Brands Hatch 6 Hours 1977
The 1977 Brands Hatch 6-hour race , also known as the Rivet Supply 6 Hours, Brands Hatch , took place on September 25 at Brands Hatch and was the 15th round of the World Sports Car Championship of that year.
The race
Rain was the spoilsport at the 6-hour race at Brands Hatch. It was a cloudy and rainy day of racing that only brought 7,000 spectators to the circuit. After an hour of racing, the rain had gotten so heavy that the entire track was under water. 15 minutes later the race management broke off. At this time led Jacky Ickx in the plant - Porsche 935 with already two laps ahead of Manfred Schurti in another 935. Sixth was Lella Lombardi in the fastest three-liter Porsche . For the new plant - BMW 320i Turbo , the race was already over. In practice, Ronnie Peterson was almost as fast in a BMW as Jacky Ickx in a Porsche. He was only 1 / 10th of a second behind the pole position time of 1: 26.250 minutes. In the race, Hans-Joachim Stuck dueled with Ickx in the Porsche for the lead before he went off the track at the Woodcote curve and had an accident.
After a two-hour break, the race was restarted on the now dry track. The results of the first part were completely deleted. With the exception of the accident-damaged factory BMW, all teams were able to compete. Again Jacky Ickx managed to quickly outrun the rest of the field. With his partner Jochen Mass , he achieved a safe overall victory with a lead over Schurti and Edgar Dören in another Porsche 935.
Results
Final ranking
Item | class | No. | team | driver | vehicle | Round | ||
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1 | Size 5 | 1 |
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Porsche 935/77 | 103 | ||
2 | Size 5 | 7th |
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Porsche 935 | 101 | ||
3 | Size 5 | 3 |
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Porsche 935 | 97 | ||
4th | Size 5 | 2 |
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Porsche 935 | 95 | ||
5 | Size 5 | 14th |
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Porsche 935 | 94 | ||
6th | GT | 9 |
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Porsche 934 | 92 | ||
7th | GT | 25th |
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Porsche Carrera RSR | 92 | ||
8th | Size 5 | 33 |
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BMW 320i | 92 | ||
9 | Size 5 | 26th |
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Porsche Carrera RSR | 91 | ||
10 | GT | 4th |
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Porsche 934 | 90 | ||
11 | GT | 24 |
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Porsche Carrera RSR | 90 | ||
12 | Size 5 | 23 |
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Porsche Carrera RSR | 87 | ||
13 | GT | 10 |
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Porsche 934 | 86 | ||
14th | Size 5 | 17th |
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De Tomaso Pantera | 85 | ||
15th | Size 5 | 31 |
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Lotus Elan | 84 | ||
16 | Size 5 | 15th |
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MGB GT V8 | 80 | ||
17th | T | 34 |
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Colt Lancer G-2 | 78 | ||
Failed | ||||||||
18th | Size 5 | 5 |
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Porsche 934/5 | 36 | ||
19th | Size 5 | 22nd |
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Porsche Carrera RSR | 31 | ||
20th | GT | 27 |
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Datsun 240Z | 29 | ||
21st | Size 5 | 21st |
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Porsche Carrera RSR | 16 | ||
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22nd | Size 5 | 20th |
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BMW 320i Turbo | 1 |
1 after the accident in the first race, no start in the second
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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23 | Size 5 |
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Porsche 935 | ||
24 | Size 5 |
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Porsche 935 | |
25th | Size 5 |
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Porsche 935 | |
26th | T |
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Mazda RX-2 | |
27 | T |
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Mazda RX-2 | |
28 | GT | 11 |
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Porsche 934 |
29 | Size 5 | 16 |
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Porsche 934 |
30th | T | 28 |
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Mazda Cosmo RX-5 |
32 | Size 5 | 32 |
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Datsun Sunny Coupé GX |
Class winner
Racing data
- Registered: 32
- Started: 21
- Valued: 17
- Race classes: 3
- Spectators: 7000
- Race day weather: first rain, then dry
- Route length: 4.207 km
- Driving time of the winning team: 2: 44: 30.800 hours
- Total laps of the winning team: 103
- Total distance of the winning team: 433.237 km
- Winner average: 158.007 km / h
- Pole position: Jacky Ickx - Porsche 935/77 (# 1) - 1: 26.250 = 175.562 km / h
- Fastest race lap: unknown
- Racing series: 15th 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
Previous race 300 km race on the Salzburgring in 1977 |
Sports car world championship |
Successor to the 6-hour race at Hockenheim in 1977 |