It was a highly anticipated duel and Briton Stuart Hall, in a 1973 McLaren M23 (ex-Jody Scheckter), won the “Niki Lauda” Race E, claiming his second win of a cloudy Sunday morning.

Starting from pole position, Hall resisted until the chequered flag te black and gold Lotus 76 (ex-Ronnie Peterson) driven by German Marco Werner, a treble winner of Le Mans 24 Hours. Placed on the front row, Roberto Moreno, the former Benetton F1 driver, slightly jumped the start, in his 1974 Lola T370 carrying the livery of Graham Hill‘s Embassy team, then he was penalized by ten seconds

The podium was therefore completed by the inevitable Michael Lyons, who had passed Moreno any way, in a McLaren M26 (ex-James Hunt). In the pack, the show was provided by the superb Shadows of Max Smith-Hilliard, Gregor Fisken and Jean-Denis Delétraz (ex-Jean-Pierre Jarier) fighting throughout the race (17 laps) with a Lotus 77 ( ex-Peterson) driven by Nick Padmore and a Penske PC3 (ex-John Watson) by Matthew Wrigley.