1983 Monza 1000 km race

Richard Lloyd Racing's Porsche 956 with start number 14; here at the Silverstone Classic 2007. In Monza the car was driven by Jan Lammers, Tiff Needell and Richard Lloyd in sixth place in the overall standings

The 24th 1000 km race of Monza , also Trofeo Filippo Caracciolo, Autodromo Nazionale di Monza , took place on April 10, 1983 at the Autodromo Nazionale Monza and was the first race of the sports car world championship of that year.

The race

With the 1000 km race in Monza in April 1983, the sports car world championship of that year began, which included seven races and ended in December with the 1000 km race in Kyalami . The Porsche 956 , developed in 1982, were also given to customer teams at the beginning of the season, for which Porsche built new vehicles. In addition to the two factory 956s, five other vehicles of this Porsche type were at the start in Monza. A new development brought Lancia to Northern Italy. The Lancia LC2 replaced the LC1 and made its racing debut in Monza. Piercarlo Ghinzani destroyed the car he shared with Teo Fabi in the first practice session, but qualified the replacement car for pole position with a time of 1: 35.860 minutes . He was almost a second faster than Bob Wollek in the 956 from Joest Racing . The starting field for the world championship run was modest with 20 vehicles. However, the organizer filled it up with vehicles from Group 6, which ran for the Italian sports car championship, but were not rated in the world championship. This means that 27 vehicles entered the race on Sunday.

Piercarlo Ghinzani took the lead and kept it until he retired on lap 24. A puncture had destroyed the rear suspension and the Italian had to give up. This led to a duel between the Joest Porsche owned by Bob Wollek and Thierry Boutsen and the works Porsche owned by Jacky Ickx and Jochen Mass , which was decided in favor of the Joest team just before the end.

Results

Final ranking

Item	class	No.	team	driver	chassis	Round
1	C.	11	Joest Racing	Bob Wollek Thierry Boutsen	Porsche 956	173
2	C.	1	Rothmans Porsche	Jacky Ickx Jochen Mass	Porsche 956	173
3	C.	12	Joest Racing	Rolf Stommelen Clemens Schickentanz Hans Heyer	Porsche 956	170
4th	C.	18th	Obermaier Racing	Axel Plankenhorn Jürgen Lässig Jürgen Barth	Porsche 956	163
5	C.	16	John Fitzpatrick Racing	John Fitzpatrick David Hobbs	Porsche 956	161
6th	C.	14th	Richard Lloyd Racing	Jan Lammers Tiff Needell Richard Lloyd	Porsche 956	161
7th	C.	2	Rothmans Porsche	Derek Bell Al Holbert	Porsche 956	161
8th	C.	23	Scuderia Sivama	Diulio Truffo Massimo Sigala	Lancia LC1	154
9	C.	4th	Martini Racing	Riccardo Patrese Michele Alboreto	Lancia LC2	151
10	B.	88	Racing Team Juergensen GmbH	Edgar Dören Hans-Christian Juergensen	BMW M1	145
11	B.	82	Jens Winther	Jens Winther Wolfgang Braun	BMW M1	145
12	B.	83	Georg Memminger	Georg Memminger Heinz Kuhn-Weiss	Porsche 930	136
13	B.	85	Alméras Fréres team	Jean-Marie Alméras Roland Biancone Jacques Guillot	Porsche 930	136
Not classified
14th	Group 6	106	Osella Squadra Corse	Carlo Facetti Martino Finotto Carlo Franchi	Osella PA9	133
Failed
15th	B.	81	Bernd Schiller	Günter Steckkönig Bernd Schiller	Porsche 930	70
16	C.	22nd	Scuderia Sivama	Joe Castellano Luigi Moreschi	Lancia LC1	38
17th	C Junior	51	Manns Racing	Les Blackburn Roy Baker	Harrier RX83C	38
18th	C.	19th	Richard Cleare Racing	Tony Dron Richard Cleare Margie Smith-Haas	Kremer CK5	32
19th	C.	5T	Martini Racing	Piercarlo Ghinzani Teo Fabi	Lancia LC2	24
20th	B.	84		Luigi Colzani Bruno Rebai	Porsche 930	14th
21st	Group 6	101	Ruggero Parpinelli	Ruggero Parpinelli Silvano Frisori	Osella PA8
22nd	Group 6	111	Arcadio Pezzali	Arcadio Pezzali	Osella PA8
23	Group 6	105	Carlo Franchi	Carlo Franchi	Osella PA9
24	Group 6	107	Giovanni Siliprandi	Giovanni Siliprandi	Lucchini
25th	Group 6	109	Adriano Gozzi	Adriano Gotti	Lucchini S280
26th	Group 6	104	Alfonso Merendino	Alfonso Merendino	Osella PA9
27	Group 6	103	Pasquale Barberio	Pasquale Barberio	Osella PA9
Not started
28	B.	21st	Maurizio Micangeli	Maurizio Micangeli Carlo Pietromarchi Bernard de Dryver	De Tomaso Pantera Group C	1
29	C.	1T	Rothmans Porsche	Jacky Ickx Jochen Mass Derek Bell Al Holbert	Porsche 956	2
30th	C.	5	Martini Racing	Piercarlo Ghinzani Teo Fabi	Lancia LC2	3

¹ engine failure during training ² training vehicle ³ accident during training

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
31	C Junior	52	Jolly Club	Carlo Facetti Martino Finotto	Alba AR2
32	B.	86	Angelo Pallavicini	Angelo Pallavicini Antoniella Mandelli	Porsche 924
33	B.	87	Raymond Touroul	Raymond Touroul Michel Bienvault	Porsche 930
34	Group 6	102	Renato Bensuglio	Renato Bensuglio	Chevron B36
35	Group 6	104	Scuderia Vesuvio	Gerardo Vatielli	Osella PA9
36	Group 6	108	Etna	Attagiule	Osella
37	Group 6	112	Dario Luraghi	Dario Luraghi	Osella
38	Group 6	122	Mario Bensuglio	Mario Bensuglio	Osella PA7

Class winner

class	driver	driver	vehicle	Placement in the overall ranking
C.	Bob Wollek	Thierry Boutsen	Porsche 956	Overall victory
C Junior	no participant in the finish
B.	Edgar Dören	Hans-Christian Juergensen	BMW M1	Rank 10
Group 6	no participant in the finish

Racing data

• Registered: 37
• Started: 27
• Valued: 14
• Race classes: 4
• Spectators: 15,000
• Race day weather: dry and warm
• Route length: 5.800 km
• Driving time of the winning team: 5:12: 06,900 hours
• Total laps of the winning team: 173
• Total distance of the winning team: 1003,400 km
• Winner's average: 192.899 km / h
• Pole position: Piercarlo Ghinzani - Lancia LC2 (# 5T) - 1: 35.860 = 217.818 km / h
• Fastest race lap: John Fitzpatrick - Porsche 956 (# 16) 1: 40.400 = 207.968 km / h
• Racing series: 1st round of the sports car world championship in 1983

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

• Results at Racing Sports Cars

Previous race Brands Hatch 1000km race 1982

Sports car world championship

Successor to the Silverstone 1000 km race in 1983