Belgian Grand Prix 1977
| Racing data | ||
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| 7th of 17 races of the 1977 automobile world championship | ||
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| Surname: | XXXV Grote Prijs van Belgie | |
| Date: | 5th June 1977 | |
| Place: | Zolder-Terlaemen | |
| Course: | Circuit Zolder | |
| Length: | 298.34 km in 70 laps of 4.262 km
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| Weather: | wet and cold | |
| Pole position | ||
| Driver: |
 Mario Andretti
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 lotus
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| Time: | 1: 24.64 min | |
| Fastest lap | ||
| Driver: |
 Gunnar Nilsson
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lotus
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| Time: | 1: 27.36 min | |
| Podium | ||
| First: |
Gunnar Nilsson
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lotus
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| Second: |
 Niki Lauda
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 Ferrari
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| Third: |
Ronnie Peterson
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Tyrrell
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The 1977 Belgian Grand Prix took place on June 5 at the Circuit Zolder in Zolder-Terlaemen and was the seventh race of the 1977 Automobile World Championship .
Reports
background
A field of 32 drivers was registered for the Belgium GP, where 27 starting places were available.
Larry Perkins took over the factory surtees from Hans Binder this weekend . The local debutant Bernard de Dryver contributed as a guest driver private March of Brian Henton . A second newcomer was Héctor Rebaque at the wheel of a third factory Hesketh .
The Williams Grand Prix Engineering , BRM , Chesterfield Racing and Iberia Airlines teams , who had skipped the Monaco Grand Prix two weeks earlier, were back on the grid.
Another time one of the new McLaren M26s was reported for James Hunt , while Chesterfield acquired a copy of the previous model M23 for Brett Lunger . The Copersucar team of the Fittipaldi brothers launched the new type FD05 .
training
In rainy conditions, Mario Andretti achieved a superior training record in the Lotus 78 , which earned him the second pole position of the current season. The best lap time of runner-up John Watson was more than a second and a half slower than that of the American. The strong performance of the Lotus team was completed by Gunnar Nilsson reaching third place on the grid . This was followed by Jody Scheckter , Patrick Depailler , Jochen Mass , Carlos Reutemann and Ronnie Peterson .
run
It also rained on race day. Shortly before the start, however, there were signs of an imminent improvement in weather conditions, which prompted James Hunt to be the only driver to start the race on slicks . Ian Scheckter and Harald Ertl spun on the wet road in the first corner, but were able to continue the race.
Watson, who had made the best start, took the lead ahead of Andretti. He made a mistake in a chicane and crashed into the rear of Watson's car, whereupon the top two were eliminated on the first lap. Nilsson, who followed them immediately, had to give way abruptly so as not to collide with them. As a result, Jody Scheckter, who had already won two of the six previous races of the season, took the lead. Jochen Mass, Carlos Reutemann, Patrick Depailler, Jacques Laffite , Ronnie Peterson and Niki Lauda followed behind Gunnar Nilsson . Hunt's tire choice turned out to be the wrong decision at this stage of the race. He fell back to the penultimate place.
On the ninth lap, Reutemann overtook the measure in front of him and thus took third place. Five laps later, however, he was eliminated due to a spin, which brought Mass back into this position. Shortly afterwards, the track began to dry up significantly and some drivers decided to change tires. Due to a tactically smart early switch to dry tires, Lauda was able to overtake several opponents, while they were still on the road with rain tires or were visiting the pits themselves. In the 24th lap the Austrian, who started from 11th place, was even able to take the top position ahead of Jochen Mass and Alan Jones .
Nilsson, who had meanwhile dropped to ninth place, fought his way back to second place by the 40th lap. Since he still rode on rain tires, he benefited from the rain that set in again, as well as the fact that Mass failed due to a spin and Scheckter went to the pits again to have rain tires fitted again.
When the track began to dry out again, Nilsson overtook the leader Lauda, while Scheckter had the tires adjusted to the new weather conditions for the third time in the pits.
Gunnar Nilsson achieved his first and only Grand Prix victory ahead of Niki Lauda and Ronnie Peterson, who had relegated Vittorio Brambilla to fourth place ahead of Alan Jones and Hans-Joachim Stuck after a close duel .
Registration list
Classifications
Starting grid
| Item | driver | constructor | time | Ø speed | begin |
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| 1 |
Mario Andretti
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Lotus Ford
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1: 24.64 | 182.276 km / h | 1 |
| 2 |
John Watson
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Brabham-Alfa Romeo
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1: 26.18 | 178.037 km / h | 2 |
| 3 |
Gunnar Nilsson
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Lotus Ford
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1: 26.45 | 177.481 km / h | 3 |
| 4th |
.svg){kind=small} Jody Scheckter
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 Wolf-Ford
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1: 26.48 | 177.419 km / h | 4th |
| 5 |
 Patrick Depailler
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Tyrrell-Ford
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1: 26.71 | 176.948 km / h | 5 |
| 6th |
 Jochen Mass
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McLaren-Ford
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1: 26.81 | 176.745 km / h | 6th |
| 7th |
 Carlos Reutemann
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Ferrari
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1: 26.85 | 176.663 km / h | 7th |
| 8th |
Ronnie Peterson
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Tyrrell-Ford
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1: 26.95 | 176.460 km / h | 8th |
| 9 |
James Hunt
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McLaren-Ford
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1: 27.04 | 176.278 km / h | 9 |
| 10 |
Jacques Laffite
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Ligier-Matra
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1: 27.05 | 176.257 km / h | 10 |
| 11 |
Niki Lauda
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Ferrari
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1: 27.11 | 176.136 km / h | 11 |
| 12 |
Vittorio Brambilla
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Surtees-Ford
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1: 27.23 | 175.894 km / h | 12 |
| 13 |
 Clay Regazzoni
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Ensign-Ford
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1: 27.28 | 175.793 km / h | 13 |
| 14th |
Arturo Merzario
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March-Ford
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1: 27.33 | 175.692 km / h | 14th |
| 15th |
Riccardo Patrese
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Shadow Ford
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1: 27.35 | 175.652 km / h | 15th |
| 16 |
.svg){kind=small} Emerson Fittipaldi
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Copersucar-Ford
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1: 27.47 | 175.411 km / h | 16 |
| 17th |
 Alan Jones
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Shadow Ford
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1: 27.55 | 175.251 km / h | 17th |
| 18th |
Hans-Joachim Stuck
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Brabham-Alfa Romeo
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1: 27.75 | 174.851 km / h | 18th |
| 19th |
Rupert Keegan
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Hesketh-Ford
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1: 28.02 | 174.315 km / h | 19th |
| 20th |
David Purley
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LEC-Ford
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1: 28.10 | 174.157 km / h | 20th |
| 21st |
Ian Scheckter
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March-Ford
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1: 28.50 | 173.369 km / h | 21st |
| 22nd |
Brett Lunger
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McLaren-Ford
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1: 28.51 | 173.350 km / h | 22nd |
| 23 |
Larry Perkins
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Surtees-Ford
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1: 28.53 | 173.311 km / h | 23 |
| 24 |
 Patrick Nève
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March-Ford
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1: 28.67 | 173.037 km / h | 24 |
| 25th |
Harald Ertl
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Hesketh-Ford
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1: 29.02 | 172.357 km / h | 25th |
| 26th |
Jean-Pierre Jarier
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Penske-Ford
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1: 29.11 | 172.183 km / h | 26th |
| 27 |
 Boy Hayje
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March-Ford
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1: 29.46 | 171.509 km / h | 27 |
| DNQ |
.svg){kind=small} Emilio de Villota
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McLaren-Ford
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1: 30.12 | 170.253 km / h | - |
| DNQ |
Conny Andersson
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BRM
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1: 30.24 | 170.027 km / h | - |
| DNQ |
Alex Ribeiro
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March-Ford
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1: 30.24 | 170.027 km / h | - |
| DNQ |
Bernard de Dryver
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March-Ford
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1: 30.42 | 169.688 km / h | - |
| DNQ |
 Hector Rebaque
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Hesketh-Ford
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1: 33.30 | 164.450 km / h | - |
run
| Item | driver | constructor | Round | Stops | time | begin | Fastest lap | Failure reason |
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| 1 |
Gunnar Nilsson
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Lotus Ford
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70 | 0 | 1: 55: 05.71 | 3 | 1: 27.36 | |
| 2 |
Niki Lauda
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Ferrari
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70 | 1 | + 14.19 | 11 | 1: 28.57 | |
| 3 |
Ronnie Peterson
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Tyrrell-Ford
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70 | 0 | + 19.95 | 8th | 1: 28.35 | |
| 4th |
Vittorio Brambilla
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Surtees-Ford
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70 | 1 | + 24.98 | 12 | 1: 27.90 | |
| 5 |
Alan Jones
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Shadow Ford
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70 | 0 | +1: 15.47 | 17th | 1: 29.85 | |
| 6th |
Hans-Joachim Stuck
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Brabham-Alfa Romeo
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69 | 1 | + 1 lap | 18th | 1: 27.39 | |
| 7th |
James Hunt
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McLaren-Ford
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69 | 0 | + 1 lap | 9 | 1: 28.94 | |
| 8th |
Patrick Depailler
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Tyrrell-Ford
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69 | 0 | + 1 lap | 5 | 1: 28.25 | |
| 9 |
Harald Ertl
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Hesketh-Ford
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69 | 0 | + 1 lap | 25th | 1: 29.67 | |
| 10 |
Patrick Nève
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March-Ford
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68 | 0 | + 2 rounds | 24 | 1: 30.47 | |
| 11 |
Jean-Pierre Jarier
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Penske-Ford
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68 | 0 | + 2 rounds | 26th | 1: 31.24 | |
| 12 |
Larry Perkins
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Surtees-Ford
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67 | 0 | + 3 rounds | 23 | 1: 29.38 | |
| 13 |
David Purley
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LEC-Ford
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67 | 1 | + 3 rounds | 20th | 1: 30.76 | |
| 14th |
Arturo Merzario
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March-Ford
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65 | 0 | + 5 rounds | 14th | 1: 32.13 | |
| - |
Boy Hayje
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March-Ford
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63 | 0 | NC | 27 | 1: 32.53 | Unrated |
| - |
Jody Scheckter
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Wolf-Ford
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62 | 3 | DNF | 4th | 1: 27.50 | Engine failure |
| - |
Jochen Mass
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McLaren-Ford
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39 | 0 | DNF | 6th | 1: 31.82 | Driving error |
| - |
Jacques Laffite
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Ligier-Matra
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32 | 0 | DNF | 10 | 1: 31.41 | Engine failure |
| - |
Clay Regazzoni
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Ensign-Ford
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29 | 0 | DNF | 13 | 1: 33.30 | Engine failure |
| - |
Carlos Reutemann
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Ferrari
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14th | 0 | DNF | 7th | 1: 48.90 | accident |
| - |
Rupert Keegan
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Hesketh-Ford
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14th | 0 | DNF | 19th | 1: 49.35 | accident |
| - |
Riccardo Patrese
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Shadow Ford
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12 | 0 | DNF | 15th | 1: 48.51 | accident |
| - |
Ian Scheckter
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March-Ford
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8th | 0 | DNF | 21st | 1: 51.66 | accident |
| - |
Emerson Fittipaldi
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Copersucar-Ford
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2 | 0 | DNF | 16 | Electrical defect | |
| - |
Mario Andretti
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Lotus Ford
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0 | 0 | DNF | 1 | - | collision |
| - |
John Watson
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Brabham-Alfa Romeo
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0 | 0 | DNF | 2 | - | collision |
| - |
Brett Lunger
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McLaren-Ford
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- | 0 | DNS | 22nd | - | not started |
World Cup stands after the race
The first six of the race got 9, 6, 4, 3, 2 and 1 point (s) respectively.
Driver ranking
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Constructors' championship
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Individual evidence
- ↑ "Training" ( Memento of the original from February 21, 2014 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link has been inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. (Motorsportarchiv.de; accessed on July 4, 2012)
- ^ "Report" (accessed on July 4, 2012)
- ↑ "World Cup stands" ( Memento of the original from February 25, 2014 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. (Motorsportarchiv.de; accessed on July 4, 2012)
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