in the mugello race, facetti and john fitzpatrick diced the lead in the early stages of the race, only for the englishman to dropped away when his gearlever came loose. facetti continued in the lead until fitzpatrick retook it during a tyre stop. soon afterwards, the car began to overheat with finotto at the wheel and would eventually record a dnf. facetti/finotto soon returned to their winning ways when they took victory in the austria-trophäe, held at the salzburgring. facetti's pole lap was over a second faster by gunnar nilsson's time set the previous season set in the same car, albeit with an engine revised by facetti with some 'italian parts'.