Sports car world championship 1970
The 1970 World Sports Car Championship was the 18th season of this championship. It began on February 1 and ended on October 11, 1970.
championship
The 1970 sports car world championship ended with an overwhelming success for Porsche . Vehicles from the German sports car manufacturer won nine of the ten competition races. A Ferrari only won the Sebring 12-hour race . The most successful team of the year was John Wyer's racing team , which carried out the Porsche works outings in 1970. Porsche racing cars have competed in the Le Mans 24-hour race every year since 1951 . In 1970 , with the success of Hans Herrmann and Richard Attwood, there was the first overall victory in this 24-hour race .
Racing calendar
| No. | date | Race name / circuit |
team | Overall winner | vehicle | championship |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | February 12th |
 Daytona 24 Hours( Daytona International Speedway ) |
 JW Engineering
|
 Pedro Rodríguez Leo Kinnunen Brian Redman
|
Porsche 917K | All |
| 2 | March 21st |
Sebring 12-hour race ( Sebring International Raceway ) |
 Ferrari SPA SEFAC
|
Ignazio Giunti Nino Vaccarella Mario Andretti
|
Ferrari 512S | All |
| 3 | 12. April |
Brands Hatch 1000km race ( Brands Hatch ) |
JW Automotive Engineering
|
Pedro Rodríguez Leo Kinnunen
|
Porsche 917K | Sports cars and prototypes |
| 4th | April 25 |
Monza 1000 km race ( Autodromo Nazionale Monza ) |
JW Automotive Engineering
|
Pedro Rodríguez Leo Kinnunen
|
Porsche 917K | All |
| 5 | May 3rd |
Targa Florio ( Piccolo circuito delle Madonie ) |
JW Automotive Engineering
|
 Jo Siffert Brian Redman
|
Porsche 908/03 | All |
| 6th | 17th of May |
 Spa-Francorchamps 1000 km race( Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps ) |
JW Automotive Engineering
|
Jo Siffert Brian Redman
|
Porsche 917K | All |
| 7th | 31. May |
 1000 km race on the Nürburgring( Nürburgring ) |
 Porsche constructions Salzburg
|
Vic Elford Kurt Ahrens
|
Porsche 908/03 | All |
| 8th | June 13-14 |
 24 Hours of Le Mans( Circuit des 24 Heures ) |
Porsche KG Salzburg
|
Hans Herrmann Richard Attwood
|
Porsche 917K | All |
| 9 | July 11th |
6 Hours of Watkins Glen ( Watkins Glen International ) |
JW Automotive Engineering Ltd.
|
Pedro Rodríguez Leo Kinnunen
|
Porsche 917K | All |
| 10 | October 11th |
1000 km race from Zeltweg ( Österreichring ) |
JW Automotive Engineering Ltd.
|
Jo Siffert Brian Redman
|
Porsche 917K | All |
Mastery of the constructors
Brands World Championship
| position | constructor | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4th | 5 | 6th | 7th | 8th | 9 | 10 | total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |
Porsche
|
9 | (6) | 9 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 9 | (9) | (9) | 63 |
| 2 |
Ferrari
|
4th | 9 | (2) | 6th | 4th | 6th | 4th | (3) | 4th | 37 | |
| 3 |
Alfa Romeo
|
4th | 6th | 10 | ||||||||
| 4th |
Matra-Simca
|
2 | 2 | 4th | ||||||||
| 5 |
Chevrolet
|
1 | 1 | 2 |
International Cup for GT vehicles
| position | constructor | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4th | 5 | 6th | 7th | 8th | 9 | 10 | total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |
Porsche
|
(3) | 4th | 9 | 9 | 9 | 6th | 9 | 9 | 55 | ||
| 2 |
Chevrolet
|
9 | 9 | 9 | 27 | |||||||
| 3 |
Lancia
|
9 | 9 | |||||||||
| 4 = |
Alpine
|
1 | 3 | 4th | ||||||||
| 4 = |
Lotus Cars
|
4th | 4th | |||||||||
| 6th |
MG
|
1 | 1 |
literature
- 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 .
Web links
Commons : World Sports Car Championship 1970 - Collection of pictures, videos and audio files
