a trip to czechoslovakia, saw facetti/finotto triumph once again, beating the more fancied teams for the third time in five rounds. this after their bmw had survived an engine rebuild following qualifying, helping facetti move clear in the championship, with finotto being his nearest rival! after a number non-finishes, the pairing took third place at jarama in spain, and lost the lead in the title race to dieter quester. going into the final round, facetti was just 11 points behind. this round was held at estoril, dominated by the changeable weather. as early leader, grano (now racing for alpina bmw) faltered, facetti took his csl past in the final few minutes of the four-hour race, and scored another win for himself and his partner, finotto. grano's second place with his partner, quester secured the austrian the championship by just six points.