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Donington 500

Donington Park GP Circuit, Derby, Great-Britain

Date: 6/4/1986
Track length: 3.991 m
Attendance: unknown
Entries accepted: unknown
Starters: 36
Finishers: 20 classified

Pole position: Cecotto in 1.44,39
Fastest lap: Cecotto in 1.47,66 = 134,842 kmh

Distance: 500 km
Average speed: 124,319 kmh
Weather: Rain and snow
Ruleset: Group A
Car info: 1986 Cars

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In bad weather, Rover won again but this time a BMW finished second, while both Volvo and Ford hampered with the wet track. In the early part of the race, the Rovers were challenged by the Australian Holden until Bailey went off. Behind winners Walkinshaw and Percy, Berger and Ravaglia drove in spectacular style to second, while in third it still was a Volvo (Olofsson/Granberg) since Cecotto retired with a broken gearbox. Like Monza, the 2500 cc division was won by the Linder BMW 325 of Vogt and Oestreich.


Division 1, 2 and 3
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 8 TWR - Bastos Texaco Racing Team
Rover Vitesse
Tom Walkinshaw, GB
Win Percy, GB
3532 V8 Div. 3 125 laps, 4:02.42,09 4 1.45,58    
2 2 10 Team Schnitzer
BMW 635 CSi
Roberto Ravaglia, I
Gerhard Berger, A
3475 L6 Div. 3 125 laps, 4:03.51,17 6 1.45,98    
3 3 2 RAS Sport
Volvo 240 Turbo
Ulf Granberg, S
Anders Olofsson, S
2141 tc L4 Div. 3 124 5 1.45,70    
4 4 9 TWR - Bastos Texaco Racing Team
Rover Vitesse
Jeff Allam, GB
Gianfranco Brancatelli, I
3532 V8 Div. 3 124 12 1.47,18    
5 5 5 Mobil Holden Dealer Team
Holden VK Commodore
Peter Brock, AUS
Allan Moffat, CDN
4980 V8 Div. 3 124 7 1.46,33    
6 1 44 Linder Rennsport
BMW 325i
Winfried Vogt, D
Markus Oestreich, D
2494 L6 Div. 2 124 15 (1) 1.49,04    
7 2 42 Snobeck Racing Team/Mercedes France
Mercedes 190 E 2.3-16
Alain Cudini, F
Dany Snobeck, F
2323 L4 Div. 2 124 23 1.51,26    
8 6 4 Eggenberger Motorsport
Ford Sierra XR4 TI
Siegfried Müller Jr, D
Pierre Dieudonné, B
2320 tc L4 Div. 3 124 9 1.46,57    
9 7 32 Industrial Control Services Ltd.
Ford Sierra XR4 TI
Andy Rouse, GB
David Sears, GB
2320 tc L4 Div. 3 123 11 1.47,06    
10 8 29 Garage Du Bac/Alpina
BMW 635 CSi
Fabien Giroix, F
Michel Trollé, F
3475 L6 Div. 3 123 16 1.49,09    
11 9 30 Burlington Wallcoverings Ltd.
BMW 635 CSi
Mike Newman, GB
Robert Speak, GB
3475 L6 Div. 3 121 19 1.49,77    
12 3 47 Carlsson Motorsport
Mercedes 190 E 2.3-16
Roberto Sigala, I
Maurizio Micangeli, I
2323 L4 Div. 2 121 25 1.51,60    
13 4 71 Auto Budde Team
BMW 325i
Jürgen Hamelmann, D
Robert Walterscheid-Müller, D
2494 L6 Div. 2 120 27 1.52,15    
14 5 46 Carlsson Motorsport
Mercedes 190 E 2.3-16
Ingvar Carlsson, S
Zdenek Vojtech, CS
2323 L4 Div. 2 119 22 1.51,13    
15 10 15 CiBiEmme Sport
BMW 635 CSi
Georges Bosshard, CH
Anna Cambiaghi, I
3475 L6 Div. 3 119 21 1.50,88    
16 11 14 CiBiEmme Sport
BMW 635 CSi
Carlo Rossi, I
Marco Micangeli, I
3475 L6 Div. 3 118 17 1.49,16    
17 1 80 Team Toyota Castrol
Toyota Corolla GT AE86
Erik Høyer, DK
John Nielsen, DK
Kurt Thiim, DK
1587 L4 Div. 1 115 30 1.55,85    
18 2 87 Georg Alber
Toyota Corolla GT AE86
Antonín Charouz, CS
Georg Alber, D
(Helmut Maier, D)
1587 L4 Div. 1 111 33 1.56,54    
19 3 83 AC Bad Honnef
VW Golf GTI
Hans-Jörn Ley, D
Friedrich-Wilhelm Stallmann, D
1596 L4 Div. 1 109 35 1.59,84    
20 6 74 John West Foods - Alfa Romeo Dealer Team
Alfa Romeo 75 or Alfetta GTV/6
Jon Dooley, GB
Rob Kirby, GB
2491 V6 Div. 2 104 28 1.54,26    
DNF   11 Team Schnitzer
BMW 635 CSi
Dieter Quester, A
Emanuele Pirro, I
3475 L6 Div. 3 49 13 1.47,51    
DNF   1 RAS Sport
Volvo 240 Turbo
Johnny Cecotto, YV
Thomas Lindström, S
2141 tc L4 Div. 3   1 1.44,39 1.47,66 Gearbox
DNF   3 Eggenberger Motorsport
Ford Sierra XR4 TI
Klaus Niedzwiedz, D
Steve Soper, GB
2320 tc L4 Div. 3   10 1.46,81   Accident
DNF   7 TWR - Bastos Texaco Racing Team
Rover Vitesse
Armin Hahne, D
Jean-Louis Schlesser, F
3532 V8 Div. 3   2 1.44,96    
DNF   12 Ford Rennsport HWRT Tuning-Euromotor
Ford Sierra XR4 TI
Harald Grohs, D
Roman Feitler, L
2320 tc L4 Div. 3   8 1.46,48   Overheating
DNF   13 CiBiEmme Sport
BMW 635 CSi
Antonio Palma, I
Daniele Gasparri, I
3475 L6 Div. 3   24 1.51,60    
DNF   16 CiBiEmme Sport
BMW 635 CSi
Umberto Grano, I
Frank Sytner, GB
3475 L6 Div. 3   14 1.48,56    
DNF   27 Australian National Motor racing Team
Holden VK Commodore
Allan Grice, AUS
Graeme Bailey, AUS
4980 V8 Div. 3   3 1.45,08   Accident
DNF   31 Mann’s Racing - Chiddingfold
BMW 635 CSi
Holman “Les” Blackburn, GB
Barry Barnes, GB
3475 L6 Div. 3   34 1.57,34    
DNF   70 Snobeck Racing Team/Mercedes France
Mercedes 190 E 2.3-16
Bernard Salam, F
Pierre Destic, F
2323 L4 Div. 2   26 1.51,62    
DNF   75 Ford Rennsport HWRT Tuning-Euromotor
Ford Sierra XR4 TI
Walter Lechner, A
Georg Pacher, A
Karl Oppitzhauser, A
2320 tc L4 Div. 3   20 1.49,83    
DNF   81 Seikel Motorsport
Audi 80 GLE
Dagmar Suster, YU
Peter Seikel, D
1596 L4 Div. 1   32 1.56,40    
DNF   85 ASP Racing Team Prague
Toyota Corolla GT AE86
Milos Bychl, CS
Giovanni Ognio, I
1587 L4 Div. 1   36 2.01,58    
DNF   105 AGK Motorsport
Toyota Corolla GT AE86
Geoff Kimber-Smith, GB
Gerry Marshall, GB
1587 L4 Div. 1   31 1.56,06    
DNF   106 Team Toyota GB / Duckhams
Toyota Corolla GT AE86
Chris Hodgetts, GB
Alex Moss, GB
1587 L4 Div. 1   29 1.54,62    
DNF   45  
BMW 325i
Otto Rensing, D
Franz Dufter, D
2494 L6 Div. 2   18 1.49,30