Sports car world championship

André Dubonnet on his victory drive in the Hispano-Suiza with the Coupe Georges Boillot in 1921

Jean Chassagne won the RAC Tourist Trophy together with Robert Laly in 1922

Rudolf Caracciola in the Alfa Romeo 8C 2300 Spider Touring at the 1932 Mille Miglia

The BMW 328 Berlinetta Touring , with which von Hanstein / Bäumer won the Mille Miglia in 1940

Ferrari 166 MM with starting number 22; Winning car in the 1949 Le Mans 24-hour race

Cunningham C4-R , the first winning car in the history of the World Sports Car Championship; Phil Walters and John Fitch won the Sebring 12-hour race with the car in 1953

The Mercedes racing transporter with the 1955 world championship winning model, the Mercedes-Benz 300 SLR

Start of the 1000 km race on the Nürburgring in 1965

Ford GT40 Mk.IV ; Dan Gurney and AJ Foyt's winning car at the 1967 Le Mans 24-hour race

Gérard Larrousse in the Porsche 908/02 at the 1000 km race on the Nürburgring in 1970

Start of the 1000 km race on the Nürburgring in 1972

Riccardo Patrese in the Lancia Beta Montecarlo at the 1000 km race on the Nürburgring in 1980

Porsche 956 and 962 models at the Silverstone Classic 2007

Jaguar XJR prototypes

Last world championship car, the Peugeot 905 Evo 1B

The successor Evo2 was no longer used

A 1000 km race was held 36 times as part of the world championship on the Nürburgring . Here the start of the race in 1977

Jacky Ickx , here in the Porsche cockpit at the 6-hour race at Silverstone in 1976, is the most successful driver in world championship history with 37 overall victories

The Sports Car World Championship was a racing series for sports cars organized by the FIA between 1953 and 1992 . Originally only a championship for manufacturers, drivers' titles were also awarded from 1981 onwards. For the 1985 season, the FIA ​​changed the mode for sports car manufacturers. It was no longer the manufacturers that were awarded, but the participating racing teams.

prehistory

The 1920s and 1930s

In the history of automobile sport , the separation between monoposto and sports cars began after the First World War . In the 1920s, the only difference between the cars was the fenders that were present on the sports cars and not on the monopostos. One of the first sports car races in motorsport history was the Coupe Georges Boillot in 1921 . The race took place on a 37.735-kilometer road circuit around the city ​​of Boulogne-Billancourt , south of Paris . 13 vehicles were at the start that had to cover ten laps on the track. After a driving time of 3: 34: 05,000 hours, André Dubonnet won in a Hispano-Suiza . The oldest sports car event is the RAC Tourist Trophy , which was held for the first time in 1905 under the name International Tourist Trophy and back then as a monopostor race. The first trophy held as a sports car race took place in 1922 . The Isle of Man race was won by Jean Chassagne and Robert Laly on a Sunbeam Tourist Trophy.

One of the reasons for the separation was the establishment of the Automobile World Championship , a racing series for manufacturers of monopostos that was held between 1925 and 1930. In this series, Grande Épreuve were combined into one championship. There was no adequate championship for sports cars between the First and Second World Wars . In the 1920s, sports car races emerged that were designed as endurance and endurance races . Georges Durand , Charles Faroux and Emile Coquille were the founding fathers of the Le Mans 24-hour race , which was first driven in 1923 . In Belgium , the 24-hour race at Spa-Francorchamps was launched a year later under the direction of Jules de Their and Henri Langlois Van Ophem . Another pure sports car race was the Mille Miglia , which was held for the first time in 1927 and ended with a victory for Ferdinando Minoia and Giuseppe Morandi in an OM 665 Superba . In contrast, the Targa Florio , which had been driven since 1906 , was initially a monoposto race that was only opened to sports cars in the 1930s.

Sports car racing also came to a complete standstill in Europe as a result of the war. The last international race was the Mille Miglia 1940 , which ended in early April with the victory of Fritz Huschke von Hanstein and Walter Bäumer in the BMW 328 Berlinetta Touring .

The years after the Second World War

In 1946, almost a year after the end of the war, the first sports car races were held again in Europe. The events were street races that were driven on street circuits with little effort. The first race was the Belgian Grand Prix at the Circuit de Bois de la Cambre . Franco Bertani won on a Stanguellini SN110 ahead of Amédée Gordini and José Scaron , who each drove a Simca Gordini T8. The main race in the afternoon for sports cars up to 4.5 liters was won by Eugène Chaboud in a Delahaye . At the end of the 1940s, the well-known endurance races of the prewar period also got going again. In 1947 the Mille Miglia was held again, which Clemente Biondetti won with co-driver Emilio Romano in an Alfa Romeo 8C 2900B Berlinetta Touring . In 1948 the 24-hour race at Spa-Francorchamps was resumed and in 1949 the 24-hour race at Le Mans, where Lord Seldson and Luigi Chinetti celebrated Ferrari's first major international victory in the 166 MM . In 1952, the last year without world championship status, 103 international races were held.

History of the world championship

Term and regulations

The term sports car world championship includes the sports car races with world championship status from 1953 to 1992, although the annual ratings did not always have this name. In the first few years, from 1953 to 1961, the series was officially the Sports Car World Championship. After an extensive change in the regulations, from 1962 international championship for GT manufacturers and prototype trophy . In 1962, the brand world championship title was awarded in the respective racing class. This led to no fewer than 15 individual ratings in the GT and sports cars. Since GT divisions were created for the championship rankings, which were not used in the class rankings of the respective races, a confusion of results that was difficult to understand resulted, especially for outsiders. This decision was also met with incomprehension among the organizers of the major sports car races. That is why the FIA ​​decided to create the "Sports Cars Cup", which made it possible for prototypes with a displacement of over 3 liters to take part in the races. In addition to the classic sports car and GT races, there were also hill climbs and in 1963 even a rally to achieve world championship status.

The GT era ended with the end of the 1965 season . 1966 , now again the Sports Car World Championship, new rules came into force. The engines of the sports cars were allowed to have a maximum displacement of 5 liters with a free choice of cylinders. The cubic capacity of the closed prototypes was limited to 3 liters.

At the end of the 1971 season, the 5-liter regulations expired. The displacement of the prototype engines was limited to 3 liters. Another incision was made in 1976 when the championship for Group 5 - Silhouette vehicles and Group 4 GT cars was opened. These regulations remained in force until 1981, the year when the title of world championship driver for sports cars was awarded for the first time. The title of the championship was changed to the World Championship for Manufacturers and Drivers .

In 1982, the Group C regulations came into force. Group C was a major breakthrough in racing car technology. Previous technical regulations were shaped by displacement sizes and classes and the resulting engine performance. A consumption formula applied to the C1 and C2 racing cars from the start. The aim of those responsible at the FIA, President was Paul Alfons von Metternich-Winneburg , was to drastically reduce the fuel consumption of the racing engines. The C1 vehicles had a minimum weight of 800 kilograms and a tank that could hold a maximum of 100 liters of fuel. Since only five refueling stops were allowed during a 1000 km race, the engines were only allowed to consume up to 60 liters per 100 kilometers. The participants were free to choose the engines, the number of cylinders and the use of turbochargers . As an alternative for not so financially strong manufacturers and teams, the FIA ​​established Group C junior, which became C2 from 1985; Minimum weight 700 kilograms and 55 liters tank volume. Here, too, refueling was only allowed five times during a 1000 km distance, which meant that a maximum consumption of 33 liters per 100 kilometers was necessary.

The last major change came before the 1991 season. The minimum weight in the C1 class has been reduced to 750 kilograms and the engine displacement has been limited to 3.5 liters. The V10 engines corresponded to Formula 1 technology. The consumption formula was abandoned and the race distances were shortened to 430 kilometers, also under pressure from television stations.

The 1950s

In 1952 the world motor sport association CSI (predecessor organization of today's FIA) decided to introduce an international world championship for sports cars from 1953 . The first season consisted of seven races. The CSI received an abundance of applications, and since according to the regulations at the time, a state only got one race with world championship status, there were some disagreements regarding the decision and the selection of those responsible. Vincenzo Florio noted with displeasure that it was not the Targa Florio but the Mille Miglia that was part of the world championship. In addition to the 1000-mile race in Italy , the Sebring 12-hour race , the first world championship race in motor sport history, ( United States ), the Le Mans 24-hour race ( France ) and the 24-hour race of Spa-Francorchamps ( Belgium ), the 1000 km race on the Nürburgring ( West Germany ), the RAC Tourist Trophy ( United Kingdom ) and the Carrera Panamericana in Mexico for the first World Championship season.

The first world championship race in history, the 12-hour race at Sebring , ended with the victory of Phil Walters and John Fitch , the one by Briggs Cunningham reported Cunningham C4-R went. The Ferrari works team won their first world championship title, scoring 27 points in the championship. Ferrari was the dominant manufacturer in the 1950s. In 1954 , 1956 , 1957 and 1958 Ferrari won the world championship. In 1955 the title went to Mercedes-Benz . The 1955 Mille Miglia was marked by Stirling Moss' record drive in a Mercedes-Benz 300 SLR . The Mercedes-Benz works driver and his co-driver, British motorsport journalist Denis Jenkinson , needed 10: 07: 48,000 hours for the 1,597 kilometers from Brescia to Rome and back. At the finish he had a lead of 30 minutes over his teammate Juan Manuel Fangio and the rest of the competition.

The 1955 season saw the greatest disaster in motorsport. In the accident at the 24 Hours of Le Mans , 84 people died in a collision between Pierre Levegh in a Mercedes-Benz 300 SLR and Lance Macklin , who was driving an Austin-Healey 100s . Levegh was among the dead.

In 1959 , Ferrari's dominant role was broken again. Aston Martin won the world title under the leadership of race director John Wyer and with Stirling Moss, Jack Fairman , Carroll Shelby and Roy Salvadori as drivers . Porsche's success at the Targa Florio was the first overall victory in the long success story of the German sports car manufacturer.

The 1960s

Ferrari's run of success continued in the first two years of the second decade of the World Championship. The Ferrari 250 Testa Rossa, which had been further developed from the Ferrari 500 TR in 1956, were still fully competitive in 1960 and 1961 . In 1960 the decision for the championship title was extremely tight. After the five races of the season, Ferrari and Porsche had 22 points after each two overall wins and the deduction of the deleted results. A third final place was enough for Ferrari for the world championship title.

In 1962 , new regulations came into force that now preferred GT vehicles. Looking back, the period between 1966 and 1971 turned into a great era for sports cars. 100,000 spectators were drawn to the racetracks. In some cases, the sports car races had more spectators than the Formula 1 world championship races. Almost all of the top drivers of that era had, in addition to their monoposto engagements, well-paid assignments in sports car racing. In 1968, the Swiss Joseph Siffert waived his obligation to compete in Formula 1 at Ferrari because he did not want to terminate his lavish Porsche sports car contract.

When Henry Ford II failed to take over Ferrari, the US car manufacturer Ford entered sports car racing in 1965 with the Ford GT40 developed by Eric Broadley . As head of the program John Wyer was won, who had led Aston Martin to the title in 1959. In 1966, 1967 and 1968 Ford won the world championship of sports cars, then the dominance of the Porsche types 908 and 917 began .

The 1970s

After Ford withdrew, John Wyer used the Porsche 917 in the world championship. The duels between teammates Joseph Siffert, Brian Redman , Pedro Rodríguez and Leo Kinnunen for race wins were legendary. The 5-liter engine era ended with the end of the 1971 season and, in addition to the Porsche 917, the Ferrari 512S and Lola T70 also disappeared from the race tracks. Ferrari ended its sports car program at the end of 1973 . Matra followed a year later . Matra Sports , the racing team of the Simca subsidiary, won the brand world championship in 1973 and 1974 with the MS sports prototypes.

In the middle of the decade, the World Cup began to decline for various reasons. Technical regulation changes in quick succession prevented manufacturers from making long-term commitments. By increasing the number of Formula 1 races to more than 15 events, there was more and more overlaps on race weekends. Drivers who had a works contract with a Formula 1 team were less and less able to take part in sports car races. In addition, there were increasingly restrictive contracts that prevented double engagements. Porsche stayed in series production with prototypes during these years as well. The Porsche 936 was the defining vehicle in the prototypes in the second half of the decade and, alongside the Group 5 Porsche 935, secured the title for the German manufacturer in 1978 and 1979 .

The 1980s

In contrast to Formula 1, no driver's title has been awarded in sports car races for three decades. This changed with the 1981 season when the American Bob Garretson became the first sports car driver to become world champion. In 1980 , a second manufacturer came into series production with Lancia . The 1980 and 1981 emergency vehicle was a Group 5 silhouette vehicle based on the Lancia Beta Montecarlo , with which the Italian works team won the world championship twice in a row. The successors were the independent sports car prototypes Lancia LC1 and LC2 .

The Group C consumption formula brought manufacturers back to the championship in the 1980s, which saw an unexpected rebirth. The number of viewers rose again and in some cases came back to that of Formula 1. Porsche developed the successful models 956 and 962 . Mercedes-Benz made a comeback in motorsport through sports car racing, initially as an engine supplier to Sauber Motorsport , then with its own chassis. With Peter Sauber's team , Mercedes won the team championship in 1989 and 1990 , which had replaced the manufacturers’ championship in 1985. Jean-Louis Schlesser won the drivers' championship in 1989 and 1990, and in 1990 together with Mauro Baldi . In 1987 and 1988 the title went to Jaguar. Even Japanese manufacturers found their way into the World Cup. Toyota and Nissan had group C racing cars developed through the Toyota Motorsport and Nissan Motorsports International racing departments. Mazda won the 1991 Le Mans 24-hour race, part of the world championship , with the Wankel engine - 787B and drivers Johnny Herbert , Bertrand Gachot and Volker Weidler .

The last few years

At the beginning of the 1990s, the series declined. By the late 1980s, the costs of building and operating the Group C prototypes had risen enormously. Above all, the consumption formula, which has been tightened again and again, led to price increases. The engine developments let the budgets explode. Small manufacturers could no longer support this growth, and even large automobile manufacturers ended their sports car programs. The last generation of racing cars to be used in 1992 were, from an aerodynamic point of view, formula racing cars with fenders and a roof. The last world championship car was the 905 Evo1 B from Peugeot . Its successor model, the 905 Evo 2, was no longer used because the World Championship was no longer held in 1993.

European sports car championship

Due to the strong focus on prototypes and sports cars in the high-capacity classes, there was no reasonable field of activity for manufacturers of small-capacity racing cars in the world championship at the beginning of the 1970s. Overall victories were impossible to achieve. The FIA ​​therefore created the European Sports Car Championship as a junior series under the Sports Car World Championship at the beginning of 1970 . The displacement of the approved prototypes and sports cars was limited to 2 liters. Lola , Abarth and Chevron switched to the new series with the factory cars. Former Porsche 2-liter racing cars such as the 907 and 910 were also found in the starting fields . The race distances were between 250 and 500 kilometers. The first race was Paul Ricard's 300 km race in 1970 , which Brian Redman won in a Chevron B16 ahead of Joakim Bonnier in a Lola T210 . In contrast to the World Championship, a driver's title was also awarded in the European Championship, which Bonnier won in 1970. The manufacturer's title went to Chevron.

The series was held regularly until 1974 . The 1975 season was canceled after two races after a large number of event cancellations. The last race was the Euro 2 liter race at Hockenheim , which Martin Raymond won in a Chevron B31 .

Series after the World Cup

With the end of the sports car world championship, there were several attempts to create a platform for international sports car races. In 1994 Jürgen Barth , Patrick Peter and Stéphane Ratel founded the BPR Global GT Series . The first letters of their last names formed the series name. The first race of the championship, the 4-hour race by Paul Ricard in 1994 , was won by Bob Wollek , Jean-Pierre Jarier and Jesús Pareja in a Porsche 911 Turbo S LM , registered by Larbre Compétition . The series lasted until 1996 and then became part of the FIA GT Championship in 1997 . This series quickly developed into a new field of activity for manufacturers and produced GT racing cars such as the Mercedes-Benz CLK GTR and the Porsche 911 GT1 . The FIA Sports Car Championship from 2001 to 2003 was not very successful .

In 1999 the American Le Mans Series was created and the European Le Mans Series derived from it . The return to the world championship took place with the establishment of the FIA World Endurance Championship , which was held for the first time in 2012 .

Records

With 36 events between 1953 and 1991, the 1000 km race on the Nürburgring was the most common. Porsche holds the record with the manufacturers with 142 successes and the works team with 72 with the racing teams. The most successful driver is Jacky Ickx with 37 overall victories .

statistics

Title holder

year	championship	Manufacturers' rating 1953 to 1984	Team ranking 1985 to 1992	Driver title 1981 to 1992
1953	Sports car world championship	Ferrari
1954	Sports car world championship	Ferrari
1955	Sports car world championship	Mercedes Benz
1956	Sports car world championship	Ferrari
1957	Sports car world championship	Ferrari
1958	Sports car world championship	Ferrari
1959	Sports car world championship	Aston Martin
1960	Sports car world championship	Ferrari
1961	Sports car world championship	Ferrari
1962	International championship for GT manufacturers	Ferrari Porsche Abarth Alfa Romeo Jaguar Triumph Morgan 1
1963	International championship for GT manufacturers	Fiat-Abarth Porsche Alfa Romeo Jaguar Ferrari Triumph 2
1963	Prototype Trophy	Ferrari 3
1964	International championship for GT manufacturers	Abarth-Simca Porsche Ferrari 4
1964	Prototype Trophy	Porsche 5
1965	International championship for GT manufacturers	Abarth Porsche Shelby 6
1965	Prototype Trophy	Porsche 7
1966	Sports car world championship	ford
1967	Sports car world championship	Ferrari
1968	Brands World Championship	ford
1969	Brands World Championship	Porsche
1970	Brands World Championship	Porsche
1971	Brands World Championship	Porsche
1972	Brands World Championship	Ferrari
1973	Brands World Championship	Matra
1974	Brands World Championship	Matra
1975	Brands World Championship	Alfa Romeo
1976	Brands World Championship	Porsche
1977	Brands World Championship	Alfa Romeo
1978	Brands World Championship	Porsche
1979	Brands World Championship	Porsche
1980	Brands World Championship	Lancia
1981	Brands and drivers world championship	Lancia		Bob Garretson
1982	Endurance World Championship	Porsche		Jacky Ickx
1983	Endurance World Championship	Porsche		Jacky Ickx
1984	Endurance World Championship	Porsche		Stefan Bellof
1985	Endurance World Championship		Rothmans Porsche	Derek Bell Hans-Joachim Stuck
1986	Sports Prototype World Championship		Brun Motorsport	Derek Bell
1987	Sports Prototype World Championship		Silk Cut Jaguar	Raul Boesel
1988	Sports Prototype World Championship		Silk Cut Jaguar	Martin Brundle
1989	Sports Prototype World Championship		Team Sauber Mercedes	Jean-Louis Schlesser
1990	Sports Prototype World Championship		Team Sauber Mercedes	Jean-Louis Schlesser Mauro Baldi
1991	Sports car world championship		Silk Cut Jaguar	Teo Fabi
1992	Sports car world championship		Peugeot Talbot Sport	Derek Warwick Yannick Dalmas

^{1 In} 1962 titles were awarded in 15 individual ratings. The seven manufacturers won the various titles. ^{2 In} 1963 titles were awarded in 13 individual evaluations. The six manufacturers won the various titles. ³ The prototype trophy is listed here separately. ^{4 In} 1964 titles were awarded in 3 individual evaluations. The three manufacturers won the various titles. ⁵ The prototype trophy is listed here separately. ^{6 In} 1965 titles were awarded in 3 individual evaluations. The three manufacturers won the various titles. ⁷ The prototype trophy is listed here separately.

Races and circuits

number	run	Racetracks	Distances or duration of the race	Years
36	1000 km race on the Nürburgring	Nürburgring Nordschleife	1000 kilometers 480 kilometers 430 kilometers	1953-1991
32	Le Mans 24 hour race	Circuit des 24 Heures	24 hours	1953-1990
25th	1000 km race from Monza	Autodromo Nazionale Monza	1000 kilometers 500 kilometers 430 kilometers 360 kilometers 4 hours	1963-1992
22nd	Sebring 12 hour race	Sebring International Raceway	12 hours	1953-1981
19th	Brands Hatch 1000km race	Brands Hatch	1000 kilometers 480 kilometers 6 hours	1967-1989
19th	1000 km race from Spa-Francorchamps	Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps	1000 kilometers 480 kilometers	1965-1990
17th	Targa Florio	Piccolo circuito delle Madonie	720 kilometers 500 kilometers	1955-1973
15th	Daytona 24 hour race	Daytona International Speedway	24 hours	1966-1981
15th	Silverstone 1000km race	Silverstone Circuit	1000 kilometers 500 kilometers 400 kilometers 6 hours	1978-1992
13	Watkins Glen 6 hour race	Watkins Glen International	6 hours	1968-1981
10	1000 km race from Mugello	Autodromo Internazionale del Mugello	1000 kilometers 6 hours	1975-1985
9	RAC Tourist Trophy	Dundrod Circuit Goodwood Circuit Oulton Park	1300 kilometers 1000 kilometers 800 kilometers 600 kilometers 500 kilometers	1953-1965
8th	1000 km race of Buenos Aires	Autódromo Juan y Oscar Alfredo Gálvez Autódromo Municipal-Avenida Paz Circuito de la Costanera Norte	1000 kilometers	1954-1972
8th	1000 km race from Zeltweg	Österreichring	1000 kilometers 6 hours	1969-1976
8th	Dijon 1000 km race	Circuit de Dijon-Prenois	1000 kilometers 800 kilometers 480 kilometers 6 hours	1973-1990
7th	500km Bridgehampton race	Bridgehampton Race Circuit	500 kilometers 400 kilometers	1962-1966
7th	Fuji 1000 km race	Fuji Speedway	1000 kilometers 6 hours	1982-1988
6th	Coppa Cittá di Enna	Autodromo di Pergusa	350 kilometers 300 kilometers	1962-1967
6th	500 km race on the Nürburgring	North loop	500 kilometers	1962-1967
6th	3 hour race of Monza	Autodromo Nazionale Monza	3 hours	1963-1965
6th	Vallelunga 6 hour race	Autodromo Vallelunga	6 hours	1973-1980
6th	Mosport 6 hour race	Canadian Tire Motorsport Park	6 hours 200 miles	1976-1985
5	Mille Miglia	Road racing	1000 miles	1953-1957
5	1000 km race from Pergusa	Autodromo di Pergusa	1000 kilometers 6 hours 4 hours	1975-1981
4th	Imola 1000 km race	Autodromo Enzo e Dino Ferrari	1000 kilometers 500 kilometers 250 kilometers	1974-1984
4th	500 km race from Donington	Donington Park	500 kilometers 480 kilometers 430 kilometers	1989-1992
3	500 km race from Spa-Francorchamps	Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps	500 kilometers	1963-1965
3	Rossfeld hill climb	Hill climb	12 kilometers	1963-1965
3	ADAC Schauinsland race	Hill climb	22 kilometers	1963-1965
3	500 km race from Mugello	Circuito stradale del Mugello	500 kilometers	1965-1967
3	500 km race from Zeltweg	Zeltweg airfield	500 kilometers	1966-1968
3	Spa-Francorchamps 24-hour race	Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps	24 hours	1953-1981
3	Kyalami 1000km race	Kyalami Grand Prix Circuit	1000 kilometers 6 hours	1974-1984
3	1000 km race from Jerez	Circuito de Jerez	1000 kilometers 800 kilometers 360 kilometers	1986-1988
3	Jarama 480km race	Circuito del Jarama	480 kilometers 360 kilometers	1987-1989
3	480km Mexico City race	Autódromo Hermanos Rodríguez	480 kilometers 360 kilometers	1989-1991
3	Suzuka 1000 km race	Suzuka International Racing Course	1000 kilometers 480 kilometers	1990-1992
3	Hillclimb Ollon-Villars	Hill climb	16 kilometers	1963-1967
2	Kristianstad 1000 km race	Råbelövsbanan	1000 kilometers	1956-1957
2	Carrera Panamericana	Road racing	3000 kilometers	1953-1954
2	Daytona 3 hour race	Daytona International Speedway	3 hours	1962-1963
2	3-hour race at Sebring	Sebring International Raceway	3 hours	1962-1963
2	Coppa Maifredi	Circuito del Garda	300 kilometers	1962-1963
2	Trophée d'Auvergne	Circuit de Charade	300 kilometers 360 kilometers	1962-1963
2	1000 km Paris race	Autodrome de Linas-Montlhéry	1000 kilometers	1962-1964
2	Coppa della Consuma	Hill climb	12 kilometers	1963-1964
2	Tour de France for automobiles	Road racing	6000 kilometers	1963-1964
2	Daytona 2000km race	Daytona International Speedway	2000 kilometers	1964-1965
2	Reims 12 hour race	Circuit de Reims-Gueux	12 hours	1964-1965
2	Sierra-Montagna hill climb	Hill climb	22 kilometers	1964-1965
2	Hockenheim Grand Prix	Hockenheimring Baden-Württemberg	500 kilometers 300 kilometers	1966-1967
2	1000 km race from Le Castellet	Circuit Paul Ricard	1000 kilometers 500 kilometers	1974-1977
2	480 km race from Dijon	Circuit de Dijon-Prenois	480 kilometers	1989-1990
2	300 km race on the Salzburgring	Salzburgring	300 kilometers 200 miles	1976-1977
2	Riverside 6 hour race	Riverside International Raceway	6 hours 5 hours	1980-1981
2	Daytona 6 hour race	Daytona International Speedway	6 hours	1980-1981
2	Road America 500 Mile Race	Road America	500 miles	1980-1981
2	6-hour race at Hockenheim	Hockenheimring Baden-Württemberg	1000 kilometers 6 hours	1977-1985
2	200 mile race from Nuremberg	Norisring	200 miles	1986-1987
2	1000k race from Sandown Park	Sandown Raceway	1000 kilometers 360 kilometers	1984-1988
2	500 km race from Magny-Cours	Circuit de Nevers Magny-Cours	500 kilometers 430 kilometers	1991-1992
1	Caracas 1000km race	Circuito Los Proceres	1000 kilometers	1957
1	4 hour race from Pescara	Circuito di Pescara	4 hours	1961
1	Grand Prix of Berlin	AVUS	330 kilometers	1962
1	Rally Wiesbaden	rally	2500 kilometers	1963
1	Gran Premio di Monza	Autodromo Nazionale Monza	500 kilometers	1964
1	Mountain race Bolzano	Hill climb	14 kilometers	1965
1	300 km race on the Nürburgring	North loop	300 kilometers	1976
1	400 km race from Vallelunga	Autodromo Vallelunga	400 kilometers	1977
1	Estoril 2.30 hour race	Circuito do Estoril	2.30 hours	1977
1	Misano 6 hour race	Autodromo di Santamonica	6 hours	1978
1	800km race from Selangor	Shah Alam Circuit	800 kilometers	1985
1	360 km race from Brno	Brno Automotodrome	360 kilometers	1988
1	Montreal 480km race	Circuit Gilles-Villeneuve	480 kilometers	1990
1	430km Autopolis race	Autopolis	430 kilometers	1991

Race wins manufacturer

position	Manufacturer	Victories
1	Porsche	142
2	Ferrari	80
3	jaguar	23
4 =	Abarth	19th
4 =	Alfa Romeo	19th
6th	ford	16
7th	Matra	15th
8th	Clean	13
9	Mercedes Benz	12
10	Lancia	11
11	Aston Martin	8th
12	Peugeot	8th
13	Maserati	7th
14 =	BMW	4th
14 =	Chaparral	4th
14 =	Osella	4th
17 =	Mazda	3
17 =	Alpine	3
17 =	Lola	3
20 =	De Cadenet	2
20 =	Mirage	2
20 =	rondeau	2
23 =	Brabham	1
23 =	Cunningham	1
23 =	Datsun	1
23 =	Elva	1
23 =	lotus	1
23 =	March	1
23 =	Osca	1
23 =	Scarab	1
23 =	Shadow	1
23 =	Shelby	1
23 =	Toyota	1

Race wins racing teams

The victorious racing teams cannot be fully recorded from the available entry and result lists for the world championship races. This affects the following racing events: The 1000 km race in Buenos Aires in 1955 , the Coppa Cittá di Enna 1963 , the Consuma hill climb in 1963 , the Consuma hill climb in 1964 , the Coppa Cittá di Enna in 1965 . Over the years, racing teams have been given different names. The Aston Martin works team was also registered under the name David Brown, but appears in this table only as Aston Martin. Ferrari reported among others under Scuderia Ferrari, Ferrari Sefac, Ferrari SpA, SpA Ferrari SEFAC, Ferrari SpA SEFAC and Ferrari Automobili. Something similar at Porsche, which over the years brought the works team under Porsche KG, Porsche System Engineering, Martini & Rossi Racing, International Martini Racing and Rothmans Porsche to the start. The Austrian Porsche Holding ran its own team, which is listed separately here. Osella can be found under Scuderia Torino Corse, Enzo Osella and Osella Squadra Corse.

position	Manufacturer	Victories
1	Porsche team	72
2	Scuderia Ferrari	52
3	Sauber motorsport	22nd
4th	Jaguar Cars	21st
5	John Wyer Automotive	20th
6th	Abarth	18th
7th	Equipe Matra-Simca	15th
8th	Joest Racing	13
9	Autodelta	12
10	Scuderia Lancia Corse	11
11 =	Aston Martin	8th
11 =	Peugeot Sport	8th
13 =	Gelo Racing Team	7th
13 =	Willi Kauhsen Racing Team	7th
15 =	Kremer Racing	6th
15 =	North American Racing Team	6th
17 =	Maranello Concessionaires	5
17 =	Shelby American	5
19 =	Chaparral Cars	4th
19 =	Briggs Cunningham	4th
19 =	Officine Alfieri Maserati	4th
22 =	Brumo's Porsche	3
22 =	Brun Motorsport	3
22 =	Daimler AG	3
22 =	Ecurie Francorchamps	3
22 =	Osella Squadra Corse	3
22 =	Porsche Austria	3
22 =	Richard Lloyd Racing	3
29 =	Andial Masters Racing	2
29 =	Automobiles Alpine	2
29 =	Automobiles Jean Rondeau	2
29 =	Camoradi Racing	2
29 =	Dick Barbour Racing	2
29 =	Grid team Lola	2
29 =	Schnitzer Motorsport	2
29 =	Scuderia Brescia Corse	2
29 =	Scuderia Filipinetti	2
29 =	Scuderia SSS Repubblica di Venezia	2
39 =	Carlo-Maria Abate	1
39 =	ADAC	1
39 =	Alpine Renault	1
39 =	Frank Arciero	1
39 =	Bayside Disposal Racing	1
39 =	Belga team	1
39 =	BMW Motorsport	1
39 =	Joakim Bonnier	1
39 =	Chuck Cassel	1
39 =	Alain de Cadenet	1
39 =	Ecurie Ecosse	1
39 =	Ecurie Escargot	1
39 =	John Elgar	1
39 =	Ford Motor Company	1
39 =	Giorgio Francia	1
39 =	Garretson Racing	1
39 =	Erwin Goldschmidt	1
39 =	GS tuning	1
39 =	Jean Guichet	1
39 =	Gulf Research Racing	1
39 =	Paul Hawkins	1
39 =	Heimrath Racing	1
39 =	Hoshino Racing	1
39 =	Interscope Racing	1
39 =	JLP Racing	1
39 =	John Fitzpatrick Racing	1
39 =	Mandeville Racing	1
39 =	Mazdaspeed	1
39 =	Mecom Racing Team	1
39 =	Montegrappa	1
39 =	Performance innovations	1
39 =	Ben Pon	1
39 =	Roger Penske Racing	1
39 =	Scuderia Centro Sud	1
39 =	Scuderia St: Ambroeus	1
39 =	Scuderia Temple Buell	1
39 =	Scuderia Vesuvio	1
39 =	Shadow	1
39 =	Sid Taylor Racing	1
39 =	Tom Walkinshaw Racing	1
39 =	Toyota Team Tom's	1
39 =	UDT Laystall	1
39 =	Karl von Wendt	1
39 =	Weralit Racing Team	1
39 =	Ed Weschler	1
39 =	Wetson's drive-ins	1

Race wins driver

position	driver	Victories
1	Jacky Ickx	37
2	Jochen Mass	32
3	Derek Bell	22nd
4th	Henri Pescarolo	21st
5	Brian Redman	18th
6th	Mauro Baldi	17th
7th	Jean-Louis Schlesser	15th
8 =	Pedro Rodríguez	14th
8 =	Jo Siffert	14th
10	Phil Hill	13
11 =	Gérard Larrousse	12
11 =	Stirling Moss	12
13 =	John Fitzpatrick	11
13 =	Rolf Stommelen	11
13 =	Bob Wollek	11
16 =	Olivier Gendebien	10
16 =	Hans Herrmann	10
16 =	Arturo Merzario	10
19 =	Stefan Bellof	9
19 =	Eddie Cheever	9
19 =	Ludovico Scarfiotti	9
22 =	Martin Brundle	8th
22 =	Riccardo Patrese	8th
22 =	Hans-Joachim Stuck	8th
25 =	Mario Andretti	7th
25 =	Hurley Haywood	7th
25 =	Toine Hezemans	7th
25 =	Jean-Pierre Jarier	7th
25 =	Derek Warwick	7th
30 =	Lorenzo Bandini	6th
30 =	Edgar Barth	6th
30 =	Joakim Bonnier	6th
30 =	Vic Elford	6th
30 =	Gerhard Mitter	6th
30 =	Jackie Oliver	6th
30 =	Nino Vaccarella	6th
37 =	Lucien Bianchi	5
37 =	Raul Boesel	5
37 =	Peter Collins	5
37 =	Yannick Dalmas	5
37 =	Peter Gregg	5
37 =	Dan Gurney	5
37 =	Graham Hill	5
37 =	Jan Lammers	5
37 =	Klaus Ludwig	5
37 =	Willy Mairesse	5
37 =	Mike Parkes	5
48 =	Michele Alboreto	4th
48 =	Jean-Pierre Beltoise	4th
48 =	Vittorio Brambilla	4th
48 =	Giorgio Francia	4th
48 =	Jean Guichet	4th
48 =	Mike Hawthorn	4th
48 =	Hans Heyer	4th
48 =	Al Holbert	4th
48 =	Reinhold Joest	4th
48 =	Leo Kinnunen	4th
48 =	Umberto Maglioli	4th
48 =	Manfred Schurti	4th
48 =	John Surtees	4th
48 =	John Watson	4th
62 =	Don Whittington	4th
63 =	Philippe Alliot	3
63 =	Chris Amon	3
63 =	Jean Behra	3
63 =	Eugenio Castellotti	3
63 =	Giuseppe Farina	3
63 =	Masts Gregory	3
63 =	Harald Grohs	3
63 =	Paul Hawkins	3
63 =	Jacques Laffite	3
63 =	Lella Lombardi	3
63 =	Bruce McLaren	3
63 =	Volkert Merl	3
63 =	Ken Miles	3
63 =	Marsilio Pasotti	3
63 =	Ronnie Peterson	3
63 =	Lloyd Ruby	3
63 =	Tim donation	3
63 =	Udo Schütz	3
63 =	Maurice Trintignant	3
63 =	Bill Whittington	3
83 =	Carlo-Maria Abate	2
83 =	Kenny Acheson	2
83 =	Kurt Ahrens	2
83 =	Alberto Ascari	2
83 =	Richard Attwood	2
83 =	Dick Barbour	2
83 =	Paolo Barilla	2
83 =	Jürgen Barth	2
83 =	Thierry Boutsen	2
83 =	Tony Brooks	2
83 =	Ivor Bueb	2
83 =	Joe Buzzetta	2
83 =	Andrea de Adamich	2
83 =	Alain de Cadenet	2
83 =	Emilio de Villota	2
83 =	Herbert Demetz	2
83 =	Johnny Dumfries	2
83 =	Guy Edwards	2
83 =	Teo Fabi	2
83 =	Jack Fairman	2
83 =	Juan Manuel Fangio	2
83 =	John Fitch	2
83 =	Bob Garretson	2
83 =	Piercarlo Ghinzani	2
83 =	David Hobbs	2
83 =	Jean-Pierre Jaussaud	2
83 =	Frank Jelinski	2
83 =	Jean-Michel Martin	2
83 =	Philippe Martin	2
83 =	Rob McFarlin	2
83 =	Herbert Mueller	2
83 =	Luigi Musso	2
83 =	Jochen Neerpasch	2
83 =	John Nielsen	2
83 =	Jonathan Palmer	2
83 =	John Paul Sr.	2
83 =	Romano Perdomi	2
83 =	Dieter Quester	2
83 =	Ricardo Rodríguez	2
83 =	Walter Röhrl	2
83 =	Keke Rosberg	2
83 =	Roy Salvadori	2
83 =	Michael sSchumacher	2
83 =	Carroll Shelby	2
83 =	Klaus Steinmetz	2
83 =	Piero Taruffi	2
83 =	Gijs van Lennep	2
83 =	Tom Walkinshaw	2
83 =	Andy Wallace	2
83 =	Phil Walters	2
83 =	Karl Wendlinger	2
83 =	Desiré Wilson	2
135 =	Bob Akin	1
135 =	Cliff Allison	1
135 =	José Behra	1
135 =	Georges Berger	1
135 =	Wolfgang Graf Berghe von Trips	1
135 =	Mauro Bianchi	1
135 =	Mark Blundell	1
135 =	David Brabham	1
135 =	Jack Brabham	1
135 =	Gino Bronzoni	1
135 =	Jim Busby	1
135 =	Lloyd Casner	1
135 =	Mario Casoni	1
135 =	François Cevert	1
135 =	Marco Crosara	1
135 =	Noël Cunningham-Reid	1
135 =	Chuck Daigh	1
135 =	Colin Davis	1
135 =	Roger Delageneste	1
135 =	Pierre Dieudonné	1
135 =	Mark Donohue	1
135 =	Edgar Dören	1
135 =	Jim Downing	1
135 =	Karl-Heinz Exner junior	1
135 =	Antonio Ferrari	1
135 =	Alain Ferté	1
135 =	Ted Field	1
135 =	Ron Flockhart	1
135 =	AJ Foyt	1
135 =	Paul Brother	1
135 =	Brad Frisselle	1
135 =	Ernst Furtmayr	1
135 =	Bertrand Gachot	1
135 =	Ignazio Giunti	1
135 =	José Froilán González	1
135 =	Odoardo Govoni	1
135 =	John Graves	1
135 =	Pat Griffith	1
135 =	Enrico Grimaldi	1
135 =	Bendetto Guarini	1
135 =	Akira Hagiwara	1
135 =	Mike Hailwood	1
135 =	Jim Hall	1
135 =	Duncan Hamilton	1
135 =	Walt Hansgen	1
135 =	Pete Harrison	1
135 =	Ludwig Heimrath senior	1
135 =	Dave Helmick	1
135 =	Johnny Herbert	1
135 =	Bob Holbert	1
135 =	Gerhard Holup	1
135 =	Kazuyoshi Hoshino	1
135 =	Denis Hulme	1
135 =	José-Maria Ibánez	1
135 =	Innes Ireland	1
135 =	Jean-Pierre Jabouille	1
135 =	Denis Jenkinson	1
135 =	Robert Jenny	1
135 =	Stefan Johansson	1
135 =	Amos Johnson	1
135 =	Mario Ketterer	1
135 =	Rick knoop	1
135 =	Gerhard Koch	1
135 =	Louis Krages	1
135 =	Albert Krebs	1
135 =	Oscar Larrauri	1
135 =	Jürgen Lässig	1
135 =	Geoff Lees	1
135 =	Bruce Leven	1
135 =	Bill Lloyd	1
135 =	Edoardo Lualdi	1
135 =	Eberhard Mahle	1
135 =	Roger Mandeville	1
135 =	Robert Marazzi	1
135 =	Helmut Marko	1
135 =	Gianni Marzotto	1
135 =	Keiji Matsumoto	1
135 =	Charles Mendez	1
135 =	Carlos Menditéguy	1
135 =	Paul Miller	1
135 =	Enrique Molins	1
135 =	Luigi Moreschi	1
135 =	Sandro Munari	1
135 =	Alessandro Nannini	1
135 =	Antonio Nicodemi	1
135 =	Gunnar Nilsson	1
135 =	Hitoshi Ogawa	1
135 =	Danny Ongais	1
135 =	Jesús Pareja	1
135 =	Chuck Parsons	1
135 =	Franco Patria	1
135 =	John Paul Junior	1
135 =	Teddy Pilette	1
125 =	Nelson Piquet	1
125 =	Didier Pironi	1
135 =	Antonio Pucci	1
135 =	Bobby Rahal	1
135 =	James Reeve	1
135 =	Clay Regazzoni	1
135 =	Jochen Rindt	1
135 =	Tony Rolt	1
135 =	Jean Rondeau	1
135 =	Enrique Sáenz-Valiente	1
135 =	Giorgio Scarlatti	1
135 =	Harry Schell	1
135 =	Dieter Chimney	1
135 =	Vern Schuppan	1
135 =	Giancarlo Scotti	1
135 =	Wolfgang Seidel	1
135 =	Hap Sharp	1
135 =	Dennis Shaw	1
135 =	Rob Slotemaker	1
135 =	Mike Spence	1
135 =	Tommy Spychiger	1
135 =	Marc Surer	1
135 =	Mike Thackwell	1
135 =	Dick Thompson	1
135 =	Günter Wallrabenstein	1
135 =	Tom Waugh	1
135 =	Volker Weidler	1
135 =	Herb Wetanson	1
135 =	Manfred Winkelhock	1
135 =	Roy Woods	1
135 =	Bill Wuesthoff	1

literature

• Alain Bienvenu: Endurance. 50 ans d'histoire. Volume 1: 1953-1963. Éditions ETAI, Boulogne-Billancourt 2004, ISBN 2-7268-9327-9 .
• Peter Higham: The Guinness Guide to International Motor Racing. A complete Reference from Formula 1 to Touring Car. Guinness Publishing Ltd., London 1995, ISBN 0-85112-642-1 .
• Thomas Nehlert: Group C. The sports car races 1982-1992. Petrolpics, Bonn 2011, ISBN 3-940306-14-2 .
• Karl Ludvigsen: Ferrari vs. Maserati. Relentless motorsport rivals. Heel, Königswinter 2008, ISBN 978-3-86852-051-4 .
• Ken Breslauer: Sebring. The official History of America's Great Sports Car Race. David Bull, Cambridge MA 1995, ISBN 0-9649722-0-4 .
• Christian Moity, Jean-Marc Teissèdre, Alain Bienvenu: 24 heures du Mans, 1923–1992. Éditions d'Art, Besançon 1992, ISBN 2-909413-06-3 .
• Michael Behrndt, Jörg-Thomas Födisch, Matthias Behrndt: ADAC 1000 km race. HEEL Verlag, Königswinter 2008, ISBN 978-3-89880-903-0 .

Web links

Commons : World Sports Car Championship  - Collection of pictures, videos and audio files

• Results at Racing Sports Cars
• Results at WSRP

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Coupe Georges Boillet 1921
2. ↑ Tourist Trophy 1922
3. ↑ The beginning of the automobile world championship 1925–1930 ( Memento of August 13, 2007 in the Internet Archive ) (English)
4. ↑ Mille Miglia 1940
5. ^ Sports car race Brussels 1946
6. ↑ Belgian Grand Prix 1946, races up to 1.1 liter cubic meters
7. ↑ Belgian Grand Prix, races up to 4.5 liters
8. ↑ Mille Miglia 1947
9. ^ Sports car race 1952
10. ↑ Brief history of group C
11. ↑ About the technology of the Group C racing cars
12. ^ Rise and fall of group C.
13. ^ Pino Fondi: Targa Florio - 20th Century Epic. Giorgio Nada Editore Vimodrone 2006
14. ^ The dead in the Le Mans 24-hour race at Motorsport Memorial
15. ↑ Ed Heuvink: Jo Siffert, 1936-1971. (The Swiss racing legend). McKlein Publishing, Cologne 2010
16. ↑ 300 km race by Paul Ricard in 1970
17. ↑ European Sports Car Championship 1970 - 1983
18. ^ Euro 2 liter race at Hockenheim 1975
19. ↑ From the BPR Global GT Series to the FIA ​​GT Championship
20. ↑ Paul Ricard's 4-hour race in 1994