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500 km do Estoril

Autodromo do Estoril, Portugal

Date: 28/5/1978
Track length: 4.350 m
Attendance: unknown
Entries accepted: unknown
Starters: unknown
Finishers: unknown

Pole position: Facetti/Finotto
Fastest lap: Facetti in 1.52,46

Distance: 500 km
Average speed: 130,737 kmh
Weather:
Ruleset: Group 2/76
Car info: 1978 Cars

Pictures

In Estoril, things were more or less the same as last race; the Luigi/BMW Italia car of Grano and Xhenceval won the race after Facetti/Finotto suffered more bad luck with a slipping clutch and overheating problems. Bergmeister and Siegrist finished second overall (we were getting used to this) but a fourth overall for a humble Fiat 128 was more than a decent championship could bear - even with Lella Lombardi behind the wheel.



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 24 Luigi/BMW Italia
BMW 3.0 CSL
Umberto Grano, I
Tom Walkinshaw, GB
3196 L6 Div. 5 115 laps in 3:49.34,9        
2 1   VW Motorsport
VW Scirocco
Willi Bergmeister, D
Jörg Siegrist, CH
1596 L4 Div. 2 111        
3 1   Racing Corporation Vienna
BMW 530i US
Heribert Werginz, A
Harald Neger, A
Roman Loibnegger, A
2985 L6 Div. 4 109        
4 1   Jolly Club
Fiat 128 coupé 1300
Lella Lombardi, I
Carlo Giani, I
1290 L4 Div. 1 106        
5 2    
Alfa Romeo Alfasud Sprint
Richard Mattozza, B
Jacques Berger, B
1299 B4 Div. 1 104        
6 2    
VW Scirocco
Drago Regvart, YU
Dagmar Suster, YU
1596 L4 Div. 2 101        
7 1    
Seat 124
Manuel Juncosa, E
Jorge Bäbler, E
1756 L4 Div. 3 100        
8 2    
Seat 124
Duran, E
Manuel Sanjurjo, E
1756 L4 Div. 3 98        
DNF 3 5 VW Motorsport
VW Scirocco
Anton Stocker, CH
Walter Brun, CH
1596 L4 Div. 2 96       Wheel hub
10 3    
BMW 2002
Amarac
Simoes
1990 L4 Div. 3 94        
    25 Luigi Racing
BMW 3.0 CSL
? Eddy Joosen, B
? Raymond Van Hove, B
3196 L6 Div. 5          
DNF   26 Jolly Club Milano
BMW 3.0 CSL
Martino Finotto, I
Carlo Facetti, I
3171 L6 Div. 5   1   1.52,46 Clutch