main rival for the 1979 title was grano (luigi bmw), and while he and facetti/finotto both suffered from blown head gaskets at brno, the green jolly club bmw could salvage the car to second place the end of the race. the trip to the nürburgring, saw the first time this season, the pair won a race after they took pole as well. next on the etcc agenda was zandvoort, which saw the jolly club pairing head another bmw 1-2 finish. the bmw dominated the race at salzburgring, taking all the steps of the podium, with facetti/finotto on the number one step, completing a hat-trick of victories.