Monza 1000 km race in 1981

Weralit Porsche 935; here with the start number from the Le Mans 24-hour race; Edgar Dören, Jürgen Lässig and Gerhard Holup won the race with this vehicle

The 22nd 1000 km race of Monza , also 1000 km di Monza, Autodromo Nazionale di Monza , took place on April 26, 1981 at the Autodromo Nazionale Monza and was the fourth round of the World Sports Car Championship and the fourth race of the Italian group -6 championship this year.

The race

In contrast to the world championship run in Mugello , which had been held two weeks earlier , the race in Monza again had an acceptable field. 46 vehicles were registered, 32 of which started the race. The Italians Carlo Facetti and Martino Finotto had bad luck . Facetti had achieved the fastest lap time in qualifying with the Ferrari 308GTB of the Jolly Club team; However, the two drivers were unable to take part in the race on Sunday because the Ferrari could not be started. A defective ignition distributor was subsequently identified as the cause. On the best grid position therefore stood plant - Lancia Beta Monte Carlo by Piercarlo Ghinzani and Andrea de Cesaris . The Italian Giuseppe Piazzi contested the race with a rarely used racing car; a group 5 - Fiat X1 / 9 , which was built at Dallara . However, the car retired after four laps.

The weather conditions were bad on race day; it rained almost the entire race time. After the two long-leading works Lancia did not finish, the trio Edgar Dören , Jürgen Lässig and Gerhard Holup won by one lap over two Osella PA9s .

Results

Final ranking

Item	class	No.	team	driver	vehicle	Round
1	Group 5	3	Weralit Racing Team	Edgar Dören Jürgen Lässig Gerhard Holup	Porsche 935K3	173
2	S 2.0	43	Osella Squadra Corse	Lella Lombardi Giorgio Francia	Osella PA9	172
3	S 2.0	44	Scuderia Escalette	Carlo Franchi Luigi Moreschi	Osella PA9	171
4th	Group 5	16	ORECA	Teo Fabi Dieter Quester	BMW M1	170
5	S + 2.0	11	Siegfried Brunn	Siegfried Brunn Eddie Jordan	Porsche 908 / 3TC	170
6th	GT	18th	BMW Zol car	Pierre-François Rousselot François Sérvanin Laurent Ferrier	BMW M1	167
7th	Group 5	48	Germano Nataloni	Germano Nataloni Gianfranco Ricci	Lancia Beta Montecarlo	162
8th	GT	22nd	Canon Cameras Racing GTi Engineering	Richard Lloyd Tony Dron	Porsche 924 Carrera GTR	161
9	Group 5	7th	Gabriele Gottifredi	Gabriele Gottifredi Giancarlo Galimberti Giulio Rebai	Porsche Carrera RSR	157
10	GT	19th	Umberto Grano	Umberto Grano Marco Vanoli	BMW M1	156
11	Group 5	5	Charles Ivy Racing	John Cooper Dudley Wood	Porsche 935K3	153
12	S 1.6	54	Silvano Frisori	Silvano Frisori Ruggero Parpinelli	Osella PA8	147
13	Group 5	31	Martini Racing	Piercarlo Ghinzani Andrea de Cesaris	Lancia Beta Montecarlo	129
14th	S 2.0	38	Pasquale Barberio	Pasquale Barberio Marcello Gallo	Osella PA8	127
15th	GTX	15th	Scuderia Supercar Bellancauto	Maurizio Flammini Spartaco Dini Fabrizio Violati	Ferrari 512BB	127
Not classified
16	S 1.6	51	Mario Bensuglio	Mario Bensuglio Mario Catanese	Osella PA6	101
Failed
17th	S 2.0	42	Piero Nappi	Piero Nappi Pasquale Vecchione	Osella PA8	99
18th	S 2.0	45	Luigi Colzani	Luigi Colzani Gabriele Ciuti	Osella PA7	83
19th	Group 5	33	Jolly Club	Giorgio Pianta Giorgio Beautiful Beppe Gabbiani	Lancia Beta Montecarlo	69
20th	Group 5	4th	Vegla Racing Team	Dieter Schornstein Harald Grohs	Porsche 935J	67
21st	S + 2.0	8th	Grid team Lola	Guy Edwards Emilio de Villota	Lola T600	64
22nd	GT	27	Formula Racing Club Zurich	Peter Zbinden Edi Kofel	Porsche 924 Carrera GTR	50
23	S 1.6	55	Luigi de Angelis	Luigi de Angelis Adriano Gozzi	Osella PA6	46
24	Group 5	2	MFG Valvoline Racing	Peter Hahnlein	Porsche 935	42
25th	GTU	9	Z & W Enterprises	Pierre Honegger Jean-Paul Libert Marion Speer	Mazda RX-7	39
26th	Group 5	21st	Emka Productions	Derek Bell Steve O'Rourke	BMW M1	20th
27	Group 5	6th	Christian Bussi	Jürgen Barth Christian Bussi Jacques Guérin	Porsche 935	12
28	S 1.6	52	Maurizio Gellini	Maurizio Gellini Secondo Ridolfi	Chevron B31	9
29	Group 5	1	Martini Racing	Riccardo Patrese Eddie Cheever	Lancia Beta Montecarlo	8th
30th	S 2.0	53	Perrier	Perrier Vito Veninata Giuseppe Iacono	Osella PA6	5
31	Group 5	57	Giuseppe Piazzi	Giuseppe Piazzi Leandro La Vecchia Sandro Cinotti	Fiat X1 / 9 Dallara	4th
32	S + 2.0	23	Italian sponsor	Renzo Zorzi Federico D'Amore	Lola T286	1
Not started
33	Group 5	12	Jolly Club	Carlo Facetti Martino Finotto	Ferrari 308GTB	1
34	S 1.6	58	Ezio Baribbi	Ezio Baribbi Dario Luraghi Sandro Cinotti	Lucchini	2
Not qualified
35	S 2.0	59		Giuseppe Arlotti Roberto Massoni	Lucchini	3

¹ defective ignition distributor ² not started 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
36	GTX	14th	Scuderia Supercar Bellancauto	Spartaco Dini	Ferrari 512BB
37	Group 5	24	Henning Hagenbauer	Henning Hagenbauer Hans Müller-Perschl	Porsche 935
38	GT	25th	Angelo Pallavicini	Angelo Pallavicini Werner Frank	Porsche 934
39	Group 5	32	Martini Racing		Lancia Beta Montecarlo
40	S 2.0	35	Secondo Ridolfi	Secondo Ridolfi	Lola T298
41	S 2.0	36	Danilo Tesini	Danilo Tesini Cathy Muller	Lola
42	S 2.0	37	Roberto Massoni	Roberto Massoni Fabio Siliprandi Giuseppe Arlotti	Lucchini
43	S 2.0	39	Ermanno Pettiti	Ermanno Pettiti	Osella PA5
44	S 2.0	41	Ruggero Parpinelli	Ruggero Parpinelli	Osella PA6
45	S 2.0	46	Anna Cambiaghi	Anna Cambiaghi	Osella PA5
46	S 2.0	56	Pasquale Anastasio	Pasquale Anastasio Adriano Gozzi	Lucchini

Class winner

class	driver	driver	driver	vehicle	Placement in the overall ranking
Sports car over 2 liters	Siegfried Brunn	Eddie Jordan		Porsche 908 / 3TC	Rank 5
Sports car up to 2 liters	Giorgio Francia	Lella Lombardi		Osella PA9	Rank 2
Sports car up to 1.6 liters	Silvano Frisori	Ruggero Parpinelli		Osella PA8	Rank 12
Group 5	Edgar Dören	Jürgen Lässig	Gerhard Holup	Porsche 935K3	Overall victory
GT	François Servanin	Laurent Ferrier	Pierre-François Rousselot	BMW M1	Rank 6
GTX	Maurizio Flammini	Spartaco Dini	Fabrizio Violati	Ferrari 512BB / LM	Rank 15
GTU	no participant in the finish

Racing data

• Reported: 46
• Started: 32
• Valued: 15
• Race classes: 7
• Spectator: unknown
• Race day weather: cold and rainy
• Route length: 5.800 km
• Driving time of the winning team: 6:33:48,000 hours
• Total laps of the winning team: 173
• Total distance of the winning team: 1003,400 km
• Winner's average: 152.874 km / h
• Pole position: Carlo Facetti - Ferrari 308GTB (# 12) - 1.46.490 - 196.075 km / h
• Fastest race lap: Harald Grohs - Porsche 935J (# 4) - 2.01.800 - 171.429 km / h
• Racing series: 4th round of the sports car world championship in 1981
• Racing series: Round 6 of the Italian Group 6 championship in 1981

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 at WSRP

Previous race 6 Hours of Mugello 1981

Sports car world championship

Successor to the 6 Hours of Riverside 1981