1985 1000 km of Spa

thumb|250px|Layout of the Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps (1981–1993, 1995–2003) The 1985 1000 km Spa was the seventh round of the 1985 World Endurance Championship. It took place at the Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps, Belgium on September 1, 1985. In the first half of the race the two leading drivers collided, which resulted in the death of defending Drivers Champion Stefan Bellof. The race organisers ended the race early, thus allowing the Martini Racing Lancia of drivers Mauro Baldi, Bob Wollek, and Riccardo Patrese to win their only victory of the year. It was also the last victory scored by the Lancia LC2. Bellof accident The 1000 km of Spa was held only three weeks after Manfred Winkelhock was killed in an accident at the series' previous round, the 1000 km of Mosport. Halfway through the race, defending Drivers Champion Stefan Bellof in the Brun Motorsport Porsche 956 was battling for the race lead with 1982 and 1983 Drivers Champion Jacky Ickx in the Rothmans Porsche 962C. Ickx led Bellof out of the La Source hairpin and down the front stretch into the Eau Rouge corner, starting the 78th lap of the race. Both drivers had only just been handed their cars from their teammates during a pit stop five laps earlier. http://www.motorsportmemorial.org/focus.php?db=ct&n=22 Motorsport Memorial - Stefan Bellof Motorsport Memorial 2008-07-01 Entering the left kink at the bottom of the hill, Bellof moved to the left of Ickx in an attempt to set up a pass for the immediate right-hander up the hill. Bellof's right front came into contact with Ickx's left rear, and both drivers spun up to the left up the hill, impacting the barriers. Ickx's car hit the wall on the right rear side, while Bellof went straight into the barriers, breaking through and hitting a secondary wall. http://www.grandprix.com/gpe/drv-belste.html Drivers: Stefan Bellof GrandPrix.com 2008-07-01 https://web.archive.org/web/20080720145146/http://www.grandprix.com/gpe/drv-belste.html 20 July 2008 live Bellof's Porsche caught fire moments after the wreck. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2sP_F66NB6Q 1985 Spa crash Bellof - Ickx 2008-07-01 Ickx, able to climb from his car, attempted to aid safety workers in helping Bellof. During the caution period, members of the Brun team also arrived to aid in the rescue. Although the fire was extinguished and the driver extracted from the wreckage within forty minutes, Stefan Bellof was pronounced dead only ten minutes later after he had reached the track hospital, although it was believed that he had actually died on impact. Out of respect for Bellof, the race organisers chose to end the event earlier than planned. The entire incident was recorded on an in-car camera that Ickx's 962C was carrying. Even after the accident, the camera continued to work, and was pointed in the direction of Bellof's wreckage. Official results Class winners in bold. Cars failing to complete 90% of the winner's distance marked as Not Classified (NC). Pos Class No Team Drivers Chassis Tyre Laps Engine 1 C1 5 ITA Martini Racing ITA Mauro BaldiFRA Bob WollekITA Riccardo Patrese Lancia LC2 Michelin 122 Ferrari 308C 3.0 L Turbo V8 2 C1 2 DEU Rothmans Porsche DEU Hans-Joachim StuckGBR Derek Bell Porsche 956 Dunlop 122 Porsche Type-935 2.6 L Turbo Flat-6 3 C1 7 DEU Joest Racing DEU Klaus LudwigITA Paolo Barilla Porsche 956B Dunlop 121 Porsche Type-935 2.6 L Turbo Flat-6 4 C1 4 ITA Martini Racing ITA Riccardo PatreseITA Alessandro Nannini Lancia LC2 Michelin 121 Ferrari 308C 3.0 L Turbo V8 5 C1 51 GBR TWR Jaguar GBR Martin BrundleNZL Mike Thackwell Jaguar XJR-6 Dunlop 120 Jaguar 6.0 L V12 6 C1 8 DEU Joest Racing DEU Volker WeidlerDEU "John Winter"BEL Marc Duez Porsche 956 Dunlop 120 Porsche Type-935 2.6 L Turbo Flat-6 7 C1 34 GBR Cosmik Racing DEU Christian DannerGRE Costas Los March 84G Yokohama 114 Porsche Type-956 2.6 L Turbo Flat-6 8 C1 26 DEU Obermaier Racing Team DEU Jürgen LässigESP Jesús ParejaBEL Hervé Regout Porsche 956 Goodyear 113 Porsche Type-935 2.6 L Turbo Flat-6 9 C2 70 GBR Spice Engineering GBR Gordon SpiceGBR Ray Bellm Spice-Tiga GC85 Avon 112 Ford Cosworth DFL 3.3 L V8 10 C1 24 SUI Cheetah Automobiles Switzerland BEL Bernard de DryverBEL Pierre DieudonnéBEL Claude Bourgoignie Cheetah G604 Dunlop 110 Aston Martin-Tickford 5.3 L V8 11 C1 10 DEU Porsche Kremer Racing NED Kees KroesemeijerSUI Marc Surer Porsche 956 Goodyear 108 Porsche Type-935 2.6 L Turbo Flat-6 12 C2 74 DEU Gebhardt Motorsport SWE Stanley DickensDEU Frank JelinskiCAN John Graham Gebhardt JC853 Avon 108 Ford Cosworth DFV 3.0 L V8 13 C2 90 DEN Jens Winther Denmark DEN Jens WintherGBR David Mercer URD C83 Avon 108 BMW M88 3.5 L I6 14 C2 79 GBR Ecurie Ecosse GBR Mike WildsGBR David Leslie Ecosse C285 Avon 99 Ford Cosworth DFV 3.0 L V8 15 C2 82 ITA Grifo Autoracing ITA Pasquale BarberioITA Maurizio Gellini Alba AR3 Dunlop 98 Ford Cosworth DFL 3.3 L V8 16 C2 88 GBR Ark Racing GBR David AndrewsGBR Max PayneGBR Chris Ashmore Ceekar 83J Avon 94 Ford Cosworth BDX 2.0 L I4 17 C2 95 FRA Roland Bassaler FRA Roland BassalerFRA Dominique LacaudFRA Gérard Tremblay Sauber SHS C6 Avon 94 BMW M88 3.5 L I6 18 C2 105 DEN Jens Nakjaer DEN Jens NakjaerDEN Holger Knudsen Nakjaer Avon 91 BMW 3.2 L I6 19 C2 98 GBR Roy Baker Promotions GBR Paul SmithGBR Mike Kimpton Tiga GC285 Avon 88 Ford Cosworth BDT 1.8 L Turbo I4 20 GTX 160 ITA Victor Racing Team ITA "Victor"ITA Toni PalmaITA Luigi Taverna Porsche 935 ? 87 Porsche Type-930 3.1 L Turbo Flat-6 21 C1 13 FRA Primagaz Team Cougar FRA Henri PescaroloFRA Yves Courage Cougar C12S Michelin 87 Porsche Type-935 2.6 L Flat-6 22NC B 158 DEU Dieter Oster DEU Jürgen HammelmannBEL Jean-Paul LibertITA Marco Micangeli BMW M1 Dunlop 71 BMW M88 3.5 L I6 23NC C2 93 FRA Automobiles Louis Descartes FRA Louis DescartesFRA Jacques Heuclin ALD 01 Avon 63 BMW M88 3.5 L I6 24DNF C2 80 ITA Carma F.F. ITA Carlo FacettiITA Martino FinottoITA Almo Coppelli Alba AR6 Avon 95 Carma FF 1.9 L Turbo I4 25DNF C1 1 DEU Rothmans Porsche DEU Jochen MassBEL Jacky Ickx Porsche 962C Dunlop 77 Porsche Type-935 2.6 L Turbo Flat-6 26DNF C1 19 SUI Brun Motorsport DEU Stefan BellofBEL Thierry Boutsen Porsche 956B Dunlop 77 Porsche Type-935 2.6 L Turbo Flat-6 27DNF C1 18 SUI Brun Motorsport ARG Oscar LarrauriITA Massimo Sigala Porsche 956 Dunlop 70 Porsche Type-935 2.6 L Turbo Flat-6 28DNF C2 99 GBR Roy Baker Promotions GBR Jeremy RossiterDEN Thorkild Thyrring Tiga GC284 Avon 53 Ford Cosworth BDT 1.8 L Turbo I4 29DNF C2 97 SWE Strandell Motors SWE Anders OlofssonSWE Tryggve Gronvall Strandell 85 Avon 38 Porsche Type-934 3.3 L Turbo Flat-6 30DNF C2 100 GBR John Barlett Racing GBR Richard JonesSWE Kenneth LeimMAR Max Cohen-Olivar Chevron B62 Avon 33 Ford Cosworth DFL 3.3 L V8 31DNF C1 66 GBR EMKA Productions Ltd. GBR Tiff NeedellGBR Steve O'RourkeGBR James Weaver EMKA C83 Dunlop 19 Aston Martin-Tickford 5.3 L V8 32DNF C1 52 GBR TWR Jaguar DEU Hans HeyerFRA Jean-Louis Schlesser Jaguar XJR-6 Dunlop 14 Jaguar 6.0 L V12 33DNF C2 107 FRA Jean-Claude Ferrarin FRA Jean-Claude FerrarinFRA Lucien Rossiaud Isolia 001 Avon 1 BMW M12 2.0 L I4 DNS C1 14 GBR Richard Lloyd Racing GBR Jonathan PalmerGBR David Hobbs Porsche 956 GTi Goodyear - Porsche Type-935 2.6 L Turbo Flat-6 DNQ B 156 FRA Raymond Touroul FRA Raymond TouroulFRA Thierry PerrierFRA Philippe Dermagne Porsche 911SC Pirelli - Porsche 3.0 L Flat-6 Statistics Pole Position - #4 Martini Racing - 2:05.91 Fastest Lap - #1 Rothmans Porsche - 2:10.73 Average Speed - 169.335 km/h References http://wsrp.ic.cz/wsc1985.html#7 FIA World Endurance Championship 1985 - 1000 km Spa World Sports Racing Prototypes 2005-10-02 2008-07-01 https://web.archive.org/web/20080626005857/http://wsrp.ic.cz/wsc1985.html 26 June 2008 dead http://www.racingsportscars.com/photo/Spa-1985-09-01-photo.html Spa 1000 Kilometres 1985 Racing Sports Cars 2006-04-25 2008-07-01 1985 World Sportscar Championship 1985 1000 km of Mosport 1985 1000 km of Brands Hatch Spa 1000km Category:6 Hours of Spa-Francorchamps