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Monza 4 hours

Autodromo Nazionale di Monza, Italy

Date: 19/3/1972
Track length: 5.774 m
Attendance: 20.000
Entries accepted: > 100
Starters: 43
Finishers: 17 (15 classified)

Pole position: Glemser, 1.42,8
Fastest lap: Glemser, 1.41,8 = 203,339 kmh

Distance: 4 hours
Average speed: 194,221 kmh
Weather: cloudy but dry
Ruleset: Group 2/70
Car info: 1972 Cars

 

The winner of this race would be Ford - since the homologation of the BMW 3.0 CSL failed, too few were built so BMW had to race the heavy 2800 CS instead. The investments of Munich in the direction of Broadspeed UK - they built a lightweight coupé - were useless, just like the already built lightweight Schnitzer car. Alpina did not bother to enter Monza altogether, so the only opposition for the Capris came from the Schnitzer cars, of which several examples found their way to Monza.

Practice was dominated by Ford, Glemser fastest, Larrousse second but way back, just 0,1 second in front of Quester. The explanation for this was the fact that Larrousse had to use the spare car since Mass had a big off with the new car. Mass himself was at Le Mans Test weekend with yet another Capri.
Division 2 was led by the British works Escort of Birrell/Bourgoignie, followed by the Dutch privateer car of Akersloot/Franey. Autodelta entered some GTAm’s, not in the same league anymore but to entertain the Italian crowd. Division 1, things looked better for Autodelta; no competition in sight here, of the 35 entries only 14 could start, of which 13 were cars from Milan. The other one was from Turin.

After the start, Mass disappeared into the distance and never looked back. He was followed by Quester, Peltier and Birrell. Glemser dropped back with ignition troubles. This was repaired, but after setting a new lap record the car retired one hour before the end.
Quester had retired with a broken gearbox, the privateer car of Peltier did a good job however, keeping up with the Escort and the Frami Capri of Franck/Engeman; the last one was to retire eventually.
A fine victory for Ford, Peltier second and division 2 winner Birrell third, followed by the Dutch Escort. Alfa Romeo won the small class, after the lonely Fiat retired in lap 1.

Division 1, 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 12 Ford Köln
Ford Capri RS 2600		 Jochen Mass, D
Gérard Larrousse, F
 2940 V6 Div. 3 136 laps 2 1.44,2    
2 2 10 Précision Liegeoise
BMW 2800 CS		 Jean Xhenceval, B
Alain Peltier, B
 2996 L6 Div. 3 134 6 1.45,7    
3 1 35 Ford Köln
Ford Escort RS 1600		 Gerry Birrell, GB
Claude Bourgoignie, B
 1840 L4 Div. 2 130 5 1.45,1    
4 2 33 Sony Racing Team
Ford Escort RS 1600		 Han Akersloot, NL
Mike Franey, GB
 1800 L4 Div. 2 128 8 1.47,5    
5 3 21 Autodelta S.p.A.
Alfa Romeo 2000 GTAm		 Carlo Facetti, I
Toine Hezemans, NL
 1985 L4 Div. 2 125 11 1.49,4    
6 1 54 Autodelta S.p.A.
Alfa Romeo 1300 GTA Junior		 Luigi Rinaldi, I
Luigi Colzani, I
 1290 L4 Div. 1 123        
7 4   Jolly Club
Alfa Romeo 2000 GTAm		 Jorge de Bagration, E
Rafael Barrios, E
 1985 L4 Div. 2 122 17 1.53,0    
8 2    
Alfa Romeo 1300 GTA Junior		 Carlo Giani, I
Giancarlo Gagliardi, I
 1290 L4 Div. 1 120        
9 3    
Alfa Romeo 1300 GTA Junior		 Peter Wiederkehr, CH
Gianbattista Guarneri ("Gibi"), I
 1290 L4 Div. 1 118   1.56,7    
10 5    
BMW 1600		 Ugo Locatelli, I
Gianfranco Palazzoli ("Pal Joe"), I
 1600 L4 Div. 2 118        
11 3   Team Schnitzer Motul
BMW 2800 CS		 Moritz Gerny, CH
Peter Mattli, CH
 2996 L6 Div. 3 117 16 1.52,8    
12 6   Jolly Club
Alfa Romeo 2000 GTAm		 Carlo Giorgio, I
Lella Lombardi, I
 1985 L4 Div. 2 113        
13 4    
Alfa Romeo 2600		 "Bloody Black Tiger", I
"Il Ragno", I
 2584 L6 Div. 3 107        
14 4    
Alfa Romeo 1300 GTA Junior		 Dieter Gleich, D
Peter Marx, D
 1290 L4 Div. 1 105        
15 5   Autodelta S.p.A.
Alfa Romeo 1300 GTA Junior		 Massimo Larini, I
Vittorio Brambilla, I
 1290 L4 Div. 1 99        
NC   2 Research Consultants Ltd.
Chevrolet Camaro		 Terry Sanger, GB
Luigi Pianta, I
 5000 V8 Div. 3 84 4 1.45,1    
NC   16 Steinmetz Automobiltechnik
Opel Commodore GS		 "Esap", I
"Tatoj", I
 2998 L6 Div. 3 82        
DNF     Autodelta S.p.A.
Alfa Romeo 2000 GTAm		 Gianluigi Picchi, I
Teodoro Zeccoli, I
 1985 L4 Div. 2          
DNF   22 Autodelta S.p.A.
Alfa Romeo 2000 GTAm		 Andrea de Adamich, I
Vittorio Venturi, I
 1985 L4 Div. 2   13 1.50,7   Fuel pump
DNF      
Alfa Romeo 2000 GTAm		 Silvano Pittini, I
Alberto Roselli, I
 1985 L4 Div. 2   12 1.50,3    
DNF      
Alfa Romeo 2000 GTAm		 Maurizio Zanetti, I
Mario Ruspa, I
 1985 L4 Div. 2   15 1.52,1    
DNF      
BMW 2002		 Ruedi Eggenberger, CH
Freddy Link, CH
 1990 L4 Div. 2   18 1.53,3   Piston
DNF   11 Ford Köln
Ford Capri RS 2600		 Dieter Glemser, D
Alex Soler-Roig, E
 2940 V6 Div. 3 92 1 1.42,8   Gearbox
DNF      
Opel Commodore GS		 Dante Gargan, I
Paolo Monti, I
 2998 L6 Div. 3   19 1.53,4    
DNF     Conrero?
Opel Commodore GS		 Paolo de Leonibus, I
Pianta, I
 2998 L6 Div. 3   20 1.53,5    
DNF     Monzeglio Squadra Corse
Alfa Romeo 1300 GTA Junior		 Luigi Pozzo, I
Mario Zanetti, I
 1290 L4 Div. 1   21 1.54,2    
DNF     Autodelta S.p.A.
Alfa Romeo 1300 GTA Junior		 Luigi Cecchini, I
Federico Capasso ("Ghigo"), I
 1290 L4 Div. 1          
DNF     Monzeglio Squadra Corse
Alfa Romeo 1300 GTA Junior		 Gianluigi Picchi, I
Spartaco Dini ("Paco"), I
 1290 L4 Div. 1          
DNF      
Alfa Romeo 1300 GTA Junior		 Unknown
 1290 L4 Div. 1          
DNF      
Alfa Romeo 1300 GTA Junior		 Unknown
 1290 L4 Div. 1          
DNF      
Alfa Romeo 1300 GTA Junior		 Unknown
 1290 L4 Div. 1          
DNF      
Alfa Romeo 1300 GTA Junior		 Unknown
 1290 L4 Div. 1          
DNF      
Alfa Romeo 1300 GTA Junior		 Unknown
 1290 L4 Div. 1          
DNF   29  
BMW 2002		 Angelo Pallavicini, CH
Arthur Blank, CH
 1990 L4 Div. 2     1.57,2   Gearbox
DNF   8 Team Schnitzer Motul
BMW 2800 CS		 Ernesto Brambilla, I
Dieter Quester, A
 2996 L6 Div. 3 18 3 1.44,3   Gearbox
DNF     Kent International Racing
Ford Capri RS 2600		 Jean-Claude Franck, B
Liane Engeman, NL
 2940 V6 Div. 3 61 7 1.46,2   Conrod
DNF     Jolly Club
Ford Escort RS 1600 Broadspeed		 Martino Finotto, I
John Fitzpatrick, GB
 1800? L4 Div. 2 36 10 1.48,8   Head gasket
DNF      
Ford Escort RS 1600		 Goran Strok, YU
Sead Alihodjic, YU
 1800? L4 Div. 2   9 1.48,5    
DNF     Jolly Club
Ford Escort RS 1600 Broadspeed		 Aldo Valtellina ("Alval"), I
Girolamo Bertoni, I
 1800? L4 Div. 2   14 1.51,1    
DNF     Wooding
Ford Escort RS 1600		 Jörg Obermoser, D
Peter Cramer, D
 1800? L4 Div. 2   22 1.54,5    
DNF   89 Scuderia Filipinetti
Fiat 128 coupé 1300		 Umberto Grano, I
Walter Dona, I
 1290 L4 Div. 1 1   1.58,0   Crankshaft
DNF      
Opel Commodore GS		 Unknown
 2998 L6 Div. 3          
DNS   1 Herbert Müller Racing
Chevrolet Camaro		 Herbert Müller, CH
Cox Kocher, CH
 5000 V8 Div. 3     1.45,1   Engine
DNQ   90 Trivellato
Fiat 128 coupé 1300		 Jacopo "Pino" Trivellato, I
 1290 L4 Div. 1          
DNQ   88 Scuderia Filipinetti
Fiat 128 Rallye		 Jean-Louis Lafosse, F
Bernard Chenevière, CH
 1290 L4 Div. 1         Gearbox
DNQ   91 Germania Trivellato racing
Fiat 128 Rallye		 Manfred Mineif, D
Thomas Betzler, D
 1290 L4 Div. 1          
DNQ   92 Trivellato
Fiat 128 coupé 1300		 Roberto Chiaromonte Bordonaro, I
 1290 L4 Div. 1