Sports car world championship 1985

Factory - Porsche 962

March 85G

The 1985 Sports Car World Championship was the 33rd season of this championship. It started on April 14th and ended on December 1st.

championship

Two fatal accidents overshadowed the 1985 World Championship season. Within three weeks, the two then current German Formula 1 racing drivers had an accident in sports car races. Manfred Winkelhock was stuck in the wreck of his Kremer - Porsche 962C for 40 minutes during the 1000 km race in Mosport after he crashed into a boundary wall at high speed. Despite three hours of emergency surgery in a Toronto hospital , he died the following day. Three weeks later, Stefan Bellof had an accident in the Brun - Porsche 956B after a failed attempt to overtake at the 1000 km race at Spa-Francorchamps . Bellof died at the scene of the accident after driving head-on into a concrete pillar in the Eau Rouge .

In 1985, Porsche was the dominant manufacturer too , with the Porsche 956 and 962C models . The 962C was the result of the agreement between the FIA and the IMSA on joint technical regulations. The 956 did not conform to US rules on two counts. For safety reasons, the IMSA required pedals behind the front axle, which Porsche met with a longer wheelbase. The aluminum monocoque was also reinforced by a steel roll cage . In addition, the water-cooled twin-turbo engine had to limit costs of 956 by the time-tested from the Porsche 935 -derived air-cooled engine with single turbocharger to be replaced, but but no consumption restriction as in was World Sportscar Championship for Group C .

Seven of the nine championship races ended with an overall Porsche victory. Exceptions were the 1000 km race at Spa-Francorchamps, where Lancia clinched the only win of the season, and the 1000 km race at Fuji . Due to heavy rain, the racing conditions at Fuji Speedway were so bad that almost all non-Japanese teams were forced to retire after a few laps. When the race stopped after 2 hours of racing, the March 85G led the Hohshino team, which was declared the winning team by the race management.

The team championship, which was advertised for the first time, was won by the Porsche works team , with drivers Hans-Joachim Stuck and Derek Bell becoming world champions.

Racing calendar

No.	date	Race name / circuit	team	Overall winner	vehicle	championship
1	April 14th	1000 km Mugello race ( Autodromo Internazionale del Mugello )	Rothmans Porsche	Jacky Ickx Jochen Mass	Porsche 962C	Brands and drivers
2	April 28	Monza 1000 km race ( Autodromo Nazionale Monza )	Porsche Kremer Racing	Manfred Winkelhock Marc Surer	Porsche 962C	driver
3	12th of May	Silverstone 1000km Race ( Silverstone Circuit )	Rothmans Porsche	Jacky Ickx Jochen Mass	Porsche 962C	Brands and drivers
4th	June 15-16	24 Hours of Le Mans ( Circuit des 24 Heures )	New-Man Joest Racing	Klaus Ludwig Paolo Barilla Louis Krages	Porsche 956B	Brands and drivers
5	July 14th	1000 km race from Hockenheim ( Hockenheimring )	Rothmans Porsche	Hans-Joachim Stuck Derek Bell	Porsche 962C	Brands and drivers
6th	August 11th	Mosport 1000km ( Canadian Tire Motorsport Park )	Rothmans Porsche	Hans-Joachim Stuck Derek Bell	Porsche 962C	Brands and drivers
7th	September 1	Spa-Francorchamps 1000 km race ( Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps )	Martini Lancia	Mauro Baldi Bob Wollek Riccardo Patrese	Lancia LC2-85	Brands and drivers
8th	September 22	Brands Hatch 1000km race ( Brands Hatch )	Rothmans Porsche	Hans-Joachim Stuck Derek Bell	Porsche 962C	driver
9	October 10th	Fuji 1000K Race ( Fuji Speedway )	Hoshino Racing	Kazuyoshi Hoshino Akira Hagiwara Keiji Matsumoto	March 85G	Brands and drivers
10	December 1	800km Selangor Race ( Shah Alam Circuit )	Rothmans Porsche	Jacky Ickx Jochen Mass	Porsche 962C	driver

Brand world championship for racing teams

Overall rating

position	team	vehicle	1	2	3	4th	5	6th	7th	total
1	Rothmans Porsche	Porsche 956B Porsche 962C	20th	20th	12	20th	20th	15th		107
2	Martini Lancia	Lancia LC2-85	10	12	6th	10		20th		58
3	New-Man Joest Racing	Porsche 956B		6th	20th	12		12		50
4th	Porsche Kremer Racing	Porsche 956B Porsche 962C	15th	10	8th		10			43
5	Richard Lloyd Racing with Porsche	Porsche 956B Porsche 956B GTi		8th	15th	8th				31
6th	Brun Motorsport	Porsche 956B Porsche 962C	12	1		15th				28
7 =	jaguar	Jaguar XJR-6					12	8th		20th
7 =	Obermaier Racing Team	Porsche 956B	6th	4th	3	4th		3		20th
9	Spice engineering	Tiga GC84 Spice-Tiga GC85	4th			2	8th	2		16
10 =	John Fitzpatrick Racing	Porsche 956B			10					10
10 =	Hoshino Racing	March 85G							10	10
12	Panasport Japan	LM 05C							7.5	7.5
13 =	Team Labatts	Gebhardt JC843 Gebhardt JC853					6th			6th
13 =	Tom's Co Ltd.	Tom's 85c							6th	6th
15 =	Auto Beaurex Motor Sport	Tom's 85c							5	5
15 =	Ecurie Ecosse	Ecosse C285			2		3			5
17 =	Bierl Racing	Clean C7					4th			4th
17 =	Cosmik Racing Promotion	March 84G						4th		4th
17 =	Hasemi Motor Sport	March 85G							4th	4th
17 =	Carma FF	Alba AR2 Alba AR6	3		1					4th
21 =	Ark Racing Arthur Hough Pressings	Ceekar 83J					3			3
21 =	Trust Racing Team	Porsche 956							3	3
23 =	Jens Winther Denmark	URD C83	2							2
23 =	English Enterprises	Chevrolet Camaro					2			2
23 =	Misaki Speed	Tom's 85B							2	2
26th	Central 20 Racing Team	Lola 810							1.5	1.5
27 =	Vittorio Coggiola	Porsche 935	1							1
27 =	Cheetah Automobiles	Cheetah G604						1		1
27 =	Dome Co Ltd.	Dome 85C							1	1
30th	Team Ikuzawa	Tom's 85C							0.5	0.5

FIA Cup for group C2 teams

position	team	vehicle	1	2	3	4th	5	6th	7th	total
1	Spice engineering	Tiga GC84 Spice-Tiga GC85	20th	15th	20th	15th	20th	20th		110
2	Ecurie Ecosse	Ecosse C285		20th		20th		10		50
3	Ark Racing Arthur Hough Pressings	Ceekar 83J	10	8th		10	12	6th		46
4th	Jens Winther Denmark	URD C83	12			8th		12		32
5	Carma FF	Alba AR2 Alba AR6	15th	4th		12				31
6th	Team Labatts	Gebhardt JC843 Gebhardt JC853					15th	15th		30th
7th	Roy Baker Promotions	Tiga GC284 Tiga GC285	8th		10			2		20th
8th	Mazdaspeed	Mazda 737C		6th	12					18th
9	ADA engineering	Gebhardt JC843			15th					15th
10 =	Strandell Motors	Standell 85		12						12
10 =	Roland Bassaler	Clean SHS C6			8th			4th		12
12 =	Gebhardt Motorsport	Gebhardt JC853		10						10
12 =	Auto Beaurex Motor Sport	Lotec M1C								10
14th	Grifo Autoracing	Alba AR3						8th		8th
15th	Bartlett Chevron Racing	Chevron B62				6th				6th
16	Jens Nykjaer	Nykjaer						3		3

FIA Cup for touring cars

position	team	vehicle	1	2	3	4th	5	6th	7th	total
1	Helmut Gall	BMW M1	20th		20th	20th				60
2	English Enterprises	Chevrolet Camaro					20th			20th
3 =	Bäuerle colors team	BMW M1				15th				15th
3 =	Zwiren Racing	Mazda RX-7					15th			15th
5	Vogelsang Automobile GmbH	BMW M1				12				12
6th	Trust Racing Team	Toyota Celica								10

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	8th	9	10	total
1 =	Derek Bell	Porsche		15th	15th	12	20th	20th	15th	20th			117
1 =	Hans-Joachim Stuck	Porsche		15th	15th	12	20th	20th	15th	20th			117
3 =	Jacky Ickx	Porsche	20th	10	20th	1		15th		15th		20th	101
3 =	Jochen Mass	Porsche	20th	10	20th	1		15th		15th		20th	101
5 =	Bob Wollek	Lancia	10			6th	10		20th	12			58
5 =	Klaus Ludwig	Porsche	8th	(2)	6th	20th	12		12				58
7th	Paolo Barilla	Porsche		2	6th	20th	12		12				52
8th	Alessandro Nannini	Lancia		12	12	6th			10	10			50
9 =	Marc Surer	Porsche	15th	20th	10								45
9 =	Manfred Winkelhock	Porsche	15th	20th	10								45
11	Mike Thackwell	Jaguar Porsche	6th			2		12	8th			15th	43
12	Jonathan Palmer	Porsche		8th	8th	15th	8th						39
13	Mauro Baldi	Lancia	10			4th	10		(20)	12			36
14th	Riccardo Patrese	Lancia		12	12				(20)	10			34
15 =	Ray Bellm	Tiga	6th	6th			4th	10	4th				30th
15 =	Gordon Spice	Tiga	6th	6th			4th	10	4th				30th
17th	Oscar Larrauri	Porsche		6th			15th					8th	29
18th	James Weaver	Porsche , Tom's				15th						12	27
19th	Massimo Sigala	Porsche					15th					8th	23
20th	Stefan Bellof	Porsche	15th		1								16

FIA Cup for Group C2 drivers

In this table the first 10 positions of the world championship are recorded.

position	driver	constructor	1	2	3	4th	5	6th	7th	8th	9	10	total
1 =	Gordon Spice	Tiga	20th	20th	15th	20th	15th	20th	20th				130
1 =	Ray Bellm	Tiga	20th	20th	15th	20th	15th	20th	20th				130
3 =	Mike Wilds	Ecosse		15th	20th		20th		10	20th			85
3 =	Ray Mallock	Ecosse		15th	20th		20th		10	20th			85
5 =	Max Payne	Ceekar	10	6th	8th		10	12	6th			10	62
5 =	David Andrews	Ceekar	10	6th	8th		10	12	6th			10	62
7th	Ian Harrower	ADA		8th		15th				10		20th	53
8th	Frank Jelinski	ADA		10	10		15th	15th					50
9 =	Martino Finotto	Alba	15th		4th		12			15th			46
9 =	Carlo Facetti	Alba	15th		4th		12			15th			46

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

• Driver ranking
• Results at Wrsp.cz

Individual evidence

1. ↑ On the death of Manfred Winkelhock