1980 Silverstone 6 Hours

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 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 John Paul, Sr.
Brian Redman		 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
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 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)

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References
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  2. "Silverstone 6 Hours 1980 - Grid". Racing Sports Cars. 5 November 1980. Retrieved 4 February 2014.
  3. Peter Swinger, "Motor Racing Circuits in England : Then & Now" (Ian Allan Publishing, ISBN 0 7110 3104 5, 2008)
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  6. "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 3 March 2016. Retrieved 10 September 2013.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
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