1978 World Sportscar Championship season

The 1978 World Sportscar Championship season was the 26th season of FIA World Sportscar Championship motor racing. It featured the 1978 World Championship for Makes, which was contested from 4 February to 3 September 1978 over an eight race series.

The championship was open to cars in Groups 1 to 5,^[1] i.e.:

• Group 1 Series Touring Cars ^[2][3]
• Group 2 Touring Cars ^[2][3]
• Group 3 Series Grand Touring Cars ^[2][3]
• Group 4 Grand Touring Cars ^[2][3]
• Group 5 Special Production Cars ^[2][3]

Porsche was awarded the overall championship ^[4] and the Division 2 title for cars with an engine capacity of over 2 litres.^[5] BMW was awarded the Division 1 title for cars with an engine capacity of up to 2 litres ^[5] and Porsche won the GT Cup.^[5]

Schedule

Porsche won the championship with their 935 model (pictured in 1977)

Rnd	Race name	Circuit	Date
1	24 Hours of Daytona	Daytona International Speedway	4 February 5 February
2	6 Hours of Mugello	Mugello Circuit	19 March
3	6 Hours of Dijon	Dijon-Prenois	16 April
4	6 Hours of Silverstone	Silverstone Circuit	14 May
5	1000km Nürburgring	Nürburgring	28 May
6	Misano 6 Hours	Misano Circuit	25 June
7	Watkins Glen 6 Hours	Watkins Glen International	8 July
8	6 Hours of Vallelunga	Vallelunga	3 September

Round results

Rnd	Circuit	Over 2.0 Winning Team	Under 2.0 Winning Team	Results
		Over 2.0 Winning Drivers	Under 2.0 Winning Drivers
		Over 2.0 Winning Car	Under 2.0 Winning Car
1	Daytona	#99 Brumos Porsche	None	Results
		Peter Gregg Rolf Stommelen Toine Hezemans	None
		Porsche 935-77A	None
2	Mugello	#12 Gelo Racing Team	#31 Faltz Preparation	Results
		Hans Heyer Toine Hezemans John Fitzpatrick	Dieter Quester Derek Bell
		Porsche 935-77A	BMW 320i
3	Dijon	#2 Porsche Kremer Racing	#21 BMW Italia-Osella	Results
		Bob Wollek Henri Pescarolo	Giorgio Francia Eddie Cheever
		Porsche 935-77A	BMW 320i
4	Silverstone	#1 Martini Racing	#53 BMW Belgium	Results
		Jochen Mass Jacky Ickx	Harald Grohs Eddy Joosen
		Porsche 935-78	BMW 320i
5	Nürburgring	#3 Gelo Racing Team	#34 BMW Motorsport GmbH	Results
		Hans Heyer Klaus Ludwig Toine Hezemans	Hans-Joachim Stuck Markus Höttinger
		Porsche 935-77A	BMW 320i
6	Misano	#7 Porsche Kremer Racing	#2 BMW Belgium	Results
		Bob Wollek Henri Pescarolo	Harald Grohs Patrick Nève
		Porsche 935-77A	BMW 320i
7	Watkins Glen	#30 Gelo Racing Team	#10 BMW Faltz	Results
		Peter Gregg Toine Hezemans John Fitzpatrick	Hans-Joachim Stuck Dieter Quester
		Porsche 935-77A	BMW 320i
8	Vallelunga	#3 Porsche Kremer Racing	#34 BMW Schweiz	Results
		Bob Wollek Henri Pescarolo	Marc Surer Freddy Kottulinsky
		Porsche 935-77A	BMW 320i

Points system

Points were awarded to the top 10 finishers in each division on a 20-15-12-10-8-6-4-3-2-1 basis. Manufacturers were only allocated points for their highest finishing car with no points awarded for positions filled by any other car from that manufacturer.

Only the best six points finishes could be retained towards the championship, with any other points earned not included in the total.^[5]

Championship results

The overall championship was awarded to the winner of Division 2 (Over 2000cc),^[4] Porsche thus scoring their third straight World Championship for Makes victory.

Division 1 (Up to 2000cc)

Division 2 (Over 2000cc)

GT Cup

References

1. ↑ János Wimpffen, 1978 - A German International Championship, Time and Two Seats, 1999, pages 1144 to 1145
2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 2.4 Contents, 1977 FIA Yearbook
3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 3.3 3.4 Contents, 1979 FIA Yearbook
4. ↑ 4.0 4.1 4.2 4.3 4.4 4.5 4.6 4.7 4.8 4.9 4.10 János Wimpffen, 1978 Summary, Time and Two Seats, 1999, pages 1179 to 1180
5. ↑ 5.0 5.1 5.2 5.3 World Championship for Makes 1978, 1979 FIA Yearbook, Grey section, pages 87 & 88

External links

• 1978 World Championship for Makes race results at wsrp.ic.cz