Mugello 6-hour race in 1977

Autodromo Internazionale del Mugello

The 1977 Mugello 6-hour race , also known as the 6-hour Mugello race , took place on March 20th at the Autodromo Internazionale del Mugello . The race was the second round of the sports car world championship this year.

The race

The European sports car world championship season in 1977 began with the race in Mugello . The event turned into a championship run by the Porsche racing cars, which made up the majority of the starters. The superiority of the factory - Porsche 935 , was not slowed down by the failure of the Mass / Barth -935. Teammates Rolf Stommelen and Manfred Schurti six laps ahead of Martino Finotto , Carlo Facetti and Romeo Camathias' Jolly Club 935 .

Results

Final ranking

Item	class	No.	team	driver	vehicle	Round
1	Size 5	2	Martini Racing	Rolf Stommelen Manfred Schurti	Porsche 935/77	161
2	Size 5	5	Jolly Club	Martino Finotto Carlo Facetti Romeo Camathias	Porsche 935	155
3	Size 5	26th	Vittorio Coggiola	Vittorio Coggiola Piero Monticone	Porsche 935	154
4th	GT	18th	Jolly Club	Arturo Merzario Giuseppe Bianco	Porsche 934	149
5	GT	14th	Atenso	Eugenio Renna Luigi Moreschi	Porsche Carrera RSR	147
6th	GT	38	Hahn sports car	Klaus Utz Rolf Blind	Porsche Carrera RSR	145
7th	GT	7th	Schiller Racing Team	Claude Haldi Laurent Ferrier	Porsche 934	144
8th	GT	16	Jolly Club	Anna Cambiaghi Emilio Paleari	Lancia Stratos	140
9	Size 5	31	Mario Ruoso	Mario Ruoso Gianfranco Palazzoli	Ford Escort RS	137
10	GT	24	Guido Agazzotti Cavazza	Guido Agazzotti Cavazza Roberto Nardini	Porsche Carrera RSR	134
11	GT	22nd	Odoardo Govoni	Odoardo Govoni Vincenzo Angelelli	Porsche 911S	129
12	Size 5	15th	Jolly Club	Umberto Grano Giorgio Nice	Ford Escort RS 1800	108
Failed
13	GT	27	Franco Berruto	Franco Berruto Mario Radicella	Porsche Carrera	103
14th	GT	11	Gabriele Capoferri	Girolamo Capra Gabriele Capoferri	Porsche 934	77
15th	Size 5	3	Porsche Kremer Racing	Bob Wollek John Fitzpatrick	Porsche 935	64
16	Size 5	1	Martini Racing	Jochen Mass Jürgen Barth	Porsche 935/77	63
17th	Size 5	29	Roberto Curatolo	Roberto Curatolo Guglielmo Manini	Dallara X1 / 9	57
18th	T	33	Vesuvio	Cosimo Turizio Piero Nappi	Ford Escort	44
19th	GT	9	Maurizio Micangeli	Maurizio Micangeli Carlo Pietromarchi	De Tomaso Pantera	13
20th	Size 5	28	Citta di Firenze	Luigi Laschi Santini	Alfa Romeo GTA	6th
21st	Size 5	12	Gabriele Capoferri	Carlo Rebai Duilio Ghislott	Porsche Carrera RSR Turbo	2

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
22nd	Size 5		Egon Evertz	Egon Evertz Leo Kinnunen	Porsche 934/5
23	Size 5	4th	John Cooper	John Cooper John Goss	Porsche 934/5
24	GT	6th	Joest Racing	Reinhold Joest Jürgen Barth	Porsche Carrera RSR
25th	Size 5	7th	Arturo Merzario	Arturo Merzario Spartaco Dini	BMW 3.0 CSL
26th	GT	19th	Sesto Corse	Enrico Grasso Carlo Franchi	Porsche 911S
27	T	21st	Vesuvio	Ricciardo Ricci	BMW 2002
28	GT	23	Alessandro Fracastoro	Alessandro Fracastoro Ettore Bogani	Alfa Romeo GTV
29	GT	25th	Marcello Gallo	Marcello Gallo Luciano Galluzzo	Alfa Romeo GTV
30th	GT	32	Francesco Vintaloro	Francesco Vintaloro	Lancia Stratos
31	GT	34	Franco Bernabei	Franco Bernabei Gianluigi Ticchi	Porsche Carrera
32	GT	35	Mario Radicella	Mario Radicella	Porsche Carrera
33	GT	36	Palmerino Caputo	Palmerino Caputo Giovanni Ognio	Lotus Europe

Class winner

class	driver	driver	vehicle	Placement in the overall ranking
Size 5	Rolf Stommelen	Manfred Schurti	Porsche 935/77	Overall victory
GT	Arturo Merzario	Giuseppe Bianco	Porsche 934	Rank 4
T	no participant in the finish

Racing data

• Registered: 33
• Started: 21
• Valued: 12
• Race classes: 3
• Spectator: unknown
• Race day weather: rain
• Route length: 5.245 km
• Driving time of the winning team: 6:00: 12.560 hours
• Total laps of the winning team: 161
• Total distance of the winning team: 844.445 km
• Winner's average: 140.659 km / h
• Pole position: Jochen Mass - Porsche 935/77 (# 1) - 2: 11.200 = 143.918 km / h
• Fastest race lap: Jochen Mass - Porsche 935/77 (# 1) - 1: 57.200 = 161.109 km / h
• Racing series: 2nd 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

• Race results

Previous race 24 Hours of Daytona 1977

Sports car world championship

Successor 500 km Dijon race in 1977