The 1970 World Sportscar Championship season was the 18th season of FIA World Sportscar Championship motor racing. It featured the 1970 International Championship for Makes 1974 FIA Yearbook, Grey Section, Previous FIA Championship Winners, pages 124-125 and the 1970 International Cup for GT Cars, which were contested concurrently from 31 January to 11 October over a ten race series. The International Championship for Makes, which was open to Group 6 Sports-Prototypes, Group 5 Sports Cars and Group 4 Special GT Cars,Peter Higham, The Guinness Guide To International Motor Racing, 1995, page 259 was won by German manufacturer Porsche. The International Cup for GT Cars was also won by Porsche.
Schedule
Rnd Race Circuit or Location Date 1 24 Hours of Daytona Daytona International Speedway 31 January1 February 2 12 Hours of Sebring Sebring International Raceway 21 March 3 BOAC 1000km† Brands Hatch 12 April 4 1000km Monza Autodromo Nazionale Monza 25 April 5 Targa Florio Circuito delle Madonie 3 May 6 1000km Spa Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps 17 May 7 1000km Nürburgring Nürburgring 31 May 8 24 Hours of Le Mans Circuit de la Sarthe 13 June14 June 9 Watkins Glen 6 Hours Watkins Glen International 11 July 10 Austrian 1000km Österreichring 11 October
† - The BOAC 1000 km was open to Group 6 Sports-Prototypes and Group 5 Sports Cars only. GT Cars did not participate.
Season results
Races
Rnd Circuit Sportscar Winning Team GT Winning Team Results Sportscar Winning Drivers GT Winning Drivers 1 Daytona #2 John Wyer Automotive #7 Owens Corning Racing Results Pedro Rodriguez Leo Kinnunen Brian Redman Jerry Thompson John Mahler 2 Sebring #21 SpA Ferrari SEFAC #1 Troy Promotions Results Ignazio Giunti Nino Vaccarella Mario Andretti Tony DeLorenzo Dick Lang 3 Brands Hatch #10 John Wyer Automotive None Results Pedro Rodriguez Leo Kinnunen 4 Monza #7 John Wyer Automotive #87 Brescia Corse Results Pedro Rodriguez Leo Kinnunen Giuseppe Schenetti Sergio Zerbini 5 Targa Florio #12 John Wyer Automotive #174 HF Squadra Corse Results Jo Siffert Brian Redman Sandro Munari Claudio Maglioli 6 Spa-Francorchamps #24 John Wyer Automotive #59 Bernard Cheneviére Results Jo Siffert Brian Redman Bernard Cheneviére Claude Haldi 7 Nürburgring #22 Porsche Salzburg #79 Dieter Fröhlich Results Vic Elford Kurt Ahrens Jr. Dieter Fröhlich Pauli Toivonen 8 La Sarthe #23 Porsche Salzburg #40 Etablissement Sonauto Results Hans Herrmann Richard Attwood Claude Ballot-Léna Guy Chasseuil 9 Watkins Glen #2 John Wyer Automotive #5 Bob Grossman Results Pedro Rodriguez Leo Kinnunen Bob Grossman Don Yenko 10 Österreichring #23 John Wyer Automotive #51 Peter-Ernst Strähle Results Jo Siffert Brian Redman Günter Steckkönig Ferfried von Hohenzollern
International Championship for Makes Points were awarded for the first six places in each race on a 9-6-4-3-2-1 basis.Anthony Prichard, The Motor Racing Year No2, 1971, page 214 Manufacturers were only awarded points for their highest placed car Peter Higham, The Guinness Guide To International Motor Racing, 1995, page 260 with no points awarded for positions filled by other cars from the same manufacturer. These cars could deny other brands from scoring points, though. The 1-2-3-4 finish of Porsche at the Brands Hatch race limited Ferrari to 5th place and only 2 points.
No points were awarded for positions filled by cars other than Group 6 Sports-Prototypes, Group 5 Sports Cars and Group 4 Special GT Cars.
Out of the ten rounds in the championship, only the best seven results counted towards the points total for each manufacturer. Discarded points are shown within brackets in the following table.
Pos Manufacturer DAY SEB BRH MZA TGA SPA NÜR LMS WGL ÖST Total 1 Porsche 9 (6) 9 9 9 9 9 9 (9) (9) 63 2 Ferrari 4 9 (2) 6 4 6 4 (3) 4 37 3 Alfa Romeo 4 6 10 4 Matra-Simca 2 2 4 5 Chevrolet 1 1 2
International Cup for GT Cars Points were awarded for the first six places in the GT category at each race on a 9-6-4-3-2-1 basis. Manufacturers were only given points for their highest finishing car with no points awarded for positions filled by other cars from the same manufacturer.
Only the best seven results were retained towards the championship total of each manufacturer. Discarded points are shown within brackets in the following table.
The Grand Touring Car category did not participate in Round 3 at Brands Hatch.
Pos Manufacturer Rd 1 Rd 2 Rd 4 Rd 5 Rd 6 Rd 7 Rd 8 Rd 9 Rd 10 Total 1 Porsche (3) 4 9 9 9 6 9 9 55 2 Chevrolet 9 9 9 27 3 Lancia 9 9 4 Alpine 1 3 4 4 Lotus 4 4 5 British Leyland 1 1
The cars The following models contributed towards the net point scores of their respective manufacturers.
International Championship for Makes
Porsche 917K, 917L & 908/03 Ferrari 512S Alfa Romeo T33/3 Matra-Simca MS650 Chevrolet Corvette
International Cup for GT Cars
Porsche 911S, Porsche 911T & Porsche 914/6 GT Chevrolet Corvette & Chevrolet Camaro Lancia Fulvia HF Alpine A110 Lotus Europa MGB (British Leyland)
References
External links International Championship for Makes 1970 wsrp.cz Season: 1970 (International Championship for Makes), www.racingsportscars.com 1970 - A year to remember - John Wyer's Gulf Porsche team