Sports car world championship 1982

Factory Lancia LC1

Factory Porsche 956

The 1982 World Sports Car Championship was the 30th season of this championship. It started on April 19th and ended on October 17th.

championship

Twice in a row, in 1980 and 1981 , Lancia had won the Manufacturers ' World Championship with the Group 5 version of the Beta Montecarlo . However, the introduction of Group C in 1982 made the Group 5 racing cars obsolete. The aim of the FIA ​​was to replace both the production racing cars of Group 5 (with roof) and the open sports car prototypes of Group 6 with Group C Consumption formula designed: The FIA ​​stipulated a minimum vehicle weight of 800 kilograms and a maximum tank capacity of 100 liters. The cubic capacity as well as the use of or the waiver of engine charging were optional. Five refueling stops were allowed during a 1000-kilometer race, which was the minimum distance in the Sports Car World Championship at the time. The fuel consumption of the engines was effectively limited to 60 liters per 100 kilometers. This restriction did not apply to the IMSA GTP series, whose races were played outside the jurisdiction of the FIA.

While Lancia chose the open Spider-shaped design for the LC1 , the Porsche 956 , which made its debut in the 6-hour race at Silverstone , was a closed prototype. Since the LC1 complied with the old Group 6 regulations, the car was eligible to compete in the world championship races, but the points achieved in the races were not included in the overall ranking of the brands. This distorted the final result of the Manufacturers' World Championship, as the three Lancia racing victories were not counted and Porsche became world champion ahead of Jean Rondeau's team .

In the drivers' standings, where points were awarded in all eight races (there were only five for the brands), the points that the Lancia drivers achieved in the respective races counted towards the overall standings. Here the decision was made at the last race at Brands Hatch , where Jacky Ickx won the title of driver world champion with a win.

Racing calendar

No.	date	Race name / circuit	team	Overall winner	vehicle	championship
1	April 18	1000 km race of Monza ( Autodromo Nazionale di Monza )	Automobiles Jean Rondeau	Henri Pescarolo Giorgio Francia	Rondeau M382	Brands and drivers
2	May 16	Silverstone 6 Hours ( Silverstone Circuit )	Martini Racing	Michele Alboreto Riccardo Patrese	Lancia LC1	Brands and drivers
3	30th May	1000 km race on the Nürburgring ( Nürburgring )	Martini Racing	Michele Alboreto Riccardo Patrese Teo Fabi	Lancia LC1	Brands and drivers
4th	June 19-20	24 Hours of Le Mans ( Circuit des 24 Heures )	Rothmans Porsche System	Jacky Ickx Derek Bell	Porsche 956	Brands and drivers
5	5th September	Spa-Francorchamps 1000 km race ( Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps )	Rothmans Porsche Team	Jacky Ickx Jochen Mass	Porsche 956	Brands and drivers
6th	September 19th	1000 km Mugello race ( Autodromo Internazionale del Mugello )	Martini Racing	Michele Alboreto Piercarlo Ghinzani	Lancia LC1	driver
7th	October 3	6 Hours of Fuji ( Fuji Speedway )	Rothmans Porsche	Jacky Ickx Jochen Mass	Porsche 956	driver
8th	October 17th	Brands Hatch 1000km race ( Brands Hatch )	Rothmans Porsche	Jacky Ickx Derek Bell	Porsche 956	driver

Mastery of the constructors

Endurance World Championship overall standings

position	constructor	1	2	3	4th	5	total
1	Porsche		20th	15th	20th	20th	75
2	rondeau	20th	12	20th	8th	10	70
3	Nimrod		10		10	4th	24
4th	WM	15th	6th				21st
5	ford		8th			2	10
6th	Clean		4th			6th	10
7th	Lola		3				3

Drivers World Championship

Overall rating

In this table the first twenty positions of the world championship are recorded. The points were awarded in the following order: 20-15-12-10-8-6-4-3-2-1. There was also a point for the respective class win.

position	driver	constructor	1	2	3	4th	5	6th	7th	8th	total
1	Jacky Ickx	Porsche		15th		20th	20th		20th	20th	95
2	Riccardo Patrese	Lancia		21st	21st		13		16	16	87
3	Derek Bell	Porsche		15th		20th	15th			20th	70
4th	Teo Fabi	Lancia			21st		13		16	16	66
5	Michele Alboreto	Lancia		21st	21st		21st				63
6th	Henri Pescarolo	Rondeau , Porsche	20th	8th	15th		3	12		3	61
7th	Jochen Mass	Porsche				15th	20th		20th		55
8th	Giorgio Francia	Rondeau, Osella	20th	11			7th	11			49
9 =	Rolf Stommelen	Rondeau, Porsche	15th		15th						30th
9 =	Vern Schuppan	Porsche				15th	15th				30th
11 =	Jean-Michel Martin	Porsche		12			10				22nd
11 =	Philippe Martin	Porsche		12			10				22nd
11 =	John Fitzpatrick	Porsche				10				12	22nd
11 =	David Hobbs	Porsche				10				12	22nd
15th	Piercarlo Ghinzani	Lancia					21st				21st
16	Luigi Moreschi	Osella					7th	11			18th
17th	Hans Heyer	Porsche, clean					2	12		3	17th
18 =	Corrado Fabi	Lancia						16			16
18 =	Alessandro Nannini	Lancia						16			16
18 =	Gordon Spice	rondeau		8th			8th				16

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 1982 World Sports Car Championship