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Brands Hatch 6 Hours

Brands Hatch International Circuit, Kent, Great-Britain

Date: 16/3/1980
Track length: 4.206 m
Attendance:
Entries accepted: 39
Starters: 32
Finishers: 22, 21 classified

Pole position: Jöst in 1.25,42 = 177,268 kmh
Fastest lap:

Distance: 6 hours, race redflagged after 111 laps (accident), restarted for an additional hour.
Average speed: 159,942 kmh
Weather: Warm and dry
Ruleset: Group 1-6/76
Car info: 1980 Cars

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After winning the Monte Carlo and Portugal rally, Walter Röhrl came to Brands Hatch - and won again, this time with the little Lancia he shared with Patrese. The Porsche 908/4 sportscar retired, the only car faster than the Lancias - there was a lot to be desired about the entry of this race, however professional the Lancia team was. The two works cars finished 1-2, the private Jolly club fourth - they sandwiched the De Cadenet prototype. The only Porsche 935 in contention, the K3 of Dören, Lässig and Holup could never keep up with Lancia’s pace and fortunately retired - how could they have explained a defeat by a 2-litre car?
The race had to be redflagged after a fatal accident: Martin Raymond’s Chevron had blown its engine, he stepped out of the car to inspect matters and was hit by a dicing pair of cars which spun on Raymond’s oil.
The race was restarted for the minimum distance necessary for full points.

Aggregate 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 19 Lancia Squadra Corse
Lancia Beta Montecarlo		 Riccardo Patrese, I
Walter Röhrl, D
 1425 tc L4 Group 5 Div. 1 147 laps, 3:51.57,0 2 1.27,89    
2 2/2 20 Lancia Squadra Corse
Lancia Beta Montecarlo		 Eddie Cheever, USA
Michele Alboreto, I
 1425 tc L4 Group 5 Div. 1 146 3 1.27,99    
3 1/1 8 Alain de Cadenet
De Cadenet-Lola-Ford LM		 Alain de Cadenet, GB
Desiré Wilson, ZA
 2993 V8 Group 6 +2000 145 5 1.29,94    
4 3/3 21 Jolly Club
Lancia Beta Montecarlo		 Carlo Facetti, I
Martino Finotto, I
 1425 tc L4 Group 5 Div. 1 143 6 1.30,07    
5 4/1 11 Charles Ivey Racing
Porsche 935 K3		 John Cooper, GB
Pete Lovett, GB
Dudley Wood, GB
 2857 tc B6 Group 5 Div. 2 139 12 1.33,59    
6 5/2 7 Malaya Garage
Porsche 911 SC		 Barrie Williams, GB
Adrian Yates-Smith, GB
 2994 B6 Group 5 Div. 2 135 23 1.39,97    
7 6/3 15 Vegla Racing Team
Porsche 935-77A		 Dieter Schornstein, D
Harald Grohs, D
 2857 tc B6 Group 5 Div. 2 135 11 1.32,8    
8 7/1 26 Lubrifilm Racing Team
Porsche 934		 Angelo Pallavicini, CH
Herbert Müller, CH
 2993 tc B6 Group 4 Div. 2 135 17 1.37,5    
9 2/1 33 Bell & Colvill
Lola T492		 John Sheldon, GB
John Brindley, GB
Juliette Slaughter, GB
 1993 L4 Sports 2000 134 21 1.39,00    
10 3/2 2  
Porsche 908/3		 Siegfried Brunn, D
Albert Obrist, CH
 2984 B8 Group 6 +2000 133 4 1.29,66    
11 4/2 30 Brands Hatch Racing
Tiga SC80		 Divina Galica, GB
Mark Thatcher, GB
 1993 L4 Sports 2000 133 18 1.38,15    
12 8/4 14  
Porsche Carrera RSR		 Ray Mallock, GB
Richard Jones, GB
Simon Phillips, GB
 2994 B6 Group 5 Div. 2 133 27 1.41,14    
13 9/2 29  
Porsche 911 SC		 Thierry Perrier, F
Roger Carmillet, F
 2994 B6 Group 4 Div. 2 130 29 1.42,82    
14 10/5 10  
Porsche 935		 Christian Bussi, F
Bernard Salam, F
(Jean-Louis Schlesser, F)
 2857 tc B6 Group 5 Div. 2 130 13 1.34,54    
15 11/4 18 Tuff/Kote Dinol Racing
Porsche 935 2.0		 Jan Lundgårdh, S
Kurt Simonsen, S
Preben Kristoffersen, DK
 1428 tc B6 Group 5 Div. 1 129 25 1.40,77    
16 5/3 31 Ian Taylor Racing
Tiga SC79		 Ian Taylor, GB
Neil Crang, AUS
Mario Hytten, CH
 1993 L4 Sports 2000 129 16 1.36,55    
17 6/4 38  
Lola T492		 Robert Parker, GB
Nick Faure, GB
Jorge Koechlin, PE
(Willie Green, GB)
 1993 L4 Sports 2000 128 30 1.43,12    
18 12/3 41  
Porsche 934		 Jacques Guérin, F
Marcel Gastaretti, F
Jean-Louis Schlesser, F
 2993 tc B6 Group 4 Div. 2 128 28 1.42,66    
19 7/5 37 TDC Trailers
Lola T492		 Syd Fox, GB
Mike Ford, GB
 1993 L4 Sports 2000 125 20 1.38,86    
20 13/4 28 Morris Stapleton London’s Morgan Agent
Morgan Plus 8		 Bill Wykeham, GB
Brian Classic, GB
Bruce Stapleton, GB
 3528 V8 Group 4 Div. 2 118 26 1.40,78    
21 14/4 40 A.M. Bernard
Porsche Carrera		 Georges Bourdillat, F
Roland Ennequin, F
   B6 Group 4 Div. 2 118 31 1.53,64    
NC   1 Liqui Moly Equipe
Porsche 908/4		 Reinhold Jöst, D
Volkert Merl, D
 2142 tc B6 Group 6 +2000 111 1 1.25,42   Gearbox linkage
NC   3 Mogil Motors Ltd.
Chevron B36-Ford		 Martin Raymond, GB
Tony Charnell, GB
 1996 L4 Group 6 -2000 103 8 1.31,95   Fatal accident
NC   6  
Vogue SP2-Ford		 David Mercer, GB
Richard Jenvey, GB
 1996 L4 Group 6 -2000 101 19 1.38,28    
DNF   16 March Racing
BMW M1		 Patrick Nève, B
Mike Korten, D
 3498 L6 Group 6 +2000 98 9 1.32,13   Engine
DNF   12  
Porsche Carrera RSR		 Paul Edwards, GB
Barry Robinson, GB
 2994 B6 Group 5 Div. 2 96 24 1.40,52   Accident
DNF   23 Team Immobilien Reiss
BMW 320		 Gunther Reiss, D
Albrecht Krebs, D
 1428 tc? L4 Group 5 Div. 1 90 14 1.35,06   Accident
DNF   27 Autofarm Ltd.
Porsche 934		 Richard Cleare, GB
Tony Dron, GB
 2993 tc B6 Group 4 Div. 2 82 22 1.39,58   Suspension
DNF   5 Scuderia Torino Corse
Osella PA8-BMW		 Lella Lombardi, I
Marco Rocca, I
 1990 L4 Group 6 -2000 82 10 1.32,30   Accident
DNF   9 Weralit-Elora Team
Porsche 935 K3		 Edgar Dören, D
Jürgen Lässig, D
Gerhard Holup, D
 2857 tc B6 Group 5 Div. 2 72 7 1.30,42   Engine
DSQ   4 Dorset Racing Associates
Lola T297-Ford		 Leon Walger, RA
Peter Clark, GB
 1996 L4 Group 6 -2000 29 15 1.36,51   Disq: outside assistance
DNF   22  
Fiat X 1/9 Dallara		 Renzo Zorzi, I
Giuseppe Piazzi, I
 1578 L4 Group 5 Div. 1 6 32 1.56,45    
DNS   20T Lancia Squadra Corse
Lancia Beta Montecarlo		 Michele Alboreto, I
 1425 tc L4 Group 5 Div. 1     1.34,43