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1973 World Championship for Makes
Racing tournament
Racing tournament
The 1973 World Sportscar Championship season was the 21st season of FIA World Sportscar Championship motor racing. It featured the 1973 World Championship for Makes and the 1973 Cup for GT Cars which were contested concurrently over a ten race series. The World Championship for Makes, which was open to Group 5 Sports Cars and Group 4 GT Cars, was won by Matra and the Cup for GT Cars, which was open only to Group 4 GT Cars, was won by Porsche.
Schedule
The following races counted towards the 1973 World Championship for Makes and the 1973 Cup for GT Cars.
| Rnd | Race | Circuit or Location | Date | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| USA 24 Hours of Daytona | Daytona International Speedway | 3 February | |||||||||||
| 4 February | |||||||||||||
| ITA Vallelunga 6 Hours | Vallelunga | 25 March | |||||||||||
| FRA Dijon 1000 Kilometres | Dijon-Prenois | 15 April | |||||||||||
| ITA 1000km Monza | Autodromo Nazionale Monza | 25 April | |||||||||||
| BEL 1000km Spa | Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps | 6 May | |||||||||||
| ITA Targa Florio | Circuito Piccolo delle Madonie | 13 May | |||||||||||
| DEU ADAC 1000km Nürburgring | Nürburgring | 27 May | |||||||||||
| FRA 24 Hours of Le Mans | Circuit de la Sarthe | 9 June | |||||||||||
| 10 June | |||||||||||||
| AUT Austrian 1000km† | Österreichring | 24 June | |||||||||||
| USA Watkins Glen 6 Hours | Watkins Glen International | 21 July |
† - No GT entries were received for the Österreichring event which was held only two weeks after Le Mans. The Buenos Aires 1000 km, scheduled to be held on 21 October, was cancelled six weeks after the running of the Watkins Glen 6 Hours.
Results
Races
| Rnd | Circuit | Sportscar winning team | GT winning team | Results | Sportscar winning drivers | GT winning drivers | Sportscar winning car | GT winning car | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Daytona | USA #59 Brumos Porsche | USA #22 North American Racing Team | Results | |||||||||||||||
| USA Hurley Haywood | ||||||||||||||||||
| USA Peter Gregg | FRA François Migault | |||||||||||||||||
| USA Milt Minter | ||||||||||||||||||
| DEU Porsche 911 Carrera RSR | ITA Ferrari 365 GTB/4 Daytona | |||||||||||||||||
| Vallelunga | FRA #5 Equipe Matra-Simca | DEU #9 Martini Racing | Results | |||||||||||||||
| FRA Henri Pescarolo | ||||||||||||||||||
| FRA Gérard Larrousse | DEU Willi Kauhsen | |||||||||||||||||
| USA George Follmer | ||||||||||||||||||
| FRA Matra-Simca MS670 | DEU Porsche 911 Carrera RSR | |||||||||||||||||
| Dijon-Prenois | FRA #2 Equipe Matra-Simca | DEU #26 Martini Racing | Results | |||||||||||||||
| FRA Henri Pescarolo | ||||||||||||||||||
| FRA Gérard Larrousse | CHE Herbert Müller | |||||||||||||||||
| NLD Gijs van Lennep | ||||||||||||||||||
| FRA Matra-Simca MS670 | DEU Porsche 911 Carrera RSR | |||||||||||||||||
| Monza | ITA #1 SpA Ferrari SEFAC | DEU #84 Porsche Kremer Racing | Results | |||||||||||||||
| GBR Brian Redman | ||||||||||||||||||
| BEL Jacky Ickx | DEU Erwin Kremer | |||||||||||||||||
| DEU Clemens Schickentanz | ||||||||||||||||||
| ITA Ferrari 312PB | DEU Porsche 911 Carrera RSR | |||||||||||||||||
| Spa-Francorchamps | GBR #5 Gulf Racing | DEU #40 Martini Racing | Results | |||||||||||||||
| GBR Derek Bell | ||||||||||||||||||
| GBR Mike Hailwood | DEU Reinhold Joest | |||||||||||||||||
| USA George Follmer | ||||||||||||||||||
| GBR Mirage M6 Ford Cosworth | DEU Porsche 911 Carrera RSR | |||||||||||||||||
| Targa Florio | DEU #8 Martini Racing | ITA #106 Scuderia Brescia Corse | Results | |||||||||||||||
| CHE Herbert Müller | ||||||||||||||||||
| NLD Gijs van Lennep | ITA Giovanni Borri | |||||||||||||||||
| ITA Mario Barone | ||||||||||||||||||
| DEU Porsche 911 Carrera RSR | DEU Porsche 911 Carrera RSR | |||||||||||||||||
| Nürburgring | ITA #1 SpA Ferrari SEFAC | DEU #55 Porsche Kremer Racing | Results | |||||||||||||||
| GBR Brian Redman | ||||||||||||||||||
| BEL Jacky Ickx | CHE Paul Keller | |||||||||||||||||
| DEU Jürgen Neuhaus | ||||||||||||||||||
| DEU Clemens Schikentanz | ||||||||||||||||||
| ITA Ferrari 312PB | DEU Porsche 911 Carrera RSR | |||||||||||||||||
| La Sarthe | FRA #11 Equipe Matra-Simca | FRA #39 Automobile Charles Pozzi | Results | |||||||||||||||
| FRA Henri Pescarolo | ||||||||||||||||||
| FRA Gérard Larrousse | FRA Claude Ballot-Léna | |||||||||||||||||
| GBR Vic Elford | ||||||||||||||||||
| FRA Matra-Simca MS670B | ITA Ferrari 365 GTB/4 Daytona | |||||||||||||||||
| Österreichring | FRA #11 Equipe Matra-Simca | None | Results | |||||||||||||||
| FRA Henri Pescarolo | ||||||||||||||||||
| FRA Gérard Larrousse | ||||||||||||||||||
| FRA Matra-Simca MS670 | None | |||||||||||||||||
| Watkins Glen | FRA #33 Equipe Matra-Simca | USA #16 Toad Hall Motor Racing | Results | |||||||||||||||
| FRA Henri Pescarolo | ||||||||||||||||||
| FRA Gérard Larrousse | USA Milt Minter | |||||||||||||||||
| USA Michael Keyser | ||||||||||||||||||
| FRA Matra-Simca MS670 | DEU Porsche 911 Carrera RSR |
World Championship for Makes
| Pos | Make | 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 | 9 | 10 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| FRA Matra | 20 | 20 | 12 | 12 | 20 | 20 | 20 | 124 | ||||||||||||||
| ITA Ferrari | 15 | 15 | 15 | 20 | (10) | 20 | 15 | (12) | 15 | 115 | ||||||||||||
| DEU Porsche | 20 | 8 | (3) | (3) | 8 | 20 | 10 | 10 | (3) | 6 | 82 | |||||||||||
| GBR Mirage | 8 | 20 | 10 | 10 | 48 | |||||||||||||||||
| GBR Lola | 6 | 6 | 10 | 6 | 8 | 36 | ||||||||||||||||
| GBR Chevron | 1 | 4 | 2 | 10 | 12 | 1 | 30 | |||||||||||||||
| ITA Alfa Romeo | 8 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 17 | |||||||||||||||||
| ITA Lancia | 15 | 15 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| USA Chevrolet | 12 | 2 | 14 | |||||||||||||||||||
| FRA Ligier | 3 | 3 |
Championship points were awarded to the top 10 finishers in the order of 20-15-12-10-8-6-4-3-2-1 but only for the highest placed car of each make. The 7 best results were retained for each make. Discarded points are shown in the above table within brackets.
Cup for GT Cars
| Pos | Make | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| DEU Porsche | (12) | 20 | 20 | 20 | 20 | 20 | 20 | (15) | 20 | 140 | ||||||
| ITA Ferrari | 20 | 20 | 40 | |||||||||||||
| USA Chevrolet | 15 | 8 | 15 | 38 | ||||||||||||
| ITA Alfa Romeo | 10 | 10 |
No GT entries were received for Round 9.
The cars
The following models contributed to the nett pointscores of their respective makes.
World Championship for Makes
- Matra Simca MS670 & Matra Simca MS670B
- Ferrari 365 GTB/4 Daytona & Ferrari 312PB
- Porsche 911 Carrera RSR & Porsche 908/3
- Mirage M6 Ford Cosworth
- Lola T282 Ford Cosworth & Lola T290 Ford Cosworth
- Chevron B21 Ford Cosworth & Chevron B23 Ford Cosworth
- Alfa Romeo 33TT3 & Alfa Romeo Giulia GTAm
- Lancia Stratos
- Chevrolet Corvette
- Ligier JS2 Maserati
Cup for GT Cars
- Porsche 911S & Porsche 911 Carrera RSR
- Ferrari 365 GTB/4 Daytona
- Chevrolet Corvette
- Alfa Romeo Giulia GTAm
References
References
- Results of the 1973 FIA International Championships, 1974 FIA Yearbook, pages 105-106
- Peter Higham, The Guinness Guide to International Motor Racing, 1995, page 259
- János L Wimpffen, Time and Two Seats, 1999, pages 885-886
- Automobile Year, 1972/73, page 25
- Automobile Year, 1973/74, page 163
- Peter Higham, The Guinness Guide to International Motor Racing, 1995, page 260
- Automobile Year, 1973/74, page 237
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