Sports car world championship 1977

Factory Porsche 935/77

Alfa Romeo T33 / SC / 12

The 1977 sports car world championship was the 25th season of this championship. It started on February 5th and ended on October 23rd.

championship

Compared to the previous year , when 14 races were part of the championship, the number of races increased by three to 17 in 1977. Once again, there was a separation between the cars in Group 5, which started in the branded world championship, and the group’s sports car championship 6. While the brand world championship was able to show good attendance figures in the respective races due to adequate starting fields, the sports car races suffered from too few participants and a lack of spectator interest from the first race.

The only sporadic works outings by BMW with the 320i made it easy for Porsche to win the manufacturers' title in the brand world championship again. All races ended with overall Porsche victories. The superiority of a manufacturer in the sports car world championship was just as clear. Alfa Romeo won all of the races with the Alfa Romeo T33 / SC / 12 through the Autodelta works team .

Racing calendar

No.	date	Race name / circuit	team	Overall winner	vehicle	championship
1	February 5-6	Daytona 24 Hours ( Daytona International Speedway )	Ecurie Escargot	Hurley Haywood John Graves Dave Helmick	Porsche 911 Carrera RSR	Brands
2	March, 20th	6-hour race of Mugello ( Autodromo Internazionale del Mugello )	Martini Racing	Rolf Stommelen Manfred Schurti	Porsche 935/77	Brands
3	17th April	500 km race of Dijon ( Circuit de Dijon-Prenois )	Autodelta SpA	Arturo Merzario Jean-Pierre Jarier	Alfa Romeo T33 / SC / 12	Group 6
4th	17th April	500 km race from Monza ( Autodromo Nazionale Monza )	Autodelta	Vittorio Brambilla	Alfa Romeo T33 / SC / 12	Group 6
5	May 15	Silverstone 6 Hours ( Silverstone Circuit )	Martini Racing	Jacky Ickx Jochen Mass	Porsche 935/77	Brands
6th	May 29th	1000 km race on the Nürburgring ( Nürburgring )	Gelo Racing Team	Rolf Stommelen Tim Schenken Toine Hezemans	Porsche 935	Brands
7th	2th of June	Vallelunga 400 km race ( Autodromo Vallelunga )	Autodelta SpA	Vittorio Brambilla	Alfa Romeo T33 / SC / 12	Group 6
8th	June 19th	500 km race from Pergusa ( Autodromo di Pergusa )	Autodelta SpA	Arturo Merzario	Alfa Romeo T33 / SC / 12	Group 6
9	July 9	6 Hours of Watkins Glen ( Watkins Glen International )	Martini Racing Porsche System	Jacky Ickx Jochen Mass	Porsche 935/77	Brands
10	10th of July	Estoril 2:30 hour race ( Watkins Glen International )	Autodelta SpA	Arturo Merzario	Alfa Romeo T33 / SC / 12	Group 6
11	10th of July	500 km race from Le Castellet ( Circuit Paul Ricard )	Autodelta SpA	Arturo Merzario Jean-Pierre Jarier	Alfa Romeo T33 / SC / 12	Group 6
12	August 28th	Mosport 6 Hours ( Canadian Tire Motorsport Park )	Heimrath Racing	Ludwig Heimrath Paul Miller	Porsche 934/5	Brands
13	September 4th	250km Imola race ( Autodromo Enzo e Dino Ferrari )	Autodelta SpA	Vittorio Brambilla	Alfa Romeo T33 / SC / 12	Group 6
14th	September 18	300 km race on the Salzburgring ( Salzburgring )	Autodelta SpA	Vittorio Brambilla	Alfa Romeo T33 / SC / 12	Group 6
15th	25th of September	Brands Hatch 6 Hours ( Brands Hatch )	Martini Racing	Jacky Ickx Jochen Mass	Porsche 935/77	Brands
16	9th October	6-hour race at Hockenheim ( Hockenheimring )	Kremer Racing	Bob Wollek John Fitzpatrick	Porsche 935K2	Brands
17th	23rd October	6-hour race of Vallelunga ( Autodromo Vallelunga )	Scuderia Vesuvio	Luigi Moreschi Antonio Ferrari	Porsche 935	Brands

Mastery of the constructors

Brands World Championship overall ranking

position	constructor	1	2	3	4th	5	6th	7th	8th	9	10	11	12	13	14th	15th	16	17th	total
1	Porsche	20th	20th			20th	20th			20th			20th			(20)	(20)	(20)	140
2	BMW					10	12						15th				1.5	12	50.5
3	De Tomaso																	12	12
4th	Ferrari	8th																	8th
5 =	Fiat																	3	3
5 =	Lancia		3																3
7th	ford		2																2

Brand World Championship Division I.

position	constructor	1	2	3	4th	5	6th	7th	8th	9	10	11	12	13	14th	15th	16	17th	total
1	BMW					20th	20th						20th			10	20th		90
2	ford		20th				12												32
3	Fiat																	20th	20th
4th	Porsche																	15th	15th
5	lotus												7.5						7.5
6th	Colt												6th						6th
7th	Volkswagen						4th												4th

Brand World Championship Division II

position	constructor	1	2	3	4th	5	6th	7th	8th	9	10	11	12	13	14th	15th	16	17th	total
1	Porsche	20th	20th			20th	20th			20th						10	20th	20th	150
2	BMW												20th						20th
3	Lancia		12																12
4th	ford					8th	1												9
5	Datsun					1													1

Brand World Championship Division III

position	constructor	1	2	3	4th	5	6th	7th	8th	9	10	11	12	13	14th	15th	16	17th	total
1	Porsche	20th	20th			20th	20th			20th						(10)	20th	20th	140
2	De Tomaso															1		12	13
3	Ferrari	12																	12
4th	MG															0.5			0.5

Sports car world championship

position	constructor	1	2	3	4th	5	6th	7th	8th	9	10	11	12	13	14th	15th	16	17th	total
1	Alfa Romeo			20th	20th			20th	20th		20th	20th		(20)	(20)				120
2	Osella			15th	15th			12	12					4th	15th				73
3	Lola			12	4th			10	6th					6th	10				48
4th	Chevron			8th	3			10						12	8th				41
5	Clean							15th			8th	8th							31
6th	TOJ											15th							15th
7th	AMS						4th							10					14th
8th	McLaren			10								3							13
9	March														8th				8th

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 1977