Monza 1000 km race in 1984

Lancia LC2-84

The 25th 1000 km race of Monza , also Trofeo Filippo Caracciolo, Autodromo Nazionale di Monza , took place on April 23, 1984 at the Autodromo Nazionale di Monza and was the first race of the sports car world championship of that year.

The race

The first sports car world championship run of the season came to a turbulent end. In the run-up there were endless discussions between the FIA and those responsible at the IMSA about the harmonization of the various technical regulations. One consequence of the discussions was the raising of the minimum weight of the C1-class racing cars to 850 kg without fuel or driver. This measure undermined the work of Porsche and Lancia , who adapted the works cars and made them lighter during the winter break. The factory Porsche 956 weighed only 810 kg due to improvements to the chassis and body - among other things, there were new mountings made of titanium . The factory Lancia L2-84 835 kg. Ballast therefore had to be carried along, which at Porsche was in the footwell of the emergency seat. Immediately after the race, two cars fell below the weight limit. The second-placed Porsche 956 from Jacky Ickx and Jochen Mass was two kg too light when weighed after the race. The third-placed Lancia of Paolo Barilla and Mauro Baldi was six kg below the permitted limit. Both vehicles were disqualified by the race management, which led to violent protests, especially from Porsche race director Peter Falk . He accused the technical delegates of the FIA ​​with sloppy measurement methods because the Porsche weighed 855 kg after qualifying with empty tanks. The protest was dealt with in early summer. Since the scales lacked an up-to-date inspection certificate, both cars were included in the evaluation.

Until halfway through the race, the spectators saw an exciting race in which the lead changed several times and the two works Lancia were able to drive the pace of the Porsche 956. Problems at Lancia decided the race. Riccardo Patrese lost the lead because the brake pads first had to be replaced and then he overbraked the car on his first lap after the stop and had an accident. In the following repair, he lost eleven laps on the pits. The car finally broke down in the further course of the race after an engine fire. In the second Lancia from Barilla and Baldi, the engine could no longer be started after a scheduled refueling stop. The installation of a new battery cost five racing laps. In the second half, the two works Porsches dominated the race, clinching a one-two victory with a gap of 23 seconds - with Stefan Bellof and Derek Bell in the victorious 956.

Results

Final ranking

Item	class	No.	team	driver	chassis	Round
1	C1	2	Rothmans Porsche	Stefan Bellof Derek Bell	Porsche 956	173
2	C1	1	Rothmans Porsche	Jacky Ickx Jochen Mass	Porsche 956	173
3	C1	5	Martini Racing	Mauro Baldi Paolo Barilla	Lancia LC2-84	168
4th	C1	19th	Brun Motorsport	Hans-Joachim Stuck Walter Brun Harald Grohs	Porsche 956	167
5	C1	14th	GTi engineering	Jonathan Palmer Jan Lammers	Porsche 956	159
6th	C1	12	Chimney Racing Team	Volkert Merl Dieter Schornstein	Porsche 956	155
7th	C1	46	Pierre Yver	Pierre Yver Bernard de Dryver	Rondeau M382	152
8th	C2	67	BF Goodrich	Jim Busby Rick Knoop	Lola T616	145
9	B.	101	Jens Winther	Jens Winther Lars-Viggo Jensen	BMW M1	144
10	C2	77	Ecurie Ecosse	Ray Mallock Mike Wilds David Duffield	Ecosse C284	141
11	C2	89	Jolly Club	Carlo Facetti Martino Finotto	Alba AR2	140
12	C2	72	Gebhardt Motorsport	Frank Jelinski Cliff Hansen	Gebhardt JC842	136
13	B.	117	Strandell Racing	Kenneth Leim Tomas Wiren	Porsche 930	134
14th	B.	114	Michel Lateste	Michel Lateste Michel Bienvault	Porsche 930	132
Not classified
15th	C2	68	BF Goodrich	Boy Hayje Dieter Quester	Lola T616	116
16	B.	113	Hobby rally	Mario Regusci Jean-Pierre Frey Olindo Del-Thé	Porsche 930	96
Failed
17th	C1	4th	Martini Racing	Riccardo Patrese Bob Wollek	Lancia LC2-84	132
18th	C1	55	Skoal Bandit Porsche Team	Rupert Keegan Guy Edwards	Porsche 956	96
19th	B.	102	Racing Team Juergensen	Edgar Dören Hans-Christian Juergensen Walter Mertes	BMW M1	93
20th	C1	33	Skoal Bandit Porsche Team	Thierry Boutsen David Hobbs	Porsche 956B	87
21st	C1	6th	Jolly Club	Beppe Gabbiani Pierluigi Martini	Lancia LC2-83	80
22nd	IMSA GTP	132	Lyncar Motorsport Ltd.	Les Blackburn Costas Lot	Lyncar MS83	78
23	C1	47	Obermaier Racing	Axel Plankenhorn Jürgen Lässig George Fouché	Porsche 956	70
24	IMSA GTX	131	Vittorio Coggiola	Vittorio Coggiola Carlo Franchi Gianni Mussato	Porsche 935	60
25th	C2	93	Jean-Philippe Grand	Jean-Philippe Grand Jean-Paul Libert Pascal Witmeur	Rondeau M379C	45
26th	C2	81	Jolly Club	Almo Coppelli Davide Pavia	Alba AR2	36
27	B.	104	Wolf-Georg von Staehr	Wolf-Georg von Staehr Ulli Richter	Porsche 924 Carrera GTS	32
28	C1	9	Brun Motorsport	Oscar Larrauri Massimo Sigala	Porsche 956	19th
29	B.	115	Raymond Touroul	Valentin Bertapelle Raymond Touroul	Porsche 930	18th
30th	C1	7th	Joest Racing	Klaus Ludwig Stefan Johansson Henri Pescarolo	Porche 956	17th
31	C1	34	John Fitzpatrick Racing	Renzo Zorzi Giorgio Francia	Porsche 956	14th
32	B.	111	Charles Ivey Racing	Paul Haas Margie Smith-Haas	Porsche 930	11
Not started
33	C1	13	Primagaz Team Cougar	Alain de Cadenet Gianni Giudici Yves Courage	Cougar C01B	1
34	C1	21st	Charles Ivey Racing	John Cooper Dudley Wood	Grid S2	2
35	C1	35	Procar Automobil AG	Huub Rothengatter Clemens Schickentanz	Sehcar C83	3
36	B.	116	Georg Memminger	Georg Memminger Heinz Kuhn-Weiss Bruno Rebai	Porsche 930	4th
37	C1	1T	Rothmans Porsche	Stefan Bellof Jochen Mass Derek Bell Jacky Ickx	Porsche 956	5

¹ engine failure during training ² Dudley Wood falls ill ³ engine failure during training ⁴ not started ⁵ training car

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
38	C1	11	Kees Kroesemeijer	Kees Kroesemeijer	Porsche CK5
39	C1	15th	Joest Racing		Porsche 936C
40	C1	27	Scuderia Bellancauto		Ferrari 512 BB
41	C1	41	Charles Graemiger	Loris Kessel Laurent Ferrier	Cheetah G604
42	C1	45	Christian Bussi	Christian Bussi	Rondeau M382
43	C2	70	Spice engineering	Gordon Spice Neil Crang Ray Bellm	Tiga GC84
44	C2	73	Gebhardt Motorsport		Gebhardt JC843
45	C2	82	Maurizio Gellini	Maurizio Gellini Pasquale Barberio Gerardo Vatielli	Alba AR3
46	C2	88	Ark Racing	Max Payne Chris Ashmore	Ceekar 83J-1
47	C2	90	Spice engineering	Ray Bellm	Tiga GC84
48	C2	99	Roy Baker	Roy Baker John Sheldon	Tiga GC284
49	B.	118	Gerard Brucelle	Gerard Brucelle Jean-Jacques Vernier	Porsche 930
50	B.	119	Jolly Club	Luigi Colzani Antonio Farina	Porsche 930

Class winner

class	driver	driver	vehicle	Placement in the overall ranking
C1	Stefan Bellof	Derek Bell	Porsche 956	Overall victory
C2	Jim Busby	Rick knoop	Lola T616	Rank 8
B.	Jens Winther	Lars-Viggo Jensen	BMW M1	Rank 9
IMSA GTP	no participant in the finish
IMSA GTX	no participant in the finish

Racing data

• Registered: 50
• Started: 32
• Valued: 14
• Race classes: 5
• Spectators: 8000
• Race day weather: warm and dry
• Route length: 5.800 km
• Driving time of the winning team: 5:06: 15.800 hours
• Total laps of the winning team: 173
• Total distance of the winning team: 1003,400 km
• Winner's average: 196.576 km / h
• Pole position: Stefan Bellof - Porsche 956 (# 2) - 1: 35.850 = 217.840 km / h
• Fastest race lap: Riccardo Patrese - Lancia LC2-84 (# 4) - 1: 38,000 = 213.061 km / h
• Racing series: 1st round of the 1984 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

Previous race Kyalami 1000km race 1983

Sports car world championship

Successor to the 1000 km race at Silverstone 1984