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World Manufacturers Championship Silverstone 6 Hours

Silverstone, Northampton, Great-Britain

Date: 10/5/1981
Track length: 4.719 m
Attendance:
Entries accepted: 45
Starters: 32
Finishers: 17 (16 classified)

Pole position: Mass in 1.21,32 = 208,890 kmh
Fastest lap: Jordan in 1.26,02 = 197,476 kmh

Distance: 6 hours
Average speed: 161,218 kmh
Weather: Wet then dry
Ruleset: Group 1-6/76
Car info: 1981 Cars

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The heavy rain caused an unexpected leader after a while: the red Group 4 BMW M1 with Stuck behind the wheel. Porsches 908/80 had already retired by then, and the Lola T600 which followed like a shadow retired as well. But then the M1 ran into trouble and the Porsche 935 of Röhrl, Grohs and owner Schornstein took over and won. Lancia’s works cars all retired, but the private car of Gabbiani, Pianta and Schön won their class.


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 22 Vegla Racing Team
Porsche 935 J
Harald Grohs, D
Walter Röhrl, D
Dieter Schornstein, D
  B6 Group 5/Div. 2 206 laps 10 1.26,81    
2 1 40 EMKA Productions
BMW M1
Derek Bell, GB
Steve O'Rourke, GB
David Hobbs, GB
3498 L6 IMSA GTX 204 16 1.28,24    
3 1/1 7  
Porsche 908/3
Siegfried Brunn, D
Eddie Jordan, IRL
2142 tc   Sports +2000 204 5 1.24,77 1.26,02  
4 2/1 56 Osella Squadra Corse
Osella PA9-BMW
Lella Lombardi, I
Giorgio Francia, I
1990   Sports -2000 201 7 1.25,35    
5 2/2 24 Weralit Racing Team
Porsche 935 K3
Edgar Dören, D
Jürgen Lässig, D
  B6 Group 5/Div. 2 200 9 1.26,69    
6 2 39 Bob Akin Motor Racing
Porsche 935 K3
Bob Akin, USA
Bobby Rahal, USA
Pete Lovett, GB
  B6 IMSA GTX 199 4 1.23,75    
7 3/1 62 Lubrifilm Racing
Lancia Beta Montecarlo
Beppe Gabbiani, I
Giorgio Schön, I
Giorgio Pianta, I
1425 tc L4 Group 5/Div. 1 195 13 1.27,08    
8 1 45 Mazdaspeed
Mazda RX-7
Yojiro Terada, J
Win Percy, GB
(Tom Walkinshaw, GB)
2 x 573 R2 IMSA GTU 195 23 1.33,18    
9 1 33 Formel Rennsport Club der Schweiz
Porsche 924 Carrera GTR
Peter Zbinden, CH
Edy Kofel, CH
Marco Vanoli, CH
1984 tc L4 Group 4 194 27 1.37,20    
10 4/3 25  
Porsche 935
Jacques Guérin, F
Christian Bussi, F
Jean-Pierre Delaunay, F
  B6 Group 5/Div. 2 192 26 1.36,48    
11 2 32 Canon / GTI Engineering
Porsche 924 Carrera GTR
Richard Lloyd, GB
Tony Dron, GB
1984 tc L4 Group 4 186 24 1.35,84    
12 5/2 65 Team Castrol Jürgen Rasmussen
BMW 320
Lars Viggo-Jensen, DK
Jens Winther, DK
1990 L4 Group 5/Div. 1 185 29 1.38,66    
13 2 44 Z&W Enterprises Racing Ltd.
Mazda RX-7
Marion L. Speer, USA
Ray Ratcliff, USA
Fred Stiff, USA
2 x 573 R2 IMSA GTU 181 30 1.42,19   Accident
14 3 31  
Porsche 934
Angelo Pallavicini, CH
Neil Crang, AUS
2993 tc B6 Group 4 181 33 1.42,04    
15 4 36 Morris Stapleton Motors
Morgan Plus 8
Bruce Stapleton, GB
Richard Down, GB
Bill Wykeham, GB
3532 V8 Group 4 177 32 1.42,85    
16 3/2 54 Dorset Racing Associates
Lola T297-Ford
Peter Clark, GB
Nick Mason, GB
Nick Faure, GB
1996 L4 Sports -2000 176 18 1.31,24    
DNF   58 Tuff/Kote Dinol Racing
Porsche 935 L1
Mike Wilds, GB
Jan Lundgårdh, S
(Friedrich Glatz ("James Bald"), A)
1421 tc B6 Group 5/Div. 1 177 22 1.32,97   Accident
DNF   41  
Ferrari 512 Berlinetta Boxer
Simon Phillips, GB
Mike Salmon, GB
Steve Earle, USA
4942 V12 IMSA GTX 162 25 1.36,24   Battery
DNF   28 Martini Lancia Racing
Lancia Beta Montecarlo 1.8
Riccardo Patrese, I
Eddie Cheever, USA
1773 tc L4 Group 5/Div. 2 156 3 1.23,42   Accident
DNF   27 Preston Henn
Porsche 935 K3
Adrian Yates-Smith, GB
Preston Henn, USA
  B6 Group 5/Div. 2 143 19 1.31,93   Accident
DNF   30  
Porsche 934
Richard Cleare, GB
Tony Dron, GB
2993 tc B6 Group 4 142 28 1.38,74   Oil leak
NC   52 GTP International
Chevron B31-Ford
Richard Jones, GB
Barrie Williams, GB
Alo Lawler, IRL
1996 L4 Sports -2000 141 21 1.32,90    
DNF   51  
Toj SC205-BMW
Rolf Götz, D
Roland Binder, D
1990 L4 Sports -2000 124 14 1.27,73   Camshaft
DNF   35 BASF Cassetten/Team GS Sport
BMW M1
Hans-Joachim Stuck, D
Hans Heyer, D
3498 L6 Group 4 116 17 1.29,00   Gear selector
DNF   21 Charles Ivey Racing
Porsche 935 K3
Dudley Wood, GB
John Cooper, GB
  B6 Group 5/Div. 2 101 15 1.28,17   Accident
DNF   18 Jolly Club
Ferrari 308 GTB
Martino Finotto, I
Carlo Facetti, I
3500 tc V8 Group 5/Div. 2 95 6 1.24,88   Gearbox
DNF   1 Banco Occidental Ultramar Team Lola
Lola T600-Ford
Guy Edwards, GB
Emilio de Villota, E
3298 V8 Sports +2000 94 2 1.22,62   Out of fuel
DNF   42 Modena Engineering
Ferrari 512 Berlinetta Boxer
Richard Bond, GB
Bobby Bell, GB
Steve Griswold, USA
4942 V12 IMSA GTX 94 30 1.39,20   Differential
DNF   10  
Ibec 308 LM-Ford
Tiff Needell, GB
Ian Bracey, GB
Vivian Candy, IRL
(Tony Trimmer, GB)
2993 V8 Sports +2000 25 8 1.25,82   Piston
DNF   60 Martini Lancia Racing
Lancia Beta Montecarlo
Andrea de Cesaris, I
Piercarlo Ghinzani, I
1425 tc L4 Group 5/Div. 1 3 11 1.26,86   Accident
DNF   55  
Vogue SP2-Ford
David Mercer, GB
Mike Chittenden, GB
1996 L4 Sports -2000 2 20 1.32,26   Accident
DNF   5 Joest Racing
Porsche 908/80
Jochen Mass, D
Reinhold Jöst, D
Volkert Merl, D
2142 tc V8 Sports +2000   1 1.21,32   Piston
DNS   9 Belga Team
De Cadenet LM-Ford
Jean-Michel Martin, B
Philippe Martin, B
Alain de Cadenet, GB
2993 V8 Sports +2000   12 1.27,00   Ignition
DNF   63 Morfe Racing
Lotus Esprit S1
Richard Jenvey, GB
Lawrie Hickman, GB
1973 L4 Group 5/Div. 1     1.36,28   Engine
DNF   29 Janspeed/ADA Racing
Triumph TR8
Ian Harrower, GB
John Brindley, GB
3528 tc V8 Group 5/Div. 2     1.44,77   Accident
DNF   38  
AMC AMX Spirit
John Markey, GB
David Palmer, GB
  V8 Group 2?     1.51,94