facetti/finotto had a dramatic time at brands hatch, when they lost the lead of the 500 km race. they were comfortably head of the field for 100 of the 120 laps, when the gear level broke in their old bmw csl. after quick repairs, facetti set off desperately to regain ground loss to the rival luigi bmw. just a few laps, he had a patch of oil and shot into the catch fencing surrounding the track. another retirement at the next race, jarama, this time due fuel feed problems. their third dnf in a row was down the issues with the cooling system at österreichring