1980 World Sportscar Championship season

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1980 World Sportscar Championship season
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The 1980 World Championship for Makes season was the 28th FIA World Sportscar Championship. It was a series running under both Fédération Internationale de l'Automobile (FIA) and International Motor Sports Association (IMSA) regulations. It ran from February 2, 1980 to September 28, 1980, and was comprised of 11 races, including races run with Camel GT Championship.

A World Challenge for Endurance Drivers was also held alongside the Championship for Makes, but also included five other endurance races in Europe and North America. The challenge was not awarded World Championship status, but would be promoted the following season and join the Championship for Makes. John Paul, Sr. won the World Challenge.

Contents 1 Schedule 2 Season results 3 Championship for Makes 3.1 Over 2000 cc 3.2 Under 2000 cc 4 External links

[edit] Schedule

Rnd	Race	Circuit	Date
1	24 Hour Pepsi Challenge	Daytona International Speedway	February 2 February 3
2	Brands Hatch 6 Hours	Brands Hatch	March 16
3	Mugello 6 Hours	Mugello Circuit	April 13
4	Monza 1000km	Autodromo Nazionale Monza	April 27
5	Silverstone 1000	Silverstone Circuit	May 11
6	Nürburgring 1000 Kilometres	Nürburgring	May 25
7	24 Hours of Le Mans	Circuit de la Sarthe	June 14 June 15
8	6 Hours of Watkins Glen	Watkins Glen International	July 6
9	Molson Canadian 1000 (6 Hours)	Mosport Park	August 17
10	6 Hours of Vallelunga	Vallelunga Circuit	September 7
11	1000km Dijon	Dijon-Prenois	September 28

[edit] Season results

Although a multitude of classes contended for the Championship for Makes, only the overall race winners are listed here.

Rnd	Circuit	Overall Winning Team	Results
		Overall Winning Drivers
1	Daytona	#2 LM Joest Racing	Results
		Reinhold Joest Rolf Stommelen Volkert Merl
2	Brands Hatch	#19 Lancia Corse	Results
		Riccardo Patrese Walter Röhrl
3	Mugello	#33 Lancia Corse	Results
		Riccardo Patrese Eddie Cheever
4	Monza	#34 Alain de Cadenet	Results
		Alain de Cadenet Desiré Wilson
5	Silverstone	#8 Alain de Cadenet	Results
		Alain de Cadenet Desiré Wilson
6	Nürburgring	#31 Liqui Moly Joest Racing	Results
		Rolf Stommelen Jürgen Barth
7	La Sarthe	#16 Jean Rondeau	Results
		Jean Rondeau Jean-Pierre Jaussaud
8	Watkins Glen	#31 Lancia Corse	Results
		Riccardo Patrese Hans Heyer
9	Mosport	#6 Dick Barbour Racing	Results
		John Fitzpatrick Brian Redman
10	Vallelunga	#42 Giorgio Francia	Results
		Giorgio Francia Roberto Marazzi
11	Dijon	#1 Sportwagen Team	Results
		Jürgen Barth Henri Pescarolo

[edit] Championship for Makes

The Championship for Makes was only open to select classes of competitors. This included the FIA's Group 5 Special Production Cars, Group 4 Grand Touring Cars, Group 3 Series Production Grand Touring Cars, Group 2 Touring Cars, and Group 1 Series Production Touring Cars. Also included was IMSA's GTX class of cars. Two championships were awarded, for cars over 2000 cc and for those under 2000 cc.

Points were awarded for the top ten finishers in each division in the order of 20-15-12-10-8-6-4-3-2-1, with only the best eight results out of the eleven races being totaled. Only the best placed entry of each make in each division was eligible to score points, with any other points earned by that manufacturer skipped.

[edit] Over 2000 cc

Pos	Manufacturer	Rd 1	Rd 2	Rd 3	Rd 4	Rd 5	Rd 6	Rd 7	Rd 8	Rd 9	Rd 10	Rd 11	Total
1	Porsche	20	20	(15)	20	20	20	20	20	20	(15)	(20)	160
2	Lancia			20							20		40
3	BMW						15	8	4				27
4	Ferrari					10		10					20
5	Chevrolet	10											10
6	Opel						3						3

[edit] Under 2000 cc

Pos	Manufacturer	Rd 1	Rd 2	Rd 3	Rd 4	Rd 5	Rd 6	Rd 7	Rd 8	Rd 9	Rd 10	Rd 11	Total
1	Lancia	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	(20)	(20)		100
2	BMW					15	12				12	20	59
3=	Porsche										15		15
3=	Fiat											15	15
5	Ford						4						4
6	Opel						1						1

[edit] External links

• 1980 World Championship For Makes

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