Jerez 360 km race in 1986

Brun Motorsport - Porsche 926C

The third-placed Jaguar XJR-6 by Derek Warwick and Jan Lammers

The 360 km race in Jerez 1986 , also known as Trofeo Silk Cut, Jerez , took place on August 3 at the Circuito de Jerez and was the sixth round of the sports car world championship of that year.

The race

A starter mistake triggered a chain reaction that led to a collision of all three factory Jaguars on the first lap. The pace car led the field, followed by Walter Brun , who started from pole position in a Porsche 956 , through the introductory lap back to the start-and-finish straight. Brun drove slowly in third gear and waited for the go-ahead to be released. Although the light was still red, the three Jaguar drivers Gianfranco Brancatelli , Eddie Cheever and Derek Warwick Brun overtook Brun before the start line. As it turned out after the race, a local official prevented the American starter's attempt to break off by illegally switching the traffic light to green. That caused irritation in the field. While Brancatelli took a short break from the accelerator while in the lead, Warwick, who was following him, drove into his car on the first corner and spun off the track. Eddie Cheever couldn't avoid it and also collided with Brancatelli. While Warwick was able to restart the Jaguar's dead engine after two laps and follow the field, the other two Jaguars had to head for the pits to repair the bodies. As the race went on, both cars retired due to drive shaft defects.

Derek Warwick was able to continue the race and achieved third place with partner Jan Lammers , thus maintaining his chances of winning the driver's world title. After the debacle in Tom Walkinshaw's team , the Brun- Porsches remained safe. Oscar Larrauri and Jesús Pareja won in the Porsche 962C ahead of team owner Walter Brun and Frank Jelinski in the 956. Gordon Spice and Ray Bellm in the Spice SE86C remained successful in the C2 class .

Results

Final ranking

Item	class	No.	team	driver	vehicle	Round
1	C1	18th	Brun Motorsport	Oscar Larrauri Jesús Pareja	Porsche 962C	86
2	C1	17th	Brun Motorsport	Walter Brun Frank Jelinski	Porsche 956	86
3	C1	52	Silk Cut Jaguar	Derek Warwick Jan Lammers	Jaguar XJR-6	84
4th	C1	9	Obermaier Racing	Fulvio Ballabio Dudley Wood Jürgen Lässig	Porsche 956	82
5	C2	10	Spice engineering	Gordon Spice Ray Bellm	Spice SE86C	79
6th	C2	75	ADA engineering	Evan Clements Ian Harrower	Gebhardt JC843	78
7th	C2	105	Kelmar Racing	Pasquale Barberio Maurizio Gellini	Tiga GC85	77
8th	C1	33	John Fitzpatrick Racing	Fermín Vélez Emilio de Villota	Porsche 956B	76
9	C1	66	Cosmic Racing	Tiff Needell Costa's lot	March 84G	69
10	C2	97	RBR Tiga	Max Cohen-Olivar David Palmer	Tiga GC285	64
Not classified
11	C2	72	John Bartlett Racing with Goodman Sound	Robin Donovan Nick Adams	Bardon DB1	57
Failed
12	C2	89	Martin Schanche Racing	Torgjer Kleppe Martin Schanche	Argo JM19	75
13	C2	98	RBR Tiga	Pierre Chauvet David Andrews	Tiga GC286	73
14th	C1	51	Silk Cut Jaguar	Eddie Cheever Martin Brundle	Jaguar XJR-6	40
15th	C1	53	Silk Cut Jaguar	Gianfranco Brancatelli Jean-Louis Schlesser	Jaguar XJR-6	12
16	C2	99	RBR Tiga	Thorkild Thyrring John Sheldon	Tiga GC286	12
17th	C1	55	John Fitzpatrick Racing	Paco Romero Adrián Campos	Porsche 962C	7th

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
18th	C1		Sponsor Gest Team	Alessandro Nannini	Lancia LC2-85

Class winner

class	driver	driver	vehicle	Placement in the overall ranking
C1	Oscar Larrauri	Jesús Pareja	Porsche 962C	Overall victory
C2	Gordon Spice	Ray Belllm	Spice SE86C	Rank 5

Racing data

• Registered: 18
• Started: 17
• Valued: 10
• Race classes: 2
• Spectators: 4500
• Race day weather: hot and dry
• Route length: 4.218 km
• Driving time of the winning team: 2: 27: 47.340 hours
• Total laps of the winning team: 86
• Total distance of the winning team: 362.748 km
• Winner's average: 147.270 km / h
• Pole position: Frank Jelinski - Porsche 956 (# 17) - 1: 33.480 = 162.438 km / h
• Fastest race lap: Oscar Larrauri - Porsche 962C (# 18) - 1: 38.090 = 154.805 km / h
• Racing series: Round 6 of the 1986 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 report
• Race results

Previous race Brands Hatch 1000km race 1986

Sports car world championship

Successor 1000 km race on the Nürburgring 1986