1976 World Championship for Sports Cars
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The 1976 World Championship for Makes was part of the 24th season of FIA World Sportscar Championship motor racing. It was a series for production based cars from the following FIA categories
- Group 5 Special Production Cars
- Group 4 Special Grand Touring Cars
- Group 3 Series Production Grand Touring Cars
- Group 2 Touring Cars
- Group 1 Series Production Touring Cars
The series ran from 21 March 1976 to 4 September 1976, and comprised 7 races in total.
The championship was won by Porsche.
World Sportscar Championship
[edit]Following the 1975 season, the FIA chose to divide the World Championship into two series that would run simultaneously but separately. Open-cockpit sportscars (formerly known as FIA Group 5 Sports Cars, now officially FIA Group 6 Two-Seater Racing Cars) would transfer from the World Championship for Makes to a new World Championship for Sports Cars, while production-based cars (such as the new Group 5 Special Production Cars) would 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.
World Championship for Makes
[edit]Schedule
[edit]| Rnd | Race | Circuit | Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  March Trophy (6 Hours)
|
Mugello Circuit | 21 March |
| 2 | Trofeo Ignazio Giunti (6 Hours)
|
Vallelunga | 4 April |
| 3 |  6 Hours of Silverstone
|
Silverstone Circuit | 9 May |
| 4 |  ADAC 1000km Nürburgring
|
Nürburgring | 30 May |
| 5 |  Martha 1000 (6 Hours)
|
Österreichring | 27 June |
| 6 |  6 Hours of Watkins Glen
|
Watkins Glen International | 10 July |
| 7 |  ACF 6 Hours of Dijon
|
Dijon-Prenois | 4 September |
Race results
[edit]| Rnd | Circuit | Overall Winning Team | Results |
|---|---|---|---|
| Overall Winning Drivers | |||
| Overall Winning Car | |||
| 1 | Mugello Circuit | #4 Martini Racing
|
Results |
Jochen Mass Jacky Ickx
| |||
| Porsche 935 | |||
| 2 | Vallelunga | #1 Martini Racing
|
Results |
| Jochen Mass Jacky Ickx
| |||
| Porsche 935 | |||
| 3 | Silverstone | #4 Hermetite BMW
|
Results |
| John Fitzpatrick Tom Walkinshaw
| |||
| BMW 3.5 CSL | |||
| 4 | Nürburgring | #7 Schnitzer Motorsport
|
Results |
| Albrecht Krebs Dieter Quester
| |||
| BMW 3.5 CSL | |||
| 5 | Österreichring | #12 Schnitzer Motorsport
|
Results |
Dieter Quester Gunnar Nilsson
| |||
| BMW 3.5 CSL | |||
| 6 | Watkins Glen | #4 Martini Racing
|
Results |
Rolf Stommelen Manfred Schurti
| |||
| Porsche 935 | |||
| 7 | Dijon | #1 Martini Racing
|
Results |
| Jochen Mass Jacky Ickx
| |||
| Porsche 935 |
Championship results
[edit]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 with any other cars from that manufacturer merely skipped in the points allocation. Only the best 5 points finishes for each make counted towards the championship with any other points earned not included in the totals. Discarded points are shown in the table below within brackets.
| Pos | Manufacturer | Rd 1 | Rd 2 | Rd 3 | Rd 4 | Rd 5 | Rd 6 | Rd 7 | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Porsche
|
20 | 20 | (15) | 15 | (12) | 20 | 20 | 95 |
| 2 | BMW
|
(3) | 15 | 20 | 20 | 20 | 10 | (6) | 85 |
| 3 | Ford
|
2 | 6 | 8 | |||||
| 4 | De Tomaso
|
2 | 3 | 5 | |||||
| 5= | Lancia
|
3 | 3 | ||||||
| 5= | MG
|
3 | 3 |
In addition to the outright championship the FIA also awarded three Divisional titles.[1] Division 1 was for cars with an engine capacity of up to 2000cc, Division 2 for cars from 2001 to 3000cc and Division 3 for those above 3000cc.[2]
Division 1
[edit]| Pos | Manufacturer | Rd 1 | Rd 2 | Rd 3 | Rd 4 | Rd 5 | Rd 6 | Rd 7 | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Ford
|
20 | 20 | 20 | - | 15 | - | - | 75 |
| 2 | BMW
|
15 | - | - | 20 | 20 | - | - | 55 |
| 3 | Alpine
|
12 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 12 |
| 4 | Volkswagen
|
- | - | - | 6 | - | - | - | 6 |
Division 2
[edit]| Pos | Manufacturer | Rd 1 | Rd 2 | Rd 3 | Rd 4 | Rd 5 | Rd 6 | Rd 7 | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Porsche
|
(20) | (20) | 20 | 20 | 20 | 20 | 20 | 100 |
Division 3
[edit]| Pos | Manufacturer | Rd 1 | Rd 2 | Rd 3 | Rd 4 | Rd 5 | Rd 6 | Rd 7 | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Porsche
|
20 | 20 | (15) | (15) | 15 | 20 | 20 | 95 |
| 2 | BMW
|
(6) | 15 | 20 | 20 | 20 | 10 | (6) | 85 |
| 3 | De Tomaso
|
- | 6 | - | 6 | 6 | - | - | 18 |
| 4 | MG
|
- | - | 6 | - | - | - | - | 6 |
| 5 | Opel
|
- | - | - | 4 | - | - | - | 4 |