1976 World Championship for Makes

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
1976 World Championship for Makes season
Previous: 1975 Next: 1977
Porsche 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.

World Sportscar Championship

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

Schedule
Rnd Race Circuit Date
1 March Trophy (6 Hours) Mugello Circuit 21 March
2 Trofeo Ignazio Giunti (6 Hours) Vallelunga 4 April
3 6 Hours of Silverstone Silverstone Circuit 9 May
4 ADAC 1000km Nürburgring Nürburgring 30 May
5 Martha 1000 (6 Hours) Österreichring 27 June
6 6 Hours of Watkins Glen Watkins Glen International 10 July
7 ACF 6 Hours of Dijon Dijon-Prenois 4 September

Race results
Rnd Circuit Overall Winning Team Results
Overall Winning Drivers
Overall Winning Car
1 Mugello Circuit #4 Martini Racing Results
Jochen Mass
Jacky Ickx
Porsche 935
2 Vallelunga #1 Martini Racing Results
Jochen Mass
Jacky Ickx
Porsche 935
3 Silverstone #4 Hermetite BMW Results
John Fitzpatrick
Tom Walkinshaw
BMW 3.5 CSL
4 Nürburgring #7 Schnitzer Motorsport Results
Albrecht Krebs
Dieter Quester
BMW 3.5 CSL
5 Österreichring #12 Schnitzer Motorsport Results
Dieter Quester
Gunnar Nilsson
BMW 3.5 CSL
6 Watkins Glen #4 Martini Racing Results
Rolf Stommelen
Manfred Schurti
Porsche 935
7 Dijon #1 Martini Racing Results
Jochen Mass
Jacky Ickx
Porsche 935

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 Porsche 20 20 (15) 15 (12) 20 20 95
2 BMW (3) 15 20 20 20 10 (6) 85
3 Ford 2 6 8
4 De Tomaso 2 3 5
5= Lancia 3 3
5= 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 Ford 20 20 20 - 15 - - 75
2 BMW 15 - - 20 20 - - 55
3 Alpine 12 - - - - - - 12
4 Volkswagen - - - 6 - - - 6

Division 2
Pos Manufacturer Rd 1 Rd 2 Rd 3 Rd 4 Rd 5 Rd 6 Rd 7 Total
1 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 Porsche 20 20 (15) (15) 15 20 20 95
2 BMW (6) 15 20 20 20 10 (6) 85
3 De Tomaso - 6 - 6 6 - - 18
4 MG - - 6 - - - - 6
5 Opel - - - 4 - - - 4

References
  1. FIA Yearbook, 1977, Grey Section, pages 85-86
  2. Janos L. Wimpffe, Time and Two Seats, 1999, page 1043
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