1981 Silverstone 6 hour race

The 1981 Silverstone 6-hour race , also known as the Silverstone World Championship 6 Hours, Silverstone Grand Prix Circuit , took place on May 10 at the Silverstone Circuit and was the sixth round of the sports car world championship of that year.

The race

The Silverstone 6-hour race was one of the drivers and manufacturers' championships in the World Sports Car Championship in 1981. Jochen Mass achieved the fastest training time in a Porsche 908 registered by Reinhold Joest , which competed in the class for sports cars with a displacement of up to 2 liters. In the race, the Joest team had no racing luck, because Mass had an accident on the wet track on the first lap.

The race won Walter Röhrl , Dieter Schornstein and Harald Grohs with the projection of two laps on the BMW M1 by Derek Bell , Steve O'Rourke and David Hobbs .

Results

Final ranking

Item	class	No.	team	driver	vehicle	Round
1	Group 5	22nd	Vegla Racing Team	Walter Röhrl Dieter Schornstein Harald Grohs	Porsche 935J	206
2	GTX	40	Emka Productions	Derek Bell Steve O'Rourke David Hobbs	BMW M1	204
3	S + 2.0	7th	Siegfried Brunn	Siegfried Brunn Eddie Jordan	Porsche 908 / 3TC	204
4th	S 2.0	56	Osella Squadra Corse	Lella Lombardi Giorgio Francia	Osella PA9	201
5	Group 5	24	Wera Meissberg team	Edgar Dören Jürgen Lässig	Porsche 935K3	200
6th	GTX	39	Bob Akin Motor Racing Inc.	Bob Akin Bobby Rahal Peter Lovett	Porsche 935K3	199
7th	Group 5	62	Lubrifilm Racing	Beppe Gabbiani Giorgio Nice Giorgio Pianta	Lancia Beta Montecarlo	195
8th	GTU	45	Mazdaspeed	Yōjirō Terada Win Percy	Mazda RX-7 235i	195
9	GT	33	Formula racing club Zurich	Peter Zbinden Edi Kofel Marco Vanoli	Porsche 924 Carrera GTR	194
10	Group 5	25th	Jacques Guérin	Jacques Guérin Christian Bussi Jean-Pierre Delaunay	Porsche 935	192
11	GT	32	Canon Cameras Racing with GTi Eng.	Richard Lloyd Tony Dron	Porsche 924 Carrera GTR	186
12	Group 5	65	Team Castrol Juergen Rassmussen	Lars-Viggo Jensen Jens Winther	BMW 320i	185
13	GTU	44	Z & W Enterprises Inc.	Ray Ratcliff Fred Stiff Marion Speer	Mazda RX-7	181
14th	GT	31	Angelo Pallavicini	Angelo Pallavicini Neil Crang	Porsche 934	181
15th	GT	36	Morris Stapleton Motors Ltd.	Bruce Stapleton Richard Down William Wykeham	Morgan Plus 8	177
16	S 2.0	54	Dorset Racing Associates	Peter Clark Nick Mason Nick Faure	Lola T297	176
Not classified
17th	S 2.0	52	GTP International Racing Ltd.	Richard Jones Barrie Williams	Chevron B31	141
Failed
18th	Group 5	58	Tuff-Kote Dinol Racing	Mike Wilds Jan Lundgardh	Porsche 935Li	177
19th	GTX	41	Simon Phillips	Mike Salmon Steve Earle Simon Phillips	Ferrari 512BB / LM	162
20th	Group 5	28	Martini Racing	Riccardo Patrese Eddie Cheever	Lancia Beta Montecarlo	156
21st	Group 5	27	Preston Henn	Adrian Yates-Smith Preston Henn	Porsche 935K3	143
22nd	GT	30th	Richard Cleare	Richard Cleare Andy Rouse	Porsche 934	142
23	S 2.0	51	Rolf Götz	Rolf Götz Roland Binder	Lola T296	124
24	GT	35	BASF Team GS Sport	Hans-Joachim Stuck Hans Heyer	BMW M1	116
25th	Group 5	21st	Charles Ivey Racing	Dudley Wood John Cooper	Porsche 935K3	101
26th	Group 5	18th	Jolly Club	Martino Finotto Carlo Facetti	Ferrari 308GTB	95
27	S + 2.0	1	Banco Occidental Ultramar Team Lola	Guy Edwards Emilio de Villota	Lola T600	94
28	GTX	42	Modena engineering	Richard Bond Bobby Bell Steve Griswold	Ferrari 512BB	94
29	S + 2.0	10	Ian Bracey	Tiff Needell Vivian Candy Tony Trimmer	Ibec P6	25th
30th	Group 5	60	Martini Racing	Andrea de Cesaris Piercarlo Ghinzani	Lancia Beta Montecarlo	3
31	S 2.0	55	David Mercer	David Mercer Mike Chittenden	Vogue SP2	2
32	S + 2.0	5	Reinhold Joest	Jochen Mass Reinhold Joest Volkert Merl	Porsche 908/80	1
Not started
33	S + 2.0	9	Belga team	Jean-Michel Martin Philippe Martin Alain de Cadenet	De Cadenet-Lola LM	1
34	Group 5	29	Janspeed ADA Engineering	Ian Harrower John Brindley	Triumph TR8	2
35	Group 5	63	Morfe Racing	Richard Jenvey Lawrie Hickman	Lotus Esprit Si	3
Not qualified
36	T	38	John Markey	David Palmer John Markey	AMC AMX Spirit	4th

¹ Ignition damage in training ² Accident in training ³ Engine damage in training ⁴ 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
37	GTP	2	Z & W Enterprises Inc.	Pierre Honegger Paul Canary	McLaren M12 GT
38	S + 2.0	6th	Reinhold Joest	Volkert Merl Jürgen Barth	Porsche 908/3
39	S + 2.0	12	Henning Haggenbauer	Henning Haggenbauer Hans Müller-Perschl	KMW SP30
40	S + 2.0	14th	Bob Marsland	Bob Marsland Francis Polak	March 81S
41	Group 5	19th	Sauber Racing Switzerland	Marc Surer Dieter Quester	BMW M1
42	Group 5	20th	BMW Italy	Teo Fabi	BMW M1
43	Group 5	27	Adrian Yates-Smith	Adrian Yates-Smith	Porsche 911SC
44	GT	34	BMW Zol 'car	François Sérvanin Pierre-François Rousselot Laurent Ferrier	BMW M1
45	S 2.0	51	Rolf Götz	Helmut Bross Rolf Götz	Toj SC205
46	Group 5	61	Martini Racing		Lancia Beta Montecarlo
47	Group 5	67	Radbourne Racing Ltd.	Steve Soper Ian Flux	Fiat X1 / 9

Class winner

class	driver	driver	driver	vehicle	Placement in the overall ranking
Sports car over 2 liters	Siegfried Brunn	Eddie Jordan		Porsche 908 / 3TC	Rank 3
Sports car up to 2 liters	Giorgio Francia	Lella Lombardi		Osella PA9	Rank 4
Group 5	Walter Röhrl	Dieter Chimney	Harald Grohs	Porsche 935K3	Overall victory
GT	Peter Zbinden	Edi Kofel	Marco Vanoli	Porsche 924 Carrera GTR	Rank 9
GTX	Derek Bell	Steve O'Rourke	David Hobbs	BMW M1	Rank 2
GTU	Yōjirō Terada	Win Percy		Mazda RX-7 253i	Rank 8

Racing data

• Registered: 47
• Started: 32
• Valued: 16
• Race classes: 6
• Spectators: 10,000
• Weather on race day: first rain, then dry during the rest 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: 206
• Total distance of the winning team: 967.312 km
• Winner's average: 161.218 km / h
• Pole position: Jochen Mass - Porsche 908/80 (# 5) - 1.21.320 - 208.890 km / h
• Fastest race lap: Eddie Jordan - Porsche 908 / 3TC (# 7) - 1,26,020 - 197.476 km / h
• Racing series: Round 6 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 wspr

Previous race 6 Hours of Riverside 1981

Sports car world championship

Successor 1000 km race on the Nürburgring in 1981