The 1976 World Sports Car Championship (officially the World Championship for Sports Cars,Results of the 1976 FIA International Championships - World Championship for Sports Cars, 1977 FIA Yearbook, pages 86 & 87) was a motor racing series open to Group 6 cars,János L. Wimpffen, Time and Two Seats, 1999, Page 1040 (officially Two-Seater Racing Cars (Group 6)).1976 FIA Yearbook, page 9 The championship was contested over a seven race series which ran from 4 April to 19 September and included a secondary award, the 1976 FIA Cup for Cars up to 2 Litres.Results of the 1976 FIA International Championships - FIA Cup for Cars up to 2 Litres, 1977 FIA Yearbook, page 87 1976 was the 24th season of FIA World Sportscar Championship racing.
The championship was won by Porsche and the FIA Cup by Lola.
Schedule
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 ten finishers in each race in the order of 20-15-12-10-8-6-4-3-2-1. Manufacturers were only awarded points for their highest finishing car in each race with no points awarded for any additional placing gained.
Only the best 5 points finishes per manufacturer could be retained towards the championship, with any other points earned not included in the totals. Discarded points are shown within brackets in the table below.
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 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 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" 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.János L. Wimpffen, Time and Two Seats, 1999, Page 1079 The fifth round at Mosport was also contested by Group 7 Can-Am cars which were not eligible for World Championship points.János L. Wimpffen, Time and Two Seats, 1999, Page 1053
The cars The following cars contributed to the nett championship pointscores of their respective manufacturers:World Championship 1976, www.classicscars.com (Note that the page shows results for both the seven rounds of the 1976 World Championship for Makes and the seven rounds of the 1976 World Championship for Sports Cars) Retrieved 16 March 2021 Porsche 908/4 & Porsche 936 Alpine Renault A442 Osella PA4 BMW Lola T292/4 BMW, Lola T292 Ford, Lola T292 T290/4 Ford & Lola T292 Hart & Lola T286 Ford March 75S BMW Chevron B36 ROC & Chevron B23 Ford & Chevron B26 Hart & Chevron B26 Ford Alfa Romeo 33TS12 Mirage GR8 Ford KMW SP30 Porsche McLaren M8F Chevrolet Sauber SC5 BMW Abarth-Osella SE027 BMW Cheetah G601 BMW
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.
Position Manufacturer Nur Mon Imo Ena Mos Dij Sal Total 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. The 1976 24 Hours of Le Mans, which was open to both types of cars, did not count towards either championship. The World Championship for Makes was won by Porsche.
References
External links World Sportscar Championship 1976, www.racingsportscars.com (Also includes details of World Championship for Makes 1976)