1973 World Championship for Makes

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The 1973 World Sportscar Championship season was the 21st season of FIA World Sportscar Championship motor racing. It featured the 1973 World Championship for Makes and the 1973 Cup for GT Cars which were contested concurrently over a ten race series.[1] The World Championship for Makes, which was open to Group 5 Sports Cars and Group 4 GT Cars,[2] was won by Matra and the Cup for GT Cars, which was open only to Group 4 GT Cars,[3] was won by Porsche.

Schedule

File:1973-05-27 Francois Cevert, Matra-Simca 670.jpg
Matra won the 1973 World Championship for Makes
File:1973-05-27 Jacky Ickx, Ferrari 312P.jpg
Ferrari placed second in the championship
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Porsche placed third in the championship
File:1973-05-27 J. Neuhaus, Porsche RSR.jpg
Porsche won the 1973 Cup for GT Cars with 911S and Porsche 911 Carrera RSR (pictured)

The following races counted towards the 1973 World Championship for Makes and the 1973 Cup for GT Cars.

Rnd Race Circuit or Location Date
1 Template:Flagicon 24 Hours of Daytona Daytona International Speedway 3 February
4 February
2 Template:Flagicon Vallelunga 6 Hours Vallelunga 25 March
3 Template:Flagicon Dijon 1000 Kilometres Dijon-Prenois 15 April
4 Template:Flagicon 1000km Monza Autodromo Nazionale Monza 25 April
5 Template:Flagicon 1000km Spa Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps 6 May
6 Template:Flagicon Targa Florio Circuito Piccolo delle Madonie 13 May
7 Template:Flagicon ADAC 1000km Nürburgring Nürburgring 27 May
8 Template:Flagicon 24 Hours of Le Mans Circuit de la Sarthe 9 June
10 June
9 Template:Flagicon Austrian 1000km† Österreichring 24 June
10 Template:Flagicon Watkins Glen 6 Hours Watkins Glen International 21 July

† - No GT entries were received for the Österreichring event which was held only two weeks after Le Mans. The Buenos Aires 1000 km, scheduled to be held on 21 October,[4] was cancelled six weeks after the running of the Watkins Glen 6 Hours.[5]

Results

Races

Rnd Circuit Sportscar winning team GT winning team Results
Sportscar winning drivers GT winning drivers
Sportscar winning car GT winning car
1 Daytona Template:Flagicon #59 Brumos Porsche Template:Flagicon #22 North American Racing Team Results
Template:Flagicon Hurley Haywood
Template:Flagicon Peter Gregg 		Template:Flagicon François Migault
Template:Flagicon Milt Minter
Template:Flagicon Porsche 911 Carrera RSR Template:Flagicon Ferrari 365 GTB/4 Daytona
2 Vallelunga Template:Flagicon #5 Equipe Matra-Simca Template:Flagicon #9 Martini Racing Results
Template:Flagicon Henri Pescarolo
Template:Flagicon Gérard Larrousse 		Template:Flagicon Willi Kauhsen
Template:Flagicon George Follmer
Template:Flagicon Matra-Simca MS670 Template:Flagicon Porsche 911 Carrera RSR
3 Dijon-Prenois Template:Flagicon #2 Equipe Matra-Simca Template:Flagicon #26 Martini Racing Results
Template:Flagicon Henri Pescarolo
Template:Flagicon Gérard Larrousse 		Template:Flagicon Herbert Müller
Template:Flagicon Gijs van Lennep
Template:Flagicon Matra-Simca MS670 Template:Flagicon Porsche 911 Carrera RSR
4 Monza Template:Flagicon #1 SpA Ferrari SEFAC Template:Flagicon #84 Porsche Kremer Racing Results
Template:Flagicon Brian Redman
Template:Flagicon Jacky Ickx 		Template:Flagicon Erwin Kremer
Template:Flagicon Clemens Schickentanz
Template:Flagicon Ferrari 312PB Template:Flagicon Porsche 911 Carrera RSR
5 Spa-Francorchamps Template:Flagicon #5 Gulf Racing Template:Flagicon #40 Martini Racing Results
Template:Flagicon Derek Bell
Template:Flagicon Mike Hailwood 		Template:Flagicon Reinhold Joest
Template:Flagicon George Follmer
Template:Flagicon Mirage M6 Ford Cosworth Template:Flagicon Porsche 911 Carrera RSR
6 Targa Florio Template:Flagicon #8 Martini Racing Template:Flagicon #106 Scuderia Brescia Corse Results
Template:Flagicon Herbert Müller
Template:Flagicon Gijs van Lennep 		Template:Flagicon Giovanni Borri
Template:Flagicon Mario Barone
Template:Flagicon Porsche 911 Carrera RSR Template:Flagicon Porsche 911 Carrera RSR
7 Nürburgring Template:Flagicon #1 SpA Ferrari SEFAC Template:Flagicon #55 Porsche Kremer Racing Results
Template:Flagicon Brian Redman
Template:Flagicon Jacky Ickx 		Template:Flagicon Paul Keller
Template:Flagicon Jürgen Neuhaus
Template:Flagicon Clemens Schikentanz
Template:Flagicon Ferrari 312PB Template:Flagicon Porsche 911 Carrera RSR
8 La Sarthe Template:Flagicon #11 Equipe Matra-Simca Template:Flagicon #39 Automobile Charles Pozzi Results
Template:Flagicon Henri Pescarolo
Template:Flagicon Gérard Larrousse 		Template:Flagicon Claude Ballot-Léna
Template:Flagicon Vic Elford
Template:Flagicon Matra-Simca MS670B Template:Flagicon Ferrari 365 GTB/4 Daytona
9 Österreichring Template:Flagicon #11 Equipe Matra-Simca None Results
Template:Flagicon Henri Pescarolo
Template:Flagicon Gérard Larrousse
Template:Flagicon Matra-Simca MS670 None
10 Watkins Glen Template:Flagicon #33 Equipe Matra-Simca Template:Flagicon #16 Toad Hall Motor Racing Results
Template:Flagicon Henri Pescarolo
Template:Flagicon Gérard Larrousse 		Template:Flagicon Milt Minter
Template:Flagicon Michael Keyser
Template:Flagicon Matra-Simca MS670 Template:Flagicon Porsche 911 Carrera RSR

World Championship for Makes

Pos Make [1] Rd 1 Rd 2 Rd 3 Rd 4 Rd 5 Rd 6 Rd 7 Rd 8 Rd 9 Rd 10 Total [1]
1 Template:Flagicon Matra 20 20 12 12 20 20 20 124
2 Template:Flagicon Ferrari 15 15 15 20 (10) 20 15 (12) 15 115
3 Template:Flagicon Porsche 20 8 (3) (3) 8 20 10 10 (3) 6 82
4 Template:Flagicon Mirage 8 20 10 10 48
5 Template:Flagicon Lola 6 6 10 6 8 36
6 Template:Flagicon Chevron 1 4 2 10 12 1 30
7 Template:Flagicon Alfa Romeo 8 1 4 4 17
8 Template:Flagicon Lancia 15 15
9 Template:Flagicon Chevrolet 12 2 14
10 Template:Flagicon Ligier 3 3

Championship points were awarded to the top 10 finishers in the order of 20-15-12-10-8-6-4-3-2-1 but only for the highest placed car of each make.[6] The 7 best results were retained [7] for each make. Discarded points are shown in the above table within brackets.

Cup for GT Cars

Pos Make [1] Rd 1 Rd 2 Rd 3 Rd 4 Rd 5 Rd 6 Rd 7 Rd 8 Rd 9 Rd 10 Total [1]
1 Template:Flagicon Porsche (12) 20 20 20 20 20 20 (15) 20 140
2 Template:Flagicon Ferrari 20 20 40
3 Template:Flagicon Chevrolet 15 8 15 38
4 Template:Flagicon Alfa Romeo 10 10

No GT entries were received for Round 9.

The cars

The following models contributed to the nett pointscores of their respective makes.

World Championship for Makes

File:1973 Monza 1000 - Ickx leading the pack at the Curva Grande.jpg
A group of sportscar competitors (Ferrari, Matra Simca and Mirage) for the 1973 season during the Monza round

Cup for GT Cars

References

  1. ↑ a b c d e Results of the 1973 FIA International Championships, 1974 FIA Yearbook, pages 105-106
  2. ↑ Peter Higham, The Guinness Guide to International Motor Racing, 1995, page 259
  3. ↑ János L Wimpffen, Time and Two Seats, 1999, pages 885-886
  4. ↑ Automobile Year, 1972/73, page 25
  5. ↑ Automobile Year, 1973/74, page 163
  6. ↑ Peter Higham, The Guinness Guide to International Motor Racing, 1995, page 260
  7. ↑ Automobile Year, 1973/74, page 237

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