1981 Silverstone 6 hour race

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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 GermanyGermany Vegla Racing Team GermanyGermany Walter Röhrl Dieter Schornstein Harald Grohs
GermanyGermany
GermanyGermany
Porsche 935J 206
2 GTX 40 United KingdomUnited Kingdom Emka Productions United KingdomUnited Kingdom Derek Bell Steve O'Rourke David Hobbs
United KingdomUnited Kingdom
United KingdomUnited Kingdom
BMW M1 204
3 S + 2.0 7th GermanyGermany Siegfried Brunn GermanyGermany Siegfried Brunn Eddie Jordan
IrelandIreland
Porsche 908 / 3TC 204
4th S 2.0 56 ItalyItaly Osella Squadra Corse ItalyItaly Lella Lombardi Giorgio Francia
ItalyItaly
Osella PA9 201
5 Group 5 24 GermanyGermany Wera Meissberg team GermanyGermany Edgar Dören Jürgen Lässig
GermanyGermany
Porsche 935K3 200
6th GTX 39 United StatesUnited States Bob Akin Motor Racing Inc. United StatesUnited States Bob Akin Bobby Rahal Peter Lovett
United StatesUnited States
United KingdomUnited Kingdom
Porsche 935K3 199
7th Group 5 62 ItalyItaly Lubrifilm Racing ItalyItaly Beppe Gabbiani Giorgio Nice Giorgio Pianta
ItalyItaly
ItalyItaly
Lancia Beta Montecarlo 195
8th GTU 45 JapanJapan Mazdaspeed JapanJapan Yōjirō Terada Win Percy
United KingdomUnited Kingdom
Mazda RX-7 235i 195
9 GT 33 SwitzerlandSwitzerland Formula racing club Zurich SwitzerlandSwitzerland Peter Zbinden Edi Kofel Marco Vanoli
SwitzerlandSwitzerland
SwitzerlandSwitzerland
Porsche 924 Carrera GTR 194
10 Group 5 25th FranceFrance Jacques Guérin FranceFrance Jacques Guérin Christian Bussi Jean-Pierre Delaunay
FranceFrance
FranceFrance
Porsche 935 192
11 GT 32 United KingdomUnited Kingdom Canon Cameras Racing with GTi Eng. United KingdomUnited Kingdom Richard Lloyd Tony Dron
United KingdomUnited Kingdom
Porsche 924 Carrera GTR 186
12 Group 5 65 DenmarkDenmark Team Castrol Juergen Rassmussen DenmarkDenmarkLars-Viggo Jensen Jens Winther
DenmarkDenmark
BMW 320i 185
13 GTU 44 United StatesUnited States Z & W Enterprises Inc. United StatesUnited StatesRay Ratcliff Fred Stiff Marion Speer
United StatesUnited States
United StatesUnited States
Mazda RX-7 181
14th GT 31 SwitzerlandSwitzerland Angelo Pallavicini SwitzerlandSwitzerland Angelo Pallavicini Neil Crang
AustraliaAustralia
Porsche 934 181
15th GT 36 United KingdomUnited Kingdom Morris Stapleton Motors Ltd. United KingdomUnited KingdomBruce Stapleton Richard Down William Wykeham
United KingdomUnited Kingdom
United KingdomUnited Kingdom
Morgan Plus 8 177
16 S 2.0 54 United KingdomUnited Kingdom Dorset Racing Associates United KingdomUnited KingdomPeter Clark Nick Mason Nick Faure
United KingdomUnited Kingdom
United KingdomUnited Kingdom
Lola T297 176
Not classified
17th S 2.0 52 United KingdomUnited Kingdom GTP International Racing Ltd. United KingdomUnited Kingdom Richard Jones Barrie Williams
United KingdomUnited Kingdom
Chevron B31 141
Failed
18th Group 5 58 United KingdomUnited Kingdom Tuff-Kote Dinol Racing United KingdomUnited Kingdom Mike Wilds Jan Lundgardh
SwedenSweden
Porsche 935Li 177
19th GTX 41 United KingdomUnited Kingdom Simon Phillips United KingdomUnited Kingdom Mike Salmon Steve Earle Simon Phillips
United StatesUnited States
United KingdomUnited Kingdom
Ferrari 512BB / LM 162
20th Group 5 28 ItalyItaly Martini Racing ItalyItaly Riccardo Patrese Eddie Cheever
United StatesUnited States
Lancia Beta Montecarlo 156
21st Group 5 27 United StatesUnited States Preston Henn United KingdomUnited Kingdom Adrian Yates-Smith Preston Henn
United StatesUnited States
Porsche 935K3 143
22nd GT 30th United KingdomUnited Kingdom Richard Cleare United KingdomUnited KingdomRichard Cleare Andy Rouse
United KingdomUnited Kingdom
Porsche 934 142
23 S 2.0 51 GermanyGermany Rolf Götz GermanyGermany Rolf Götz Roland Binder
GermanyGermany
Lola T296 124
24 GT 35 GermanyGermany BASF Team GS Sport GermanyGermany Hans-Joachim Stuck Hans Heyer
GermanyGermany
BMW M1 116
25th Group 5 21st United KingdomUnited Kingdom Charles Ivey Racing United KingdomUnited Kingdom Dudley Wood John Cooper
United KingdomUnited Kingdom
Porsche 935K3 101
26th Group 5 18th ItalyItaly Jolly Club ItalyItaly Martino Finotto Carlo Facetti
ItalyItaly
Ferrari 308GTB 95
27 S + 2.0 1 United KingdomUnited Kingdom Banco Occidental Ultramar Team Lola United KingdomUnited Kingdom Guy Edwards Emilio de Villota
Spain 1977Spain
Lola T600 94
28 GTX 42 ItalyItaly Modena engineering United KingdomUnited Kingdom Richard Bond Bobby Bell Steve Griswold
United KingdomUnited Kingdom
United StatesUnited States
Ferrari 512BB 94
29 S + 2.0 10 United KingdomUnited Kingdom Ian Bracey United KingdomUnited Kingdom Tiff Needell Vivian Candy Tony Trimmer
IrelandIreland
United KingdomUnited Kingdom
Ibec P6 25th
30th Group 5 60 ItalyItaly Martini Racing ItalyItaly Andrea de Cesaris Piercarlo Ghinzani
ItalyItaly
Lancia Beta Montecarlo 3
31 S 2.0 55 United KingdomUnited Kingdom David Mercer United KingdomUnited KingdomDavid Mercer Mike Chittenden
United KingdomUnited Kingdom
Vogue SP2 2
32 S + 2.0 5 GermanyGermany Reinhold Joest GermanyGermany Jochen Mass Reinhold Joest Volkert Merl
GermanyGermany
GermanyGermany
Porsche 908/80 1
Not started
33 S + 2.0 9 BelgiumBelgium Belga team BelgiumBelgium Jean-Michel Martin Philippe Martin Alain de Cadenet
BelgiumBelgium
United KingdomUnited Kingdom
De Cadenet-Lola LM 1
34 Group 5 29 United KingdomUnited Kingdom Janspeed ADA Engineering United KingdomUnited Kingdom Ian Harrower John Brindley
United KingdomUnited Kingdom
Triumph TR8 2
35 Group 5 63 United KingdomUnited Kingdom Morfe Racing United KingdomUnited KingdomRichard Jenvey Lawrie Hickman
United KingdomUnited Kingdom
Lotus Esprit Si 3
Not qualified
36 T 38 United KingdomUnited Kingdom John Markey United KingdomUnited KingdomDavid Palmer John Markey
United KingdomUnited Kingdom
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 United StatesUnited States Z & W Enterprises Inc. United StatesUnited StatesPierre Honegger Paul Canary
United StatesUnited States
McLaren M12 GT
38 S + 2.0 6th GermanyGermany Reinhold Joest GermanyGermanyVolkert Merl Jürgen Barth
GermanyGermany
Porsche 908/3
39 S + 2.0 12 AustriaAustria Henning Haggenbauer AustriaAustriaHenning Haggenbauer Hans Müller-Perschl
GermanyGermany
KMW SP30
40 S + 2.0 14th United KingdomUnited Kingdom Bob Marsland United KingdomUnited KingdomBob Marsland Francis Polak
BelgiumBelgium
March 81S
41 Group 5 19th SwitzerlandSwitzerland Sauber Racing Switzerland SwitzerlandSwitzerland Marc Surer Dieter Quester
AustriaAustria
BMW M1
42 Group 5 20th ItalyItaly BMW Italy ItalyItaly Teo Fabi BMW M1
43 Group 5 27 United KingdomUnited Kingdom Adrian Yates-Smith United KingdomUnited Kingdom Adrian Yates-Smith Porsche 911SC
44 GT 34 FranceFrance BMW Zol 'car FranceFrance François Sérvanin Pierre-François Rousselot Laurent Ferrier
FranceFrance
FranceFrance
BMW M1
45 S 2.0 51 GermanyGermany Rolf Götz GermanyGermany Helmut Bross Rolf Götz
GermanyGermany
Toj SC205
46 Group 5 61 ItalyItaly Martini Racing Lancia Beta Montecarlo
47 Group 5 67 United KingdomUnited Kingdom Radbourne Racing Ltd. United KingdomUnited Kingdom Steve Soper Ian Flux
United KingdomUnited Kingdom
Fiat X1 / 9

Class winner

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

Previous race
6 Hours of Riverside 1981
Sports car world championship Successor
1000 km race on the Nürburgring in 1981