Pergusa 6-hour race 1979

Osella PA7

The 6-hour race of Pergusa 1979 , also the 19th Coppa Florio, Autodromo Pergusa , took place on June 24th at the Autodromo di Pergusa and was the tenth round of the sports car world championship of that year.

The race

The world championship run in Pergusa also showed the decline of the sports car world championship based on the number of participants. Only one works car was registered after almost all Porsche teams had decided not to participate. The plant - Lancia Beta Monte Carlo Turbo was this time by Riccardo Patrese and carlo facetti down, who drove the car after a few pit stops, made necessary by gearbox problems, in second place overall. Despite the small number of participants, the race went down in the history of the world championship because it was the first time a woman won a championship run. Lella Lombardi won with partner Enrico Grimaldi in the Osella PA7 .

Results

Final ranking

Item	class	No.	team	driver	vehicle	Round
1	S.	33	Scuderia Torino Corse	Lella Lombardi Enrico Grimaldi	Osella PA7	184
2	Size 5	11	ASA Corsa Marche 38	Riccardo Patrese Carlo Facetti	Lancia Beta Montecarlo Turbo	179
3	Size 5	4th	Lubrifilm Racing	Angelo Pallavicini Marco Vanoli	Porsche Carrera RSR	177
4th	S.	34	Ecurie Cedac	Daniel Brillat Jean-Pierre Aeschlimann	Cheetah G601	176
5	Size 5	1	Felice Besenzoni	Felice Besenzoni Luciano Dal Ben	Ferrari 308 GTB	173
6th	S.	38	Jacono Veninata	Vito Veninata Giovanni Cascone	Osella PA6	170
7th	Size 5	16	Punzo	E. de Franchis Salvatore Gagliano Sergio Punzo	Ford Escort 1600	160
8th	S.	36	Ateneo	Marco de Bartoli Giampaolo Ceraolo	Osella PA6	143
Failed
9	Size 5	2	Carlo Pietromarchi	Maurizio Micangeli Carlo Pietromarchi	De Tomaso Pantera	63
10	Size 5	15th	Giuseppe Piazzi	Giuseppe Piazzi Renzo Zorzi Stanislao Sterzel	Fiat X1 / 9	47
11	Size 5	6th	Ecurie Biennoise	Enzo Calderari Willi Spavetti Rolf Maritz	Porsche Carrera RSR	43
12	Size 5	12	Scuderia Ateneo	Luigi Moreschi Mario Casoni Eugenio Renna	BMW 320i	38
Not started
13	S.	31	Scuderia Ateneo	Mario Casoni Eugenio Renna Luigi Moreschi	Osella PA7	1
14th	S.	35	Girolama Caci	Girolama Caci Mario Tropia	Chevron B23	2
Not qualified
15th	Size 5	17th		Ugo Gerbino Cicero	Ford Escort RS	3

¹ not started ² not started ³ 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
16	GT		Kenneth glue	Kenneth Leim Kurt Simonsen	Porsche 934
17th	GR. 5		Kurt Simonsen	Mario Luini Kurt Simonsen	Porsche Carrera RSR
18th	Size 5			Alfonso Merendino Angelo Siino	Ford Escort
19th	Size 5			Tomas Giuseppe Accardo	Fiat X1 / 9
20th	Size 5			Hubert Striebig Alain Cudini	TOJ
21st	S.		Torino Corse	Gerardo Vatielli Enzo Coloni	Osella PA6

Class winner

class	driver	driver	vehicle	Placement in the overall ranking
S.	Lella Lombardi	Enrico Grimaldi	Osella PA7	Overall victory
Size 5	Riccardo Patrese	Carlo Facetti	Lancia Beta Montecarlo Turbo	Rank 2

Racing data

• Registered: 21
• Started: 12
• Rated: 8
• Race classes: 2
• Spectators: 8000
• Race day weather: warm and dry
• Route length: 4.719 km
• Driving time of the winning team: 6:01:35,600 hours
• Total laps of the winning team: 184
• Total distance of the winning team: 910.800 km
• Winner's average: 151.131 km / h
• Pole position: Riccardo Patrese - Lancia Beta Montecarlo Turbo (# 11) - 1: 39.320 = 179.420 km / h
• Fastest race lap: Lella Lombardi - Osella PA7 (# 33) - 1: 42.500 = 173.854 km / h
• Racing series: 10th 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 24 Hours of Le Mans 1979

Sports car world championship

Successor to the 6 Hours of Daytona 1979