1976 Monza 4-hour race

Autodromo Nazionale Monza

The 15th 4-hour race in Monza , also Trofeo Filippo Caracciolo, 4 Ore di Monza, Autodromo Nazionale di Monza , took place on April 25, 1976 at the Autodromo Nazionale Monza and was the fourth round of the sports car world championship of that year.

The race

The second outing of the new Porsche 936 in the sports car world championship in 1976 led to its first victory. After Rolf Stommelen had taken fifth place with his car in the race debut at the Nürburgring , Jochen Mass and Jacky Ickx won in Monza in chassis 02. At the finish, the lead over the Alpine-Renault A442 of Henri Pescarolo and Jean-Pierre Jarier was one lap .

Results

Final ranking

Item	class	No.	team	driver	vehicle	Round
1	S 3.0	3	Martini Racing	Jochen Mass Jacky Ickx	Porsche 936	153
2	S 3.0	1	Renault Sport	Henri Pescarolo Jean-Pierre Jarier	Alpine-Renault A442	152
3	S 3.0	5	Joest Racing	Horst Godel Jürgen Barth Reinhold Joest	Porsche 908/3	132
4th	S 2.0	22nd	Ateneo	Eugenio Renna Armando Floridia	Osella PA4	132
5	S 2.0	24	Danilo Tesini	Danilo Tesini Marco Crosina	Osella PA4	129
6th	S 2.0	23	Ermanno Pettiti	Ermanno Pettiti Roby Filannino	Osella PA4	129
7th	S 3.0	6th	Sports Car Team of Austria	Kurt Hild Hans-Peter Plöderl	KMW SP30	128
8th	S 2.0	37	GVEA	Georges Morand François Trisconi	Lola T292	127
9	S 2.0	49	Dorset Racing	Ian Harrower Simon Phillips	Lola T294S	124
10	S 2.0	33	Stanislao Sterzel	Stanislao Sterzel Carlo Franchi	March 75S	124
11	S 2.0	27	Jolly Club	Giuseppe Bianco Giorgio Schön Luigi Tommasi	Osella PA3	123
12	S 2.0	48	Dorset Racing	Ian Bracey Brian Joscelyne	Lola T294S	122
13	S 1.6	57	Marcello Gallo	Marcello Gallo Maurizio Gellini	Chevron B23	107
Not classified
14th	S 2.0	39	Racing Organization Course	François Sérvanin Laurent Ferrier	Chevron B36	105
15th	S 2.0	35	PP Sauber Racing	Herbert Müller Rodolfo Cescato	Clean C5	105
16	S 1.6	55	Giuseppe Bottura	Giuseppe Bottura Ubaldo Smittarello	Osella PA3	104
17th	S 2.0	46	Robin Smith	Robin Smith Richard Jones	Chevron B26	101
Failed
18th	S 3.0	4th	Joest Racing	Reinhold Joest Ernst Kraus	Porsche 908/4	120
19th	S 3.0	7th	Sports Car Team of Austria	Günther Egermann Eberhard Braun	KMW SP30	89
20th	S 2.0	31	Achille Soria	Ledy Zampolli Achille Soria	Osella PA2	89
21st	S 3.0	15th	Guy Edwards	Guy Edwards John Lepp	March 76S	87
22nd	S 2.0	25th	Pasquale Barberio	Carlo Bilotti Pasquale Barberio	Osella PA4	79
23	S 2.0	26th	Giovanni Anzeloni	Giovanni Anzeloni Vincenzo Cazzago	Osella PA4	74
24	S 2.0	42	Hay Seech	Bob Marsland Alois Müller	Chevron B31	72
25th	S 5.0	19th	Gilded tire team	Peter Hoffmann Norbert Dombrowski	McLaren M8F	64
26th	S 1.3	67	Pasquale Anastasio	Pasquale Anastasio Giuseppe Tambone	Chevron B31	64
27	S 2.0	32	Giancarlo Naddeo	Giancarlo Naddeo Claudio Francisci	Alpine A441	59
28	S 1.3	65	AMS	Carlo Giorgio Carlo Saponaro	AMS 175	56
29	S 2.0	29	Achille Marzi	Gianfranco Trombetti Achille Marzi	Osella PA3	35
30th	S 2.0	21st	Enzo Osella	Arturo Merzario Gianfranco Palazzoli	Osella PA3	32
31	S 3.0	9	Marco Capoferri	Mario Casoni Marco Capoferri	Lola T380	28
32	S 3.0	14th	John Blanckley	Manrico Zanuso Martin Raymond	Chevron B31	28
33	S 2.0	28	Spartaco Dini	Spartaco Dini Lorenzo Niccolini	Osella PA4	17th
34	S 3.0	2	Renault Sport	Jean-Pierre Jabouille Jacques Laffite	Alpine-Renault A442	16
35	S 1.3	64	AMS	Francesco Cerulli-Irelli Cristiano Del Balzo	AMS 175	12
36	S 2.0	38	Giuseppe Piazzi	Giuseppe Piazzi Sandro Cinotti	Chevron B36	7th
37	S 1.6	56	Arcadio Pezzali	Arcadio Pezzali Giuseppe Ranzolin	Chevron B23	3
38	S 2.0	41	Jolly Club	Luigi Colzani Giorgio Pianta	Chevron B23	1
Not started
39	S 3.0	16	Egon Evertz	Leo Kinnunen Egon Evertz	Porsche 908/4	1
40	S 2.0	36	Jolly Club	Renzo Zorzi Martino Finotto	Lola T294	2
Not qualified
41	S 1.6	58	Aquila	Vitto Carbonara Antonio Petruzzi	GRD S74	3
42	S 1.3	61	Enzo Osella	Gianfranco Palazzoli	Osella PA3	4th
43	S 1.3	68	Fabio Siliprandi	Fabio Siliprandi Alessandro Guidetti	Dallara 1300 cmc	5

¹ Engine failure in training ² Engine failure in training ³ not qualified ⁴ not qualified ⁵ not qualified

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
44	S 3.0	8th	Jean-Pierre Jaussaud	Jean-Pierre Jaussaud Pierre-Marie Painvin	Lola T286
45	S 3.0	11	German Brothers	Lothar Schörg Robert Eberhardt	German special Porsche
46	S 3.0	12	Mauro Nesti	Mauro Nesti Eris Tondelli	Chevron B31
47	S 2.0	34	"King"	"King" Roberto Marazzi	March 75S
48	S 2.0	43	Sergio Mingotti	Sergio Mingotti Vittorio Venturi	Lola T292
49	S 2.0	44	Formula Racing Club Zurich	Peter Bernhard	Cheetah G501
50	S 2.0	45	Peter Smith	Peter Smith John Turner	Chevron B31
51	S 2.0	51	Lester Ray	Richard Jenvey	Vogue SP2
52	S 1.6	54	Guido Gatto	Guido Gatto	Osella PA4
53	S 1.3	62	Paolo Pogliano	Paolo Pogliano Giovanni Boeris	Osella PA3
54	S 1.3	63	Salvatore Pellegrino	Salvatore Pellegrino Duilio Truffo	Osella PA3
55	S 1.3	66	Claudio Francisci	Claudio Francisci Biaggio Cammarone	Chevron B31
56	S 1.0	71	Jolly Club	Giovanni Taroni Federico D'Amore	Ferrari

Class winner

class	driver	driver	vehicle	Placement in the overall ranking
S 5.0	no participant in the finish
S 3.0	Jochen Mass	Jacky Ickx	Porsche 936	Overall victory
S 2.0	Eugenio Renna	Armando Floridia	Osella PA4	Rank 4
S 1.6	Marcello Gallo	Maurizio Gellini	Chevron B23	Rank 13
S 1.3	no participant in the finish

Racing data

• Registered: 56
• Started: 38
• Rated: 13
• Race classes: 5
• Spectators: 12,000
• Race day weather: warm and dry
• Route length: 5.770 km
• Driving time of the winning team: 4:00: 54,400 hours
• Total laps of the winning team: 153
• Total distance of the winning team: 882.810 km
• Winner's average: 219.871 km / h
• Pole position: Jochen Mass - Porsche 936 (# 3) - 1: 32.230 = 226.391 km / h
• Fastest race lap: Jean-Pierre Jarier - Alpine-Renault A442 (# 1) - 1: 29.600 = 231.830 km / h
• Racing series: 4th round of the Sports Car World Championship in 1976

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

Previous race 300 km race on the Nürburgring 1976

Sports car world championship

Successor to the 6-hour race at Silverstone 1976