1975 World Sportscar Championship Explained

The 1975 World Sportscar Championship season was the 23rd season of FIA World Sportscar Championship motor racing. It featured the 1975 World Championship for Makes[1] which was open to Group 5 Sports Cars and Group 4 Special GT Cars.[2] It also included the FIA Cup for GT Cars and the FIA Cup for 2-Litre Cars.[1] The three titles were contested concurrently over a nine race series which ran from 1 February to 12 July 1975.

Schedule

RndRaceCircuit or LocationDate
1 24 Hours of DaytonaDaytona International Speedway1 February
2 February
2 1000 km of MugelloMugello Circuit23 March
3 800 km of DijonDijon-Prenois6 April
4 Trofeo Filippo Caracciolo (1000km)Autodromo Nazionale Monza20 April
5 1000km SpaCircuit de Spa-Francorchamps4 May
6 Coppa Florio (1000 km)Autodromo di Pergusa18 May
7 1000km NürburgringNürburgring1 June
8 1000km ZeltwegÖsterreichring29 June
9 Watkins Glen 6 HoursWatkins Glen International12 July
† Due to a lack of Group 5 entries, the FIA initially rescinded the championship status of the Daytona race. Several months after the event the FIA retroactively conferred championship status to the race and placed cars into the classes they would theoretically have entered.[3]

Season results

Races

RndCircuitWinning TeamGT Winning Team2-Litre Winning TeamResults
Winning DriversGT Winning Drivers2-Litre Winning Drivers
1Daytona #59 Brumos Porsche[4] #71 North American Racing TeamNoneResults
Hurley Haywood
Peter Gregg
Jon Woodner
Fred Phillips
2Mugello #5 Elf Alpine-Renault #44 Gelo Racing Team
  1. 24 KVG Racing
Results
Jean-Pierre Jabouille
Gérard Larrousse
John Fitzpatrick
Toine Hezemans
Manfred Schurti
John Hine
Ian Grob
3Dijon-Prenois #2 Willi Kauhsen Racing Team #33 Gelo Racing Team
  1. 18 KVG Racing
Results
Arturo Merzario
Jacques Laffite
John Fitzpatrick
Toine Hezemans
Ian Grob
John Hine
4Monza #2 Willi Kauhsen Racing TeamNone #15 Eqipe Elf SwitzerlandResults
Arturo Merzario
Jacques Laffite
Lella Lombardi
Marie-Claude Beaumont
5Spa-Francorchamps #2 Willi Kauhsen Racing Team #42 Porsche Club Romand #34 Peter SmithResults
Henri Pescarolo
Derek Bell
Claude Haldi
Bernard Béguin
Peter Smith
John Turner
6Pergusa #1 Willi Kauhsen Racing Team #48 Tebernum Porsche Racing
  1. 27 Scuderia Citta dei Mille
Results
Arturo Merzario
Jochen Mass
Hartwig Bertrams
Clemens Schickentanz
Reine Wisell
Giancarlo Gagliardi
"Bramen"
7Nürburgring #1 Willi Kauhsen Racing Team #54 Jägermeister Kremer Racing
  1. 30 March-Hart Racing
Results
Arturo Merzario
Jacques Laffite
Helmut Kelleners
Hans Heyer
Bob Wollek
David Morgan
John Lepp
Vern Schuppan
8Österreichring #2 Willi Kauhsen Racing TeamNone
  1. 29 March Racing
Results
Henri Pescarolo
Derek Bell
David Morgan
John Lepp
9Watkins Glen #4 Willi Kauhsen Racing Team #95 Bob Hagestad Porsche-AudiNoneResults
Henri Pescarolo
Derek Bell
Bob Hagestad
Hurley Haywood

World Championship for Makes

Points towards the World Championship for Makes were awarded to the top 10 positions in each race in the order of 20-15-12-10-8-6-4-3-2-1.[5] Points were awarded to the position gained by the highest placed car from each make with any positions filled by other cars from the same make not attracting points. No points were awarded to positions gained by cars other than Group 5 Sports Cars and Group 4 Special GT Cars.

Only the 7 best results were retained for championship classification.[6] Discarded points are shown (below) within brackets

Pos.MakeRd 1Rd 2Rd 3Rd 4Rd 5Rd 6Rd 7Rd 8Rd 9Total
1 Alfa Romeo(15)20202020202020140
2 Porsche20121515121212(12)(10)98
3 Alpine-Renault2012101254
4 Chevron8123261436
5 Mirage1515
6 March4812
7 Ligier4610
Lola13610
9 Ferrari44
10 Chevrolet33

FIA Cup for GT Cars

Pos.MakeRd 1Rd 2Rd 3Rd 4Rd 5Rd 6Rd 7Rd 8Rd 9Total
1 Porsche15202020202020135
2 Ferrari2020
3 Chevrolet81018
4 De Tomaso88
5 Datsun33

FIA Cup for 2-Litre Cars

Pos.MakeRd 1Rd 2Rd 3Rd 4Rd 5Rd 6Rd 7Rd 8Rd 9Total
1 Chevron20201520202015130
2 Lola15152050
3 Alpine15122047

Notes and references

  1. 1976 FIA Yearbook, Grey section, pages 91-93
  2. Peter Higham, The Guinness Guide to International Motor Racing, 1995, page 259
  3. János Wimpffen, Daytona 24 Hours, Time and Two Seats, 1999, pages 1006-1010
  4. Rusz. Joe. Legendary Porsche 911 Racing Teams. Road & Track. October 2011. 63. 2. 62.
  5. Peter Higham, The Guinness Guide to International Motor Racing, 1995, page 260
  6. Results, Automobile Year 1975/76, page 232

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