Supercup (Group C)

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The Supercup was a German motorsport racing series for Group C sports car prototypes. The racing series, which took place from 1986 to 1989, was introduced as the successor to the German Racing Championship (DRM), which was advertised as the German Sports Car Championship in its last season in 1985 .

history

After the DRM was discontinued at the end of the 1985 season, the Supercup was re-announced as the national successor racing series for group C sports car prototypes in Germany.

In the first season of 1986, the championship, named after the sponsor sport auto , was held as the ADAC Sport Auto Supercup . In 1987 and 1988 the sponsor changed and the racing series was called ADAC Würth Supercup . In the last year of 1989 the Supercup was named ADAC SAT1 Supercup after the TV station Sat.1 , which broadcast the races live .

In the championship, points were awarded for the driver and team classification. There was also prize money that was paid out to the drivers and teams depending on the race results. The total was initially one million DM , which was then increased from the 1987 season by 250,000 DM to 1.25 million DM.

The ADAC Munich was responsible for the tender and organization. The races were organized by the respective local ADAC motorsport clubs. Only the 1989 Silverstone race was hosted by the British Racing Drivers' Club (BRDC).

At the beginning of the Supercup in 1986, in addition to the private racing teams, the two factory teams from Porsche AG and Jaguar competed in the championship. However, Jaguar withdrew from the series after 1987. The Sauber Mercedes team only took part in the 1988 season. Porsche no longer competed with the works team in the Supercup in 1989, so that only private teams competed in the championship. Since no works team showed any interest in participating in the upcoming 1990 season, the racing series was discontinued after four years.

Regulations

The Porsche 962 C was the most frequently used vehicle in the C1 class.
The Tiga GT285 is a typical class C2 racing car.

Were Eligible Group C sports car prototype of the classes C1 and C2 and IMSA -GTP- and GTC vehicles that the rules FIA corresponded -Reglement or the IMSA code.

In the races that went over 180 km, the maximum amount of fuel per vehicle was limited. For classes C1 and GTC, the fuel limit was 100 liters, for class C2 93 liters and for the IMSA-GTP racing cars 112 liters. From 1988 the regulations were changed slightly and the race distance was extended to around 220 kilometers. At the same time, the fuel limit for classes C1 and GTC was raised to 120 liters and for class IMSA-GTP to 132 liters.

Since the vehicles of classes C1, GTC and IMSA-GTP were only allowed to carry the original amount of fuel at the start, a pit stop was necessary during the race to refuel the 20 liters.

For a victory there was a maximum of 12 points in the driver and team standings with a minimum distance covered of 75% of the original number of laps.

Venues and race schedule

Each racing season, five races were planned on a weekend, mostly with races from other racing series, such as the sports car world championship at the Norisring or the races of the Porsche 944 Turbo Cup .

From 1986 to 1988, the races took place exclusively in Germany. Only in the final season of 1989 was a race held in Great Britain on the Silverstone circuit. The opening race and the season finale always took place on the Nürburgring . The Hockenheimring , Diepholz and the Norisring were also hosted during this period . The race on the AVUS , originally planned on May 11, 1986, was canceled three weeks before the date due to safety concerns. For this reason, only four races took place in the first Supercup season.

On a race weekend, the training session, which consisted of two 45-minute sessions, and two short sprint races of at least 30 kilometers to a maximum of 35 kilometers, took place on Saturday. The first ten drivers of the first heat started the second sprint race in reverse order. The main race relevant for the awarding of points then took place on Sunday.

Point system

Points were awarded to the first 10 classified drivers in the following number:

space  1.   2.   3.   4th   5.   6th   7th   8th.   9.   10. 
Points 12 10 8th 7th 6th 5 4th 3 2 1

Results

In the four championships held, the following drivers and teams won the title and second and third place:

Driver ranking

year winner Second Third
1986 GermanyGermany Hans-Joachim Stuck GermanyGermany Klaus Ludwig GermanyGermany Frank Jelinski
1987 GermanyGermany Hans-Joachim Stuck FranceFrance Bob Wollek GermanyGermany Jochen duration
1988 FranceFrance Jean-Louis Schlesser FranceFrance Bob Wollek GermanyGermany Hans-Joachim Stuck
1989 FranceFrance Bob Wollek GermanyGermany Louis Krages ("John Winter") AustriaAustria Walter Lechner

Team evaluation

year winner Second Third
1986 GermanyGermany Blaupunkt-Joest Racing GermanyGermany Porsche AG United KingdomUnited Kingdom Silk Cut Jaguar
1987 GermanyGermany Porsche AG GermanyGermany Blaupunkt-Joest Racing SwitzerlandSwitzerland Brun Motorsport
1988 GermanyGermany Blaupunkt-Joest Racing SwitzerlandSwitzerland Team Sauber Mercedes SwitzerlandSwitzerland Jägermeister-Brun-Motorsport
1989 GermanyGermany Blaupunkt-Sachs-Joest Racing GermanyGermany Duration racing SwitzerlandSwitzerland Jägermeister-Brun-Motorsport

literature

  • Gustav Büsing, Michael Cotton: Porsche 956/962: The successful sports car legends . Group C, 2003, ISBN 3-928540-40-8 .

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Racingsportscars - Website: ADAC Sport Auto Supercup (round 1) 1986. At: www.racingsportscars.com , accessed on May 24, 2019 .
  2. ↑ Racingsportscars - website: ADAC Würth Supercup (round 1) 1987. At: www.racingsportscars.com , accessed on May 24, 2019 .
  3. ↑ Racingsportscars - website: ADAC Würth Supercup (round 1) 1988. At: www.racingsportscars.com , accessed on May 24, 2019 .
  4. ↑ Racing Sports Cars - website: ADAC SAT 1 Supercup (round 1) 1989. On: www.racingsportscars.com , accessed on 24 May 2019 .
  5. ^ ADAC Supercup press kit 1989