1969 World Sportscar Championship season

1969 World Sportscar Championship season
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The 1969 World Sportscar Championship season was the 17th season of the FIA World Sportscar Championship. It featured the 1969 International Championship for Makes ^[1], which was a series for FIA Group 6 Prototype Sports Cars, Group 4 Sports Cars and Group 3 Grand Touring Cars ^[2] and the 1969 International Cup for GT Cars ^[3], which was restricted to Group 3 Grand Touring Cars. The season ran from February 1, 1969 to August 10, 1969 and was composed of 10 races.

Schedule[]

Rnd	Race	Circuit or Location	Date
1	24 Hours of Daytona	Daytona International Speedway	February 1 February 2
2	12 Hours of Sebring	Sebring International Raceway	March 22
3	BOAC 500 (6 Hours)^†	Brands Hatch	April 13
4	1000km Monza	Autodromo Nazionale Monza	April 25
5	Targa Florio	Palermo	May 4
6	1000km Spa	Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps	May 11
7	ADAC 1000 Kilometres Nürburgring	Nürburgring	June 1
8	24 Hours of Le Mans	Circuit de la Sarthe	June 14 June 15
9	Watkins Glen 6 Hours	Watkins Glen International	July 12
10	1000km of Zeltweg	Österreichring	August 10

† - Sportscars only, GT class did not participate.

Season results[]

Points were awarded to the top 6 finishers in the order of 9-6-4-3-2-1. Manufacturers were only given points for their highest finishing car; any other cars from that manufacturer were merely skipped in the points standings.

Races[]

Rnd	Circuit	Outright Winning Team	GT Winning Team	Results
Rnd	Circuit	Outright Winning Drivers	GT Winning Drivers	Results
1	Daytona	#6 Roger Penske Racing	#20 Herb Watson	Results
1	Daytona	Mark Donohue Chuck Parsons	Herb Watson Tony Adamowicz Bruce Jennings	Results
2	Sebring	#22 John Wyer Automotive	#5 Best Photo Service	Results
2	Sebring	Jacky Ickx Jackie Oliver	Don Yenko Bob Grossman	Results
3	Brands Hatch	#53 Porsche Engineering	None	Results
3	Brands Hatch	Jo Siffert Brian Redman		Results
4	Monza	#4 Porsche Engineering	#67 IGFA	Results
4	Monza	Jo Siffert Brian Redman	Jürgen Neuhaus Dieter Fröhlich	Results
5	Palermo	#266 Porsche Engineering	#86 Everardo Ostini	Results
5	Palermo	Gerhard Mitter Udo Schütz	Everardo Ostini Gianpiero Moretti	Results
6	Spa-Francorchamps	#25 Porsche Engineering	#59 Gérard Larrousse	Results
6	Spa-Francorchamps	Jo Siffert Brian Redman	Gérard Larrousse Rudi Lins Dieter Spoerry	Results
7	Nürburgring	#1 Porsche Engineering	#106 IGFA	Results
7	Nürburgring	Jo Siffert Brian Redman	Jürgen Neuhaus Dieter Fröhlich	Results
8	La Sarthe	#6 John Wyer Automotive	#41 Jean-Pierre Gaban	Results
8	La Sarthe	Jacky Ickx Jackie Oliver	Jean-Pierre Gaban Yves Deprez	Results
9	Watkins Glen	#1 Porsche of Austria	#14 Owens Corning Racing	Results
9	Watkins Glen	Jo Siffert Brian Redman	Tony DeLorenzo Dick Lang	Results
10	Österreichring	#29 Freiherr von Wendt	#27 Peter-Ernst Stähle	Results
10	Österreichring	Jo Siffert Kurt Ahrens, Jr.	Herbert Linge Roland Bauer	Results

Manufacturers Championships[]

International Championship for Makes[]

All eligible cars were awarded points for the overall championship, but the GT class also had their own separate award.

Cars participating in races that were not included in the S, P, or GT classes were skipped in awarding points for the overall championship.

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.

Pos	Manufacturer	Rd 1	Rd 2	Rd 3	Rd 4	Rd 5	Rd 6	Rd 7	Rd 8	Rd 9	Rd 10	Total
1	Porsche	(4)	(4)	9	9	9	9	9	(6)	(9)	(9)	45
2	Ford		9	2	3			(1)	9	2		25
3	Lola	9	1		2		2				6	20
4	Ferrari		6	3			6					15
5	Matra								3	3		6
6	Chevron	3										3
7	Alfa Romeo					2	1					3
8	Alpine-Renault				1							1

International Cup for GT Cars[]

The GT class did not participate in Round 3.

Pos	Manufacturer	Rd 1	Rd 2	Rd 4	Rd 5	Rd 6	Rd 7	Rd 8	Rd 9	Rd 10	Total
1	Porsche	9	(6)	9	9	9	9	(9)	(6)	(9)	45
2	Chevrolet	3	9			3			9		24
3	Ferrari	1				6					7
4	Lancia			3	2						5
5	MG	2									2

References[]

↑ FIA Yearbook, 1974, Grey section, page 124
↑ Peter Higham, The Guinness Guide to International Motor Racing, 1995, page 259
↑ FIA Yearbook, 1974, Grey section, page 125

External links[]

Points table for the 1969 International Championship for Makes Retrieved from wspr-racing.com on 10 January 2009
Race results for the 1969 International Championship for Makes
Images from the 1969 International Championship for Makes Retrieved from www.racingsportscars.com on 10 January 2009

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[1] FIA Yearbook, 1974, Grey section, page 124

[2] Peter Higham, The Guinness Guide to International Motor Racing, 1995, page 259

[3] FIA Yearbook, 1974, Grey section, page 125

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