1980 Silverstone 6 Hours
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The 1980 Silverstone 6 Hours, was the fifth round of both the World Championship for Makes and FIA World Challenge for Endurance Drivers, and was held at the Silverstone Grand Prix circuit, on 11 May.[1]
Report
Entry
A total of 40 cars were entered for the event, across eight classes ranging through Group 2 up to Group 6. Of these 31 cars practised.[1]
Qualifying
The Porsche 935 K3 of Porsche Kermer Racing, driven by John Fitzpatrick, partnered by Guy Edwards and Axel Plankenhorn took pole position. They were joined on the front row by the André Chavalley Racing’s ACR-Cosworth 80 of Patrick Gaillard, André Chevalley and Francois Trisconi.[2]
Race
The race was held for 6 Hours, on Silverstone’s Grand Prix circuit, a distance of 1,106.6 km. Alain de Cadenet and Desiré Wilson took the winner spoils for the second round in a fortnight, for the de Cadenet team, driving their De Cadenet Lola-Cosworth LM1. The pair won in a time of 6hr 00:00.000mins., averaging a speed of 114.602ph. Whilst Wilson was driving, she lost the lead when she locked the brakes and was penalised one lap for missing the Woodcote chicane, but she produced a strong drive in spite of a misfire, to retake the lead 25 minutes remaining. In Italy, de Cadenet and Wilson had beaten Jürgen Barth and Henri Pescarolo in a Porsche 935K3. At Silverstone, Barth was second again, but this time sharing Siegfried Brunn’s amazing Porsche 908/3. Third but so nearly a late retirement, was the Porsche 935 of John Paul, Sr. and Brian Redman. Riccardo Patrese’s work Lancia Montecarlo crashed early in the race when its suspension broke up. But the sister car of Walter Röhrl and Michele Alboreto, streamed onto a class winning fourth place. The race was initially dominated by a brand new Kremer Porsche, destined for Le Mans and driven by pole-man Fitzpatrick, joined by Edwards and Plankenhorn. Unfortunately, the car retired.[3][4][5][6]
Classification
Silverstone 6 Hours
Class Winners are in Bold text.
- Note: Class winners in bold
Pos | Class | No | Team | Drivers | Chassis | Tyres | Laps |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Engine | |||||||
1 | S +2.0 | 8 | ![]() | ![]() ![]() | De Cadenet LM | D | 235 |
Ford Cosworth DFV 3.0 L V8 | |||||||
2 | S +2.0 | 5 | ![]() | ![]() ![]() | Porsche 908/3 | D | 235 |
Porsche 3.0 L F8 | |||||||
3 | IMSA | 18 | ![]() | ![]() ![]() | Porsche 935 JLP-2 | G | 234 |
Porsche Type-935 3.0 L F6 Turbo | |||||||
4 | Gr. 5 | 54 | ![]() | ![]() ![]() | Lancia Beta Montecarlo Turbo | P | 232 |
Lancia 1.4 L I4 Turbo | |||||||
5 | Gr. 5 | 16 | ![]() | ![]() ![]() | Porsche 935/77A | D | 228 |
Porsche Type-935 2.9 L F6 Turbo | |||||||
6 | Gr. 5 | 16 | ![]() | ![]() ![]() ![]() | Porsche 935 K3 | D | 225 |
Porsche Type-935 3.0 L F6 Turbo | |||||||
7 | IMSA | 11 | ![]() | ![]() ![]() ![]() | Ferrari 512BB | D | 207 |
Ferrari 4.9 L F12 | |||||||
8 | GT | 29 | ![]() | ![]() ![]() | Porsche 934 | 206 | |
Porsche Type-930 3.0 L F6 Turbo | |||||||
9 | IMSA | 12 | ![]() | ![]() ![]() ![]() | Mazda RX-7 | G | 206 |
Mazda 1.2 L 2-rotor | |||||||
10 | GT | 31 | ![]() | ![]() ![]() ![]() | Porsche 934 | D | 206 |
Porsche Type-930 3.0 L F6 Turbo | |||||||
11 | T | 58 | ![]() | ![]() ![]() | BMW 320i | D | 197 |
BMW M12 2.0 L I4 | |||||||
DNF | IMSA | 6 | ![]() | ![]() ![]() | March-BMW M1 | D | 208 |
BMW M88 3.5 L I6 | |||||||
DNF | S 2.0 | 35 | ![]() ![]() | ![]() ![]() | Osella PA8 | P | 181 |
BMW M12 2.0 L I4 | |||||||
DNF | Gr. 5 | 20 | ![]() | ![]() ![]() ![]() | Porsche 935 K3 | D | 175 |
Porsche Type-935 3.0 L F6 Turbo | |||||||
DNF | S 2.0 | 42 | ![]() | ![]() ![]() ![]() | Lola T297 | D | 166 |
Ford Cosworth BDG 2.0 L I4 | |||||||
DNF | Gr. 5 | 55 | ![]() | ![]() ![]() | Lancia Beta Montecarlo Turbo | P | 165 |
Lancia 1.4 L I4 Turbo | |||||||
DNF | Gr. 5 | 19 | ![]() | ![]() ![]() ![]() | Porsche 935 K3/80 | D | 128 |
Porsche Type-935 3.2 L F6 Turbo | |||||||
DNF | GT | 32 | ![]() | ![]() ![]() ![]() | Morgan Plus 8 | 121 | |
Rover 3.5 L V8 | |||||||
DNF | Gr. 5 | 24 | ![]() | ![]() ![]() ![]() | Porsche 911 SC | 115 | |
Porsche 2.8 L F6 | |||||||
DNF | GT | 30 | ![]() | ![]() ![]() | Porsche 934 | 85 | |
Porsche Type-930 3.0 L F6 Turbo | |||||||
DNF | Gr. 5 | 27 | ![]() | ![]() ![]() | Porsche Carrera RSR | D | 45 |
Porsche 2.8 L F6 | |||||||
DNF | S 2.0 | 43 | ![]() | ![]() ![]() ![]() | Vogue SP2 | 45 | |
Ford Cosworth BDG 2.0 L I4 | |||||||
DNF | Gr. 5 | 53 | ![]() | ![]() ![]() | Lancia Beta Montecarlo Turbo | P | 26 |
Lancia 1.4 L I4 Turbo | |||||||
DNF | S +2.0 | 1 | ![]() | ![]() ![]() ![]() | ACR 80 | D | 25 |
Ford Cosworth DFV 3.0 L V8 | |||||||
DNF | GTP | 10 | ![]() | ![]() ![]() | Aston Martin AMV8 | D | 20 |
Aston Martin 5.3 V8 Turbo | |||||||
DNF | GTP | 9 | ![]() | ![]() ![]() | Gipfast Special | D | 4 |
Aston Martin 5.3 V8 Turbo | |||||||
DNS | S +2.0 | 2 | ![]() | ![]() ![]() ![]() | Ibec P6 | - | |
Ford Cosworth DFV 3.0 L V8 | |||||||
DNS | Gr. 5 | 47 | ![]() | ![]() ![]() | BMW 320 | - | |
BMW M12 2.0 L I4 | |||||||
DNS | Gr. 5 | 50 | ![]() | ![]() ![]() | Lotus Esprit S1 | G | - |
Ford Cosworth BDG 2.0 L I4 | |||||||
DNS | Gr. 5 | 51 | ![]() | ![]() ![]() | Lotus Esprit S1 | - | |
Ford Cosworth BDG 2.0 L I4 | |||||||
DNS | Gr. 5 | 54 | ![]() | ![]() ![]() | Triumph TR8 Turbo | D | - |
Triumph 3.6 L V8 Turbo |
- Fastest lap: Porsche Kremer Racing #19, 1:25.53secs. (124.13 mph)
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References
- ^ a b "Silverstone 6 Hours 1980". Racing Sports Cars. 5 November 1980. Retrieved 4 February 2014.
- ^ "Silverstone 6 Hours 1980 - Grid". Racing Sports Cars. 5 November 1980. Retrieved 4 February 2014.
- ^ Peter Swinger, "Motor Racing Circuits in England : Then & Now" (Ian Allan Publishing, ISBN 0 7110 3104 5, 2008)
- ^ a b "Silverstone 6 Hours 1980 - Race Results - Racing Sports Cars".
- ^ a b "1980 WMC - round 5". Touringcarracing.net. 5 November 1980. Retrieved 4 February 2014.
- ^ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 3 March 2016. Retrieved 10 September 2013.
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