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Austria-Trophäe Salzburgring

Salzburgring, Austria

Date: 11/4/1971
Track length: 4.255 m
Attendance: unknown
Entries accepted: unknown
Starters: 28 in division 1, 16 in division 2, 15 division 3
Finishers: unknown

Pole position: Uberti (div. 1); Fitzpatrick in 1.28,7 (div. 2); Albert (div. 3)
Fastest lap: Uberti in 1.40,5 (div. 1), Fitzpatrick in 1.29,5 (div. 2), Grauls in 1.24,3 (div 3)

Distance: 75 laps
Average speed: 147,709 kmh (Div. 1); 162,10 kmh (Div. 2); 175,53 kmh (Div. 3)
Weather: rainy and cool
Ruleset: Group 2/70
Car info: 1971 Cars

Pictures

Three separate races in Austria over the Easter weekend.

In division 1, in the wet the expected Alfa Romeo walkover took place; Picchi never lost the lead, Uberti was second and when Dini came too close to his second-place team-mate, the pit signs asked him to back off a little. The Filipinetti Fiat’s were in better shape this time, Dona finishing in fourth place albeit two laps down.

The rain had stopped for the start of division 2, forcing a few competitors to use intermediates. Fastest in practice had been Fitzpatrick, after five laps the order was Hezemans, Fitzpatrick, Facetti, Ertl (a fine start from the fifth row) and Stuck. Fitzpatrick overtook Hezemans, and Ertl passed Facetti, and closed in on Hezemans. After a fight, Ertl managed to pass the Dutchman, but after a while his pit crew suggested that slipstreaming might improve fuel economy - so he went back. But when lapping a back marker, something went wrong and Hezemans collided with the barriers damaging bodywork and flattening two tires. It cost him a lap. In the mean time, Pankl had reached second place and kept it to the finish despite attacks of Facetti.

For division 3, the Capris had front spoilers for the first time since experiments in 1970; Alpina had used them on the 2002 for this race too, by the way. They scored a 1-2-3, with Furtmayr in the Schnitzer BMW one lap down in fourth, after he had to stop for fuel. The Camaro of Albert had given cause for concern initially, with a pole position but a clutch failure meant the end of the fight with the Capris. Another Camaro had troubles in practice and early in the race; after repairs, the car was the fastest of the field but had lost too much ground early on.
The other BMW coupe’s played no role here; Basche and Huber retired early, Quester a little later, the Koepchen coupé was a non-starter. Faster than all BMWs had been the Opel Commodore of Fröhlich in practice; the crossflow engine worked well, though the best one had exploded on the test bed and an unscheduled stop for gearbox repairs cost them valuable time.


Division 1 - Preis der firma Elan AG
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 Autodelta S.p.A.
Alfa Romeo 1300 GTA Junior
Gianluigi Picchi, I
1290 L4 Div. 1 75 laps, 2:09.34,42 4      
2 2 2 Autodelta S.p.A.
Alfa Romeo 1300 GTA Junior
Sandro Uberti, I
1290 L4 Div. 1 75 laps, 2:10.11,06 1 1.34,2 1.40,5  
3 3 6 Franco Angelini
Alfa Romeo 1300 GTA Junior
Spartaco Dini ("Paco"), I
1290 L4 Div. 1 75 laps, 2:10.34,10 2 1.34,2    
4 4 18 Scuderia Filipinetti
Fiat 128
Walter Dona, I
1148 L4 Div. 1 73        
5 5 16 Alfa Romeo - Hubert Ascher Tirol
Alfa Romeo 1300 GTA Junior
Karl Wendlinger Jr, A
1290 L4 Div. 1 73 3      
6 6 8 Formel Rennsport Club der Schweiz
Alfa Romeo 1300 GTA Junior
Peter Wiederkehr, CH
1290 L4 Div. 1 72 5      
7 7 9 Alfa Romeo - Hubert Ascher Tirol
Alfa Romeo 1300 GTA Junior
Peter Falkner, A
1290 L4 Div. 1 70 9      
8 8 15 Scuderia Brescia Corse
Alfa Romeo 1300 GTA Junior
Umberto Grano, I
1290 L4 Div. 1 70 7      
9 9 17 Trivellato
Fiat 128
Giorgio Danieli, I
1148 L4 Div. 1 69 10      
10 10 4 Zetor Racing Brno
Alfa Romeo 1300 GTA Junior
Jirí Rosicky, CS
1290 L4 Div. 1 68       Spin
11 11 34 AZNP Skoda
Skoda 110 L
Václav Bobek, CS
1299 L4 Div. 1 68        
    20 Scuderia Filipinetti
Fiat 128
Gianpiero Moretti, I
1148 L4 Div. 1          
    25 Bosch Racing Team
Morris Mini Cooper S
Walter Stolba, A
1293 L4 Div. 1          
    21 Elan Racing Team
Morris Mini Cooper S
Josef Chalupa, A
1293 L4 Div. 1          
    29 Elan Racing Team
NSU 1200 TT
Walter Rudolph, A
1296 L4 Div. 1          
    23 Bosch Racing Team
BMC Mini Cooper S
Johann Schnabl, A
1293 L4 Div. 1          
    27  
BMC Mini Cooper S
Helmut Petuelli, A
1293 L4 Div. 1          
    24 Ecurie Eclair
BMC Mini Cooper S
Alois Tropper, A
1293 L4 Div. 1          
    5 Zetor Racing Brno
Alfa Romeo 1300 GTA Junior
Dusan Velimsky, CS
1290 L4 Div. 1          
    36 AZNP Skoda
Skoda 110 L
Jaroslav Bobek, CS
1299 L4 Div. 1          
    10 ÖASC Racing Team
Alfa Romeo 1300 GT Junior
Roland Wieser, A
1290 L4 Div. 1          
    37 Elan Racing Team
Fiat Abarth 1000 TCR
Herbert Schenzel, A
982 L4 Div. 1          
    26 Elan Racing Team
BMC Mini Cooper S
Eduard Kronlachner, A
1293 L4 Div. 1         Accident
    39  
Fiat Abarth 1000 TCR
Dani Sverko, YU
982 L4 Div. 1          
DNF   35 MTX Praha
Skoda 110 L
Václav Bervid, CS
1299 L4 Div. 1          
DNF   3 Alfa Romeo Deutschland
Alfa Romeo 1300 GTA Junior
Toni Fischhaber, D
1290 L4 Div. 1 ca. 40 8     Head gasket
DNF   12 Scuderia Brescia Corse
Alfa Romeo 1300 GTA Junior
Vincenzo Cazzago ("Pooky"), I
1290 L4 Div. 1   6     Accident

Division 2 - Preis der Firma Elektro-Diesel-Bosch-Generalvertretung
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 64 Ford Köln
Ford Escort RS 1600
John Fitzpatrick, GB
1701 L4 Div. 2 75 laps, 1:57.40,10 1 1.28,7 1.29,5  
2 2 48 BMW-Alpina
BMW 2002
Gerold Pankl, A
1990 L4 Div. 2 75 laps, 1:59.01,70 6      
3 3 42 Autodelta S.p.A.
Alfa Romeo 2000 GTAm
Carlo Facetti, I
1985 L4 Div. 2 75 laps, 1:59.03,05 5 1.29,8    
4 4 41 Autodelta S.p.A.
Alfa Romeo 2000 GTAm
Toine Hezemans, NL
1985 L4 Div. 2 74 laps,1:59:03,05 2 12.8,2    
5 5 44 ÖASC Racing Team
Alfa Romeo 2000 GTAm
Gerd Krammer, A
1985 L4 Div. 2 74 8      
6 6 57  
BMW 2002
Rudolf Schmutz, CH
1990 L4 Div. 2 72        
7 7 68?  
BMW 2002
Bernd Kellner
1990 L4 Div. 2 70        
8 8 62 Comet Racing Team
BMW 1600
Ernst Jüntgen, D
1573 L4 Div. 2 68        
    63 Elan Racing Team
BMW 2002
Eduard Krackowizer, A
1990 L4 Div. 2          
    50 ACS Sportteam Liechtenstein
BMW 2002
Ruedi Eggenberger, CH
1990 L4 Div. 2          
    61  
BMW 2002
Otto Brindl, D
1990 L4 Div. 2          
    54 ZV Amstetten ÖAMTC
BMW 2002
Sepp Manhalter, A
1990 L4 Div. 2          
DNF   45 Alfa Romeo Hähn
Alfa Romeo 2000 GTAm
Harald Ertl, A
1985 L4 Div. 2         Puncture
DNF   47 BMW-Alpina
BMW 2002
Hans-Joachim Stuck, D
1990 L4 Div. 2   4 1.29,6   Engine
DNF   55 Koepchen BMW Tuning
BMW 2002
Helmut Kelleners, D
1990 L4 Div. 2   3 1.28,9   Engine
DNF   49 BMW-Alpina
BMW 2002
Ferfried von Hohenzollern, D
1990 L4 Div. 2   7     Engine
DNF   51 Bianco-Azzurro Ackermann
BMW 2002
Cuno Ackermann, CH
1990 L4 Div. 2         Engine

Division 3 - Preis der Firma Martha Erdöl GmbH
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 83 Ford Köln
Ford Capri RS 2600
Dieter Glemser, D
2873 V6 Div. 3 75 laps, 1:48.43,34 2 1.25,3    
2 2 81 Ford Köln
Ford Capri RS 2600
Helmut Marko, A
2873 V6 Div. 3 75 laps, 1:49.40,36 3 1.25,6    
3 3 82 Ford Köln
Ford Capri RS 2600
Alex Soler-Roig, E
2873 V6 Div. 3 75 laps, 1:50.06,85 4 1.26,3    
4 4 73 Team Schnitzer
BMW 2800 CS
Ernst Furtmayr, D
2996 L6 Div. 3 74 laps, 1:50.06,85 6      
5 5 87 Steinmetz Automobiltechnik
Opel Commodore GS
Dieter Fröhlich, D
2998 L6 Div. 3 73 laps, 1:49.25,48 5      
6 6 78  
Chevrolet Camaro
Ivo Grauls, B
7000 V8 Div. 3 73 laps, 1:49.45,05     1.24,3  
7 7 75 Écurie Azur
BMW 2800 CS
Raymond Mathay, B
2996 L6 Div. 3 69        
8 8 89  
BMW 2800 CS
Waldemar Warmbold, D
2996 L6 Div. 3 68        
    84 Comet Racing Team
Ford Mustang
Rolf Kienen, D
4728 V8 Div. 3          
    85 VATC Dornbirn
Ford Mustang
Hans Furian, A
6400 V8 Div. 3          
    77  
Chevrolet Camaro
Robert Eberhard, D
  V8 Div. 3          
    90  
Chevrolet Camaro
Unknown
  V8 Div. 3          
DNF   76  
Chevrolet Camaro
Franz Albert, A
  V8 Div. 3 13 1     Clutch
DNF   70 BMW-Alpina
BMW 2800 CS
Dieter Quester, A
2996 L6 Div. 3         Gearbox
DNF   72 BMW-Alpina
BMW 2800 CS
Dieter Basche, D
2996 L6 Div. 3         Engine
DNF   71 BMW-Alpina
BMW 2800 CS
Gunther Huber, A
2996 L6 Div. 3         Gearbox
DNS   74 Koepchen BMW Tuning
BMW 2800 CS
Helmut Kelleners, D
2996 L6 Div. 3   7     Engine

Remarks: Spanish TCC coefficient: 8,4