Mugello 1000 km race in 1975

Alpine-Renault A441

The 1000 km Mugello race in 1975 , also known as 1000 km Mugello , took place on March 23 at the Autodromo Internazionale del Mugello . The race was the second round of the sports car world championship this year.

The race

The second race of the season in 1975 ended with a surprise due to the unexpected overall victory of the new Alpine-Renault A441 . The official distance of the event was 1000 kilometers, but the race ended after 150 laps and 786 kilometers driven.

The team of the former German racing driver Willi Kauhsen took over the racing activities of Alfa Romeo in 1975 . For his project, Kauhsen hired experienced sports car drivers for both of the Alfa Romeo T33 / TT / 12 CC . Henri Pescarolo had no contract after the end of the sports car activities of Matra Sports and shared the cockpit of the car with the number 2 with Derek Bell . Arturo Merzario and Jacky Ickx drove the second Alfa .

Alpine made a comeback in the sports car world championship , now with financial support from Renault . The French car manufacturer took over the majority of the shares in Alpine in 1973. The A441 was successfully used in the 1974 European sports car championship . Alain Serpaggi won the championship with it. In Mugello the car was used for the first time in the world championship. As a partner of Jean-Pierre Jabouille, Gérard Larrousse, another former Matra pilot, got a new job. The Swiss racing team Equipe Elf-Switzerland reported a second A441 for Lella Lombardi and Marie-Claude Charmasson . A new team was formed around the German Dr. Hermann Dannesberger, who, with financing from Martini & Rossi, registered two Porsche 908 / 3-6s for Herbert Müller , Leo Kinnunen and Gijs van Lennep .

The race ended with the first championship victory for an Alpine since the success of Roger Delageneste in the A210 at the 500 km race at the Nürburgring in 1967 . At the finish, Jabouille and Larrousse were one lap ahead of Arturo Merzario and Jacky Ickx's Alfa Romeo.

Results

Final ranking

Item	class	No.	team	driver	vehicle	Round
1	S 3.0	5	Eleven-Alpine Renault	Jean-Pierre Jabouille Gérard Larrousse	Alpine-Renault A441	150
2	S 3.0	1	Willi Kauhsen Racing Team	Arturo Merzario Jacky Ickx	Alfa Romeo T33 / TT / 12 CC	149
3	S 3.0	6th	Dr. H. Dannesberger	Herbert Müller Gijs van Lennep	Porsche 908 / 3-6	149
4th	S 3.0	2	Willi Kauhsen Racing Team	Henri Pescarolo Derek Bell	Alfa Romeo T33 / TT / 12 CC	148
5	S 2.0	24	KVG Racing	John Hine Ian Grob	Chevron B31	144
6th	S 2.0	8th	Equipe Elf-Switzerland	Lella Lombardi Marie-Claude Charmasson	Alpine-Renault A441	144
7th	S 3.0	3	Equipe Gitanes - Ligier	Jean-Pierre Beltoise Jean-Pierre Jarier	Ligier JS2	139
8th	S 3.0	11	Joest Racing	Jürgen Barth Ernst Kraus Mario Casoni	Porsche 908/3	139
9	GT	44	Gelo Racing Team	Manfred Schurti Toine Hezemans John Fitzpatrick	Porsche Carrera RSR	134
10	GT	52	Tebernum Porsche Racing	Clemens Schickentanz Hartwig Bertrams Reine Wisell	Porsche Carrera RSR	134
11	GT	45	Gelo Racing Team	John Fitzpatrick Toine Hezemans Manfred Schurti	Porsche Carrera RSR	133
12	GT	51	Tebernum Porsche Racing	Hartwig Bertrams Reine Wisell Clemens Schickentanz	Porsche Carrera RSR	131
13	S 1.3	35	Pasquale Anastasio	Pasquale Anastasio Salvatore Pellegrino	Chevron B23	129
14th	S 1.3	41	Elcom Racing	Claudio Francisci Roberto Marazzi Bruno Del Fante	Chevron B23	125
15th	S 1.3	36	Marco Crosina	Duilio Truffo Marco Crosina	Osella PA3	124
16	S 3.0	7th	Martini Racing Team	Leo Kinnunen Herbert Müller Gijs van Lennep	Porsche 908 / 3-6	120
17th	GT	49	Achilli Motors	Gabriele Gottifredi Giuseppe Schenetti	De Tomaso Pantera	111
Not classified
18th	S 1.3	42	Blue	Piero Bongiovanni Marcello Gallo	Lola T290
Failed
19th	S 1.6	33	Ermanno Pettiti	Roby Filannino Ermanno Pettiti	Osella PA3	121
20th	S 2.0	25th	Pedro de Lamare	Pedro de Lamare Antonio Neto	Lola T294	96
21st	S 3.0	9	Joest Racing	Reinhold Joest Mario Casoni	Porsche 908/3	38
22nd	S 2.0	38	Scuderia Vesuvio	Cosimo Turizio Carlo Bilotti	Lola T294	19th
23	GT	54	Porsche Club Romand	Claude Haldi Jean-Claude Béring	Porsche Carrera RSR	17th
24	S 3.0	14th	Gelo Racing Team	Jochen Mass Tim Schenken	Gulf Mirage GR7
25th	S 2.0	16	Ateneo	Eugenio Renna Mario Savona	Chevron B26
26th	S 2.0	19th	Vittorio Mascari	Vittorio Mascari Mario Facca	GRD S74
27	S 2.0	27	Dario Cusani	Dario Cusani Domenico Giannotti	Lola T294
28	S 1.6	32	Lorenzo Niccolini	Gianfranco Trombetti Lorenzo Niccolini	Osella PA3
29	S 1.3	38	Eris Tondelli	Eris Tondelli Mauro Nesti	Chevron B31
30th	S 1.3	39	Nettuno	Francesco Cerulli-Irelli Antonio Bramen	AMS 274
31	GT	46	Giorgio Schön	Giorgio Schön Giovanni Borri Kemal Nuri Pelit	Porsche Carrera RSR
Not started
32	S 3.0	4th	Equipe Gitanes - Ligier	Jean-Louis Lafosse François Migault	Ligier JS2	1
33	S 3.0	T	Willi Kauhsen Racing Team	Henri Pescarolo Derek Bell	Alfa Romeo T33 / TT / 12	2

¹ oil leak in training ² training cars

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
34	S 3.0	12	Nettuno	Mauro Nesti Eris Tondelli	Chevron B26
35	S 3.0	15th	Eleven-Alpine Renault	Gérard Larrousse Jean-Pierre Jabouille	Alpine-Renault A442
36	S 2.0	18th	Citte dei Mille	Tarcisio Fornera Romeo Camathias	March 75S
37	S 2.0	19th	Vittorio Mascari	Vittorio Mascari Mario Facca	Porsche 906
38	S 2.0	21st	Nord-Ovest	Pasquale Anastasio	Chevron B26
39	S 2.0	22nd	Nord-Ovest	Gianfranco Trombetti	Osella PA3
40	S 2.0	23	Nord-Ovest	Achille Soria	Abarth-Osella PA2
41	S 2.0	25th	Pedro de Lamare	Pedro de Lamare Antonio Neto	March 75S
42	S 2.0	26th	Scuderia Brescia Corse	Marsilio Pasotti Gianfranco Palazzoli	Osella PA3
43	S 2.0	29	Vesuvio	Domenico Giannotti Vittorio Maione	Lola T294
44	S 2.0	31	March	John Lepp José Uriarte	March 75S
45	S 1.3	37	WS	Aldo Crovella	Osella PA3
46	GT	44	Scuderia Brescia Corse	Franco Berruto Mario Ilotte	Porsche Carrera
47	GT	47	Jolly Club	Giorgio Schön Giovanni Borri	Lancia Stratos
48	GT	48	Jolly Club	Cristiano Del Balzo	Lancia Stratos
49	GT	53	Vittorio Benvenuti	Vittorio Benvenuti	Porsche Carrera
50	GT	56	Marco Vanoli	Marco Vanoli Angelo Pallavicini	Porsche Carrera
51	GT	55	Ennio Bonomelli	Ennio Bonomelli John Rulon-Miller	Porsche Carrera RSR

Class winner

class	driver	driver	driver	vehicle	Placement in the overall ranking
S 3.0	Jean-Pierre Jabouille	Gérard Larrousse		Alpine-Renault A441	Overall victory
S 2.0	John Hine	Ian Grob		Chevron B31	Rank 5
S 1.6	no participant in the finish
S 1.3	Pasquale Anastasio	Salvatore Pellegrino		Chevron B23	Rank 13
GT	Manfred Schurti	Toine Hezemans	John Fitzpatrick	Porsche Carrera RSR	Rank 9

Racing data

• Registered: 51
• Started: 31
• Valued: 17
• Race classes: 5
• Spectator: unknown
• Race day weather: cool and dry
• Route length: 5.245 km
• Driving time of the winning team: 4: 47: 34.700 hours
• Total laps of the winning team: 150
• Total distance of the winning team: 786.750 km
• Winner's average: 164.147 km / h
• Pole position: Arturo Merzario - Alfa Romeo T33 / TT / 12 CC (# 01) - 1: 48.830 = 173.500 km / h
• Fastest race lap: Jean-Pierre Jabouille - Alpine-Renault A441 (# 5) - 1: 49.080 = 171.967 km / h
• Racing series: 2nd round of the sports car world championship in 1975

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 wspr

Previous race 24 Hours of Daytona 1975

Sports car world championship

Succession race 800-km race at Dijon in 1975