1977 Silverstone 6-hour race

The Kremer Porsche 935 , here with Bob Wollek at the wheel at the 1000 km race on the Nürburgring in 1977 . With this car, Wollek and his partner John Fitzpatrick achieved second place overall at Silverstone

Aston Martin AM V8

The 1977 Silverstone 6-hour race , also known as the Kosset World Manufacturers 6 Hours, Silverstone , took place on May 15 at the Silverstone Circuit and was the fifth round of the sports car world championship of that year.

The race

The racing event in Silverstone was after the 24-hour race in Daytona (overall winner Hurley Haywood , John Graves and Dave Helmick in a Porsche 911 Carrera RSR ) and the 6-hour race in Mugello (overall winner Rolf Stommelen and Manfred Schurti in a Porsche 935 ) the third race of the brand world championship in 1977. Porsche demonstrated the strength that the German brand with its racing models had in this racing series. 13 Porsches were among the top 14 places in the final ranking. Was interrupted this Motorsport - hegemony only by the fourth-placed Faltz- BMW 320i of Ronnie Peterson and Helmut Kelleners .

The race influenced the work - Porsche 935 by Jochen Mass and Jacky Ickx , as well as the Kremer Porsche squad run by bob wollek and John Fitzpatrick and the two Gelo-Racing.935 of Stommelen / Hezemans and taverns / Bell . From the pole position from Jochen Mass went to the races, which in qualifying with a time of 1: 25.910 minutes (average 197.729 km / h), the fastest lap was driven. Shortly behind was Bob Wollek in the Kremer Porsche.

Mass and Ickx led the first four hours of racing without a break, then an unplanned change of the brake pads forced the Porsche into the pits for 3 minutes and 30 seconds. As a result, Wollek briefly took the lead in the Kremer-935. The decision was made by a downpour one hour before the end of the race. While the entire field came to the pits to change tires, Mass simply drove on with slicks and continued at high speed. When he switched to rain tires shortly before the end of the race, he had gained a lead of three laps.

Results

Final ranking

Item	class	No.	team	driver	vehicle	Round
1	Size 5	1	Martini Racing	Jochen Mass Jacky Ickx	Porsche 935/77	231
2	Size 5	3	Porsche Kremer Racing	Bob Wollek John Fitzpatrick	Porsche 935	228
3	Size 5	6th	Gelo Racing Team	Rolf Stommelen Toine Hezemans	Porsche 935	223
4th	Size 5	51	Fold	Ronnie Peterson Helmut Kelleners	BMW 320i	216
5	Size 5	11	Kannacher GT Racing	Franz Konrad Peter Hähnlein	Porsche 935	215
6th	Size 5	8th	Jolly Club	Carlo Facetti Martino Finotto	Porsche 935	212
7th	GT	9	Jolly Club	Vittorio Brambilla Giampiero Moretti	Porsche 934	209
8th	GT	10	GVEA	Claude Haldi Reinhold Joest	Porsche 934	207
9	Size 5	31	Kenneth glue	Kurt Simonsen Kenneth Leim	Porsche Carrera RSR	206
10	GT	33	Hahn sports car	Klaus Utz Armin Jahn	Porsche Carrera RSR	200
11	Size 5	35	Chandler Ibec Team Lloyds	Mike Franey Ian Bracey	Porsche Carrera RSR	196
12	Size 5	14th	Gabriele Gottifredi	Girolamo Capra Angelo Cogato Gabriele Gottifredi	Porsche 934	195
13	GT	12	ASA Cachia	Claude Ballot-Léna Jean-Louis Lafosse Philippe Dagoreau	Porsche 934	195
14th	ser. GT	36	Tony Wingrove	Pete Lovett Tony Wingrove	Porsche Carrera	191
15th	ser. T	41	Gordon Spice	Gordon Spice Peter Clark	Ford Capri III	189
16	ser. T	42	Bob Gathercole	Win Percy Stuart Rolt	Ford Capri III	188
17th	ser. T	43	Brian Robinson	Brian Robinson Les Blackburn	Ford Capri III	183
18th	ser. T	39	Nu-Luxe Foam	John Myerscough Phil Dowsett Stuart Patterson	Ford Capri III	179
19th	ser. T	40	Hammond's sauce	Chris Craft Alain de Cadenet	Ford Capri III	175
Not classified
20th	GT	47	Spike Anderson	Clive Richardson Jeremy Walton	Datsun 240Z	158
21st	ser. T	49	Americana Jeans Monoposto	Gerry Marshall Tony Lanfranchi Barrie Williams	BMW 3.0 Si	157
22nd	Size 5	58	Janspeed Racing	Alec Poole Han Tjan John Handley	Datsun Sunny	128
23	Size 5	22nd	Robin Hamilton	Robin Hamilton David Preece	Aston Martin AM V8	115
Failed
24	Size 5	5	Gelo Racing Team	Tim Gifting to Derek Bell	Porsche 935	61
25th	GT	32	Mike Fisher	Brian Classic Mike Fisher Frank Sytner	Porsche Carrera	60
26th	Size 5	54	Jolly Club	Umberto Grano Siegfried Müller Martino Finotto	Ford Escort RS 2000	50
27	T	55	Ken Coffey	Ken Coffey Cyd Williams Marc Smith	Ford Escort RS 2000	38
28	Size 5	19th	Stratstone	Tim Goss Mike Gidden Bob Neville	MGB GT V8	23
Not started
29	Size 5	15th	Marco Capoferri	Marco Capoferri Duilio Ghislotti	Porsche Carrera RSR Turbo	1

¹ clutch damage in 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.

Item	class	No.	team	driver	chassis
30th	Size 5	16	Memphis Team International	Sepp Manhalter	BMW 3.5 CSL
31	ser. T	38	Tony Brennan	Tony Brennan Jody Carr	Ford Capri
32	ser. T	44	Esso GB	Vince Woodman Jonathan Buncombe	Ford Capri

Class winner

class	driver	driver	vehicle	Placement in the overall ranking
Size 5	Jochen Mass	Jacky Ickx	Porsche 935/77	Overall victory
GT	Vittorio Brambilla	Giampiero Moretti	Porsche 934	Rank 7
ser. GT	Pete Lovett	Tony Wingrove	Porsche Carrera	Rank 14
T	no participant in the finish
ser. T	Gordon Spice	Peter Clark	Ford Capri III	Rank 15

Racing data

• Registered: 32
• Started: 28
• Valued: 19
• Race classes: 5
• Spectators: 20,000
• Race day weather: warm and dry, rain showers at the end of the race
• Route length: 4.719 km
• Driving time of the winning team: 6: 00: 00,000 hours
• Total laps of the winning team: 231
• Total distance of the winning team: 1085.324 km
• Winner's average: 180.887 km / h
• Pole position: Jochen Mass - Porsche 935/77 (# 1) - 1: 25.910 = 197.729 km / h
• Fastest race lap: Jochen Mass - Porsche 935/77 (# 1) - 1: 27.280 = 194.626 km / h
• Racing series: 5th round of the 1977 Sports Car World 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 report
• Race results

Previous race 500 km from Monza 1977

Sports car world championship

Successor race 1000 km race on the Nürburgring 1977