Brands Hatch 6 Hours 1979

Walter Röhrl in the fifth-placed Lancia Beta Montecarlo Turbo

The 1979 Brands Hatch 6-hour race , also known as the Rivet Supply World Manufacturers' Championship Six Hours, Brands Hatch , took place on August 5th at Brands Hatch and was the 14th round of the sports car world championship of that year.

The race

After his use in the 6-hour race in Dijon , Reinhold Joest reported his Porsche 908/3 Turbo again in a world championship run. And like in Dijon, the Porsche pulled its laps alone at the front. At the finish, Joest and team-mate Volkert Merl had a lead of two laps over the best Group 5 car, the Porsche 935 of Klaus Ludwig and Axel Plankenhorn . Enzo Calderari , Willi Spavetti and Rolf Maritz won the GT class in the Porsche Carrera RSR .

Results

Final ranking

Item	class	No.	team	driver	vehicle	Round
1	S + 2.0	1	Joest Racing	Reinhold Joest Volkert Merl	Porsche 908/3 Turbo	231
2	Size 5	27	Porsche Kremer Racing	Klaus Ludwig Axel Plankenhorn	Porsche 935K3	229
3	S 2.0	34	Mogil Motors Limited	Martin Raymond Tony Charnell	Chevron B36	220
4th	Size 5	24	Sekurit-Racing Team-Aachen	Dieter Schornstein Edgar Dören	Porsche 935 / 77A	218
5	Size 5	31	ASA Corsa Marche 38	Riccardo Patrese Walter Röhrl	Lancia Beta Montecarlo Turbo	214
6th	S + 2.0	8th	Alain de Cadenet	Alain de Cadenet François Migault	De Cadenet Lola LM	212
7th	S + 2.0	8th	JC Racing Limited	John Cooper Pete Lovett	SG Lola T380	212
8th	GT	18th	Ecurie Biennoise	Enzo Calderari Willi Spavetti Rolf Maritz	Porsche Carrera RSR	209
9	GT	5	Lubrifilm Racing Team	Angelo Pallavicini Marco Vanoli Rodolfo Cescato	Porsche Carrera RSR	208
10	GT	14th	Charles Ivey Engineering	Barrie Williams Dudley Wood	Porsche Carrera RSR	205
11	GT	19th	John Beasley	John Beasley John Harper	Porsche Carrera RSR	204
12	GT	6th	Sylvain Lachaud	Jean-Pierre Delaunay Michel Bienvault Sylvain Lachaud	Porsche Carrera	203
13	GT	17th	Gérard Bleynie	Jean-Louis Schlesser Gérard Bleynie Jacques Guérin	Porsche 911 SC	202
14th	GT	7th	Thierry Perrier	Thierry Perrier Roger Carmillet	Porsche Carrera	200
15th	Size 5	20th	Mark Dorrington Niblett	Tony Dron Mark Dorrington Niblett	Porsche 934 Carrera RSR	199
16	Size 5	10	Kenneth glue	Kenneth Leim Lella Lombardi	Porsche 934	198
17th	Size 5	4th	Maltin Car Concessionaires Ltd.	Steve Earle Steve Griswold Simon Phillips	Porsche Carrera RSR	197
18th	GT	22nd	Morris Stapleton Motors London's Morgan Agents	Brian Classic John Spero William Wykeham	Morgan Plus 8	193
19th	GT	11	AM Bernard	Georges Bourdillat Roland Ennequin	Porsche 934	191
20th	GT	15th	Tuckers Fast Food Franchise Ltd.	Tony Lanfranchi Adrian Yates-Smith	Porsche 911 SC	185
21st	Size 5	12	Scotts Corner Garage TW Robinson Demolition	Paul Edwards Barry Robinson Richard Cleare	Porsche Carrera RSR	185
22nd	ser. GT	32	Gordon Ramsay Racing Team	Win Percy Juliette Slaughter	Porsche 924	177
23	Size 5	39	Geeraerts and Berenger	Jacques Berenger Charles Geeraerts	BMW 320i	174
Not classified
24	GT	9	Ecurie 13 Etoiles	Antoine Salamin Philippe Collet Gérard Vial	Porsche 930	154
25th	Size 5	33	Tuff Kote Dinol Racing	Jan Lundgardh Eberhard Braun	Porsche 935	136
25th	Size 5	37	Richard Jenvey	Richard Jenvey David Mercer Mike Chittenden	Lotus Esprit S1	69
Failed
26th	S 2.0	36	Dorset Racing Associates	Richard Jones Peter Clark Tony Birchenhough	Lola T297	126
27	T	29	Les Blackburn	Les Blackburn Gordon Bruce	Ford Capri III	125
28	Size 5	28	Porsche Kremer Racing	Claude Bourgoignie Louis Krages	Porsche 935 K3	100
29	S 2.0	42	Daniel Brillat	Daniel Brillat Jean-Pierre Aeschlimann	Cheetah G601	71
30th	Size 5	38	Arthur Hough Pressings Castrol Ark Racing	Max Payne John Evans Bob Eccles	Lotus Elan	49
31	S + 2.0	16	March Engines Limited	Manfred Winkelhock Ian Grob Guy Edwards	March-BMW M1	45
Not started
32	Size 5	31T	ASA Corsa Marche 38	Riccardo Patrese Walter Röhrl	Lancia Beta Montecarlo Turbo	1

¹ replacement 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 for a variety of reasons.

Item	class	No.	team	driver	chassis
33	S 2.0		Rolf Götz	Rolf Götz John Blanckley	Chevron B31
34	S 2.0		Jean-Marie Lemerle	Jean-Marie Lemerle Alain Levié	Lola T298
35	Size 5	2	Claude Haldi	Claude Haldi Herbert Loewe	Porsche 935
36	ser. T	21st	Allam Motor Services Racing with BP	Jeff Allam Stuart Patterson	Ford Capri 3000S
37	Size 5	23	Sala Maranello	Maurizio Micangeli Carlo Pietromarchi Gianfranco Brancatelli	De Tomaso Pantera
38	Size 5	25th	Gelo Sportswear Team	John Fitzpatrick Manfred Schurti Bob Wollek	Porsche 935 / 77A
39	Size 5	26th	Gelo Sportswear Team	John Fitzpatrick Manfred Schurti Bob Wollek	Porsche 935 / 77A
40	Size 5	40	Giuseppe Piazzi	Giuseppe Piazzi Renzo Zorzi Stanislao Sterzel	Fiat X1 / 9

Class winner

class	driver	driver	driver	vehicle	Placement in the overall ranking
S + 2.0	Reinhold Joest	Volkert Merl		Porsche 908/3 Turbo	Overall victory
S 2.0	no participant in the finish
Size 5	Klaus Ludwig	Axel Plankenhorn		Porsche 935K3	Rank 2
GT	Enzo Calderari	Willi Spavetti	Rolf Maritz	Porsche Carrera RSR	Rank 8
ser. GT	Win Percy	Juliette Slaughter		Porsche 924	Rank 22
T	no participant in the finish

Racing data

• Registered: 40
• Started: 31
• Rated: 23
• Race classes: 6
• Spectator: unknown
• Race day weather: warm and dry
• Route length: 4.207 km
• Driving time of the winning team: 6:00: 04,900 hours
• Total laps of the winning team: 231
• Total distance of the winning team: 971.629 km
• Winner's average: 161.902 km / h
• Pole position: Reinhold Joest - Porsche 908/3 Turbo (# 1) - 1: 26.670 = 174.712 km / h
• Fastest race lap: unknown
• Racing series: Round 14 of the 1979 World 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 .

Web links

Commons : Brands Hatch 6 Hours 1979  - Collection of pictures, videos and audio files

• Race results

Previous race of the Spa-Francorchamps 24-hour race in 1979

Sports car world championship

Successor to Road America 500 Mile Race 1979