Sports car world championship 1980

The 1980 sports car world championship was the 28th edition of the FIA sports car world championship , which was announced for the first time in 1953.

Jürgen Barth in 1980 in the Porsche 908.3 Turbo on the Nürburgring

championship

The racing series comprised 11 races. It began with the 24-hour race in Daytona on February 2 and ended with the 6-hour race in Dijon-Prenois on September 28, 1980. The sports car world championship (later the endurance world championship for short WEC) also became the world championship in 1980 of the brands called. Vehicles in groups 1 to 5 were permitted, divided into the divisions up to 2000 cm³ and over 2000 cm³. The duration of the race was set at six to twelve hours (except for the 24 Hours of Le Mans and Daytona Beach). A drivers' world championship was not held.

By adding up the two class ratings, Lancia was made world champion.

Racing calendar

No.	date	Race name / circuit	team	Overall winner	vehicle	championship
1	February 2nd	Daytona 24 Hours ( Daytona International Speedway )	Liqui Moly	Reinhold Joest Rolf Stommelen Volkert Merl	Porsche 935J	Brands and drivers
2	March 16	Brands Hatch 6 Hours ( Brands Hatch Circuit )	Lancia Corse	Walter Röhrl Riccardo Patrese	Lancia Beta Montecarlo	Brands
3	March 22	Sebring 12-hour race ( Sebring International Raceway )	Dick Barbour Racing	John Fitzpatrick Dick Barbour	Porsche 935K3	driver
4th	April 13th	6-hour race of Mugello ( Autodromo Internazionale del Mugello )	Lancia Corse	Eddie Cheever Riccardo Patrese	Lancia Beta Montecarlo	Brands
5	26th of April	Monza 1000 km race ( Autodromo Nazionale Monza )	Alain de Cadenet	Desiré Wilson Alain de Cadenet	De Cadenet Lola LM	Brands and drivers
6th	May 11th	5 Hours of Riverside ( Riverside International Raceway )	Dick Barbour Racing	John Fitzpatrick Dick Barbour	Porsche 935K3	driver
7th	May 11th	Silverstone 6 Hours ( Silverstone Circuit )	Alain de Cadenet	Desiré Wilson Alain de Cadenet	De Cadenet Lola LM	Brands and drivers
8th	25. May	1000 km race on the Nürburgring ( Nürburgring )	Liqui Moly Equipe	Rolf Stommelen Jürgen Barth	Porsche 908/3	Brands and drivers
9	15th June	24 Hours of Le Mans ( Circuit des 24 Heures )	Jean Rondeau	Jean Rondeau Jean-Pierre Jaussaud	Rondeau M379B	Brands and drivers
10	June 29th	Daytona 6 Hours ( Daytona International Speedway )	Performance innovations	Rob McFarlin Hurley Haywood	Datsun 200SX	driver
11	July 12	6 Hours of Watkins Glen ( Watkins Glen International )	Lancia Corse	Hans Heyer Riccardo Patrese	Lancia Beta Montecarlo	Brands
12	July 27th	Spa-Francorchamps 24-hour race ( Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps )	Belga Castrol team	Jean-Michel Martin Philippe Martin	Ford Capri III 3.0S	driver
13	17th August	Mosport 6 Hour Race ( Mosport International Raceway )	Dick Barbour Racing	John Fitzpatrick Brian Redman	Porsche 935K3 / 80	Brands and drivers
14th	August 31	500-mile race at Road America ( Road America )	JLP Racing	John Paul senior John Paul junior	Porsche 935 JLP-2	driver
15th	7th of September	6-hour race of Vallelunga ( Autodromo Vallelunga )	Giorgio Francia	Giorgio Francia Roberto Marazzi	Osella PA8	Brands
16	September 28th	1000 km race of Dijon ( Circuit de Dijon-Prenois )	Sports car	Henri Pescarolo Jürgen Barth	Porsche 935 / 77A	Brands

Brand world championship for designers

Final score over 2-liter displacement

position	constructor	1	2	3	4th	5	6th	7th	8th	9	10	11	total
1	Porsche	20th	20th	(15)	20th	20th	20th	20th	20th	20th	(15)	(20)	160
2	Lancia			20th							20th		40
3	Ferrari					12							12
4th	BMW								4th				4th
5	Opel						3						3

Final rating below 2-liter displacement

position	constructor	1	2	3	4th	5	6th	7th	8th	9	10	11	total
1	Lancia	20th	20th	20th	20th	20th	20th	20th	20th	(20)	(20)		160
2	BMW					15th	12				12	20th	59
3 =	Porsche										15th		15th
3 =	Fiat											15th	15th
5	ford						4th						4th
6th	Opel						1						1

World challenge for long-distance drivers

The table includes the eleven races of the drivers' championship, as noted in the race calendar.

Overall rating

position	driver	constructor	1	2	3	4th	5	6th	7th	8th	9	10	11	total
1	John Paul Sr.	Porsche , Mazda	19th	17th			18th		12	14th		19th	20th	119
2	John Fitzpatrick	Porsche, AMC		20th		20th		19th	16			20th	19th	114
3	Dick Barbour	Porsche, Mazda		20th		20th		19th	16	16			19th	110
4 =	Bob Garretson	Porsche, Mazda	12	14th		19th				21st			18th	84
4 =	Brian Redman	Porsche				14th	18th		16			20th	16	84
6th	Bob Akin	Porsche, Ford		16		16				13		15th	16	76
7th	Hurley Haywood	Porsche, Datsun	10	11		18th					22nd		7th	68
8th	Pierre Honegger	Mazda, Porsche	11			11	12			12		10	11	67
9	Ernesto Soto	Mazda, Porsche	9	(11)		11	12			12		10	11	65
10	Jürgen Barth	Porsche			9.5		19th	20th	15th					63.5
11	Roger Mandeville	Mazda	15th	14th		10				6th		11		56
12 =	Ted Field	Porsche	18th	19th								18th	(1)	55
12 =	Danny Ongais	Porsche	18th	19th								18th		55
14th	Brad Frisselle	Mazda	15th	14th		14th						11		54
15th	Tony Garcia	Porsche	16			14th						11	12	53
16	Dale Whittington	Porsche, Mazda	(5)	18th		17th						(12)	17th	52
17 =	Harald Grohs	Porsche			8.5		16	14th	13					51.5
17 =	Dieter Chimney	Porsche			8.5		16	14th	13					51.5
19 =	John Paul Junior	Porsche							12			19th	20th	51
19 =	Bobby Rahal	Porsche		14th		19th							18th	51
21st	Mauricio de Narváez	Porsche, AMC	15th			3				9		11		48
22nd	Bruce Leven	Porsche	10	11		18th						7th		46
23 =	Bill Adam	Triumph , Chevrolet		16								14th	15th	45
23 =	Bob Tullius	triumph		16								14th	15th	45
25 =	Al Holbert	Porsche	19th	17th					8th					44
25 =	Walter Röhrl	Lancia			9		18th					17th		44
25 =	Skeeter McKitterick	Porsche, Chevrolet	12	16								16		44
25 =	Alain de Cadenet	De Cadenet-Lola, Ford			10		20th		14th					44
29	Jim Downing	Mazda	15th	14th						14th				43
30th	Terry Herman	Porsche	16			14th							12	42
31	Rolf Stommelen	Porsche	20th					20th						40
32	Reinhold Joest	Porsche	20th						19th					39
33	Martino Finotto	Lancia	11					8th	3			10		36
34	Hans Heyer	Lancia						18th				17th		35
35	Preston Henn	Porsche, Ferrari		17th								(12)	17th	34
36	Carlo Facetti	Lancia, Ferrari	11		5				3			14th		33
37	Roy Woods	Porsche		16		16								32
38 =	Jim Cook	Porsche, Mazda	18th	6th								7th		31
38 =	Paul Miller	Porsche										15th	16	31
38 =	Manfred Schurti	Porsche						16	15th					31
41	Desiré Wilson	De Cadenet-Lola			10		20th							30th
42 =	Kees Nierop	Porsche		14th								15th		29
42 =	Werner Frank	Porsche		10		10							9	29
44 =	Philippe Martin	Rondeau, Ford							18th		10.5			28.5
44 =	Jean-Michel Martin	Rondeau, Ford							18th		10.5			28.5
46	Roger Schramm	Porsche		9		10							9	28
47 =	Piercarlo Ghinzani	Porsche			8th			16				3		27
47 =	Bill Johnson	Porsche		5						17th			5	27
47 =	Riccardo Patrese	Lancia			9			18th						27
50	Jean-Pierre Jaussaud	Rondeau, Ford							20th		5.5			25.5
51 =	Gerhard Holup	Porsche					15th	10						25th
51 =	Edgar Dören	Porsche					15th	10						25th
51 =	Walt Drilling	Mazda									13	12		25th
51 =	Hans-Joachim Stuck	BMW						19th	6th					25th
51 =	Jeff Kline	Mazda										13	12	25th
51 =	Jürgen Lässig	Porsche					15th	10						25th
58	Gordon Spice	Rondeau, Ford							18th		6.5			24.5
59 =	Eddie Cheever	Lancia			8th			16						24
59 =	Don Whittington	Porsche	(5)	18th						6th				24
61 =	Murray Edwards	Chevrolet	17th										6th	23
61 =	Mark Hutchins	Mazda	11				12							23
61 =	Tony Dron	Mazda					14th		9					23
61 =	Craig Carter	Mazda	17th										6th	23
65	Siegfried Brunn	Porsche			3.5		19th							22.5
66 =	Rob McFarlin	Porsche								22nd				22nd
66 =	Albert Naon	Porsche, Datsun	15th			3				4th				22nd
68 =	Joe Varde	Mazda								21st				21st
68 =	Peter Gregg	Porsche	10	11										21st
68 =	Pierre Dieudonné	Ferrari, Porsche							11		10			21st
71 =	Durrell Kirkland	AMC								20th				20th
71 =	Jean Rondeau	rondeau							20th					20th
71 =	Volkert Merl	Porsche	20th											20th
71 =	Kal Showket	Porsche								20th				20th
75	Mario Ketterer	Porsche							11		8.5			19.5
76 =	Axel Plankenhorn	Porsche, Ford							19th					19th
76 =	Jacky Ickx	Porsche								19th				19th
76 =	Nelson Piquet	BMW							19th					19th
76 =	Keith Swope	AMC								19th				19th
80 =	Greg LaCava	Porsche	18th											18th
80 =	Michele Alboreto	Lancia					18th							18th
80 =	Milt Minter	Porsche	18th											18th
80 =	Tom Pyne	ford								18th				18th
80 =	Hans-Georg Bürger	BMW						12	6th					18th
80 =	Lee White	ford								18th				18th
80 =	Bill Whittington	Porsche	(5)	18th										18th
87 =	Roger Dorchy	WM							17th					17th
87 =	George Alderman	Datsun		8th									9	17th
87 =	Corky Bell	Datsun								17th				17th
87 =	Guy Fréquelin	BMW, World Cup							17th					17th
87 =	Dirk Vermeersch	BMW, World Cup									17th			17th
87 =	Maurice Carter	Chevrolet	17th											17th
87 =	Michael Chandler	Porsche				17th								17th
94 =	Andy Rouse	Porsche							9		7.5			16.5
94 =	Anton Fischhaber	Porsche, BMW			5.5			12						16.5
96 =	Dick Davenport	Datsun				13						3		16
96 =	Bob Wollek	Porsche						16						16
96 =	John Maffucci	Porsche								16				16
96 =	Alberto Vadia	Porsche	16											16
96 =	Ralph Kent-Cooke	Porsche				16								16
96 =	Jack Dunham	Mazda								16				16
96 =	Frank Carney	Datsun				13						3		16
96 =	Rick Mears	Porsche										16		16
104 =	Randy Davis	AMC								15th				15th
104 =	Randolph Townsend	Porsche				15th								15th
104 =	Ricardo Londoño	Porsche	15th											15th
104 =	Tony Adamowicz	Datsun, Ferrari	(8th)										15th	15th
104 =	Dave Cowart	BMW											15th	15th
104 =	John Casey	Mazda	3			8th							4th	15th
104 =	Bruce Jenner	March , Porsche				15th								15th
104 =	Herb Canada	AMC								15th				15th
104 =	Don Devendorf	Datsun											15th	15th
104 =	Kenper Miller	BMW											15th	15th
114 =	François Migault	De Cadenet-Lola							14th					14th
114 =	Vic Norman	Ferrari					14th							14th
114 =	Steve O'Rourke	Ferrari					14th							14th
114 =	Charles Mendez	Porsche, Datsun				14th								14th
114 =	Yoshimi Katayama	Mazda				14th								14th
114 =	Chris Craft	Ferrari, Dome					14th							14th
114 =	Richard Cleare	Porsche					14th							14th
121 =	Herbert Mueller	Porsche			2.5			11						13.5
121 =	Jean Xhenceval	Chevrolet, McLaren							11		2.5			13.5
123 =	Norbert Dombrowski	Clean , McLaren						13						13
123 =	Ludwig Heimrath senior	Porsche		13										13
123 =	Amos Johnson	Mazda, AMC								13				13
123 =	Bob Bergstrom	Mazda, Porsche											13	13
123 =	Carlos Moran	Porsche		13										13
123 =	John Morton	Porsche, Mazda										13		13
123 =	Peter Hoffmann	Clean, McLaren						13						13
123 =	Götz von Tschirnhaus	Porsche					13							13
123 =	Dennis Aase	Porsche, Mazda											13	13
123 =	Johnny Rutherford	Porsche		13										13
133 =	Karl Mauer	ford							4th		8.5			12.5
133 =	Herbert Kummle	ford							4th		8.5			12.5
135 =	Guy Edwards	Porsche							12					12
135 =	Fréderic Alliot	Porsche, BMW					12							12
135 =	Christian Bussi	Porsche					12							12
135 =	Ray Korman	BMW								12				12
135 =	Mark Welch	Mazda	6th	6th										12
135 =	Bernd Brutschin	BMW						12						12
135 =	Anne-Charlotte Verney	Porsche	12											12
135 =	Jacques Guérin	Porsche, BMW					12							12
135 =	Marco Vanoli	BMW					12							12
135 =	Enzo Calderari	BMW					12							12
135 =	Tom Winters	Mazda	6th	6th										12
146 =	Dennis Weglarz	Dodge								11				11

literature

• Alain Bienvenu: Endurance. 50 ans d'histoire. Volume 2: 1964-1981. 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 .
• Autodrome. Motorsport documentation. Vol. 13, 1981, ISSN  1434-8551 .

Web links

Commons : World Sports Car Championship 1980  - Collection of pictures, videos and audio files

• Results at WSRP