1975 World Sportscar Championship

Racing tournament 1975 World Sportscar Championship 1974 1976 (WCM)1976 (WSC) The 1975 World Sportscar Championship season was the 23rd season of FIA World Sportscar Championship motor racing. It featured the 1975 World Championship for Makes1976 FIA Yearbook, Grey section, pages 91-93 which was open to Group 5 Sports Cars and Group 4 Special GT Cars.Peter Higham, The Guinness Guide to International Motor Racing, 1995, page 259 It also included the FIA Cup for GT Cars and the FIA Cup for 2-Litre Cars. The three titles were contested concurrently over a nine race series which ran from 1 February to 12 July 1975. Schedule The 1975 24 Hours of Le Mans was not part of the Championship as the ACO rule makers required better fuel economy in the wake of the 1973 oil crisis. Rnd Race Circuit or Location Date 1 USA 24 Hours of Daytona† Daytona International Speedway 1 February2 February 2 ITA 1000 km of Mugello Mugello Circuit 23 March 3 FRA 800 km of Dijon Dijon-Prenois 6 April 4 ITA Trofeo Filippo Caracciolo (1000km) Autodromo Nazionale Monza 20 April 5 BEL 1000km Spa Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps 4 May 6 ITA Coppa Florio (1000 km) Autodromo di Pergusa 18 May 7 DEU 1000km Nürburgring Nürburgring 1 June 8 AUT 1000km Zeltweg Österreichring 29 June 9 USA Watkins Glen 6 Hours Watkins Glen International 12 July † Due to a lack of Group 5 entries, the FIA initially rescinded the championship status of the Daytona race.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.János Wimpffen, Daytona 24 Hours, Time and Two Seats, 1999, pages 1006-1010 Season results Races Rnd Circuit Winning team GT Winning Team 2-Litre Winning Team Results Winning drivers GT Winning Drivers 2-Litre Winning Drivers 1 Daytona USA #59 Brumos PorscheRusz Joe Legendary Porsche 911 Racing Teams Road & Track October 2011 63 2 62 USA #71 North American Racing Team None Results USA Hurley HaywoodUSA Peter Gregg USA Jon WoodnerUSA Fred Phillips 2 Mugello FRA #5 Elf Alpine-Renault DEU #44 Gelo Racing Team #24 KVG Racing Results FRA Jean-Pierre JabouilleFRA Gérard Larrousse GBR John FitzpatrickNLD Toine HezemansLIE Manfred Schurti GBR John Hine GBR Ian Grob 3 Dijon-Prenois DEU #2 Willi Kauhsen Racing Team DEU #33 Gelo Racing Team #18 KVG Racing Results ITA Arturo MerzarioFRA Jacques Laffite GBR John FitzpatrickNLD Toine Hezemans GBR Ian Grob GBR John Hine 4 Monza DEU #2 Willi Kauhsen Racing Team None SWI #15 Eqipe Elf Switzerland Results ITA Arturo MerzarioFRA Jacques Laffite ITA Lella Lombardi FRA Marie-Claude Beaumont 5 Spa-Francorchamps DEU #2 Willi Kauhsen Racing Team CHE #42 Porsche Club Romand GBR #34 Peter Smith Results FRA Henri PescaroloGBR Derek Bell CHE Claude HaldiFRA Bernard Béguin GBR Peter Smith GBR John Turner 6 Pergusa DEU #1 Willi Kauhsen Racing Team DEU #48 Tebernum Porsche Racing #27 Scuderia Citta dei Mille Results ITA Arturo MerzarioDEU Jochen Mass DEU Hartwig BertramsDEU Clemens SchickentanzSWE Reine Wisell ITA Giancarlo Gagliardi ITA "Bramen" 7 Nürburgring DEU #1 Willi Kauhsen Racing Team DEU #54 Jägermeister Kremer Racing #30 March-Hart Racing Results ITA Arturo MerzarioFRA Jacques Laffite DEU Helmut KellenersDEU Hans HeyerFRA Bob Wollek GBR David Morgan GBR John Lepp AUS Vern Schuppan 8 Österreichring DEU #2 Willi Kauhsen Racing Team None #29 March Racing Results FRA Henri PescaroloGBR Derek Bell GBR David Morgan GBR John Lepp 9 Watkins Glen DEU #4 Willi Kauhsen Racing Team USA #95 Bob Hagestad Porsche-Audi None Results FRA Henri PescaroloGBR Derek Bell USA Bob HagestadUSA Hurley Haywood World Championship for Makes thumb|right|Alfa Romeo won the 1975 World Championship for Makes with the Alfa Romeo 33TT12 thumb|right|Porsche placed second in the championship with the 911 Carrera RSR and 908/3 (pictured). thumb|right|Alpine Renault placed third in the championship with the A441 & A442 (pictured). 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.Peter Higham, The Guinness Guide to International Motor Racing, 1995, page 260 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.Results, Automobile Year 1975/76, page 232 Discarded points are shown (below) within brackets Pos. Make Rd 1 Rd 2 Rd 3 Rd 4 Rd 5 Rd 6 Rd 7 Rd 8 Rd 9 Total 1 ITA Alfa Romeo (15) 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 140 2 DEU Porsche 20 12 15 15 12 12 12 (12) (10) 98 3 FRA Alpine-Renault 20 12 10 12 54 4 GBR Chevron 8 12 3 2 6 1 4 36 5 GBR Mirage 15 15 6 GBR March 4 8 12 7 FRA Ligier 4 6 10 GBR Lola 1 3 6 10 9 ITA Ferrari 4 4 10 USA Chevrolet 3 3 FIA Cup for GT Cars Pos. Make Rd 1 Rd 2 Rd 3 Rd 4 Rd 5 Rd 6 Rd 7 Rd 8 Rd 9 Total 1 DEU Porsche 15 20 20 20 20 20 20 135 2 ITA Ferrari 20 20 3 USA Chevrolet 8 10 18 4 ITA De Tomaso 8 8 5 JPN Datsun 3 3 FIA Cup for 2-Litre Cars Pos. Make Rd 1 Rd 2 Rd 3 Rd 4 Rd 5 Rd 6 Rd 7 Rd 8 Rd 9 Total 1 GBR Chevron 20 20 15 20 20 20 15 130 2 GBR Lola 15 15 20 50 3 FRA Alpine 15 12 20 47 Notes and references External links 1975 championship review at www.international-auto.com 1975 championship points and race results at www.teamdan.com 1975 championship race results at wspr-racing.com 1975 championship images at www.racingsportscars.com Category:World Sportscar Championship seasons World Sportscar