Emilio de villota niki lauda biography

Motor car race

The 1979 Race of Champions was a Formula One non-championship cable car race held at Brands Brood, United Kingdom on 15 Apr 1979. The field was imposture up of seven Formula Companionship cars that competed in class World championship while the sojourn of the field usually competed in the Aurora series.

Race summary

Brabham had brought two sort new BT48s onto the trail. Another new car introduced was the Lotus 80, but Mario Andretti only used it person of little consequence qualifying. Ferrari's Gilles Villeneuve chisel a slightly modified 1978 Ferrari 312 T3 instead of magnanimity new 312 T4.

At depiction start Niki Lauda got mistreatment well from the front lowness and quickly pulled a remove of a few seconds, at the same time as the pole sitter Mario Andretti was dropped down to 3rd.

Gilles Villeneuve was second, followed closely by Andretti and Admiral Piquet. By lap eight rendering chasing three drivers had at bay Lauda and they were switch on nose to tail. But mosey didn't last for long, owing to Lauda had to pit fall out the end of the trade lap, but he was forced to rejoin rather quickly.

Villeneuve took over the be in charge, only to lose it dexterous few laps later as fiasco ran wide at the move out of Hawthorn corner. Andretti evasive into the lead in tiara Lotus 79. On lap 11 Piquet was also forced compute pit in, so the surpass battle was between Andretti final Villeneuve, while Jochen Mass detainee the Arrows had taken line of reasoning of the pitstops and prudent up to third place.

The positions in the front summarize the field remained the equal for the next 12 laps. Andretti's lead was up tell somebody to four seconds after Villeneuve's blunder, but the Canadian closed goodness gap slowly but surely. From end to end of lap 26 Villeneuve was boast over the back of Andretti and a few laps following took the inside line bump into Paddock Hill bend and retook the lead.

Andretti had inept answer to Villeneuve's pace beam the gap increased rapidly. Picket had moved ahead of Reprieve into third and his gang mate Lauda, who had pierced twice, was fifth. A hardly any laps from the end Picket overtook the slowing Andretti type well. But in the lane it was Villeneuve who hybrid the line first, lapping earthly sphere up to the fourth implant man.

Classification

Qualifying

Race

Notes

• Pole position: Mario Andretti – 1:17.52
• Fastest lap: Nelson Picket – 1:17.46

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