1000 km race from Zeltweg in 1969

Porsche 917 from 1969

The first 1000 km race in Zeltweg , also the 7th Austrian Grand Prix (1000 km Österreichring for sports cars and prototypes, Österreichring, Zeltweg) , took place on August 10, 1969 and was the 10th race of the sports car world championship of that year .

The race

The 1000 km race at the Österreichring in 1969 was remarkable in two ways. Firstly, with the official opening of the Österreichring , it marks the beginning of international motorsport activities on this permanent racetrack and, secondly, this race saw the first race victory for the Porsche 917 , which Joseph Siffert and Kurt Ahrens achieved .

Results

Final ranking

Item	class	No.	team	driver	vehicle	Round
1	S 5.0	29	Baron von Wendt	Joseph Siffert Kurt Ahrens	Porsche 917	170
2	S 5.0	33	Scuderia Filipinetti	Joakim Bonnier Herbert Müller	Lola T70 Mk. IIIB	170
3	S 5.0	30th	David Piper Racing	Richard Attwood Brian Redman	Porsche 917K	169
4th	P 3.0	11	Sport Cars Broström	Masts Gregory Richard Broström	Porsche 908/02	168
5	P 3.0	41	Porsche Salzburg	Rudi Lins Gérard Larrousse	Porsche 908/02 LH	168
6th	P 3.0	5	Porsche Salzburg	Willi Kauhsen Karl von Wendt	Porsche 908/02 LH	166
7th	P 3.0	3	Gesipa Racing Team	Jürgen Neuhaus Dieter Fröhlich	Porsche 908/02	130
8th	S 2.0	34	Richard Gerin	Helmut Marko Richard Gerin	Porsche 910	157
9	S 2.0	23	Association of South German Car Sportsmen	Ernst Kraus Dieter Basche	Porsche 910	156
10	P 3.0	12	Helmut Krause	Helmut Krause Hans-Dieter Weigel	Porsche 907 2.2	156
11	S 2.0	20th	Bill Bradley Racing	William Bradley Dieter Spoerry	Porsche 910	155
12	S 2.0	22nd	Hart Ski Racing Team	Arthur Blank Peter Ditzler	Porsche 910	152
13	S 2.0	15th	JCB Ltd.	Roger Enever Peter Brown	Chevron B8	150
14th	S 2.0	24	Hans-Dieter Blatzheim	Hans-Dieter Blatzheim Ferfried von Hohenzollern	Porsche 910	148
15th	S 2.0	26th	Elan Racing Team	Berndt Brodner Peter Peter	Porsche 910	148
16	GT 2.0	27	Paul-Ernst Straehle	Herbert Linge Roland Bauer	Porsche 911T	142
17th	S 2.0	19th	Scuderia Trentina	Antonio Zadra Giuseppe Dalla Torre	Alfa Romeo TT33 / 2	142
18th	GT 2.0	37	Hans-Dieter Weigel	Reinhardt Stenzel Dieter Schmied	Porsche 911T	140
19th	GT 2.0	38	Edgar Herrmann	Edgar Herrmann Eberhard Sindel	Porsche 911T	135
20th	GT 2.0	40	Mario Ilotte	Mario Ilotte Oreste Abdon	Porsche 911T	134
21st	S 2.0	25th	Bosch Racing Team	Otto Stuppacher Niki Lauda	Porsche 910	133
22nd	P 3.0	6th	Autodelta SpA	Ignazio Giunti Nanni Galli	Alfa Romeo TT33 / 3	127
Failed
23	S 5.0	32	David Piper Racing	David Piper Dieter Quester	Lola T70 Mk. IIIB
24	P 3.0	10	German BG Racing Team	Gerhard Koch Hans-Dieter Dechent	Porsche 908/02
25th	P 3.0	2	Racing Team VDS	Teddy Pilette Rob Slotemaker	Alfa Romeo TT33 / 2 2.5
26th	P 2.0	26th	Valvoline Racing Team	Siegfried Pust Günther Huber	Porsche 906
27	S 2.0	16	Goals Line Racing Team	Guy Edwards Mike Franey	Chevron B8
28	S 2.0	14th	Racing Team VDS	Plate Gosselin Claude Bourgoignie	Alfa Romeo Tipo 33/2
29	S 2.0	28	Racing team Ben Hur	Hans Bohlmeier Helmut Klocke	Porsche 910
30th	S 2.0	35	Roy Johnson Racing Team	Roy Johnson Klaus Graeper	Chevron B8
31	P 3.0	42	Matra Sports	Johnny Servoz-Gavin Pedro Rodríguez	Matra MS650	109
32	P 3.0	9	John Wyer Automotive Engineering	Jacky Ickx Jackie Oliver	Mirage M3	99
33	P 3.0	7th	Autodelta SpA	Andrea de Adamich Nino Vaccarella	Alfa Romeo TT33 / 3	91
34	P 2.0	1	Scuderia Picchio Rosso	Corrado Manfredini Giampiero Moretti	Porsche 907	35
35	P 3.0	8th	Autodelta SpA	Mario Casoni Teodoro Zeccoli	Alfa Romeo TT33 / 3	4th
36	S 2.0	21st	Bosch Racing Team	Kurt Rieder Lambert Hofer	Porsche 906	4th
Not started
37	S 2.0	18th	Elan Racing Team	Berndt Brodner Peter Peter	Porsche 906	1
38	S 5.0	31	Louis Morand	Louis Morand Gérard Pillon	Lola T70 Mk.IIIB	2
39	P 3.0	4T	Porsche Salzburg	Joseph Siffert Richard Attwood	Porsche 917K	3

¹ accident during training ² engine damage during training ³ 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
40	S 5.0		PR fof men	Picko Troberg Bjorn Rothstein	Lola T70 Mk.IIIB
41	P 3.0	11	Société Automobiles Alpine	André de Cortanze	Alpine A220
42	S 5.0	34	Peter Sadler	Peter Sadler Paul Vestey	Ford GT40
43	S 5.0	35	Willy King	Willy King	Ford GT40
44	GT 2.0	39	Valvoline Racing Team	Günther Breyer Hermann Bennier	Porsche 911S

Class winner

class	driver	driver	vehicle	Placement in the overall ranking
S 5.0	Joseph Siffert	Kurt Ahrens	Porsche 917	Overall victory
P 3.0	Masts Gregory	Richard Broström	Porsche 908/02	Rank 4
S 2.0	Helmut Marko	Richard Gerin	Porsche 910	Rank 8
GT 2.0	Herbert Linge	Roland Bauer	Porsche 911T	Rank 16

Racing data

• Registered: 43
• Started: 36
• Valued: 22
• Race classes: 4
• Spectator: unknown
• Race day weather: warm and dry
• Route length: 5.911 km
• Driving time of the winning team: 5:23: 36.980 hours
• Total laps of the winning team: 170
• Total distance of the winning team: 1004.870 km
• Winner's average: 186.308 km / h
• Pole position: Jacky Ickx - Mirage M3 (# 9) - 1.47.600 - 197.776 km / h
• Fastest race lap: Jacky Ickx - Mirage M3 (# 9) - 1.46.600 - 199.621 km / h
• Racing series: 10th round of the 1969 sports car world 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

• Results at Racing Sports Cars

Previous race 6 Hours of Watkins Glen 1969

Sports car world championship

Succession race 24 Hours of Daytona in 1970