Imola 1000 km race in 1974

Autodromo Enzo e Dino Ferrari

The 1000 km race of Imola 1974 , also 1000 km Imola , took place on June 2 at the Autodromo Enzo e Dino Ferrari and was the fourth round of the sports car world championship of that year.

The race

The first sports car race with world championship status on the Imola circuit was all about competition between the works cars from Alfa Romeo and Matra . Autodelta registered three Alfa Romeo T33 / TT / 12 for the driver teams Rolf Stommelen / Carlos Reutemann , Carlo Facetti / Andrea de Adamich and Arturo Merzario / Jacky Ickx . The two Matra-Simca MS670C drove Gérard Larrousse , Henri Pescarolo , Jean-Pierre Beltoise andJean-Pierre Jarier .

Jean-Pierre Beltoise started from pole position in the Matra with the number 1, who set the fastest lap in qualifying with a time of 1: 40.170 minutes. Autodelta lost a car on the 12th lap of the race when Merzario in the T33 / TT / 12 collided with the Abarth-Osella PA2 of the former Alfa Romeo works driver Nanni Galli . Beltoise and Jarier's Matra, who had been for a long time for the lead, dropped out a few laps before the end with a valve damage, but was still classified in fourth place in the overall standings. The victory went to the second Matra duo Larrousse / Pescarolo with a two-lap advantage over the best Alfa Romeo, driven by Rolf Stommelen and Carlos Reutemann.

Results

Final ranking

Item	class	No.	team	driver	vehicle	Round
1	S 3.0	2	Equipe Gitanes	Gérard Larrousse Henri Pescarolo	Matra-Simca MS670C	198
2	S 3.0	4th	Autodelta SpA	Rolf Stommelen Carlos Reutemann	Alfa Romeo T33 / TT / 12	196
3	S 3.0	5	Autodelta SpA	Andrea de Adamich Carlo Facetti	Alfa Romeo T33 / TT / 12	189
4th	S 3.0	1	Equipe Gitanes	Jean-Pierre Beltoise Jean-Pierre Jarier	Matra-Simca MS670C	189
5	GT 3.0	152	Samson Kremer team	Hans Heyer Paul Keller	Porsche Carrera RSK	177
6th	GT 3.0	144	Jolly Club	Giorgio Schön Giovanni Borri	Porsche Carrera RSR	173
7th	GT 3.0	151	Jean-Marc Seguin	Bob Wollek Jean-Marc Seguin	Porsche Carrera RSR	172
8th	S 3.0	9	Joest Racing	Paul Blancpain Knut-Holger Lehmann Reinhold Joest	Porsche 908/03	169
9	S 1.3	87	Eris Tondelli	Claudio Francisci Eris Tondelli	Chevron B26	164
10	S 1.3	90	Antonio Bramen	Antonio Bramen Cesare Garrone	AMS 274	156
11	GT + 3.0	122	Blue	Marcello Gallo Ugo Locatelli	De Tomaso Pantera	152
12	GT + 3.0	36	Achille Voltolina	Guido Gatto Achille Voltolina Umberto Grano	March 74S	149
13	S 3.0	12	Automobiles Ligier	François Migault Jean-Pierre Jaussaud	Ligier JS2	148
14th	S 1.6	68	Torino Corse	Carlo Bilotti Pasquale Barberio	Abarth-Osella PA2	142
15th	S 2.0	35	Scuderia San Michele	Mauro Nesti Giovanni Morelli	Lola T294	139
16	S 2.0	45	Guido Fossati	Guido Fossati Angelo Mola	Lola T290	138
Failed
17th	S 3.0	7th	Martini Racing Team	Manfred Schurti Helmuth Koinigg	Porsche Carrera RSR Turbo	133
18th	GT 3.0	149	Gelo Racing	Vic Elford Jurgen Barth John Fitzpatrick	Porsche Carrera RSR	125
19th	GT 3.0	143	Ennio Bonomelli	Ennio Bonomelli Claude Ballot-Léna	Porsche Carrera RSR	115
20th	S 3.0	6th	Martini Racing Team	Gijs van Lennep Herbert Müller	Porsche Carrera RSR Turbo	106
21st	GT 3.0	141	Porsche Club Romand	Claude Haldi Niki Bosch	Porsche Carrera RSR	90
22nd	S 2.0	33	Abarth-Osella	Christian Melville Gianfranco Trombetti	Abarth-Osella PA2	69
23	S 2.0	37	AMS Corse	Francesco Cerulli-Irelli Luciano Verrocchio	AMS 274	65
24	GT 3.0	163	Samson Kremer team	Clemens Schickentanz Willi Deutsch	Porsche Carrera RSR	48
25th	S 3.0	8th	Joest Racing	Reinhold Joest Mario Casoni	Porsche 908/03	43
26th	GT 3.0	142	Porsche Club Romand	Mario Ilotte Peter Zbinden	Porsche Carrera RSR	37
27	S 2.0	32	Abarth-Osella	Jean-Louis Lafosse Derek Bell	Abarth-Osella PA2	36
28	S 2.0	41	Scuderia Brescia Corse	Marsilio Pasotti Franco Berruto	Lola T292	26th
29	S 2.0	38	Monzeglio	Stefano Buonapace Renzo Zorzi	GRD S73	22nd
30th	S 1.3	89	Luigi Moreschi	Luigi Moreschi Giuseppe Ranzolin	Chevron B23	22nd
31	GT 3.0	148	Gelo Racing	John Fitzpatrick Georg Loos	Porsche Carrera RSR	22nd
32	S 2.0	43	Scuderia Vesuvio	Cosimo Turizio Ciro Nappi Mario Radicella	Lola T294	20th
33	S 3.0	11	Scuderia Brescia Corse	Corrado Manfredini Giancarlo Gagliardi	Lola T282	13
34	S 3.0	3	Autodelta SpA	Arturo Merzario Jacky Ickx	Alfa Romeo T33 / TT / 12	12
35	S 2.0	34	Alberto Rosselli	Nanni Galli Alberto Rosselli	Abarth-Osella PA2	12
36	S 1.6	67	Roberto Filannino	Roberto Filannino Achille Marzi	Dallara 1600	12
37	S 2.0	40	Jolly Club	Manfred Mohr Martino Finotto	AMS 274	4th
38	GT 3.0	145	Scuderia Brescia Corse	Giuseppe Tambone Marsilio Pasotti	Porsche Carrera RS	1
Not started
39	S 2.0	31	Abarth-Osella	Derek Bell Vittorio Brambilla	Abarth-Osella PA2	1
Not qualified
40	S 1.6	66	Monzeglio	Pier-Giorgio Mussa Luigi Pozzo	GRD S74	2
41	S 1.3	93	Gianfranco Palazzoli	Gianfranco Palazzoli Luigi Colzani	Abarth-Osella	3

¹ Accident in training ² not qualified ³ 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
42	S 3.0	7th	Giorgio Pianta	Giorgio Pianta Pino Pica	Lola T282
43	S 2.0	39	Alberto Dona	Alberto Dona Giovanni Lise	Chevron B23
44	S 2.0	42	Abarth-Osella	Gianfranco Trombetti Pietro Laureati	Abarth-Osella PA2
45	S 1.3	86	Scuderia Brescia Corse	Tiziano Serattini Sergio Rombolotti	Ferrari
46	S 1.3	88		Ademaro Massa Matteo Cormio	Lola T212
47	GT + 3.0	120	Gabriele Gottifredi	Gabriele Gottifredi	De Tomaso Pantera
48	GT + 3.0	121	Jolly Club	Cristiano Del Balzo	De Tomaso Pantera
49	GT 3.0	146	Scuderia Brescia Corse	Alessandro Ghidini Vincenzo Cazzago	Porsche Carrera RSR
50	GT 3.0	150	Gelo Racing	Vic Elford Jürgen Neuhaus	Porsche Carrera RSR
51	GT 2.0	161	Giada car	Ferruccio Caliceti Paolo Monti	Alpine A110

Class winner

class	driver	driver	driver	vehicle	Placement in the overall ranking
S 3.0	Gérard Larrousse	Henri Pescarolo		Matra-Simca MS670C	Overall victory
S 2.0	Guido Gatto	Achille Voltolina	Umberto Grano	March 74S	Rank 12
S 1.6	Carlo Bilotti	Pasquale Barberio		Abarth-Osella PA2	Rank 14
S 1.3	Claudio Francisci	Eris Tondelli		Chevron B26	Rank 9
GT + 3.0	Marcello Gallo	Ugo Locatelli		De Tomaso Pantera	Rank 11
GT 3.0	Hans Heyer	Paul Keller		Porsche Carrera RSK	Rank 5

Racing data

• Registered: 51
• Started: 38
• Valued: 16
• Race classes: 6
• Spectators: 60,000
• Race day weather: warm and dry
• Route length: 5.060 km
• Driving time of the winning team: 6: 13: 36,000 hours
• Total laps of the winning team: 198
• Total distance of the winning team: 1001.880 km
• Winner's average: 160.901 km / h
• Pole position: Jean-Pierre Beltoise - Matra-Simca MS670C (# 1) - 1: 40.700 = 181.851 km / h
• Fastest race lap: Gérard Larrousse - Matra-Simca MS670C (# 2) - 1: 40.800 = 180.174 km / h
• Racing series: 4th round of the 1974 World Sports Car 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 with pictures (Italian)

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Sports car world championship

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