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Event: Mistrovství Evropy, Grand Prix BrnoDate: 10.6.1979
Track: Brno (Czechoslovakia), 10.925 kmsOrganiser: ÚAMK ČSSR, AMK Svazarmu Brno

Grand Prix Brno

Weather:unknown
Start time:12:00
Grid:2-2-2
Distance:3 hours 30 minutes
Attendance:unknown
Entered:68
Practiced:53
Qualified:45
Started:45
Finished:21
Classified:21
Classes:PractStartClass
Division 5 - +3000663
Division 4 - 3000553
Division 3 - 20001194
Division 2 - 160013114
Division 1 - 130018147
Pre-race sessions:
4 qualifying sessions held for a total of 450 minutes on 8-9/6
Winners:
Overall:3BMW 3.0 CSLXhenceval / Dieudonné / van Hove
Division 4 - 3000:11Opel Commodore B GSSpiegelsberger / Tomczyk
Division 3 - 2000:22Ford Escort II RSMüller, Jr. / Niedzwiedz
Division 2 - 1600:51VW GolfLloyd / Stocker
Division 1 - 1300:61Škoda 130 RSSamohýl / Michl
Pole Positions:
Overall:2BMW 3.0 CSLFinotto / Facetti3:40.470178.700 km/h
Division 4 - 3000:17BMW 530iNeger / Loibnegger / Werginz3:51.080
Division 3 - 2000:22Ford Escort II RSMüller, Jr. / Niedzwiedz3:47.660
Division 2 - 1600:48Audi 80 GTEBergmeister / Nowak3:56.300
Division 1 - 1300:63Škoda 130 RSVojtěch / Enge4:09.380
Notes of interest:
Top makes by numbers:BMW (9), Škoda (9), Ford (8), VW (8), Audi (4)
Top engines by numbers:BMW (9), Škoda (9), Ford (8), VW (8), Audi (4)
Top car types by numbers:Škoda 130 RS (9), VW Scirocco (7), BMW 3.0 CSL (6), Ford Escort (6)
Driver nationalities:D (38), CS (23), B (11), A (8), I (6), CH (5), GB (4), S (2)
Most used colours:white (34%), red (22%), black (12%), blue (11%), green (7%), yellow (6%)
Engine positions:front-engined (77%), rear-engined (23%)
Average engine size:1907 cc (with regard to 2% cars with rotary engine an applicable size is 1945 cc)
Oldest known drivers:Martino Finotto (46), Carlo Facetti (44), Umberto Grano (39)
Youngest known drivers:Marc Duez (22), Antonín Charouz (25), Zdeněk Vojtěch (28)

Official Race Programme:

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