Dijon 500 km race in 1977
The 500 km race of Dijon 1977 , also 500 kms de I'ACF, Dijon-Prenois , took place on April 17th on the Circuit de Dijon-Prenois and was the 3rd round of the sports car world championship of that year.
The race
The season of Group 6 cars in the World Sports Car Championship began with the 500 km race in Dijon. After only one year of use, the abandoned factory team of Porsche on the regular use of the Porsche 936 . Alfa Romeo made a return to series production . Their team Autodelta brought the last evolutionary stage of the Alfa Romeo Tipo 33 to the start. The Alfa Romeo T33 / SC / 12 had a box-shaped chassis. The 3.0-liter 12-cylinder boxer engine developed 520 hp. The competition had no chance from the start of the race. Arturo Merzario and Jean-Pierre Jarier won superiorly. The second car by next Vittorio Brambilla the Brabham - Formula 1 -Pilot John Watson drove failed after an engine failure.
Results
Final ranking
| Item | class | No. | team | driver | vehicle | Round | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | S 3.0 | 1 |
 Autodelta SpA
|
Arturo Merzario Jean-Pierre Jarier
|
Alfa Romeo T33 / SC / 12 | 132 | ||
| 2 | S 2.0 | 29 |
Ateneo
|
Eugenio Renna Giuseppe Virgilio
|
Osella PA5 | 125 | ||
| 3 | S 2.0 | 24 |
 Dorset Racing Associates
|
Alain de Cadenet Ernst Berg
|
Lola T294S | 123 | ||
| 4th | S 2.0 | 23 |
Torino Corse
|
Ermanno Pettiti Giovanni Bormida
|
Osella PA5 | 122 | ||
| 5 | S 2.0 | 34 |
 Cheetah Automobiles
|
Mario Luini Sandro Plastina Jean-Pierre Pochon
|
Cheetah G601 | 116 | ||
| Not classified | ||||||||
| 6th | S 2.0 | 30th |
Jean-Marie Lemerle
|
Jean-Marie Lemerle Alain Levié
|
Lola T294 | 84 | ||
| Failed | ||||||||
| 7th | S 2.0 | 21st |
Racing Organization Course
|
Michel Pignard Jean-Louis Bos Fred Stalder
|
Chevron B36 | 119 | ||
| 8th | S 2.0 | 35 |
Formula Racing Club Zurich
|
Herbert Müller Rodolfo Cescato
|
Chevron B21 / 23 | 115 | ||
| 9 | S 3.0 | 7th |
 Joest Racing
|
Reinhold Joest Claude Haldi
|
Porsche 908/3 Turbo | 94 | ||
| 10 | S 3.0 | 6th |
Jörg Obermoser
|
Rolf Stommelen Hans Heyer
|
TOJ SC302 | 93 | ||
| 11 | S 2.0 | 22nd |
Enzo Osella
|
Giorgio Francia Dieter Quester
|
Osella PA5 | 92 | ||
| 12 | S 3.0 | 2 |
Autodelta SpA
|
Vittorio Brambilla John Watson
|
Alfa Romeo T33 / SC / 12 | 87 | ||
| 13 | S 3.0 | 8th |
Joest Racing
|
 Brett Lunger Skeeter McKitterick
|
Porsche 908/3 | 50 | ||
| 14th | S 2.0 | 31 |
Daniel Brillat
|
Daniel Brillat Eric Vuagnat
|
Cheetah G601 | 16 | ||
| 15th | S 2.0 | 33 |
Bracey Charnell
|
Tony Charnell Ian Bracey
|
Chevron B31 | 14th | ||
| 16 | S 2.0 | 26th |
Lester Ray
|
Richard Jenvey Boy Hayje
|
Vogue SP2 | 6th | ||
| 17th | S 2.0 | 28 |
Francy Racing
|
Eugen Strähl Peter Bernhard
|
Clean C5 | 5 | ||
| 18th | S 2.0 | 20th |
Racing Organization Course
|
Jean-Louis Lafosse Jean-Pierre Jaussaud
|
Chevron B36 | 1 | ||
| Not started | ||||||||
| 19th | S 2.0 | 27 |
Dorset Racing Associates
|
Guy Edwards Ian Harrower Chris Craft
|
Lola T294S | 1 | ||
| 20th | S 2.0 | 32 |
Rémy Julienne
|
Jean-Claude Justice Rémy Julienne
|
Lola T294 | 2 | ||
| 21st | S 3.0 | 2T |
Autodelta SpA
|
Jean-Pierre Jarier
|
Alfa Romeo T33 / SC / 12 | 3 | ||
1 engine failure during training 2 accident during training 3 training car
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 22nd | S 3.0 | 3 |
Marco Capoferri
|
Mario Casoni Marco Capoferri
|
Lola T286 |
| 23 | S 3.0 | 9 |
German Brothers
|
Otto Stuppacher Hans-Peter Plöderl
|
German special |
| 24 | S 2.0 | 36 |
Dieter Schulz
|
Dieter Schulz
|
Lola T390 |
Class winner
| class | driver | driver | vehicle | Placement in the overall ranking |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| S 3.0 |
Arturo Merzario
|
Jean-Pierre Jarier
|
Alfa Romeo T33 / SC / 12 | Overall victory |
| S 2.0 |
Eugenio Renna
|
Giuseppe Virgilio
|
Osella PA5 | Rank 2 |
Racing data
- Registered: 24
- Started: 18
- Valued: 5
- Race classes: 2
- Spectator: unknown
- Race day weather: warm and dry
- Route length: 3.800 km
- Driving time of the winning team: 3:02: 18,400 hours
- Total laps of the winning team: 132
- Total distance of the winning team: 501,600 km
- Winner's average: 165.084 km / h
- Pole position: Vittorio Brambilla - Alfa Romeo T33 / SC / 12 (# 2) - 1: 16.210 = 179.339 km / h
- Fastest race lap: Arturo Merzario - Alfa Romeo T33 / SC / 12 (# 1) - 1: 17.400 = 176.744 km / h
- Racing series: 3rd round 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 Ltd., London 1995, ISBN 0-85112-642-1 .
Web links
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Previous race 6 Hours of Mugello 1977 |
Sports car world championship |
Follow -up race 500 km race from Monza 1977 |