1979 World Championship for Makes
The 1979 World Sportscar Championship season was the 27th season of FIA World Sportscar Championship racing. It featured the 1979 World Championship for Makes which was open to Group 1 and 2 Touring Cars, Group 3 and 4 Grand Touring cars, and Group 5 Special Production Cars. The championship ran from 3 February to 16 September 1979 and consisted of nine rounds. It was contested in two engine capacity divisions, Over 2 Litres and Under 2 Litres.
The Over 2 Litres Division was won by Porsche and the Under 2 Litres Division by Lancia.
Schedule
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Rnd | Race | Circuit | Date |
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Daytona International Speedway | 3 February 4 February |
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Mugello Circuit | 18 March |
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Dijon-Prenois | 22 April |
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Silverstone Circuit | 6 May |
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Nürburgring | 3 June |
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Autodromo di Pergusa | 24 June |
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Watkins Glen International | 8 July |
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Brands Hatch | 5 August |
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Vallelunga | 16 September |
Season results
[edit]Rnd | Circuit | Over 2.0 Winning Team | Under 2.0 Winning Team | Results |
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Over 2.0 Winning Drivers | Under 2.0 Winning Drivers | |||
Over 2.0 Winning Car [1] | Under 2.0 Winning Car [1] | |||
1 | Daytona | ![]() |
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2 | Mugello | ![]() |
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3 | Dijon | ![]() |
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4 | Silverstone | ![]() |
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5 | Nürburgring | ![]() |
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6 | Pergusa | ![]() |
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7 | Watkins Glen | ![]() |
None | Results |
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8 | Brands Hatch | ![]() |
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9 | Vallelunga | ![]() |
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Note: Entries which were not eligible to score championship points are not accounted for in the above table.
Manufacturers' championship
[edit]Points were awarded for placings gained by the top ten cars in each division at each round in the order of 20-15-12-10-8-6-4-3-2-1. However, points were only awarded for the highest placed car from each make in each division and any other cars from that make were merely skipped in the points allocation.
Only the best seven round results for each make in each division counted towards the championship with any other points earned not included in the final totals. Relinquished points are shown within brackets.
Some rounds were also open to cars from other categories (e.g. Group 6 "Two Seater Racing Cars") however these cars were not eligible to score points for their respective makes.
Division - Over 2 Litre
[edit]Pos [2] | Make | Rd 1 | Rd 2 | Rd 3 | Rd 4 | Rd 5 | Rd 6 | Rd 7 | Rd 8 | Rd 9 | Total |
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1 | ![]() |
20 | 20 | 20 | 20 | 20 | 20 | 20 | (20) | (20) | 140 |
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15 | 15 | 30 | |||||||
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6 | 6 | ||||||||
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4 | 4 | ||||||||
5 | ![]() |
1 | 1 |
Division - Under 2 Litre
[edit]Pos [3] | Make | Rd 1 | Rd 2 | Rd 3 | Rd 4 | Rd 5 | Rd 6 | Rd 7 | Rd 8 | Rd 9 | Total |
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10 | 20 | 20 | 50 | ||||||
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20 | 12 | 32 | |||||||
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15 | 15 | 30 | |||||||
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15 | 15 | 30 | ||||||||
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20 | 20 | ||||||||
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6 | 6 | ||||||||
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2 | 2 |
The cars
[edit]The following models contributed to the nett points totals scored by their respective makes.
Division - Over 2 Litre
[edit]Division - Under 2 Litre
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ a b World Championship 1979, www.classicscars.com Retrieved 20 March 2020
- ^ FIA Yearbook, 1980, grey section, page 85
- ^ FIA Yearbook, 1980, grey section, page 86
Further reading
[edit]- Automobile Year, 1979/80
- János Wimpffen, Time and Two Seats, 1999
- Peter Higham, The Guinness Guide to International Motor Racing, 1995
External links
[edit]- 1979 World Championship for Makes – race results Retrieved from wsrp.ic.cz
- 1979 World Championship for Makes – race images Retrieved from www.racingsportscars.com on 1 April 2009