1983 World Sportscar Championship season

1983 World Sportscar Championship season
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The 1983 World Endurance Championship season was the 31st FIA World Sportscar Championship season. It was a series running under the Group C and Group B formulas, running cars in three classes known as C, C Junior, and B. It ran from 10 April 1983 to 10 December 1983, and was composed of seven races.

In conjunction with the World Championship, a European Endurance Championship was also held, combining World Championship events with other European endurance events. A drivers title for the European Endurance Championship was awarded alongside World Endurance Championship. The European Championship ran from 10 April 1983 to 23 October 1983, and was composed of eight races.

Schedule

Races which were part of the World Endurance Championship or European Endurance Championship are marked accordingly.

Rnd	Race	Circuit	Championship	Date
1	Trofeo Filippo Caracciolo (1000 km)	Autodromo Nazionale Monza	Both	10 April
2	Grand Prix International 1000 km	Silverstone Circuit	Both	5 May
3	Bitburger Pilsner ADAC 1000 km	Nürburgring	Both	29 May
4	24 Hours of Le Mans	Circuit de la Sarthe	Both	18 June 19 June
5	Trophee Diners Club 1000 km	Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps	Both	4 September
6	Grand Prix International Magazine 1000 km	Brands Hatch	European	18 September
7	Mount Fuji 1000 km	Fuji Speedway	World	2 October
8	1000 km Imola	Autodromo Enzo Ferrari	European	16 October
9	1000 km Mugello	Mugello Circuit	European	23 October
10	Castrol 1000 km Kyalami	Kyalami	World	10 December

Season results

Races

Rnd	Circuit	C Winning Team	C Jnr Winning Team	B Winning Team	Results
		C Winning Drivers	C Jnr Winning Drivers	B Winning Drivers
1	Monza	#11 Joest Racing	None	#88 Racing Team Jürgensen	Results
		Bob Wollek Thierry Boutsen		Hans Christian Jürgensen Edgar Dören
2	Silverstone	#2 Rothmans Porsche	#63 Jolly Club	DEN #89 Jens Winther	Results
		Derek Bell Stefan Bellof	Carlo Facetti Martino Finotto	DEN Jens Winther David Mercer Wolfgang Braun
3	Nürburgring	#1 Porsche Racing Intl.	#63 Jolly Club	#106 Edgar Dören	Results
		Jacky Ickx Jochen Mass	Carlo Facetti Martino Finotto	Edgar Dören Helmut Gall Jürgen Hamelmann
4	La Sarthe	#3 Rothmans Porsche	#60 Mazdaspeed	#93 Charles Ivey Racing	Results
		Al Holbert Hurley Haywood Vern Schuppan	Yoshimi Katayama Yojiro Terada Takashi Yorino	John Cooper Paul Smith David Ovey
5	Spa-Francorchamps	#1 Rothmans Porsche	#62 Manns Racing	DEN #89 Jens Winther	Results
		Jacky Ickx Jochen Mass	Roy Baker David Palmer	DEN Jens Winther David Mercer Frank Jelinski
6	Brands Hatch	#11 John Fitzpatrick Racing	#63 Vesuvio Racing SRL	DEN #89 Jens Winther	Results
		Derek Warwick John Fitzpatrick	Carlo Facetti Martino Finotto	DEN Jens Winther David Mercer Frank Jelinski
7	Fuji	#2 Rothmans Porsche	#81 Misaki Speed	None	Results
		Derek Bell Stefan Bellof	Kiyoshi Misaki Masakazu Nakamura
8	Imola	#4 Martini Racing	None	#90 Racing Team Jürgensen	Results
		Teo Fabi Hans Heyer		Edgar Dören Helmut Gall Hans Christian Jürgensen
9	Mugello	#8 Joest Racing	None	DEN #89 Jens Winther	Results
		Bob Wollek Stefan Johansson		DEN Jens Winther DEN Lars-Viggo Jensen David Mercer
10	Kyalami	#2 Rothmans Porsche	#64 Jolly Club	DEN #72 Jens Winther	Results
		Derek Bell Stefan Bellof	Carlo Facetti Martino Finotto Massimo Faraci	DEN Jens Winther DEN Lars-Viggo Jensen

Manufacturers Championships

Points were awarded to the top 10 finishers in the order of 20-15-12-10-8-6-4-3-2-1, with the following exceptions:

• Manufacturers were only given points for their highest finishing car; any other cars from that manufacturer were merely skipped in the points standings. Points were still awarded to their drivers however.
• Manufacturer did not score points if they did not complete 90% of the winner's distance.

All cars were awarded points for the overall championship, but C2 and B class cars were scored separately for their own championship. Only the best 5 points finishes counted towards the championship, with any other points earned not included in the total. Skipped points are marked in parenthesis.

European Endurance Championship rounds did not count towards the Manufacturers Championships and are thus not listed. Chassis builder and engine builder were considered as a single constructor, thus multiple chassis or engines can be listed.

World Manufacturers Championship

Pos	Chassis	Engine	Rd 1	Rd 2	Rd 3	Rd 4	Rd 5	Rd 7	Rd 10	Total
1	Porsche	Porsche	20	20	20	20	20	(20)	(20)	100
2	Lancia	Ferrari	3		8		6		15	32
3=	Nimrod	Aston Martin		4						4
3=	March	Nissan						4		4
5	Sauber	BMW				2		1		3
6	Dome	Toyota						2		2
7	URD	BMW					1			1

C Junior Manufacturers Championship

Pos	Chassis	Engine	Rd 1	Rd 2	Rd 3	Rd 4	Rd 5	Rd 7	Rd 10	Total
1	Alba	Giannini		20	20			15	20	75
2=	Mazda	Mazda				20				20
2=	March	Toyota						20		20
2=	Harrier	Mazda					20			20

B Manufacturers Championship

Pos	Chassis	Engine	Rd 1	Rd 2	Rd 3	Rd 4	Rd 5	Rd 7	Rd 10	Total
1	Porsche	Porsche	12	(12)	20	20	15		15	82
2	BMW	BMW	20	20			20		20	80
3	Ford	Ford			12					12

External links

• 1983 World Endurance Championship
• 1983 European Endurance Championship

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