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The 1976 World Sports Car Championship (officially the World Championship for Sports Cars, [1] ) was a motor racing series open to Group 6 cars, [2] (officially Two-Seater Racing Cars (Group 6)). [3] 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. [4] 1976 was the 24th season of FIA World Sportscar Championship racing.
The championship was won by Porsche [1] and the FIA Cup by Lola. [4]
| 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 |
| 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.
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 [1] | Manufacturer [1] | Rd 1 [1] | Rd 2 [1] | Rd 3 [1] | Rd 4 [1] | Rd 5 [1] | Rd 6 [1] | Rd 7 [1] | Total [1] |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 [5] | 4 | 4 | 8 | |||||
| 9= | McLaren | 8 | 8 | ||||||
| 9= |  Sauber | 8 | 8 | ||||||
| 12 | Abarth | 6 | 6 | ||||||
| 13 | Cheetah | 2 | 2 | ||||||
The following cars contributed to the nett championship pointscores of their respective manufacturers: [8]
The 1976 FIA Cup for Cars up to 2 Litres was contested concurrently with the 1976 World Championship for Sports Cars. [4]
| Position [4] | Manufacturer [4] | Nur [4] | Mon [4] | Imo [4] | Ena [4] | Mos [4] | Dij [4] | Sal [4] | Total [4] |
| 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 |
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