| 1975 World Sportscar Championship season | |
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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 February 1 to July 12, 1975.
Schedule[]
| Rnd | Race | Circuit or Location | Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  24 Hours of Daytona†
|
Daytona International Speedway | February 1 February 2 |
| 2 |  1000 km of Mugello
|
Mugello Circuit | March 23 |
| 3 |  800 km of Dijon
|
Dijon-Prenois | April 6 |
| 4 | Trofeo Filippo Caracciolo (1000km)
|
Autodromo Nazionale Monza | April 20 |
| 5 |  1000km Spa
|
Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps | May 4 |
| 6 | Coppo Florio (1000 km)
|
Autodromo di Pergusa | May 18 |
| 7 |  1000km Nürburgring
|
Nürburgring | June 1 |
| 8 |  1000km Zeltweg
|
Österreichring | June 29 |
| 9 | Watkins Glen 6 Hours
|
Watkins Glen International | July 12 |
† Due to a lack of Group 5 entries, the FIA initially rescinded the championship status of the Daytona race.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[]
Races[]
| Rnd | Circuit | Winning Team | GT Winning Team | Results |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Winning Drivers | GT Winning Drivers | |||
| 1 | Daytona | #59 Brumos Porsche
|
#71 North American Racing Team
|
Results |
| Hurley Haywood Peter Gregg
|
Jon Woodner Fred Phillips
| |||
| 2 | Mugello | #5 Elf Alpine-Renault
|
#44 Gelo Racing Team
|
Results |
| Jean-Pierre Jabouille Gérard Larrousse
|
 John Fitzpatrick Toine Hezemans Manfred Schurti
| |||
| 3 | Dijon-Prenois | #2 Willi Kauhsen Racing Team
|
#33 Gelo Racing Team
|
Results |
| Arturo Merzario Jacques Laffite
|
John Fitzpatrick Toine Hezemans
| |||
| 4 | Monza | #2 Willi Kauhsen Racing Team
|
None | Results |
| Arturo Merzario Jacques Laffite
|
||||
| 5 | Spa-Francorchamps | #2 Willi Kauhsen Racing Team
|
 #42 Porsche Club Romand
|
Results |
| Henri Pescarolo Derek Bell
|
Claude Haldi Bernard Béguin
| |||
| 6 | Pergusa | #1 Willi Kauhsen Racing Team
|
#48 Tebernum Porsche Racing
|
Results |
| Arturo Merzario Jochen Mass
|
Hartwig Bertrams Clemens Schickentanz Reine Wisell
| |||
| 7 | Nürburgring | #1 Willi Kauhsen Racing Team
|
#54 Jägermeister Kremer Racing
|
Results |
| Arturo Merzario Jacques Laffite
|
Helmut Kelleners Hans Heyer Bob Wollek
| |||
| 8 | Österreichring | #2 Willi Kauhsen Racing Team
|
None | Results |
| Henri Pescarolo Derek Bell
|
||||
| 9 | Watkins Glen | #4 Willi Kauhsen Racing Team
|
#95 Bob Hagestad Porsche-Audi
|
Results |
| Henri Pescarolo Derek Bell
|
Bob Hagestad Hurley Haywood
|
World Championship for Makes[]
Points towards the World Championship for Makes were awarded for the top 10 positions in each race in the order of 20-15-12-10-8-6-4-3-2-1.[4] Points were awarded for 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 for 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.[5] Discarded points are shown (below) within brackets
| Pos. [5] | Make [5] | Rd 1 | Rd 2 | Rd 3 | Rd 4 | Rd 5 | Rd 6 | Rd 7 | Rd 8 | Rd 9 | Total [5] |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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[]
| Pos. [5] | Make [5] | Rd 1 | Rd 2 | Rd 3 | Rd 4 | Rd 5 | Rd 6 | Rd 7 | Rd 8 | Rd 9 | Total [5] |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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[]
| 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 & References[]
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 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
- ↑ Peter Higham, The Guinness Guide to International Motor Racing, 1995, page 260
- ↑ 5.0 5.1 5.2 5.3 5.4 5.5 5.6 Results, Automobile Year 1975/76, page 232
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
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