Mission impossible
18. Jul 2019
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Jacky Ickx places his Ferrari 312PB next to Vic Elford’s Martini-Porsche 917K on the front row of the 1971 Monza 1000 km starting grid (pictured above).
The Belgian driver has a near-impossible mission. At the wheel of his small car, powered by its 3-liter flat-12, he must battle (along with his teammate Clay Regazzoni) the Porsche 917 and Ferrari 512, equipped with super-powerful 5-liter engines, on a fast circuit.
No miracle in the race, on the 11th lap Ickx was forced to retire, and it was the Gulf-Porsche 917k of the JW Automotive team that won the event at an average speed of 235.8 km/h.
Ranking:
- Rodriguez-Oliver, Porsche 917k.
- Siffert-Bell, Porsche 917k +3 tours.
- of Adamich-Pescarolo, Alfa Romeo T33/3 +6 laps.
Categories:
Endurance World Championship, Endurance, Monza, Jacky Ickx, Clay Regazzoni, Vic Elford, Gérard Larrousse, Pedro Rodriguez, Jackie Oliver, Scuderia Ferrari, Martini Racing, Gulf, JW Automotive, Ferrari, Porsche, Belgium, Switzerland, England, France, Mexico, Great-Britain, 1971
Source: DR
