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Pau

Circuit de Pau, France

Date: 23/5/1983
Track length: 2.760 m
Attendance:
Entries accepted: 21
Starters: 21; 19 in final
Finishers: 15 (final)

Pole position: Cudini in 1.28,57
Fastest lap: De Thoisy in 1.37,95 (heat 2); Bertapelle in 1.40,16 (Crit)

Distance: 2 heats of 10 laps, final over 25 laps; Critérium 18 laps
Average speed: 96,605 kmh (final); 99,381 kmh (Crit)
Weather: Wet track
Ruleset: France Production
Car info: 1983 Cars

 

How on earth the decision was made to have two heats of 10 and 11 cars to form a final with 19 cars was even a question for the French magazine “Auto Hebdo”...


Production - heat 1
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   23 Yacco VAG ROC
Audi Coupé GT5E
Marc Sourd, F
2172 L5 Production 10 laps, 17.14,8 7 1.30,68    
2   39 JMS Racing Marlboro Castrol
BMW 635 CSi
Claude Ballot-Léna, F
3475 L6 Production 10 laps, 17.21,6 5 1.29,91    
3   7 Peugeot Concessionares
Peugeot 505
Jean-Pierre Beltoise, F
1995 L4 Production 10 laps, 17.22,1 11 1.33,48    
4   5 SRS Sodemo Marlboro Castrol
Alfa Romeo Alfetta GTV/6
Alain Cudini, F
2491 V6 Production 10 laps, 17.37,3 1 1.28,57 1.41,48  
5   1 Rover Marlboro Castrol
Rover Vitesse
René Metge, F
3532 V8 Production 10 laps, 17.39,8 3 1.28,92    
6   48 Almeras Frères
Porsche 924
Jacques Alméras, F
1984 L4 Production 10 laps, 17.41,4 9 1.32,54    
7   20 SRS Sodemo Marlboro Castrol
Alfa Romeo Alfetta GTV/6
Pierre Destic, F
2491 V6 Production 10 laps, 17.50,2 20 1.33,20    
8   31  
BMW 323i
Bernard Chevanne, F
2330 L6 Production 10 laps, 17.55,3 21 1.33,40    
9   53  
VW Golf GTI 1.8
F. Bodin, F
1781 L4 Production 10 laps, 17.56,8 15 1.34,71    
10   18 Garage Halt’Up
BMW 528i
Philippe Gurdjian, F
2799 L6 Production 10 laps, 18.14,7 18 1.36,96    
11   16 Garage Halt’Up
BMW 528i
Jean-Claude Chemarin, F
2799 L6 Production 10 laps, 18.17,9 17 1.35,68    

Production - heat 2
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   3 SRS Sodemo Marlboro Castrol
Alfa Romeo Alfetta GTV/6
Dany Snobeck, F
2491 V6 Production 10 laps, 16.57,3 12 1.33,82    
2   4 BP Racing
BMW 323i
Xavier Lapeyre, F
2330 L6 Production 10 laps, 17.03,0 2 1.28,91    
3   6 Elf Calberson Renault
Renault R 5 Alpine Turbo
Jean Ragnotti, F
1397 tc L4 Production 10 laps, 17.03,5 8 1.32,32    
4   14 SJA
Alfa Romeo Alfetta GTV/6
Pierre De Thoisy, F
2491 V6 Production 10 laps, 17.04,8 16 1.35,43 1.37,95  
5   2 Garage Du Bac Motul
BMW 635 CSi
Jean-Pierre Malcher, F
3475 L6 Production 10 laps, 17.29,9 4 1.29,28    
6   11 Bodard Race and Tuning
BMW 528i
Gérard Bleynie, F
2799 L6 Production 10 laps, 17.31,1 6 1.30,44    
7   40 JMS Racing Iso Roulements
BMW 635 CSi
Jean-Marc Smadja, F
3475 L6 Production 10 laps, 17.41,0 19 1.32,73    
8   27 Bodard Race and Tuning
BMW 635 CSi
Anny-Charlotte Verney, F
3475 L6 Production 10 laps, 17.41,3 14 1.34,37    
9   25 Freddy Dalles
Alfa Romeo Alfetta GTV/6
Bernard Salam, F
2491 V6 Production 10 laps, 18.10,8 10 1.32,67    
10   30 Bodard Race and Tuning
BMW 528i
Jean-Jacques Vernier, F
2799 L6 Production 8 13 1.34,35    

Production - overall
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   5 SRS Sodemo Marlboro Castrol
Alfa Romeo Alfetta GTV/6
Alain Cudini, F
2491 V6 Production 25 laps, 42.51,2 5      
2   3 SRS Sodemo Marlboro Castrol
Alfa Romeo Alfetta GTV/6
Dany Snobeck, F
2491 V6 Production 25 laps, 42.51,4 1   1.40,13  
3   7 Peugeot Concessionares
Peugeot 505
Jean-Pierre Beltoise, F
1995 L4 Production 25 laps, 42.52,5 3      
4   23 Yacco VAG ROC
Audi Coupé GT5E
Marc Sourd, F
2172 L5 Production 25 laps, 42.56,9 2      
5   39 JMS Racing Marlboro Castrol
BMW 635 CSi
Claude Ballot-Léna, F
3475 L6 Production 25 laps, 43.13,7 4      
6   4 BP Racing
BMW 323i
Xavier Lapeyre, F
2330 L6 Production 25 laps, 43.22,6        
7   1 Rover Marlboro Castrol
Rover Vitesse
René Metge, F
3532 V8 Production 25 laps, 43.52,9        
8   53  
VW Golf GTI 1.8
F. Bodin, F
1781 L4 Production 24        
9   14 SJA
Alfa Romeo Alfetta GTV/6
Pierre De Thoisy, F
2491 V6 Production 24        
10   25 Freddy Dalles
Alfa Romeo Alfetta GTV/6
Bernard Salam, F
2491 V6 Production 24        
11   40 JMS Racing Iso Roulements
BMW 635 CSi
Jean-Marc Smadja, F
3475 L6 Production 24        
12   48 Almeras Frères
Porsche 924
Jacques Alméras, F
1984 L4 Production 24        
13   27 Bodard Race and Tuning
BMW 635 CSi
Anny-Charlotte Verney, F
3475 L6 Production 24        
14   30 Bodard Race and Tuning
BMW 528i
Jean-Jacques Vernier, F
2799 L6 Production 24        
15   20 SRS Sodemo Marlboro Castrol
Alfa Romeo Alfetta GTV/6
Pierre Destic, F
2491 V6 Production 23        
DNF   2 Garage Du Bac Motul
BMW 635 CSi
Jean-Pierre Malcher, F
3475 L6 Production   6     Clutch/Gearbox
DNF   6 Elf Calberson Renault
Renault R 5 Alpine Turbo
Jean Ragnotti, F
1397 tc L4 Production         Head gasket

Critérium Production
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   49  
BMW 530i
Valentin Bertapelle, F
2985 L6 Critérium 18 laps, 31.55,23     1.40,16  
2      
?Audi 80 2.2
P. Flammang, L
2145 L5 Critérium 18 laps, 31.56,11        
3   94  
Peugeot 505
Jean-Luc Baudet, F
1995 L4 Critérium 18 laps, 32.19,16        
4   75  
Audi 80 GTE
Michel Legourd, B
1588 L4 Critérium 18 laps, 33.41,91        
5   47  
Talbot Simca Rallye 3
H. Rougier, F
1294 L4 Critérium 17        
6   84  
BMW 323i
Enguialle, F
2330 L6 Critérium 17        
7   93  
Peugeot 505
D. Baudoin, F
1995 L4 Critérium 17        
8   88  
Ford Escort II RS 2000
Chaboseau, F
1993 L4 Critérium 17        
9   80  
Ford Capri III 3.0S
A. Roman, F
2993 V6 Critérium 17        
10      
Ford Escort II RS 2000
Jouhanneau, F
1993 L4 Critérium 17        
DNF   91  
Alfa Romeo Alfetta GTV/6
Michel Bessac, F
2491 V6 Critérium