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Silverstone 6 Hours

Silverstone, Northampton, Great-Britain

Date: 15/5/1977
Track length: 4.719 m
Attendance: 12.000
Entries accepted: 32
Starters: 28
Finishers: 19

Pole position: Mass in 1.25,91 = 197,729 kmh
Fastest lap: Mass in 1.27,28 = 194,626 kmh

Distance: 6 hours
Average speed: 180,887 kmh
Weather: Dry but rain at the end
Ruleset: Group 1-5/76
Car info: 1977 Cars

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28 cars on the starting line, 6 Porsche 935’s and one BMW 320, that was about it concerning recent and competitive material. The star was a brand-new 935/77, but in practice the customer-935 of the Kremer team was hardly slower; their new car remained at Cologne for the next DRM race. Two Loos cars formed the second row, and after two other 935’s the Faltz BMW 320 was 7th fastest.
The story of the race wasn’t difficult to tell; the Martini car took the lead, the Kremer car followed and only could take over when the works Porsche had to change its brake pads. The Loos cars were unable to compete, since Bell retired early and Stommelen met a hare.
The win of the Martini car was questioned for a while when Mass decided to continue on slicks when the rain set in, but when Jantke made it clear that he should come in he followed suit, and thanks to the hydraulic jacks he kept the lead and won, with the Kremer car second, Stommelen third and the Peterson/Kelleners Faltz 320 in fourth.


Overall result
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 Martini Racing
Porsche 935-77
Jochen Mass, D
Jacky Ickx, B
2857 tc B6 Group 5/Div. 3 231 laps 1 1.25,91 1.27,28  
2 2 3 Porsche Kremer
Porsche 935
Bob Wollek, F
John Fitzpatrick, GB
2857 tc B6 Group 5/Div. 3 223 2 1.26,28    
3 3 6 Gelo Racing Team
Porsche 935
Rolf Stommelen, D
Toine Hezemans, NL
2857 tc B6 Group 5/Div. 3 223 4 1.27,83    
4 1 51 Jägermeister BMW Faltz
BMW 320
Ronnie Peterson, S
Helmut Kelleners, D
1998 L4 Group 5/Div. 1 216 7 1.34,41    
5 4 11 Kannacher GT Racing
Porsche 935 Kremer
Franz Konrad, A
Peter Hähnlein, D
2857 tc B6 Group 5/Div. 3 215 6 1.29,90    
6 5 8 Jolly Club
Porsche 935
Carlo Facetti, I
Martino Finotto, I
2857 tc B6 Group 5/Div. 3 212 5 1.29,68    
7 6 9 Jolly Club
Porsche 934
Vittorio Brambilla, I
Gianpiero Moretti, I
2993 tc B6 Group 4/Div. 3 209 8 1.34,72    
8 7 10 Heinz Schiller
Porsche 934
Claude Haldi, CH
Reinhold Jöst, D
2993 tc B6 Group 4/Div. 3 207 9 1.37,40    
9 1 31  
Porsche Carrera RSR
Kurt Simonsen, S
Kenneth Leim, S
2994 B6 Group 5/Div. 2 206 12 1.39,42    
10 2 33  
Porsche Carrera RSR
Klaus Utz, D
Armin Jahn, D
2994 B6 Group 4/Div. 2 200 14 1.40,62    
11 3 35  
Porsche Carrera RSR
Mike Franey, GB
Ian Bracey, GB
2994 B6 Group 5/Div. 2 196 13 1.40,42    
12 8 14  
Porsche 934
Girolamo Capra, I
Angelo Cogato, I
Gabriele Gottifredi, I
(Duilio Ghislotti, I)
(Carlo Rebai, I)
2993 tc B6 Group 5/Div. 3 195 16 1.44,23    
13 9 12 Henri Cachia
Porsche 934
Claude Ballot-Léna, F
Jean-Louis Lafosse, F
Philippe Dagoreau, F
2993 tc B6 Group 4/Div. 3 194 10 1.37,48    
14 4 36  
Porsche Carrera RS
Pete Lovett, GB
Tony Wingrove, GB
2994 B6 Group 3/Div. 2 191 18 1.47,33    
15 5 41 Gordon Spice
Ford Capri II 3.0S
Gordon Spice, GB
Peter Clark, GB
2993 V6 Group 1B/Div. 2 189 19 1.47,35    
16 6 42  
Ford Capri II 3.0S
Win Percy, GB
Stuart Rolt, GB
2993 V6 Group 1B/Div. 2 188 20 1.48,42    
17 7 43  
Ford Capri II 3.0S
Brian Robinson, GB
Holman “Les” Blackburn, GB
2993 V6 Group 1B/Div. 2 183 25 1.51,26    
18 8 39 Nu-Luxe Foam
Ford Capri II 3.0S
John Myerscough, GB
Phil Dowsett, GB
Stuart Patterson, GB
2993 V6 Group 1B/Div. 2 179 23 1.50,01    
19 9 40 Hammonds Sauce Group
Ford Capri II 3.0S
Chris Craft, GB
Alain de Cadenet, GB
2993 V6 Group 1B/Div. 2 175 22 1.48,52    
NC   47  
Datsun 240Z
Clive Richardson, GB
Jeremy Walton, GB
  L6 Group 4/Div. 2 158 29 5.55,31    
NC   49  
BMW 3.0 Si
Gerry Marshall, GB
Tony Lanfranchi, GB
Barrie Williams, GB
2985 L6 Group 1B/Div. 2 157 26 1.56,55    
NC   58 Richard Jenvey
Datsun Sunny coupé GX
Alec Poole, IRL
Han Tjan, NL
John Handley, GB
1295 L4 Group 5/Div. 1 128 24 1.50,53    
NC   22  
Aston Martin V8
Robin Hamilton, GB
David Preece, GB
5340 V8 Group 5/Div. 3 115 15 1.43,49    
DNF   5 Gelo Racing Team
Porsche 935
Tim Schenken, AUS
Derek Bell, GB
(Rolf Stommelen, D)
(Toine Hezemans, NL)
2857 tc B6 Group 5/Div. 3 61 3 1.27,15   Engine
DNF   32  
Porsche Carrera RSR
Brian Classic, GB
Mike Fisher, GB
Frank Sytner, GB
2994 B6 Group 4/Div. 2 60 17 1.44,46   Clutch
DNF   54 Jolly Club
Ford Escort II RS
Umberto Grano, I
Siegfried Müller Sr, D
Martino Finotto, I
1975 L4 Group 5/Div. 1 50 11 1.37,99   Engine
DNF   55  
Ford Escort II RS 2000
Ken Coffey, GB
Cyd Williams, GB
Marc Smith, GB
1993 L4 Group 1B/Div. 1 38 27 1.57,09   Steering
DNF   19 Stratstone
MG B GT V8
Tim Goss, GB
Mike Gidden, GB
Bob Neville, GB
3532 V8 Group 5/Div. 3 23 28 2.03,88   Disqualified, towed
DNS   15  
Porsche Carrera RSR
Gabriele Gottifredi, I
Duilio Ghislotti, I
2994 B6 Group 5/Div. 2   21 1.48,48