1966 World Sportscar Championship season
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The 1966 World Sportscar Championship season was the 14th season of the FIA "World Sportscar Championship" motor racing.[1] It featured the 1966 International Manufacturers' Championship and the 1966 International Sports Car Championship,[1] which were contested between 5 February 1966 and September 11, 1966, over a total of thirteen races.[2] The International Manufacturers' Championship was open to Group 6 Sports-Prototypes and was contested in two engine capacity divisions, P1 (Up to 2000cc) and P2 (Over 2000cc).[3] The International Sports Car Championship was open to Group 4 Sports Cars and was contested in three engine capacity divisions, S1 (Up to 1300cc), S2 (1301 to 2000cc) and S3 (Over 2000cc).[3]
Schedule
The 13 championship races each counted towards one or more of the five divisions.[3]
| IMC | ISCC S1 |
ISCC S2 |
ISCC S3 |
Race | Circuit or Location | Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| R 1 | - | R 1 | R 1 |  24 Hours of Daytona |
Daytona International Speedway | 5 February 6 February |
| R 2 | R 1 | R 2 | R 2 | 12 Hours of Sebring |
Sebring International Raceway | 26 March |
| R 3 | - | R 3 | R 3 |  1000km Monza |
Autodromo Nazionale Monza | 25 April |
| R 4 | R 2 | R 4 | R 4 | Targa Florio |
Palermo | 8 May |
| R 5 | - | R 5 | R 5 | .svg.png){kind=small} 1000km Spa |
Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps | 25 May |
| R 6 | R 3 | R 6 | R 6 |  1000km Nürburgring |
Nürburgring | 5 June |
| R 7 | - | R 7 | R 7 |  24 Hours of Le Mans |
Circuit de la Sarthe | 18 June 19 June |
| - | R 4 | - | - | Mugello 500 km |
Mugello Circuit | 17 July |
| - | R 5 | - | - | Coppa Citta di Enna |
Autodromo di Pergusa | 7 August |
| R 8 | - | R 8 | - | Hockenheim 500 km |
Hockenheimring | 14 August |
| - | R 6 | R 9 | R 8 |  Grosser Bergpreis der Schweiz |
Crans-Montana | 28 August |
| - | R 7 | - | - | 500 km Nürburgring |
Nürburgring | 4 September |
| - | R 8 | R 10 | R 9 |  Austrian Sports Car Grand Prix |
Zeltweg Airfield | September 11 |
Note: The Hockenheim 500 km race did not count towards the Over 2000cc division of the International Manufacturers Championship.[3]
Results
International Manufacturers Championship
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| Position | Manufacturer | Day | Seb | Mon | Tar | Spa | Nur | LM | Hoc | Total [1][4] |
| Over 2000cc | ||||||||||
| 1 | Ford | 10 | 10 | - | - | 6 | - | 12 | - | 38 |
| 2 | Ferrari | (4) | - | 10 | 10 | 9 | 7 | - | - | 36 |
| 3 | Chaparral Cars | - | - | - | - | - | 10 | - | - | 10 |
| Up to 2000cc | ||||||||||
| 1 | Porsche | 10 | 10 | 10 | - | - | (5) | 12 | (9) | 42 |
| 2 | Ferrari | - | 7 | (4) | 10 | 9 | 10 | - | - | 36 |
| 3 | Alpine | - | - | - | - | 7 | - | 5 | - | 22 |
| 4 | Austin-Healey | - | 3 | - | 5 | 2 | 3 | - | (2) | 13 |
| 5 | Triumph | 7 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 7 |
| 6 | Abarth | - | - | - | - | - | 4 | - | - | 4 |
| ASA | - | - | - | 4 | - | - | - | - | 4 | |
| 8 | Lotus | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 3 | 3 |
International Sports Car Championship
| Position | Manufacturer | Day | Seb | Mon | Tar | Spa | Nur | LM | Mug | Enn | Hoc | Sch | Nur | Aus | Total [1][4] |
| Division I (Up to 1300cc) | |||||||||||||||
| 1 | Abarth | - | - | - | - | - | 10 | - | 9 | 9 | - | (4.5) | 9 | (9) | 37 |
| 2 | Alpine | - | 10 | - | 10 | - | 4 | - | 4 | - | - | - | - | - | 28 |
| 3 | Alfa Romeo | - | - | - | 3 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 3 |
| Division II (1301 to 2000cc) | |||||||||||||||
| 1 | Porsche | 10 | 10 | - | 10 | (6) | 10 | 12 | - | - | 9 | (4.5) | - | (9) | 61 |
| 2 | Alfa Romeo | - | 7 | 10 | 5 | - | 3 | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | 27 |
| 3 | Lotus | - | - | - | - | 9 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 9 |
| 4 | Volvo | 3 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 3 |
| Division III (Over 2000cc) | |||||||||||||||
| 1 | Ford | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 9 | (10) | - | - | - | - | - | - | (9) | 49 |
| 2 | Ferrari | 5 | - | 4 | 7 | 3 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 4 | 23 |
| 3 | Shelby | - | 7 | - | - | - | 4 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 11 |
The Cars
The following models contributed to the nett points awarded to their respective manufacturers in the two championships.
International Manufacturers Championship - Over 2000cc
- Ford Mk II and Ford X-1
- Ferrari 365P2/3, Ferrari 330P3 & Ferrari 250 LM
- Chaparral 2D
International Manufacturers Championship - Up to 2000cc
- Porsche 906
- Ferrari Dino 206P
- Alpine-Renault A210
- Austin-Healey Sprite
- Triumph LM
- Abarth 1300 OT
- ASA 411
- Lotus 23B BMW
International Sports Car Championship - Division 1
- Abarth 1300 OT
- Alpine Renault M65 & Alpine Renault A110
- Alfa Romeo Giulietta SZ
International Sports Car Championship - Division 2
- Porsche 904 GTS & Porsche 906
- Alfa Romeo Giulia TZ2
- Lotus Elan
- Volvo P1800
International Sports Car Championship - Division 3
- Ford GT40
- Ferrari 250 GTO & Ferrari 250 LM
- Shelby Cobra
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 World Championship - final positions and tables at wspr-racing.com Retrieved on 12 December 2010
- ↑ World Championship 1966 at wspr-racing.com Retrieved on 12 December 2010
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 3.3 FIA's new rules starting the 1966 season Retrieved on 12 December 2010
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 Time and Two Seats, Janos L Wimpffen, 1999, pages 659-660