1976 World Sportscar Championship

The 1976 World Sports Car Championship season was part of the 24th season of FIA World Sportscar Championship motor racing. It featured the 1976 World Championship for Sports Cars,[1] which was open to Group 6 cars,[2] officially referred to as "Two-Seater Racing Cars (Group 6)"[3], as well as the 1976 FIA Cup for Cars up to 2 Litres.[4] The championship was contested over a seven race series which ran from 4 April to 19 September and was won by Porsche.[5]

1976 World Sportscar Championship season
Previous: 1975 Next: 1977

Schedule
Porsche won the championship with its 908/3 and 936 models. A 936 in 1977 livery is pictured above.
Rnd Race Circuit Date
1 ADAC Nürburgring 300 km Nürburgring April 4
2 Trofeo Filippo Caracciolo (4 Hours) Autodromo Nazionale Monza April 25
3 Trofeo Ignazio Giunti (500 km) Autodromo Dino Ferrari May 23
4 Coppa Florio (4 Hours) Autodromo di Pergusa June 27
5 Player's 200 Mosport August 22
6 ACF 500 km of Dijon Dijon-Prenois September 5
7 Elan Trophy (200 miles) Salzburgring September 19

Season results

Races
Rnd Circuit Winning Team 2-Litre Winning Team Results
Winning Drivers 2-Litre Winning drivers
Winning Car 2-Litre Winning Car
1 Nürburgring #5 Joest Racing #40 Helmut Bross Results
Reinhold Joest Helmut Bross
Porsche 908/3 Lola T294-BMW
2 Monza #3 Martini Racing #22 Ateneo Results
Jochen Mass
Jacky Ickx		 "Amphicar"
Armando Floridia
Porsche 936 Osella PA4-BMW
3 Imola #7 Martini Racing #30 Torino Corse Results
Jochen Mass
Jacky Ickx		 Roby Filannino
Ermanno Pettiti
Porsche 936 Osella PA4-BMW
4 Pergusa #4 Martini Racing #35 Roby Filannino Results
Jochen Mass
Rolf Stommelen		 Roby Filannino
Ermanno Pettiti
Porsche 936 Osella PA4-BMW
5 Mosport #20 Martini Racing #47 Anthony R. Cicale Results†
Jacky Ickx Tony Cicale
Porsche 936 Chevron B26-Hart
6 Dijon #6 Martini Racing #34 Racing Organisation Course Results
Jochen Mass
Jacky Ickx		 Jean-Louis Lafosse
Jean-Pierre Jaussaud
Porsche 936 Chevron B36-ROC
7 Salzburgring #3 Martini Racing Results
Jochen Mass Dieter Quester
Porsche 936 Osella PA4-BMW

† - In the race, Ickx finished behind two Group 7 CanAm cars, but these large capacity cars were not eligible for Group 6 championship points.

Results - 1976 World Championship for Sports Cars

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; any other cars from that manufacturer were merely skipped in the points standings.

Only the best 5 points finishes counted towards the championship, with any other points earned not included in the total. Discarded points are shown within brackets in the table below.

Pos [1] Manufacturer [1] Rd 1 [1] Rd 2 [1] Rd 3 [1] Rd 4 [1] Rd 5 [1] Rd 6 [1] Rd 7 [1] Total [1]
1 Porsche 20 20 20 20 20 (20) (20) 100
2= Alpine 15 2 15 15 47
2= Osella 10 10 15 12 47
4 Lola 15 3 6 8 8 40
5 March 10 1 3 12 4 30
6 Chevron 1 4 10 4 4 23
7 Alfa Romeo 15 15
8 Mirage 12 12
9= KMW [6] 4 4 8
9= McLaren 8 8
9= Sauber 8 8
12 Abarth 6 6
13 Cheetah 2 2
  • The opening round at the Nürburgring was also contested by Group 4 GT cars which were not eligible for World Championship points.[7]
  • The fifth round at Mosport was also contested by Group 7 Can-Am cars which were not eligible for World Championship points.[8]

FIA Cup for Cars up to 2 Litres

The 1976 FIA Cup for Cars up to 2 Litres was contested concurrently with the 1976 World Championship for Sports Cars.[4]

Position [4] Manufacturer [4] Nur [4] Mon [4] Imo [4] Ena [4] Mos [4] Dij [4] Sal [4] Total [4]
1 Lola 20 10 12 - 15 20 - 77
2 Osella - 20 20 20 - 6 - 66
3 Chevron - - 6 8 20 15 12 61
4 March 15 8 8 15 - - - 46
5 Sauber - - - - - - 20 20
6 Abarth - - - - - - 15 15
7 Ford 12 - - - - - - 12

World Championship of Makes

For the 1976 season, the FIA chose to run two separate World Championships for "sportscars". Open-cockpit Group 6 cars would contest the new World Championship for Sports Cars, while production-based cars, including Group 5 Special Production Cars, would now 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. The World Championship for Makes was won by Porsche.

References
  1. Results of the 1976 FIA International Championships - World Championship for Sports Cars, 1977 FIA Yearbook, pages 86 & 87
  2. János L. Wimpffen, Time and Two Seats, 1999, Page 1040
  3. 1976 FIA Yearbook, page 9
  4. Results of the 1976 FIA International Championships - FIA Cup for Cars up to 2 Litres, 1977 FIA Yearbook, page 87
  5. Automobile Year, 1976/77, pages 224 to 227
  6. The 1977 FIA Yearbook results table shows this manufacturer as "BMW". János L. Wimpffen, Time and Two Seats, 1999 (on page 1089) lists the championship place as awarded to "KMW" and (on pages 1055 to 1057) shows the 7th placed "Sports" car at both the Nürburgring and Monza rounds as a "KMW-Porsche SP30"
  7. János L. Wimpffen, Time and Two Seats, 1999, Page 1079
  8. János L. Wimpffen, Time and Two Seats, 1999, Page 1053
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