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Estoril 4 hours

Autodromo do Estoril, Portugal

Date: 16/10/1977
Track length: 4.350 m
Attendance: unknown
Entries accepted: 33
Starters: 20
Finishers: 16

Pole position: Quester/Grano in 1.50,80
Fastest lap: Quester in 1.51,30 = 140,700 kmh

Distance: 4 hours
Average speed: 126,350 kmh
Weather:
Ruleset: Group 2/76
Car info: 1977 Cars

 

What became of the final round of the European Touring Car Championship, sans Jaguars, was held at Estoril, Portugal on October 16. By all accounts it was an unruly affair, tragically culminating in the death of a local driver who crossed the track in front of the second placed Alpina BMW CSL.
Fastest in practice, the Alpina BMW was co-driven on this occasion by wealthy Italian, Umberto Grano. This followed a disagreement with the Luigi BMW team, after Grano had won the preceding round at Jarama and cost Luigi's pairing, Jean Xhenceval/Pierre Dieudonne, valuable points in the struggle against Alpina and Dieter Quester.
The Estoril round was dominated by barging matches between the big BMWs and changeable weather, both dictating a race full of tyre changes! Quester held the initial advantage, one that Grano tried to maintain to the flag with failing electrics (caused by running all the ancillaries at once) dimming his headlamps in the gathering darkness. As Grano faltered, Carlo Facetti took the Imberti CSL past in the final minutes and scored another win for himself and partner Martino Finotto. Grano actually hit the errant pedestrian Portuguese driver as he passed the flag, killing the man instantly and further damaging the previously immaculate BMW. Third overall were Luigi's men Xhenceval and Dieudonne.


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,
remarks
1 1   Jolly Club - UFO
BMW 3.0 CSL
Martino Finotto, I
Carlo Facetti, I
3196 L6 Div. 5 117 4 1.52,99    
2 2   BMW-Alpina
BMW 3.0 CSL
Umberto Grano, I
Dieter Quester, A
3171 L6 Div. 5 117 1 1.50,80    
3 3   Luigi Racing UFO
BMW 3.0 CSL
Jean Xhenceval, B
Pierre Dieudonné, B
3196 L6 Div. 5 116 3 1.52,98    
4 4   Luigi Racing UFO
BMW 3.0 CSL
Claude De Wael, B
Eddy Joosen, B
3196 L6 Div. 5 112 2 1.52,34    
5 1   Eggenberger Motorsport
BMW 320
Helmut Kelleners, D
Walter Brun, CH
1998 L4 Div. 3 109 5 1.57,46    
6 1   Spiess
VW Scirocco
Anton Stocker, CH
Jörg Siegrist, CH
1596 L4 Div. 2 106 7 2.00,99    
7 2    
Alfa Romeo 2000 GTV
Tarcisio Fornera, CH
Ruedi Franz, CH
1962 L4 Div. 3 104 11 2.03,53    
8 1   Autodelta S.p.A.
Alfa Romeo Alfasud Sprint
Jorge de Bagration, E
Ramon Orlandis, E
1299 B4 Div. 1 100 13 2.05,39    
9 2   Team 43-70
Alfa Romeo Alfasud Sprint
Juan-Pablo Zampa, RA
Eugenio Breard, RA
1299 B4 Div. 1 97 12 2.04,39    
10 3   S. Chaves
Datsun 1200 C
Aníbal Rolo, P
Faria da Silva, P
Fernando Gaspar, P
1200? L4 Div. 1 93 16 2.12,91    
11 3   ARBO Team
Alfa Romeo 2000 GTV
Clemente "Kiko" Ribeiro da Silva, P
Rufino Fontes, P
1962 L4 Div. 3 91 17 2.13,53    
12 1   Silva Pereira
Ford Capri 3000
Alcino Ferreira ("Cinoco"), P
António Silva Pereira, P
2993 V6 Div. 4 91 18 2.16,19    
13 4    
BMW 2002
Kurt Mirer, CH
Marco Vanoli, CH
1990 L4 Div. 3 90 10 2.02,03    
14 2   F. Carvalho
Opel Commodore GS/E
Fernando Carvalho, P
Miguel Correia, P
ca. 2800 L6 Div. 4 88 21 2.21,13    
15 3   Daniel Vidal
Opel Commodore GS/E
Álvaro Parente, P
Daniel Vidal, P
ca. 2800 L6 Div. 4 88 15 2.10,87    
16 5   F. Bernardes
Opel Kadett GT/E
Fernando Silva Bernardes, P
Manuel Inácio, P
ca. 2000 L4 Div. 3 86 19 2.17,10    
DNF     Eggenberger Motorsport
BMW 320
Kalli Hufstad, D
Jürgen Reinke, D
1998 L4 Div. 3 55 8 2.01,32   Brakes
DNF     Jägermeister Racing Team
VW Scirocco
Willi Bergmeister, D
Helmut Henzler, D
1596 L4 Div. 2 53 6 1.59,16   Transmission
DNF     Carlos Ferreira
Alfa Romeo 1300 GT Junior
João Carlos Ferreira, P
João Nabais, P
1290 L4 Div. 1 25 20 2.19,12   Transmission
DNF     Jaime Sanz de Madrid
Chrysler 2L
Jaime Sanz de Madrid, E
Juan Carlos Oñoro, E
1998 L4 Div. 3   9 2.01,78   Transmission
DNS     ARBO Team
Opel Commodore GS/E
Jorge Ortigão, P
Santos Pereira, P
ca. 2800 L6 Div. 4   14 2.09,94   Engine