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1985 - Spa 1000 km

1 September 1985 - Spa-Francorchamps, Belgium


Hans-Joachim Stuck and Derek Bell finish second in a Porsche 962 C, 2m 14.44s behind the winning Lancia LC2 driven by mauro Baldi, Bob Wollek and Riccardo Patrese. Stefan Bellof crashed at Eau Rouge whilst battling with Jackie Ick’s works Porsche 962 on lap 78. The Brun Porsche caught fire and Bellof was pronounced dead of massive internal injuries after he had reached the track hospital.

Overall - 2nd, 3rd : C1 - 2nd, 3rd : GTX - 1st

No. Car # Class Drivers Entrant Pos Class Grid Notes
2 Porsche 962 C 962C-003 C1 Hans-Joachim Stuck (D)/Derek Bell (GB) Rothmans Porsche (D) 2nd 2nd 2nd 122 laps
7 Porsche 956 B 956-117 C1 Klaus Ludwig (D)/Paolo Barilla (I) New Man Joest Racing (D) 3rd 3rd 4th 121 laps
8 Porsche 956 956-104 C1 "John Winter" Louis Krages (D)/Marc Duez (B)/Volker Weidler (D) New Man Joest Racing (D) 6th 6th 9th 120 laps
26 Porsche 956 956-109 C1 Jürgen Lässig (D)/Hervé Regout (B)/Jésus Pareja (E) Obermaier Racing Team (D) 8th 8th 12th 113 laps
10 Porsche 956 956-105 C1 Marc Surer (CH)/Kees Kroesemeijer (NL) Porsche Kremer Racing (D) 11th 10th 7th 108 laps
160 Porsche 935 930 890 0017 GTX "Victor" Vittorio Coggiola (I)/Tony Palma (I)/Luigi Taverna (I) 'Victor' (I) 20th 1st 28th 87 laps
19 Porsche 956 B 956-116 C1 Stefan Bellof (D)/Thierry Boutsen (B) Brun Motorsport (CH) DNF 3rd 77 laps - Fatal Accident
1 Porsche 962 C 962C-004 C1 Jacky Ickx (B)/Jochen Mass (B) Rothmans Porsche (D) DNF 6th 77 laps - Accident
18 Porsche 956 956-106 C1 Oscar Larrauri (RA)/Massimo Sigala (I) Brun Motorsport (CH) DNF 10th 70 laps - Electrics


World Endurance Championship     Spa 1000 km


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