1979 World Sportscar Championship

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 1979 to 16 September 1979 and consisted of nine rounds. It was contested in two engine capacity divisions, Over 2 Litres and Under 2 Litres.

1979 World Sportscar Championship
Previous: 1978 Next: 1980

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

Schedule
Lancia won the Under 2 Litres Division with the Beta Montecarlo.
Rnd Race Circuit Date
1 24 Hour Pepsi Challenge Daytona International Speedway 3 February
4 February
2 6 Hours of Mugello Mugello Circuit 18 March
3 Dijon 6 Hours Dijon-Prenois 22 April
4 Rivet Supply 6 Hours Silverstone Circuit 6 May
5 1000km Nürburgring Nürburgring 3 June
6 Coppa Florio Autodromo di Pergusa 24 June
7 Watkins Glen 6 Hours Watkins Glen International 8 July
8 Rivet Supply 6 Hours Brands Hatch 5 August
9 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 #0 Interscope Racing None Results
Ted Field
Danny Ongais
Hurley Haywood
Porsche 935/79
2 Mugello #12 Gelo Racing Team None Results
Bob Wollek
Manfred Schurti
John Fitzpatrick
Porsche 935/77
3 Dijon #31 Gelo Racing Team None Results
Bob Wollek
Manfred Schurti
Jacky Ickx
Porsche 935/77
4 Silverstone #3 Gelo Sportswear None Results
Bob Wollek
Hans Heyer
John Fitzpatrick
Porsche 935/77
5 Nürburgring #6 Gelo Racing Team #25 Jägermeister Results
Bob Wollek
Manfred Schurti
John Fitzpatrick		 Eckhard Schrimpf
Hans-Georg Bürger
Porsche 935/77 BMW 320i
6 Pergusa #4 Lubrifilm Racing #11 Lancia Corse Results
Angelo Pallavicini
Marco Vanoli		 Riccardo Patrese
Carlo Facetti
Porsche Carrera RSR Lancia Beta Montecarlo
7 Watkins Glen #94 Whittington/Kremer None Results
Don Whittington
Bill Whittington
Klaus Ludwig
Porsche 935 K3
8 Brands Hatch #27 Porsche Kremer Racing #31 ASA Corse Results
Klaus Ludwig
Axel Plankenhorn		 Riccardo Patrese
Walter Röhrl
Porsche 935 K3 Lancia Beta Montecarlo
9 Vallelunga #54 Ecurie Biennoise #33 Giuseppi Piazzi Results
Enzo Calderari
Willi Spavetti
Rolf Moritz		 Giuseppi Piazzi
Renzo Zorzi
Stanislao Sterzel
Porsche Carrera RSR 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 Porsche 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 (20) (20) 140
2 Ferrari 15 15 30
3 de Tomaso 6 6
4 Triumph 4 4
5 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 Lancia 10 20 20 50
2 BMW 20 12 32
3 Ford 15 15 30
Porsche 15 15 30
5 Fiat 20 20
6 Volkswagen 6 6
7 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. 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
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