VIII Grande Prémio de Angola de 1965 disputado em 28-11-1965
Ainda a grid (foto da colecção de kadypress/Ricardo Duarte)
EVEN UNDER THE AFRICAN PALM TREES the Ford-Ferrari combat is raging.
Here, at the start of the 8th Angolan Grand Prix, Jo Schlesser (F) is
first away in a 7-litre A.C. Cobra 427 Roadster. Herbert Müller (D,
Ferrari 250LM), Denis Hulme (NZ, Brabham-Climax BT8
and pole-setter David Piper (GB, Ferrari 365P2) complete the first row. PHOTO: AUTOSPORT, December 10, 1965, p. 959.
VIII Grande Prémio de Angola de 1965 disputado em 28-11-1965
December 4-5, 1965 - At the Angolan Grand Prix venue is this year
excellent. Jo Schlesser is here with Ford France's 7.0 A.C. Cobra 427
Roadster. The only other Cobra, a more conventional 289 Roadster, will
be driven by the local Keith Schellenberg. Opposition has to come from
no less than seven Ferraris. David Piper is present in the ex-works,
ex-Filipinetti 4.4 Ferrari 365P2 in Group 7 configuration. Herbert
Müller starts in the Scuderia Filipinetti 3.3 Ferrari 250LM. Jacques
Swaeters of the Écurie Nationale Belge has two LMs for Le Mans hero
Pierre Dumay (he finished second behind Rindt/Gregory) and for Gerald
Langlois van Ophem. Vic Willson has the Team Chamaco 250LM and Peter
Clarke is here with his own LM. There is also the LM of Alvaro Lopez
and a pure street 3.3 Ferrari 275GTB entered by Aquiles de Brito.
VIII Grande Prémio de Angola de 1965 disputado em 28-11-1965
A grid...
The 1960-61 Kyalami Nine Hours winner, Dawie Simon Gous, shows with a
two year old but well prepared 2.0 Elva-Porsche Mk7 with Denis Hulme
(NZ) in the Sid Taylor entered Brabham-Climax BT8, Rolf Stommelen and
"Eldé" - Belgium's Léon Dernier - in their Porsches 904GTS as direct
competitors for the 2-litre honours.
Practice goes from ... 5 a.m. until 7.30 a.m. since the circuit uses
some main streets of Luanda. Pole position goes to David Piper (Ferrari
365P2), ahead of Denis Hulme's Brabham-Climax BT8, earlier this year
already winner of the 30th Tourist Trophy. Herbert Müller (Ferrari LM)
and Jo Schlesser (Cobra 427) complete the first row, followed by three
other LMs.
In the early stages of the race we find three cars together, rocketing
absolutely wheel-to-wheel over the rough track: Piper (Ferrari P2),
Schlesser (Cobra) and Hulme (Brabham). The little Brabham-Climax BT8,
dwarfed by the Ferrari and the Cobra, is beginning to emerge as then
lap 34, after 68 miles, the rear suspension of the Cobra 427 caves in,
and the unhappy Jo the Furious (Schlesser) has to retire. Shortly after
the Sid Taylor owned Brabham pulls into the pits, Hulme complaining of
lacking front brakes. The balance is adjusted, and the Brabham comes
back on the circuit in fifth position, headed by Piper, Müller
(Filipinetti Ferrari LM), Dumay (Francorchamps' LM) and Wilson (Chamaco
LM). On lap 70, on two thirds of the race, when Hulme is already third,
a rear wishbone breaks on the Brabham BT8. He has to retire. He's
followed by Stommelen with a burnt camshaft on his Porsche 904GTS and
by Pius Zund with a broken suspension on his Lotus 30. The much
publicised Iso A3C Grifo Rivolta of Pierre de Siebenthal was abandoned
earlier.
After 300 kilometres Piper receives the chequered flag with three
Ferrari 250LMS on the three following places. The two-litre class is
won by South-Africa's Dawie Gous in his Elva Mk7, ahead of Belgium's
Léon Dernier ("Eldé") in a Porsche 904GTS and by the local Ising Rainer
in a similar machinery.
Passionating was the fight for Grand Touring honours between the
steel-bodied Ferrari 287GTB of Aquilles de Brito and Keith Schellenberg
in the ex-Ropner Cobra 289. The last, on holiday with his wife, was not
intended to race, but once in it, was duelling with the Ferrari for any
metre. Finally De Brito won that fight, finishing 9th overall.
Result - 1. David Piper (4.4 Ferrari 365P2), 2. Herbert Müller (3.3
Ferrari 250LM) at 1 lap, 3. Pierre Dumay (3.3 Ferrari 250LM) at 4 laps,
4. Vic Wilson (3.3 Ferrari 250LM) at 5 laps, 5. Dawie Simon Gous (2.0
Elva-Porsche Mk7), 6. "Eldé" (2.0 Porsche 904GTS), 7. Alvaro Lopez (3.3
Ferrari 250LM), 8. Ising Rainer (2.0 Porsche 904GTS), 9. Aquilles de
Brito (3.3 Ferrari 275GTB), 10. Gerald Langlois van Ophem (3.3 Ferrari
250LM), 11. Peter Clarke (3.3 Fe
rrari 250LM), 12. Keith Schellenberg (AC Cobra 289 Roadster), etc.
