Pergusa 500 km race in 1977
The 500 km race of Pergusa 1977 , also Coppa Florio, Pergusa , took place on June 19 at the Autodromo di Pergusa and was the eighth round of the sports car world championship of that year.
The race
The Coppa Florio was one of the oldest road races in motorsport history . The event, which first took place in 1900, was named in 1905 after Vincenzo Florio , the founder of the Targa Florio . Florio donated 50,000 lire and a challenge cup, after which the race got its name. The first Coppa ended with the victory of Alberto Franchetti in a Panhard & Levassor 12 HP . The last race before World War II took place in 1929 and ended with Albert Divo winning on a Bugatti T35C . Then the race was forgotten.
In 1973 the race was brought back to life and was part of the sports car world championship from 1975 . In 1975 the race distance was 1000 kilometers (winners Arturo Merzario and Jochen Mass in the Alfa Romeo T33 / TT / 12 ), which in 1976 was shortened to 500 kilometers or 4 hours (winners Jochen Mass and Rolf Stommelen in the Porsche 936 ). Also in 1977 the race distance was 500 kilometers.
In training again showed the technical superiority of plant - Alfa Romeo T33 / SC / 12 . The gap between the two works cars of Arturo Merzario and Giorgio Francia / Spartaco Dini was more than three seconds in qualifying for the third-placed Osella PA5 of Eugenio Renna and Luigi Moreschi . After Francia / Dini's Alfa was disqualified at the start due to a rule violation, Arturo Merzario drove a lonely race to victory. After a driving time of just under three hours, he had a lead of three laps over the two Swiss Eugen Strähl and Peter Bernhard in a Sauber C5
Results
Final ranking
Item | class | No. | team | driver | vehicle | Round | ||
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1 | S 3.0 | 1 |
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Alfa Romeo T33 / SC / 12 | 100 | ||
2 | S 2.0 | 16 |
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Clean C5 | 97 | ||
3 | S 1.3 | 41 |
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Osella PA5 | 94 | ||
4th | S 1.6 | 31 |
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Chevron B36 | 89 | ||
5 | S 3.0 | 6th |
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Lola T380 | 88 | ||
6th | S 1.6 | 32 |
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Osella PA4 | 87 | ||
7th | S 1.6 | 33 |
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Chevron B23 | 80 | ||
8th | S 2.0 | 15th |
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Osella PA5 | 77 | ||
9 | S 1.0 | 52 |
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AMS Dallara 1000 | 77 | ||
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10 | S 1.6 | 35 |
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Lola T294 | 69 | ||
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11 | S 3.0 | 2 |
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Alfa Romeo T33 / SC / 12 | 1 | ||
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12 | S 2.0 | 11 |
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Osella PA5 | 84 | ||
13 | S 1.6 | 37 |
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Chevron B23 | 76 | ||
14th | S 2.0 | 24 |
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Chevron B36 | 65 | ||
15th | S 2.0 | 19th |
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Osella PA5 | 61 | ||
16 | S 2.0 | 21st |
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Osella PA5 | 44 | ||
17th | S 1.3 | 33 |
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OSA | 42 | ||
18th | S 2.0 | 14th |
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Osella PA4 | 33 | ||
19th | S 2.0 | 12 |
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Chevron B36 | 31 | ||
20th | S 2.0 | 26th |
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Lola T296 | 18th | ||
21st | S 3.0 | 7th |
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Alfa Romeo T33 / TT / 3 | 1 | ||
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22nd | S 3.0 | 4th |
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Lola T286 | 1 | ||
23 | S 2.0 | 23 |
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Chevron B36 | 2 | ||
24 | S 1.6 | 36 |
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Lola T292 | 3 | ||
25th | S 1.3 | 43 |
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Dallara 1300 cmc | 4th | ||
26th | S 3.0 | 1T |
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Alfa Romeo T33 / SC / 12 | 5 |
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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 |
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27 | S 3.0 | 3 |
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TOJ SC302 |
28 | S 3.0 | 5 |
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TOJ SC301 |
29 | S 3.0 | 8th |
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Osella PA5 |
30th | S 3.0 | 9 |
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Osella PA5 |
31 | S 2.0 | 18th |
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Osella PA5 |
32 | S 2.0 | 22nd |
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Cheetah G601 |
33 | S 2.0 | 25th |
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Lola T294 | |
34 | S 1.6 | 34 |
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Osella PA4 |
35 | S 1.3 | 42 |
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Chevron B36 |
36 | S 1.3 | 45 |
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Lola T292 |
37 | S 1.3 | 46 |
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Gigi P2 |
38 | S 1.3 | 47 | Chevron B23 | ||
39 | S 1.0 | 51 |
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Class winner
Racing data
- Registered: 39
- Started: 21
- Rated: 9
- Race classes: 5
- Spectator: unknown
- Race day weather: warm and dry
- Route length: 4.950 km
- Driving time of the winning team: 2: 57: 40,200 hours
- Total laps of the winning team: 100
- Total distance of the winning team: 495,000 km
- Winner's average: 167.164 km / h
- Pole position: Arturo Merzario - Alfa Romeo T33 / SC / 12 (# 1) - 1: 35.700 = 186.207 km / h
- Fastest race lap: Arturo Merzario - Alfa Romeo T33 / SC / 12 (# 1) - 1: 39.100 = 179.818 km / h
- Racing series: Round 8 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
Individual evidence
Previous race 400 km Vallelunga race in 1977 |
Sports car world championship |
Successor to the 6-hour race at Watkins Glen 1977 |