Imola 500 km race in 1976
The 500 km race of Imola 1976 , also Trofeo Ignazio Giunti, Imola 500 Kilometres , took place on May 23 at the Autodromo Enzo e Dino Ferrari and was the sixth round of the sports car world championship of that year. The race was named after the Italian Ferrari works driver Ignazio Giunti , who had a fatal accident at the 1000 km race in Buenos Aires in 1971 .
The race
With the Alfa Romeo T33 / SC / 12 , Alfa Romeo returned to the sports car world championship in 1976 . Thus, the received Porsche - works team another opponent. The fastest in qualifying was neither a Porsche nor an Alfa Romeo driver, but Jean-Pierre Jarier in the Alpine-Renault A442 in front of teammate Jody Scheckter . In the race, both Alpines retired after engine damage, so that victory went to Porsche again. Jochen Mass and Jacky Ickx won in the Porsche 936 after three hours driving time ahead of the Alfa Romeo of Vittorio Brambilla and Arturo Merzario .
Results
Final ranking
Item | class | No. | team | driver | vehicle | Round | ||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | S 3.0 | 7th | Martini Racing |
Jochen Mass Jacky Ickx |
Porsche 936 | 100 | ||
2 | S 3.0 | 1 | Autodelta SpA |
Vittorio Brambilla Arturo Merzario |
Alfa Romeo T33 / SC / 12 | 96 | ||
3 | S 3.0 | 5 | Joest Racing |
Horst Godel Jürgen Barth Reinhold Joest |
Porsche 908/3 | 94 | ||
4th | S 2.0 | 30th | Torino Corse |
Roby Filannino Ermanno Pettiti
|
Osella PA4 | 93 | ||
5 | S 2.0 | 23 | Ateneo |
Eugenio Renna Armando Floridia
|
Osella PA4 | 92 | ||
6th | S 2.0 | 38 | Dorset Racing Associates |
Ian Bracey Tony Birchenhough
|
Lola T294S | 91 | ||
7th | S 2.0 | 31 | Torino Corse |
Danilo Tesini Marco Crosina
|
Osella PA4 | 90 | ||
8th | S 2.0 | 40 | Sesto Corse |
Carlo Franchi Stanislao Sterzel
|
March 75S | 89 | ||
9 | S 3.0 | 9 | Equator Cottages | Teodoro Zeccoli | Alfa Romeo T33 / TT / 3 | 88 | ||
10 | S 2.0 | 22nd | Racing Organization Course |
François Sérvanin Laurent Ferrier
|
Chevron B36 | 86 | ||
11 | S 1.6 | 67 | Mendola |
Arcadio Pezzali Giuseppe Ranzolin
|
Chevron B23 | 85 | ||
12 | S 1.6 | 62 | Rododendri |
Luigi Pozzo Franco Milano
|
Osella PA3 | 84 | ||
13 | S 2.0 | 33 | Torino Corse |
Spartaco Dini Giovanni Anzeloni
|
Osella PA4 | 82 | ||
14th | S 1.3 | 78 | Nord-Ovest |
Pasquale Anastasio Giuseppe Tambone
|
Chevron B26 | 82 | ||
15th | S 3.0 | 2 | Renault Sport |
Jean-Pierre Jarier Jacques Laffite |
Alpine-Renault A442 | 74 | ||
16 | S 3.0 | 4th | Joest Racing |
Reinhold Joest Ernst Kraus
|
Porsche 908/4 | 71 | ||
Not classified | ||||||||
17th | S 3.0 | 10 | Sports Car Team of Austria | Eberhard Braun | KMW SP30 | 67 | ||
18th | S 1.6 | 60 | Marcello Gallo | Marcello Gallo | Chevron B23 | 64 | ||
19th | S 1.6 | 63 | "Gates" | Gianfranco Trombetti | Osella PA3 | 64 | ||
Failed | ||||||||
20th | S 3.0 | 12 | John Blanckley | Manrico Zanuso | Chevron B31 | 52 | ||
21st | S 2.0 | 25th | PP Sauber Racing |
Herbert Müller Rodolfo Cescato
|
Clean C5 | 39 | ||
22nd | S 1.3 | 76 | Mendola |
Alessandro Guidetti Fabio Siliprandi
|
Dallara 1300 cmc | 28 | ||
23 | S 2.0 | 34 | Giuseppe Piazzi |
Giuseppe Piazzi Sandro Cinotti
|
Chevron B36 | 21st | ||
24 | S 2.0 | 37 | Dorset Racing Associates |
Claude Crespin Simon Phillips |
Lola T294S | 20th | ||
25th | S 2.0 | 21st | Gianfranco Palazzoli |
Duilio Truffo Gianfranco Palazzoli
|
Osella PA4 | 19th | ||
26th | S 2.0 | 39 | Aretusa | "King" | March 75S | 18th | ||
27 | S 1.6 | 64 | San Marco |
Ubaldo Smittarello Giuseppe Bottura
|
Osella PA3 | 10 | ||
28 | S 3.0 | 6th | Nettuno |
Mario Casoni Marco Capoferri
|
Lola T380 | 6th | ||
29 | S 3.0 | 3 | Renault Sport |
Jody Scheckter Henri Pescarolo |
Alpine-Renault A442 | 3 | ||
Not started | ||||||||
30th | S 3.0 | 11 | Sports Car Team of Austria |
Axel Ahrens Eberhard Braun
|
KMW SP30 | 1 | ||
31 | S 2.0 | 24 | Nettuno |
Claudio Francisci Giancarlo Naddeo
|
Alpine A441 | 2 | ||
32 | S 3.0 | T | Renault Sport |
Jody Scheckter Henri Pescarolo Jean-Pierre Jarier Jacques Laffit
|
Alpine-Renault A442 | 3 | ||
Not qualified | ||||||||
33 | S 2.0 | 29 | Jolly Club |
Giorgio Pianta Anna Cambiaghi |
Osella PA2 | 4th | ||
34 | S 1.6 | 61 | Equator Cottages |
Vitto Carbonara Antonio Petruzzi
|
GRD S74 | 5 | ||
35 | S 1.6 | 66 | Nord-Ovest |
Luigi de Angelis Pier-Ugo Prati
|
AMS 71 | 6th | ||
36 | S 1.6 | 68 | San Marco |
Egidio Nicolosi Giulio Dubrini
|
Chevron B21 | 7th | ||
37 | S 1.0 | 91 | Nettuno |
Fernando Spreafico Tiziano Serattini
|
GiPi 1000 | 8th |
1 not started 2 engine failure during training 3 training car 4 not qualified 5 not qualified 6 not qualified 7 not qualified 8 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 |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
38 | S 3.0 | 8th | Guy Edwards |
Guy Edwards John Lepp |
March 76S |
39 | S 2.0 | 25th | Jolly Club |
Giovanni Anzeloni Vincenzo Cazzago
|
Osella PA4 |
40 | S 2.0 | 26th | Jolly Club |
Giorgio Schön Giuseppe Bianco
|
Osella PA4 |
41 | S 2.0 | 27 | Jolly Club | Martino Finotto | Lola T294 |
42 | S 2.0 | 28 | Jolly Club | Renzo Zorzi | Chevron B23 |
43 | S 2.0 | 29 | Jolly Club | Luigi Colzani | Chevron B23 |
44 | S 2.0 | 32 | Torino Corse | Paolo Solinas | Osella PA4 |
45 | S 2.0 | 36 | Robin Smith |
Robin Smith Richard Jones |
Chevron B26 |
46 | S 2.0 | 41 | Giovanni Alberti |
Giovanni Alberti Erasmo Bologna
|
Chevron B21 |
47 | S 1.6 | 65 | San Marco |
Pier-Ugo Prati Luigi de Angelis
|
Chevron B21 |
48 | S 1.6 | 69 | Lloyd Centauro |
Girolama Caci Giuseppe Oieni
|
Chevron B26 |
49 | S 1.3 | 75 | Nettuno |
"Shark" Ferruccio Caliceti
|
Osella |
50 | S 1.3 | 77 | Nord-Ovest | Salvatore Pellegrino | Lola |
51 | S 1.0 | 90 | San Marco | Italo pain | Osella PA3 |
Class winner
Racing data
- Registered: 51
- Started: 29
- Valued: 16
- Race classes: 4
- Spectator: unknown
- Race day weather: warm and dry
- Route length: 5,000 km
- Driving time of the winning team: 2: 59: 57.900 hours
- Total laps of the winning team: 100
- Total distance of the winning team: 500,000 km
- Winner's average: 166.699 km / h
- Pole position: Jean-Pierre Jarier - Alpine-Renault A442 (# 2) - 1: 40.230 = 179.587 km / h
- Fastest race lap: Jean-Pierre Jarier - Alpine-Renault A442 (# 2) - 1: 42.300 = 175.953 km / h
- Racing series: 6th 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
Previous race, the 6 Hours of Silverstone 1976 |
Sports car world championship |
Successor 1000 km race on the Nürburgring in 1976 |