Monza 4 Hours 1976 - Racing Sports Cars

Event: Trofeo Filippo Caracciolo		Date: 25.4.1976
Track: Autodromo Nazionale di Monza (Italy), 5.770 kms	Organiser: AC Milano
Monza 4 Hours
World Sportscar Championship (round 2) Campionato Italiano di Groupo 6 (round 2)

Weather:	warm, dry
Start time:	13:05
Grid:	unknown
Distance:	4 hours
Attendance:	12000

Entered:	56
Practiced:	43
Qualified:	40
Started:	38
Finished:	17
Classified:	13

Classes:	Pract	Start	Class
Group 6 - Sports 5000 - Stock Block	1	1	0
Group 6 - Sports 3000	11	10	4
Group 6 - Sports 2000	22	21	8
Group 6 - Sports 1600	4	3	1
Group 6 - Sports 1300	5	3	0
Group 6 - Sports 1000	0	0	0

Photo Gallery Entered Cars Technical Data Appearance Race Results Grid Qualifying Qualifying 1 Lap Times

Pre-race sessions:
2 qualifying sessions held for a total of 180 minutes on 24/4
20 minute pre-race warm-up held

Winners:
Overall:	3	Porsche 936	Mass / Ickx
Group 6 - Sports 2000:	22	Osella PA4 BMW	"Amphicar" / Floridia
Group 6 - Sports 1600:	57	Chevron B23 Alfa Romeo	Gallo / Gellini
Leaders:
laps 1-153:	1	Porsche 936 Turbo	Mass, Ickx
Fastest Laps:
Overall:	1	Alpine-Renault A442 Turbo	Jean-Pierre Jarier (F)	1:29.6000	231.8300 km/h
Group 6 - Sports 5000 - Stock Block:	19	McLaren M8F Chevrolet	Hoffmann / Dombrowski	1:38.6000
Group 6 - Sports 2000:	21	Osella PA3 Ferraris	Merzario / "Pal Joe"	1:36.3000
Group 6 - Sports 1600:	55	Osella PA3 Ford	Bottura / Smittarello	1:47.0000
Group 6 - Sports 1300:	65	AMS 175 Ford	Giorgio / "Robin Hood"	1:46.0000
Pole Positions:
Overall:	3	Porsche 936	Jochen Mass (D)	1:32.2300	226.3910 km/h
Group 6 - Sports 5000 - Stock Block:	19	McLaren M8F Chevrolet	Hoffmann / Dombrowski	1:42.1300
Group 6 - Sports 2000:	21	Osella PA3 Ferraris	Merzario / "Pal Joe"	1:37.6000
Group 6 - Sports 1600:	57	Chevron B23 Alfa Romeo	Gallo / Gellini	1:50.1200
Group 6 - Sports 1300:	65	AMS 175 Ford	Giorgio / "Robin Hood"	1:47.2800
Notes of interest:
Top makes by numbers:	Osella (10), Chevron (9), Lola (4), Porsche (3), Alpine (3)
Top engines by numbers:	Ford (13), BMW (10), Porsche (5), Renault (3), Hart (2)
Top car types by numbers:	Osella PA4 (6), Osella PA3 (4), Chevron B36 (3)
Driver nationalities:	I (44), GB (10), D (10), F (6), CH (4), A (3)
Team nationalities:	I (21), GB (6), D (4), F (3), A (2), CH (2)
Most used colours:	red (31%), blue (25%), white (15%), yellow (8%), black (5%), gold (4%)
Engine positions:	mid-engined (100%)
Oldest known drivers:	Simon Phillips (42), "Gimax" (38), Mario Casoni (37)
Youngest known drivers:	Francesco Cerulli-Irelli (27), Richard Jones (27), Jürgen Barth (29)

Official Race Programme:

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