1977 World Sportscar Championship

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The 1977 World Sports Car Championship season was the 25th season of FIA World Sportscar Championship motor racing. It featured two separate World Championship series. [1]

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In 1978 the World Championship of Makes would become the sole international series, while the World Championship for Sports Cars would be downgraded by the FIA to become the European Sportscar Championship. The European Championship was discontinued at the end of the 1978 season.

World Championship for Sports Cars

The 1977 World Championship for Sports Cars, which was restricted to Group 6 Two-Seater Racing Cars, was contested over an eight race series which ran from 17 April to 18 September 1977. The championship was won by Alfa Romeo.

Schedule

Alfa Romeo dominated the 1977 World Championship for Sports Cars with its 33SC12s Alfa Romeo 33 SC 12 Sovralimentata 1977 red vr TCE.jpg
Alfa Romeo dominated the 1977 World Championship for Sports Cars with its 33SC12s
RndRaceCircuitDate
1 Flag of France.svg 500 km de I'ACF Dijon-Prenois April 17
2 Flag of Italy.svg Trofeo Filippo Caracciolo (500km) Autodromo Nazionale Monza April 24
3 Flag of Italy.svg Trofeo Ignazio Giunti (400 km) Vallelunga Circuit June 2
4 Flag of Italy.svg Coppa Florio (500 km) Autodromo di Pergusa June 19
5 Flag of Portugal.svg Prémio International de Costa do Sol (2hr 30min) Autódromo do Estoril July 10
6 Flag of France.svg 500 km Le Castellet Circuit Paul Ricard July 24
7 Flag of Italy.svg 250 km Imola Autodromo Dino Ferrari September 4
8 Flag of Austria.svg Elan Trophae (300 km) Salzburgring September 18

Race results

Osella placed second in the World Championship for Sports Cars with its PA5s Osella PA5 BMW.jpg
Osella placed second in the World Championship for Sports Cars with its PA5s
RndCircuitOverall Winning TeamResults
Overall Winning Drivers
Overall Winning Car
1 Dijon Flag of Italy.svg #1 Autodelta SpA Results
Flag of Italy.svg Arturo Merzario
Flag of France.svg Jean-Pierre Jarier
Alfa Romeo 33SC12
2 Monza Flag of Italy.svg #2 Autodelta SpA Results
Flag of Italy.svg Vittorio Brambilla
Alfa Romeo 33SC12
3 Vallelunga Flag of Italy.svg #2 Autodelta SpA Results
Flag of Italy.svg Vittorio Brambilla
Alfa Romeo 33SC12
4 Pergusa Flag of Italy.svg #1 Autodelta SpA Results
Flag of Italy.svg Arturo Merzario
Alfa Romeo 33SC12
5 Estoril Flag of Italy.svg #1 Autodelta SpA Results
Flag of Italy.svg Arturo Merzario
Alfa Romeo 33SC12
6 Paul Ricard Flag of Italy.svg #1 Autodelta SpA Results
Flag of Italy.svg Arturo Merzario
Flag of France.svg Jean-Pierre Jarier
Alfa Romeo 33SC12
7 Imola Flag of Italy.svg #2 Autodelta SpA Results
Flag of Italy.svg Vittorio Brambilla
Alfa Romeo 33SC12
8 Salzburgring Flag of Italy.svg #2 Autodelta SpA Results
Flag of Italy.svg Vittorio Brambilla
Alfa Romeo 33SC12

Points system

Points towards the 1977 World Championship for Sports Cars were awarded to each relevant car manufacturer for the first ten places in each race in the order of 20-15-12-10-8-6-4-3-2-1. Points were only awarded for the best placed car from each manufacturer at each race with no points given for places gained by other cars from the same manufacturer. Only the best six results counted towards each manufacturer’s championship total, with any other points earned not included. Discarded points are shown within brackets in the table below.

Championship results

Results of the 1977 World Championship for Sports Cars were as follows.

PosManufacturerRd 1Rd 2Rd 3Rd 4Rd 5Rd 6Rd 7Rd 8Total
1 Flag of Italy.svg Alfa Romeo 202020202020(20)(20)120
2 Flag of Italy.svg Osella 1515121241573
3 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Lola 12410661048
4 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Chevron 831012841
5 Flag of Switzerland.svg Sauber 158831
6 Flag of Germany.svg TOJ1515
7 Flag of Italy.svg AMS41014
8 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg McLaren 10313
9 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg March 88

The cars

The following models contributed to the nett point scores of their respective manufacturers in the 1977 World Championship for Sports Cars.

World Championship of Makes

The 1977 World Championship for Makes was open to cars from various production-based categories including Group 5 Special Production Cars. The championship was won by Porsche.

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References

  1. Results, Automobile Year 1977/78, pages 196 to 223
  2. 1 2 International Championship Regulations 1977, 1977 FIA Yearbook, page 11