1978 World Sportscar Championship season

1978 World Sportscar Championship season
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The 1978 World Championship for Makes season was the 26th FIA World Sportscar Championship. It was a series running under the Group 5 and GT formulas in Europe, and IMSA GTX and GTO in the United States. Championship points were once again divided amongst engine sizes, but each class winner had points counting toward a single overall championship. It ran from February 4, 1978 to September 3, 1978, and was composed of 8 races.

Schedule

Rnd	Race	Circuit	Date
1	24 Hours of Daytona	Daytona International Speedway	February 4 February 5
2	6 Hours of Mugello	Mugello Circuit	March 19
3	6 Hours of Dijon	Dijon-Prenois	April 16
4	6 Hours of Silverstone	Silverstone Circuit	May 14
5	1000km Nürburgring	Nürburgring	May 28
6	Misano 6 Hours	Misano Circuit	June 25
7	Watkins Glen 6 Hours	Watkins Glen International	July 8
8	6 Hours of Vallelunga	Vallelunga	September 3

Season results

Rnd	Circuit	Over 2.0 Winning Team	Under 2.0 Winning Team	Results
		Over 2.0 Winning Drivers	Under 2.0 Winning Drivers
1	Daytona	#99 Brumos Porsche	None	Results
		Peter Gregg Rolf Stommelen Toine Hezemans
2	Mugello	#12 Gelo Racing Team	#31 Faltz Preparation	Results
		Hans Heyer Toine Hezemans John Fitzpatrick	Dieter Quester Derek Bell
3	Dijon	#2 Porsche Kremer Racing	#21 BMW Italia-Osella	Results
		Bob Wollek Henri Pescarolo	Giorgio Francia Eddie Cheever
4	Silverstone	#1 Martini Racing	#53 BMW Belgium	Results
		Jochen Mass Jacky Ickx	Harald Grohs Eddy Joosen
5	Nürburgring	#3 Gelo Racing Team	#34 BMW Motorsport GmbH	Results
		Hans Heyer Klaus Ludwig Toine Hezemans	Hans-Joachim Stuck Markus Höttinger
6	Misano	#7 Porsche Kremer Racing	#2 BMW Belgium	Results
		Bob Wollek Henri Pescarolo	Harald Grohs Patrick Nève
7	Watkins Glen	#30 Gelo Racing Team	#10 BMW Faltz	Results
		Peter Gregg Toine Hezemans John Fitzpatrick	Hans-Joachim Stuck Dieter Quester
8	Vallelunga	#3 Porsche Kremer Racing	#34 BMW Schweiz	Results
		Bob Wollek Henri Pescarolo	Marc Surer Freddy Kottulinsky

Manufacturers' championship

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 from either of the two classes; any other cars from that manufacturer were merely skipped in the points standings.

Only the best six 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	Total
1†	Porsche	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	120
2	BMW		20	20	20	20	20	20	20	120
3=	Fiat						10			10
3=	Chevrolet							10		10
5	Renault						8			8
6	De Tomaso		6			2				8
7	Jaguar							6		6
8	Ford				1	4				5
9	Ferrari	3						1		4
10=	Lancia		3							3
10=	Volkswagen					3				3

† - Porsche was declared the winner of the championship due to earning eight wins to BMW's seven.

External links

• 1978 World Championship for Makes results

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