Tourist Trophy 1983 - Grid - Racing Sports Cars

Event: Canon RAC Tourist Trophy		Date: 11.9.1983
Track: Silverstone Circuit (United Kingdom), 4.719 kms	Organiser: unknown
Tourist Trophy
European Touring Car Championship (round 11)

(Grid Positions)

Grid	No.	Drivers	Car	Entrant	Q Time
1^st	6	Chuck Nicholson / Tom Walkinshaw	Jaguar XJS	TWR Jaguar Racing with Motul	1:39.0500
2^nd	20	René Metge / Steve Soper	Rover Vitesse	Tom Walkinshaw Racing	1:39.0600
3^rd	7	Pierre Dieudonné / Enzo Calderari / Tom Walkinshaw	Jaguar XJS	TWR Jaguar Racing with Motul	1:39.3300
4^th	10	Zdeněk Vojtěch / Břetislav Enge	BMW 635 CSi	Hartge Motorsport	1:39.8800
5^th	14	Jonathan Palmer / James Weaver	BMW 635 CSi	Autosport & Design	1:40.0000
6^th	1	Helmut Kelleners / Umberto Grano	BMW 635 CSi	BMW Italia	1:40.0300
7^th	4	Hans-Joachim Stuck / Walter Brun / Dieter Quester	BMW 635 CSi	Team Schnitzer-Eterna	1:40.1900
8^th	19	Pete Lovett / Jeff Allam	Rover Vitesse	Tom Walkinshaw Racing	1:40.3700
9^th	26	Robert Kvist / Borje Thor	Volvo 240 Turbo	Robert L. Kvist	1:40.5300
10^th	3	Hans Heyer / Dieter Quester	BMW 635 CSi	Team Schnitzer-Eterna	1:41.0500
11^th	29	Frank Sytner / Brian Muir	BMW 635 CSi	Grace International Racing	1:41.0500
12^th	23	Vince Woodman / Jonathan Buncombe	Ford Mustang GT	Equipe Esso	1:41.1400
13^th	24	Gordon Spice / Neil Crang / Mark Hales	Rover Vitesse	Gordon Spice Racing	1:41.4700
14^th	8	Michel Delcourt / Barrie Williams	BMW 635 CSi	Lucky Strike Team	1:41.4800
15^th	25	Charles Sawyer-Hoare / John Brindley	Rover Vitesse	Equipe Esso/Daily Mirror	1:41.5400
16^th	2	René Hollinger / Marco Vanoli	BMW 635 CSi	BMW Italia	1:41.5800
17^th	30	David Hobbs / Christian Danner	BMW 635 CSi	Cheylesmore BMW Motorsport	1:41.8100
18^th	37	Win Percy / Tony Dron	Toyota Supra	Team Toyota GB/Hughes of Beaconsfield	1:42.0300
19^th	59	Patrick Watts / Tony Pond	MG Metro Turbo	Unipart	1:42.2600
20^th	11	Zdeněk Vojtěch / René Hartge / Herbert Hartge	BMW 635 CSi	Hartge Motorsport	1:42.3200
21^st	12	Georges Bosshard / Giuseppe Briozzo	BMW 635 CSi	Giuseppe Briozzo	1:42.4100
22^nd	35	Mike Newman / Tony Sugden	Ford Capri III	Burlington Wallcoverings (Darwen) Ltd.	1:42.5000
23^rd	17	Anders Olofsson / Thomas Lindström	Volvo 240 Turbo	TL Racing AB	1:42.5400
24^th	38	Tony Lanfranchi / John Cleland	Opel Monza	GM Dealer Sport	1:42.6800
25^th	41	Rinaldo Drovandi / Emilio Zapico	Alfa Romeo Alfetta GTV6	Autolodi - Italy	1:42.9400
26^th	57	Hamish Irvine / David Palmer	Mazda RX-7	Hamish Irvine	1:43.0800
27^th	18	Per Stureson / Ingmar Persson	Volvo 240 Turbo	IPS Racing	1:43.1400
28^th	42	Giancarlo Naddeo / Lella Lombardi	Alfa Romeo Alfetta GTV6	Jolly Club Milano	1:43.5900
29^th	15	Jeremy Shaw / Dominique Fornage	BMW 635 CSi	Dominique Fornage	1:43.6300
30^th	56	Andy Rouse / Phil Dowsett	Alfa Romeo Alfetta GTV6	Industrial Control Services	1:43.7300
31^st	44	Gianfranco Brancatelli / Tony Palma / Dagmar Suster	Alfa Romeo Alfetta GTV6	Jolly Club Milano	1:44.2600
32^nd	45	Giorgio Francia / Marco Micangeli	Alfa Romeo Alfetta GTV6	Luigi Racing	1:44.4300
33^rd	43	Roberto Marazzi / Duilio Truffo	Alfa Romeo Alfetta GTV6	Jolly Club Milano	1:44.4900
34^th	55	Jon Dooley / Rob Kirby	Alfa Romeo Alfetta GTV6	Napolina Alfa Romeo Dealer Team	1:44.8600
35^th	48	Mario Ketterer / Anton Fischhaber	Alfa Romeo Alfetta GTV6	Alfa Romeo Deutschland	1:45.7500
36^th	46	"Spiffero" / Maurizio Micangeli	Alfa Romeo Alfetta GTV6	Luigi Racing	1:46.1300
37^th	49	Frank Jelinski / Rolf Göring	Alfa Romeo Alfetta GTV6	Alfa Romeo Deutschland	1:46.4700
38^th	52	Winni Vogt / Siegfried Müller, Jr.	BMW 323i	Linder Rennsport	1:46.5500
39^th	73	John Morris / Cyd Williams	VW Scirocco	Volkswagen Sport	1:47.1800
40^th	64	Daniël Herregods / Manfred Trint	VW Scirocco	Belgian VW Club	1:47.7400
41^st	63	Lothar Schörg / Peter Seikel	Audi 80	Votex Team Seikel	1:47.9400
42^nd	61	Philippe Ménage / Pierre-Alain Thibaut	VW Scirocco	Belgian VW Club	1:47.9900
43^rd	82	Rex Greenslade / Richard Longman	Ford Escort RS 1600i	Richard Longman	1:48.0000
44^th	83	Richard Longman / Alan Curnow / Rex Greenslade	Ford Escort RS 1600i	Royal Mail 'Datapost'	1:48.3200

Other present cars:

No.	Drivers	Car	Entrant
9	"Davit" / François-Xavier Boucher / Guy Trigaux	BMW 528i	Lucky Strike Team
33	Michael Middelhaufe / Axel Felder / Helmut Gall	BMW 528i	Mike Middelhaufe
53	Fritz Müller / Heinz Kuhn-Weiss	Mazda RX-7	Müllerbrau Team
58	Jean-Claude Dubuisson / Jean Vignon	BMW 323i	Jean Vignon
67	John Nielsen / Ulf Larsson / Eric Hoyer	Toyota Corolla GT	Team Toyota Danmark
68	Hans-Jörn Ley / Josef Rietmann	VW Golf GTi	AC Bad Honnef
69	Hagen Arlt / Wolf-Dieter Feuerlein	Audi 80	Renngemeinschaft - Sieglar
72	Robert Meacham / Bill Pinckney	VW Scirocco	R. K. Meacham
78	Herbert Lingmann / Ludwig Hölzl	Alfa Romeo Alfasud Ti	MSC - Rhou e.v. Aud
79	Andrew Thorpe / Michael Schryver / Rob Kirby	Alfa Romeo Alfasud Ti	Napolina Alfa Romeo Dealer Team with Hampshires of Dorking

Entered cars that did not arrive:

No.	Drivers	Car	Entrant
14	Jean-Louis Bos / Jean-Christian Duby / Jean Krucker	BMW 635 CSi	Jean-Louis Bos
16	Willy Maljean / "Jean Hex" / Francis Polak	BMW 528i	Willy Maljean
22	Greger Petersson / Anders Olofsson	Volvo 240 Turbo	Sport Promotion AB
32	Miloš Bychl / Václav Bervid	BMW 528i	ÚAMK ČSSR
34	Les Blackburn / Terry Nichols	Ford Capri	Manns Racing
39	David Brodie	Colt Starion	Colt Mid-West
54	Jari Pekkala / Kaj Dahlbacka	Alfa Romeo Alfetta GTV6	Trendspeed in Stockholm AB
60	Robert Schumacher / Hermann Tilke	Opel Kadett	Hermann Tilke
62	Guy Pirenne / Alex Guyaux	VW Scirocco	Belgian VW Club
74	Pierre Jamin / Pierre Vaillant	VW Scirocco	Belgian VW Club