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Monza 4 hours

Autodromo Nazionale di Monza, Italy

Date: 22/3/1981
Track length: 5.800 m
Attendance: 15.000
Entries accepted: 58
Starters: 40
Finishers: 20 classified

Pole position: Grano/Kelleners/Cecotto in 2.00,96
Fastest lap: unknown

Distance: 4 hours
Average speed: 162,703 kmh
Weather: Nice
Ruleset: Group 2/76
Car info: 1981 Cars

 

The first race of the last Group 2 season in the ETCC was won by, what else, BMW: Eggenberger had built a new BMW 635 for BMW Italia and it was driven by Grano, Kelleners and Cecotto. They beat the other 635 BMW of Werginz and Quester, which finished third. Second place was for Kindlmann and Pohlmann in a BMW 320; the new Audi coupés showed true speed, but the Bergmeister/Trint car retired while the Seikel/Rosterg lost their third place when their clutch cable had to be repaired - they finished 7th.
The new Luigi Camaro for Lombardi and Cambiaghi retired after an hour, while the Talbot Lotus of Facetti and Finotto retired four laps later.

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 1 Eggenberger/BMW Italia
BMW 635 CSi		 Umberto Grano, I
Helmut Kelleners, D
Johnny Cecotto, YV
 3475 L6 Div. 5 113 laps 1 2.00,96    
2 1    
BMW 320		 Dieter Kindlmann, D
Jürgen Pohlmann, D
 1998 L4 Div. 3 108 7 2.08,21    
3 2   Racing Corporation Vienna
BMW 635 CSi		 Heribert Werginz, A
Dieter Quester, A
 3475 L6 Div. 5 105 2 2.03,66    
4 1    
Audi 80 GTE		 Heinz Gilges, D
Elmar Hölscher, D
 1596 L4 Div. 2 105 15 2.13,92    
5 1    
Mazda RX-7		 Fritz Müller, D
Heinz Kühn-Weiss, D
 2 x 573 R2 Div. 4 105 10 2.10,09    
6 2    
Audi 80 GTE		 Renato Crosti, I
Giancarlo Galimberti, I
 1596 L4 Div. 2 104 12 2.13,48    
7 2 32 Votex Team Seikel
Audi Coupé GT5S		 Peter Seikel, D
Fred Rosterg, D
 1933 L5 Div. 3 103 9 2.09,33    
8 2    
Ford Capri III 3.0S		 Robert Eberhard, D
Lothar Schörg, A
 2993 V6 Div. 4 103 20 2.15,82    
9 3    
Ford Capri III 3.0S		 Bodo Jähn, D
Gerd Ruch, D
(Klaus Herig, D)
 2993 V6 Div. 4 103 27 2.18,53    
10 1    
Skoda 130 RS		 Bretislav Enge, CS
Václav Bervid, CS
Zdenek Vojtech, CS
 1298 L4 Div. 1 102 24 2.17,45    
11 4    
Ford Capri III 3.0S		 Henning Schmidt, D
Georg Memminger, D
 2993 V6 Div. 4 100 22 2.16,86    
12 2    
Audi 50		 Heinz Pütz, D
Reinhold Pütz, D
Bodo Eichner, D
 ca. 1300 L4 Div. 1 100 29 2.19,05    
13 3    
Skoda 130 RS		 Jan Senkyr, CS
Zdenek Vojtech, CS
Bretislav Enge, CS
 1298 L4 Div. 1 100 28 2.18,99    
14 3    
VW Scirocco		 Hans Werner Hilger, D
Wolfgang Jacobs, D
 1596 L4 Div. 2 99 25 2.17,73    
15 4    
Alfa Romeo 1300 GTA Junior		 Busacchi, I
Busacchi, I
 1290 L4 Div. 1 98 38 2.23,11    
16 5    
Alfa Romeo 1300 GTA Junior		 A. Turconi, I
Della Ricca, I
Antonio Scabari, I
 1290 L4 Div. 1 97 39 2.24,32    
17 6    
Alfa Romeo 1300 GTA Junior		 Massa, I
Vittorio Pugliese, I
 1290 L4 Div. 1 97 36 2.22,07    
18 3?    
Alfa Romeo ?2000 GTV		 Maggi, I
Mario Benusiglio, I
Massoni, I
 1962 L4 Div. 3 96 41 (?) 2.20,50    
19 5    
Opel Commodore GS/E		 Gatto, I
Silvano Campesan, I
 2784 L6 Div. 4 96 34 2.21,81    
20 4?    
Ford Escort II ?RS 2000		 "Menes", I
Rinaldo Drovandi, I
 1993 L4 Div. 3 93 14 2.13,78    
DNF      
BMW 320		 Enzo Calderari, CH
Marco Vanoli, CH
 1998 L4 Div. 3   5 2.07,47   Head gasket
DNF      
Skoda 130 RS		 Oldrich Vanícek, CS
Josef Michl, CS
Petr Martinovsky, CS
 1298 L4 Div. 1 5 23 2.16,86    
DNF   31 Spiess Tuning
Audi Coupé GT5S		 Willi Bergmeister, D
Manfred Trint, D
 1933 L5 Div. 3 53 6 2.08,11   Oil line
DNF   4 Luigi Racing
Chevrolet Camaro		 Lella Lombardi, I
Anna Cambiaghi, I
 5736 V8 Div. 5 29 4 2.05,90   Head gasket
DNF   19 Jolly Club Milano
Talbot Sunbeam Lotus		 Martino Finotto, I
Carlo Facetti, I
 2200 L4 Div. 4 33 3 2.04,27   Engine
DNF      
BMW 320		 Urs Knecht, CH
Mario Meier, CH
 1998 L4 Div. 3   19 2.14,95   Accident
DNF      
Ford Capri III 3.0S		 Georges Bosshard, CH
Bernd Ringshausen, D
 2993 V6 Div. 4   17 2.14,53   Engine
DNF      
BMW 635 CSi		 Dieter Schmid, D
Marco Micangeli, I
Karl Hurler, D
 3475 L6 Div. 5   8 2.08,66    
DNF      
Opel Monza 3.0E		 Johann Weisheidinger, A
Dieter Scharpe, D
 2998 L6 Div. 4   11 2.12,67    
DNF      
Alfa Romeo ?2000 GTV		 Bruzzese, I
Casagrande, I
? Antonio Bernardini, I
 1962 L4 Div. 3   32 2.20,22    
DNF      
BMW 320		 Giuseppe Briozzo, I
Cesare Garrone, I
 1998 L4 Div. 3   13 2.13,48    
DNF      
Fiat Ritmo 75CL		 Luigi Calamai, I
Walter Dona, I
 1498 L4 Div. 2   16 2.14,51    
DNF      
Opel Ascona ?i2000		 Unknown
Unknown
 1979 L4 Div. 3   18 2.14,71    
DNF      
Alfa Romeo ?2000 GTV		 Chiapparini, I
Gianangelo Grandi, I
Sironi, I
 1962 L4 Div. 3   21 2.15,88    
DNF      
BMW 320		 Giuseppe Zarpellon, I
Carlo Carlini, I
 1998 L4 Div. 3   26 2.17,88    
DNF      
Alfa Romeo ?2000 GTV		 Andrea Giaccari, I
Marini, I
Carlo Facetti, I
 1962 L4 Div. 3   30 2.19,33    
DNF      
Ford Escort II ?RS 2000		 Carlo Canti, I
? Gianni Giudici, I
Arturo Merzario, I
 1993 L4 Div. 3   31 2.19,68    
DNF      
Renault R 5 Alpine		 Corti, I
Franco Milano, I
 1397 L4 Div. 2   33 2.21,31    
DNF      
VW Scirocco		 Sabadini, I
Guffanti, I
 1596 L4 Div. 2   35 2.21,87    
DNF      
Alfa Romeo Alfasud Sprint		 Luigi Colzani, I
Farina, I
 1299? B4 Div. 1?   37 2.22,51    
DNF      
Alfa Romeo 1300 GTA Junior		 Pierre Gruenig, CH
Staheli
 1290 L4 Div. 1   40 2.24,72