Images by Jon Bunston and Dave Smith of the Historic Formula One cars and drivers at their Championship Rounds 7 & 8 race, at the Portimão – part of the Algarve Historic Festival.
Japanese Youngster takes HFO Portimao victory.
The Algarve Historic Festival attracted over 300 classic cars including a representative entry of 15 Historic Formula One cars for the penultimate event in this season’s calendar. The entry included the P34 six-wheel Tyrrell of Roger Wills, the immaculate McLaren MP4 of Nathan Kinch and Brands Hatch winner Yamauchi Hideki in Katsu Kubota’s March 761. Joquin Folch was making his first start of the HFO season having suffered knee problems all year but as he admitted after the race podium, “when you are driving a F1 car you don’t have time to think if your knee hurts or not!”
Bobby Verdon-Roe has had a troubled year with his MP4, the car not running cleanly since Monza in June. Having changed all the fuel system and most of the electrics the engine persisted in loosing fuel pressure on track. The frustration continued throughout the weekend. Andrew Beaumont had his attractive Lotus 76 entered whilst Nico Bindels drove his Lotus 87 model.
Friday’s qualification session proved to be one of the most entertaining of the season with the youthful Hideki being the first to set the quickest time. Immediately Folch responded, the Kumschick prepared Brabham coping nicely with the increasingly bumpy Portimao track to post 1.40.095 which looked like settling the pole position. However Nathan Kinch was quickly getting the measure of the track and with just a couple of minutes left in the session he took the fastest time with 1.39.294. Richard Eyre placed his Williams 4th ahead of Wills’ Tyrrell, Bindell’s Lotus, Beaumont, Laurent Fort’s Surtees and the current Championship leader, John Delane in Tyrrell 002. Terry Sayles completed the top ten with his pretty Osella ahead of Michel Buadoin’s Hall & Hall run Shadow, Philippe Bonny’s Trojan, Luciano Quaggia’s Theodore and Verdon-Roe’s recalcitrant MP4. Electrical problems delayed Kubota’s Lotus 72 throughout the session and he did not set a time but having run in the morning’s free practice session the Stewards made the right decision to allow him the start from the back of the grid.
On the green flag lap Bindell’s found his clutch dragging and he could not clear the gear so sensibly pulled out of the line to leave the grid clear. BVR decided that the gremlins were still at work and did not take the start and Kubota came into the pits with a damaged airbox which then forced him to start from the pit lane.
As race director John Felix switched the lights out an audible bang signalled a broken driveshaft for Richard Eyre that caused a couple of tight moments for those cars starting further back on the grid. The same technical failure ended Kubota’s race in the first lap but his young protégé was already in the lead which he was to hold to the flag. Folch was second as the field calmed down with Kinch third, Wills, Fort and Beaumont in close company. Yamauchi commanded the race from the front and to prove his undoubted talent set fastest lap of the race even quicker than he had gone in qualifying at 1.39.745. Kinch passed Folch but could do nothing about the leader.
Yamauchi stood proudly on the top step of the podium alongside Kinch and Folch. Wills hurried from his excellent fourth place to yet another car from his fleet for the next race. Andrew Beaumont took a well deserved fifth ahead of Nico Bindels and John Delane who added another 5 points to his tally. Terry Sayles finished 8th also collecting class points for his title challenge with Quaggia, Bonny and a noisy Laurent Fort completing the result with a broken exhaust. Wet weather was forecast for the Sunday afternoon for the 15 lap main race of the Algarve Festival but thankfully it held dry and bright.
First news of the day was that both Kubota and Yamauchi had been unwell overnight and were forced to withdraw from the day’s activities which promoted Folch to the front row. BVR was still struggling to get the McLaren to run cleanly even after warm-up. But as the race start lights went off the MP4 took off like a rocket and was up to third by the first corner. Nathan Kinch got a bad start and Folch led for moments until the red car came storming past. By the end of lap 2 BVR was 1.7 seconds ahead and clearly on a mission to prove the problems had been sorted. Behind Folch and Kinch were locked in battle followed by Richard Eyre coming under pressure from Roger Wills in the six-wheeler. Nico Bindels was running a sound sixth followed by Laurent Fort, Andrew Beaumont, Delane and Sayles
On lap 9 the leading car slowed and the misfire returned and started to drop BVR down the field. Folch held the lead for but a lap and Kinch got past. Wills had displaced Eyre and inherited third. As the race ran out Bindels passed an unwell Richard Eyre to take fourth with Beaumont and Fort getting past the still running BVR McLaren with Delane ninth and Sayles 10th, both collecting those valuable Championship points. Michel Baudoin ran home 11th with Luciano Quaggia 12th. Philippe Bonny had the throttle jam on the Trojan after just 2 laps.
| Pos | No | Team | Driver | Nat | Car | Class | Laps | Total Tm | Diff | Best Tm |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 18 | CGA Race Engineering | Hideki Yamauchi | JP | March 761 | B | 8 | 13:30.509 | 1:39.745 | |
| 2 | 28 | Lister | Nathan Kinch | GB | Mclaren MP4 | C | 8 | 13:33.334 | 2.825 | 1:40.192 |
| 3 | 7 | Kumschick Racing | Joaquin Folch | ES | Brabham BT49 | C | 8 | 13:33.806 | 3.297 | 1:40.688 |
| 4 | 15 | WDK Racing | Roger Wills | NZ | Tyrrell | B | 8 | 13:58.267 | 27.758 | 1:43.915 |
| 5 | 10 | Classic Team Lotus | Andrew Beaumont | GB | Lotus 76 | B | 8 | 14:55.447 | 1:24.938 | 1:50.052 |
| 6 | 17 | Hall & Hall | Nico Bindels | LU | Lotus 87 | C | 8 | 14:55.853 | 1:25.344 | 1:46.784 |
| 7 | 3 | Hall & Hall | John Delane | US | Tyrrell 002 | A | 8 | 15:06.240 | 1:35.731 | 1:51.816 |
| 8 | 32 | JRT Belgium | Terry Sayles | GB | Osella FA1-D-3 | D | 7 | 13:31.634 | 1 Lap | 1:52.876 |
| 9 | 14 | Hall & Hall | Michel Baudoin | FR | Shadow DN9 | C | 7 | 13:36.841 | 1 Lap | 1:53.764 |
| 10 | 36 | Fernicors F1 | Luciano Quaggia | IT | Theodore TFR1 | B | 7 | 13:46.803 | 1 Lap | 1:56.204 |
| 11 | 23 | Philippe Bonny | Philippe Bonny | FR | Trojan T103 | B | 7 | 14:06.411 | 1 Lap | 1:54.547 |
| 12 | 4 | Esprit Competition | Laurent Fort | FR | Surtees | B | 4 | 7:26.599 | 4 Laps | 1:50.449 |
| DNF | 5 | CGA Race Engineering | Katsu Kubota | JP | Lotus 72 | B | 1 | 2:42.420 | DNF | |
| DNF | 6 | RJM Motorsport | Richard Eyre | GB | Williams FW08 | C | DNF | |||
| DNF | 2 | Scuderia BVR | Bobby Verdon-Roe | GB | Mclaren Mp4 1B6 | C | DNF | |||
| Pos | No | Team | Driver | Nat | Car | Class | Laps | Total Tm | Diff | Best Tm |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 28 | Lister | Nathan Kinch | GB | Mclaren MP4 | C | 15 | 25:26.001 | 1:40.487 | |
| 2 | 7 | Kumschick Racing | Joaquin Folch | ES | Brabham BT49 | C | 15 | 25:32.345 | 6.344 | 1:40.303 |
| 3 | 15 | WDK Racing | Roger Wills | NZ | Tyrrell | B | 15 | 26:26.479 | 1:00.478 | 1:44.538 |
| 4 | 17 | Hall & Hall | Nico Bindels | LU | Lotus 87 | C | 15 | 26:54.162 | 1:28.161 | 1:45.784 |
| 5 | 6 | RJM Motorsport | Richard Eyre | GB | Williams FW08 | C | 15 | 27:07.418 | 1:41.417 | 1:44.586 |
| 6 | 10 | Classic Team Lotus | Andrew Beaumont | GB | Lotus 76 | B | 14 | 25:30.609 | 1 Lap | 1:48.015 |
| 7 | 4 | Esprit Competition | Laurent Fort | FR | Surtees | B | 14 | 25:32.174 | 1 Lap | 1:48.212 |
| 8 | 2 | Scuderia BVR | Bobby Verdon-Roe | GB | Mclaren MP4 1B-6 | C | 14 | 25:35.866 | 1 Lap | 1:39.237 |
| 9 | 3 | Hall & Hall | John Delane | US | Tyrrell 002 | A | 14 | 26:18.253 | 1 Lap | 1:50.376 |
| 10 | 32 | JRT Belgium | Terry Sayles | GB | Osella FA1-D-3 | D | 14 | 27:08.232 | 1 Lap | 1:54.718 |
| 11 | 14 | Hall & Hall | Michel Baudoin | FR | Shadow DN9 | C | 13 | 25:27.406 | 2 Laps | 1:54.969 |
| 12 | 36 | Fernicors F1 | Luciano Quaggia | IT | Theodore TFR1 | B | 13 | 25:44.904 | 2 Laps | 1:56.921 |
| DNF | 23 | Philippe Bonny | Philippe Bonny | FR | Trojan T103 | B | 2 | 4:13.315 | DNF | 1:59.536 |
| Pos | Total | Driver | Nat | Hock | Aus R1 | Aus R2 | Monza | BH | Nring | P’imao 1 | P’imao 2 | Jar 1 | Jar 2 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 48 | Delane, John | US | 7 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | ||
| 2 | 41 | Sayles, Terry | GB | 5 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 7 | 5 | 5 | 5 | ||
| 3= | 36 | Wuensch, Peter | DE | 10 | 10 | 10 | 6 | ||||||
| - | 36 | Eyre, Richard | GB | 4 | 4 | 4 | 9 | 6 | 6 | 3 | |||
| 5 | 33 | Verdon-Roe, Bobby | GB | 10 | 10 | 10 | 0 | 3 | |||||
| 6 | 28 | Beaumont, Andrew | GB | 6 | 6 | 6 | 4 | 6 | |||||
| 7 | 26 | Bindels, Nico | LU | 3 | 2 | 3 | 10 | 4 | 4 | ||||
| 8 | 23 | Quaggia, Luciano | IT | 6 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 3 | |||
| 9 | 20 | Yamauchi, Hideki | JP | 10 | 10 | ||||||||
| 10 | 19 | Kinch, Nathan | GB | 10 | 9 | ||||||||
| 11 | 16 | Wills, Roger | GB | 6 | 10 | ||||||||
| 12= | 15 | Barber, Richard | GB | 9 | 6 | ||||||||
| - | 15 | Baudoin, Michel | FR | 2 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 1 | |||
| 14= | 12 | Alth, Gunther | AU | 4 | 4 | 4 | |||||||
| - | 12 | Bahlsen, Hubertus | CH | 6 | 6 | ||||||||
| - | 12 | Folch, Joaquin | ES | 6 | 6 | ||||||||
| 17= | 10 | Wilson, John | GB | 10 | |||||||||
| - | 10 | Collins, Dan | GB | 3 | 0 | 7 | |||||||
| - | 10 | Turizio, Cosimo | IT | 4 | 0 | 6 | |||||||
| - | 10 | Austin, Rob | GB | 10 | |||||||||
| 21= | 9 | Hartley, Steve | GB | 6 | 3 | ||||||||
| - | 9 | Kubota, Katsu | JP | 5 | 4 | ||||||||
| 23 | 7 | D’Aubreby, Patrick | FR | 7 | |||||||||
| 24 | 5 | Fort, Laurent | FR | 0 | 1 | 4 | |||||||
| 25= | 4 | Ferrari, Bruno | IT | 0 | 4 | ||||||||
| - | 4 | Bonny, Philippe | FR | 2 | 2 | ||||||||
| 27 | 3 | Lienau, Alexander | DE | 1 | 2 | ||||||||
| 28 | 1 | Walker, Scott | GB | 1 | |||||||||
| 0 | Simmonds, Ian | GB | 0 | ||||||||||
| 0 | Kogan, Abba | BR | 0 | ||||||||||
| 0 | Nearburg, Charles | US | 0 | ||||||||||
| 0 | Scheibner, Timo | DE | 0 | 0 | |||||||||
| 0 | Meyrick, Peter | GB | 0 |
| Pos | Total | Driver | Nat | Car | Class | Hock | Aus 1 | Aus 2 | Monza | BH | Nring | Algarve | Algarve | Jarama | Jarama |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1* | 48 | Delane, John | US | Tyrrell 002 | A | 7 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | ||
| 0 | Alth, Gunther | AU | March 701/9 | A | |||||||||||
| 2 | 12 | Alth, Gunther | AU | March 701/9 | A | 4 | 4 | 4 | |||||||
| 3 | 4 | Ferrari, Bruno | IT | March 701/8 | A | 0 | 4 | ||||||||
| Pos | Total | Driver | Nat | Car | Class | Hock | Aus 1 | Aus 2 | Monza | BH | Nring | Algarve | Algarve | Jarama | Jarama |
| 1 | 36 | Wuensch, Peter | DE | Wolf WR1-2 | B | 10 | 10 | 10 | 6 | ||||||
| 2 | 28 | Beaumont, Andrew | GB | Lotus 76 | B | 0 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 4 | 6 | ||||
| 3 | 23 | Quaggia, Luciano | IT | Theodore TR1 | B | 6 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 3 | |||
| 4 | 20 | Yamauchi, Hideki | JP | March 761 | B | 10 | 10 | ||||||||
| 5 | 16 | Wills, Roger | NZ | Tyrrell _34 | B | 6 | 10 | ||||||||
| 6 | 13 | Barber, Richard | GB | Fittipald1 F5A2 | C | 9 | 4 | ||||||||
| 7= | 10 | Turizio, Cosimo | IT | Hesketh 308E – 4 | B | 4 | 0 | 6 | |||||||
| - | 10 | Austin, Rob | GB | Surtees TS16 | B | 10 | |||||||||
| 9 | 9 | Kubota, Katsu | JP | March 761 | B | 0 | 5 | 4 | |||||||
| 10 | 5 | Fort, Laurent | FR | Surtees TS9B | B | 1 | 4 | ||||||||
| 11 | 3 | Bonny, Philippe | FR | Trojan | B | 2 | 1 | ||||||||
| 12 | 1 | Walker, Scott | GB | Mclaren M23 | B | 1 | |||||||||
| 0 | Nearburg, Charles | US | March 761-B3 | B | 0 | ||||||||||
| 0 | Kogan, Abba | BR | Williams FW06 | B | 0 | ||||||||||
| Pos | Total | Driver | Nat | Car | Class | Hock | Aus 1 | Aus 2 | Monza | BH | Nring | Algarve | Algarve | Jarama | Jarama |
| 1 | 36 | Eyre, Richard | GB | Williams FW08/3 | C | 4 | 4 | 4 | 9 | 6 | 6 | 3 | |||
| 2 | 33 | Verdon-Roe, Bobby | GB | McLaren MP4/1B | C | 10 | 10 | 10 | 3 | ||||||
| 0 | Ratti, Pietro | I | Lotus 78-15 | C | |||||||||||
| 0 | Glasel, Christian | D | McLaren MP4-1B-6 | C | |||||||||||
| 3 | 26 | Bindels, Nico | LU | Lotus 87-3 | C | 3 | 2 | 3 | 10 | 4 | 4 | ||||
| 4 | 19 | Kinch, Nathan | GB | McLaren MP4 | C | 10 | 9 | ||||||||
| 5 | 15 | Baudoin, Michel | FR | Shadow DN9 – 1979 | C | 2 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 1 | |||
| 6= | 12 | Bahlsen , Hubertus | CH | Arrows A4-3 | C | 6 | 6 | ||||||||
| - | 12 | Folch, Joaquin | ES | Brabham BBT49 | C | 6 | 6 | ||||||||
| 8= | 10 | Collins, Dan | GB | Lotus 91-10 | C | 3 | 0 | 7 | |||||||
| - | 10 | Wilson, John | GB | Tyrrell 011 | C | 10 | |||||||||
| 10 | 9 | Hartley, Steve | GB | Arrows A4-4 | C | 6 | 3 | ||||||||
| 11 | 3 | Lienau, Alexander | DE | Lotus 81-02 | C | 1 | 2 | ||||||||
| 0 | Fort, Laurent | FR | Ensign MN180 | C | 0 | ||||||||||
| 0 | Scheibner, Timo | DE | Ligier JS21-3 | C | 0 | 0 | |||||||||
| Pos | Total | Driver | Nat | Car | Class | Hock | Aus 1 | Aus 2 | Monza | BH | Nring | Algarve | Algarve | Jarama | Jarama |
| 1* | 41 | Sayles, Terry | GB | Osella FA1-D | D | 5 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 7 | 5 | 5 | 5 | ||
| 2 | 7 | D’Aubreby, Patrick | GB | Tyrrell 012 | D | 7 | |||||||||
| 0 | Simmonds. Ian | GB | Tyrrell 012 | D | 0 |
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