1973 World Sportscar Championship season

1973 World Sportscar Championship season
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The 1973 World Championship for Makes and International Grand Touring Trophy seasons were the 21st season of the FIA World Sportscar Championship. It was a series for Sportscars and Grand Touring. It ran from February 3, 1973 to July 21, 1973, and was composed of ten races.

Schedule

Rnd	Race	Circuit or Location	Date
1	24 Hours of Daytona	Daytona International Speedway	February 3 February 4
2	Vallelunga 6 Hours	Vallelunga	March 25
3	Dijon 1000 Kilometres	Dijon-Prenois	April 15
4	1000km Monza	Autodromo Nazionale Monza	April 25
5	1000km Spa	Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps	May 6
6	Targa Florio	Palermo	May 13
7	ADAC 1000km Nürburgring	Nürburgring	May 27
8	24 Hours of Le Mans	Circuit de la Sarthe	June 9 June 10
9	Austrian 1000km†	Österreichring	June 24
10	Watkins Glen 6 Hours	Watkins Glen International	July 21

† - Sportscars only, GT class did not participate.

Season results

Points were awarded to the top 10 finishers in the order of 20-15-12-10-8-6-4-3-2-1. 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	Sportscar Winning Team	GT Winning Team	Results
		Sportscar Winning Drivers	GT Winning Drivers
1	Daytona	#59 Brumos Porsche	#22 North American Racing Team	Results
		Hurley Haywood Peter Gregg	François Migault Milt Minter
2	Vallelunga	#5 Equipe Matra-Simca	#9 Martini Racing	Results
		Henri Pescarolo Gérard Larrousse	Willi Kauhsen George Follmer
3	Dijon-Prenois	#2 Equipe Matra-Simca	#26 Martini Racing	Results
		Henri Pescarolo Gérard Larrousse	Herbert Müller Gijs van Lennep
4	Monza	#1 SpA Ferrari SEFAC	#84 Porsche Kremer Racing	Results
		Brian Redman Jacky Ickx	Erwin Kremer Clemens Schickentanz
5	Spa-Francorchamps	#5 Gulf Racing	#40 Martini Racing	Results
		Derek Bell Mike Hailwood	Reinhold Joest George Follmer
6	Palermo	#8 Martini Racing	#106 Scuderia Brescia Corse	Results
		Herbert Müller Gijs van Lennep	Giovanni Borri Mario Barone
7	Nürburgring	#1 SpA Ferrari SEFAC	#55 Porsche Kremer Racing	Results
		Brian Redman Jacky Ickx	Paul Keller Jürgen Neuhaus Clemens Schikentanz
8	La Sarthe	#11 Equipe Matra-Simca	#39 Automobile Charles Pozzi	Results
		Henri Pescarolo Gérard Larrousse	Claude Ballot-Léna Vic Elford
9	Österreichring	#11 Equipe Matra-Simca	None	Results
		Henri Pescarolo Gérard Larrousse
10	Watkins Glen	#33 Equipe Matra-Simca	#16 Toad Hall Motor Racing	Results
		Henri Pescarolo Gérard Larrousse	Milt Minter Michael Keyser

Manufacturers Championships

Overall Manufacturers Championship

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

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

Only the best 7 points finishes counted towards the championship, with any other points earned not included in the total. Skipped points are marked in italics.

Pos	Manufacturer	Rd 1	Rd 2	Rd 3	Rd 4	Rd 5	Rd 6	Rd 7	Rd 8	Rd 9	Rd 10	Total
1	Matra		20	20	12	12			20	20	20	124
2	Ferrari	15	15	15	20	10		20	15	12	15	115
3	Porsche	20	8	3	3	8	20	10	10	3	6	82
4	Mirage			8		20				10	10	48
5	Lola		6	6	10	6	8					36
6	Chevron		1		4	2	10	12		1		30
7	Lancia						15					15
8	Chevrolet	12									2	14
9	Alfa Romeo				8					4		12

GT Manufacturers Championship

The GT class did not participate in Round 9. Only the best 6 finishes counted towards the championship.

Pos	Manufacturer	Rd 1	Rd 2	Rd 3	Rd 4	Rd 5	Rd 6	Rd 7	Rd 8	Rd 10	Total
1	Porsche	12	20	20	20	20	20	20	15	20	112
2	Ferrari	20				12			20	8	60
3	Chevrolet	15							8	15	38
4	Alfa Romeo						12				12
5	Alpine						6				6

External links

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