| 1980 World Sportscar Championship season | |
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The 1980 World Sportscar Championship season was the 28th season of FIA World Sportscar Championship motor racing. It featured the 1980 World Championship for Makes which was contested as a series running under both Fédération Internationale de l'Automobile (FIA) and International Motor Sports Association (IMSA) regulations. It ran from February 2, 1980 to September 28, 1980, and comprised 11 races, including races run with Camel GT Championship.
A World Challenge for Endurance Drivers was also held over an eleven round series, six of which were run concurrently with rounds of the World Championship for Makes.[1] The Challenge was not awarded World Championship status, but would be promoted the following season and join the Championship for Makes. John Paul, Sr. won the World Challenge.
Schedule[]
The following eleven races counted towards the 1980 World Championship for Makes.
| Rnd | Race | Circuit | Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  24 Hour Pepsi Challenge
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Daytona International Speedway | February 2 February 3 |
| 2 |  Brands Hatch 6 Hours
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Brands Hatch | March 16 |
| 3 |  Mugello 6 Hours
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Mugello Circuit | April 13 |
| 4 | Monza 1000km
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Autodromo Nazionale Monza | April 27 |
| 5 | Silverstone 1000
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Silverstone Circuit | May 11 |
| 6 |  Nürburgring 1000 Kilometres
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Nürburgring | May 25 |
| 7 |  24 Hours of Le Mans
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Circuit de la Sarthe | June 14 June 15 |
| 8 | 6 Hours of Watkins Glen
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Watkins Glen International | July 6 |
| 9 |  Molson Canadian 1000 (6 Hours)
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Mosport Park | August 17 |
| 10 | 6 Hours of Vallelunga
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Vallelunga Circuit | September 7 |
| 11 | 1000 km Dijon
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Dijon-Prenois | September 28 |
Season results[]
Although a multitude of classes contended for the Championship for Makes, only the overall race winners are listed here.
| Rnd | Circuit | Overall Winning Team | Results |
|---|---|---|---|
| Overall Winning Drivers | |||
| 1 | Daytona | #2 LM Joest Racing
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Results |
| Reinhold Joest Rolf Stommelen Volkert Merl
| |||
| 2 | Brands Hatch | #19 Lancia Corse
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Results |
| Riccardo Patrese Walter Röhrl
| |||
| 3 | Mugello | #33 Lancia Corse
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Results |
| Riccardo Patrese Eddie Cheever
| |||
| 4 | Monza | #34 Alain de Cadenet
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Results |
Alain de Cadenet Desiré Wilson
| |||
| 5 | Silverstone | #8 Alain de Cadenet
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Results |
| Alain de Cadenet Desiré Wilson
| |||
| 6 | Nürburgring | #31 Liqui Moly Joest Racing
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Results |
| Rolf Stommelen Jürgen Barth
| |||
| 7 | La Sarthe | #16 Jean Rondeau
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Results |
| Jean Rondeau Jean-Pierre Jaussaud
| |||
| 8 | Watkins Glen | #31 Lancia Corse
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Results |
| Riccardo Patrese Hans Heyer
| |||
| 9 | Mosport | #6 Dick Barbour Racing
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Results |
| John Fitzpatrick Brian Redman
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| 10 | Vallelunga | #42 Giorgio Francia
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Results |
| Giorgio Francia Roberto Marazzi
| |||
| 11 | Dijon | #1 Sportwagen Team
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Results |
| Jürgen Barth Henri Pescarolo
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World Championship for Makes - Results[]
The World Championship for Makes was only open to select categories of cars. This included the FIA's Group 5 Special Production Cars, Group 4 Grand Touring Cars, Group 3 Series Production Grand Touring Cars, Group 2 Touring Cars, and Group 1 Series Production Touring Cars. Also included was IMSA's GTX class of cars.[citation needed] An overall championship was awarded as well as two class titles: Division 1, for cars over 2000 cc and Division 2 for those under 2000 cc.
Points were awarded for the top ten finishers in each division in the order of 20-15-12-10-8-6-4-3-2-1, with only the best eight results out of the eleven races being counted.[2] Only the best placed entry of each make in each division was eligible to score points, with no points awarded for other placings.
Overall Championship[]
The overall championship was to be awarded to the make achieving the highest net point score in either Division. The resultant tie between Porsche and Lancia was decided in Lancia’s favour due to the greater number of Division victories scored by the Italian make.[3]
Division 1 : Over 2000 cc[]
| Pos | Manufacturer | Rd 1 | Rd 2 | Rd 3 | Rd 4 | Rd 5 | Rd 6 | Rd 7 | Rd 8 | Rd 9 | Rd 10 | Rd 11 | Total [3] |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Porsche
|
20 | 20 | (15) | 20 | 20 | 20 | 20 | 20 | 20 | (15) | (20) | 160 |
| 2 | Lancia
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20 | 20 | 40 | |||||||||
| 3 | Ferrari
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12 | 12 | ||||||||||
| 4 | BMW
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4 | 4 | ||||||||||
| 5 | Opel
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3 | 3 |
Division 2 : Under 2000 cc[]
| Pos | Manufacturer | Rd 1 | Rd 2 | Rd 3 | Rd 4 | Rd 5 | Rd 6 | Rd 7 | Rd 8 | Rd 9 | Rd 10 | Rd 11 | Total [3] |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Lancia
|
20 | 20 | 20 | 20 | 20 | 20 | 20 | 20 | (20) | (20) | 160 | |
| 2 | BMW
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15 | 12 | 12 | 20 | 59 | |||||||
| 3= | Porsche
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15 | 15 | ||||||||||
| 3= | Fiat
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15 | 15 | ||||||||||
| 5 | Ford
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4 | 4 | ||||||||||
| 6 | Opel
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1 | 1 |
World Championship for Makes - The cars[]
The following models contributed to the net points scored by makes in the 1980 championship.
Division 1[]
Division 2[]
World Challenge for Endurance Drivers - Results[]
The World Challenge for Endurance Drivers was won by John Paul Sr. from John Fitzpatrick and Brian Redman.[4]
References[]
- ↑ 1980 World Challenge for Endurance Drivers – race results Retrieved on 22 December 2009
- ↑ Seasonal Survey, Beta follows Alfa, Autosport, January 29, 1981, page 33
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 János L. Wimpffen, Time and Two Seats, 1999, page 1288
- ↑ 1980 World Challenge for Endurance Drivers - points table Retrieved on 22 December 2009
External links[]
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