Sports car world championship 1983

The defining racing car model of the season, the works Porsche 956

The sports car world championship in 1983 was the 31st season of this championship. It started on April 10th and ended on December 10th.

championship

1983 had an all-important racing car model: the Porsche 956 . This year, twelve 956s were delivered to private teams, which differed from the works cars from 956-001 onwards by their consecutive chassis numbers from 956-101. After the Ford C100 did not return to the racetracks, the Lancia LC2 , which now also complied with Group C rules , turned out to be the only notable opponent, finishing second in the season just before Christmas in Kyalami . Otherwise, at least the first four places went to the Porsche 956, which made the world championship races among themselves.

In 1983, Stefan Bellof also lapped the Nordschleife with the works 956 during training for the 1000 km race on the Nürburgring as the first person with an average speed of over 200 km / h. In the race, however, his 956 took off on the large jumping hill near Pflanzgarten and overturned. The driver was not injured. At Le Mans , the Porsche 956 would have occupied the first ten places if a Sauber C7 had not driven into the phalanx with ninth place overall.

After Porsche had won all seven races, the renewed overall victory in the Manufacturers' World Championship came as no surprise. In the drivers category, Jacky Ickx was able to repeat his win from last year . He won the world championship by three points over his teammate Derek Bell .

Racing calendar

No.	date	Race name / circuit	team	Overall winner	vehicle	championship
1	10th of April	1000 km race of Monza ( Autodromo Nazionale di Monza )	Joest Racing	Bob Wollek Thierry Boutsen	Porsche 956	Brands and drivers
2	8th of May	Silverstone 1000km Race ( Silverstone Circuit )	Rothmans Porsche	Derek Bell Stefan Bellof	Porsche 956	Brands and drivers
3	May 29th	1000 km race on the Nürburgring ( Nürburgring )	Porsche Racing International	Jochen Mass Jacky Ickx	Porsche 956	Brands and drivers
4th	June 18-19	24 Hours of Le Mans ( Circuit des 24 Heures )	Rothmans Porsche	Vern Schuppan Hurley Haywood Al Holbert	Porsche 956	Brands and drivers
5	September 4th	Spa-Francorchamps 1000 km race ( Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps )	Rothmans Porsche	Jochen Mass Jacky Ickx	Porsche 956	Brands and drivers
6th	October 2nd	Fuji 1000K Race ( Fuji Speedway )	Rothmans Porsche	Derek Bell Stefan Bellof	Porsche 956	Brands and drivers
7th	10th of December	Kyalami 1000K Race ( Kyalami Grand Prix Circuit )	Rothmans Porsche	Derek Bell Stefan Bellof	Porsche 956	Brands and drivers

Mastery of the constructors

Endurance World Championship overall standings

position	constructor	1	2	3	4th	5	6th	7th	total
1	Porsche	20th	20th	20th	20th	20th	(20)	(20)	100
2	Lancia	3		8th		6th		15th	32
3 =	Nimrod		4th						4th
3 =	March						4th		4th
5	Clean				2		1		3
6th	Dome						2		2
7th	URD					1			1

Class C junior overall ranking

position	constructor	1	2	3	4th	5	6th	7th	total
1	Alba		20th	20th			15th	20th	75
2 =	Mazda				20th				20th
2 =	March						20th		20th
2 =	Harrier					20th			20th

Class B overall ranking

position	constructor	1	2	3	4th	5	6th	7th	total
1	Porsche	12	12	20th	20th	15th		15th	82
2	BMW	20th	20th			20th		20th	80
3	ford			12					12

Drivers World Championship

Overall rating

In this table the first 20 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.

position	driver	constructor	1	2	3	4th	5	6th	7th	total
1	Jacky Ickx	Porsche	15th		20th	15th	20th	15th	12	97
2	Derek Bell	Porsche	4th	20th		15th	15th	20th	20th	94
3	Jochen Mass	Porsche	15th		20th		20th	15th	12	82
4th	Stefan Bellof	Porsche		20th			15th	20th	20th	75
5	Bob Wollek	Porsche	20th	15th	15th	6th		8th	10	64
6th	Thierry Boutsen	Porsche , Rondeau	20th	12			2	10		44
7th	Jan Lammers	Porsche	6th	12	12		3	2	8th	43
8 =	Axel Plankenhorn	Porsche	10	10	10	4th	8th			42
8 =	Jürgen Lässig	Porsche		10	10	10	4th	8th		42
10	Vern Schuppan	Porsche		8th		20th		12		40
11	John Fitzpatrick	Porsche	8th	3	6th	8th	12			37
12	Stefan Johansson	Porsche		15th	15th	6th				36
13	Hans Heyer	Porsche , Lancia	12		10			8th		30th
14th	David Hobbs	Porsche	8th	3	6th		12			29
15th	Clemens Schickentanz	Porsche	12			10		6th		28
16	Al Holbert	Porsche	4th			20th				24
17th	Jonathan Palmer	Porsche			12	3			8th	23
18th	Riccardo Patrese	Lancia	2				4th		15th	21st
19 =	Harald Grohs	Porsche , Sehcar		10			10			20th
19 =	Hurley Haywood	Porsche				20th				20th

literature

• Peter Higham: The Guinness Guide to international Motor Racing. A Complete Reference from Formula One to Touring Cars. Guinness Publishing Ltd., London 1995, ISBN 0-85112-642-1 .

Web links

Commons : Sports Car World Championship 1983  - Album with pictures, videos and audio files

• Results of the driver evaluation
• Results at Wrsp.cz