SOLVED: si_301 - Porsche - 908.3 - 1000km-Nürburgring - Larrousse-Elford - 1971

[sichel]

The manufacturer and type of this racer should be a task for rookies, but which race and which year is it? Who is at the wheel, who was his partner and what result did they achieve?
Score a full point for all answers! 

[driggy.dragos]

The obvious part:
Porsche 908/3
MARTINI RACING TEAM

The tricky part:
race: 1971 ADAC 1000 km-Rennen Nürburgring
driver/(co): Vic Elford (GB)/Gérard Larrousse (F)
result: winner

[sichel]

Almost nothing to add except the info who is sitting at the steering wheel in the picture.
Locked for driggy.dragos

[driggy.dragos]

It should be Gérard Larrousse

[sichel]

You're right, it's the helmet of Gérard Larrousse, Vic Elford wore a red helmet! One point for your brilliant solution.
It was a typical race for the "Green Hell", as Jackie Stewart called the Nürburgring Nordschleife.
Practice: Accident by Ferfried von Hohenzollern, driver okay, Porsche 908/02 not ready to start, gearbox damage on Ferrari 512M of Loos/Pesch, Herbert Müller lent them his spare gearbox!!!
The race: Brilliant start by Jacky Ickx, Ferrari 512PB, fierce battle for second place between Rolf Stommelen, Alfa Romeo T33/3 and Vic Elford Porsche 908/3, Ickx lost the lead on lap six due to loss of coolant.
Jo Siffert changed to the 908/3 of Pedro Rodríguez after the engine mounts broke.
14th lap: Stommelen/Galli: out due to engine failure.
21st lap: Ickx/Regazzoni, in the lead, out due to engine overheating.
Result: Victory for Elford/Larousse ahead of Rodríguez/Siffert, World Brand Championship for Porsche!

[fromwien]

Here an impressive picture of this race. Please note the green barriers. Puzzle-sister-car #4 with Gijs van Lennep on the wheel, "Döttinger Höhe", I believe