Silverstone 6 Hours 1982

Porsche 956 , chassis 001

The 1982 Silverstone 6-hour race , also known as Pace 6 Hours, a round of The FIA ​​World Endurance Championship for Manufacturers, Silverstone Grand Prix Circuit , took place on May 16 at the Silverstone Circuit and was the second round of the World Sports Car Championship this year.

The race

A new era in Porsche motorsport history began with the 6-hour race at Silverstone . For the new technical regulations of Group C , the Porsche engineers developed the Porsche 956 under the direction of Norbert Singer . After extensive test drives by Jürgen Barth on the in-house test track in Weissach , the racing car with chassis 001 made its debut in Silverstone.

In practice, the Porsche, driven by Jacky Ickx and Derek Bell , showed its improved aerodynamic properties compared to the competition. In qualification training Jacky Ickx achieved the best lap time of 1: 16.910 minutes. His lead over the second-placed Lancia LC1 of Piercarlo Ghinzani and Teo Fabi was just under a second.

Since only a few Group C cars were developed ready for use at the beginning of the season, transitional rules applied so that cars from Group 5 and 6 and the American IMSA GTX class were still eligible to compete, but they did not receive any points for the world championship. While the Porsche had to drive up to ten seconds per lap slower than was possible in order to comply with the strict consumption and distance rules of Group C, the Group 6 Lancia LC1 could drive without restrictions. As a result, Michele Alboreto and Riccardo Patrese won the race with a lead of three laps on the works Porsche.

Results

Final ranking

Item	class	No.	team	driver	vehicle	Round
1	Size 6th	50	Martini Racing	Michele Alboreto Riccardo Patrese	Lancia LC1	240
2	C.	1	Porsche Systems	Jacky Ickx Derek Bell	Porsche 956	237
3	C.	4th	Belga Team Joest Racing	Bob Wollek Jean-Michel Martin Philippe Martin	Porsche 936C	231
4th	Size 6th	56	Osella Mirabella Racing	Giorgio Francia Duilio Truffo	Osella PA9	228
5	C.	23	Jean Rondeau	Henri Pescarolo Gordon Spice	Rondeau M382	227
6th	C.	32	Viscount Downe with Pace Petroleum	Ray Mallock Mike Salmon	Nimrod NRA / C2	227
7th	GTX	78	Momo	Giampiero Moretti Mauro Baldi	Porsche 935 / 78-81	223
8th	C.	7th	ford	Manfred Winkelhock Klaus Ludwig	Ford C100	223
9	Size 5	64	Lässig Obermaier team	Edgar Dören Jürgen Lässig	Porsche 935 K3	216
10	Size 5	48	Vesuvio Racing	Jim Crawford Joe Castellano Mark Thatcher	Lancia Beta Montecarlo Turbo	215
11	C.	9	Secateva	Roger Dorchy Jean-Daniel Raulet Michel Pignard	WM P82	214
12	Size 5	63	Vegla Racing Team Joest Racing	Dieter Schornstein Harald Grohs	Porsche 935J	209
13	C.	19th	BASF Cassette Team GS Sport	Walter Brun Siegfried Müller junior	Clean SHS C6	208
14th	Size 5	6th	Rennax Racing	Jan Lundgardh Per Stureson	Porsche 935 L1	204
15th	GT	92	Team Castrol Denmark	Jens Winther Lars-Viggo Jensen	BMW M1	204
16	C.	16	Ultramar team Lola	Guy Edwards Rupert Keegan	Lola T610	203
17th	GTX	80	Simon Phillips	Steve Earle Simon Phillips Richard Jones	Ferrari 512 BB	199
18th	GTO	85	Tony Garcia Racing	Tony Garcia Albert Naon	BMW M1	194
19th	GT	90	RH Cleare Ltd.	Richard Cleare Tony Dron	Porsche 934	181
20th	Size 5	62	EMKA Productions Ltd.	Steve O'Rourke Nick Mason Jeff Allam	BMW M1	177
21st	Size 6th	58	Dorset Racing Associates Olympus Cameras	Roy Baker Eddie Arundel Nick Faure	Lola T298	169
Not classified
22nd	Size 6th	59	David Mercer	David Mercer Mike Chittenden Barrie Williams	Vogue SP2	167
23	C.	39	Dorset Racing Associates	Bernard de Dryver Mike Wilds	De Cadenet Lola	164
24	C.	38	Jacques Guérin	Jean-Pierre Delaunay Christian Bussi Jacques Guérin	Rondeau M382	159
25th	GTO	84	Canon Cameras / GTi Engineering	Richard Lloyd Andy Rouse	Porsche 924 Carrera GTR	144
Disqualified
26th	Size 5	74	Arthur Hough Racing Castrol Ark Racing	Max Payne Chris Ashmore	Lotus Elan	173
27	Size 6th	55	Chevron Racing Cars with Frox Clothing Ltd.	Martin Birrane Robin Smith Neil Crang	Chevron B36B	141
Failed
28	Size 6th	51	Martini Racing	Piercarlo Ghinzani Teo Fabi	Lancia LC1	187
29	Size 6th	52	Jolly Club	Carlo Facetti Martino Finotto	Osella PA9 / 82	162
30th	C.	31	Nimrod Racing Automobiles Ltd.	Geoff Lee's Bob Evans	Nimrod NRA / C2	148
31	C.	20th	BASF Cassette Team GS Sport	Hans Heyer Hans-Joachim Stuck	Clean SHS C6	147
32	Size 5	49	Vesuvio Racing	Gianni Giudici Mark Thatcher	Lancia Beta Montecarlo Turbo	140
33	C.	37	Grid Plaza	Emilio de Villota David Hobbs	Grid Plaza S1	129
34	GT	91	Formula Racing Club Zurich	Peter Zbinden Edi Kofel	Porsche 924 Carrera GTR	122
35	C.	36	Amada Dome	Chris Craft Raul Boesel Eliseo Salazar	Dome RC82	116
36	C.	24	Jean Rondeau	Jean Rondeau François Migault	Rondeau M482	60
37	Size 5	60	Charles Ivey Racing	John Cooper Paul Smith	Porsche 935 K3	49
38	Size 5	75	Kenneth glue	Kenneth Leim Kurt Simonsen	BMW 320i	37
39	GTO	82	Mazdaspeed	Yōjirō Terada Tom Walkinshaw Pete Lovett	Mazda RX-7 254i	25th
Not started
40	C.	40	March Racing	Patrick Nève Rogelio Rodriguez	March 82G	1
Not qualified
41	B.	96	Müllerbrau team	Fritz Müller Georg Memminger	Porsche 930	2

¹ withdrawn 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
42	C.		Momo Racing	Giampiero Moretti	March 82G
43	C.	6th	ford	Marc Surer Klaus Niedzwiedz	Ford C100
44	C.	40	Nimrod Racing Automobiles Ltd.	Tiff Needell	Nimrod NRA / C2
45	C.	41	Kannacher GT Racing	Rolf Stommelen Dieter Quester Jürgen Hamelmann Harald Grohs	URD C81
46	Size 6th	53	Roland Binder	Roland Binder Rolf Götz	Lola T296
47	Size 6th	54	Michel Lateste	Michel Lateste Dominique Lacaud	LMA 02
48	Size 5	65	ADA engineering	Ian Harrower William Wykeham	Triumph TR8
49	Size 5	66	Porsche Kremer Racing	Danny Ongais Ted Field	Porsche 935 K3 / 80
50	Size 5	67	Team Castrol Denmark	Peter Hansen Jørgen Poulsen	Porsche 935 K3
51	Size 5	70	Vittorio Coggiola	Vittorio Coggiola Ivano Giuliani Maurizio Cavallo	Porsche 935
52	GTX	79	John Fitzpatrick Racing	John Fitzpatrick	Porsche 935 K4
53	GTX	81	Ecurie Supercar Bellancauto		Ferrari 512 BB
54	GT	93	Samuri Conversions Ltd.	Eddie Jordan James Weaver David Hunt	Datsun 260Z

Class winner

class	driver	driver	vehicle	Placement in the overall ranking
C.	Jacky Ickx	Derek Bell	Porsche 956	Rank 2
Group 6	Michele Alboreto	Riccardo Patrese	Lancia LC1	Overall victory
Group 5	Edgar Dören	Jürgen Lässig	Porsche 935 K3	Rank 9
GT	Jens Winther	Lars-Viggo Jensen	BMW M1	Rank 15
GTX	Giampiero Moretti	Mauro Baldi	Porsche 935 / 78-81	Rank 7
GTO	Tony Garcia	Albert Naon	BMW M1	Rank 18

Racing data

• Registered: 54
• Started: 39
• Rated: 21
• Race classes: 6
• Spectator: unknown
• Race day weather: warm and dry
• Route length: 4.704 km
• Driving time of the winning team: 6:00: 15.240 hours
• Total laps of the winning team: 240
• Total distance of the winning team: 1132.463 km
• Winner's average: 188.610 km / h
• Pole position: Jacky Ickx - Porsche 956 (# 1) - 1: 16.910 = 220.868 km / h
• Fastest race lap: Riccardo Patrese - Lancia LC1 (# 50) - 1: 21.810 = 209.520 km / h
• Racing series: 2nd round of the 1982 World Sports Car Championship

literature

• Peter Higham: The Guinness Guide to international Motor Racing. A Complete Reference from Formula One to Touring Cars. Guinness Publishing Ltd., London 1995, ISBN 0-85112-642-1 .

Web links

• Race report
• Results at Wrsp.cz

Previous race at the Monza 1000 km race in 1982

Sports car world championship

Successor 1000 km race on the Nürburgring 1982