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4 Ore di Monza

Autodromo Nazionale di Monza, Italy

Date: 24/3/1968
Track length: 10.000 m
Attendance: unknown
Entries accepted: unknown
Starters: Div. 1: 11, rest unknown
Finishers: unknown

Pole position: Bianchi in 3.27,0
Fastest lap: Merzario in 3.52,7 (div. 1); von Wendt in 3.28,0 (div. 2 and 3)

Distance: 4 hours
Average speed: 166,205 kmh
Weather: Fine
Ruleset: Group 5/68
Car info: 1968 Cars

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In the morning, the race for division 1 took place; the usual Abarth parade, of course, flavoured with the occasional Mini. Since many of them fell by the wayside (since they did not follow Abarth’s orders to take it easy and let Goedemans win), only Schetty and Goedemans survived but in second place it was the Mini of Handley!

Division 2 and 3 had a combined race, with the fight between Alfa Romeo’s compressor GTA and Porsche; there were no Cortina’s entered, and BMW was too late with its homologation.
The Indianapolis start was a joke - the field was sent straight to the banking despite the chicane which was just in front of it. Schüler misjudged his braking on full tanks, crashed into the barriers and overturned. While he crept into safety through the shattered front window, the car caught fire and burnt like a torch. Stenzel had to take avoiding action and hit the rails as well, and when he ran into ingition troubles and finally the starter gave up, the car was withdrawn and the second compressor Alfa was out.
Only the Kelleners Group 5 Porsche completed the race, and he was challenged by Group 2 Porsches with 40 HP less only; Bianchi retired and Baghetti crashed after a puncture.

Alfa Romeo won the 1600 cc class as a consolation, and the 1300 cc subdivision was surprisingly won by Lancia; the Alfa Juniors and the works Coopers were beaten.

Division 1
Pos Pos in class # Team / Entrant
Car- Engine		 Drivers, Nationality Engine
vol. (cc)		 Engine
Type		 Group Distance,
time		 Qualifying position Qualifying time Fastest lap Reason out
1 1/1 12 Abarth & Cie
Abarth 1000 TC Gr. 5		 Peter Schetty, CH
Ab Goedemans, NL
 982 L4 Div. 1/1000 596 km        
2 2/2 7 British Vita Racing
BMC Mini Cooper S 970		 John Handley, GB
 999 L4 Div. 1/1000 574 km        
3 3/3 10  
Abarth 1000 TC Gr. 2		 Gianni Lado ("Matich"), I
Giorgio Danieli, I
 982 L4 Div. 1 1/1000 572 km        
4 4/1 3  
Abarth 850 TC Gr. 2		 Daniele Stabile, I
Franco Galli, I
 847 L4 Div. 1 1/850 562 km        
5 5/4 8 British Vita Racing
BMC Mini Cooper S		 Alec Poole, IRL
 999 L4 Div. 1 1/1000 554 km        
6 6/2 5  
Abarth 850 TC Gr. 2		 Erasmo Crivellari ("Opicina"), I
Umberto Grano, I
 847 L4 Div. 1 1/850 537 km        
7 7/5 18 Abarth & Cie
Abarth 1000 TC Gr. 5		 Arturo Merzario, I
 982 L4 Div. 1 1/1000       3.52,7  
8 8/6   Abarth & Cie
Abarth 1000 TC Gr. 5		 Marsilio Pasotti ("Pam"), I
 982 L4 Div. 1 1/1000          
9 9/7   Abarth & Cie
Abarth 1000 TC Gr. 5		 Johannes Ortner, A
 982 L4 Div. 1 1/1000          
10 10/8 15 Abarth & Cie
Abarth 1000 TC Gr. 5		 Toine Hezemans, NL
 982 L4 Div. 1 1/1000         Oil pipe
    14 Abarth & Cie
Abarth 1000 TC Gr. 5		 Jonathan Williams, GB
 982 L4 Div. 1 1/1000          
       
Abarth		 Unknown
   L4 Div. 1          
DNS      
Ford Anglia		 Rein Zwolsman, NL
 997 L4 Div. 1         Crash in practice

Division 2 and 3
Pos Pos in class # Team / Entrant
Car- Engine		 Drivers, Nationality Engine
vol. (cc)		 Engine
Type		 Group Distance,
time		 Qualifying position Qualifying time Fastest lap Reason out
1 1/1 59  
Porsche 911		 Helmut Kelleners, D
Erwin Kremer, D
 1991 B6 Div. 3/2500 665 km 3 3.28,4    
2 2/2 60  
Porsche 911		 Ferfried von Hohenzollern, D
Jürgen Neuhaus, D
 1991 B6 Div. 3/2500 656 km 6      
3 3/3 65  
Porsche 911		 Gianpiero Moretti ("Nomex"), I
 1991 B6 Div. 3/2500 639 km        
4 4/4 58  
Porsche 911		 Arthur Blank, CH
 1991 B6 Div. 3/2500 637 km        
5 1/1 41 Autodelta S.p.A.
Alfa Romeo 1600 GTA		 Giorgio Pianta, I
Teodoro Zeccoli, I
 1570 L4 Div. 2/1600 634 km        
6 2/2 42 Autodelta S.p.A.
Alfa Romeo 1600 GTA		 Teodoro Zeccoli, I
Giorgio Pianta, I
 1570 L4 Div. 2/1600 633 km        
7 3/3 44  
Alfa Romeo 1600 GTA		 Dieter Mohr, D
Horst Eiteneuer, D
 1570 L4 Div. 2/1600 609 km        
8 4/1 27 HF Squadra Corse
Lancia Fulvia 1.3 HF		 Giuliano Facetti, I
Carlo Facetti, I
 1296 V4 Div. 2/1300 605 km        
9 5/4 38  
BMW 1600/2		 Bernd Henne, D
Detlef Basche, D
 1600 L4 Div. 2/1600 603 km        
10 5/5 68  
Porsche 911		 Sergio Zerbini, I
Maurizio Montagnani, I
 1991 B6 Div. 3/2500 591 km        
11 6/6 67  
Porsche 911		 Michele Licheri, I
Vittorio Tabacchi, I
 1991 B6 Div. 3/2500 580 km        
12 6/2 36  
Alfa Romeo 1300 GT Junior		 Sandro Uberti, I
"Byron", I
 1290 L4 Div. 2/1300 580 km        
  /3 22 Cooper Car Co.
BMC Mini Cooper S		 John Rhodes, GB
 1293 L4 Div. 2/1300         Puncture
      Autodelta S.p.A.
Alfa Romeo 1300 GT Junior		 Giancarlo Galimberti, I
Domenico Cedrati ("Poker"), I
 1290 L4 Div. 2/1300          
      Autodelta S.p.A.
Alfa Romeo 1300 GT Junior		 Angelo Caffi, I
Sandro Bonomi ("Raffi"), I
 1290 L4 Div. 2/1300          
       
Lancia Fulvia 1.3 HF		 Fiorenzo Genta, I
 1296 V4 Div. 2/13 00          
       
Porsche 911		 Unknown
 1991 B6 Div. 3/2500          
       
Porsche 911		 Unknown
 1991 B6 Div. 3/2500          
DNF      
BMC Mini Cooper S		 Gerry Marshall, GB
Terry Finegan, GB
 1293 L4 Div. 2/1300          
DNF     Cooper Car Co.
BMC Mini Cooper S		 Steve Neal, GB
 1293 L4 Div. 2/1300         Overheating
DNF      
Porsche 911		 Hermann Dorner, D
Erwin Kremer, D
 1991 B6 Div. 3/2500   9     Piston?
DNF      
Porsche 911		 Karl von Wendt, D
Dieter Glemser, D
 1991 B6 Div. 3/2500   2 3.27,4   Accident
DNF     Alfa Romeo Deutschland
Alfa Romeo 1600 GTA-SA		 Michel Weber, D
Reinhard Stenzel, D
 1570 s/c L4 Div. 3/2500 1 7     Fire
DNF     Autodelta S.p.A.
Alfa Romeo 1600 GTA-SA		 Giancarlo Baghetti, I
Giovanni "Nanni" Galli, I
 1570 s/c L4 Div. 3/2500 32 laps 5     Puncture, accident
DNF 9 50 Alfa Romeo Deutschland
Alfa Romeo 1600 GTA-SA		 Udo Schütz, D
Lucien Bianchi, B
 1570 s/c L4 Div. 3/2500   1 3.27,0   Throttle linkage
DNF     Alfa Romeo Deutschland?
Alfa Romeo 1600 GTA-SA		 Herbert Schultze, D
Gerhard Schüler, D
 1570 s/c L4 Div. 3/2500   8     Accident
DNS      
Porsche 911		 Dieter Fröhlich, D
Ben Pon, NL
 1991 B6 Div. 3/2500   4 3.28,4   Conrod (practice)