Brands Hatch 6 Hours 1977

Racing debut of the works BMW 320i Turbo

The 1977 Brands Hatch 6-hour race , also known as the Rivet Supply 6 Hours, Brands Hatch , took place on September 25 at Brands Hatch and was the 15th round of the World Sports Car Championship of that year.

The race

Rain was the spoilsport at the 6-hour race at Brands Hatch. It was a cloudy and rainy day of racing that only brought 7,000 spectators to the circuit. After an hour of racing, the rain had gotten so heavy that the entire track was under water. 15 minutes later the race management broke off. At this time led Jacky Ickx in the plant - Porsche 935 with already two laps ahead of Manfred Schurti in another 935. Sixth was Lella Lombardi in the fastest three-liter Porsche . For the new plant - BMW 320i Turbo , the race was already over. In practice, Ronnie Peterson was almost as fast in a BMW as Jacky Ickx in a Porsche. He was only 1 / 10th of a second behind the pole position time of 1: 26.250 minutes. In the race, Hans-Joachim Stuck dueled with Ickx in the Porsche for the lead before he went off the track at the Woodcote curve and had an accident.

After a two-hour break, the race was restarted on the now dry track. The results of the first part were completely deleted. With the exception of the accident-damaged factory BMW, all teams were able to compete. Again Jacky Ickx managed to quickly outrun the rest of the field. With his partner Jochen Mass , he achieved a safe overall victory with a lead over Schurti and Edgar Dören in another Porsche 935.

Results

Final ranking

Item	class	No.	team	driver	vehicle	Round
1	Size 5	1	Martini Racing	Jochen Mass Jacky Ickx	Porsche 935/77	103
2	Size 5	7th	Max Moritz	Manfred Schurti Edgar Dören	Porsche 935	101
3	Size 5	3	Porsche Kremer Racing	Reinhold Joest Bob Wollek Franz Konrad	Porsche 935	97
4th	Size 5	2	Porsche Kremer Racing	Bob Wollek Nick Faure	Porsche 935	95
5	Size 5	14th	Valvoline Germany	Eberhard Sindel Günter Steckkönig	Porsche 935	94
6th	GT	9	Schiller Racing Team	Claude Haldi Angelo Pallavicini	Porsche 934	92
7th	GT	25th	Bracey Charnell	Mike Franey Barrie Williams	Porsche Carrera RSR	92
8th	Size 5	33	Faltz Racing	Manfred Winkelhock Tom Walkinshaw	BMW 320i	92
9	Size 5	26th	Jan Lundgardh	Jan Lundgardh Preben Kristoffersen	Porsche Carrera RSR	91
10	GT	4th	Porsche Kremer Racing	Dieter Schornstein Alain Peltier	Porsche 934	90
11	GT	24	Mike Fisher	Danny Sullivan Brian Classic Mike Fisher	Porsche Carrera RSR	90
12	Size 5	23	Charles Ivey	Pete Lovett John Rulon-Miller	Porsche Carrera RSR	87
13	GT	10	Citta dei Mille	Gabriele Gottifredi Girolamo Capra Angelo Cogato	Porsche 934	86
14th	Size 5	17th	Maurizio Micangeli	Maurizio Micangeli Carlo Pietromarchi Marco Micangeli	De Tomaso Pantera	85
15th	Size 5	31	Chaminot	Mike Chittenden David Mercer	Lotus Elan	84
16	Size 5	15th	Stratstone	Tim Goss Bob Neville	MGB GT V8	80
17th	T	34	Colt	Brian Muir Andrew Shanks Michael Ostroumoff	Colt Lancer G-2	78
Failed
18th	Size 5	5	Porsche Kremer Racing	Volkert Merl Peter Hähnlein	Porsche 934/5	36
19th	Size 5	22nd	Hahn sports car	Klaus Utz Armin Jahn	Porsche Carrera RSR	31
20th	GT	27	Spike Anderson	Win Percy Clive Richardson	Datsun 240Z	29
21st	Size 5	21st	Kenneth glue	Lella Lombardi Kenneth Leim	Porsche Carrera RSR	16
Not started
22nd	Size 5	20th	BMW Motorsport GmbH	Hans-Joachim Stuck Ronnie Peterson	BMW 320i Turbo	1

¹ after the accident in the first race, no start in the second

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.

Item	class	No.	team	driver	chassis
23	Size 5		Max Moritz car dealership		Porsche 935
24	Size 5		JMS Racing	Claude Ballot-Léna Michel Leclère	Porsche 935
25th	Size 5		Gelo Racing Team	Rolf Stommelen Toine Hezemans	Porsche 935
26th	T		Smith-Kendon Travel Sweets	Roger Bell	Mazda RX-2
27	T		Smith-Kendon Travel Sweets	Wendy Markey Tom Hunt	Mazda RX-2
28	GT	11	Citta dei Mille	Carlo Rebai Bruno Rebai	Porsche 934
29	Size 5	16	Hans-Christian Juergensen	Hans-Christian Juergensen Wolfgang Sell	Porsche 934
30th	T	28	Smith-Kendon Travel Sweets	John Markey David Palmer	Mazda Cosmo RX-5
32	Size 5	32	Datsun Nederlands	Alec Poole Tom Coronel Sr.	Datsun Sunny Coupé GX

Class winner

class	driver	driver	driver	vehicle	Placement in the overall ranking
Size 5	Jochen Mass	Jacky Ickx		Porsche 935/77	Overall victory
GT	Claude Haldi	Angelo Pallavicini		Porsche 934	Rank 6
T	Brian Muir	Andrew Shanks	Michael Ostroumoff	Colt Lancer G-2	Rank 17

Racing data

• Registered: 32
• Started: 21
• Valued: 17
• Race classes: 3
• Spectators: 7000
• Race day weather: first rain, then dry
• Route length: 4.207 km
• Driving time of the winning team: 2: 44: 30.800 hours
• Total laps of the winning team: 103
• Total distance of the winning team: 433.237 km
• Winner average: 158.007 km / h
• Pole position: Jacky Ickx - Porsche 935/77 (# 1) - 1: 26.250 = 175.562 km / h
• Fastest race lap: unknown
• Racing series: 15th round of the 1977 Sports Car World Championship

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

• Race results
• Race report

Previous race 300 km race on the Salzburgring in 1977

Sports car world championship

Successor to the 6-hour race at Hockenheim in 1977