Pergusa 6-hour race in 1981

A Lola T600 from 1982; with the 1981 version, Guy Edwards and Emilio de Villota won

The 6-hour race of Pergusa 1981 , also XXI. Coppa Florio, 6 ore Enna-Pergusa , took place on June 28 at the Autodromo di Pergusa and was the ninth round of this year's sports car world championship .

The race

The Coppa Florio , once so important in Italian sports car racing , which was held for the first time in 1900, had to make do with just 14 starters in 1981. The only sports car located at the start with an engine capacity of over 2 liters, the British had work - Lola T600 , which already for 1982 applicable group C was built -Reglement. Despite some technical problems, this vehicle was far superior to the competition. After 202 laps won Emilio de Villota and Guy Edwards with a lead of two laps on the plant - Osella PA9 of Lella Lombardi and Giorgio Francia .

Results

Final ranking

Item	class	No.	team	driver	vehicle	Round
1	S +2.0	3	Grid team Lola	Emilio de Villota Guy Edwards	Lola T600	202
2	S 2.0	5	Enzo Osella	Giorgio Francia Lella Lombardi	Osella PA9	200
3	S 2.0	6th	Carlo Franchi	Carlo Franchi Luigi Moreschi	Osella PA9	194
4th	GT		Angelo Pallavicini	Edgar Dören Angelo Pallavicini	Porsche 934	178
5	GTX		Scuderia Supercar Belancaut	Diulio Truffo Fabrizio Violati	Ferrari 512 BB	90
6th	S 2.0		Gabriele Ciuti	Gabriele Ciuti Enrico Uncini	Osella PA7	169
7th	T			Tommaso Casiglia Claudia Cordo	Alfa Romeo GTV	162
Failed
8th	GT		BMW Italia	Umberto Grano Marco Vanoli Christian Danner	BMW M1
9	Group 5		Jolly Club	Carlo Facetti Martino Finotto	Ferrari 308 GTB
Not started
10	S 1.6		Vito Veninata	Antonio Bono Vito Veninata Perrier	Lola T292	1
Not qualified
11	T			Zappala Gaetano Spina	BMW 2002	2

¹ not started ² not qualified

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
12	GT		Formula Racing Club Zurich	Peter Zbinden Edi Kofel	Porsche Carrera GTR
13	S 1.6			Ruggero Parpinelli François Trisconi	Osella
14th	S 1.3		Vito Veninata	Vito Veninata	Osella PA7
15th	S 1.3		Vito Veninata	Giovanni Cascone	Osella PA7
16	S 2.0		Pasquale Barberio	Pasquale Barberio Mario Casoni	Osella PA8
17th	Group 5		Christian Bussi	Christian Bussi Jacques Guérin Jean-Pierre Delauny	Porsche 935

Class winner

class	driver	driver	vehicle	Placement in the overall ranking
S +2.0	Emilio de Villota	Guy Edwards	Lola T600	Overall victory
S 2.0	Giorgio Francia	Lella Lombardi	Osella PA9	Rank 2
GT	Edgar Dören	Angelo Pallavicini	Porsche 934	Rank 4
GTX	Diulio Truffo	Fabrizio Violati	Ferrari 512 BB	Rank 5
T	Tommaso Casiglia	Claudio Cordo	Alfa Romeo GTV	Rank 7

Racing data

• Registered: 17
• Started: 9
• Valued: 7
• Race classes: 5
• Spectator: unknown
• Race day weather: warm and dry
• Route length: 4.950 km
• Driving time of the winning team: 6:00: 49.390 hours
• Total laps of the winning team: 202
• Total distance of the winning team: 999.900 km
• Winner's average: 166.269 km / h
• Pole position: Martino Finotto - Ferrari 308 GTB - 1.38.080 - 185.470 km / h
• Fastest race lap: Emilio de Villota - Lola T600 (# 3) 1.38.450 - 181.006 km / h
• Racing series: Round 9 of the Sports Car World 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 24 Hours of Le Mans 1981

Sports car world championship

Successor to the 6 Hours of Daytona 1981