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1976 World Sportscar Championship
Racing tournament
Racing tournament
The 1976 World Sports Car Championship (officially the World Championship for Sports Cars,) was a motor racing series open to Group 6 cars, (officially Two-Seater Racing Cars (Group 6)). The championship was contested over a seven race series which ran from 4 April to 19 September and included a secondary award, the 1976 FIA Cup for Cars up to 2 Litres. 1976 was the 24th season of FIA World Sportscar Championship racing.
The championship was won by Porsche and the FIA Cup by Lola.
Schedule
| Rnd | Race | Circuit | Date | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Germany ADAC Nürburgring 300 km | Nürburgring | April 4 | ||||||||
| Italy Trofeo Filippo Caracciolo (4 Hours) | Autodromo Nazionale Monza | April 25 | ||||||||
| Italy Trofeo Ignazio Giunti (500 km) | Autodromo Dino Ferrari | May 23 | ||||||||
| Italy Coppa Florio (4 Hours) | Autodromo di Pergusa | June 27 | ||||||||
| Canada Player's 200 | Mosport | August 22 | ||||||||
| France ACF 500 km of Dijon | Dijon-Prenois | September 5 | ||||||||
| Austria Elan Trophy (200 miles) | Salzburgring | September 19 |
Season results
Races
| Rnd | Winning team | 2-Litre Winning Team | Winning drivers | 2-Litre Winning drivers | Winning car | 2-Litre Winning Car | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Circuit | Results | ||||||||||||
| Nürburgring | Germany #5 Joest Racing | Germany #40 Helmut Bross | Results | ||||||||||
| Germany Reinhold Joest | Germany Helmut Bross | ||||||||||||
| Germany Porsche 908/3 | GBR Lola T294-BMW | ||||||||||||
| Monza | Germany #3 Martini Racing | #22 Ateneo | Results | ||||||||||
| Germany Jochen Mass | |||||||||||||
| Belgium Jacky Ickx | Italy "Amphicar" | ||||||||||||
| Italy Armando Floridia | |||||||||||||
| Germany Porsche 936 | Italy Osella PA4-BMW | ||||||||||||
| Imola | Germany #7 Martini Racing | #30 Torino Corse | Results | ||||||||||
| Germany Jochen Mass | |||||||||||||
| Belgium Jacky Ickx | Italy Roby Filannino | ||||||||||||
| Italy Ermanno Pettiti | |||||||||||||
| Germany Porsche 936 | Italy Osella PA4-BMW | ||||||||||||
| Pergusa | Germany #4 Martini Racing | Italy #35 Roby Filannino | Results | ||||||||||
| Germany Jochen Mass | |||||||||||||
| Germany Rolf Stommelen | Italy Roby Filannino | ||||||||||||
| Italy Ermanno Pettiti | |||||||||||||
| Germany Porsche 936 | Italy Osella PA4-BMW | ||||||||||||
| Mosport | Germany #20 Martini Racing | #47 Anthony R. Cicale | Results† | ||||||||||
| Belgium Jacky Ickx | USA Tony Cicale | ||||||||||||
| Germany Porsche 936 | GBR Chevron B26-Hart | ||||||||||||
| Dijon | Germany #6 Martini Racing | #34 Racing Organisation Course | Results | ||||||||||
| Germany Jochen Mass | |||||||||||||
| Belgium Jacky Ickx | France Jean-Louis Lafosse | ||||||||||||
| France Jean-Pierre Jaussaud | |||||||||||||
| Germany Porsche 936 | GBR Chevron B36-ROC | ||||||||||||
| Salzburgring | Germany #3 Martini Racing | Results | |||||||||||
| Germany Jochen Mass | Austria Dieter Quester | ||||||||||||
| Germany Porsche 936 | Italy Osella PA4-BMW |
† - In the race, Ickx finished behind two Group 7 CanAm cars, but these large capacity cars were not eligible for Group 6 championship points.
Results - 1976 World Championship for Sports Cars
Points were awarded to the top ten finishers in each race in the order of 20-15-12-10-8-6-4-3-2-1. Manufacturers were only awarded points for their highest finishing car in each race with no points awarded for any additional placing gained.
Only the best 5 points finishes per manufacturer could be retained towards the championship, with any other points earned not included in the totals. Discarded points are shown within brackets in the table below.
| Pos | Manufacturer | Rd 1 | Rd 2 | Rd 3 | Rd 4 | Rd 5 | Rd 6 | Rd 7 | Total | 1 | 2= | 2= | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9= | 9= | 9= | 12 | 13 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Germany Porsche | 20 | 20 | 20 | 20 | 20 | (20) | (20) | 100 | ||||||||||||||
| France Alpine | 15 | 2 | 15 | 15 | 47 | |||||||||||||||||
| Italy Osella | 10 | 10 | 15 | 12 | 47 | |||||||||||||||||
| United Kingdom Lola | 15 | 3 | 6 | 8 | 8 | 40 | ||||||||||||||||
| United Kingdom March | 10 | 1 | 3 | 12 | 4 | 30 | ||||||||||||||||
| United Kingdom Chevron | 1 | 4 | 10 | 4 | 4 | 23 | ||||||||||||||||
| Italy Alfa Romeo | 15 | 15 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| United Kingdom Mirage | 12 | 12 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Germany KMW | 4 | 4 | 8 | |||||||||||||||||||
| United Kingdom McLaren | 8 | 8 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Switzerland Sauber | 8 | 8 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Italy Abarth | 6 | 6 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Switzerland Cheetah | 2 | 2 |
- The opening round at the Nürburgring was also contested by Group 4 GT cars which were not eligible for World Championship points.
- The fifth round at Mosport was also contested by Group 7 Can-Am cars which were not eligible for World Championship points.
The cars
The following cars contributed to the nett championship pointscores of their respective manufacturers:
- Porsche 908/4 & Porsche 936
- Alpine Renault A442
- Osella PA4 BMW
- Lola T292/4 BMW, Lola T292 Ford, Lola T292 T290/4 Ford & Lola T292 Hart & Lola T286 Ford
- March 75S BMW
- Chevron B36 ROC & Chevron B23 Ford & Chevron B26 Hart & Chevron B26 Ford
- Alfa Romeo 33TS12
- Mirage GR8 Ford
- KMW SP30 Porsche
- McLaren M8F Chevrolet
- Sauber SC5 BMW
- Abarth-Osella SE027 BMW
- Cheetah G601 BMW
FIA Cup for Cars up to 2 Litres
The 1976 FIA Cup for Cars up to 2 Litres was contested concurrently with the 1976 World Championship for Sports Cars.
| 7 | USA Ford | 12 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 12 |
|---|
World Championship of Makes
Main article: 1976 World Championship for Makes season
For the 1976 season, the FIA chose to run two separate World Championships for "sportscars". Open-cockpit Group 6 cars would contest the new World Championship for Sports Cars, while production-based cars, including Group 5 Special Production Cars, would now contest the World Championship for Makes. The 1976 24 Hours of Le Mans, which was open to both types of cars, did not count towards either championship. The World Championship for Makes was won by Porsche.
References
References
- Results of the 1976 FIA International Championships - World Championship for Sports Cars, 1977 FIA Yearbook, pages 86 & 87
- János L. Wimpffen, Time and Two Seats, 1999, Page 1040
- 1976 FIA Yearbook, page 9
- Results of the 1976 FIA International Championships - FIA Cup for Cars up to 2 Litres, 1977 FIA Yearbook, page 87
- The 1977 FIA Yearbook results table shows this manufacturer as "BMW". János L. Wimpffen, Time and Two Seats, 1999 (on page 1089) lists the championship place as awarded to "KMW" and (on pages 1055 to 1057) shows the 7th placed "Sports" car at both the Nürburgring and Monza rounds as a "KMW-Porsche SP30"
- János L. Wimpffen, Time and Two Seats, 1999, Page 1079
- János L. Wimpffen, Time and Two Seats, 1999, Page 1053
- [http://www.classicscars.com/wspr/results/wscc/ms1976.html World Championship 1976, www.classicscars.com] (Note that the page shows results for both the seven rounds of the 1976 World Championship for Makes and the seven rounds of the 1976 World Championship for Sports Cars) Retrieved 16 March 2021
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