1977 World Championship for Makes season

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1977 World Championship for Makes season
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The 1977 World Championship for Makes season was part of the 25th FIA World Sportscar Championship. It was a series for production-based Group 5 and Grand Tourer (GT) cars. It was the first year in which cars separated in the points standing dependent on their engine sizes, either over or under 2000 cc. It ran from February 5, 1977 to October 23, 1977, and comprised 9 races total.

Contents 1 World Sportscar Championship 2 Schedule 3 Season results 4 Manufacturers championships 4.1 Overall Manufacturers Championship 4.2 Under 2.0L Manufacturers Championship 5 External links

[edit] World Sportscar Championship

Main article: 1977 World Sportscar Championship season

For 1977, the FIA continued to run a divided World Championship, with two series that would run simultaneously. Open-cockpit sportscars would remain in the World Sports Car Championship, while production-based Group 5 cars would be part of the new World Championship for Makes. Events in which both types of car ran, such as the 12 Hours of Sebring or 24 Hours of Le Mans, were not counted towards either championship.

Following the 1977 season, the World Championship of Makes would become the lone international series, while the World Sports Car Championship would be downgraded by the FIA to become the European Sportscar Championship. That series would only last the 1978 season before being dissolved.

[edit] Schedule

Rnd	Race	Circuit	Date
1	24 Hours of Daytona	Daytona International Speedway	February 5 February 6
2	6 Hours of Mugello	Mugello Circuit	March 20
3	Kosset 6 Hours	Silverstone Circuit	May 15
4	ADAC 1000km Nürburgring	Nürburgring	May 29
5	6 Hours of Watkins Glen	Watkins Glen International	July 9
6	6 Hours of Mosport	Mosport Park	August 20
7	Rivet Supply 6 Hours	Brands Hatch	September 25
8	Hessen Preis (6 Hours)	Hockenheimring	October 9
9	6 Hours of Vallelunga	Vallelunga Circuit	October 23

[edit] Season results

Rnd	Circuit	Over 2.0 Winning Team	Under 2.0 Winning Team	Results
		Over 2.0 Winning Drivers	Under 2.0 Winning Drivers
1	Daytona	#43 Ecurie Escargot	None	Results
		Hurley Haywood Dave Helmick John Graves
2	Mugello	#2 Martini Racing	#31 Mario Ruoso	Results
		Rolf Stommelen Manfred Schurti	Mario Ruoso "Pal Joe"
3	Silverstone	#1 Martini Racing	#51 BMW Faltz	Results
		Jochen Mass Jacky Ickx	Ralf Kelleners Ronnie Peterson
4	Nürburgring	#3 Gelo Racing	#26 BMW Junior Team	Results
		Rolf Stommelen Toine Hezemans Tim Schenken	Manfred Winkelhock Marc Surer
5	Watkins Glen	#1 Martini Racing	None	Results
		Jochen Mass Jacky Ickx
6	Mosport	#7 Heimrath Racing	#23 BMW Faltz	Results
		Ludwig Heimrath Paul Miller	Gilles Villeneuve Eddie Cheever
7	Brands Hatch	#1 Martini Racing	#33 BMW Faltz	Results
		Jochen Mass Jacky Ickx	Manfred Winkelhock Tom Walkinshaw
8	Hockenheimring	#4 Porsche Kremer Racing	#41 BMW Motorsport GmbH	Results
		Bob Wollek John Fitzpatrick	Eddie Cheever Marc Surer
9	Vallelunga	#3 Scuderia Vesuvio	#38 No Team Name	Results
		Luigi Moreschi "Dino"	Gugliemo Manini Roberto Curatolo

[edit] Manufacturers championships

Points were awarded to the top 10 finishers in the order of 20-15-12-10-8-6-4-3-2-1. Manufacturers were only given points for their highest finishing car; any other cars from that manufacturer were merely skipped in the points standings.

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. Half points were awarded for Round 7 due to the race being stopped prior to half distance.

[edit] Overall Manufacturers Championship

All cars were awarded points for the overall championship, but a separate championship was also held for cars under 2.0 litres.

Pos	Manufacturer	Rd 1	Rd 2	Rd 3	Rd 4	Rd 5	Rd 6	Rd 7	Rd 8	Rd 9	Total
1	Porsche	20	20	20	20	20	20	10	20	20	140
2	BMW			10	12		15	1.5	12		50.5
3=	Jaguar						12				12
3=	De Tomaso									12	12
5	Ferrari	8									8
6	Chevrolet	6					2				8
7=	Lancia		3								3
7=	Fiat									3	3
9	Ford		2								2

[edit] Under 2.0L Manufacturers Championship

Pos	Manufacturer	Rd 1	Rd 2	Rd 3	Rd 4	Rd 5	Rd 6	Rd 7	Rd 8	Rd 9	Total
1	BMW			20	20		20	10	20		90
2	Ford		20		12						32
3	Fiat									20	20
4	Porsche								15		15
5	Lotus							7.5			7.5
6	Mitsubishi							6			6
7	Volkswagen				4						4

[edit] External links

• 1977 World Championship for Makes results

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