The 1962 World Sports Car Championship , also known as the international championship for GT manufacturers , was the tenth season of this championship. It started on February 11th and ended on October 21st, 1962.
In 1962 there was a radical change in the championship mode of the world championship, which also affected the number of races. Since 1953 , the first year of the world championship, the automobile brand that had achieved the most points at the end of the year, regardless of the racing classes in which they were achieved, was awarded the world championship title. 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. Then there was the “Challenge Mondial de Vitesse et d'Endurance”, which included the race in Sebring , the Targa Florio , the 1000 km race at the Nürburgring and the 24 Hours of Le Mans . Only the brand that took part in all four races could win this title. But they weren't official world championships.
With overall victories at the Targa Florio, at the Nürburgring and in Le Mans, Scuderia Ferrari secured the "Challenge Mondial de Vitesse et d'Endurance" and Ferrari, after further successes from Scuderia SSS Republica di Venezia, the world championship for sports cars up to 3 liters. Porsche won the title for sports cars up to 2 liters, but was the only brand there to score points for the championship.
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 .
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