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Brands Hatch

Brands Hatch International Circuit, Kent, Great-Britain

Date: 27/4/1980
Track length: 4.207 m
Attendance: unknown
Entries accepted: unknown
Starters: 22?
Finishers: 14?

Pole position: Kelleners/Müller Jr in 1.42,72
Fastest lap: McPherson in 1.41,07 = 149,813 kmh

Distance: 500 km (120 laps)
Average speed: 145,18 kmh
Weather:
Ruleset: Group 2/76
Car info: 1980 Cars

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Harald Neger literally blew away victory; after a bad practice, the Austrian stormed through the field in lap one, but the engine had been overrevved - out! Now the Eggenberger 320s took over, and after Dürig had to retire with a broken seat Müller and Kelleners won the race, with an old steel-body BMW 3.0 CSi second and Bergmeister/Nowak with the Audi 80 third. Dona/de Vito with their Ritmo (P2 on the grid!) retired. The ETCC had seen better days...


Division 1-5
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 21 Eggenberger Motorsport
BMW 320
Helmut Kelleners, D
Siegfried Müller Jr, D
1998 L4 Div. 3 120 laps, 3:28.36,04 1 1.42,72    
2 1 12  
BMW 3.0 CSi
Michel Delcourt, B
Jean-Marie Baert, B
2985 L6 Div. 4 119        
3 1   Audi Motorsport
Audi 80 GTE
Willi Bergmeister, D
Hans-Joachim Nowak, D
1596 L4 Div. 2 118 3 1.43,07    
4 2    
BMW 320
Dieter Kindlmann, D
Ludwig Linder, D
1998 L4 Div. 3 117 7 1.45,25    
5 3   Eggenberger Motorsport
BMW 320
Marco Vanoli, CH
Enzo Calderari, CH
1998 L4 Div. 3 117 4 1.43,36    
6 2    
Ford Capri III 3.0S
Siegfried Müller Sr, D
Bernd Ringshausen, D
2993 V6 Div. 4 116     1.42,63  
7 3    
Ford Capri III 3.0S
Holman “Les” Blackburn, GB
Roger Saunders, GB
2993 V6 Div. 4 115 9 1.45,88    
8 2   Abex Pagid Racing
Audi 80 GTE
Manfred Trint, D
Peter Seikel, D
1596 L4 Div. 2 115 10 1.45,95    
9 3    
Mitsubishi Colt Mirage Hatchback GLX
David Morgan, GB
Tom Pitcher, GB
ca. 1600 L4 Div. 2 113        
10 1    
Skoda 130 RS
Zdenek Vojtech, CS
Bretislav Enge, CS
1298 L4 Div. 1 112        
11 2    
Skoda 130 RS
Josef Michl, CS
Jan Senkyr, CS
1298 L4 Div. 1 112        
12 3    
Alfa Romeo Alfasud Sprint
Richard Mattozza, B
Pierre Jamin, B
1299 B4 Div. 1 109        
13 4    
VW Scirocco
Wolfgang Hansen, D
Karl-Heinz Dalemans, D
1588 L4 Div. 2 106        
14 4    
Talbot Simca Rallye 3
Hans-Jürgen Möhle, D
Ernst Thierfelder, D
Remy Marquet, B
1294 L4 Div. 1 105        
DNF      
VW Golf
Richard Lloyd, GB
Mark Thatcher, GB
1588 L4 Div. 2   5 1.44,32    
DNF     Janspeed
Datsun B110 Sunny
Martin Pearson, GB
Jon Mowatt, GB
1296 L4         1.46,20  
DNF      
Fiat Ritmo 75CL
Walter Dona, I
Enzo de Vito, I
ca. 1500 L4 Div. 2   2 1.43,00 1.43,33 Gear selector
DNF     Eggenberger Motorsport
BMW 320
Stefan Märki, CH
Hans-Jürg Dürig, CH
1998 L4 Div. 3   6 1.44,36   Broken seat
DNF     Racing Corporation Vienna
BMW 635 CSi
Harald Neger, A
Heribert Werginz, A
Umberto Grano, I
3475 L6 Div. 5 2   2.11,80   Engine
DNF      
Ford Escort II RS
Dave McPherson, GB
Pete King, GB
1840 L4 Div. 3   8 1.45,77 1.41,07  
DNF      
BMW 3.0 CSi
Gianfranco Brancatelli, I
Micangeli, I
2985 L6 Div. 4          
DNF      
Fiat 128 coupé 1300
Unknown
1290 L4 Div. 1         Valves
DNS      
Opel Commodore GS/E
Toni Spiegelsberger, D
Hermann Tomczyk, D
2784 L6 Div. 4