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Grand Prix de Belgrade

Belgrade, Yugoslavia

Date: 20/4/1969
Track length: 4.350 m
Attendance: unknown
Entries accepted: 19 (division 1); 32 (division 2 and 3)
Starters: unknown
Finishers: unknown

Pole position: unknown
Fastest lap: unknown

Distance: 1 hour
Average speed: 126,150 kmh
Weather:
Ruleset: Group 5/68
Car info: 1969 Cars

 

First of the three Iron Curtain rounds in the European Touring Car Challenge was the Belgrade Grand Prix held on a 4,35-km circuit.
There were two one-hour races. The division I event was dominated by "Pam" In his Fiat-Abarth 1000 TC, who finished no less than two laps In front of Mladen GIuhak's NSU 1000 TTS.

The second race for the bigger cars was much more Interesting. Dieter Quester powered his turbocharged works BMW 2002 TIK into the lead and stayed there, with team-mate Dieter Basche in an "ordinary" works 2002 TI holding station behind. Autodelta driver lgnazio Giunti finished third overall and winner of Division 2 In his Alfa Romeo, just holding off Spaniard Jorge de Bagration's BMW 2002 TI.
Text based on Race Report 3 by Eddie Guba

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 17  
Abarth 1000 TC		 Marsilio Pasotti ("Pam"), I
 982 L4 Div. 1 26 laps, 1:01.13,0        
2 2 12  
NSU 1000 TTS		 Mladen Gluhak, YU
 996 L4 Div. 1 24        
3 3 3  
Abarth 850 TC		 Dani Sverko, YU
 847 L4 Div. 1          
4 4 14 AMTK Beograd
NSU 1000 TTS		 Branislav Boskovic, YU
 996 L4 Div. 1          
5 5 4  
Zastava 850 S		 Milivoje Bozic, YU
 850? L4 Div. 1          
6 6 7  
Abarth 850 TC		 Srdan Jankovic, YU
 847 L4 Div. 1          

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 59 BMW AG
BMW 2002 TIK		 Dieter Quester, A
 1990 tc L4 Div. 3 30 laps, 1:00.45,0        
2 2 51 BMW AG
BMW 2002 TI		 Dieter Basche, D
 1990 L4 Div. 3 30        
3 3 53 Escuderia Nacional
BMW 2002 TI		 Jorge de Bagration, E
 1990 L4 Div. 3          
4 1 44 Autodelta S.p.A.
Alfa Romeo 1600 GTA		 Ignazio Giunti, I
 1570 L4 Div. 2          
5 2 45 Autodelta S.p.A.
Alfa Romeo 1600 GTA		 Spartaco Dini ("Paco"), I
 1570 L4 Div. 2          
6 3 49 Alpina
BMW 1600 TI		 Gerold Pankl, A
 1600 L4 Div. 2          
7 4 48 Alpina
BMW 1600 TI		 Ferfried von Hohenzollern, D
 1600 L4 Div. 2          
8 5/1 30 Autodelta S.p.A.
Alfa Romeo 1300 GTA Junior		 Enrico Pinto, I
? Carlo Facetti, I
 1290 L4 Div. 2          
9 6 46  
Alfa Romeo 1600 GTA		 Reinhard Stenzel, D
 1570 L4 Div. 2          
10 7?/2 31 Autodelta S.p.A.
Alfa Romeo 1300 GTA Junior		 Carlo Facetti, I
 1290 L4 Div. 2          
11 4 50 AMTK Beograd
BMW 2002 TI		 Goran Strok, YU
 1990 L4 Div. 3