The 1976 World Championship for Makes was part of the 24th season of FIAWorld Sportscar Championship motor racing. It was a series for production based cars from the following FIA categories
Following the 1975 season, the FIA chose to divide the World Championship into two series that would run simultaneously but separately. Open-cockpit sportscars (formerly known as FIA Group 5 Sports Cars, now officially FIA Group 6 Two-Seater Racing Cars) would transfer from the World Championship for Makes to a new World Championship for Sports Cars, while production-based cars (such as the new Group 5 Special Production Cars) would contest the World Championship for Makes. Events in which both types of car ran, such as the 24 Hours of Le Mans, were not counted towards either 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 with any other cars from that manufacturer merely skipped in the points allocation. Only the best 5 points finishes for each make counted towards the championship with any other points earned not included in the totals. Discarded points are shown in the table below within brackets.
In addition to the outright championship the FIA also awarded three Divisional titles.[1] Division 1 was for cars with an engine capacity of up to 2000cc, Division 2 for cars from 2001 to 3000cc and Division 3 for those above 3000cc.[2]
^Janos L. Wimpffe, Time and Two Seats, 1999, page 1043
External links
World Championship - final positions and tables, www.classicscars.com
World Championship 1976 (race results), www.classicscars.com
Photo Gallery of World Championship, www.racingsportscars.com
March 05, 2023
1976, world, championship, makes, season, previous, 1975, next, 1977, part, 24th, season, world, sportscar, championship, motor, racing, series, production, based, cars, from, following, categoriesgroup, special, production, cars, group, special, grand, tourin. 1976 World Championship for Makes season Previous 1975 Next 1977 The 1976 World Championship for Makes was part of the 24th season of FIA World Sportscar Championship motor racing It was a series for production based cars from the following FIA categoriesGroup 5 Special Production Cars Group 4 Special Grand Touring Cars Group 3 Series Production Grand Touring Cars Group 2 Touring Cars Group 1 Series Production Touring CarsPorsche won the championship with the Porsche 935 pictured in 2010 The series ran from 21 March 1976 to 4 September 1976 and comprised 7 races in total The championship was won by Porsche Contents 1 World Sportscar Championship 2 World Championship for Makes 2 1 Schedule 2 2 Race results 2 3 Championship results 2 3 1 Division 1 2 3 2 Division 2 2 3 3 Division 3 3 References 4 External linksWorld Sportscar Championship EditMain article 1976 World Sportscar Championship season Following the 1975 season the FIA chose to divide the World Championship into two series that would run simultaneously but separately Open cockpit sportscars formerly known as FIA Group 5 Sports Cars now officially FIA Group 6 Two Seater Racing Cars would transfer from the World Championship for Makes to a new World Championship for Sports Cars while production based cars such as the new Group 5 Special Production Cars would contest the World Championship for Makes Events in which both types of car ran such as the 24 Hours of Le Mans were not counted towards either championship World Championship for Makes EditSchedule Edit Rnd Race Circuit Date1 March Trophy 6 Hours Mugello Circuit 21 March2 Trofeo Ignazio Giunti 6 Hours Vallelunga 4 April3 6 Hours of Silverstone Silverstone Circuit 9 May4 ADAC 1000km Nurburgring Nurburgring 30 May5 Martha 1000 6 Hours Osterreichring 27 June6 6 Hours of Watkins Glen Watkins Glen International 10 July7 ACF 6 Hours of Dijon Dijon Prenois 4 SeptemberRace results Edit Rnd Circuit Overall Winning Team ResultsOverall Winning DriversOverall Winning Car1 Mugello Circuit 4 Martini Racing Results Jochen Mass Jacky IckxPorsche 9352 Vallelunga 1 Martini Racing Results Jochen Mass Jacky IckxPorsche 9353 Silverstone 4 Hermetite BMW Results John Fitzpatrick Tom WalkinshawBMW 3 5 CSL4 Nurburgring 7 Schnitzer Motorsport Results Albrecht Krebs Dieter QuesterBMW 3 5 CSL5 Osterreichring 12 Schnitzer Motorsport Results Dieter Quester Gunnar NilssonBMW 3 5 CSL6 Watkins Glen 4 Martini Racing Results Rolf Stommelen Manfred SchurtiPorsche 9357 Dijon 1 Martini Racing Results Jochen Mass Jacky IckxPorsche 935Championship results Edit 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 with any other cars from that manufacturer merely skipped in the points allocation Only the best 5 points finishes for each make counted towards the championship with any other points earned not included in the totals Discarded points are shown in the table below within brackets Pos Manufacturer Rd 1 Rd 2 Rd 3 Rd 4 Rd 5 Rd 6 Rd 7 Total1 Porsche 20 20 15 15 12 20 20 952 BMW 3 15 20 20 20 10 6 853 Ford 2 6 84 De Tomaso 2 3 55 Lancia 3 35 MG 3 3In addition to the outright championship the FIA also awarded three Divisional titles 1 Division 1 was for cars with an engine capacity of up to 2000cc Division 2 for cars from 2001 to 3000cc and Division 3 for those above 3000cc 2 Division 1 Edit Pos Manufacturer Rd 1 Rd 2 Rd 3 Rd 4 Rd 5 Rd 6 Rd 7 Total1 Ford 20 20 20 15 752 BMW 15 20 20 553 Alpine 12 124 Volkswagen 6 6Division 2 Edit Pos Manufacturer Rd 1 Rd 2 Rd 3 Rd 4 Rd 5 Rd 6 Rd 7 Total1 Porsche 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 100Division 3 Edit Pos Manufacturer Rd 1 Rd 2 Rd 3 Rd 4 Rd 5 Rd 6 Rd 7 Total1 Porsche 20 20 15 15 15 20 20 952 BMW 6 15 20 20 20 10 6 853 De Tomaso 6 6 6 184 MG 6 65 Opel 4 4References Edit FIA Yearbook 1977 Grey Section pages 85 86 Janos L Wimpffe Time and Two Seats 1999 page 1043External links EditWorld Championship final positions and tables www classicscars com World Championship 1976 race results www classicscars com Photo Gallery of World Championship www racingsportscars com Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title 1976 World Championship for Makes amp oldid 1117044562, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
