1981 Mugello 6-hour race

Track layout of the Autodromo Internazionale del Mugello

The 6-hour race of Mugello 1981 , also 6 Ore Mugello , took place on April 12th at the Autodromo Internazionale del Mugello and was the third round of the sports car world championship and the fourth round of the Italian Group 6 championship of that year.

The race

The third world championship round of the season was far from having a large field of starters like the two races before that, the 24-hour race in Daytona and the 12-hour race in Sebring . Although only 26 vehicles were registered and 21 of them started on the day of the race, the respective class winner was won in no fewer than seven racing classes. In the class for sports cars over 2-liter displacement, there was only one racing car in Mugello. A Porsche 908 that was driven by German Siegfried Brunn and later racing team owner Eddie Jordan . How far this racing model of Porsche was now getting on in years, you can refer to the fact that on the 2-liter Osella PA9 of Giorgio Francia , who on the pole position , was lacking in training more than six seconds.

The big favorite for the overall win was the works - Group 5 - Lancia Beta Montecarlo of Michele Alboreto and Piercarlo Ghinzani . However, after problems with the gearshift, the car only crossed the finish line in second place and was subsequently disqualified for not changing the gearbox in accordance with the rules. Victory went to the factory Osella PA9 from Francia and Lella Lombardi , ahead of the Porsche 935 from the two Britons John Cooper and Dudley Wood and the Group 5 BMW 320i from Anton Fischhaber and Mario Ketterer .

Results

Final ranking

Item	class	No.	team	driver	vehicle	Round
1	S 2.0	14th	Osella Squadra Corse	Giorgio Francia Lella Lombardi	Osella PA9	177
2	Group 5	5	Charles Ivy Racing	John Cooper Dudley Wood	Porsche 935K3	168
3	Group 5	7th	Anton Fischhaber	Anton Fischhaber Mario Ketterer	BMW 320i	160
4th	Group 5	6th	Christian Bussi	Christian Bussi Jacques Guérin	Porsche 935	160
5	GT	31	BMW Italia	François Sérvanin Laurent Ferrier Pierre-François Rousselot	BMW M1	160
6th	S 1.6	22nd	Mario Benusiglio	Mario Benusiglio Luigi de Angelis	Osella PA8	160
7th	S 1.6	25th	Ruggero Parpinelli	Ruggero Parpinelli Silvano Frisori	Osella PA6	158
8th	GT	32	BMW Italia	Corrado Fabi Christian Danner	BMW M1	155
9	GTX	29	Giovanni del Buono	Giovanni del Buono Odoardo Govoni	Ferrari 512BB / LM	155
10	S 1.3	27	Vito Veninata	Vito Veninata Giovanni Cascone Giuseppe Iacono	Osella PA7	154
11	S + 2.0	12	Siegfried Brunn	Siegfried Brunn Eddie Jordan	Porsche 908/3	154
12	Group 5	4th	Weralit Racing Team	Edgar Dören Jürgen Lässig	Porsche 935K3	152
13	GT	34	Formula Racing Club Zurich	Peter Zbinden Edi Kofel Marco Vanoli	Porsche 924 Carrera GTR	151
14th	S 2.0	15th	Carlo Franchi	Carlo Franchi Luigi Moreschi	Osella PA9	139
Disqualified
15th	Group 5	8th	Martini Racing	Michele Alboreto Piercarlo Ghinzani	Lancia Beta Montecarlo	168
Failed
16	GT	35	Marco Curti	Marco Curti Luciano Galluzzo	De Tomaso Pantera	112
17th	S 2.0	18th	Marco Onori	Luca Onori Marco Onori Maurizio Orsi	Osella PA8	104
18th	GT	3	BMW Italia	Johnny Cecotto Teo Fabi	BMW M1	36
19th	S 1.6	23	Domenico Bazzani	Ettore Bogani Domenico Bazzani	Chevron B36	21st
20th	Group 5	2	Jolly Club	Carlo Facetti Martino Finotto	Ferrari 308GTB	20th
21st	S 1.6	24	Umberto Bagnoli	Umberto Bagnoli Gianni Bellandi	March 76S	13
Not started
22nd	S 2.0	16	Piero Nappi	Piero Nappi	Osella PA6	1

¹ not started

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	Group 5	1	Martini Racing	Michele Alboreto Piercarlo Ghinzani	Lancia Beta Montecarlo
24	S + 2.0	11	Grid team Lola	Guy Edwards Emilio de Villota	Lola T600
25th	S 2.0	19th	Gabriele Ciuti	Gabriele Ciuti	Osella PA7
26th	GT	33	Helmut Marko	Gero Zamagna Peter Oberndorfer	BMW M1

Class winner

class	driver	driver	driver	vehicle	Placement in the overall ranking
Sports car over 2 liters	Siegfried Brunn	Eddie Jordan		Porsche 908/3	Rank 11
Sports car up to 2 liters	Giorgio Francia	Lella Lombardi		Osella PA9	Overall victory
Sports car up to 1.6 liters	Mario Benusiglio	Luigi de Angelis		Osella PA8	Rank 6
Sports car up to 1.3 liters	Vito Veninata	Giovanni Cascone	Giuseppe Iacono	Osella PA7	Rank 10
Group 5	John Cooper	Dudley Wood		Porsche 935K3	Rank 2
GT	François Servanin	Laurent Ferrier	Pierre-François Rousselot	BMW M1	Rank 5
GTX	Giovanni Del Buono	Odoardo Govoni		Ferrari 512BB / LM	Rank 9

Racing data

• Registered: 26
• Started: 21
• Valued: 14
• Race classes: 7
• Spectator: unknown
• Weather on race day: cold and very cloudy
• Route length: 5.245 km
• Driving time of the winning team: 6:00: 23,800 hours
• Total laps of the winning team: 177
• Total distance of the winning team: 928.365 km
• Winner's average: 154.558 1 km / h
• Pole position: Giorgio Francia - Osella PA9 (# 14) - 1.52.570 - 167.736 km / h
• Fastest race lap: unknown
• Racing series: 3rd round of the sports car world championship in 1981
• Racing series: 4th round of the Italian Group 6 Championship in 1981

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 at WSRP

Previous race of the Sebring 12-hour race in 1981

Sports car world championship

Follow -up race 1000 km race from Monza 1981