Layout of the Autodromo Nazionale di Monza (1976-1993)

The 21st Gran Premio Lotteria di Monza, made up the 8th round of the 1979 FIA European Championship, saw the series move to Autodromo Nazionale Monza, on June 24, 1979. This race was also round 8 of the Campionato Italian.[1]

Report

Entry

A grand total of 72 F3 cars were entered for the event. They were split into 3 groups.[1]

Qualifying

The Italian Championship front runners took pole position for Heats 1 and 2. Piercarlo Ghinzani took the pole for the Euroracin Srl team in his March-Toyota 793 for the Heat 1; teammate, Michele Alboreto, headed the grid for Heat 2. Mike Thackwell, from the British F3 series, took the pole for Heat 3 in his works entered as March-Toyota 793.[1]

Heats

Each heat was held over 8 laps of the historic Monza circuit. The victor of Heat 1 was Piercarlo Ghinzani from Guido Cappellotto. Heat 2 went to another Italian, Mauro Baldi, followed by Michele Alboreto. The final heat, Heat 3, saw Mike Thackwell take the chequered flag ahead of Carlo Rossi. The Championship leader, Alain Prost, only finished 13th in Heat 1 and did not progress into the final heat.[1]

Final

The final was held over 17 laps of the Monza circuit. Mike Thackwell was the winner for the March Engineering Ltd. team driving their March-Toyota 793. The kiwi won in a time of 32:13.33 minutes averaging a speed of 114.086 mph. Second place went to Mauro Baldi in his privately entered March-Toyota 793; he was exactly 1.1 seconds behind the winner. In third place was Michele Alboreto in his Euroracing Srl-entered March.[1]

Classification

Final

Pos. No. Driver Entrant Car - Engine Time, Laps Reason Out
1st 32 New Zealand Mike Thackwell March Engineering Ltd March-Toyota 793 32:13.33
2nd 2 Italy Mauro Baldi Mauro Baldi March-Toyota 793 32:14.43
3rd 6 Italy Michele Alboreto Euroracing Srl March-Toyota 793 32:16.63
4th 7 Italy Piercarlo Ghinzani Euroracing Srl March-Alfa Romeo 793 32:18.71
5th 14 Italy Carlo Rossi Carlo Rossi Ralt-Toyota RT1 32:20.34
6th 69 Italy Daniele Albertin Marlboro Vatellina Racing Team Ralt-Toyota RT1 32:21.11
7th 4 France Richard Dallest Ecurie Elf Martini-Toyota MK27 32:39.80
8th 82 Italy Enzo Coloni Enzo Coloni March-Toyota 783 32:41.36
9th 9 Germany Michael Korten Klaus Zimmermann Racing Team March-Toyota 793 32:48.03
10th 29 Italy Piero Necchi Astra Racing Team March-Toyota 793 32:49.03
11th 42 Italy Gianluca Messini Trivellato Racing Chevron-Toyota B47 32:52.78
12th 19 Italy Luciano Pavesi Pavesi Racing Ralt-Alfa Romeo RT1 32:54.74
13th 87 Italy Cesare Passoli Cesare Passoli Ralt-Toyota RT1 32:55.88
14th 53 Austria Walter Lechner RT Gätmo Tuning March-Toyota 783 32:56.51
15th 65 Switzerland Fredy Schnarwiler Formel Rennsport Club March-Toyota 793 33:09.39
16th 8 Netherlands Arie Luyendijk Racing Team Holland Argo-Toyota JM3 33:41.53
17th 83 Italy Pasquale Zullo Pasquale Zullo March-Toyota 783 33:49.89
18th 3 Netherlands Michael Bleekemolen Roger Heavens Racing March-Toyota 793 34:00.07
19th 24 Italy Guido Cappellotto Guido Cappellotto Ralt-Toyota RT1 16
20th 48 Switzerland Jo Zeller Formel Rennsport Club March-Toyota 783 16
21st 17 Switzerland Jakob Bordoli Scuderia Calanda Ralt-Toyota RT1 12
DNF 81 Italy Gianluca Bagnara Gianluca Bagnara March-Toyota 783 6
DNF 57 Italy Oscar Pedersoli Oscar Pedersoli March-Toyota 783 4
DNF 45 Italy Fernanro Cazzaniga Scuderia dei Longobardi March-Toyota 783 3 Accident
DNF 25 Italy Guido Dacco Guido Dacco March-Toyota 783 3
DNF 64 Italy Rodolfo Bellini Scuderia Emiliani Dallara-Toyota WD1 3
DNF 62 France Bernard Perroy Ecurie Montesanto Duqueine-Toyota VG3 3
DNQ 1 France Alain Prost Ecurie Elf Martini-Renault MK27
DNQ 5 Monaco Daimon Metrebian Ecurie Elf Martini-Toyota MK21
DNQ 11 Italy Augusto Avanzini Scuderia Derby March-Toyota 793
DNQ 12 Italy Silvano Colciago Silvano Colciago Ralt-Toyota RT1
DNQ 15 Italy Giampiero Consonni Scuderia Escolette Ralt-Toyota RT1
DNQ 16 Italy Roberto Campominosi Pavesi Racing Ralt-Alfa Romeo RT1
DNQ 18 Austria Martin-Hans Mayer Martin-Hans Mayer Ralt-Toyota RT1
DNQ 21 Italy Riccardo Paletti Riccardo Paletti March-Toyota 793
DNQ 22 Italy Vinicio Salmi Vinicio Salmi March-Toyota 783
DNQ 23 Italy Sergio Leone Sergio Leone Ralt-Toyota RT1
DNQ 26 Italy Renato Dotta Renato Dotta March-Toyota 783
DNQ 27 Italy Roberto Manzoni Roberto Manzoni Ralt-Toyota RT1
DNQ 28 Italy Marcello Rosei Marcello Rosei March-Toyota 773
DNQ 31 Italy Gianni Giudici Gianni Giudici Osella-Toyota
DNQ 33 Italy Filippo Baj Filippo Baj Ralt-Toyota RT1
DNQ 34 Italy Fernando Spreafico Fernando Spreafico Chevron-Toyota B38
DNQ 35 Italy Giovanni Bertaccini Giovanni Bertaccini Ralt-Toyota RT1
DNQ 36 Italy Guido Pardini Guido Pardini Dallara-Toyota WD1
DNQ 37 Austria Karl Schuchnig KWS Motorsport Chevron-Toyota B47
DNQ 38 England Alan Smith KWS Motorsport Chevron-Toyota B47
DNQ 39 Belgium Thierry Boutsen Roger Heavens Racing March-Toyota 793
DNQ 41 Italy Enrico Uncini Marlboro Valtellina Racing Team Ralt-Toyota RT1
DNQ 43 Italy Almo Coppelli Trivellato Racing Chevron-Toyota B47
DNQ 44 Italy Massimo Fabiani Massimo Fabiani March-Toyota 783
DNQ 46 Italy Pietro Villa Pietro Villa March-Toyota 793
DNQ 47 Italy Marcello Capriani Marcello Capriani Ralt-Toyota RT1
DNQ 49 Switzerland Jean-Pierre Rochat Jean-Pierre Rochat Ralt-Toyota RT1
DNQ 51 Austria Franz Konrad Klaus Zimmermann Racing March-Toyota 793
DNQ 52 Austria Walter Schöch Walter Schöch Racing Ralt-Toyota RT1
DNQ 54 Austria Jo Gartner Jim Beam Team Martini-Renault MK27
DNQ 55 France Phillippe Streiff Ecurie Motul Nogaro Martini-Renault MK27
DNQ 56 Italy Fulvio Ballabio Fulvio Ballabio Branca-Toyota
DNQ 58 France Alain Hubert Kores Racing Lola-Renault T770
DNQ 59 France Philippe Alliot Kores Racing Lola-Renault T770
DNQ 61 Italy Bruno Pescia Bruno Pescia March-Toyota 793
DNQ 63 Germany Helmut Henzler Volkswagen Motorsport – Spiess Tuning March-Volkswagen 793
DNQ 66 Italy Massimo Valentini Scuderia Emiliani Dallara-Toyota WD1
DNQ 67 Switzerland Bruno Eichmann Lista Racing Team Argo-BMW JM3
DNQ 68 Switzerland Jürg Lienhard Lista Racing Team March-Toyota 793
DNQ 84 Switzerland Marcel Wittstein Formel Rennsport Club Ralt-Toyota RT1
DNQ 85 Italy Guido Regosa Edo Squadra Corse Bellasi-Toyota
DNQ 86 Italy Constante Antonelli Constante Antonelli Lola-Toyota T730
DNQ 88 Italy Marzio Romano Marzio Romano March-Toyota 793
DNQ 89 Italy Leonardo Verrelli Leonardo Verrelli Ralt-Toyota RT1
DNQ 91 France Jean-Pierre Traschel Jean-Pierre Traschel Lola-BMW T570

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Heat 1

Pos. Driver Time
1st Ghinzani 15:17.95
2nd Cappellotto 15:25.31
3rd Dallest 15:25.70
4th Luyendijk 15:30.13
5th Korten 15:30.67
6th / DQ Campominosi 15:32.12
7th Messini 15:33.98
8th Passoli 15:37.52
9th Dacco 15:41.41
10th Zeller 15:44.03
11th Eichmann 15:44.49
12th Bertaccini 15:54.09
13th Prost
DNF Boutsen Clutch
DNF Metrebian Accident damage
etc..

Roberto Campominosi (Pavesi Racing Ralt-Alfa Romeo) was disqualified from Heat 1, due to a leaking airbox. [1]

Heat 2

Pos. Driver Time
1st Baldi 15:17.60
2nd Alboreto 15:19.91
3rd Pedersoli 15:20.74
4th Bleekemolen 15:21.65
5th Lechner 15:33.98
6th Perroy 15:47.71
7th Bagnara 15:48.70
8th Valentini 16:03.86
9th Zullo 16:08.06
10th Ballabio
11th Rosei
DNF Paletti Accident damage
etc..

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Heat 3

Pos. Driver Time
1st Thackwell 15:18.18
2nd Rossi 15:19.20
3rd Coloni 15:23.07
4th Necchi 15:24.77
5th Cazzaniga 15:28.97
6th Albertin 15:29.38
7th Pavesi 15:30.11
8th Bordoli 15:30.71
9th Schnarwiler 15:34.43
10th Leone 15:38.66
11th Streiff 15:44.05
12th Verrelli 15:44.81
DNF Cipriani
etc..

[1]

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 "Formula 3 1979 - Europe - Monza, 24.06". formula2.net. Retrieved 17 June 2016.
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