1976 6 Hours of Silverstone
The 1976 Six Hours of Silverstone was the third race of the 1976 World Championship for Makes. It took place at the Silverstone Circuit, Great Britain on 9 May 1976. It was open to Group 5 Special Production cars, Group 4 GT cars and Group 2 Touring Cars.
The race was won by John Fitzpatrick and Tom Walkinshaw driving a BMW 3.0CSL.
Official Results
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| Pos | Class | No | Team | Drivers | Chassis | Gap |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Engine | ||||||
| 1 | Group 5 over 2000 |
4 | Hermetite Productions Ltd. (TWR) | John Fitzpatrick Tom Walkinshaw |
BMW 3.0CSL | |
| BMW S6 3,5 L | ||||||
| 2 | Group 5 over 2000 |
10 | Kremer Racing | Bob Wollek Hans Heyer |
Porsche 935 | |
| Porsche Type 935 Turbo Flat-6 2,8L | ||||||
| 3 | Group 5 over 2000 |
16 | Egon Evertz | Leo Kinnunen Egon Evertz |
Porsche 934/5 | 2 laps |
| Porsche Type 911 Turbo Flat-6 3,0L | ||||||
| 4 | Group 5 over 2000 |
3 | Alpina | Harald Grohs Hughes de Fierlant |
BMW 3.0CSL | 4 laps |
| BMW S6 3,5 L | ||||||
| 5 | Group 4 | 25 | Egon Evertz | Lella Lombardi Heinz Martin |
Porsche 934 | 12 laps |
| Porsche Type 911 Turbo Flat-6 3,0L | ||||||
| 6 | Group 5 2000 |
54 | Jolly Club | Martino Finotto Umberto Grano Renzo Zorzi |
Ford Escort | 18 laps |
| Ford BDG S4 2,0L | ||||||
| 7 | Group 4 | 31 | Kenneth Leim | Kenneth Leim Kurt Simonsen |
Porsche 911 RSR | 29 laps |
| Porsche Type 911 Turbo Flat-6 3,0L | ||||||
| 8 | Group 5 | 24 | Bob Neville | Bob Neville Derek Worthington |
MG MGB GT V8 | 33 Laps |
| Rover V8 3,5 L | ||||||
| 9 | Group 2 | 58 | Tony Brennan | Jody Carr Tony Brennan Arthur Collier |
Ford Escort | 40 Laps |
| Ford BDG S4 2,0L | ||||||
| 10 | Group 5 over 2000 |
9 | Martini Racing-Porsche | Jochen Mass Jacky Ickx |
Porsche 935 | 51 Laps |
| Porsche Type 935 Turbo Flat-6 2,8L | ||||||
| NC | Group 2 | 57 | Ken Coffey | Ken Coffey Eric Mandron |
Ford Escort | 59 laps |
| Ford BDG S4 2,0L | ||||||
| DNF | Group 5 over 2000 |
1 | BMW Motorsport | Ronnie Peterson Gunnar Nilsson Hans-Joachim Stuck |
BMW 3,2CSL | |
| Ford BDG S4 2,0L | ||||||
| DNF | Group 5 over 2000 |
2 | Schnitzer Motorsport | Dieter Quester Albrecht Krebs |
BMW 3.0CSL | |
| BMW M30 S6 3,2L | ||||||
| DNF | Group 4 | 15 | Louis Meznarie | Hubert Striebig Anne-Charlotte Verney Guy Chasseuil |
Porsche 911 RSR | |
| Porsche Type 911 Turbo Flat-6 3,0L | ||||||
| DNF | Group 5 | 37 | John Cooper | John Cooper Nick Faure |
Porsche 911 RSR | |
| Porsche Type 911 Turbo Flat-6 3,0L | ||||||
| DNF | Group 2 | 51 | Toyota Switzerland | Manfred Schurti Paul Keller |
Toyota Celica | |
| Rover V8 3,5 L | ||||||
| DNF | Group 5 | 22 | Reine Wisell | Reine Wisell Stuart Graham |
Chevrolet Camaro Z | |
| Chevrolet V8 5,7l | ||||||
| DNF | Group 2 | 41 | John Markey Racing | John Markey Wendy Markey |
Mazda RX3 | |
| Mazda 1126 Rotary | ||||||
| DNS | Group 2 | 56 | Derek McMahon | Derek McMahon Alec Poole |
Ford Escort | |
| Ford BDG S4 2,0L | ||||||
| DNF | Group 2 | 58 | Tony Brennan | Tony Brennan Arthur Collier |
Ford Escort | |
| Ford BDG S4 2,0L | ||||||
| DNS | Group 5 | 5 | Jean-Claude Aubriet | Jean-Claude Aubriet "Depnic" |
BMW 3.0CSL | |
| BMW S6 3,5 L |