1975 World Sportscar Championship

The 1975 World Sportscar Championship season was the 23rd season of FIA World Sportscar Championship motor racing. It featured the 1975 World Championship for Makes[1] which was open to Group 5 Sports Cars and Group 4 Special GT Cars.[2] It also included the FIA Cup for GT Cars and the FIA Cup for 2-Litre Cars.[1] The three titles were contested concurrently over a nine race series which ran from 1 February to 12 July 1975.

1975 World Sportscar Championship
Previous: 1974 Next: 1976 (WCM)
1976 (WSC)

Schedule
Rnd Race Circuit or Location Date
1 24 Hours of Daytona† Daytona International Speedway 1 February
2 February
2 1000 km of Mugello Mugello Circuit 23 March
3 800 km of Dijon Dijon-Prenois 6 April
4 Trofeo Filippo Caracciolo (1000km) Autodromo Nazionale Monza 20 April
5 1000km Spa Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps 4 May
6 Coppa Florio (1000 km) Autodromo di Pergusa 18 May
7 1000km Nürburgring Nürburgring 1 June
8 1000km Zeltweg Österreichring 29 June
9 Watkins Glen 6 Hours Watkins Glen International 12 July

† Due to a lack of Group 5 entries, the FIA initially rescinded the championship status of the Daytona race. Several months after the event the FIA retroactively conferred championship status to the race and placed cars into the classes they would theoretically have entered.[3]

Season results

Races
Rnd Circuit Winning Team GT Winning Team 2-Litre Winning Team Results
Winning Drivers GT Winning Drivers 2-Litre Winning Drivers
1 Daytona #59 Brumos Porsche[4] #71 North American Racing Team None Results
Hurley Haywood
Peter Gregg		 Jon Woodner
Fred Phillips
2 Mugello #5 Elf Alpine-Renault #44 Gelo Racing Team #24 KVG Racing Results
Jean-Pierre Jabouille
Gérard Larrousse		 John Fitzpatrick
Toine Hezemans
Manfred Schurti		 John Hine
Ian Grob
3 Dijon-Prenois #2 Willi Kauhsen Racing Team #33 Gelo Racing Team #18 KVG Racing Results
Arturo Merzario
Jacques Laffite		 John Fitzpatrick
Toine Hezemans		 Ian Grob
John Hine
4 Monza #2 Willi Kauhsen Racing Team None #15 Eqipe Elf Switzerland Results
Arturo Merzario
Jacques Laffite		 Lella Lombardi
Marie-Claude Beaumont
5 Spa-Francorchamps #2 Willi Kauhsen Racing Team #42 Porsche Club Romand #34 Peter Smith Results
Henri Pescarolo
Derek Bell		 Claude Haldi
Bernard Béguin		 Peter Smith
John Turner
6 Pergusa #1 Willi Kauhsen Racing Team #48 Tebernum Porsche Racing #27 Scuderia Citta dei Mille Results
Arturo Merzario
Jochen Mass		 Hartwig Bertrams
Clemens Schickentanz
Reine Wisell		 Giancarlo Gagliardi
"Bramen"
7 Nürburgring #1 Willi Kauhsen Racing Team #54 Jägermeister Kremer Racing #30 March-Hart Racing Results
Arturo Merzario
Jacques Laffite		 Helmut Kelleners
Hans Heyer
Bob Wollek		 David Morgan
John Lepp
Vern Schuppan
8 Österreichring #2 Willi Kauhsen Racing Team None #29 March Racing Results
Henri Pescarolo
Derek Bell		 David Morgan
John Lepp
9 Watkins Glen #4 Willi Kauhsen Racing Team #95 Bob Hagestad Porsche-Audi None Results
Henri Pescarolo
Derek Bell		 Bob Hagestad
Hurley Haywood

World Championship for Makes
Alfa Romeo won the 1975 World Championship for Makes with the Alfa Romeo 33TT12
Porsche placed second in the championship with the 911 Carrera RSR and 908/3 (pictured).
Alpine Renault placed third in the championship with the A441 & A442 (pictured).

Points towards the World Championship for Makes were awarded to the top 10 positions in each race in the order of 20-15-12-10-8-6-4-3-2-1.[5] Points were awarded to the position gained by the highest placed car from each make with any positions filled by other cars from the same make not attracting points. No points were awarded to positions gained by cars other than Group 5 Sports Cars and Group 4 Special GT Cars.

Only the 7 best results were retained for championship classification.[6] Discarded points are shown (below) within brackets

Pos.[6] Make[6] Rd 1 Rd 2 Rd 3 Rd 4 Rd 5 Rd 6 Rd 7 Rd 8 Rd 9 Total[6]
1 Alfa Romeo (15) 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 140
2 Porsche 20 12 15 15 12 12 12 (12) (10) 98
3 Alpine-Renault 20 12 10 12 54
4 Chevron 8 12 3 2 6 1 4 36
5 Mirage 15 15
6 March 4 8 12
7 Ligier 4 6 10
Lola 1 3 6 10
9 Ferrari 4 4
10 Chevrolet 3 3

FIA Cup for GT Cars
Pos.[6] Make[6] Rd 1 Rd 2 Rd 3 Rd 4 Rd 5 Rd 6 Rd 7 Rd 8 Rd 9 Total[6]
1 Porsche 15 20 20 20 20 20 20 135
2 Ferrari 20 20
3 Chevrolet 8 10 18
4 De Tomaso 8 8
5 Datsun 3 3

FIA Cup for 2-Litre Cars
Pos.[1] Make[1] Rd 1 Rd 2 Rd 3 Rd 4 Rd 5 Rd 6 Rd 7 Rd 8 Rd 9 Total[1]
1 Chevron 20 20 15 20 20 20 15 130
2 Lola 15 15 20 50
3 Alpine 15 12 20 47

Notes and references
  1. 1976 FIA Yearbook, Grey section, pages 91-93
  2. Peter Higham, The Guinness Guide to International Motor Racing, 1995, page 259
  3. János Wimpffen, Daytona 24 Hours, Time and Two Seats, 1999, pages 1006-1010
  4. Rusz, Joe (October 2011). "Legendary Porsche 911 Racing Teams". Road & Track. 63 (2): 62.
  5. Peter Higham, The Guinness Guide to International Motor Racing, 1995, page 260
  6. Results, Automobile Year 1975/76, page 232
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