Sports car world championship 1976

The Porsche 935 was next to the BMW 3.5 CSL , the dominant race car of the brands World Cup. Here at the 6-hour race at Silverstone

The sports car world championship in 1976 was the 24th season of this championship. It started on March 21st and ended on September 19th.

championship

The sporting regulations of the World Championship were changed before the 1976 season. In addition to the brand world championship, a sports car championship was introduced again, this time for group 6 cars. A total of 14 races were announced, some of which took place on the same weekend. The season was dominated by German racing teams. German teams won 13 of the 14 races. The defining racing team of the season was Porsche . Works cars were used in both series, the Porsche 935 in the brand championship and the new Porsche 936 for Group 6. The most successful driver was Jochen Mass , who won eight world championship races.

Both championships ended with a clear overall victory for Porsche.

Racing calendar

No.	date	Race name / circuit	team	Overall winner	vehicle	championship
1	March 21st	6-hour race of Mugello ( Autodromo Internazionale del Mugello )	Martini Racing	Jochen Mass Jacky Ickx	Porsche 935	Brands
2	4. April	6-hour race of Vallelunga ( Autodromo Vallelunga )	Martini Racing	Jochen Mass Jacky Ickx	Porsche 935	Brands
3	4. April	300 km race on the Nürburgring ( Nürburgring )	Joest Racing	Reinhold Joest	Porsche 908	Group 6
4th	April 25	4-hour race of Monza ( Autodromo Nazionale Monza )	Martini Racing	Jochen Mass Jacky Ickx	Porsche 936	Group 6
5	May 9	Silverstone 6 Hours ( Silverstone Circuit )	Hermetite BMW	John Fitzpatrick Tom Walkinshaw	BMW 3.0 CSL	Brands
6th	23. May	500km Imola race ( Autodromo Enzo e Dino Ferrari )	Martini Racing	Jochen Mass Jacky Ickx	Porsche 936	Group 6
7th	30th May	1000 km race on the Nürburgring (Nürburgring)	Schnitzer Motorsport	Albrecht Krebs Dieter Quester	BMW 3.5 CSL	Brands
8th	June 27th	1000 km race from Zeltweg ( Österreichring )	Schnitzer Motorsport	Gunnar Nilsson Dieter Quester	BMW 3.5 CSL	Brands
9	June 27th	4-hour race of Pergusa ( Autodromo di Pergusa )	Martini Racing	Jochen Mass Rolf Stommelen	Porsche 936	Group 6
10	10th of July	6 Hours of Watkins Glen ( Watkins Glen International )	Martini Racing	Manfred Schurti Rolf Stommelen	Porsche 935	Brands
11	August 22nd	Mosport 200 Mile Race ( Canadian Tire Motorsport Park )	Shadow racing cars	Jackie Oliver	Shadow DN4	Group 6
12	September 4th	6-hour race of Dijon ( Circuit de Dijon-Prenois )	Martini Racing	Jochen Mass Jacky Ickx	Porsche 935	Brands
13	5th September	500 km race of Dijon (Circuit de Dijon-Prenois)	Martini Racing	Jochen Mass Jacky Ickx	Porsche 936	Group 6
14th	September 19th	200-mile race on the Salzburgring ( Salzburgring )	Martini Racing	Jochen Mass	Porsche 936	Group 6

Mastery of the constructors

Brands World Championship

position	constructor	1	2	3	4th	5	6th	7th	8th	9	10	11	12	13	14th	total
1	Porsche	20th	20th			(15)		15th	(12)		20th		20th			95
2	BMW	(3)	15th			20th		20th	20th		10		(6)			85
3	ford	2	6th													8th
4th	De Tomaso		2						3							5
5 =	Lancia		3													3
5 =	MG					3										3

Group 6 sports car world championship

position	constructor	1	2	3	4th	5	6th	7th	8th	9	10	11	12	13	14th	total
1	Porsche			20th	20th		20th			20th		20th		(20)	(20)	100
2 =	Alpine				15th					2		15th		15th		47
2 =	Osella				10		10			15th					12	47
4th	Lola			15th	3		6th			8th		8th				40
5	March			10	1		3			12		4th				30th
6th	Chevron						1			4th		10		4th	4th	23
7th	Alfa Romeo						15th									15th
8th	Mirage											12				12
9 =	KMW			4th	4th											8th
9 =	McLaren			8th												8th
9 =	Clean														8th	8th
12	Abarth														6th	6th
13	Cheetah													2		2

FIA Cup for 2 liter sports cars

position	constructor	1	2	3	4th	5	6th	7th	8th	9	10	11	12	13	14th	total
1	Lola			20th	10		12					15th		20th		77
2	Osella				20th		20th			20th				6th		66
3	Chevron						6th			8th		20th		15th	12	61
4th	March			15th	8th		8th			15th						46
5	Clean														20th	20th
6th	Abarth														15th	15th
7th	ford			12												12

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

• Results of the Sports Car World Championship 1976