1976 World Sportscar Championship
The 1976 World Sports Car Championship season was part of the 24th season of FIA World Sportscar Championship motor racing. It featured the 1976 World Championship for Sports Cars,[1] which was open to Group 6 cars,[2] officially referred to as "Two-Seater Racing Cars (Group 6)",[3] as well as the 1976 FIA Cup for Cars up to 2 Litres.[4] The championship was contested over a seven race series which ran from 4 April to 19 September and was won by Porsche.[5]
1976 World Sportscar Championship season | |||
Previous: | 1975 | Next: | 1977 |
Schedule
Rnd | Race | Circuit | Date |
---|---|---|---|
1 | ADAC Nürburgring 300 km | Nürburgring | April 4 |
2 | Trofeo Filippo Caracciolo (4 Hours) | Autodromo Nazionale Monza | April 25 |
3 | Trofeo Ignazio Giunti (500 km) | Autodromo Dino Ferrari | May 23 |
4 | Coppa Florio (4 Hours) | Autodromo di Pergusa | June 27 |
5 | Player's 200 | Mosport | August 22 |
6 | ACF 500 km of Dijon | Dijon-Prenois | September 5 |
7 | Elan Trophy (200 miles) | Salzburgring | September 19 |
Season results
Races
Rnd | Circuit | Winning Team | 2-Litre Winning Team | Results |
---|---|---|---|---|
Winning Drivers | 2-Litre Winning drivers | |||
Winning Car | 2-Litre Winning Car | |||
1 | Nürburgring | #5 Joest Racing | #40 Helmut Bross | Results |
Reinhold Joest | Helmut Bross | |||
Porsche 908/3 | Lola T294-BMW | |||
2 | Monza | #3 Martini Racing | #22 Ateneo | Results |
Jochen Mass Jacky Ickx |
"Amphicar" Armando Floridia | |||
Porsche 936 | Osella PA4-BMW | |||
3 | Imola | #7 Martini Racing | #30 Torino Corse | Results |
Jochen Mass Jacky Ickx |
Roby Filannino Ermanno Pettiti | |||
Porsche 936 | Osella PA4-BMW | |||
4 | Pergusa | #4 Martini Racing | #35 Roby Filannino | Results |
Jochen Mass Rolf Stommelen |
Roby Filannino Ermanno Pettiti | |||
Porsche 936 | Osella PA4-BMW | |||
5 | Mosport | #20 Martini Racing | #47 Anthony R. Cicale | Results† |
Jacky Ickx | Tony Cicale | |||
Porsche 936 | Chevron B26-Hart | |||
6 | Dijon | #6 Martini Racing | #34 Racing Organisation Course | Results |
Jochen Mass Jacky Ickx |
Jean-Louis Lafosse Jean-Pierre Jaussaud | |||
Porsche 936 | Chevron B36-ROC | |||
7 | Salzburgring | #3 Martini Racing | Results | |
Jochen Mass | Dieter Quester | |||
Porsche 936 | 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 10 finishers in the order of 20-15-12-10-8-6-4-3-2-1. Manufacturers were only given points for their highest finishing car; any other cars from that manufacturer were merely skipped in the points standings.
Only the best 5 points finishes counted towards the championship, with any other points earned not included in the total. Discarded points are shown within brackets in the table below.
Pos [1] | Manufacturer [1] | Rd 1 [1] | Rd 2 [1] | Rd 3 [1] | Rd 4 [1] | Rd 5 [1] | Rd 6 [1] | Rd 7 [1] | Total [1] |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Porsche | 20 | 20 | 20 | 20 | 20 | (20) | (20) | 100 |
2= | Alpine | 15 | 2 | 15 | 15 | 47 | |||
2= | Osella | 10 | 10 | 15 | 12 | 47 | |||
4 | Lola | 15 | 3 | 6 | 8 | 8 | 40 | ||
5 | March | 10 | 1 | 3 | 12 | 4 | 30 | ||
6 | Chevron | 1 | 4 | 10 | 4 | 4 | 23 | ||
7 | Alfa Romeo | 15 | 15 | ||||||
8 | Mirage | 12 | 12 | ||||||
9= | KMW [6] | 4 | 4 | 8 | |||||
9= | McLaren | 8 | 8 | ||||||
9= | Sauber | 8 | 8 | ||||||
12 | Abarth | 6 | 6 | ||||||
13 | 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.[7]
- The fifth round at Mosport was also contested by Group 7 Can-Am cars which were not eligible for World Championship points.[8]
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.[4]
Position [4] | Manufacturer [4] | Nur [4] | Mon [4] | Imo [4] | Ena [4] | Mos [4] | Dij [4] | Sal [4] | Total [4] |
1 | Lola | 20 | 10 | 12 | - | 15 | 20 | - | 77 |
2 | Osella | - | 20 | 20 | 20 | - | 6 | - | 66 |
3 | Chevron | - | - | 6 | 8 | 20 | 15 | 12 | 61 |
4 | March | 15 | 8 | 8 | 15 | - | - | - | 46 |
5 | Sauber | - | - | - | - | - | - | 20 | 20 |
6 | Abarth | - | - | - | - | - | - | 15 | 15 |
7 | Ford | 12 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 12 |
World Championship of Makes
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. Events in which both types of car ran, such as the 24 Hours of Le Mans, were not counted towards either championship. The World Championship for Makes was won by Porsche.
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
- Automobile Year, 1976/77, pages 224 to 227
- 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