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Monza 500 km

Autodromo Nazionale di Monza, Italy

Date: 21/3/1982
Track length: 5.800 m
Attendance: 3.500
Entries accepted: 43?
Starters: 27
Finishers: 19, 20 classified

Pole position: Grano/Kelleners in 2.11,84
Fastest lap: Walkinshaw/Nicholson in 2.12,15

Distance: 500 km
Average speed: unknown
Weather:
Ruleset: Group A
Car info: 1982 Cars

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For the first time in many, many years we had a 4-door saloon which could win races: BMW Motorsport sold the 528i Group A for 85.000 Deutschmarks, and there were a few of them at Monza. However, the writing was on the wall or the future: neither Camaro nor an Opel Monza would dominate Group A in the future - but a TWR prepared Jaguar XJS could. This time, the car retired, and Eggenberger won 1-2 (Grano/Kelleners) with a Belgian Juma car (Joosen/Vermeersch) in third.
Division 2 would be Alfa Romeo territory, but not now; both Luigi and Jolly club entered cars, Jolly Club beating Luigi - but they finished behind an Audi coupé which finished fourth with Bergmeister and Trint.

Division 1, 2 and 3
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 528i		 Umberto Grano, I
Helmut Kelleners, D
 2799 L6 Div. 3 87 laps, 3:17.18,69 1 2.11,84    
2 2 2 Eggenberger Motorsport
BMW 528i		 Marco Vanoli, CH
Enzo Calderari, CH
 2799 L6 Div. 3 87 laps, 3:18.23,81 4 2.14,46    
3 3 5 Juma
BMW 528i		 Eddy Joosen, B
Dirk Vermeersch, B
 2799 L6 Div. 3 87 laps, 3:18.53,15 6 2.15,90    
4 1 31  
Audi Coupé GT5E		 Willi Bergmeister, D
Manfred Trint, D
 2145 L5 Div. 2 86 laps, 3:18.45 23 2.32,85    
5 2 27 Jolly Club
Alfa Romeo Alfetta GTV/6		 Lella Lombardi, I
Anna Cambiaghi, I
 2491 V6 Div. 2 85 laps, 3:18.31 14 2.22,08    
6 3 26 Luigi Racing
Alfa Romeo Alfetta GTV/6		 Maurizio Micangeli, I
Gianfranco Brancatelli, I
 2491 V6 Div. 2 82 laps, 3:17.37 22 2.32,38    
7 4 32  
Mazda RX-7		 Holman “Les” Blackburn, GB
David Palmer, GB
 2 x 573 R2 Div. 2 82 laps, 3:19.49 3 2.13,65 2.15,77  
8 5 40  
Alfa Romeo Alfetta GTV/6		 Maurizio Cavalli ("Menes"), I
Rinaldo Drovandi, I
 2491 V6 Div. 2 81 laps, 3:17.28 15 2.22,92    
9 4 21 Scuderia Vesuvio
Chevrolet Camaro		 Marcello Gallo, I
Antonio Palma, I
   V8 Div. 3 81 laps, 3:18.53 12 2.20,87    
10 6 35  
Opel Kadett GT/E		 Paolo Pozzi, I
Gianpaolo Toia, I
Andrea Giaccari, I
 1979 L4 Div. 2 80 laps, 3:17.36,0 29 2.44,48    
11 7 29  
Audi Coupé GT5E		 Peter Seikel, D
Lothar Schörg, A
 2145 L5 Div. 2 79 5 2.15,24    
12 5 15  
Ford Capri III 3.0S		 Renato Benusiglio, I
Maurizio Girolami, I
 2993 V6 Div. 3 78 13 2.21,77    
13 8 34  
Opel Kadett GT/E		 Carlo Brambilla ("Toby"), I
Vittorio Valvassori, I
 1979 L4 Div. 2 78 25 2.38,20    
14 9 28 Jolly Club
Alfa Romeo Giulietta		 Luigi Colzani, I
Pietro Villa, I
 1779 L4 Div. 2 77 16 2.28,16    
15 1 48  
Audi 80 GLE		 Dagmar Suster, YU
Francy Jerancic, YU
 1596 L4 Div. 1 77 28 2.43,71 2.26,57  
16 10 36  
Opel Ascona		 Pierluigi Grassetto, I
Daniele Toffoli, I
 1979 L4 Div. 2 75 17 2.29,79    
17 2 52  
Talbot Sunbeam TI		 Gianfranco Sistelli, I
Luigi Cordone, I
 1598 L4 Div. 1 72 24 2.33,11    
18 11 38  
Lancia Beta HPE		 "Cortes", I
G. Airoldi, I
Carlo Canti, I
 1995 L4 Div. 2 65 27 2.39,59    
19 3 45  
VW Golf GTI		 Paolo Cutrera, I
Massimo Torre, I
 1596 L4 Div. 1 60 19 2.30,80    
NRF 6 16 Gilden-Kölsch Racing Team Köln
Opel Monza 3.0E		 Herbert Herler, D
Helmut Döring, D
 2998 L6 Div. 3   7 2.16,54   Piston
DNF   18 TWR Jaguar Racing with Motul
Jaguar XJ-S		 Tom Walkinshaw, GB
Chuck Nicholson, GB
 5344 V12 Div. 3 39 2 2.12,06 2.12,15 Gearbox
DNF   25 Luigi Racing
Alfa Romeo Alfetta GTV/6		 Philippe Ménage, B
Jean Xhenceval, B
 2491 V6 Div. 2 3 9 2.18,69   Clutch
DNF   6  
Opel Monza 3.0E		 Zdenek Vojtech, CS
Bretislav Enge, CS
 2998 L6 Div. 3 28 8 2.17,14   Fuel pump, tyre
DNF   39  
Opel Kadett GT/E		 Antonio Amodio, I
Raffaele Bosurgi, I
(Luciano Culotta, I)
 1979 L4 Div. 2   11 2.20,74    
DNF   49  
Talbot Sunbeam TI		 Carlo Mursia, I
Giovanni Ragazzi, I
(Roberto Ragazzi, I)
 1598 L4 Div. 1   18 2.30,65    
DNF   46  
VW Golf GTI		 Roberto Russo, I
Roberto Russo, I
(Maurizio Rivosecchi, I)
 1588 L4 Div. 1 59 20 2.31,61   Conrod
DNF   47  
Alfa Romeo Alfasud		 Giuseppe Bazzano, I
Francesco Marzi, I
   B4 Div. 1   21 2.31,66    
DNS   3  
BMW 528i		 Michel Delcourt, B
Dany Swyssen, B
(Jean-Marie Baert, B)
 2799 L6 Div. 3   10 2.20,15   Engine
DNS   51  
Talbot Sunbeam TI		 Giuseppe Peroni, I
L. Vedovati, I
 1598 L4 Div. 1   26 2.39,39   Accident