Mugello 6-hour race 1979

First win of the season for Bob Wollek

The 1979 Mugello 6-hour race , also called Campionato Mondo Marche Aut., Mugello , took place on March 18 at the Autodromo Internazionale del Mugello . The race was the third round of the sports car world championship this year.

The race

The race in Mugello showed very clearly the decline that the World Sports Car Championship had meanwhile taken. 18 vehicles, including four 2-liter sports cars , entered the race. The superiority of the two Gelo Racing Porsche 935s was disrupted at the beginning by Carlo Facetti in the Jolly Club 935, who took the lead in the rain. After a collision while lapping, he fell behind and finished the race with partner Martino Finotto in third place in the final ranking.

As the rain got heavier, the race management stopped the event after a driving time of 5 hours and 15 minutes. There was a double victory for Georg Loos' team , with Bob Wollek and Manfred Schurti spending racing times in both vehicles. In addition to Wollek and Schurti, the winning team also included John Fitzpatrick . Fitzpatrick repeated his victory from the previous year .

Results

Final ranking

Item	class	No.	team	driver	vehicle	Round
1	Size 5	12	Gelo Racing Team	John Fitzpatrick Manfred Schurti Bob Wollek	Porsche 935 / 77A	138
2	Size 5	11	Gelo Racing Team	Bob Wollek Jacky Ickx Manfred Schurti	Porsche 935 / 77A	136
3	Size 5	3	Jolly Club Sports Car Racing	Carlo Facetti Martino Finotto	Porsche 935	136
4th	S 2.0	26th	Giorgio Francia	Giorgio Francia Lella Lombardi	Osella PA6	133
5	GT	53	Angelo Pallavicini	Angelo Pallavicini Marco Vanoli	Porsche Carrera RSR	122
6th	GT	61	Ecurie Biennoise	Willi Spavetti Enzo Calderari	Porsche Carrera RSR	120
7th	Size 5	2	Carlo Pietromarchi	Carlo Pietromarchi Maurizio Micangeli	De Tomaso Pantera GT4 silhouette	114
8th	S 2.0	23	Carlo Franchi	Carlo Franchi Gianfranco Palazzoli	Osella PA7	114
9	GT	55	Marco Onori	Marco Onori Maurizio Orsi	Porsche 934	110
Disqualified
10	S 2.0	22nd	Société ROC	François Sérvanin Laurent Ferrier	Chevron B36
Failed
11	Size 5	4th	Charles Geeraerts	Charles Geeraerts Jacques Berenger	BMW 320i
12	Size 5	5	Paul Mahlke Racing	Ralf-Dieter Schreiber Wolf-Dieter Feuerlein	Porsche 935
13	Size 5	6th	Jan Lundgardh	Jan Lundgardh Herbert Müller Eberhard Braun	Porsche 935
14th	Size 5	7th	Scuderia Ateneo	Luigi Moreschi Mauro Nesti	BMW 320i
15th	Size 5	9	Giuseppe Piazzi	Luigi Moreschi Giuseppe Piazzi Stanislao Sterzel	Fiat X1 / 9
16	S 2.0	33	Giampaolo Lara	Giampaolo Lara Domenico Bazzani Ettore Bogani	Chevron B36
17th	Size 5	57	Kenneth glue	Kenneth Leim Kurt Simonsen	Porsche 934
18th	GT	58	Kores Racing	Georges Bourdillat Alain-Michel Bernard	Porsche 934
Not started
19th	S 2.0	32	Ruggero Parpinelli	Ruggero Parpinelli Silvano Frisori	Osella PA6	1
20th	S + 2.0	35	Marco Capoferri	Renzo Zorzi Marco Capoferri	Lola T286	2
21st	GT	52	Angelo Pallavicini	Marco Vanoli Angelo Pallavicini	Porsche 934	3
22nd	GT	51	Ecurie 13 Etoiles	Antoine Salamin Gérard Vial Philippe Collet	Porsche 930	4th

¹ Accident during practice ² Overheated engine ³ Start with Porsche Carrera RSR ⁴ illegal tank

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
23	Size 5	8th	Gabriele Gottifredi	Gabriele Gottifredi Carlo Rebai	Volkswagen Scirocco
24	S + 2.0	21st	Mauro Nesti	Mauro Nesti	Chevron B31
25th	S 2.0	24	Michele di Gioia	Michele di Gioia	Osella PA6
26th	S 2.0	25th	Société ROC	Marc Sourd	Chevron B36
27	S 2.0	27	Domenico Bazzani	Domenico Bazzani Giampaolo Lara Ettore Bogani	Lola T292
28	S 2.0	28	Mauro Nesti	Mauro Nesti	Lola T298
29	S 2.0	29	Scuderia Ateneo	Luigi Moreschi Eugenio Renna	Osella PA7
30th	S 2.0	34	Fabio Siliprandi	Fabio Siliprandi	Chevron B36
31	S 1.6	34	Mario Cangelli	Mario Cangelli Vittorio Ciardi	Osella
32	GT	54	Jolly Club	Carlo Facetti Martino Finotto	Ferrari 308 GTB
33	GT	56	Christian Bussi	Christian Bussi Bernard Salam	Porsche 934
34	GT	59	Jacques Guérin	Jacques Guérin Gérard Bleynie	Porsche 911

Class winner

class	driver	driver	driver	vehicle	Placement in the overall ranking
S + 2.0	no participant in the finish
S 2.0	Giorgio Francia	Lella Lombardi		Osella PA6	Rank 4
Size 5	John Fitzpatrick	Manfred Schurti	Bob Wollek	Porsche 935 / 77A	Overall victory
GT	Angelo Pallavicini	Marco Vanoli		Porsche Carrera RSR	Rank 5

Racing data

• Registered: 34
• Started: 18
• Rated: 9
• Race classes: 4
• Spectator: unknown
• Race day weather: heavy rain
• Route length: 5.245 km
• Driving time of the winning team: 5:15: 47,500 hours
• Total laps of the winning team: 138
• Total distance of the winning team: 723.810 km
• Winner's average: 137.523 km / h
• Pole position: Giorgio Francia - Osella PA6 (# 26) - 1: 52.970 = 167.142 km / h
• Fastest race lap: Carlo Facetti - Porsche 935 (# 3) - 1: 57.900 = 160.153 km / h
• Racing series: 3rd round 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

• Race results

Previous race of the Sebring 12-hour race in 1979

Sports car world championship

Successor to the 6 Hours of Talladega 1979