Dijon 800 km race in 1975

Alfa Romeo T33 / TT / 12

The 800 km race of Dijon 1975 , also 800 km Dijon , took place on March 23 at the Circuit de Dijon-Prenois . The race was the third round of the sports car world championship this year.

The race

The race in Dijon in 1975 was the third championship run. The season began at the beginning of February with the Daytona 24-hour race , which Peter Gregg and Hurley Haywood won in a Porsche 911 Carrera RSR . The following 1000 km race in Mugello brought the surprising success of Jean-Pierre Jabouille and Gérard Larrousse in the Alpine-Renault A441 .

In Dijon, where the race distance was shortened by the organizer from 1000 to 800 kilometers, the Willi Kauhsen Racing Team achieved the first success , which now carried out the Alfa Romeo works. Overall victory went to Arturo Merzario and Jacques Laffite in the Alfa Romeo T33 / TT / 12 .

Results

Final ranking

Item	class	No.	team	driver	vehicle	Round
1	S 3.0	2	Willi Kauhsen Racing Team	Arturo Merzario Jacques Laffite	Alfa Romeo T33 / TT / 12	245
2	S 3.0	10	Joest Racing	Reinhold Joest Mario Casoni	Porsche 908/3	238
3	S 2.0	18th	KVG Racing	Ian Grob John Hine	Chevron B31	234
4th	S 3.0	1	Willi Kauhsen Racing Team	Henri Pescarolo Derek Bell	Alfa Romeo T33 / TT / 12	225
5	GT	33	Gelo Racing Team	John Fitzpatrick Toine Hezemans	Porsche Carrera RSR	220
6th	S 3.0	4th	Automobiles Ligier Gitanes	François Migault Jean-Pierre Jarier	Ligier JS2	219
7th	GT	8th	Tebernum Porsche Racing	Clemens Schickentanz Hartwig Bertrams Reine Wisell	Porsche Carrera RSR	218
8th	GT	26th	Robert Buchet	Claude Ballot-Léna Bob Wollek	Porsche Carrera RSR	217
9	S 3.0	7th	Dr. H. Dannesberger	Herbert Müller Gijs van Lennep	Porsche 908/3	215
10	S 3.0	9		Michel Degoumois Jean Bélin	Lola T280	214
11	GT	25th	Gante Racing	Serge Godard John Rulon-Miller	Porsche Carrera RSR	197
12	S 2.0	17th	Stuart Chubb	Alan Jones John Sheldon	Lola T294	187
13	S 2.0	5	Equipe Elf-Switzerland	Marie-Claude Charmasson Lella Lombardi	Alpine-Renault A441	180
Disqualified
14th	S 2.0	21st	Alroy Racing	Pedro de Lamare Antônio Castro Prado	Lola T292	2
Failed
15th	GT	29	Porsche Club Romand	Claude Haldi Jean-Claude Béring Roger Dorchy	Porsche Carrera RSR	156
16	S 2.0	22nd	Racing Organization Course	François Sérvanin Guy Fréquelin	Lola T294	110
17th	S 2.0	23	Racing Organization Course	Xavier Lapeyre Laurent Ferrier	Lola T294	67
18th	S 3.0	6th	Renault Alpine	Jean-Pierre Jabouille Gérard Larrousse	Alpine-Renault A442	58
19th	S 3.0	11	Joest Racing	Jürgen Barth Ernst Kraus	Porsche 908/3	46
20th	S 3.0	3	Automobiles Ligier Gitanes	Jean-Pierre Jarier Jean-Pierre Beltoise Jean-Louis Lafosse	Ligier JS2	36
21st	S 3.0	12	Heinz Schulthess	Heinz Schulthess Hervé Bayard	Lola T284	15th
Not started
22nd	S 3.0	6T	Renault Alpine	Jean-Pierre Jabouille Gérard Larrousse	Alpine-Renault A441	1
23	S 3.0	60T	Willi Kauhsen Racing Team	Arturo Merzario Jacques Laffite Henri Pescarolo Derek Bell	Alfa Romeo T33 / TT / 12	2
Not qualified
24	S 1.0	15th	Alroy Racing	Alan Stubbs Roy Johnson Mario Cabral	March 75S	3
25th	S 2.0	16	Alroy Racing	Colin Andrews Alan Stubbs	March 75S	4th
26th	S 2.0	19th	Cheetah Automobiles	Guy Edwards Chris Craft	Cheetah G501	5
27	S 2.0	24	Racing Organization Course	Jean-Pierre Jaussaud Pierre-Marie Painvin	Lola T294	6th
28	GT	27	Henri Cachia	Jacques Borras Pascal Moisson	Porsche Carrera RSR	7th
29	GT	28	William Vollery	William Vollery Roger Dorchy	Porsche Carrera RSR	8th
30th	GT	30th	Jean-Louis Chateau	Jean-Louis Chateau Gérard Cayeux	Porsche Carrera RSR	9
31	T	31	Jean-Claude Aubriet	Jean-Claude Depince Jean-Claude Aubriet	BMW 3.0 CSL	10
32	T	32	Shark team	Jean-Claude Guérie Dominique Fornage	Ford Capri RS	11

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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
33	S 3.0		Julio Gargallo	Leo Kinnunen	Porsche 908/3
34	S 3.0		Gelo Racing Team		Mirage GR7
35	S 2.0		Martin Raymond	Martin Raymond	Lola T290

Class winner

class	driver	driver	vehicle	Placement in the overall ranking
S 3.0	Arturo Merzario	Jacques Laffite	Alfa Romeo T33 / TT / 12	Overall victory
S 2.0	Ian Grob	John Hine	Chevron B31	Rank 3
GT	John Fitzpatrick	Toine Hezemans	Porsche Carrera RSR	Rank 5
T	no participant in the finish

Racing data

• Registered: 35
• Started: 21
• Rated: 13
• Race classes: 4
• Spectator: unknown
• Race day weather: cool and dry
• Route length: 3.289 km
• Driving time of the winning team: 4: 27: 28,800 hours
• Total laps of the winning team: 245
• Total distance of the winning team: 805.805 km
• Winner's average: 180.755 km / h
• Pole position: Gérard Larrousse - Alpine-Renault A442 (# 6) - 1: 00.900 = 194.424 km / h
• Fastest race lap: Arturo Merzario - Alfa Romeo T33 / TT / 12 (# 2) - 1: 01.500 = 192.527 km / h
• Racing series: 3rd round of the sports car world championship in 1975

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 1000 km Mugello race 1975

Sports car world championship

Successor to the 1000 km Monza race in 1975