1980 Silverstone 6 Hours
The 1980 Silverstone 6 Hours, was the fifth round of both the
Report
Entry
A total of 40 cars were entered for the event, across eight classes ranging through
Qualifying
The Porsche 935 K3 of
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
Classification
Silverstone 6 Hours
Class Winners are in Bold text.
- Note: Class winners in bold
Pos | Class | No | Team | Drivers | Chassis | Tyres | Laps |
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Engine | |||||||
1 | S +2.0 |
8 | Alain de Cadenet | Alain de Cadenet Desiré Wilson |
De Cadenet LM | D | 235 |
Ford Cosworth DFV 3.0 L V8 | |||||||
2 | S +2.0 |
5 | Siegfried Brunn | Jürgen Barth Siegfried Brunn |
Porsche 908/3 | D | 235 |
Porsche 3.0 L F8 | |||||||
3 | IMSA | 18 | JLP Racing | Porsche 935 JLP-2 | G | 234 | |
Porsche Type-935 3.0 L F6 Turbo | |||||||
4 | Gr. 5 | 54 | Lancia Corse | Walter Röhrl Michele Alboreto |
Lancia Beta Montecarlo Turbo | P | 232 |
Lancia 1.4 L I4 Turbo | |||||||
5 | Gr. 5 | 16 | Vegla Racing Team | Dieter Schornstein Harald Grohs |
Porsche 935/77A | D | 228 |
Porsche Type-935 2.9 L F6 Turbo | |||||||
6 | Gr. 5 | 16 | Weralit Elora Team | Edgar Dören Jürgen Lässig Gerhard Holup |
Porsche 935 K3 | D | 225 |
Porsche Type-935 3.0 L F6 Turbo | |||||||
7 | IMSA | 11 | Rosso Ltd. | Steve O'Rourke Chris Craft Vic Norman |
Ferrari 512BB | D | 207 |
Ferrari 4.9 L F12 | |||||||
8 | GT | 29 | Autofarm Ltd. | Richard Cleare Tony Dron |
Porsche 934 | 206 | |
Porsche Type-930 3.0 L F6 Turbo | |||||||
9 | IMSA | 12 | Z & W Enterprises Racing Inc. | Ernesto Soto Pierre Honegger Mark Hutchins |
Mazda RX-7 | G | 206 |
Mazda 1.2 L 2-rotor | |||||||
10 | GT | 31 | Christian Bussi | Jacques Guérin Frédéric Alliot Christian Bussi |
Porsche 934 | D | 206 |
Porsche Type-930 3.0 L F6 Turbo | |||||||
11 | T | 58 | Eggenberger Motorsport | Enzo Calderari Marco Vanoli |
BMW 320i | D | 197 |
BMW M12 2.0 L I4 | |||||||
DNF | IMSA | 6 | March Racing | Patrick Nève Michael Korten |
March-BMW M1 | D | 208 |
BMW M88 3.5 L I6 | |||||||
DNF | S 2.0 |
35 | Scuderia Torino Corse Osella Squadra Corse |
Lella Lombardi Vittorio Brambilla |
Osella PA8 | P | 181 |
BMW M12 2.0 L I4 | |||||||
DNF | Gr. 5 | 20 | Charles Ivey Racing | John Cooper Pete Lovett Dudley Wood |
Porsche 935 K3 | D | 175 |
Porsche Type-935 3.0 L F6 Turbo | |||||||
DNF | S 2.0 |
42 | Dorset Racing Associates | Nick Faure Nick Mason Peter Clark |
Lola T297 | D | 166 |
Ford Cosworth BDG 2.0 L I4 | |||||||
DNF | Gr. 5 | 55 | Jolly Club | Carlo Facetti Martino Finotto |
Lancia Beta Montecarlo Turbo | P | 165 |
Lancia 1.4 L I4 Turbo | |||||||
DNF | Gr. 5 | 19 | Porsche Kremer Racing | Guy Edwards John Fitzpatrick Axel Plankenhorn |
Porsche 935 K3/80 | D | 128 |
Porsche Type-935 3.2 L F6 Turbo | |||||||
DNF | GT | 32 | Morris Stapleton | Richard Down Bruce Stapleton Bill Wykeham |
Morgan Plus 8 | 121 | |
Rover 3.5 L V8
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DNF | Gr. 5 | 24 | Malaya Garage Ltd. | Adrian Yates-Smith Mike Wilds Barrie Williams |
Porsche 911 SC | 115 | |
Porsche 2.8 L F6 | |||||||
DNF | GT | 30 | Formel Rennsport Club | Peter Zbinden Edy Kofel |
Porsche 934 | 85 | |
Porsche Type-930 3.0 L F6 Turbo | |||||||
DNF | Gr. 5 | 27 | Tony Wingrove | Tony Wingrove Barry Robinson |
Porsche Carrera RSR
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D | 45 |
Porsche 2.8 L F6 | |||||||
DNF | S 2.0 |
43 | David Mercer | David Mercer Mike Chittenden Richard Jones |
Vogue SP2 | 45 | |
Ford Cosworth BDG 2.0 L I4 | |||||||
DNF | Gr. 5 | 53 | Lancia Corse | Riccardo Patrese Eddie Cheever |
Lancia Beta Montecarlo Turbo | P | 26 |
Lancia 1.4 L I4 Turbo | |||||||
DNF | S +2.0 |
1 | André Chevalley Racing | Patrick Gaillard André Chevalley François Trisconi |
ACR 80 | D | 25 |
Ford Cosworth DFV 3.0 L V8 | |||||||
DNF | GTP | 10 | Ault & Wilborg Ltd. | Robin Hamilton Derek Bell |
Aston Martin AMV8 | D | 20 |
Aston Martin 5.3 V8 Turbo | |||||||
DNF | GTP | 9 | Ault & Wilborg Ltd. | David Preece Simon Phillips |
Gipfast Special | D | 4 |
Aston Martin 5.3 V8 Turbo | |||||||
DNS | S +2.0 |
2 | Ian Bracey | Tiff Needell Tony Trimmer Ian Bracey |
Ibec P6 | - | |
Ford Cosworth DFV 3.0 L V8 | |||||||
DNS | Gr. 5 | 47 | Willy F Racing Team | Preben Kristoffersen Kurt Simonsen |
BMW 320 | - | |
BMW M12 2.0 L I4 | |||||||
DNS | Gr. 5 | 50 | Richard Jenvey | Lawrie Hickman Richard Janvey |
Lotus Esprit S1 | G | - |
Ford Cosworth BDG 2.0 L I4 | |||||||
DNS | Gr. 5 | 51 | Frox Clothing Company Ltd. | Martin Birrane Syd Fox |
Lotus Esprit S1 | - | |
Ford Cosworth BDG 2.0 L I4 | |||||||
DNS | Gr. 5 | 54 | Janspeed/ADA with the TR Register | John Sheldon Ian Harrower |
Triumph TR8 Turbo | D | - |
Triumph 3.6 L V8 Turbo |
- Fastest lap: Porsche Kremer Racing #19, 1:25.53secs. (124.13 mph)
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.
- 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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