Pole position: unknown
Fastest lap: Quester? or Kremer in 2.02,6 = 128,36 kmh
Distance: 2 hours
Average speed: 126,150 kmh
Weather:
Ruleset: Group 5/68
Car info: 1968 Cars
Belgrade was the venue for the 4th round of the European Touring Car Challenge. The circumstances were far from safe; spectators were sitting next to the track on straw bales or kerbstones and kept crossing the track from start to finish. No wonder a Mini injured a spectator, who tried to cross the track despite having a plastered leg. Practice saw the BMWs of Quester and Steinmetz (the last one, team manager, replacing the injured Hahne) up front, some Porsches being the only opposition since the works Alfa Romeo’s had not entered at all and Gardner’s Cortina had endless problems. After an engine fire, BMW even lent Gardner a private BMW so he could finish practice. It did not help in the end; in an extra practice the Cortina fell victim to a fuel feed problem, the race ended early with a blown head gasket. The BMW pair had a comfortable lead after the flying start, but after 4 laps Steinmetz’ car had an ignition failure. He pushed the car over 3 kilometres to the pits, in 30º heat, but his heroic deed was in vain and the car was retired. Meanwhile, Quester kept 10 to 15 seconds lead over the Kremer Porsche, until this had to pit late in the race for some extra fuel. |
Division 1, 2 and 3
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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, remarks |
1 | 1/1 | 27 | BMW 2002 |
Dieter Quester, A |
1990 | L4 | Div. 3/2500 | 58 | ||||
2 | 2/2 | 31 | Porsche 911 |
Erwin Kremer, D |
1991 | B6 | Div. 3/2500 | 57 | ||||
3 | 3/3 | 34 | Porsche 911 |
Peter Peter, A |
1991 | B6 | Div. 3/2500 | 56 | ||||
4 | 1/1 | 25 | Alfa Romeo 1600 GTA |
Toni Peniconi |
1570 | L4 | Div. 2/1600 | 55 | ||||
5 | 1/1 | 9 | Fiat Abarth 1000 TC |
Marsilio Pasotti ("Pam"), I |
982 | L4 | Div. 1/1000 | 54 | ||||
6 | 4/4 | 32 | Porsche 911 |
Franz Pesch, D |
1991 | B6 | Div. 3/2500 | 53 | ||||
2/2 | 10 | British Vita Racing BMC Mini Cooper S |
John Handley, GB |
999 | L4 | Div. 1/1000 | 49 | |||||
2/1 | 24 | Austin Mini Cooper S |
Lammy Hofer, A |
1293 | L4 | Div. 2/1300 | 49 | |||||
3/3 | 5 | NSU 1000 TTS |
Jovica Palikovic, YU |
996 | L4 | Div. 1/1000 | 47 | |||||
3/2 | 17 | Austin Mini Cooper S |
Goran Strok, YU |
1293 | L4 | Div. 2/1300 | 47 | |||||
4/3 | 20 | Renault R 8 Gordini |
Jirí Rosicky, CS |
1255? | L4 | Div. 2/1300 | 47 | |||||
12 | 4/4 | 4 | NSU 1000 TTS |
Mladen Gluhak, YU |
996 | L4 | Div. 1/1000 | 45 | ||||
13 | 5/1 | 1 | Fiat 850 |
Dragan Manojlovic, YU |
843 | L4 | Div. 1/850 | 43 | ||||
14 | 5/5 | 38 | Citroën DS 19 |
Roman Jelovcan, YU |
1911 | L4 | Div. 3/2500 | 42 | ||||
15 | 5/2 | 26 | BMW 1600 TI |
Pavel Pirnat, YU |
1600 | L4 | Div. 2/1600 | 37 | ||||
16 | 6/4 | 11 | British Vita Racing Morris Mini Cooper S 970 |
Alec Poole, IRL |
999 | L4 | Div. 1/1000 | 24 | ||||
DNF | Alan Mann Racing Ford Lotus Cortina |
Frank Gardner, AUS |
1594 | L4 | Div. 2/1600 | Oil pipe / Head gasket | ||||||
DNF | Cooper Car Co. BMC Mini Cooper S |
John Rhodes, GB |
1293 | L4 | Div. 2/1300 | Fuel pump | ||||||
DNF | Cooper Car Co. BMC Mini Cooper S |
Steve Neal, GB |
1293 | L4 | Div. 2/1300 | Accident | ||||||
DNF | BMW 2002 |
Klaus Steinmetz, D |
1990 | L4 | Div. 3/2500 | 3 | Ignition |