Monza 1000 km race in 1971

Porsche 917K, winning car from Pedro Rodríguez and Jackie Oliver

The tenth 1000 km race of Monza , also 1000 km di Monza, Trofeo Filippo Caracciolo, Autodromo Nazionale di Monza , took place on April 25, 1971 at the Autodromo Nazionale Monza and was the fifth round of the sports car world championship of that year.

Before the race

In the week before the race, a dispute began between the organizer and representatives of various racing teams about the route. The dispute was triggered by Enzo Ferrari , who demanded harassment at the end of the fast straight. He also did not hide the fact that he wanted to slow down the fast 5-liter Porsche 917K , as he hoped that this would benefit the Ferrari 312PB . He received support from the Autodelta race director Carlo Chiti . However, those responsible for the two Porsche teams rejected this request and threatened a racing boycott if the chicanes were installed. When Clay Regazzoni set a lap time of 1: 24.800 minutes in unofficial test drives with the 312PB, the matter came to nothing. The time achieved by Regazzoni was faster than his best lap in Formula 1 - Ferrari 312B at the Italian Grand Prix in 1970 , where he 1: 25.200 minutes reached. The 1: 24.800 also corresponded exactly to the pole position time of Vic Elford in the Porsche 917K from the 1000 km race of the previous year .

The race

The team of John Wyer reported for the regular teams Pedro Rodríguez / Jackie Oliver and Jo Siffert / Derek Bell two Porsche 917. Also, the Martini International Racing Team by Hans-Dieter Dechent arrived with two 917K that of Helmut Marko , Gijs van Lennep , Vic Elford and Gerard Larrousse were driven. The Scuderia Ferrari reported a 312PB for Clay Regazzoni and Jacky Ickx . Autodelta came to the race with three emergency vehicles plus one training vehicle. The six drivers were Andrea de Adamich , Henri Pescarolo , Rolf Stommelen , Toine Hezemans , Nino Vaccarella and Nanni Galli . After Galli had an accident in the rainy Friday practice session and injured his wrist, five drivers had to share three racing cars in the race.

At the start, Mike Parkes in the Ferrari 512S / M of Scuderia Filipinetti took the lead from the second row of the grid past pole-setter Vic Elford. However, his leadership was short-lived. After the fourth lap the two Wyer-917s from Rodríguez and Siffert were at the head of the field, ahead of Elford in another 917 and Jacky Ickx in a Ferrari 312PB. The leading Porsches quickly set themselves apart from the rest of the field with consistent lap times of less than 1: 25,000 minutes. In the 12 laps, Arturo Merzario overtook the Ickx 312PB in the Ferrari 512M of the Escuderia Montjuich when a collision of four cars occurred a little later. Merzario's Ferrari collided with the Porsche 907 of the German amateur racing driver Willy Meier while lapping . The spinning Ferrari was then hit by Hans-Dieter Weigel's Porsche 908/02 . The Porsche 907 caught fire. While some drivers were able to evade with their cars, Ickx crashed the 312PB into the wreckage of Merzario. Although all four vehicles were badly damaged, the drivers were uninjured.

The two Wyer-Porsches dominated the rest of the race until the end. Jo Siffert lost three laps in the pits because he drove over a part of the wreck after the collision of four, which led to a puncture. In addition, dirt had stuck to the windshield in such a way that it had to be laboriously cleaned. Behind the two Wyer-Porsches, Andrea Adamich and Henri Pescarolo in the Alfa Romeo T33 / 3 finished third overall, six laps behind.

Results

Final ranking

Item	class	No.	team	driver	vehicle	Round
1	S 5.0	2	JW Automotive	Pedro Rodríguez Jackie Oliver	Porsche 917K	174
2	S 5.0	1	JW Automotive	Jo Siffert Derek Bell	Porsche 917K	171
3	P 3.0	18th	Autodelta SpA	Andrea de Adamich Henri Pescarolo	Alfa Romeo T33 / 3	168
4th	P 3.0	19T	Autodelta SpA	Rolf Stommelen Toine Hezemans	Alfa Romeo T33 / 3	167
5	P 3.0	16	Autodelta SpA	Rolf Stommelen Toine Hezemans Nino Vaccarella	Alfa Romeo T33 / 3	166
6th	S 5.0	12	Herbert Mueller	Herbert Müller René Herzog	Ferrari 512M	164
7th	S 5.0	6th	Team Auto Usdau	Willi Kauhsen Reinhold Joest	Porsche 917K	164
8th	S 5.0	11	Herbert Mueller	Giampiero Moretti Teodoro Zeccoli	Ferrari 512M	157
9	S 5.0	5	Zitro Racing Cars	Gérard Pillon Dominique Martin	Porsche 917K	154
10	P 3.0	21st	Wicky Racing Team	André Wicky Ernesto Brambilla Peter Mattli	Porsche 908/02	144
11	S 2.0	29	Squadra Corse Meda	Gianfranco Palazzoli Romolo Becchetti	Abarth 2000 p	139
12	GT + 2.0	50	Kremer Racing	Günther Huber Erwin Kremer	Porsche 911S	134
13	GT 2.0	58	Squadra Tartaruga	Peter Ettmüller Ernst Seiler	Porsche 914/6	132
14th	S 2.0	30th	Michel Dupont	Michel Dupont Fabrizio Noe	Chevron B16	128
15th	GT + 2.0	46	Trans-Europ Gulf Racing Team	Ivo Graul's Chris Tuerlinx	Chevrolet Corvette	127
Failed
16	P 2.0	44	Scuderia Brescia Corse	Antonio Zadra Giovanni Pierobon	Lola T212	117
17th	S 2.0	33	Scuderia Brescia Corse	Giuseppe Schenetti Sergio Zerbini	Porsche 910	89
18th	S 3.0	23	Scuderia Brescia Corse	Giacomo Moioli Oddone Sigala	Porsche 908/02	70
19th	S 5.0	4th	Martini International Racing Team	Helmut Marko Gijs van Lennep	Porsche 917K	60
20th	S 2.0	28	Riccardone	Spartaco Dini Carlo Benelli	Abarth 2000 p	47
21st	S 5.0	3	Martini International Racing Team	Vic Elford Gérard Larrousse	Porsche 917K	44
22nd	P 2.0	38	Giovanni Alberti	Mario Casoni Giovanni Alberti	Chevron B19	43
23	S 5.0	8th	Scuderia Filipinetti	Mike Parkes Jo Bonnier	Ferrari 512S / M	30th
25th	GT + 2.0	48	Ennio Bonomelli	Ennio Bonomelli Christine Beckers	Porsche 911S	15th
26th	S 5.0	7th	Escuderia Montjuich	Arturo Merzario José Juncadella	Ferrari 512M	11
27	P 3.0	15th	Spa Ferrari SEFAC	Jacky Ickx Clay Regazzoni	Ferrari 312PB	11
28	P 3.0	22nd	Team Auto Usdau	Hans-Dieter Weigel Dieter Spoerry	Porsche 908/02	9
29	P 3.0	26th	Wicky Racing Team	Willy Meier Peter Mattli	Porsche 907	8th
Not started
30th	P 3.0	24	Bosch Racing Team	Otto Stuppacher Kurt Rieder	Porsche 908/02	1
31	P 2.0	69	Romano Martini	Romano Martini Luigi Moreschi	Gipsy P271	2
32	S 5.0	T	JW Automotive	Derek Bell Jackie Oliver	Porsche 917K	3
33	P 3.0	19th	Autodelta SpA	Nanni Galli Rolf Stommelen	Alfa Romeo T33 / 3	4th
34	P 3.0	21T	Wicky Racing Team	Ernesto Brambilla	Porsche 908/02	5
35	S 5.0	10	Herbert Mueller	Heinrich Wiesendanger Cox cooker	Ferrari 512S	6th
Not qualified
36	S 5.0	14th	Scuderia Brescia Corse	Marsilio Pasotti Carlo Facetti	Ferrari 512M	7th
37	S 2.0	31	Mike Garton	Mike Garton Roger Heavens	Chevron B16	8th
38	S 2.0	34	Vittorio Mascari	Vittorio Mascari Federico Capasso	Porsche 906	9
39	S 2.0	39	Scuderia Pescara	Leandro Terra Turillo Barbuscia	Ferrari Dino 206S	10
40	P 2.0	42	Guy Edwards	Guy Edwards Mike Franey	Lola T212	11
41	GT + 2.0	54	Scuderia Brescia Corse	Mario Ilotte Raffaello Ciarpaglini	Porsche 911S	12
42	GT 2.0	56	Elvio-Maria Zanini	Elvio-Maria Zanini Luigi Colzani	Porsche 914/6	13
43	GT 2.0	57	Porsche Club Romand	Bernard Chenevière Paul Keller	Porsche 914/6	14th
44	GT 2.0	60	Giampaolo Baruffi	Giampaolo Baruffi Giancarlo Galmozzi	Porsche 911T	15th
45	GT 2.0	61	Wicky Racing Team	Charly Cuénoud Willy Meier Serge Bolomey	Porsche 911	16
46	GT 2.0	62	Ennio Bonomelli	Carlo Giorgio Luigi Cabella	Porsche 911T	17th
47	GT 2.0	63	Ennio Bonomelli	Giorgio Schön Pino Mariella	Porsche 911T	18th
48	GT 2.0	64	Vincenzo Zanini	Vincenzo Zanini Giorgio Costa	Porsche 911	19th
49	GT 2.0	66	Kurt Simonsen	Roland Larsson Kurt Simonsen	Porsche 911	20th
50	GT 2.0	67	Jolly Club	Gianluigi Tavolaccini Gabriele Gottifredi	Porsche 911T	21st

¹ Engine damage during training ² Accident during training ³ Training car ⁴ Accident during training ⁵ not started ⁶ Rejected by the organizer ⁷ not qualified ⁸ not qualified ⁹ not qualified ¹⁰ not qualified ¹¹ not qualified ¹² not qualified ¹³ not qualified ¹⁴ not qualified ¹⁵ not qualified ¹⁶ not qualified ¹⁷ not qualified ¹⁸ not qualified ¹⁹ not qualified ²⁰ not qualified ²¹ not qualified

Only in the entry list

Here you will find teams, drivers and vehicles that were originally registered for the race but did not take part for a variety of reasons.

Item	class	No.	team	driver	chassis
51	P 3.0	20th	Autodelta SpA	Teodoro Zeccoli Gianluigi Picchi	Alfa Romeo T33 / 3
52	P 3.0	25th	Claude Ballot-Léna	Claude Ballot-Léna Guy Chasseuil	Porsche 908/03
53	S 2.0	27	Scuderia Brescia Corse	Renzo Ruspa Sergio Morando	Abarth 2000 p
54	S 2.0	32	Ennio Bonomelli	Giorgio Pianta Giacomo Moioli	Porsche 910
55	P 2.0	35	Ugo Locatelli	Ugo Locatelli Piero Botalla	AMS 1300
56	P 2.0	36	Scuderia Nettuno	Stefano Buonapace Demetrio Martino	AMS 1300
57	P 2.0	37	Scuderia Brescia Corse	Carlo Facetti Eris Tondelli	Chevron B19
58	P 2.0	40	GP Race Development	Egert Haglund Björn Olofsson	Gropa CMC
59	P 2.0	41	Jolly Club Switzerland	Antonio Nicodemi Silvio Moser	Lola T212
60	P 2.0	43	Georges Dumoing	Georges Dumoing Gérard Cerruti	Lola T212
61	P 2.0	45	Ecurie Evergreen	Francesco Ghezzi Alain de Cadenet	Lola T212
62	GT 2.0	47	Scuderia Brescia Corse	Angelo Mola Franco Berruto	Porsche 911
63	GT + 2.0	49	Peter Kersten	Clemens Schickentanz	Porsche 911S
64	GT + 2.0	51	Max Moritz	Klaus Utz Rolf Göring	Porsche 911S
65	GT + 2.0	52	Scuderia Brescia Corse	Vincenzo Cazzago Raffaello Ciarpaglini	Porsche 911S
66	GT + 2.0	53	Jacques Rey	Jacques Rey Jean-Marie Jacquemin	Porsche 911S
67	GT + 2.0	55	Scuderia Brescia Corse	Fausto de Nobili Luigi Colzani Vincenzo Cazzago	Porsche 911S
68	GT 2.0	59	Max Moritz car dealership	Gerd Quist Dietrich Krumm	Porsche 914/6
69	S 5.0	68T	Ecurie Evergreen	David Weir Alain de Cadenet	Ferrari 512S

Class winner

class	driver	driver	vehicle	Placement in the overall ranking
P 3.0	Andrea de Adamich	Henri Pescarolo	Alfa Romeo T33 / 3	Rank 3
P 2.0	no participant in the finish
S 5.0	Pedro Rodríguez	Jackie Oliver	Porsche 917K	Overall victory
S 2.0	Gianfranco Palazzoli	Romolo Becchetti	Abarth 2000 p	Rank 11
GT + 2.0	Günther Huber	Erwin Kremer	Porsche 911S	Rank 12
GT 2.0	Peter Ettmüller	Ernst Seiler	Porsche 914/6	Rank 13

Racing data

• Registered: 69
• Started: 29
• Valued: 15
• Race classes: 6
• Spectator: unknown
• Race day weather: cold and dry
• Route length: 5.750 km
• Driving time of the winning team: 4:14: 32,600 hours
• Total laps of the winning team: 174
• Total distance of the winning team: 1000,500 km
• Winner's average: 235.834 km / h
• Pole position: Vic Elford - Porsche 917K (# 3) - 1: 32.930 = 222.748 km / h
• Fastest race lap: Pedro Rodríguez - Porsche 917K (# 2) - 1: 24,000 = 246.429 km / h
• Racing series: 5th round of the Sports Car World Championship in 1971
• Racing series: 1st round of the Italian Sports Car Championship in 1971

literature

• Peter Higham: The Guinness Guide to International Motor Racing. A complete Reference from Formula 1 to Touring Car. Guinness Publishing Ltd., London 1995, ISBN 0-85112-642-1 .

Web links

• Report at Motorsport Magazine
• Race results

Previous race Brands Hatch 1000km race 1971

Sports car world championship

Successor 1000 km race of Spa-Francorchamps 1971