1979 Enna 6 Hours


24 June 1979 - Enna-Pergusa (I): Round 6, World Manufacturers Championship.
6 hour duration event in which 184 laps of a 3.076 mile/4.950 km circuit - 565.946 miles/910.800 kms were covered.
Weather: warm, dry


Pos. No. Driver / Nationality Car Entrant Laps Time/retired Grp Pos Group Grid Qual Time
1. 33 Lella Lombardi (I)
Enrico Grimaldi (I)
Osella PA7 BMW Lella Lombardi 184 6:01:35,6 1. S 2. 1:40,030 
2. 11 Riccardo Patrese (I)
Carlo Facetti (I)
Lancia Beta Montecarlo 1001 Lancia Corse 179 6:01:50,3  1. Gr.5 1. 1:39,320 
3. 4 Angelo Pallavicini (CH)
Marco Vanoli (CH)
Porsche Carrera RSR Lubrifilm Racing 177   2. Gr.5 14. 2:00,680 
4. 34 Daniel Brillat (F)
Jean-Pierre Aeschlimann (CH)
Cheetah G601 BMW Ecurie Cedac 176   2. S 3. 1:43,160 
5. 1 Felice Besenzoni (I)
Luciano Dal Ben (I)
Ferrari 308 GTB Felice Besenzoni 173   3. Gr.5 12. 1:58,820 
6. 38 Vito Veninata (I)
Giovanni Cascone (I)
Eriberto Rossi (I)*
Osella PA6 Ford Jacono Veninata 170   3. S 10. 1:54,230 
7. 16 E. de Franchis (I)
Salvatore Gagliano (I)
Sergio Punzo (I)
Ford Escort 1600 Punzo 160   4. Gr.5 11. 1:56,390 
8. 36 Marco de Bartoli (I)
Giampaolo Ceraolo (I)
Luigi Sartorio (I)*
Osella PA6 BMW Ateneo 143   4. S 6. 1:48,040 
DNF 2 Maurizio Micangeli (I)
Carlo Pietromarchi (I)
Massimo Faraci (I)^
De Tomaso Pantera Carlo Pietromarchi 63     Gr.5 8. 1:49,750 
DNF 15 Giuseppe Piazzi (I)
Renzo Zorzi (I)
Stanislao Sterzel (I)
Fiat X1/9 Giuseppe Piazzi 47     Gr.5 9. 1:52,200 
DNF 6 Enzo Calderari (CH)
Willi Spavetti (CH)
Rolf Maritz (CH)
Porsche Carrera RSR Biennoise 43     Gr.5 13. 1:57,820 
DNF 12 Luigi Moreschi (I)
Mario Casoni (I)
"Amphicar" (I)
BMW 320i Ateneo 38     Gr.5 7. 1:49,210 
DNS 31 Mario Casoni (I)
"Amphicar" (I)
Luigi Moreschi (I)
Osella PA7 BMW Ateneo       S 4. 1:43,700 
DNS 35 Girolama Caci (I)
Mario Tropia (I)
Chevron B23 Ford Girolama Caci       S 5. 1:45,170 
DNQ 17 Ugo Gerbino (I)
Cicero
Ford Escort RS         Gr.5   2:21,340 
DNA   Kenneth Leim (S)
Kurt Simonsen (S)
Porsche 934 Kenneth Leim       GT    
DNA   Mario Luini (CH)
Kurt Simonsen (S)
Porsche Carrera RSR Kurt Simonsen       Gr.5    
DNA   Alfonso Merendino (I)
Angelo Siino (I)
Ford Escort         Gr.5    
DNA   "Tomas" (I)
Giuseppe Accardo (I)
Fiat X1/9         Gr.5    
DNA   Hubert Striebig (F)
Alain Cudini (F)
TOJ         S    
DNA   Gerardo Vatielli (I)
Enzo Coloni (I)
Osella PA6 Ford Torino Corse       S    

 
Winning Time: 6h01m35.6, 93.909 mph/151.131 kph
Fastest Lap: Lella Lombardi #33 (Osella-BMW PA7), 1m42.5, 108.028 mph/173.854 kph

 
* Driver entered for car, but never drove it at meeting
^ Driver practiced car, but did not race it
RES - Reserve (Practiced, on standy-by for start)
REE - Reserve Entry
DNA - Did Not Arrive
DNS - Did Not Start
DNF - Did Not Finish
DNP - Did Not Practice
NC - Not Classified
DSQ - Disqualified
NRF - Not Running At Finish
NAC - Not Accepted
REJ - Rejected (Did not pass scrutineering)