300 km race on the Salzburgring in 1977

Last use in the sports car world championship for the Alfa Romeo Tipo 33

The 300 km race on the Salzburgring in 1977 , also known as the Salzburg Festival Prize (Elan Trophy), Salzburgring , took place on September 18 on the Salzburgring and was the 14th round of the sports car world championship of that year.

The race

As expected, the Alfa Romeo T33 / SC / 12 also dominated the race on the Salzburgring. It was the eighth consecutive victory in the Group 6 racing car championship. In order for the winning Alfa Romeo - Trailer 1977 all championship races. For the first and only time, a T33 / SC / 12 with a 640 hp V12 engine with two turbochargers was used. Arturo Merzario achieved second place overall with this racing car. The Alfa Romeo triple victory ended the long service life of the Tipo 33 series in the sports car world championship. What began with Andrea de Adamich and Teodoro Zeccoli at the 12-hour race in Sebring in 1967 , Vittorio Brambilla ended with his victory at the racetrack near Salzburg .

Results

Final ranking

Item	class	No.	team	driver	vehicle	Round
1	S 3.0	2	Autodelta SpA	Vittorio Brambilla	Alfa Romeo T33 / SC / 12	70
2	S 3.0	1	Autodelta SpA	Arturo Merzario	Alfa Romeo T33 / SC / 12 Turbo	69
3	S 3.0	3	Autodelta SpA	Spartaco Dini Giorgio Francia	Alfa Romeo T33 / SC / 12	68
4th	S 2.0	4th	Ultramar Racing Lola	Ray Mallock Guy Edwards	Lola T296	65
5	S 2.0	5	Herbert Mueller	Herbert Mueller	March 75S	64
6th	S 2.0	17th	Citta dei Mille	Duilio Ghislotti Romeo Camathias	Lola T296	62
7th	S 2.0	6th	Torino Corse	Ermanno Pettiti Danilo Tesini	Osella PA5	62
Failed
8th	S 2.0	14th	Fancey Racing	Eugen Strähl	Clean C5
9	S 1.6	20th	San Marco	Giuseppe Bottura Giuseppe Pellin	Osella PA3 / 5
Not started
10	S 2.0	15th	Daniel Brillat	Daniel Brillat	Cheetah G601	1

¹ not started

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.

Item	class	No.	team	driver	chassis
11	S 2.0	7th	Torino Corse	Franco Milano Luigi Pozzo	Osella PA4
12	S 2.0	8th	Torino Corse	Marco Onori Maurizio Orsi	Osella PA5
13	S 2.0	9	Torino Corse	Lella Lombardi	Osella PA5
14th	S 3.0	10	German Brothers	Kurt Hild Kurt Lotterschmid	German special
15th	S 2.0	11	AMS	Maurizio Flammini	AMS
16	S 2.0	12	AMS	G. Peruggi Eugen Strähl	AMS
17th	S 3.0	16	Marco Capoferri	Marco Capoferri	Lola T286
18th	S 2.0	18th	Albert Nockenwallen	Franz Albert	Albert-Chevron B34
19th	S 2.0	19th	Fabio Siliprandi	Fabio Siliprandi	Chevron B36

Class winner

class	driver	driver	vehicle	Placement in the overall ranking
S 3.0	Vittorio Brambilla		Alfa Romeo T33 / SC / 12	Overall victory
S 2.0	Ray Mallock	Guy Edwards	Lola T296	Rank 4
S 1.6	no participant in the finish

Racing data

• Registered: 19
• Started: 9
• Valued: 7
• Race classes: 3
• Spectator: unknown
• Race day weather: cloudy and dry
• Route length: 4.056 km
• Driving time of the winning team: 1: 27: 26.790 hours
• Total laps of the winning team: 70
• Total distance of the winning team: 296.870 km
• Winner's average: 203.693 km / h
• Pole position: Vittorio Brambilla - Alfa Romeo T33 / SC / 12 (# 2) - 1: 12.650 = 210.153 km / h
• Fastest race lap: Vittorio Brambilla - Alfa Romeo T33 / SC / 12 (# 2) - 1: 24.450 = 180.789 km / h
• Racing series: Round 14 of the 1977 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, London 1995, ISBN 0-85112-642-1 .

Web links

• Race results

Previous race 250 km Imola race in 1977

Sports car world championship

Successor to the 6 Hours of Brands Hatch 1977