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1974 World Sportscar Championship
Racing tournament
Racing tournament
The 1974 World Sportscar Championship season was the 22nd season of FIA World Sportscar Championship motor racing. It featured the 1974 World Championship for Makes and FIA Cup for GT Cars was won by Matra and the FIA Cup for GT Cars by Porsche.
Schedule
The 1974 World Championship for Makes and FIA Cup for GT Cars were contested concurrently over a ten race series.
| Rnd | Race | Circuit or Location | Date | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ITA 1000km Monza | Autodromo Nazionale Monza | 25 April | |||||||||||
| BEL 1000km Spa | Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps | 5 May | |||||||||||
| DEU 1000km Nürburgring | Nürburgring | 19 May | |||||||||||
| ITA 1000 km Imola | Autodromo Dino Ferrari | 2 June | |||||||||||
| FRA 24 Hours of Le Mans | Circuit de la Sarthe | 15 June | |||||||||||
| 16 June | |||||||||||||
| AUT 1000km Zeltweg | Österreichring | 30 June | |||||||||||
| USA Watkins Glen 6 Hours | Watkins Glen International | 13 July | |||||||||||
| FRA 1000 km Le Castellet | Circuit Paul Ricard | 15 August | |||||||||||
| GBR Brands Hatch 1000km | Brands Hatch | 29 September | |||||||||||
| ZAF Kyalami 6 Hours | Kyalami | 9 November |
Results
Races
| Rnd | Circuit | Outright winning team | GT winning team | Results | Outright winning drivers | GT winning drivers | Outright winning car | GT winning car | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Monza | ITA #3 Autodelta SpA | DEU #87 Gelo Racing | Results | |||||||||||||||
| USA Mario Andretti | ||||||||||||||||||
| ITA Arturo Merzario | GBR John Fitzpatrick | |||||||||||||||||
| DEU Georg Loos | ||||||||||||||||||
| DEU Jürgen Neuhaus | ||||||||||||||||||
| Alfa Romeo 33TT12 | Porsche 911 Carrera RSR | |||||||||||||||||
| Spa-Francorchamps | FRA #4 Equipe Gitanes | DEU #53 Gelo Racing | Results | |||||||||||||||
| FRA Jean-Pierre Jarier | ||||||||||||||||||
| BEL Jacky Ickx | GBR John Fitzpatrick | |||||||||||||||||
| DEU Jürgen Barth | ||||||||||||||||||
| Matra-Simca MS670C | Porsche 911 Carrera RSR | |||||||||||||||||
| Nürburgring | FRA #1 Equipe Gitanes | DEU #45 Gelo Racing | Results | |||||||||||||||
| FRA Jean-Pierre Jarier | ||||||||||||||||||
| FRA Jean-Pierre Beltoise | GBR John Fitzpatrick | |||||||||||||||||
| DEU Jürgen Barth | ||||||||||||||||||
| Matra-Simca MS670C | Porsche 911 Carrera RSR | |||||||||||||||||
| Imola | FRA #2 Equipe Gitanes | DEU #152 Porsche Kremer Racing | Results | |||||||||||||||
| FRA Henri Pescarolo | ||||||||||||||||||
| FRA Gérard Larrousse | DEU Hans Heyer | |||||||||||||||||
| CHE Paul Keller | ||||||||||||||||||
| Matra-Simca MS670B/C | Porsche 911 Carrera RSR | |||||||||||||||||
| La Sarthe | FRA #7 Equipe Gitanes | FRA #71 Raymond Touroul | Results | |||||||||||||||
| FRA Henri Pescarolo | ||||||||||||||||||
| FRA Gérard Larrousse | FRA Cyril Grandet | |||||||||||||||||
| FRA Dominique Bardini | ||||||||||||||||||
| Matra-Simca MS670B | Ferrari 365 GTB/4 | |||||||||||||||||
| Österreichring | FRA #5 Equipe Gitanes | DEU #33 Porsche Kremer Racing | Results | |||||||||||||||
| FRA Henri Pescarolo | ||||||||||||||||||
| FRA Gérard Larrousse | DEU Hans Heyer | |||||||||||||||||
| DEU Erwin Kremer | ||||||||||||||||||
| CHE Paul Keller | ||||||||||||||||||
| Matra-Simca MS670B/C | Porsche 911 Carrera RSR | |||||||||||||||||
| Watkins Glen | FRA #1 Equipe Gitanes | USA #59 Brumos Porsche | Results | |||||||||||||||
| FRA Jean-Pierre Jarier | ||||||||||||||||||
| FRA Jean-Pierre Beltoise | USA Hurley Haywood | |||||||||||||||||
| USA Peter Gregg | ||||||||||||||||||
| Matra-Simca MS670C | Porsche 911 Carrera RSR | |||||||||||||||||
| Le Castellet | FRA #1 Equipe Gitanes | DEU #57 Gelo Racing | Results | |||||||||||||||
| FRA Jean-Pierre Jarier | ||||||||||||||||||
| FRA Jean-Pierre Beltoise | DEU Rolf Stommelen | |||||||||||||||||
| AUS Tim Schenken | ||||||||||||||||||
| Matra-Simca MS670C | Porsche 911 Carrera RSR | |||||||||||||||||
| Brands Hatch | FRA #1 Equipe Gitanes | DEU #55 Gelo Racing | Results | |||||||||||||||
| FRA Jean-Pierre Jarier | ||||||||||||||||||
| FRA Jean-Pierre Beltoise | GBR John Fitzpatrick | |||||||||||||||||
| NLD Toine Hezemans | ||||||||||||||||||
| LIE Manfred Schurti | ||||||||||||||||||
| Matra-Simca MS670C | Porsche 911 Carrera RSR | |||||||||||||||||
| Kyalami | FRA #2 Equipe Gitanes | DEU #20 Gelo Racing | Results | |||||||||||||||
| FRA Henri Pescarolo | ||||||||||||||||||
| FRA Gérard Larrousse | GBR John Fitzpatrick | |||||||||||||||||
| DEU Rolf Stommelen | ||||||||||||||||||
| AUS Tim Schenken | ||||||||||||||||||
| Matra-Simca MS670B/C | Porsche 911 Carrera RSR |
World Championship for Makes
Points were awarded to the top 10 finishers in the order of 20-15-12-10-8-6-4-3-2-1. Makes were only awarded the applicable points for their highest finishing car, or by any other cars from groups which were ineligible for the championship.
Only the best seven scores for each make counted towards the championship, with any other points earned not included in the totals.
| 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= | 10= | 10= |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| FRA Matra | 20 | 20 | 20 | 20 | 20 | 20 | 20 | (20) | (20) | 140 | ||||||||||||||
| GBR Gulf Ford | (10) | 15 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 81 | |||||||||||||||
| DEU Porsche | 8 | 12 | 8 | 15 | 15 | 10 | 68 | |||||||||||||||||
| ITA Alfa Romeo | 20 | 15 | 15 | 15 | 65 | |||||||||||||||||||
| GBR Chevron | 1 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 10 | 10 | 30 | |||||||||||||||||
| FRA Ligier | 3 | 3 | 6 | 12 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| GBR Lola | 6 | 1 | 3 | 10 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| ITA Ferrari | 8 | 8 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| GBR March | 3 | 3 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| FRA Alpine | 1 | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| ITA AMS | 1 | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| GBR Ecosse | 1 | 1 |
FIA Cup for GT Cars
In addition to being eligible for the overall championship, GT Cars also competed for their own award.
| Position | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| DEU Porsche | 20 | 20 | 20 | 20 | (12) | 20 | 20 | 20 | (20) | (20) | 140 | ||||||
| ITA Ferrari | 20 | 20 | |||||||||||||||
| ITA De Tomaso | 10 | 10 | |||||||||||||||
| USA Chevrolet | 1 | 6 | 1 | 8 | |||||||||||||
| DEU BMW | 3 | 3 |
The cars
The following models contributed to the nett point scores of their respective makes.
World Championship for Makes
- Matra-Simca MS670
- Gulf GR7 Ford
- Porsche Carrera, Porsche Carrera RSR & Porsche 908/3
- Alfa Romeo 33TT12
- Chevron B23 Ford & Chevron B26 Ford
- Ligier JS2 Maserati
- Lola T282 Ford, Lola T294 Ford & Lola T292 Ford
- Ferrari 365 GTB/4
- March 74S Ford
- Alpine A441 Renault
- AMS Ford
- Ecosse Ford
FIA Cup for GT Cars
- Porsche Carrera RSR
- Ferrari 365 GTB/4
- de Tomaso Pantera
- Chevrolet Corvette
- BMW 3.0 CSL
References
References
- 1974 FIA International Championships, 1975 FIA Yearbook, grey section, pages 89 & 90
- which were contested concurrently over a ten race series from 25 April to 9 November 1974. The World Championship for Makes, which was open to [[Group 5 Sports Cars]] and [[Group 4 GT Cars]],Peter Higham, The Guinness Guide to International Motor Racing, 1995, page 259
- Peter Higham, The Guinness Guide to International Motor Racing, 1995, page 260
- with no points awarded for positions gained by additional cars. No points were awarded for places gained by [[Touring Cars]]Janos L. Wimpffen, Time and Two Seats, 1999, page 886
- Automobile Year 1974/75, page 216
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