1975 World Sportscar Championship
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
[edit]| Rnd | Race | Circuit or Location | Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  24 Hours of Daytona† | Daytona International Speedway | 1 February 2 February |
| 2 |  1000 km of Mugello | Mugello Circuit | 23 March |
| 3 |  800 km of Dijon | Dijon-Prenois | 6 April |
| 4 | Trofeo Filippo Caracciolo (1000km) | Autodromo Nazionale Monza | 20 April |
| 5 |  1000km Spa | Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps | 4 May |
| 6 | Coppa Florio (1000 km) | Autodromo di Pergusa | 18 May |
| 7 |  1000km Nürburgring | Nürburgring | 1 June |
| 8 |  1000km Zeltweg | Österreichring | 29 June |
| 9 | Watkins Glen 6 Hours | Watkins Glen International | 12 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† Due to a lack of Group 5 entries, the FIA initially rescinded the championship status of the Daytona race.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
[edit]Races
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World Championship for Makes
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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.[6] | Make[6] | Rd 1 | Rd 2 | Rd 3 | Rd 4 | Rd 5 | Rd 6 | Rd 7 | Rd 8 | Rd 9 | Total[6] |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Alfa Romeo | (15) | 20 | 20 | 20 | 20 | 20 | 20 | 20 | 140 | |
| 2 | Porsche | 20 | 12 | 15 | 15 | 12 | 12 | 12 | (12) | (10) | 98 |
| 3 | Alpine-Renault | 20 | 12 | 10 | 12 | 54 | |||||
| 4 |  Chevron | 8 | 12 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 1 | 4 | 36 | ||
| 5 | Mirage | 15 | 15 | ||||||||
| 6 | March | 4 | 8 | 12 | |||||||
| 7 | Ligier | 4 | 6 | 10 | |||||||
| Lola | 1 | 3 | 6 | 10 | |||||||
| 9 | Ferrari | 4 | 4 | ||||||||
| 10 | Chevrolet | 3 | 3 |
FIA Cup for GT Cars
[edit]| Pos.[6] | Make[6] | Rd 1 | Rd 2 | Rd 3 | Rd 4 | Rd 5 | Rd 6 | Rd 7 | Rd 8 | Rd 9 | Total[6] |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Porsche | 15 | 20 | 20 | 20 | 20 | 20 | 20 | 135 | ||
| 2 | Ferrari | 20 | 20 | ||||||||
| 3 | Chevrolet | 8 | 10 | 18 | |||||||
| 4 | De Tomaso | 8 | 8 | ||||||||
| 5 |  Datsun | 3 | 3 |
FIA Cup for 2-Litre Cars
[edit]| Pos.[1] | Make[1] | Rd 1 | Rd 2 | Rd 3 | Rd 4 | Rd 5 | Rd 6 | Rd 7 | Rd 8 | Rd 9 | Total[1] |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Chevron | 20 | 20 | 15 | 20 | 20 | 20 | 15 | 130 | ||
| 2 | Lola | 15 | 15 | 20 | 50 | ||||||
| 3 | Alpine | 15 | 12 | 20 | 47 |
Notes and references
[edit]- ^ a b c d e 1976 FIA Yearbook, Grey section, pages 91-93
- ^ Peter Higham, The Guinness Guide to International Motor Racing, 1995, page 259
- ^ János Wimpffen, Daytona 24 Hours, Time and Two Seats, 1999, pages 1006-1010
- ^ Rusz, Joe (October 2011). "Legendary Porsche 911 Racing Teams". Road & Track. 63 (2): 62.
- ^ Peter Higham, The Guinness Guide to International Motor Racing, 1995, page 260
- ^ a b c d e f g Results, Automobile Year 1975/76, page 232