1970 World Sportscar Championship season

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1970 World Sportscar Championship season
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The 1970 International Championship for Makes and International Grand Touring Trophy seasons were the 18th season of the FIA World Sportscar Championship. It was a series for Sportscars and Grand Touring, with Sportscars being divided into Sports (S) and Prototype (P) classes, while Grand Touring cars were referred to simply as GT. It ran from January 31, 1970 to October 11, 1970, and was comprised of 10 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 Beach	Daytona International Speedway	January 31 February 1
2	12 Hours of Sebring	Sebring International Raceway	March 21
3	BOAC 1000km†	Brands Hatch	April 12
4	1000km Monza	Autodromo Nazionale Monza	April 25
5	Targa Florio	Palermo	May 3
6	1000km Spa	Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps	May 17
7	1000km Nürburgring	Nürburgring	May 31
8	24 Hours of Le Mans	Circuit de la Sarthe	June 15 June 16
9	Watkins Glen 6 Hours	Watkins Glen International	July 11
10	Austrian 1000km	Österreichring	October 11

† - Sportscars only, GT class did not participate.

[edit] Season Results

Points were awarded to the top 6 finishers in the order of 9-6-4-3-2-1. 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	#2 John Wyer Automotive	#7 Owens Corning Racing	Results
		Pedro Rodriguez Leo Kinnunen Brian Redman	Jerry Thompson John Mahler
2	Sebring	#21 SpA Ferrari SEFAC	#1 Troy Promotions	Results
		Ignazio Giunti Nino Vaccarella	Tony DeLorenzo Dick Lang
3	Brands Hatch	#10 John Wyer Automotive	None	Results
		Pedro Rodriguez Leo Kinnunen
4	Monza	#7 John Wyer Automotive	#87 Brescia Corse	Results
		Pedro Rodriguez Leo Kinnunen	Giuseppe Schenetti Sergio Zerbini
5	Palermo	#12 John Wyer Automotive	#174 HF Squadra Corse	Results
		Jo Siffert Brian Redman	Sandro Munari Claudio Maglioli
6	Spa-Francorchamps	#24 John Wyer Automotive	#59 Bernard Cheneviére	Results
		Jo Siffert Brian Redman	Bernard Cheneviére Claude Haldi
7	Nürburgring	#22 Porsche Salzburg	#79 Dieter Fröhlich	Results
		Vic Elford Kurt Ahrens Jr.	Dieter Fröhlich Pauli Toivonen
8	La Sarthe	#23 Porsche Salzburg	#40 Etablissement Sonauto	Results
		Hans Herrmann Richard Attwood	Claude Ballot-Léna Guy Chasseuil
9	Watkins Glen	#2 John Wyer Automotive	#5 Bob Grossman	Results
		Pedro Rodriguez Leo Kinnunen	Bob Grossman Don Yenko
10	Österreichring	#23 John Wyer Automotive	#51 Peter-Ernst Strähle	Results
		Jo Siffert Brian Redman	Günter Steckkönig Ferfried von Hohenzollern

[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, P, 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	Rd 10	Total
1	Porsche	9	6	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	63
2	Ferrari	4	9	2	6	4	6	4	3	4		37
3	Alfa Romeo		4								6	10
4	Matra		2		2							4
5	Chevrolet	1							1			2

[edit] GT Manufacturers Championship

The GT class did not participate in Round 3.

Pos	Manufacturer	Rd 1	Rd 2	Rd 4	Rd 5	Rd 6	Rd 7	Rd 8	Rd 9	Rd 10	Total
1	Porsche	3	4	9		9	9	6	9	9	55
2	Chevrolet	9	9					9			27
3	Lancia					9					9
4	Alpine				1	3					4
5	MG	1									1

[edit] External links

• 1970 World Sportscar Championship

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