
Stanislao Sterzel, I
Giuseppe Piazzi, I
1578 L4 Group 5/Div. 1 227 21 1.23,01    
11 3/2 51 Basilea
Porsche 934/5
Peter Zbinden, CH
Edy Kofel, CH
2993 tc B6 Group 5/Div. 2 226 24 1.24,10    
12 3 53 Lubrifilm Racing Team
Porsche Carrera RSR
Marco Vanoli, CH
Rodolfo Cescato, CH
Angelo Pallavicini, CH
2994 B6 GT 212 27 1.25,37    
13 7/7 8  
Cheetah-BMW G601
Daniel Brillat, F
Hubert Striebig, F
Klaus Walz, D
1990 L4 Sports -2000 208 7 1.16,12    
14 4/3 37  
Porsche 935-77A
Jan Lundgårdh, S
Wolfgang Braun, D
  B6 Group 5/Div. 2 191 20 1.22,75    
15 5/4 61 Paul Mahlke
Porsche 935
Klaus Böhm, D
Uwe Köhler, D
  B6 Group 5/Div. 2 188 19 1.22,00    
DNF   32 Lancia Squadra Corse
Lancia Beta Montecarlo
Giorgio Pianta, I
Markku Alén, SF
(Walter Röhrl, D)
1425 tc L4 Group 5/Div. 1 179 15 1.19,11   Gearbox
DNF   14  
Osella-BMW PA5
Gennaro di Tonno, I
Roberto Arfè, I
Mennato Boffa, I
1990 L4 Sports -2000 175 10 1.17,58   Engine
DNF   34  
Ford Escort
Ciro Nappi, I
"Peppers", I
  L4 Group 5/Div. 1 88 22 1.23,12   Gearbox
DNF   19 Liqui Moly Joest Racing
Porsche 908/4
Reinhold Jöst, D
Volkert Merl, D
Mario Casoni, I
2142 tc B6 Sports +2000 65 3 1.13,40   Gearbox
DNF   9  
Cheetah-Ford G601
Marc Frischknecht, CH
Michel Guicherd, F
1990 L4 Sports -2000 63 17 1.20,41   Engine
DNF   4 Racing Organisation Course
Chevron-ROC B36
Marc Sourd, F
Laurent Ferrier, F
1993 L4 Sports -2000 55 9 1.16,56   Engine
DNF   11  
Toj-BMW SC206
Hubert Striebig, F
Klaus Walz, D
Daniel Brillat, F
1990 L4 Sports -2000 51 14? 1.18,79?   Electrics
DNF   31 Lancia Squadra Corse
Lancia Beta Montecarlo
Eddie Cheever, USA
Walter Röhrl, D
Giorgio Pianta, I
1425 tc L4 Group 5/Div. 1 41 8 1.16,16   Gearbox casing
DNF   41  
De Tomaso Pantera
Carlo Pietromarchi, I
Maurizio Micangeli, I
5763 V8 Group 5/Div. 2 39 18 1.20,86   Fire
DNF   16 March Engines Ltd.
BMW M1
Eje Elgh, S
Teo Fabi, I
3498 L6 Sports +2000 37 6 1.15,28   Brakes, accident
DNF   56  
Porsche 934
Georges Bourdillat, F
Roland Ennequin, F
2993 tc B6 GT 30 28 1.25,59   Engine
DNF   35  
BMW 320
Gianfranco Palazzoli ("Pal Joe"), I
Jacques Berenger, F
Charles Geeraerts, B
1990 L4 Group 5/Div. 1 24 23 1.23,85   Engine
DNF   6  
Chevron-BMW B36
Maurizio Flammini, I
Secondo Ridolfo, I
1990 L4 Sports -2000 10 4 1.14,50 1.13,08 Throttle linkage
DNS   36 Ateneo
BMW 320
Eugenio Renna ("Amphicar"), I
Luigi Moreschi, I
1990 L4 Group 5/Div. 1