Mugello 6-hour race in 1978

Autodromo Internazionale del Mugello

The Mugello 6-hour race in 1978 , also known as the 6-hour Mugello race , took place on March 19 at the Autodromo Internazionale del Mugello . The race was the third round of the sports car world championship this year.

The race

After three races in North America, the 6-hour race at Mugello in 1978 was the first race in Europe. Two of these three races counted towards the long-distance rider rating, which was provisionally introduced in 1978 and thus brought some North American races a world championship status. The event in Mugello was the second of the Manufacturers' World Championship in 1978. The season began at the beginning of February with the Daytona 24-hour race and the victory of Rolf Stommelen , Toine Hezemans and Peter Gregg in the Brumos Porsche 935/77 . Another overall Porsche victory followed, which was achieved by Brian Redman , Charles Mendez and Bob Garretson in the Sebring 12-hour race . In April, Peter Gregg and Brad Frisselle won on the Talladega high-speed track .

The fastest in qualifying was John Fitzpatrick , who achieved a time of 1: 55.420 minutes in the Gelo Racing Porsche 935 / 77A. While the training took place in dry driving conditions, it rained on race day. On the wet track, the number 11 Porsche, which started from pole position , led for a long time. When the car fell behind after a repair stop, Fitzpatrick switched to Hezemans and Hans Heyer to the number 12 car, which was one lap ahead of the race on the Konrad Porsche won.

Results

Final ranking

Item	class	No.	team	driver	vehicle	Round
1	Size 5	12	Gelo Racing Team	Toine Hezemans Hans Heyer John Fitzpatrick	Porsche 935 / 77A	176
2	Size 5	15th	Konrad Racing	Franz Konrad Reinhold Joest Volkert Merl	Porsche 935 / 77A	175
3	Size 5	31	Faltz Preparation	Dieter Quester Derek Bell	BMW 320i	174
4th	Size 5	22nd	Meccarillos Racing	Claude Haldi Herbert Müller	Porsche 935	174
5	Size 5	3	Jolly Club	Martino Finotto Carlo Facetti	Porsche 935	174
6th	Size 5	23	BMW Sweden	Bo Emanuelsson Anders Olofsson	BMW 320i	174
7th	Size 5	8th	Porsche Kremer Racing	Dieter Schornstein Louis Krages Bob Wollek	Porsche 935 / 77A	169
8th	Size 5	21st	Maurizio Micangeli	Maurizio Micangeli Carlo Pietromarchi	De Tomaso Pantera	161
9	Size 5	11	Gelo Racing Team	John Fitzpatrick Klaus Ludwig Toine Hezemans	Porsche 935 / 77A	157
10	Size 5	32	BMW Belgium	Patrick Nève Harald Grohs	BME 320i	154
11	GT	4th	Jolly Club	Fulvio Bacchelli Claudio Magnani	Lancia Stratos	154
12	GT	27	Max Moritz	Edgar Dören Gerhard Holup	Porsche 934	154
13	GT	25th	Antonio Ferrari	Antonio Ferrari Romeo Camathias Francesco Pacetta	Porsche 934	153
14th	GT	42	Hans Forster	Franz Gschwender Hans Forster	Porsche 934	152
15th	Size 5	16	ASA Cachia	Claude Ballot-Léna Jean-Louis Lafosse	Porsche 935	141
16	Size 5	19th	Klaus Drees	Klaus Drees Wolfgang Kauwertz	Porsche 935	133
17th	Size 5	7th	Sports car	Mario Casoni Corrado Manfredini	Porsche 935	133
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18th	Size 5	9	Porsche Kremer Racing	Bob Wollek Henri Pescarolo	Porsche 935 / 77A	32
19th	Size 5	2	BMW Switzerland	Marc Surer Freddy Kottulinsky	BMW 320i
20th	GT	5	Jolly Club	Michele di Gioia Girolamo Capra	Porsche 934
21st	GT	14th	Wrangler Racing	Preben Kristoffersen Eberhard Sindel	Porsche Carrera RSR
22nd	GT	18th	Angelo Pallavicini	Angelo Pallavicini Peter Bernhard	Porsche 934
23	Size 5	19th	Carlo Rebai	Carlo Rebai Anna Cambiaghi	Porsche 935
24	Size 5	26th	Vittorio Coggiola	Piero Monticone Vittorio Coggiola	Porsche 935
25th	Size 5	36	BMW Italia - Osella	Eddie Cheever Giorgio Francia	BMW 320i
26th	Size 5	37	Alessandro Fracastoro	Luigi Laschi Vittorio Ciardi Alessandro Fracastoro	Alfa Romeo GTA
27	Size 5	41		Don Carter Dante Gargan	BMW 320i
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28	Size 5	1	BMW Motorsport	Manfred Winkelhock Bruno Giacomelli	BMW 320i Turbo	1

¹ engine failure during training

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
29	GT	6th	Giuseppe Bianco	Giuseppe Bianco Peppino Zonca Franco Bianco	Porsche 934
30th	Size 5	25th	Anne-Charlotte Verney	Hubert Striebig Anne-Charlotte Verney	Porsche 935
31	GT	28	Lombardi glue	Kenneth Leim Lella Lombardi	Porsche 934
32	Size 5	33	Scuderia Vesuvio	Luigi Rampa Claudio Francisci	Alfa Romeo GTA
33	Size 5	34	Heidegger	Walter Brun Edy Brandenberger	BMW 320i
34	Size 5	35	Vastkuststugan	Kurt Simonsen Jan Lundgardh	Porsche 935
35	Size 5	38	Jolly Club		Ford Escort
36	Size 5	39	Scuderia Vesuvio	Cosimo Turizio Ciro Nappi	Ford Escort

Class winner

class	driver	driver	driver	vehicle	Placement in the overall ranking
Size 5	Toine Hezemans	Hans Heyer	John Fitzpatrick	Porsche 935 / 77A	Overall victory
GT	Fulvio Ballabio	Claudio Magnani		Lancia Stratos	Rank 11

Racing data

• Registered: 36
• Started: 27
• Valued: 17
• Race classes: 2
• Spectators: 5000
• Race day weather: cold and rainy
• Route length: 5.245 km
• Driving time of the winning team: 6:01: 49,400 hours
• Total laps of the winning team: 176
• Total distance of the winning team: 923.120 km
• Winner's average: 153.078 km / h
• Pole position: John Fitzpatrick - Porsche 935 / 77A (# 11) - 1: 55.420 = 163.594 km / h
• Fastest race lap: Toine Hezemans - Porsche 935 / 77A (# 12) - 1: 56.900 = 161.522 km / h
• Racing series: 3rd round of the 1978 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

• Race results

Previous race of the Sebring 12-hour race in 1978

Sports car world championship

Successor to the 6 Hours of Talladega 1978