1979 Gran Premio della Lotteria

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

Report

Entry

A grand total of 72 F3 cars were entered for the event. These were spilt into three groups.^[2]

Qualifying

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

Heats

Each heat was held over 8 laps, of the historic Monza circuit. The victor of Heat 1, was Piercarlo Ghinzani, from Guido Cappellotto. The second Heat, went to another Italian, Mauro Baldi, followed home by Michele Alboreto. The final Heat 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.^[4]

Final

The final was held over 17 laps of Monza circuit. Mike Thackwell took the winner spoils for the March Engineering Ltd. team, driving their March-Toyota 793. The kiwi won in a time of 32:13.33mins., averaging a speed of 114.086 mph. Second place went to Mauro Baldi in his privately entered March-Toyota 793, who was exactly 1.1 seconds behind. Michele Alboreto was third in the Euroracing Srl-entered March.^[5]

Classification

Final

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

• Fastest lap: Mike Thackwell, 1:52.50secs. (115.326 mph)

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Heat 1

Roberto Campominosi (Pavesi Racing Ralt-Alfa Romeo) was disqualified from Heat 1, due to a leaking airbox. ^[7]

Heat 2

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Heat 3

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