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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 25px United States 24 Hours of Daytona Daytona International Speedway February 1
February 2
2 25px United States 12 Hours of Sebring Sebring International Raceway March 22
3 25px United Kingdom BOAC 500 (6 Hours) Brands Hatch April 13
4 25px Italy 1000km Monza Autodromo Nazionale Monza April 25
5 25px Italy Targa Florio Palermo May 4
6 25px Belgium 1000km Spa Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps May 11
7 25px Germany ADAC 1000 Kilometres Nürburgring Nürburgring June 1
8 25px France 24 Hours of Le Mans Circuit de la Sarthe June 14
June 15
9 25px United States Watkins Glen 6 Hours Watkins Glen International July 12
10 25px Austria 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
Outright Winning Drivers GT Winning Drivers
1 Daytona 25px United States #6 Roger Penske Racing 25px United States #20 Herb Watson Results
25px United States Mark Donohue
25px United States Chuck Parsons
25px United States Herb Watson
25px United States Tony Adamowicz
25px United States Bruce Jennings
2 Sebring 25px United Kingdom #22 John Wyer Automotive 25px United States #5 Best Photo Service Results
25px Belgium Jacky Ickx
25px United Kingdom Jackie Oliver
25px United States Don Yenko
25px United States Bob Grossman
3 Brands Hatch 25px Germany #53 Porsche Engineering None Results
25px Switzerland Jo Siffert
25px United Kingdom Brian Redman
4 Monza 25px Germany #4 Porsche Engineering 25px Germany #67 IGFA Results
25px Switzerland Jo Siffert
25px United Kingdom Brian Redman
25px Germany Jürgen Neuhaus
25px Germany Dieter Fröhlich
5 Palermo 25px Germany #266 Porsche Engineering 25px Italy #86 Everardo Ostini Results
25px Germany Gerhard Mitter
25px Germany Udo Schütz
25px Italy Everardo Ostini
25px Italy Gianpiero Moretti
6 Spa-Francorchamps 25px Germany #25 Porsche Engineering 25px France #59 Gérard Larrousse Results
25px Switzerland Jo Siffert
25px United Kingdom Brian Redman
25px France Gérard Larrousse
25px Austria Rudi Lins
25px Switzerland Dieter Spoerry
7 Nürburgring 25px Germany #1 Porsche Engineering 25px Germany #106 IGFA Results
25px Switzerland Jo Siffert
25px United Kingdom Brian Redman
25px Germany Jürgen Neuhaus
25px Germany Dieter Fröhlich
8 La Sarthe 25px United Kingdom #6 John Wyer Automotive 25px Belgium #41 Jean-Pierre Gaban Results
25px Belgium Jacky Ickx
25px United Kingdom Jackie Oliver
25px Belgium Jean-Pierre Gaban
25px Belgium Yves Deprez
9 Watkins Glen 25px Austria #1 Porsche of Austria 25px United States #14 Owens Corning Racing Results
25px Switzerland Jo Siffert
25px United Kingdom Brian Redman
25px United States Tony DeLorenzo
25px United States Dick Lang
10 Österreichring 25px Austria #29 Freiherr von Wendt 25px Germany #27 Peter-Ernst Stähle Results
25px Switzerland Jo Siffert
25px Germany Kurt Ahrens, Jr.
25px Germany Herbert Linge
25px Germany Roland Bauer

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 25px Germany Porsche (4) (4) 9 9 9 9 9 (6) (9) (9) 45
2 25px United States Ford 9 2 3 (1) 9 2 25
3 25px United Kingdom Lola 9 1 2 2 6 20
4 25px Italy Ferrari 6 3 6 15
5 25px France Matra 3 3 6
6 25px United Kingdom Chevron 3 3
7 25px Italy Alfa Romeo 2 1 3
8 25px France 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 25px Germany Porsche 9 (6) 9 9 9 9 (9) (6) (9) 45
2 25px United States Chevrolet 3 9 3 9 24
3 25px Italy Ferrari 1 6 7
4 25px Italy Lancia 3 2 5
5 25px United Kingdom MG 2 2

References[]

  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

External links[]

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