1976 World Championship for Sports Cars

Last updated July 04, 2025

The 1976 World Championship for Makes was part of the 24th season of FIA World Sportscar Championship motor racing. It was a series for production based cars from the following FIA categories:

World Sportscar Championship

Following the 1975 season, the FIA chose to divide the World Championship into two series that would run simultaneously but separately. Open-cockpit sportscars (formerly known as FIA Group 5 Sports Cars, now officially FIA Group 6 Two-Seater Racing Cars) would transfer from the World Championship for Makes to a new World Championship for Sports Cars, while production-based cars (such as the new Group 5 Special Production Cars) would contest the World Championship for Makes. Events in which both types of car ran, such as the 24 Hours of Le Mans, were not counted towards either championship.

World Championship for Makes

Schedule

Rnd	Race	Circuit	Date
1	March Trophy (6 Hours)	Mugello Circuit	21 March
2	Trofeo Ignazio Giunti (6 Hours)	Vallelunga	4 April
3	6 Hours of Silverstone	Silverstone Circuit	9 May
4	ADAC 1000km Nürburgring	Nürburgring	30 May
5	Martha 1000 (6 Hours)	Österreichring	27 June
6	6 Hours of Watkins Glen	Watkins Glen International	10 July
7	ACF 6 Hours of Dijon	Dijon-Prenois	4 September

Race results

Rnd	Circuit	Overall winning team	Results
		Overall winning drivers
		Overall winning car
1	Mugello Circuit	#4 Martini Racing	Results
		Jochen Mass Jacky Ickx
		Porsche 935
2	Vallelunga	#1 Martini Racing	Results
		Jochen Mass Jacky Ickx
		Porsche 935
3	Silverstone	#4 Hermetite BMW	Results
		John Fitzpatrick Tom Walkinshaw
		BMW 3.5 CSL
4	Nürburgring	#7 Schnitzer Motorsport	Results
		Albrecht Krebs Dieter Quester
		BMW 3.5 CSL
5	Österreichring	#12 Schnitzer Motorsport	Results
		Dieter Quester Gunnar Nilsson
		BMW 3.5 CSL
6	Watkins Glen	#4 Martini Racing	Results
		Rolf Stommelen Manfred Schurti
		Porsche 935
7	Dijon	#1 Martini Racing	Results
		Jochen Mass Jacky Ickx
		Porsche 935

Championship results

Points were awarded to the top 10 finishers in the order of 20-15-12-10-8-6-4-3-2-1. Manufacturers were only given points for their highest finishing car, with any other cars from that manufacturer merely skipped in the points allocation. Only the best 5 points finishes for each make counted towards the championship with any other points earned not included in the totals. Discarded points are shown in the table below within brackets.

Pos	Manufacturer	Rd 1	Rd 2	Rd 3	Rd 4	Rd 5	Rd 6	Rd 7	Total
1	Porsche	20	20	(15)	15	(12)	20	20	95
2	BMW	(3)	15	20	20	20	10	(6)	85
3	Ford	2		6					8
4	De Tomaso		2			3			5
5=	Lancia		3						3
5=	MG			3					3

In addition to the outright championship, the FIA also awarded three divisional titles.^[1] Division 1 was for cars with an engine capacity of up to 2000cc, Division 2 for cars from 2001 to 3000cc and Division 3 for those above 3000cc.^[2]

Division 1

Pos	Manufacturer	Rd 1	Rd 2	Rd 3	Rd 4	Rd 5	Rd 6	Rd 7	Total
1	Ford	20	20	20	-	15	-	-	75
2	BMW	15	-	-	20	20	-	-	55
3	Alpine	12	-	-	-	-	-	-	12
4	Volkswagen	-	-	-	6	-	-	-	6

Division 2

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

Division 3

Pos	Manufacturer	Rd 1	Rd 2	Rd 3	Rd 4	Rd 5	Rd 6	Rd 7	Total
1	Porsche	20	20	(15)	(15)	15	20	20	95
2	BMW	(6)	15	20	20	20	10	(6)	85
3	De Tomaso	-	6	-	6	6	-	-	18
4	MG	-	-	6	-	-	-	-	6
5	Opel	-	-	-	4	-	-	-	4

References

↑ FIA Yearbook, 1977, Grey Section, pages 85-86
↑ Janos L. Wimpffe, Time and Two Seats, 1999, page 1043

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[FIA-1] FIA Yearbook, 1977, Grey Section, pages 85-86

[2] Janos L. Wimpffe, Time and Two Seats, 1999, page 1043

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