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1969 World Sportscar Championship
Racing tournament
Racing tournament
The 1969 World Sportscar Championship season was the 17th season of FIA World Sportscar Championship motor racing. It featured the 1969 International Championship for Makes, which was a series for FIA Group 6 Prototype Sports Cars, Group 4 Sports Cars and Group 3 Grand Touring Cars and the 1969 International Cup for GT Cars, which was restricted to Group 3 Grand Touring Cars. The season ran from 1 February 1969 to 10 August 1969 and comprised 10 races.
Porsche won both the International Championship for Makes and the International Cup for GT Cars.
Schedule
| Rnd | Race | Circuit or Location | Date | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| USA 24 Hours of Daytona | Daytona International Speedway | 1 February | |||||||||||
| 2 February | |||||||||||||
| USA 12 Hours of Sebring | Sebring International Raceway | 22 March | |||||||||||
| GBR BOAC 500 (6 Hours)† | Brands Hatch | 13 April | |||||||||||
| ITA 1000km Monza | Autodromo Nazionale Monza | 25 April | |||||||||||
| ITA Targa Florio | Circuito delle Madonie | 4 May | |||||||||||
| BEL 1000km Spa | Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps | 11 May | |||||||||||
| DEU ADAC 1000 Kilometres Nürburgring | Nürburgring | 1 June | |||||||||||
| FRA 24 Hours of Le Mans | Circuit de la Sarthe | 14 June | |||||||||||
| 15 June | |||||||||||||
| USA Watkins Glen 6 Hours | Watkins Glen International | 12 July | |||||||||||
| AUT 1000km of Zeltweg | Österreichring | 10 August |
† - Sportscars & Sports Prototypes only, GT category did not participate.
Race results
| Rnd | Circuit | Winning team - Outright | Winning team - GT | Results | Winning drivers - Outright | Winning drivers - GT | Winning car - Outright | Winning car - GT | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Daytona | USA #6 Roger Penske Racing | USA #20 Herb Watson | Results | |||||||||||||||
| USA Mark Donohue | ||||||||||||||||||
| USA Chuck Parsons | USA Herb Watson | |||||||||||||||||
| USA Tony Adamowicz | ||||||||||||||||||
| USA Bruce Jennings | ||||||||||||||||||
| Lola T70 Mk3B Chevrolet | Porsche 911T | |||||||||||||||||
| Sebring | GBR #22 John Wyer Automotive | USA #5 Best Photo Service | Results | |||||||||||||||
| BEL Jacky Ickx | ||||||||||||||||||
| GBR Jackie Oliver | USA Don Yenko | |||||||||||||||||
| USA Bob Grossman | ||||||||||||||||||
| Ford GT40 | Chevrolet Camaro | |||||||||||||||||
| Brands Hatch | DEU #53 Porsche Engineering | None | Results | |||||||||||||||
| CHE Jo Siffert | ||||||||||||||||||
| GBR Brian Redman | ||||||||||||||||||
| Porsche 908/2 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Monza | DEU #4 Porsche Engineering | DEU #67 IGFA | Results | |||||||||||||||
| CHE Jo Siffert | ||||||||||||||||||
| GBR Brian Redman | DEU Jürgen Neuhaus | |||||||||||||||||
| DEU Dieter Fröhlich | ||||||||||||||||||
| Porsche 908L | Porsche 911T | |||||||||||||||||
| Circuito delle Madonie | DEU #266 Porsche Engineering | ITA #86 Everardo Ostini | Results | |||||||||||||||
| DEU Gerhard Mitter | ||||||||||||||||||
| DEU Udo Schütz | ITA Everardo Ostini | |||||||||||||||||
| ITA Gianpiero Moretti | ||||||||||||||||||
| Porsche 908/2 | Porsche 911T | |||||||||||||||||
| Spa-Francorchamps | DEU #25 Porsche Engineering | FRA #59 Gérard Larrousse | Results | |||||||||||||||
| CHE Jo Siffert | ||||||||||||||||||
| GBR Brian Redman | FRA Gérard Larrousse | |||||||||||||||||
| AUT Rudi Lins | ||||||||||||||||||
| CHE Dieter Spoerry | ||||||||||||||||||
| Porsche 908L | Porsche 911T | |||||||||||||||||
| Nürburgring | DEU #1 Porsche Engineering | DEU #106 IGFA | Results | |||||||||||||||
| CHE Jo Siffert | ||||||||||||||||||
| GBR Brian Redman | DEU Jürgen Neuhaus | |||||||||||||||||
| DEU Dieter Fröhlich | ||||||||||||||||||
| Porsche 908/2 | Porsche 911T | |||||||||||||||||
| La Sarthe | GBR #6 John Wyer Automotive | BEL #41 Jean-Pierre Gaban | Results | |||||||||||||||
| BEL Jacky Ickx | ||||||||||||||||||
| GBR Jackie Oliver | BEL Jean-Pierre Gaban | |||||||||||||||||
| BEL Yves Deprez | ||||||||||||||||||
| Ford GT40 | Porsche 911S | |||||||||||||||||
| Watkins Glen | AUT #1 Porsche of Austria | USA #14 Owens Corning Racing | Results | |||||||||||||||
| CHE Jo Siffert | ||||||||||||||||||
| GBR Brian Redman | USA Tony DeLorenzo | |||||||||||||||||
| USA Dick Lang | ||||||||||||||||||
| Porsche 908/2 | Chevrolet Corvette | |||||||||||||||||
| Österreichring | AUT #29 Freiherr von Wendt | DEU #27 Peter-Ernst Stähle | Results | |||||||||||||||
| CHE Jo Siffert | ||||||||||||||||||
| DEU Kurt Ahrens Jr. | DEU Herbert Linge | |||||||||||||||||
| DEU Roland Bauer | ||||||||||||||||||
| Porsche 917 | Porsche 911T |
Points system
Points were awarded to the top six finishers in each race on a 9-6-4-3-2-1 basis. Manufacturers were only given points for their highest finishing car in each race with no points awarded for positions gained by any other cars from that manufacturer.
Sports, Sports Prototype and GT cars were eligible to score points for their manufacturer in the overall championship and the GT category also had its own separate award.
Cars that were not included in the Sports, Sports Prototype or GT categories in a race were not eligible to score points for the overall championship.
Only the best five points finishes counted towards a manufacturer's total, with any other points earned being discarded. Discarded points are shown within brackets in the tables below.
Championship Standings
International Championship for Makes
| Pos | Manufacturer | Rd 1 | Rd 2 | Rd 3 | Rd 4 | Rd 5 | Rd 6 | Rd 7 | Rd 8 | Rd 9 | Rd 10 | Total | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| DEU Porsche | (4) | (4) | 9 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 9 | (6) | (9) | (9) | 45 | |||||||||
| USA Ford | 9 | 2 | 3 | (1) | 9 | 2 | 25 | |||||||||||||
| GBR Lola | 9 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 20 | ||||||||||||||
| ITA Ferrari | 6 | 3 | 6 | 15 | ||||||||||||||||
| FRA Matra | 3 | 3 | 6 | |||||||||||||||||
| GBR Chevron | 3 | 3 | ||||||||||||||||||
| ITA Alfa Romeo | 2 | 1 | 3 | |||||||||||||||||
| FRA Alpine-Renault | 1 | 1 |
International Cup for GT Cars
The GT class did not participate in Round 3.
| Pos | Manufacturer | Rd 1 | Rd 2 | Rd 4 | Rd 5 | Rd 6 | Rd 7 | Rd 8 | Rd 9 | Rd 10 | Total | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| DEU Porsche | 9 | (6) | 9 | 9 | 9 | 9 | (9) | (6) | (9) | 45 | ||||||
| USA Chevrolet | 3 | 9 | 3 | 9 | 24 | |||||||||||
| ITA Ferrari | 1 | 6 | 7 | |||||||||||||
| ITA Lancia | 3 | 2 | 5 | |||||||||||||
| GBR MG | 2 | 2 |
The cars
The following models contributed to the nett points totals of their respective manufacturers:
International Championship for Makes
- Porsche 908/2 & 908L
- Ford GT40
- Lola T70 Mk.3B & T70 Mk.3 Chevrolet
- Ferrari 312P
- Matra MS650
- Chevron B8 BMW
- Alfa Romeo T33/2
- Alpine-Renault A220
International Cup for GT Cars
- Porsche 911T
- Chevrolet Corvette & Camaro
- Ferrari 275GTB/C
- Lancia Fulvia HF Zagato
- MGB
References
References
- FIA Yearbook, 1974, Grey section, page 124-125
- Peter Higham, The Guinness Guide to International Motor Racing, 1995, page 259
- János L. Wimpffen, Time and Two Seats, pages 750-792
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