1975 World Sportscar Championship season

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1975 World Sportscar Championship season
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The 1975 World Championship for Makes and International Grand Touring Trophy seasons were the 23rd season of the FIA World Sportscar Championship. It was a series for Sportscars and Grand Touring. It ran from February 1, 1975 to August 13, 1975, and was comprised of 9 races.

Contents 1 Schedule 2 Season Results 2.1 Races 3 Manufacturers Championships 3.1 Overall Manufacturers Championship 3.2 GT Manufacturers Championship 4 External links

[edit] Schedule

Rnd	Race	Circuit or Location	Date
1	24 Hours of Daytona†	Daytona International Speedway	February 1 February 2
2	1000km of Mugello	Mugello Circuit	March 23
3	800km of Dijon	Dijon-Prenois	April 6
4	Trofeo Filippo Caracciolo (1000km)	Autodromo Nazionale Monza	April 20
5	1000km Spa	Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps	May 4
6	Coppo Florio (1000km)	Autodromo di Pergusa	May 18
7	1000km Nürburgring	Nürburgring	June 1
8	1000km Zeltweg	Österreichring	June 29
9	Watkins Glen 6 Hours	Watkins Glen International	August 13

† - GT class only, Sportscars did not participate.

[edit] Season Results

Points were awarded to the top 10 finishers in the order of 20-15-12-10-8-6-4-3-2-1. Manufacturers were only given points for their highest finishing car; any other cars from that manufacturer were merely skipped in the points standings.

[edit] Races

Rnd	Circuit	Sportscar Winning Team	GT Winning Team	Results
		Sportscar Winning Drivers	GT Winning Drivers
1	Daytona	None	#59 Brumos Porsche	Results
			Hurley Haywood Peter Gregg
2	Mugello	#5 Elf Alpine-Renault	#44 Gelo Racing Team	Results
		Jean-Pierre Jabouille Gérard Larrousse	John Fitzpatrick Toine Hezemans Manfred Schurti
3	Dijon-Prenois	#2 Willi Kauhsen Racing Team	#33 Gelo Racing Team	Results
		Arturo Merzario Jacques Laffite	John Fitzpatrick Toine Hezemans
4	Monza	#2 Willi Kauhsen Racing Team	None	Results
		Arturo Merzario Jacques Laffite
5	Spa-Francorchamps	#2 Willi Kauhsen Racing Team	#42 Porsche Club Romand	Results
		Henri Pescarolo Derek Bell	Claude Haldi Bernard Béguin
6	Pergusa	#1 Willi Kauhsen Racing Team	#48 Tebernum Porsche Racing	Results
		Arturo Merzario Jochen Mass	Hartwig Bertrams Clemens Schickentanz Reine Wisell
7	Nürburgring	#1 Willi Kauhsen Racing Team	#54 Jägermeister Kremer Racing	Results
		Arturo Merzario Jacques Laffite	Helmut Kelleners Hans Heyer Bob Wollek
8	Österreichring	#2 Willi Kauhsen Racing Team	#35 Porsche Club Oberösterrich	Results
		Henri Pescarolo Derek Bell	Franz Doppler Horst Felbermayr
9	Watkins Glen	#4 Willi Kauhsen Racing Team	#95 Bob Hagestad Porsche-Audi	Results
		Henri Pescarolo Derek Bell	Bob Hagestad Hurley Haywood

[edit] Manufacturers Championships

[edit] Overall Manufacturers Championship

All cars were awarded points for the overall championship, but the GT class also had their own separate championship.

Cars participating in races that were not included in the S or GT classes are skipped in rewarding points for the overall championship.

Only the best 7 points finishes counted towards the championship, with any other points earned not included in the total. Skipped points are marked in italics.

Pos	Manufacturer	Rd 1	Rd 2	Rd 3	Rd 4	Rd 5	Rd 6	Rd 7	Rd 8	Rd 9	Total
1	Alfa Romeo		15	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	140
2	Porsche	20	12	15	15	10	12	12	12	10	98
3	Alpine-Renault		20		12			10	6	12	60
4	Chevron		8	12	3	2	6	1			32
5	Mirage							15			15
6	March							4	8		12
7	Ligier		4	6							10
8	Lola			1			3		4		8
9	Ferrari	4									4
10	Chevrolet									2	2

[edit] GT Manufacturers Championship

Pos	Manufacturer	Rd 1	Rd 2	Rd 3	Rd 4	Rd 5	Rd 6	Rd 7	Rd 8	Rd 9	Total
1	Porsche	20	20	20		20	20	20	20	20	140
2	De Tomaso		8								8
3	Ferrari	4									4

[edit] External links

• 1975 World Sportscar Championship

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