1979 World Championship for Makes

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The 1979 World Sportscar Championship season was the 27th season of FIA World Sportscar Championship racing. It featured the 1979 World Championship for Makes which was open to Group 1 and 2 Touring Cars, Group 3 and 4 Grand Touring cars, and Group 5 Special Production Cars. The championship ran from 3 February to 16 September 1979 and consisted of nine rounds. It was contested in two engine capacity divisions, Over 2 Litres and Under 2 Litres.

The Over 2 Litres Division was won by Porsche and the Under 2 Litres Division by Lancia.

Schedule

File:Lancia Beta Montecarlo Turbo Brands Hatch 1979 (11309140213).jpg
Lancia won the Under 2 Litres Division with the Beta Montecarlo.
Rnd Race Circuit Date
1 Template:Flagicon 24 Hour Pepsi Challenge Daytona International Speedway 3 February
4 February
2 Template:Flagicon 6 Hours of Mugello Mugello Circuit 18 March
3 Template:Flagicon Dijon 6 Hours Dijon-Prenois 22 April
4 Template:Flagicon Rivet Supply 6 Hours Silverstone Circuit 6 May
5 Template:Flagicon 1000km Nürburgring Nürburgring 3 June
6 Template:Flagicon Coppa Florio Autodromo di Pergusa 24 June
7 Template:Flagicon Watkins Glen 6 Hours Watkins Glen International 8 July
8 Template:Flagicon Rivet Supply 6 Hours Brands Hatch 5 August
9 Template:Flagicon Trofeo Ignazio Giunti (6 Hours) Vallelunga 16 September

Season results

Rnd Circuit Over 2.0 Winning Team Under 2.0 Winning Team Results
Over 2.0 Winning Drivers Under 2.0 Winning Drivers
Over 2.0 Winning Car [1] Under 2.0 Winning Car [1]
1 Daytona Template:Flagicon #0 Interscope Racing None Results
Template:Flagicon Ted Field
Template:Flagicon Danny Ongais
Template:Flagicon Hurley Haywood
Template:Flagicon Porsche 935/79
2 Mugello Template:Flagicon #12 Gelo Racing Team None Results
Template:Flagicon Bob Wollek
Template:Flagicon Manfred Schurti
Template:Flagicon John Fitzpatrick
Template:Flagicon Porsche 935/77
3 Dijon Template:Flagicon #31 Gelo Racing Team None Results
Template:Flagicon Bob Wollek
Template:Flagicon Manfred Schurti
Template:Flagicon Jacky Ickx
Template:Flagicon Porsche 935/77
4 Silverstone Template:Flagicon #3 Gelo Sportswear None Results
Template:Flagicon Bob Wollek
Template:Flagicon Hans Heyer
Template:Flagicon John Fitzpatrick
Template:Flagicon Porsche 935/77
5 Nürburgring Template:Flagicon #6 Gelo Racing Team Template:Flagicon #25 Jägermeister Results
Template:Flagicon Bob Wollek
Template:Flagicon Manfred Schurti
Template:Flagicon John Fitzpatrick 		Template:Flagicon Eckhard Schrimpf
Template:Flagicon Hans-Georg Bürger
Template:Flagicon Porsche 935/77 Template:Flagicon BMW 320i
6 Pergusa Template:Flagicon #4 Lubrifilm Racing Template:Flagicon #11 Lancia Corse Results
Template:Flagicon Angelo Pallavicini
Template:Flagicon Marco Vanoli 		Template:Flagicon Riccardo Patrese
Template:Flagicon Carlo Facetti
Template:Flagicon Porsche Carrera RSR Template:Flagicon Lancia Beta Montecarlo
7 Watkins Glen Template:Flagicon #94 Whittington/Kremer None Results
Template:Flagicon Don Whittington
Template:Flagicon Bill Whittington
Template:Flagicon Klaus Ludwig
Template:Flagicon Porsche 935 K3
8 Brands Hatch Template:Flagicon #27 Porsche Kremer Racing Template:Flagicon #31 ASA Corse Results
Template:Flagicon Klaus Ludwig
Template:Flagicon Axel Plankenhorn 		Template:Flagicon Riccardo Patrese
Template:Flagicon Walter Röhrl
Template:Flagicon Porsche 935 K3 Template:Flagicon Lancia Beta Montecarlo
9 Vallelunga Template:Flagicon #54 Ecurie Biennoise Template:Flagicon #33 Giuseppi Piazzi Results
Template:Flagicon Enzo Calderari
Template:Flagicon Willi Spavetti
Template:Flagicon Rolf Moritz 		Template:Flagicon Giuseppi Piazzi
Template:Flagicon Renzo Zorzi
Template:Flagicon Stanislao Sterzel
Template:Flagicon Porsche Carrera RSR Template:Flagicon Fiat X1/9

Note: Entries which were not eligible to score championship points are not accounted for in the above table.

Manufacturers' championship

Points were awarded for placings gained by the top ten cars in each division at each round in the order of 20-15-12-10-8-6-4-3-2-1. However, points were only awarded for the highest placed car from each make in each division and any other cars from that make were merely skipped in the points allocation.

Only the best seven round results for each make in each division counted towards the championship with any other points earned not included in the final totals. Relinquished points are shown within brackets.

Some rounds were also open to cars from other categories (e.g. Group 6 "Two Seater Racing Cars") however these cars were not eligible to score points for their respective makes.

Division - Over 2 Litre

Pos [2] Make Rd 1 Rd 2 Rd 3 Rd 4 Rd 5 Rd 6 Rd 7 Rd 8 Rd 9 Total
1 Template:Flagicon Porsche 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 (20) (20) 140
2 Template:Flagicon Ferrari 15 15 30
3 Template:Flagicon de Tomaso 6 6
4 Template:Flagicon Triumph 4 4
5 Template:Flagicon BMW 1 1

Division - Under 2 Litre

Pos [3] Make Rd 1 Rd 2 Rd 3 Rd 4 Rd 5 Rd 6 Rd 7 Rd 8 Rd 9 Total
1 Template:Flagicon Lancia 10 20 20 50
2 Template:Flagicon BMW 20 12 32
3 Template:Flagicon Ford 15 15 30
Template:Flagicon Porsche 15 15 30
5 Template:Flagicon Fiat 20 20
6 Template:Flagicon Volkswagen 6 6
7 Template:Flagicon Audi 2 2

The cars

The following models contributed to the nett points totals scored by their respective makes.

Division - Over 2 Litre

Division - Under 2 Litre

References

  1. ↑ a b World Championship 1979, www.classicscars.com Retrieved 20 March 2020
  2. ↑ FIA Yearbook, 1980, grey section, page 85
  3. ↑ FIA Yearbook, 1980, grey section, page 86

Further reading

External links

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