The Group 1 racing class referred to FIA regulations for cars in touring car racing and rallying. Throughout its existence the group retained a definition of being standard, series production touring cars, and of having a character of being unmodified or not specifically prepared for racing. The class was introduced in the then new Appendix J of the International Sporting Code in 1954 and was replaced by Group N in 1982.[1][2]
History[]
From its inception in 1954 until 1965, Group 1, officially documented at first as the first group, was included in Category I (or A), Touring Cars, with a production requirement of between 600 and 1000 cars in a 12 month period.[2] The two categories had up to six groups in this time era, but not consistently or retaining the same definitions.
In 1966 the FIA categories were restructured and Group 1 were placed in Category A, Production Cars, with Category B and C used for Sports and Racing cars respectively. Group 1 essentially remained the same in character but with a heightened production requirement of 5000 cars.[3] In 1982 the numbered groups were replaced by Groups N, A, B, C, D and E.
Groups 1-9[]
Categories | 1954 | 1955 | 1956 | 1957 | 1958 | 1959 | 1960 | 1961 | 1962 | 1963 | 1964 | 1965 |
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I. Touring | A. Touring | |||||||||||
II. Sports | II. Grand Touring | B. Grand Touring | ||||||||||
- | C. Sports | |||||||||||
Group | 1954 | 1955 | 1956 | 1957 | 1958 | 1959 | 1960 | 1961 | 1962 | 1963 | 1964 | 1965 |
Group 1 | Normal series production | |||||||||||
Group 2 | "Grand Touring" series prod | Modified series prod | Modified series prod | |||||||||
Group 3 | Special series production | Grand Touring Cars | ||||||||||
Group 4 | Series production | Normal GT series prod | Sports Car | |||||||||
Group 5 | International | Modified GT series prod | - | |||||||||
Group 6 | - | GT specials | - | |||||||||
Source:[4][1] |
Categories | 1966 | 1967 | 1968 | 1969 | 1970 | 1971 | 1972 | 1973 | 1974 | 1975 | 1976 | 1977 | 1978 | 1979 | 1980 | 1981 |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
A. Production | ||||||||||||||||
B. Special | B. Experimental Competition | B. Racing Cars | ||||||||||||||
C. Racing Cars | - | |||||||||||||||
Group | 1966 | 1967 | 1968 | 1969 | 1970 | 1971 | 1972 | 1973 | 1974 | 1975 | 1976 | 1977 | 1978 | 1979 | 1980 | 1981 |
Group 1 | Series Touring (5000) | |||||||||||||||
Group 2 | Touring (1000) | Special Touring (1000) | ||||||||||||||
Group 3 | Grand Touring (500) | Series Grand Touring (1000) | ||||||||||||||
Group 4 | Sportscars (50/25) | Special Grand Touring (500) | Grand Touring (400) | |||||||||||||
Group 5 | Special Touring Cars | Sports cars (50) | Sports cars | Special cars derived from Groups 1-4 | ||||||||||||
Group 6 | Prototype sportscars | - | Two-seater racecars | |||||||||||||
Group 7 | Two-seater racecars | International formula | ||||||||||||||
Group 8 | Formula racing cars | International formula | Formula libre racing cars | |||||||||||||
Group 9 | Formula libre racing cars | - | ||||||||||||||
Source:[4][1] Note: Special may be replaced with Competition in some official documents. |
References[]
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 "APPENDIX K TO THE INTERNATIONAL SPORTING CODE". https://www.fia.com/sites/default/files/2022_appendix_k_full_yearbook_web_20220701.pdf.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 "Appendix J to the International Sporting Code 1955". https://historicdb.fia.com/sites/default/files/regulations/1614338379/appendix_j_1955_low.pdf.
- ↑ "Appendix J, ISC 1966" (in fr). https://historicdb.fia.com/sites/default/files/regulations/1439545013/annexe_j_1966.pdf.
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 "Regulations - Period Appendix J | FIA Historic Database". https://historicdb.fia.com/regulations/period-appendix-j.
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