after taking pole position for the 1979 6 ore di mugello in the 935, facetti lead the race until a collision and he wound up in third at the end. after this wcm outing, facetti returned to etcc at vallelunga. after 300 of the 500 km, facetti/finotto were amongst the leading bmws, when finotto pitted with boiling radiator; only moments later eddy joosen pitted with exactly the same problem. repairs were made and both bmws were back at full pace. at the end of 500 km, facetti/finotto were only 9 seconds behind the winners bruno giacomelli/grano/joosen. the next etcc race at mugello, once again was a battle between the bmws. although the result was the same as before the margin of victory was down in just 2.6 seconds.