1976 World Championship for Sports Cars
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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 categories:
- Group 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 Cars
The series ran from 21 March 1976 to 4 September 1976, and comprised seven races in total.
The championship was won by Porsche.
World Sportscar Championship
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World Championship for Makes
Schedule
| Rnd | Race | Circuit | Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Template:Flagicon March Trophy (6 Hours) | Mugello Circuit | 21 March |
| 2 | Template:Flagicon Trofeo Ignazio Giunti (6 Hours) | Vallelunga | 4 April |
| 3 | Template:Flagicon 6 Hours of Silverstone | Silverstone Circuit | 9 May |
| 4 | Template:Flagicon ADAC 1000km Nürburgring | Nürburgring | 30 May |
| 5 | Template:Flagicon Martha 1000 (6 Hours) | Österreichring | 27 June |
| 6 | Template:Flagicon 6 Hours of Watkins Glen | Watkins Glen International | 10 July |
| 7 | Template:Flagicon ACF 6 Hours of Dijon | Dijon-Prenois | 4 September |
Race results
Championship results
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 | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Template:Flagicon Porsche | 20 | 20 | (15) | 15 | (12) | 20 | 20 | 95 |
| 2 | Template:Flagicon BMW | (3) | 15 | 20 | 20 | 20 | 10 | (6) | 85 |
| 3 | Template:Flagicon Ford | 2 | 6 | 8 | |||||
| 4 | Template:Flagicon De Tomaso | 2 | 3 | 5 | |||||
| 5= | Template:Flagicon Lancia | 3 | 3 | ||||||
| 5= | Template:Flagicon MG | 3 | 3 |
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]
Division 1
| Pos | Manufacturer | Rd 1 | Rd 2 | Rd 3 | Rd 4 | Rd 5 | Rd 6 | Rd 7 | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Template:Flagicon Ford | 20 | 20 | 20 | - | 15 | - | - | 75 |
| 2 | Template:Flagicon BMW | 15 | - | - | 20 | 20 | - | - | 55 |
| 3 | Template:Flagicon Alpine | 12 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 12 |
| 4 | Template:Flagicon Volkswagen | - | - | - | 6 | - | - | - | 6 |
Division 2
| Pos | Manufacturer | Rd 1 | Rd 2 | Rd 3 | Rd 4 | Rd 5 | Rd 6 | Rd 7 | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Template:Flagicon Porsche | (20) | (20) | 20 | 20 | 20 | 20 | 20 | 100 |
Division 3
| Pos | Manufacturer | Rd 1 | Rd 2 | Rd 3 | Rd 4 | Rd 5 | Rd 6 | Rd 7 | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Template:Flagicon Porsche | 20 | 20 | (15) | (15) | 15 | 20 | 20 | 95 |
| 2 | Template:Flagicon BMW | (6) | 15 | 20 | 20 | 20 | 10 | (6) | 85 |
| 3 | Template:Flagicon De Tomaso | - | 6 | - | 6 | 6 | - | - | 18 |
| 4 | Template:Flagicon MG | - | - | 6 | - | - | - | - | 6 |
| 5 | Template:Flagicon Opel | - | - | - | 4 | - | - | - | 4 |
References
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
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