Imola 300 km race in 1971

Ferrari 512M

The 300 km race of Imola 1971 , also called Coppa di Shell Imola , took place on May 2nd of this year at the Autodromo Enzo e Dino Ferrari . The race was the first race of the Interseries this year.

The race

The Interserie was a racing series for sports cars that was established in 1970 as a European variant of the North American CanAm series. The first race took place on June 28, 1970 at the Norisring , Nuremberg . The winner of this race and later overall winner of the 1970 season was the German Jürgen Neuhaus in a Porsche 917K .

The racing cars on vehicles from FIA groups 5 , 6 and 7. In Imola, Scuderia Ferrari also reported a racing car in the first races of the 1971 season . Arturo Merzario won in a Ferrari 512M ahead of the Briton Chris Craft , who drove a McLaren M8 . How popular these races were at the beginning of the series can also be judged by the fact that 70,000 spectators attended the race.

In September, another was held in Imola scoring run to the championship at the Autodromo Enzo e Dino Ferrari instead. Brian Redman won this race on a BRM P167 .

Results

Final ranking

Item	class	No.	team	driver	vehicle	Round
1		22nd	SEFAC Ferrari	Arturo Merzario	Ferrari 512M	60
2		10	Ecurie Evergreen	Chris Craft	McLaren M8E	60
3		11	AAW Racing Team	Leo Kinnunen	Porsche 917 Spyder	60
4th		28	Autodelta Spa	Teodoro Zeccoli	Alfa Romeo T33 / 3	60
5		23	Escuderia Montjuich	José Juncadella	Ferrari 512M	59
6th		14th	Gesipa Racing Team	Michel Weber	Porsche 917 Spyder	59
7th		20th	Gelo Racing Team	Georg Loos	Ferrari 512M	59
8th			Ecurie Bonnier	Joakim Bonnier	Lola T212	57
9		4th	Racing Team Zitro	Dominique Martin	Porsche 917K	57
10			Carlo Zuccoli	Carlo Zuccoli	Lola T210	56
11		30th	Alain Finkel	Alain Finkel	Lola T212	56
12			Francesco Ghezzi	Francesco Ghezzi	Lola T210	54
13			Ernst Kraus	Ernst Kraus	Porsche 908/02	54
14th			Riccardo Benelli	Carlo Benelli	Alfa Romeo T33 / 3-71	53
15th		34	Scuderia Brescia Corse	Franco Berruto	Porsche 906	46
16		46	Michel Dupont	Michel Dupont	Chevron B16	45
Failed
17th		25th	Scuderia Brescia Corse	Marsilio Pasotti	Ferrari 512M	45
18th			David Piper	Mario Casoni	Porsche 917K	37
19th		3	Fields Racing Team	Helmut Kelleners	March 717	37
20th			Antonio Zadra	Antonio Zadra	Lola T212	16
21st		1	Jürgen Neuhaus	Jürgen Neuhaus	Porsche 917 Spyder	1
Not started
22nd		6th	Racing Team VDS	Teddy Pilette	McLaren M8C	1

¹ engine failure 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.

Item	class	No.	team	driver	chassis
23			Ecurie Bonnier	Giampiero Moretti	Lola T222

Class winner

No class winners are known for this race.

Racing data

• Registered: 23
• Started: 21
• Valued: 16
• Racing classes: unknown
• Spectators: 70,000
• Weather on race day: unknown
• Route length: 5.018 km
• Driving time of the winning team: 1: 35: 34,000 hours
• Total laps of the winning team: 60
• Total distance of the winning team: 301.080 km
• Winner's average: 189.028 km / h
• Pole position: Arturo Merzario - Ferrari 512M (# 22) - 1: 33.420
• Fastest race lap: Chris Craft - McLaren M8E (# 10) - 1: 32.800
• Racing series: 1st round of the Interseries 1971

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

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Imola 200 km race in 1971

Previous race 300-mile race at Hockenheim 1970

Interseries

Successor 300 km race from Zolder 1971