Imola 500 km race in 1972
The 500 km race of Imola 1972 , also 500 km Imola , took place on May 17th of September this year at the Autodromo Enzo e Dino Ferrari . The race was the twelfth round of the Italian Sports Car Championship in 1972.
The race
The Imola 500 km race was part of the 1972 Italian Sports Car Championship. This championship was held for the first time in 1937 and ended after a few interruptions in 1975. In Imola, in addition to two works cars from Alfa Romeo , the Scuderia Ferrari also competed with two vehicles. After 40 laps, Ferrari celebrated a double victory. Arturo Merzario won ahead of Jacky Ickx ; both drove a Ferrari 312PB .
Results
Final ranking
| Item | class | No. | team | driver | vehicle | Round | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 |
 Ferrari SEFAC
|
Arturo Merzario
|
Ferrari 312PB | 40 | |||
| 2 | 1 |
Ferrari SEFAC
|
 Jacky Ickx
|
Ferrari 312PB | 40 | |||
| 3 | 4th |
Autodelta SpA
|
Andrea de Adamich
|
Alfa Romeo T33 / TT / 3 | 40 | |||
| 4th |
 Reinhold Joest
|
Reinhold Joest
|
Porsche 908/03 | 39 | ||||
| 5 |
Mario Casoni
|
Lola T280 | 39 | |||||
| 6th |
Nanni Galli
|
Lola T290 | 38 | |||||
| 7th |
 Derek Bell
|
Abarth-Osella 2000 | 38 | |||||
| 8th |
Mauro Nesti
|
Chevron B21 | 37 | |||||
| 9 |
Gianfranco Palazzoli
|
Fiat-Abarth 2000 | 35 | |||||
| 10 |
 Michel Dupont
|
Chevron B21 | 35 | |||||
| 11 |
Roger Heavens
|
Chevron B21 | 34 | |||||
| 12 |
Stefano Buonapace
|
Chevron B21 | 34 | |||||
| 13 |
Ciro Nappi
|
Chevron B21 | 32 | |||||
| 14th |
Vittorio Mascari
|
Porsche 906 | ||||||
| Failed | ||||||||
| 15th | 6th |
Autodelta SpA
|
Teodoro Zeccoli
|
Alfa Romeo T33 / TT / 3 | ||||
| 16 |
Giorgio Pianta
|
Lola T212 | ||||||
Only in the entry list
No further reports are known for this race.
Class winner
No class winners are known for this race.
Racing data
- Registered: 16
- Started: 16
- Valued: 14
- Racing classes: unknown
- Spectator: unknown
- Weather on race day: unknown
- Route length: 5.018 km
- Driving time of the winning team: 1: 07: 56,200 hours
- Total laps of the winning team: 40
- Total distance of the winning team: 204.280 km
- Winner's average: 180.414 km / h
- Pole position: Jacky Ickx - Ferrari 312PB (# 1)
- Fastest race lap: Arturo Merzario - Ferrari 312 PB (# 2) - 1: 40.100 = 184.207 km / h
- Racing series: Round 12 of the 1972 Italian 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 .