1976 World Sportscar Championship


The 1976 World Sports Car Championship was a motor racing series open to Group 6 cars,. The championship was contested over a seven race series which ran from 4 April to 19 September and included a secondary award, the 1976 FIA Cup for Cars up to 2 Litres. 1976 was the 24th season of FIA World Sportscar Championship racing.
The championship was won by Porsche and the FIA Cup by Lola.

Schedule

RndRaceCircuitDate
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Season results

Races

RndCircuitWinning team2-Litre Winning TeamResults
RndCircuitWinning drivers2-Litre Winning driversResults
RndCircuitWinning car2-Litre Winning CarResults
1Nürburgring

Results - 1976 World Championship for Sports Cars

Points were awarded to the top ten finishers in each race in the order of 20-15-12-10-8-6-4-3-2-1. Manufacturers were only awarded points for their highest finishing car in each race with no points awarded for any additional placing gained.
Only the best 5 points finishes per manufacturer could be retained towards the championship, with any other points earned not included in the totals. Discarded points are shown within brackets in the table below.
PosManufacturerRd 1Rd 2Rd 3Rd 4Rd 5Rd 6Rd 7Total
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The cars

The following cars contributed to the nett championship pointscores of their respective manufacturers:

FIA Cup for Cars up to 2 Litres

The 1976 FIA Cup for Cars up to 2 Litres was contested concurrently with the 1976 World Championship for Sports Cars.
PositionManufacturerNurMonImoEnaMosDijSalTotal
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World Championship of Makes

For the 1976 season, the FIA chose to run two separate World Championships for "sportscars". Open-cockpit Group 6 cars would contest the new World Championship for Sports Cars, while production-based cars, including Group 5 Special Production Cars, would now contest the World Championship for Makes. The 1976 24 Hours of Le Mans, which was open to both types of cars, did not count towards either championship. The World Championship for Makes was won by Porsche.