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Brands Hatch

Brands Hatch International Circuit, Kent, Great-Britain

Date: 12/3/1978
Track length: 4.207 m
Attendance: unknown
Entries accepted: unknown
Starters: 57
Finishers: 16

Pole position: unknown
Fastest lap: Facetti in 1.36,61

Distance: unknown
Average speed: 136,430 kmh
Weather:
Ruleset: Group 2/76
Car info: 1978 Cars

 

The first round of the 1978 ETCC promised to be even duller than your average 1977 race; Jaguar and Alpina had pulled the plug, so a handful of privateers remained, spiced with local entrants which in the worst case (like here) did not have a national Group 2 championship and therefore could offer little else than some Group 1B machinery.
Of the 4 BMW’s entered, two did not even start since their complete engine stock was used in practice. The other two were a Luigi car, entered by BMW Italia for Walkinshaw/Grano, and last years’ Alpina car, sold to Finotto who shared with Facetti. The latter was the quickest car, but hopeless pit stops saw the Luigi car closer and closer, and in the final stint Walkinshaw took over the lead just three laps before the end.
The 1600 cc class was the most interesting, with Scirocco’s fighting for the class lead. Bergmeister/Siegrist had a broken half shaft, which was changed in a staggering 5 minutes, but it was not enough: Lloyd/Stocker had passed and won the class.

Division 1-5
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   Luigi/BMW Italia
BMW 3.0 CSL		 Tom Walkinshaw, GB
Umberto Grano, I
 3196 L6 Div. 5 120 laps, 3:41.59,90        
2 2   Jolly Club Milano
BMW 3.0 CSL		 Carlo Facetti, I
Martino Finotto, I
 3171 L6 Div. 5 120 laps, 3:42.00,92        
3 1   VW Motorsport
VW Scirocco		 Anton Stocker, CH
Richard Lloyd, GB
 1596 L4 Div. 2 110        
4 2   VW Motorsport
VW Scirocco		 Willi Bergmeister, D
Jörg Siegrist, CH
 1596 L4 Div. 2 110        
5 1   Eggenberger Motorsport
BMW 320		 Kurt König, D
Heinz Weltrowski, D
 1998 L4 Div. 3 109        
6 3    
Chevrolet Camaro		 Tony Dron, GB
Jac Nelleman, DK
   V8 Div. 5 109        
7 1    
Ford Capri III 3.0S		 Jeff Allam, GB
Stuart Patterson, GB
 2993 V6 Div. 4 107        
8 1   Jolly Club
Fiat 128 coupé 1300		 Lella Lombardi, I
Carlo Giani, I
 1290 L4 Div. 1 105        
9 2    
Alfa Romeo Alfasud Sprint		 Guy Deladrière, B
Richard Mattozza, B
 1299 B4 Div. 1 105        
10 2    
Vauxhall Firenza Magnum 2300		 Barrie Williams, GB
Jock Robertson, GB
 2279 L4 Div. 4 105        
11 3    
Ford Capri 3.0S		 Wolfgang Dackweiler, D
Axel Sonntag, D
 2993 V6 Div. 4 103        
12 3   Ronnie Scotts Club
Ford Escort II Sport		 Pete King, GB
Forseman
Dave McPherson, GB
 1594 L4 Div. 2 102        
13 2?    
Alfa Romeo Alfetta GTV		 Jon Dooley, GB
Rex Greenslade, GB
 1962 L4 Div. 2? 101        
14 4    
VW Scirocco		 Drago Regvart, YU
Dagmar Suster, YU
 1596 L4 Div. 2 100        
15 3 53  
Skoda 130 RS		 Milan Zapadlo, CS
Josef Michl, CS
 1298 L4 Div. 1          
DNF      
Skoda 130 RS		 Milan Zid, CS
Jaroslav Bobek, CS
 1298 L4 Div. 1 60?       Engine
DNF      
Alfa Romeo		 Harry Schultze, D
 ca. 1300 4 Div. 1         Gearbox
DNF      
Datsun Cherry 120A		 Oscar Kessler, B
 ca. 1300 L4 Div. 1          
DNF      
Ford Fiesta		 Stuart McCrudden, GB
 1295 L4 Div. 1          
DNS      
BMW 3.0 CSL		 Eddy Joosen, B
Raymond Van Hove, B
 3196 L6 Div. 5         Engine
DNS     Luigi Racing
BMW 3.0 CSL		 Jean Xhenceval, B
Pierre Dieudonné, B
 3196 L6 Div. 5         Engine