Sports car world championship 1974
The 1974 World Sports Car Championship was the 22nd season of this championship. It began on April 25 and ended on November 9, 1974.
championship
The 1974 World Championship was all about the Matra Sports factory cars . The prototypes that were assembled in Romorantin-Lanthenay in the French department of Loir-et-Cher won no fewer than nine of the ten races of the season . Only at the season opener in Monza was there another overall winner, as both Matra-Simca MS670C registered failed due to technical defects. Arturo Merzario and Mario Andretti won the Autodromo Nazionale Monza for Alfa Romeo . After the second world championship title in a row, Matra ended his involvement in sports car racing after the 6-hour race in Kyalami .
Racing calendar
| No. | date | Race name / circuit |
team | Overall winner | vehicle | championship |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | April 25 |
 Monza 1000 km race( Autodromo Nazionale Monza ) |
Autodelta SpA
|
Arturo Merzario Mario Andretti
|
Alfa Romeo T33 / TT / 12 | All |
| 2 | 5th of May |
 Spa-Francorchamps 1000 km race( Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps ) |
 Equipe Gitanes
|
Jacky Ickx Jean-Pierre Jarier
|
Matra-Simca MS670C | All |
| 3 | May 19th |
 1000 km race on the Nürburgring( Nürburgring ) |
Equipe Gitanes
|
Jean-Pierre Beltoise Jean-Pierre Jarier
|
Matra-Simca MS670C | All |
| 4th | 2th of June |
Imola 1000 km race ( Autodromo Enzo e Dino Ferrari ) |
Equipe Gitanes
|
Gérard Larrousse Henri Pescarolo
|
Matra-Simca MS670C | All |
| 5 | June 15-16 |
24 Hours of Le Mans ( Circuit des 24 Heures ) |
Equipe Gitanes
|
Gérard Larrousse Henri Pescarolo
|
Matra-Simca MS670C | All |
| 6th | June 30th |
 1000 km race from Zeltweg( Österreichring ) |
Equipe Gitanes
|
Gérard Larrousse Henri Pescarolo
|
Matra-Simca MS670C | All |
| 7th | July 13th |
6 Hours of Watkins Glen ( Watkins Glen International ) |
Equipe Gitanes
|
Jean-Pierre Beltoise Jean-Pierre Jarier
|
Matra-Simca MS670C | All |
| 8th | 15th of August |
1000 km race from Le Castellet ( Circuit Paul Ricard ) |
Equipe Gitanes
|
Jean-Pierre Beltoise Jean-Pierre Jarier
|
Matra-Simca MS670C | All |
| 9 | September 29th |
 Brands Hatch 1000km race( Brands Hatch ) |
Equipe Gitanes
|
Jean-Pierre Beltoise Jean-Pierre Jarier
|
Matra-Simca MS670C | All |
| 10 | November 9th |
.svg){kind=small} Kyalami 6 Hours( Kyalami Grand Prix Circuit ) |
Equipe Gitanes
|
Gérard Larrousse Henri Pescarolo
|
Matra-Simca MS670C | All |
Mastery of the constructors
Brands World Championship
| position | constructor | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4th | 5 | 6th | 7th | 8th | 9 | 10 | total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |
Matra
|
20th | 20th | 20th | 20th | 20th | 20th | 20th | (20) | 20th | 140 | |
| 2 |
Mirage
|
(10) | 15th | 10 | 10 | 10 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 81 | ||
| 3 |
Porsche
|
8th | 12 | 8th | 15th | 15th | 10 | 68 | ||||
| 4th |
Alfa Romeo
|
20th | 15th | 15th | 15th | 65 | ||||||
| 5 |
Chevron
|
1 | 3 | 2 | 4th | 10 | 10 | 30th | ||||
| 6th |
Ligier
|
3 | 3 | 6th | 12 | |||||||
| 7th |
Lola
|
6th | 1 | 3 | 10 | |||||||
| 8th |
Ferrari
|
8th | 8th | |||||||||
| 9 |
March
|
3 | 3 | |||||||||
| 10 = |
Alpine
|
1 | 1 | |||||||||
| 10 = |
Ecosse
|
1 | 1 |
International Cup for GT vehicles
| position | constructor | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4th | 5 | 6th | 7th | 8th | 9 | 10 | total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |
Porsche
|
20th | 20th | 20th | 20th | (12) | 20th | 20th | 20th | (20) | (20) | 140 |
| 2 |
Ferrari
|
20th | 20th | |||||||||
| 3 |
De Tomaso
|
10 | 10 | |||||||||
| 4th |
Chevrolet
|
1 | 6th | 1 | 8th | |||||||
| 5 |
BMW
|
3 | 3 |
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 1974 - Collection of pictures, videos and audio files
