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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