1979 Silverstone 6 hour race

The factory Lancia Beta Montecarlo Turbo from Riccardo Patrese and Walter Röhrl

The 1979 Silverstone 6-hour race , also known as the Rivet Supply World Manufacturers Championship 6 Hours, Silverstone , took place on May 6th at the Silverstone Circuit and was the seventh round of the sports car world championship of that year.

The race

The approaching 24 Hours of Le Mans gave the Manufacturers' World Championship run in Silverstone the best field of the season to date. Porsche originally wanted to report the Porsche 935/78 - Moby-Dick , with which Jochen Mass and Jacky Ickx had won the 6-hour race last year . However, the team management decided to use the Porsche 936/78 in preparation for Le Mans . Jochen Mass's partner this time was Brian Redman . Chris Craft and Gordon Spice drove the Dome Zero RL, with V8 - Cosworth -Motor. Alain de Cadenet reported his De-Cadenet-Lola. The car was based on a Lola chassis and made its racing debut. De Cadenet's team partner was François Migault , who drove in the Formula 1 World Championship in the mid-1970s . Among other things, he started for BRM and Embassy Hill . Robin Hamilton brought his Aston Martin DBS V8 RHAM1 to the track, whose 5.3 liter V8 engine was fitted with a new petrol injection. The improved injection system should limit the previously enormous gasoline consumption that was triggered by the turbocharger . The consumption of 120 liters per 100 kilometers driven was unsatisfactory for a long-distance race - sports car . Although fuel consumption could be reduced, it was only enough for 12th place overall in the race, one position behind the dome , with a clear gap to the winners . Drivers were Derek Bell and David Preece .

A message from the hit just before closing date yet from Italy Lancia - works team one. The Lancia Beta Monte Carlo Turbo of Riccardo Patrese and Walter Röhrl , however, was ill-prepared and maintained. After filling in the coolant, the mechanics forgot to close the radiator . In the race, the engine ran hot after driving 10 minutes after all of the fluid had run out. The result was a defective cylinder head gasket that forced the team to give up.

The fastest driver in qualifying was Jochen Moss in the Porsche 936. With a time of 1: 20.310 minutes for one lap, he was four seconds faster than John Fitzpatrick in the Gelo- Porsche 935 . The race was dominated by Mass and Redman until the Porsche had braking problems. This led to the failure of the car due to an accident in the last racing district. John Fitzpatrick won the race together with Hans Heyer and Bob Wollek , ahead of the surprisingly competitive Lola von de Cadenet and Migault.

Results

Final ranking

Item	class	No.	team	driver	vehicle	Round
1	Size 5	3	Gelo Sportswear Team	John Fitzpatrick Hans Heyer Bob Wollek	Porsche 935 / 77A	229
2	S + 2.0	8th	Alain de Cadenet	Alain de Cadenet François Migault	De Cadenet Lola LM	222
3	Size 5	26th	Sekurit Racing Team	Edgar Dören Dieter Schornstein	Porsche 935 / 77A	217
4th	GT	30th	Jean-Pierre Delaunay	Cyril Grandet Jean-Pierre Delaunay	Porsche Carrera	210
5	Size 5	2	Gelo Sportswear Team	Manfred Schurti Bob Wollek John Fitzpatrick	Porsche 935 / 77A	210
6th	GT	24	Scuderia Basilea	Peter Zbinden Edi Kofel	Porsche 934	210
7th	GT	29	Jacques Guérin	Jean-Louis Schlesser Gérard Bleynie Jacques Guérin	Porsche 911 SC	207
8th	GT	14th	Kenneth glue	Kenneth Leim Kurt Simonsen	Porsche 934	197
9	Size 5	20th	Charles Yvey Racing	Barrie Williams Dudley Wood	Porsche Carrera RSR	197
10	Size 5	16	Maltin Car Concessionaires	Martin Raymond Simon Phillips	Porsche Carrera RSR	191
11	S + 2.0	9	Dome Co Ltd.	Chris Craft Gordon Spice	Dome Zero RL	189
12	Size 5	12	Robin Hamilton Aston Martin Distributors	Derek Bell David Preece	Aston Martin DBS V8 RHAM1	185
Not classified
13	Size 5	19th	L 'Escalier Night Club & Restaurant	Mark Dorrington Niblett Tony Dron	Porsche 934 Carrera RSR	158
14th	S 2.0	43	Mogil Motors Ltd.	Robin Smith Laurence Jacobsen Richard Jones	Chevron B36	156
Disqualified
15th	Size 5	45	Willy F Racing Team	Preben Kristoffersen Jens Winther	BMW 320i	162
Failed
16	S + 2.0	1	Porsche system	Brian Redman Jochen Mass	Porsche 936/78	193
17th	GT	27		Bob Neville Alec Poole	Porsche Carrera RSR	132
18th	Size 5	52	Arthur Hough Pressings Castrol Ark Racing	Max Payne John Evans	Lotus Elan	96
19th	Size 5	18th	Badger Motor Accessories A. Wingrove	Pete Lovett Jon Fletcher Tony Wingrove	Porsche Carrera RSR	88
20th	GT	22nd	Lubrifilm Racing Team	Angelo Pallavicini Marco Vanoli	Porsche 934	72
21st	GT	17th	John Harper	John Beasley John Harper	Porsche Carrera RS	67
22nd	GT	31	AS Ile de France	Raymond Touroul Alain-Michel Bernard	Porsche Carrera	59
23	Size 5	21st	Tuckers Fast Food Franchise Ltd.	Adrian Yates-Smith Bob Linwood	Porsche Carrera RS	18th
24	Size 5	51	ASA-Corso Marche 38 Turin	Riccardo Patrese Walter Röhrl	Lancia Beta Montecarlo Turbo	4th
25th	Size 5	49	Morfe Racing with Polaroof	David Mercer Richard Jenvey	Lotus Esprit S1

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
26th	Size 5	5	Porsche Kremer Racing	Toine Hezemans Klaus Ludwig Axel Plankenhorn	Porsche 935 K3
27	Size 5	6th	Porsche Kremer Racing	Axel Plankenhorn Louis Krages	Porsche 935 / 77A
28	S + 2.0	7th	Ian Bracey	Ian Bracey	Ibec 308 LM
29	Size 5	10	Mahlke Racing	Mike Franey Franz Gschwender Klaus Boehm	Porsche 935
30th	Size 5	11	Jolly Club	Martino Finotto Carlo Facetti	Porsche 935
31	GT	15th	Ecurie Biennoise	Enzo Calderari Athos Severi Willi Spavetti	Porsche Carrera RSR
32	GT	23	Lubrifilm Racing Team		Porsche Carrera RS
33	GT	25th	Ecurie 13 Etoiles	Antoine Salamin Philippe Collet Herbert Loewe	Porsche 930
34	T	28	Dick Lovett Specialist Cars	Pete Lovett John Morrison	BMW 530i
35	S 2.0	41	Dorset Racing Associates	Tony Birchenhough Ian Harrower Brian Joscelyne	Lola T297
36	Size 5	48	Team Macinnes Racing	Ian Marshall Syd Fox	Lotus Esprit S1
37	GT	53	Radbourne Racing Ltd.	Steve Soper Jeremy Walton	Fiat X1 / 9
38	T	54	The Akai Golf	Richard Lloyd	Volkswagen Golf

Class winner

class	driver	driver	driver	vehicle	Placement in the overall ranking
S + 2.0	Alain de Cadenet	François Migault		De Cadenet Lola LM	Rank 2
S 2.0	no participant in the finish
Size 5	John Fitzpatrick	Hans Heyer	Bob Wollek	Porsche 935 / 77A	Overall victory
GT	Cyril Grandet	Jean-Pierre Delaunay		Porsche Carrera	Rank 4

Racing data

• Registered: 38
• Started: 25
• Valued: 12
• Race classes: 4
• Spectator: unknown
• Race day weather: cold
• Route length: 4.719 km
• Driving time of the winning team: 6: 00: 00,000 hours
• Total laps of the winning team: 229
• Total distance of the winning team: 1078.990 km
• Winner's average: 179.831 km / h
• Pole position: Jochen Mass - Porsche 936/78 (# 1) - 1: 20.130 = 211.992 km / h
• Fastest race lap: Jochen Mass - Porsche 936/78 Turbo (# 1) - 1: 23.250 = 204.047 km / h
• Racing series: 7th 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

Commons : 6 Hours of Silverstone 1979  - Collection of pictures, videos and audio files

• Race results

Previous race 6 Hours of Riverside 1979

Sports car world championship

Successor race 1000 km race on the Nürburgring 1979