Pole position: Dieter Glemser, 1.43,6 (ETCC); Magri in 2.30,1 (Div. 1); Ravinale in 2.07,4 (Div. 2)
Fastest lap: unknown (ETCC); Audisio in 2.27,4 (Div. 1); Ravinale in 2.06,5 (Div. 2)
Distance: 4 hours (ETCC); 12 laps (Italian championship under 700); 14 laps (700-1150)
Average speed: 183,655 km/h (ETCC); 136,648 (Div. 1); 159,836 kmh (Div. 2)
Weather: overcast, later some rain showers
Ruleset: Group 2/70
Car info: 1971 Cars
The entry list was promising this year. In the small class, we had two Autodelta Alfa Romeo GTAJ’s, four works Abarth 1000 TCs, and a trio of Fiat 128s by Filipinetti. For the next two divisions, Ford seemed to have its act together this year. After a disastrous 1970, the new RS2600 would be the car to have, and for division 2 they had the new Escort RS1600 16-valve car. Two Capris and one Escort RS - the competition would come from BMW (two pair of 2002’s by Alpina and Koepchen, two Alpina coupés, virtually unchanged since last year and a Belgian coupé) and Alfa Romeo (two GTAms with a little more power and a weight increase from 920 kg to 970 kg, following a change in the homologation weight, and privateer cars like the German Hähn car with an Autodelta engine). Outsiders were Opel (one Steinmetz Commodore, not yet with the crossflow engine but instead with a spare engine of only 235 HP) and Chevrolet. But the first race of the season brought neither the Capri victory Ford hoped for, nor a class win for the Escort. After the indianapolis-style start, the Camaro spun and lost contact to the leaders. The second-placed car of Marko/Mazet had to stop because of overheating (but it kept going at least), Quester’s Alpina coupé came in with ignition trouble, he had lost a few laps already, but this was soon repaired and he went out again, only to leave the track at the Parabolica. Manoeuvring, he got trapped in the sand, losing more time. After two hours, the order was Soler-Roig, Fitzpatrick, one lap down Zeccoli and Hoffmann, two laps down Hezemans and Betzler. Larrousse, third initially, had lost his front screen, and after the rear window was removed as well, he gave up, and while Huber tried for another two laps the car had to be retired, no neck muscles able to withstand the wind force on the straights. At the end of the third hour Glemser/Soler-Roig blew a head gasket and retired. The fast Escort, now in the lead, spun during the third hour and was passed by Hezemans as well as Facetti, who retired later however. But Mass fought back, and took over the lead again. With only 20 minutes to go, the Escort got a puncture and the slow journey back to the pits cost them dear - they were only fourth overall in the end. So victory went, a bit unexpected, to Hezemans with Quester/Basche in a BMW 2800 CS in second. Italian championship - Division 1 (under 700 cc) At 11:00 it was time for the second race, again with 24 cars. Campanini (Abarth 1000) took an early lead, followed by the 128 of Cozzarolo, Ravinale and Stefanelli, both Abarth 1000. Soon the retirements begun: Stefanelli came slowly into the pits with a flat tire, in 850 Gatti rolled his car after the front suspension collapsed. Gunnella took over the class lead and took it to the end of the race. Campanini and Ravinale were still leading, creating a vacuum behind them.Cozzarolo (128) destroyed its gearbox leaving the way open to a class win for young Cerulli. In the end, Ravinale managed to cross the line a little ahead of Campanini. |
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 | 27 | Autodelta S.p.A. Alfa Romeo 2000 GTAm |
Toine Hezemans, NL |
1985 | L4 | Div. 2 | 128 laps, 4:00.27,0 | 8 | 1.49,8 | ||
2 | 1 | 9 | BMW-Alpina BMW 2800 CS |
Dieter Quester, A Dieter Basche, D |
2996 | L6 | Div. 3 | 127 laps, 4:00.54,6 | 4 | 1.46,5 | ||
3 | 2 | 35 | Alfa Romeo Hähn Alfa Romeo 2000 GTAm |
Harald Ertl, A Thomas Betzler, D |
1985 | L4 | Div. 2 | 127 laps, 4:01.08,1 | 10 | 1.51,1 | ||
4 | 3 | 49 | Ford Köln Ford Escort RS 1600 |
Jochen Mass, D John Fitzpatrick, GB |
1701 | L4 | Div. 2 | 127 laps, 4:02.01,0 | 2 | 1.46,2 | ||
5 | 4 | 40 | BMW 2002 |
Marsilio Pasotti ("Pam"), I Goran Strok, YU |
1990 | L4 | Div. 2 | 125 laps, 4:00.48,0 | 19 | 1.54,7 | ||
6 | 5 | 37 | BMW-Alpina BMW 2002 |
Gerold Pankl, A Ferfried von Hohenzollern, D |
1990 | L4 | Div. 2 | 124 laps, 4:00.27,3 | 15 | 1.54,3 | ||
7 | 2 | 11 | BMW 2800 CS |
Jean Xhenceval, B Raymond Mathay, B |
2996 | L6 | Div. 3 | 124 laps, 4:00.40,5 | 16 | 1.54,3 | ||
8 | 6 | 39 | BMW-Alpina BMW 2002 |
Cuno Ackermann, CH Alex Aebersold, CH |
1990 | L4 | Div. 2 | 122 laps, 4:00.58,6 | 17 | 1.54,4 | ||
9 | 1 | 65 | Autodelta S.p.A. Alfa Romeo 1300 GTA Junior |
Gianluigi Picchi, I |
1290 | L4 | Div. 1 | 122 laps, 4:02.01,0 | 23 | 1.55,8 | ||
10 | 3 | 8 | Ford Köln Ford Capri RS 2600 |
François Mazet, F Helmut Marko, A |
2873 | V6 | Div. 3 | 121 laps, 4:01.26,8 | 3 | 1.46,4 | ||
11 | 7 | 29 | Alfa Romeo 2000 GTAm |
Maurizio Zanetti, I Cesare Poretti, I |
1985 | L4 | Div. 2 | 119 laps, 4:02.51,3 | 14 | 1.53,7 | ||
12 | 8 | 48 | BMW 2002 TI |
Federico Cipriani, I |
1990 | L4 | Div. 2 | 118 laps, 4:02.10,0 | 21 | 1.54,8 | ||
13 | 9 | BMW 1600 |
Ugo Locatelli, I Franco Stefenelli, I |
1600 | L4 | Div. 2 | 117 laps, 4:00.43,7 | 30 | 1.59,6 | |||
14 | 4 | 1 | Chevrolet Camaro |
Ivo Grauls, B Peter Hoffmann, D |
7443 | V8 | Div. 3 | 117 laps, 4:02.23,9 | 7 | 1.49,4 | ||
15 | 10 | 30 | Alfa Romeo 2000 GTAm |
Giovanni Pierobon ("Gap"), I Antonio Zadra ("Kandaru"), I |
1985 | L4 | Div. 2 | 116 laps, 4:01.56,0 | 20 | 1.54,7 | ||
16 | 11 | 58 | Alfa Romeo Giulia Sprint GT |
Angelo Chiapparini, I Christine Beckers ("Christine"), B |
1570 | L4 | Div. 2 | 115 laps, 4:02.19,7 | 31 | 1.59,8 | ||
17 | 2 | 74 | Monzeglio Squadra Corse Alfa Romeo 1300 GTA Junior |
Luigi Pozzo, I Mario Ruspa, I |
1290 | L4 | Div. 1 | 114 laps, 4:02.32,0 | 24 | 1.56,3 | ||
18 | 12 | 56 | Alfa Romeo Giulia Sprint GT |
Elvio Maria Zanini, I |
1570 | L4 | Div. 2 | 111 laps, 4:00.58,3 | 36 | 2.04,8 | ||
CL | 3 | Fiat Abarth 1000 TC |
Gianfranco Palazzoli ("Pal Joe"), I |
982 | L4 | Div. 1 | 38 | 2.05,9 | ||||
CL | 5 | 5 | Ford Mustang |
Rolf Kienen, D Dieter Hegels, D |
V8 | Div. 3 | 28 | 1.59,3 | ||||
46 | Koepchen BMW Tuning BMW 2002 |
Helmut Kelleners, D Hans Heyer, D |
1990 | L4 | Div. 2 | 9 | 1.50,6 | |||||
45? | Koepchen BMW Tuning BMW 2002 |
Willi Kauhsen, D Jörg Obermoser, D |
1990 | L4 | Div. 2 | 12 | 1.51,5 | |||||
2 or 4 | Chevrolet Camaro |
Robert Eberhard, D |
V8 | Div. 3 | 29 | 1.59,4 | ||||||
BMW 1600 |
Karl Hurler, D Mayer |
1600 | L4 | Div. 2 | 32 | 2.00,3 | ||||||
53 | Alfa Romeo Giulia Sprint GT |
Giulio Rossi, I Giacomo Pezzotta, I |
1570 | L4 | Div. 2 | 33 | 2.02,5 | |||||
52 | Scuderia Nettuno Alfa Romeo Giulia Sprint GT |
Adriano Castelli, I Alfredo Santulli, I |
1570 | L4 | Div. 2 | 34 | 2.02,8 | |||||
BMW 1600 TI |
Ricciardo Ricci, I |
1600 | L4 | Div. 2 | 35 | 2.04,1 | ||||||
2 or 4 | Chevrolet Camaro |
Cox Kocher, CH Georges Kolb, CH |
V8 | Div. 3 | 37 | 2.05,6 | ||||||
DNF | 36 | Alfa Romeo 2000 GTAm |
Giorgio Pianta, I Gerd Krammer, A |
1985 | L4 | Div. 2 | 13 | 1.52,1 | Valve | |||
DNF | 67 | Autodelta S.p.A. Alfa Romeo 1300 GTA Junior |
Luigi Colzani, I Luigi Cecchini, I |
1290 | L4 | Div. 1 | 22 | 1.55,5 | Puncture, accident | |||
DNF | 80 | Squadra Angelini Alfa Romeo 1300 GTA Junior |
Luigi Rinaldi, I Spartaco Dini ("Paco"), I |
1290 | L4 | Div. 1 | 25 | 1.56,7 | ||||
DNF | Autodelta S.p.A. Alfa Romeo 1300 GTA Junior |
Sandro Uberti, I Vittorio Venturi, I |
1290 | L4 | Div. 1 | 26 | 1.56,8 | Piston | ||||
DNF | 73 | Alfa Romeo 1300 GTA Junior |
Peter Wiederkehr, CH |
1290 | L4 | Div. 1 | 27 | 1.57,1 | ||||
DNF | 10 | BMW-Alpina BMW 2800 CS |
Gunther Huber, A Gérard Larrousse, F |
2996 | L6 | Div. 3 | 6 | 1.49,1 | Broken window | |||
DNF | 25 | Autodelta S.p.A. Alfa Romeo 2000 GTAm |
Teodoro Zeccoli, I Carlo Facetti, I |
1985 | L4 | Div. 2 | 5 | 1.48,9 | Clutch | |||
DNF | 15 | Steinmetz Automobiltechnik Opel Commodore GS |
Gerhard Schüler, D Arturo Merzario, I Dieter Fröhlich, D |
2998 | L6 | Div. 3 | 11 | 1.51,5 | Accident | |||
DNF | 38? | BMW-Alpina BMW 2002 |
Hans-Joachim Stuck, D René Herzog, CH |
1990 | L4 | Div. 2 | 18 | 1.54,6 | Engine | |||
DNF | 102 | Scuderia Filipinetti Fiat 128 |
Gianpiero Moretti, I Jean Vinatier, F |
1148 | L4 | Div. 1 | 39 | 2.08,2 | Halfshaft | |||
DNF | 103 | Scuderia Filipinetti Fiat 128 |
Jacopo "Pino" Trivellato, I Giorgio Danieli, I |
1148 | L4 | Div. 1 | 40 | 2.10,1 | ||||
DNF | 7 | Ford Köln Ford Capri RS 2600 |
Dieter Glemser, D Alex Soler-Roig, E |
2873 | V6 | Div. 3 | 1 | 1.43,6 | Head gasket | |||
DNS | 66 | Alfa Romeo 1300 GTA Junior |
V. Pajevic ("Palè"), CH? |
1290 | L4 | Div. 1 | - | 1.58,07 | ||||
DNS | 101 | Scuderia Filipinetti Fiat 128 |
Claude Haldi, CH |
1148 | L4 | Div. 1 | ||||||
DNQ | 70 | Alfa Romeo 1300 GTA Junior |
Klaus Reisch, A |
1290 | L4 | Div. 1 | ||||||
DNQ | 33 | Escuderia Nacional Alfa Romeo 2000 GTAm |
Carlo Benelli ("Riccardone"), I |
1985 | L4 | Div. 2 | ||||||
DNQ | 87 | Alfa Romeo 1300 GTA Junior |
Giuliano Facetti, I |
1290 | L4 | Div. 1 | ||||||
DNQ | 85 | Alfa Romeo 1300 GTA Junior |
Massimo Larini, I Carlo Truci, I |
1290 | L4 | Div. 1 | ||||||
DNQ | 76 | Alfa Romeo 1300 GTA Junior |
Vincenzo Cazzago ("Pooky"), I Umberto Grano, I |
1290 | L4 | Div. 1 | ||||||
DNQ | Alfa Romeo 1300 GTA Junior |
Karl Wendlinger Jr, A |
1290 | L4 | Div. 1 | |||||||
DNQ | Alfa Romeo 1300 GTA Junior |
Florian Falkner, A |
1290 | L4 | Div. 1 | |||||||
DNQ | Alfa Romeo 1300 GTA Junior |
Toni Fischhaber, D |
1290 | L4 | Div. 1 | |||||||
21 | Alfa Romeo 2600 Sprint |
Unknown |
2584 | L6 | Div. 3 | |||||||
12 | Alfa Romeo 2600 Sprint |
Unknown |
2584 | L6 | Div. 3 | |||||||
WDN | Abarth & Cie Fiat Abarth 1000 TCR |
Arturo Merzario, I |
982 | L4 | Div. 1 | |||||||
WDN | Abarth & Cie Fiat Abarth 1000 TCR |
Giovanni Salvati, I |
982 | L4 | Div. 1 | |||||||
WDN | Abarth & Cie Fiat Abarth 1000 TCR |
Johannes Ortner, A |
982 | L4 | Div. 1 | |||||||
WDN | Abarth & Cie Fiat Abarth 1000 TCR |
Marsilio Pasotti ("Pam"), I |
982 | L4 | Div. 1 |
Italian championship - Division 1: under 700 cc
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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 | 61 | Scuderia Nettuno Fiat Abarth 695 SS |
Gianni Giudici, I |
695 | L2 | Div. 1 - 700 | 12 laps, 30.17,8 | 14 | 2.36,4 | ||
2 | 50 | Fiat Abarth 695 SS |
Marco Magri, I |
695 | L2 | Div. 1 - 700 | 12 laps, 30.18,4 | 1 | 2.30,1 | |||
1 | Fiat Giannini 590 GT |
Clemente Scandale, I |
586 | L2 | Div. 1 - 600 | 12 laps, 30.23,0 | 6 | 2.32,9 | ||||
2 | Fiat Abarth 595 SS |
Vincenzo Gattafoni, I |
594 | L2 | Div. 1 - 600 | 12 laps, 30.32,1 | 9 | 2.35,1 | ||||
3 | Fiat Abarth 595 SS |
Gabriele Gatta, I |
594 | L2 | Div. 1 - 600 | 12 laps, 31.17,0 | 8 | 2.33,7 | ||||
4 | Fiat Abarth 595 SS |
Jolao Strenghetto, I |
594 | L2 | Div. 1 - 600 | 12 laps, 31.26,2 | 5 | 2.32,6 | ||||
5 | 49 | Fiat Abarth 595 SS |
Antonio Audisio, I |
594 | L2 | Div. 1 - 600 | 12 laps, 31.26,4 | 3 | 2.31,2 | 2.27,4 | ||
3 | Fiat Abarth 695 SS |
Meratti, I |
695 | L2 | Div. 1 - 700 | 12 laps, 31.27,2 | 11 | 2.36,0 | ||||
1 | 1 | Fiat Giannini 500 TV |
"Sugar", I |
499 | L2 | Div. 1 - 500 | 12 laps, 31.35,7 | 13 | 2.36,3 | 2.33,1 | ||
2 | 26 | Fiat 500 F |
"York", I |
499 | L2 | Div. 1 - 500 | 12 laps, 31.45,1 | 15 | 2.37,1 | |||
3 | Fiat 500 F |
Miro Tamburini, I |
499 | L2 | Div. 1 - 500 | 12 laps, 31.58,0 | 21 | 2.39,8 | ||||
DNF | Fiat Abarth 595 SS |
Renato Mazzeschi, I |
594 | L2 | Div. 1 - 600 | 2 | 2.30,4 | Dynamo mount | ||||
DNF | 60 | Fiat Abarth 695 SS |
Cesare Garrone, I |
695 | L2 | Div. 1 - 700 | 4 | 2.31,9 | 2.27,9 | |||
DNF | Fiat Abarth 595 SS |
Constantino Ruspoli, I |
594 | L2 | Div. 1 - 600 | 7 | 2.33,4 | |||||
DNF | Fiat Abarth 595 SS |
Stefano Buonapace, I |
594 | L2 | Div. 1 - 600 | 10 | 2.35,6 | |||||
DNF | 66 | Fiat Abarth 695 SS |
Gianfranco Muratori, I |
695 | L2 | Div. 1 - 700 | 12 | 2.36,3 | ||||
DNF | Fiat 500 F |
"Emme", I |
499 | L2 | Div. 1 - 500 | 16 | 2.37,4 | |||||
DNF | 65 | Fiat Abarth 695 SS |
Dino Minestrini, I |
695 | L2 | Div. 1 - 700 | 17 | 2.38,3 | ||||
DNF | 72 | Fiat Abarth 695 SS |
Giorgio Zorzi, I |
695 | L2 | Div. 1 - 700 | 18 | 2.38,6 | ||||
DNF | Fiat Giannini 500 TV |
Danilo Dentamaro, I |
499 | L2 | Div. 1 - 500 | 19 | 2.38,6 | |||||
DNF | Fiat 500 F |
Piccioni, I |
499 | L2 | Div. 1 - 500 | 20 | 2.39,6 | |||||
DNF | Fiat Abarth 695 SS |
Pizii, I |
695 | L2 | Div. 1 - 700 | 22 | 2.40,0 | |||||
DNF | Fiat Giannini 500 TV |
"Elmer", I |
499 | L2 | Div. 1 - 500 | 23 | 2.40,6 | |||||
DNF | Fiat Giannini 500 TV |
Sanfilippo, I |
499 | L2 | Div. 1 - 500 | 24 | 2.40,8 | |||||
DNQ? | 24 | Fiat 500 F |
Gianni Curti, I |
499 | L2 | Div. 1 - 500 | Engine? | |||||
DNQ? | 20 | ?Fiat 500 F |
Antonio Moretti, I |
499 | L2 | Div. 1 - 500 |
Italian championship - Division 2: 700-1150 cc
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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 | 90 | Fiat Abarth 1000 TCR |
Gino Ravinale, I |
982 | L4 | Div. 2 - 1000 | 14 laps, 30.13,1 | 1 | 2.07,4 | 2.06,5 | |
2 | 2 | 93 | Fiat Abarth 1000 TCR |
Maurizio Campanini, I |
982 | L4 | Div. 2 - 1000 | 14 laps, 30.14,7 | 4 | 2.10,1 | ||
3 | 3 | Fiat Abarth 1000 TCR |
Alfredo Faraoni, I |
982 | L4 | Div. 2 - 1000 | 14 laps, 30.49,3 | 11 | 2.16,0 | |||
4 | 1 | Fiat 128 |
Francesco Cerulli-Irelli, I |
1148 | L4 | Div. 2 - 1150 | 14 laps, 31.48,1 | 8 | 2.13,4 | |||
5 | 1 | 81 | Fiat Abarth 850 TC |
Aldo Gunnella, I |
847 | L4 | Div. 2 - 850 | 13 laps, 30.30,5 | 15 | 2.17,6 | ||
6 | 2 | Fiat 128 |
Igino Re, I |
1148 | L4 | Div. 2 - 1150 | 13 laps, 30.48,2 | 18 | 2.22,6 | |||
7 | 2 | 75 | Fiat Abarth 850 TC |
Pietro Biselli, I |
847 | L4 | Div. 2 - 850 | 13 laps, 31.01,2 | 19 | 2.23,1 | ||
8 | 3 | 74 | Fiat Abarth 850 TC |
Giuseppe Felicioli, I |
847 | L4 | Div. 2 - 850 | 12 laps, 30.47,4 | 22 | 2.32,8 | ||
DNF | Fiat Abarth 1000 TCR |
Aladino Stefanelli, I |
982 | L4 | Div. 2 - 1000 | 2 | 2.08,0 | Puncture | ||||
DNF | Fiat 128 |
Paolo Cozzarolo, I |
1148 | L4 | Div. 2 - 1150 | 3 | 2.08,7 | 2.08,1 | Gearbox | |||
DNF | Fiat 128 |
Romeo Galmozzi, I |
1148 | L4 | Div. 2 - 1150 | 5 | 2.10,2 | |||||
DNF | Fiat Abarth 1000 TCR |
Achille Soria, I |
982 | L4 | Div. 2 - 1000 | 6 | 2.11,2 | |||||
DNF | 1 | Fiat Abarth 1000 TCR |
Rino Amighini, I |
982 | L4 | Div. 2 - 1000 | 7 | 2.12,2 | ||||
DNF | Fiat 128 |
Antonio Vimercati, I |
1148 | L4 | Div. 2 - 1150 | 9 | 2.15,2 | |||||
DNF | Fiat 128 |
Salvatore Pellegrino, I |
1148 | L4 | Div. 2 - 1150 | 10 | 2.15,3 | |||||
DNF | Fiat 128 |
Ferruccio Caliceti, I |
1148 | L4 | Div. 2 - 1150 | 12 | 2.16,0 | |||||
DNF | Fiat 128 |
Giacinto Caio, I |
1148 | L4 | Div. 2 - 1150 | 13 | 2.16,4 | |||||
DNF | 82 | Fiat Abarth 850 TC |
Edoardo Gatti, I |
847 | L4 | Div. 2 - 850 | 14 | 2.16,8 | Accident (rolled) | |||
DNF | 76 | Scuderia Nettuno Fiat Abarth 850 TC |
Gioacchino Maresca, I |
847 | L4 | Div. 2 - 850 | 16 | 2.18,3 | 2.15,9 | |||
DNF | 79 | Fiat Abarth 850 TC |
Sergio Scalabrini, I |
847 | L4 | Div. 2 - 850 | 17 | 2.21,9 | ||||
DNF | Fiat 128 |
Gianfranco Valentini, I |
1148 | L4 | Div. 2 - 1150 | 20 | 2.24,5 | |||||
DNF | 83 | Fiat Abarth 850 TC |
"Tito", I |
847 | L4 | Div. 2 - 850 | 21 | 2.32,4 | ||||
DNF | Autobianchi A112 |
Sergio Zerbini, I |
L4 | Div. 2 - 1000 | 23 | 2.46,0 | ||||||
DNF | Innocenti Mini |
Bandini, I |
L4 | Div. 2 - 1000? | 24 | 2.53,4 |