1974 World Sportscar Championship

1974 World Sportscar Championship season
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The 1974 World Sportscar Championship season was the 22nd season of FIA World Sportscar Championship motor racing. It featured the 1974 World Championship for Makes ^[1] and FIA Cup for GT Cars ^[1] which were contested concurrently over a ten race series ^[1] from 25 April to 9 November 1974. The World Championship for Makes, which was open to Group 5 Sports Cars and Group 4 GT Cars,^[2] was won by Matra ^[1] and the FIA Cup for GT Cars by Porsche.^[1]

Schedule

Matra won the championship with its MS670s

Gulf Ford placed second with its GR7s

Porsche placed third with its Carrera (pictured) & 908/3 models

Alfa Romeo placed fourth with its 33TT12s

The 1974 World Championship for Makes and FIA Cup for GT Cars were contested concurrently over a ten race series.^[1]

Rnd	Race	Circuit or Location	Date
1	1000km Monza	Autodromo Nazionale Monza	25 April
2	1000km Spa	Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps	5 May
3	1000km Nürburgring	Nürburgring	19 May
4	1000 km Imola	Autodromo Dino Ferrari	2 June
5	24 Hours of Le Mans	Circuit de la Sarthe	15 June 16 June
6	1000km Zeltweg	Österreichring	30 June
7	Watkins Glen 6 Hours	Watkins Glen International	13 July
8	1000 km Le Castellet	Circuit Paul Ricard	15 August
9	Brands Hatch 1000km	Brands Hatch	29 September
10	Kyalami 6 Hours	Kyalami	9 November

Results

Races

Rnd	Circuit	Outright winning team	GT winning team	Results
		Outright winning drivers	GT winning drivers
		Outright winning car	GT winning car
1	Monza	#3 Autodelta SpA	#87 Gelo Racing	Results
		Mario Andretti Arturo Merzario	John Fitzpatrick Georg Loos Jürgen Neuhaus
		Alfa Romeo 33TT12	Porsche 911 Carrera RSR
2	Spa-Francorchamps	#4 Equipe Gitanes	#53 Gelo Racing	Results
		Jean-Pierre Jarier Jacky Ickx	John Fitzpatrick Jürgen Barth
		Matra-Simca MS670C	Porsche 911 Carrera RSR
3	Nürburgring	#1 Equipe Gitanes	#45 Gelo Racing	Results
		Jean-Pierre Jarier Jean-Pierre Beltoise	John Fitzpatrick Jürgen Barth
		Matra-Simca MS670C	Porsche 911 Carrera RSR
4	Imola	#2 Equipe Gitanes	#152 Porsche Kremer Racing	Results
		Henri Pescarolo Gérard Larrousse	Hans Heyer Paul Keller
		Matra-Simca MS670B/C	Porsche 911 Carrera RSR
5	La Sarthe	#7 Equipe Gitanes	#71 Raymond Touroul	Results
		Henri Pescarolo Gérard Larrousse	Cyril Grandet Dominique Bardini
		Matra-Simca MS670B	Ferrari 365 GTB/4
6	Österreichring	#5 Equipe Gitanes	#33 Porsche Kremer Racing	Results
		Henri Pescarolo Gérard Larrousse	Hans Heyer Erwin Kremer Paul Keller
		Matra-Simca MS670B/C	Porsche 911 Carrera RSR
7	Watkins Glen	#1 Equipe Gitanes	#59 Brumos Porsche	Results
		Jean-Pierre Jarier Jean-Pierre Beltoise	Hurley Haywood Peter Gregg
		Matra-Simca MS670C	Porsche 911 Carrera RSR
8	Le Castellet	#1 Equipe Gitanes	#57 Gelo Racing	Results
		Jean-Pierre Jarier Jean-Pierre Beltoise	Rolf Stommelen Tim Schenken
		Matra-Simca MS670C	Porsche 911 Carrera RSR
9	Brands Hatch	#1 Equipe Gitanes	#55 Gelo Racing	Results
		Jean-Pierre Jarier Jean-Pierre Beltoise	John Fitzpatrick Toine Hezemans Manfred Schurti
		Matra-Simca MS670C	Porsche 911 Carrera RSR
10	Kyalami	#2 Equipe Gitanes	#20 Gelo Racing	Results
		Henri Pescarolo Gérard Larrousse	John Fitzpatrick Rolf Stommelen Tim Schenken
		Matra-Simca MS670B/C	Porsche 911 Carrera RSR

World Championship for Makes

Points were awarded to the top 10 finishers in the order of 20-15-12-10-8-6-4-3-2-1.^[3] Makes were only awarded the applicable points for their highest finishing car,^[3] with no points awarded for positions gained by additional cars. No points were awarded for places gained by Touring Cars ^[4] or by any other cars from groups which were ineligible for the championship.

Only the best seven scores for each make counted towards the championship, with any other points earned not included in the totals.^[5]

Pos ^[1]	Make ^[1]	Rd 1 ^[1]	Rd 2 ^[1]	Rd 3 ^[1]	Rd 4 ^[1]	Rd 5 ^[1]	Rd 6 ^[1]	Rd 7 ^[1]	Rd 8 ^[1]	Rd 9 ^[1]	Rd 10 ^[1]	Total ^[1]
1	Matra		20	20	20	20	20	20	20	(20)	(20)	140
2	Gulf Ford	(10)	15	10		10	10		12	12	12	81
3	Porsche	8	12		8	15		15	10			68
4	Alfa Romeo	20		15	15		15					65
5	Chevron	1		3	2		4			10	10	30
6	Ligier	3				3			6			12
7	Lola	6								1	3	10
8	Ferrari					8						8
9	March									3		3
10=	Alpine			1								1
10=	AMS				1							1
10=	Ecosse										1	1

FIA Cup for GT Cars

In addition to being eligible for the overall championship, GT Cars also competed for their own award.^[4]

Position ^[1]	Make ^[1]	Rd 1 ^[1]	Rd 2 ^[1]	Rd 3 ^[1]	Rd 4 ^[1]	Rd 5 ^[1]	Rd 6 ^[1]	Rd 7 ^[1]	Rd 8 ^[1]	Rd 9 ^[1]	Rd 10 ^[1]	Total ^[1]
1	Porsche	20	20	20	20	(12)	20	20	20	(20)	(20)	140
2	Ferrari					20						20
3	De Tomaso				10							10
4	Chevrolet					1		6	1			8
5	BMW		3									3

The cars

The following models contributed to the nett point scores of their respective makes.

World Championship for Makes

FIA Cup for GT Cars

References

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 1974 FIA International Championships, 1975 FIA Yearbook, grey section, pages 89 & 90
↑ Peter Higham, The Guinness Guide to International Motor Racing, 1995, page 259
1 2 Peter Higham, The Guinness Guide to International Motor Racing, 1995, page 260
1 2 Janos L. Wimpffen, Time and Two Seats, 1999, page 886
↑ Automobile Year 1974/75, page 216

World Sportscar Championship seasons

1953 1954 1955 1956 1957 1958 1959 1960 1961 1962 1963 1964 1965 1966 1967 1968 1969 1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 for Makes 1977 for Makes 1978 1979 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992

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