1975 World Sportscar Championship


The 1975 World Sportscar Championship season was the 23rd season of FIA World Sportscar Championship motor racing. It featured the 1975 World Championship for Makes which was open to Group 5 Sports Cars and Group 4 Special GT Cars. It also included the FIA Cup for GT Cars and the FIA Cup for 2-Litre Cars. The three titles were contested concurrently over a nine race series which ran from 1 February to 12 July 1975.

Schedule

RndRaceCircuit or LocationDate
1 24 Hours of DaytonaDaytona International Speedway1 February
2 February
2 1000 km of MugelloMugello Circuit23 March
3 800 km of DijonDijon-Prenois6 April
4 Trofeo Filippo Caracciolo Autodromo Nazionale Monza20 April
5 1000km SpaCircuit de Spa-Francorchamps4 May
6 Coppa Florio Autodromo di Pergusa18 May
7 1000km NürburgringNürburgring1 June
8 1000km ZeltwegÖsterreichring29 June
9 Watkins Glen 6 HoursWatkins Glen International12 July

† Due to a lack of Group 5 entries, the FIA initially rescinded the championship status of the Daytona race. Several months after the event the FIA retroactively conferred championship status to the race and placed cars into the classes they would theoretically have entered.

Season results

Races

RndCircuitWinning TeamGT Winning Team2-Litre Winning TeamResults
RndCircuitWinning DriversGT Winning Drivers2-Litre Winning DriversResults
1Daytona #59 Brumos Porsche #71 North American Racing TeamNoneResults
1Daytona Hurley Haywood
Peter Gregg
Jon Woodner
Fred Phillips
Results
2Mugello #5 Elf Alpine-Renault #44 Gelo Racing Team#24 KVG RacingResults
2Mugello Jean-Pierre Jabouille
Gérard Larrousse
John Fitzpatrick
Toine Hezemans
Manfred Schurti
John Hine
Ian Grob
Results
3Dijon-Prenois #2 Willi Kauhsen Racing Team #33 Gelo Racing Team#18 KVG RacingResults
3Dijon-Prenois Arturo Merzario
Jacques Laffite
John Fitzpatrick
Toine Hezemans
Ian Grob
John Hine
Results
4Monza #2 Willi Kauhsen Racing TeamNone #15 Eqipe Elf SwitzerlandResults
4Monza Arturo Merzario
Jacques Laffite
Lella Lombardi
Marie-Claude Beaumont
Results
5Spa-Francorchamps #2 Willi Kauhsen Racing Team #42 Porsche Club Romand #34 Peter SmithResults
5Spa-Francorchamps Henri Pescarolo
Derek Bell
Claude Haldi
Bernard Béguin
Peter Smith
John Turner
Results
6Pergusa #1 Willi Kauhsen Racing Team #48 Tebernum Porsche Racing#27 Scuderia Citta dei Mille Results
6Pergusa Arturo Merzario
Jochen Mass
Hartwig Bertrams
Clemens Schickentanz
Reine Wisell
Giancarlo Gagliardi
"Bramen"
Results
7Nürburgring #1 Willi Kauhsen Racing Team #54 Jägermeister Kremer Racing#30 March-Hart RacingResults
7Nürburgring Arturo Merzario
Jacques Laffite
Helmut Kelleners
Hans Heyer
Bob Wollek
David Morgan
John Lepp
Vern Schuppan
Results
8Österreichring #2 Willi Kauhsen Racing TeamNone#29 March RacingResults
8Österreichring Henri Pescarolo
Derek Bell
David Morgan
John Lepp
Results
9Watkins Glen #4 Willi Kauhsen Racing Team #95 Bob Hagestad Porsche-AudiNoneResults
9Watkins Glen Henri Pescarolo
Derek Bell
Bob Hagestad
Hurley Haywood
Results

World Championship for Makes

Points towards the World Championship for Makes were awarded to the top 10 positions in each race in the order of 20-15-12-10-8-6-4-3-2-1. Points were awarded to the position gained by the highest placed car from each make with any positions filled by other cars from the same make not attracting points. No points were awarded to positions gained by cars other than Group 5 Sports Cars and Group 4 Special GT Cars.
Only the 7 best results were retained for championship classification. Discarded points are shown within brackets
Pos.MakeRd 1Rd 2Rd 3Rd 4Rd 5Rd 6Rd 7Rd 8Rd 9Total
1 Alfa Romeo20202020202020140
2 Porsche2012151512121298
3 Alpine-Renault2012101254
4 Chevron8123261436
5 Mirage1515
6 March4812
7 Ligier4610
Lola13610
9 Ferrari44
10 Chevrolet33

FIA Cup for GT Cars

Pos.MakeRd 1Rd 2Rd 3Rd 4Rd 5Rd 6Rd 7Rd 8Rd 9Total
1 Porsche15202020202020135
2 Ferrari2020
3 Chevrolet81018
4 De Tomaso88
5 Datsun33

FIA Cup for 2-Litre Cars