1986 1000 km of Nürburgring

The 1986 ADAC Kouros 1000 km Nürburgring was the seventh round of the 1986 World Sports-Prototype Championship. It took place at the Nürburgring, West Germany on August 24, 1986.[1]

Nürburgring (1984-1994)

Report edit

Entry edit

For this round, a total of 41 entered for the race, however only 34 of these arrived in the Eifel mountains for the practice and qualifying.[1]

Qualifying edit

Thierry Boutsen took pole position for Brun Motorsport, in their Porsche 956 he shared with the team's owner, Walter Brun, averaging a speed of 117.102 mph.[2]

Race edit

Low cloud and rain fell on the circuit throughout the beginning of the race, causing a multitude of accidents and spins. Although the Sauber C8 generally lacked effective ground effects, it was reliable but off the pace of the Porsches and Jaguars, but the poor weather allowed Mike Thackwell to drive brilliantly on his Goodyear rain tyres to pass Hans-Joachim Stuck in the works Porsche 962C, leading the race on merit. However, a collision between the Argo-Zakspeed of Martin Schanche and the Tiga-Ford of Roy Baker, which required the deployment of the safety car on Lap 22. As the safety car was deployed however, low visibility and confusion over the state of the caution led to the two works Rothmans Porsches of Stuck and Jochen Mass colliding on the front stretch, heavily damaging both cars. Due to the amount of debris littering the track, the event was stopped for two hours.[3]

Believing the track to be unsafe in the continuing wet conditions, three Porsche teams chose to withdraw from the event. These included the three Brun cars, as well as the Joest and Kremer car. The race was restarted behind the pace car, but timing was on aggregate.[4]

At the restart, Thackwell kept control of the race, and although Derek Warwick’s Jaguar passed him as the circuit dried out, the British car later retired with a broken oil line. The remaining Porsche teams were unable to keep up with the Sauber or Jaguar. There was nothing, then to Henri Pescarolo from completing the shorten race distance giving Sauber its first-ever World Championship success. It also, marked the first victory by a Mercedes-Benz in the World Championship since the 1955 24 Hours of Le Mans.[3][4]

The Sauber triumphed in a time of 3hr 42:30.020, averaging a speed of 92.626mph. Second place went to the Liqui Moly Equipe pairing of Klaus Niedzwiedz and Mauro Baldi aboard the Porsche 956 GTi, who was two laps adrift. The podium was completed by the Spanish partnership of Emilio de Villota and Fermín Vélez in their John Fitzpatrick Racing prepared Porsche 956.[5]

Classification edit

Official results edit

Please note that the result was declared after 121 laps (598.6 km), instead of the full race distance. Class winners in bold. Cars failing to complete 75% of the winner's distance marked as Not Classified (NC).

Pos Class No Team Drivers Chassis Tyre Laps
Engine
1 C1 61   Kouros Racing Team   Henri Pescarolo
  Mike Thackwell
Sauber C8 G 121
Mercedes-Benz M117 5.0 L Turbo V8
2 C1 14   Liqui Moly Equipe   Klaus Niedzwiedz
  Mauro Baldi
Porsche 956 GTi G 119
Porsche Type-935 2.8 L Turbo Flat-6
3 C1 33   Danone Porsche España
  John Fitzpatrick Racing
  Emilio de Villota
  Fermín Vélez
Porsche 956B G 119
Porsche Type-935 2.6 L Turbo Flat-6
4 C1 9   Obermaier Racing Team   Jürgen Lässig
  Fulvio Ballabio
  Harald Grohs
Porsche 956 G 115
Porsche Type-935 2.6 L Turbo Flat-6
5 C2 79   Ecurie Ecosse   Ray Mallock
  Marc Duez
Ecosse C286 A 115
Rover V64V 3.0 L V6
6 C2 74   Gebhardt Motorsport   Walter Lechner
  Ernst Franzmaier
Gebhardt JC853 A 112
Ford Cosworth DFL 3.3 L V8
7 C2 70   Spice Engineering   Gordon Spice
  Ray Bellm
Spice SE86C A 110
Ford Cosworth DFL 3.3 L V8
8 C2 75   ADA Engineering   Evan Clements
  Ian Harrower
Gebhardt JC843 A 107
Ford Cosworth DFL 3.3 L V8
9 C2 90   Jens Winther Denmark   Jens Winther
  Angelo Pallavicini
URD C83 A 107
BMW M88 3.5 L I6
10 C1 66   Cosmic Racing   Costas Los
  Volker Weidler
March 84G A 106
Porsche Type-935 2.6 L Turbo Flat-6
11 C1 20   Tiga Team   Tim Lee-Davey
  Neil Crang
Tiga GC86 D 105
Ford Cosworth DFL 3.3 L Turbo V8
12 C2 95   Roland Bassaler   Dominique Lacaud
  Roland Bassaler
Sauber SHS C6 A 101
BMW M88 3.5 L I6
13 C2 99   Roy Baker Promotions   Duncan Bain
  Thorkild Thyrring
Tiga GC286 A 99
Ford Cosworth BDT 1.7 L Turbo I4
14 C2 92   Automobiles Louis Descartes   Louis Descartes
  Jacques Heuclin
  Hubert Striebig
ALD 02 A 98
BMW M88 3.5 L I6
15
DNF
C1 53   Silk Cut Jaguar   Jan Lammers
  Derek Warwick
  Gianfranco Brancatelli
Jaguar XJR-6 D 92
Jaguar 6.5 L V12
16
DNF
B 151   MK Motorsport   Helmut Gall
  Harald Becker
  Michael Krankenberg
BMW M1 D 68
BMW M88 3.5 L I6
17
DNF
C2 72   John Bartlett Racing with Goodman Sound   David Mercer
  Kenneth Leim
Bardon DB1 ? 60
Ford Cosworth DFL 3.3 L V8
18
DNF
C2 105   Kelmar Racing   Pasquale Barberio
  Maurizio Gellini
Tiga GC85 A 59
Ford Cosworth DFL 3.3 L V8
19
DNF
C1 1   Rothmans Porsche   Hans-Joachim Stuck
  Derek Bell
Porsche 962C D 22
Porsche Type-935 3.0 L Turbo Flat-6
20
DNF
C1 7   Joest Racing   "John Winter"
  Kris Nissen
  Piercarlo Ghinzani
Porsche 956B G 22
Porsche Type-935 2.8 L Turbo Flat-6
21
DNF
C1 17   Brun Motorsport   Thierry Boutsen
  Walter Brun
Porsche 962C M 22
Porsche Type-935 2.8 L Turbo Flat-6
22
DNF
C1 2   Rothmans Porsche   Jochen Mass
  Bob Wollek
Porsche 962C D 21
Porsche Type-935 3.0 L Turbo Flat-6
23
DNF
C1 10   Porsche Kremer Racing   Alessandro Nannini
  James Weaver
Porsche 962C Y 21
Porsche Type-935 2.8 L Turbo Flat-6
24
DNF
C1 18   Brun Motorsport   Oscar Larrauri
  Jesús Pareja
Porsche 962C M 21
Porsche Type-935 2.8 L Turbo Flat-6
25
DNF
C1 19   Brun Motorsport   Stanley Dickens
  Frank Jelinski
Porsche 956 M 21
Porsche Type-935 2.8 L Turbo Flat-6
26
DNF
C2 89   Martin Schanche Racing   Martin Schanche
  Torgye Kleppe
  "Pierre Chauvet"
Argo JM19 G 19
Zakspeed 1.9 L Turbo I4
27
DNF
C2 98   Roy Baker Promotions   Max Cohen-Olivar
  David Andrews
Tiga GC286 A 16
Ford Cosworth BDT 1.7 L Turbo I4
28
DNF
GTP 21   Richard Cleare Racing   Richard Cleare
  David Leslie
March 85G G 11
Porsche Type-962 3.2 L Turbo Flat-6
29
DNF
C2 104   Jean-Claude Ferrarin   Jean-Claude Ferrarin
  Philippe Mazué
Isolia 001 ? 9
Ford Cosworth DFV 3.0 L V8
30
DNF
C1 51   Silk Cut Jaguar   Jean-Louis Schlesser
  Eddie Cheever
  Hans Heyer
Jaguar XJR-6 D 6
Jaguar 6.5 L V12
31
DNF
C1 63   Ernst Schuster   Ernst Schuster
  Rudi Seher
  Siegfried Brunn
Porsche 936C D 4
Porsche Type-962 2.8 L Turbo Flat-6
DNS C1 52   Silk Cut Jaguar   Jan Lammers
  Derek Warwick
Jaguar XJR-6 D -
Jaguar 6.5 L V12
DNS GTP 174   Erwin Derichs   Martin Wegenstetter
  Kurt Hild
Derichs TCS ? -
Ford Cosworth DFV 3.0 L V8

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References edit

  1. ^ a b c "Nürburgring 1000 Kilometres 1986 - Racing Sports Cars".
  2. ^ "Nürburgring 1000 Kilometres 1986 - Grid - Racing Sports Cars".
  3. ^ a b Mike Cotton, "Directory of World Sportscars Group C and IMSA Cars from 1982" (Aston Publications, ISBN 0-946627-38-X, 1988)
  4. ^ a b 1987 R7 Nurburgring. Retrieved 2008-06-26.
  5. ^ a b "Nürburgring 1000 Kilometres 1986 - Race Results - Racing Sports Cars".


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