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6 Ore Vallelunga

Autodromo Vallelunga, Italy

Date: 7/9/1980
Track length: 3.222 m
Attendance:
Entries accepted: 50
Starters: 33
Finishers: 15

Pole position: Francia in 1.12,06 = 159,867 kmh
Fastest lap: Brambilla in 1.15,1 = 153,395 kmh

Distance: 6 hours
Average speed: 144,043 kmh
Weather: Hot and dry
Ruleset: Group 1-6/76
Car info: 1980 Cars

 

It came good for Lancia; the last victory in Vallelunga secured the hollow world title. It wasn’t easy: it was very hot. The race was won by an Osella (Francia/Marazzi), with the 10-year old Porsche 908/3 of Brunn/Bell came second. The Lancia of Patrese/Cheever came third and won Group 5.


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 42  
Osella PA8-BMW
Giorgio Francia, I
Roberto Marazzi, I
1990 L4 Sports 2000 271 laps, 6:01.13,5 1 1.12,06    
2 2/1 82  
Porsche 908/3
Siegfried Brunn, D
Derek Bell, GB
2992 B8 Sports +2000 267 9 1.15,22    
3 1/1 1 Lancia Squadra Corse
Lancia Beta Montecarlo “2001”
Riccardo Patrese, I
Eddie Cheever, USA
1429 tc L4 Group 5/Div. 2 266 4 1.13,07    
4 2/2 4 Weralit-Elora Team
Porsche 935 K3
Edgar Dören, D
Jürgen Lässig, D
(Gerhard Holup, D)
  B6 Group 5/Div. 2 263 14 1.16,93    
5 3/2 74  
Osella PA6-Ford
Silvano Frisori, I
Ruggero Parpinelli, I
1990 L4 Sports 2000 262 13 1.16,50    
6 4/3 43 Escolette
Osella PA8-BMW
Claudio Francisci, I
Carlo Franchi ("Gimax"), I
1990 L4 Sports 2000 262 3 1.12,54    
7 3/3 2  
Porsche 935 K3
Henri Pescarolo, F
Jürgen Barth, D
  B6 Group 5/Div. 2 260 17 1.17,28    
8 4/1 21 Lancia Squadra Corse
Lancia Beta Montecarlo
Giorgio Pianta, I
Bernard Darniche, F
(Eddie Cheever, USA)
1425 tc L4 Group 5/Div. 1 260 8 1.14,62 (?)    
9 5/4 71 Jolly Club
Lola T296-Ford
Christiano del Balzo ("Gero"), I
Carlo Giorgio, I
Antonio Bernardini, I
1996 L4 Sports 2000 236 20 1.17,76    
10 1 14 Autofarm Ltd.
Porsche 934
Tony Dron, GB
Richard Cleare, GB
2993 tc B6 GT 235 34 1.24,96    
11 2 9 Lubrifilm Racing Team
Porsche 934
Angelo Pallavicini, CH
Peter Bernhard, CH
2993 tc B6 GT 234 35 1.25,60    
12 6/5 76  
Osella PA7-Ford
Salvatore Pellegrino, I
Vito Carone, I
(Duilio Truffo, I)
1990 L4 Sports 2000 230 22 1.17,94    
13 5/2 28 Tuff/Kote Dinol Racing
Porsche 935 L1
Jan Lundgårdh, S
Eberhard Braun, D
1427 tc B6 Group 5/Div. 1 225 30 1.23,09    
14 6/3 27  
BMW 320
Pierre-Francois Rousselot, F
Jacques Berenger, F
Charles Geeraerts, B
1990 L4 Group 5/Div. 1 216 29 1.22,95    
15 7/4 31  
Alfa Romeo GTA
Luigi Rampa, I
Luciano Galluzzo, I
  L4 Group 5/Div. 1 203 37 1.28,56    
DNF   53  
Osella PA6-BMW
Pasquale Barberio, I
Paolo Giangrossi, I
1990 L4 Sports 2000 204 24 1.18,94    
DNF   23 Jolly Club
Lancia Beta Montecarlo
Carlo Facetti, I
Martino Finotto, I
Manfred Mohr, D
1425 tc L4 Group 5/Div. 1 192 19 1.17,43   Spin
DNF   11 Jolly Club
Ferrari 308 GTB
Sergio Rombolotti, I
Claudio Magnani, I
2926 V8 GT 154 36 1.26,49    
DNF   81 Escolette
Capoferri M1-~Ford
Renzo Zorzi, I
Luigi Moreschi, I
2993 V8 Sports +2000 130 11 1.16,17    
DNF   77 Escolette
Chevron B31~Ford
Maurizio Cavalli ("Menes"), I
Franco Forini, I
1996 L4 Sports 2000 112 25 1.19,04    
DNF   72  
Chevron B31~Ford
Maurizio Gellini, I
Luigino Grassi, I
1599 L4 Sports 1600 108 15 1.17,17    
DNF   54  
Osella PA6-BMW
Vito Veninata, I
Giovanni Cascone, I
1990 L4 Sports 2000 94 26 1.19,10    
DNF   22 Lancia Squadra Corse
Lancia Beta Montecarlo
Piercarlo Ghinzani, I
Andrea de Cesaris, I
(Riccardo Patrese, I)
1425 tc L4 Group 5/Div. 1 86 6 1.13,89   Electrics
DNF   29  
Fiat X 1/9 Dallara
Sandro Cinotto, I
Giuseppe Piazzi, I
Leandro La Vecchia, I
1578 L4 Group 5/Div. 1 83 33 1.24,72    
DNF   48 Escolette
Osella PA7-BMW
Arcadio Pezzali, I
Francesco Cerulli-Irelli, I
1990 L4 Sports 2000 83 7 1.14,67 (?)    
DNF   49  
Lola T298-ROC
Francois Servanin, F
Laurent Ferrier, F
1993 L4 Sports 2000 67 23 1.18,71   Engine
DNF   41 Scuderia Torino Corse
Osella PA8-BMW
Vittorio Brambilla, I
Lella Lombardi, I
1990 L4 Sports 2000 50 2 1.12,10 1.15,1  
DNF   7  
De Tomaso Pantera
Aldo Cerruti ("Baronio"), I
Marco Curti ("Spiffero"), I
5763 V8 GT 38 31 1.24,51    
DNF   75 Osella
Osella PA8-Ford
Ciro Nappi, I
Pasquale Vecchioni, I
1990 L4 Sports 1600 34 10 1.15,93    
DNF   6  
De Tomaso Pantera
Marco Micangeli, I
Carlo Pietromarchi, I
5763 V8 Group 5/Div. 2 30 28 1.22,51   Overheating
DNF   25 Eggenberger
BMW 320
Enzo Calderari, CH
Willi Spavetti, CH
Marco Vanoli, CH
1990 L4 Group 5/Div. 1 17 32 1.24,55    
DNF   56  
Osella PA6-BMW
Mennato Baffa, I
Roberto Arfè, I
1990 L4 Sports 2000 17 12 1.16,28    
DNF   45  
Lucchini-BMW
Fabio Siliprandi, I
Arcadio Pezzali, I
Mario Casoni, I
1990 L4 Sports 2000 11 18 1.17,4    
DNS   52  
Lola T298-BMW
Dino Ridolfi, I
Giancarlo Naddeo, I
1990 L4 Sports 2000   5 1.13,88    
DNS   5  
Ferrari 308 GTB
Giancarlo Gagliardi, I
Carlo Facetti, I
2926 tc V8 Group 5/Div. 2   16 1.17,22   Turbo charger
DNF   44  
Osella PA7-BMW
Pasquale Anastasio, I
Giampaolo Ceraolo, I
1990 L4 Sports 2000   21 1.17,78    
DNF   73 Osella
Chevron B19-Ford
Ranieri Randaccio, I
Christiano del Balzo ("Gero"), I
1990 L4 Sports 1600   27 1.20,59    
DNQ   15  
Porsche 930
Ivana Giustri, I
Bruno Bocconi, I
2993 tc B6 GT Group 3     no time