1973 World Sportscar Championship

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.

1973 World Sportscar Championship
Previous: 1972 Next: 1974

Schedule
Matra won the 1973 World Championship for Makes
Ferrari placed second in the championship
Porsche placed third in the championship
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 24 Hours of Daytona Daytona International Speedway 3 February
4 February
2 Vallelunga 6 Hours Vallelunga 25 March
3 Dijon 1000 Kilometres Dijon-Prenois 15 April
4 1000km Monza Autodromo Nazionale Monza 25 April
5 1000km Spa Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps 6 May
6 Targa Florio Circuito Piccolo delle Madonie 13 May
7 ADAC 1000km Nürburgring Nürburgring 27 May
8 24 Hours of Le Mans Circuit de la Sarthe 9 June
10 June
9 Austrian 1000km† Österreichring 24 June
10 Watkins Glen 6 Hours Watkins Glen International 21 July

† - No GT entries were received for the Österreichring event. The Buenos Aires 1000 km, scheduled to be held on 21 October,[4] was canceled 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 #59 Brumos Porsche #22 North American Racing Team Results
Hurley Haywood
Peter Gregg		 François Migault
Milt Minter
Porsche 911 Carrera RSR Ferrari 365 GTB/4 Daytona
2 Vallelunga #5 Equipe Matra-Simca #9 Martini Racing Results
Henri Pescarolo
Gérard Larrousse		 Willi Kauhsen
George Follmer
Matra-Simca MS670 Porsche 911 Carrera RSR
3 Dijon-Prenois #2 Equipe Matra-Simca #26 Martini Racing Results
Henri Pescarolo
Gérard Larrousse		 Herbert Müller
Gijs van Lennep
Matra-Simca MS670 Porsche 911 Carrera RSR
4 Monza #1 SpA Ferrari SEFAC #84 Porsche Kremer Racing Results
Brian Redman
Jacky Ickx		 Erwin Kremer
Clemens Schickentanz
Ferrari 312PB Porsche 911 Carrera RSR
5 Spa-Francorchamps #5 Gulf Racing #40 Martini Racing Results
Derek Bell
Mike Hailwood		 Reinhold Joest
George Follmer
Mirage M6 Ford Cosworth Porsche 911 Carrera RSR
6 Targa Florio #8 Martini Racing #106 Scuderia Brescia Corse Results
Herbert Müller
Gijs van Lennep		 Giovanni Borri
Mario Barone
Porsche 911 Carrera RSR Porsche 911 Carrera RSR
7 Nürburgring #1 SpA Ferrari SEFAC #55 Porsche Kremer Racing Results
Brian Redman
Jacky Ickx		 Paul Keller
Jürgen Neuhaus
Clemens Schikentanz
Ferrari 312PB Porsche 911 Carrera RSR
8 La Sarthe #11 Equipe Matra-Simca #39 Automobile Charles Pozzi Results
Henri Pescarolo
Gérard Larrousse		 Claude Ballot-Léna
Vic Elford
Matra-Simca MS670B Ferrari 365 GTB/4 Daytona
9 Österreichring #11 Equipe Matra-Simca None Results
Henri Pescarolo
Gérard Larrousse
Matra-Simca MS670 None
10 Watkins Glen #33 Equipe Matra-Simca #16 Toad Hall Motor Racing Results
Henri Pescarolo
Gérard Larrousse		 Milt Minter
Michael Keyser
Matra-Simca MS670 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 Matra 20 20 12 12 20 20 20 124
2 Ferrari 15 15 15 20 10 20 15 (12) (15) 115
3 Porsche 20 8 (3) (3) 8 20 10 10 (3) 6 82
4 Mirage 8 20 10 10 48
5 Lola 6 6 10 6 8 36
6 Chevron 1 4 2 10 12 1 30
7 Alfa Romeo 8 1 4 4 17
8 Lancia 15 15
9 Chevrolet 12 2 14
10 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 Porsche (12) 20 20 20 20 20 20 (15) 20 140
2 Ferrari 20 20 40
3 Chevrolet 15 8 15 38
4 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
  • Matra Simca MS670 & Matra Simca MS670B
  • Ferrari 365 GTB/4 Daytona & Ferrari 312PB
  • Porsche 911 Carrera RSR & Porsche 908/3
  • Mirage M6 Ford Cosworth
  • Lola T282 Ford Cosworth & Lola T290 Ford Cosworth
  • Chevron B21 Ford Cosworth & Chevron B23 Ford Cosworth
  • Alfa Romeo 33TT3 & Alfa Romeo Giulia GTAm
  • Lancia Stratos
  • Chevrolet Corvette
  • Ligier JS2 Maserati

Cup for GT Cars
  • Porsche 911S & Porsche 911 Carrera RSR
  • Ferrari 365 GTB/4 Daytona
  • Chevrolet Corvette
  • Alfa Romeo Giulia GTAm

References
  1. 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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