1977 World Championship for Makes

The 1977 World Championship for Makes season featured the sixth FIA World Championship for Makes. This was a motor racing series for Group 5 Special Production Cars, Group 3 & 4 Grand Touring Cars and Group 1 & 2 Touring Cars which ran from 5 February to 23 October 1977 and comprised nine races.

Schedule

Private Loos-Porsche 935/77A at the Nürburgring round of the 1977 World Championship for Makes

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

Race results

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

Points system

Points towards the World Championship for Makes were awarded for the first ten eligible finishers in each race in the order of 20-15-12-10-8-6-4-3-2-1. A make was only awarded points for its highest finishing eligible car and no points were awarded for placings gained by any other car of that make.

Only the best seven results counted towards the championship, with any other points earned not included in the total. Discarded points are shown within brackets.

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

The same points system was applied to each of the three Divisional awards, with cars classified as follows:

Division 1:^[1] Up to 2000cc ^[2]
Division 2:^[1] 2001 - 3000cc ^[2]
Division 3:^[1] 3001 - 6000cc ^[2]

Championships results

Position ^[1]	Make ^[1]	Day ^[1]	Mug ^[1]	Sil ^[1]	Nur ^[1]	Wat ^[1]	Mos ^[1]	Bra ^[1]	Hoc ^[1]	Val ^[1]	Total ^[1]
1	Porsche	20	20	20	20	20	20	(10)	20	(20)	140
2	BMW	-	-	10	12	-	20	1.5	12	-	55.5
3	De Tomaso	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	12	12
4	Ferrari	8	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8
5	Fiat	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	3	3
	Lancia	-	3	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	3
7	Ford	-	2	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	2
	Division 1
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	Colt	-	-	-	-	-	-	6	-	-	6
7	Volkswagen	-	-	-	4	-	-	-	-	-	4
	Division 2
1	Porsche	20	20	20	20	20	-	10	20	20	150
2	BMW	-	-	-	-	-	20	-	-	-	20
3	Lancia	-	12	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	12
4	Ford	-	-	8	1	-	-	-	-	-	9
5	Datsun	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	1
	Division 3
1	Porsche	20	20	20	20	20	-	(10)	20	20	140
2	De Tomaso	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	12	13
3	Ferrari	12	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	12
4	MG	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.5	-	-	0.5

The cars

The following models contributed to the nett point scores of their respective makes.

Outright

Division 1

Division 2

Division 3

World Championship for Sports Cars

For 1977, the FIA again organised two separate World Championships for “sports cars”, with Group 6 cars contesting the World Championship for Sports Cars and production-based cars competing in the 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 sole international championship, while the World Championship for Sports Cars would be downgraded by the FIA to become the European Sportscar Championship. That series would only last the 1978 season before being dissolved.

References

^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h ⁱ ^j ^k ^l ^m ⁿ ^o World Championship - final positions and tables, classicscars.com/wspr Retrieved on 19 June 2016
^ ^a ^b ^c Autosport, 29 September 1977, page 14

External links

1977 World Championship for Makes results

[wsrp-1] ^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h ⁱ ^j ^k ^l ^m ⁿ ^o World Championship - final positions and tables, classicscars.com/wspr Retrieved on 19 June 2016

[Autosport-2] Autosport, 29 September 1977, page 14

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