Pole position: de Fierlant/Nève in 1.30,55
Fastest lap: Nève in 1.29,465
Distance: 4 hours
Average speed: 165,057 kmh
Weather:
Ruleset: Group 2/76
Car info: 1976 Cars
This was the second round of the 1976 ETCC. The entry was a little better than Monza; to compensate for the missing Jaguar, Leyland sent a Dolomite Sprint with the pairing Bell/Hobbs. Despite a carburettor ex-rally engine, the car was little slower than the Zakspeed Escort. The latter one was supposed to have its oil surge problems fixed; on the other hand, the very fast Menden Scirocco of Fröhlich/Mohr had a big engine failure in the qualifying session. Luigi had brought three BMW's this time, who occupied the front of the grid. After the start, the BMW's took the lead, followed by the Zakspeed Escort, the Dolomite and the Scirocco, who passed the spectacular driven Leyland car soon after. Tire problems prevented the McMahon Escort of mixing with the big boys. Zakspeed had troubles, too: a broken oil pump meant the end. The Dolomite had a valve rocker replaced but retired soon afterwards. The Luigi BMW's lessened their pace, and while Nève was supposed to let by team leaders Xhenceval and Dieudonné, the young Belgian was not prepared to stand down. Behind the 1.6 Scirocco in fourth position, the Autovama Alfetta took fifth spot. |
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Division 1-4
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| 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 | 39 | Luigi Racing BMW 3.0 CSL |
Hughes de Fierlant, B Patrick Nève, B |
3196 | L6 | Div. 4 | 156 laps, 4:00.26,43 | 1 | 1.30,55 | 1.29,46 | |
| 2 | 2 | 38 | Luigi Racing BMW 3.0 CSL |
Jean Xhenceval, B Pierre Dieudonné, B |
3196 | L6 | Div. 4 | 156 | 2 | 1.32,25 | ||
| 3 | 3 | 36 | Luigi Racing BMW 3.0 CSL |
Alain Corbisier, B Rudy Host ("MacIntosh"), B (Eddy Joosen, B) |
3196 | L6 | Div. 4 | 147 | 6 | 1.35,39 | ||
| 4 | 1 | 26 | TM Essen VW Scirocco |
Dieter Fröhlich, D Manfred Mohr, D |
1596 | L4 | Div. 2 | 145 | 9 | 1.38,45 | ||
| 5 | 2 | 17 | Alfa Romeo Alfetta GTV |
Amerigo "Joe" Bigliazzi, I Vittorio Ciardi, I |
1985 | L4 | Div. 2 | 144 | 10 | 1.38,60 | ||
| 6 | 3 | 18 | Alfa Romeo 2000 GTV |
Duilio Ghislotti, I Romeo Camathias, CH |
1962 | L4 | Div. 2 | 143 | 8 | 1.38,44 | ||
| 7 | 4 | 40 | Ford Mustang |
Josef Reiter, D Alfons Reiter, D |
V8 | Div. 4 | 142 | 12 | 1.39,58 | |||
| 8 | 4 | 24 | Faltz-Alpina Essen BMW 2002 |
Peter Ochs, D Wolfgang Gunetsreiner, D |
1990 | L4 | Div. 2 | 140 | 11 | 1.39,57 | ||
| 9 | 5 | 15 | Derek McMahon racing Ford Escort II RS |
Alec Poole, IRL John Handley, GB |
1840 | L4 | Div. 2 | 140 | 7 | 1.38,08 | ||
| 10 | 6 | 25 | Alfa Romeo 2000 GTV |
Tarcisio Fornera, CH ? di Erlenbach ? Ruedi Franz, CH |
1962 | L4 | Div. 2 | 139 | 13 | 1.39,64 | ||
| 11 | 1 | 30 | Mazda Savanna RX-3 |
John Markey, GB David Palmer, GB |
2 x 491 | R2 | Div. 3 | 128 | 14 | 1.39,96 | ||
| 12 | 7 | 20 | Triumph Dolomite Sprint Gr. 1 |
Alex Reiner, A Norbert Neumann, D Werner Ausserhofer, A |
1998 | L4 | Div. 2 | 128 | 21 | 1.48,53 | ||
| 13 | 1 | 7 | Fiat 128 coupé 1300 |
Heinz Tubbesing, D Rüdiger Schmitt, D |
1290 | L4 | Div. 1 | 127 | 15 | 1.41,03 | ||
| 14 | 2 | 4 | Alfa Romeo 1300 GTA Junior |
Dieter Kromer, A Tauchner |
1290 | L4 | Div. 1 | 124 | 24 | 1.52,65 | ||
| 15 | 2 | 31 | Racing Corporation Vienna BMW 3.0 CS |
Heribert Werginz, A Ruedi Kroker, A |
2985 | L6 | Div. 3 | 123 | 25 | 1.52,79 | ||
| 16 | 3 | 32 | BMW 3.0 CS |
Poppenreither Lachinger |
2985 | L6 | Div. 3 | 114 | 19 | 1.44,4 | ||
| DNF? | 5 | Steyr-Fiat 128 |
Franz Zeh, A Franz Sahl, A |
1290? | L4 | Div. 1 | 23 | 1.52,40 | ||||
| DNF? | 16 | Opel Ascona |
? Gianpaolo, I ? Paolo Pozzi, I |
1897 | L4 | Div. 2 | 22 | 1.52,20 | ||||
| DNF? | 21 | Triumph Dolomite Sprint |
Josef Chalupa, A Ernst Chalupa, A |
1998 | L4 | Div. 2 | 18 | 1.43,16? | ||||
| DNF? | 22 | BMW 2002 |
Tripo Gölz, A Egon Timmer, A |
1990 | L4 | Div. 2 | 17 | 1.42,18 | ||||
| DNF? | 19 | BMW 2002 |
Franz Prentzel, D Wolfgang Dimmendaal, D |
1990 | L4 | Div. 2 | 16 | 1.41,16 | ||||
| DNF? | 33 | Mazda Savanna RX-3 |
Ernst Hamberger, A Einberger |
2 x 491 | R2 | Div. 3 | 5 | 1.35,31 | ||||
| DNF? | 2 | Alfa Romeo 1300 GT Junior |
Giancarlo Galimberti, I Carello, I |
1290 | L4 | Div. 1 | 20 | 1.48,33 | ||||
| DNF | 11 | British Leyland Triumph Dolomite Sprint |
Derek Bell, GB David Hobbs, GB |
1998 | L4 | Div. 2 | ca. 70 | 4 | 1.35,31 | Rocker | ||
| DNF | 10 | Zakspeed Ford Escort II RS |
Siegfried Müller Jr, D Martino Finotto, I |
1840 | L4 | Div. 2 | 37 | 3 | 1.35,05 | Oil pump | ||