Mugello 6-hour race in 1978
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 | ||
Failed | ||||||||
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 | ||||
Not started | ||||||||
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
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
Previous race of the Sebring 12-hour race in 1978 |
Sports car world championship |
Successor to the 6 Hours of Talladega 1978 |