1985 World Sportscar Championship season

1985 World Sportscar Championship season
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The 1985 World Sportscar Championship season was the 33rd season of FIA World Sportscar Championship motor racing. It featured the 1985 World Endurance Championship which was contested over a series of races for Group C1 and Group C2 Prototypes, Group B GT Cars and IMSA GTP cars. The series ran from April 14, 1985 to December 1, 1985 and was composed of 10 races.

This year marked the introduction of Teams titles for outright, Group C2 and GT Cars, replacing the traditional Manufacturers awards. Outright and Group C2 Drivers titles were also awarded.

Schedule[]

Rnd	Race	Circuit	Date
1	1000 km Mugello	Mugello Circuit	April 14
2	Trofeo Filippo Caracciolo (1000km)^†	Autodromo Nazionale Monza	April 28
3	Silverstone 1000 Kilometres	Silverstone Circuit	May 12
4	24 Hours of Le Mans	Circuit de la Sarthe	June 15 June 16
5	Duschfrish ADAC 1000 Kilometres	Hockenheimring	July 14
6	Budweiser GT 1000 Kilometres	Mosport	August 11
7	1000km of Spa	Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps	September 1
8	1000 km of Brands Hatch^†	Brands Hatch	September 22
9	Fuji 1000 Kilometres	Fuji Speedway	October 6
10	Malaysia 800 Selangor^†	Shah Alam Circuit	December 1

† - Non-points races for teams.

Season results[]

Races[]

Rnd	Circuit	C1 Winning Team	C2 Winning Team	Results
Rnd	Circuit	C1 Winning Drivers	C2 Winning Drivers	Results
1	Mugello	Rothmans Porsche	Spice Engineering	Results
1	Mugello	Jacky Ickx Jochen Mass	Gordon Spice Ray Bellm	Results
2	Monza	Porsche Kremer Racing	Spice Engineering	Results
2	Monza	Manfred Winkelhock Marc Surer	Gordon Spice Ray Bellm	Results
3	Silverstone	Rothmans Porsche	Ecurie Ecosse	Results
3	Silverstone	Jacky Ickx Jochen Mass	Ray Mallock Mike Wilds	Results
4	La Sarthe	Joest Racing	Spice Engineering	Results
4	La Sarthe	Klaus Ludwig Louis Krages Paolo Barilla	Gordon Spice Ray Bellm Mark Galvin	Results
5	Hockenheimring	Rothmans Porsche	Ecurie Ecosse	Results
5	Hockenheimring	Derek Bell Hans Joachim Stuck	Ray Mallock David Leslie Mike Wilds	Results
6	Mosport	Rothmans Porsche	Spice Engineering	Results
6	Mosport	Derek Bell Hans Joachim Stuck	Gordon Spice Ray Bellm	Results
7	Spa-Francorchamps	Martini Racing	Spice Engineering	Results
7	Spa-Francorchamps	Bob Wollek Mauro Baldi	Gordon Spice Ray Bellm	Results
8	Brands Hatch	Rothmans Porsche	Ecurie Ecosse	Results
8	Brands Hatch	Derek Bell Hans-Joachim Stuck	Ray Mallock Mike Wilds	Results
9	Fuji	Hoshino Racing	Auto Beaurex Motorsport	Results
9	Fuji	Kazuyoshi Hoshino Akira Hagiwara Kenji Matsumoto	Kazuo Mogi Toshio Motohashi	Results
10	Shah Alam	Rothmans Porsche	ADA Engineering	Results
10	Shah Alam	Jacky Ickx Jochen Mass	Richard Piper Ian Harrower Evan Clements	Results

Drivers Championship[]

Points were awarded to the drivers of the top 10 placed cars in the order of 20-15-12-10-8-6-4-3-2-1 ^[1] and drivers of C2 cars were also awarded 2 bonus points if they finished in any of the top ten outright positions.^[2] However points were not awarded if a driver:

drove more than one car in the race ^[3]
failed to drive the car for at least 30% of the distance ^[3]
drove a car which did not complete 90% of the winner's distance

All drivers were eligible to score points in the overall championship, but drivers of C2 class cars were also awarded points separately for their own title.

Only half points were awarded at Round 9 due to the race being stopped ^[3] with less than 50% distance having been covered.

World Endurance Championship for Drivers[]

The 1985 FIA World Endurance Championship for Drivers was awarded jointly to Rothmans Porsche teammates Hans-Joachim Stuck and Derek Bell who shared a Porsche 962C throughout the season

Group C2[]

The Group C2 title was awarded to Gordon Spice and Ray Bellm who shared a Tiga Ford entered by Spice Engineering.

Teams Championship[]

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

Teams were only given points for their highest finishing car; any other team cars were merely skipped in the points allocation
Teams did not score points if the car did not complete 90% of the winner's distance.

All cars were eligible to score for their team in the overall championship, but C2 class cars were also awarded points separately for their own title.

Rounds 2, 8, and 10 were not part of the Teams Championship and counted only for the Drivers titles.

Only half points were awarded at Round 9 due to the race being stopped with less than 50% distance having been covered.^[3]

World Endurance Championship for Teams[]

Pos ^[4]	Team ^[4]	Chassis	Engine	Mug ^[4]	Sil ^[4]	LeM ^[4]	Hoc ^[4]	Mos ^[4]	Spa ^[4]	Fuj ^[4]	Total ^[4]
1	Rothmans Porsche	Porsche 956B Porsche 962C	Porsche 2.6L Turbo Flat-6	20	20	12	20	20	15		107
2	Martini Lancia	Lancia LC2	Ferrari 308C 3.0L Turbo V8	10	12	6	10		20		58
3	New-Man Joest Racing	Porsche 956B	Porsche 2.6L Turbo Flat-6		6	20	12		12		50
4	Kremer Porsche Racing	Porsche 956B Porsche 962C	Porsche 2.6L Turbo Flat-6	15	10	8		10			43
5	Richard Lloyd Racing with Porsche	Porsche 956B Porsche 956B GTi	Porsche 2.6L Turbo Flat-6		8	15	8				31
6	Brun Motorsport	Porsche 956B Porsche 962C	Porsche 2.6L Turbo Flat-6	12	1		15				28
7	Jaguar	Jaguar XJR-6	Jaguar 6.2L V12					12	8		20
8	Obermaier Racing Team	Porsche 956B	Porsche 2.6L Turbo Flat-6	6	4	3	4		3		20
9	Spice Engineering	Tiga GC84 Spice-Tiga GC85	Ford Cosworth DFV 3.0L V8 Ford Cosworth DFL 3.3L V8	4			2	8	2		16
10	John Fitzpatrick Racing	Porsche 956B	Porsche 2.6L Turbo Flat-6			10					10
10	Hoshino Racing	March 85G	Nissan							10	10
12	Panasport Nissan	LM 05C	Nissan							7.5	7.5
13	Team Labatts	Gebhardt JC843 Gebhardt JC853	BMW 3.5L I6 Ford Cosworth DFL 3.3L V8					6			6
13	Tom's Co Ltd	Tom’s 85c	Toyota							6	6
15	Auto Beaurex Motor Sport	Tom’s 85c	Toyota							5	5
16	Ecurie Ecosse	Ecosse C285	Ford Cosworth DFV 3.0L V8 Ford Cosworth DFL 3.3L V8			2		3			5
17	Bierl Racing	Sauber C7	Chevrolet					4			4
17	Cosmik Racing Promotion	March 84G	Porsche						4		4
17	Hasemi Motor Sport	March 85G	Nissan							4	4
20	Carma F.F.	Alba AR2 Alba AR6	Carma FF 1.9L Turbo I4	3			1				4
21	Ark Racing / Arthur Houghs Pressing	Ceekar 83J	Ford Cosworth BDX 2.0L I4					3			3
21	Trust Racing Team	Porsche 956	Porsche 2.6L Turbo Flat-6							3	3
23	Jens Winther Danmark	URD C83	BMW 3.5L I6	2							2
23	English Enterprises	Chevrolet Camaro	Chevrolet					2			2
23	Misaki Speed	Tom’s 85B	Toyota							2	2
26	Central 20 Racing Team	Lola T810	Nissan							1.5	1.5
27	"Victor" / V Coggiola	Porsche 935	Porsche	1							1
27	Cheetah Automobiles	Cheetah G604	Aston Martin						1		1
27	Dome Co Ltd	Dome 85C	Toyota							1	1
30	Team Ikuzawa	Tom’s 85C	Toyota							0.5	0.5

Group C2 Prototype FIA Cup[]

Pos ^[4]	Team ^[4]	Chassis	Engine	Mug ^[4]	Sil ^[4]	LeM ^[4]	Hoc ^[4]	Mos ^[4]	Spa ^[4]	Fuj ^[4]	Total ^[4]
1	Spice Engineering	Tiga GC84 Spice-Tiga GC85	Ford Cosworth DFV 3.0L V8 Ford Cosworth DFL 3.3L V8	20	15	20	15	20	20		110
2	Ecurie Ecosse	Ecosse C285	Ford Cosworth DFV 3.0L V8 Ford Cosworth DFL 3.3L V8		20		20		10		50
3	Ark Racing / Arthur Houghs Pressing	Ceekar 83J	Ford Cosworth BDX 2.0L I4	10	8		10	12	6		46
4	Jens Winther Danmark	URD C83	BMW 3.5L I6	12			8		12		32
5	Carma F.F.	Alba AR2 Alba AR6	Carma FF 1.9L Turbo I4	15	4		12				31
6	Team Labatts	Gebhardt JC843 Gebhardt JC853	BMW 3.5L I6 Ford Cosworth DFL 3.3L V8					15	15		30
7	Roy Baker Promotions Ford	Tiga GC284 Tiga GC285	Ford BDT 1.7L Turbo I4	8		10			2		20
8	Mazdaspeed	Mazda 737C	Mazda 13B 1.3L 2-Rotor		6	12					18
9	ADA Engineering	Gebhardt JC843	Ford Cosworth DFL 3.3L V8			15					15
10	Strandell Motors	Standell 85	Porsche 3.3L Turbo Flat-6		12						12
11	Raymond Bassaler	Sauber SHS C6	BMW			8			4		12
12	Gebhardt Motorsport	Gebhardt JC853	Ford		10						10
12	Auto Beaurex Motor Sport	Lotec M1C	BMW							10	10
14	Grifo Autoracing	Alba AR3	Ford						8		8
15	MRS Racing Products	Mazda RX-7 254	Mazda						7.5		7.5
16	Bartlett Chevron Racing with Goodmans Sound	Chevron B62	Ford				6				6
17	Jens Nykjaer	Nykjaer	BMW						3		3

FIA Grand Touring Cup[]

Pos ^[4]	Team ^[4]	Chassis	Engine	Mug ^[4]	LeM ^[4]	Hoc ^[4]	Mos ^[4]	Fuj ^[4]	Total ^[4]
1	Helmut Gall	BMW M1	BMW 3.5L I6	20	20	20			60
2	English Enterprises	Chevrolet Camaro	Chevrolet				20		20
3	Bauerle Farben Team	BMW M1	BMW 3.5L I6			15			15
=	Zwiren Racing	Mazda RX-7	Mazda				15		15
5	Vogelsang Autombil	BMW M1	BMW 3.5L I6			12			12
6	Trust Racing Team	Toyota Celica	Toyota					10	10

References[]

↑ Peter Higham, The Guinness Guide To International Motor Racing, 1995, page 260
↑ Michael Cotton, Directory of World Sportscars, 1988, page 14
↑ ^3.0 ^3.1 ^3.2 ^3.3 Autosport, January 30, 1986
↑ ^4.00 ^4.01 ^4.02 ^4.03 ^4.04 ^4.05 ^4.06 ^4.07 ^4.08 ^4.09 ^4.10 ^4.11 ^4.12 ^4.13 ^4.14 ^4.15 ^4.16 ^4.17 ^4.18 ^4.19 ^4.20 ^4.21 ^4.22 ^4.23 ^4.24 ^4.25 ^4.26 ^4.27 ^4.28 ^4.29 1986 FIA Yearbook, Red Section, pages 80-81

External links[]

1985 World Endurance Championship for Drivers - Points tables Retrieved from wspr-racing.com on 1 July 2009
1985 World Endurance Championship for Teams - Points tables Retrieved from wspr-racing.com on 1 July 2009
1985 World Endurance Championship race results
1985 World Endurance Championship images Retrieved from www.racingsportscars.com on 1 July 2009

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[1] Peter Higham, The Guinness Guide To International Motor Racing, 1995, page 260

[2] Michael Cotton, Directory of World Sportscars, 1988, page 14

[Autosport-3] 3.0 ^3.1 ^3.2 ^3.3 Autosport, January 30, 1986

[FIA-4] 4.00 ^4.01 ^4.02 ^4.03 ^4.04 ^4.05 ^4.06 ^4.07 ^4.08 ^4.09 ^4.10 ^4.11 ^4.12 ^4.13 ^4.14 ^4.15 ^4.16 ^4.17 ^4.18 ^4.19 ^4.20 ^4.21 ^4.22 ^4.23 ^4.24 ^4.25 ^4.26 ^4.27 ^4.28 ^4.29 1986 FIA Yearbook, Red Section, pages 80-81

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