1973 World Championship for Makes

The 1973 World Sportscar Championship season was the 21st season of FIA World Sportscar Championship motor racing. It featured the 1973 World Championship for Makes and the 1973 Cup for GT Cars which were contested concurrently over a ten race series.^[1] The World Championship for Makes, which was open to Group 5 Sports Cars and Group 4 GT Cars,^[2] was won by Matra and the Cup for GT Cars, which was open only to Group 4 GT Cars,^[3] was won by Porsche.

Schedule

Matra won the 1973 World Championship for Makes

Ferrari placed second in the championship

Porsche placed third in the championship

Porsche won the 1973 Cup for GT Cars with 911S and Porsche 911 Carrera RSR (pictured)

The following races counted towards the 1973 World Championship for Makes and the 1973 Cup for GT Cars.

Rnd	Race	Circuit or Location	Date
1	24 Hours of Daytona	Daytona International Speedway	3 February 4 February
2	Vallelunga 6 Hours	Vallelunga	25 March
3	Dijon 1000 Kilometres	Dijon-Prenois	15 April
4	1000km Monza	Autodromo Nazionale Monza	25 April
5	1000km Spa	Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps	6 May
6	Targa Florio	Circuito Piccolo delle Madonie	13 May
7	ADAC 1000km Nürburgring	Nürburgring	27 May
8	24 Hours of Le Mans	Circuit de la Sarthe	9 June 10 June
9	Austrian 1000km^†	Österreichring	24 June
10	Watkins Glen 6 Hours	Watkins Glen International	21 July

† - No GT entries were received for the Österreichring event which was held only two weeks after Le Mans. The Buenos Aires 1000 km, scheduled to be held on 21 October,^[4] was cancelled six weeks after the running of the Watkins Glen 6 Hours.^[5]

Results

Races

Rnd	Circuit	Sportscar winning team	GT winning team	Results
		Sportscar winning drivers	GT winning drivers
		Sportscar winning car	GT winning car
1	Daytona	#59 Brumos Porsche	#22 North American Racing Team	Results
		Hurley Haywood Peter Gregg	François Migault Milt Minter
		Porsche 911 Carrera RSR	Ferrari 365 GTB/4 Daytona
2	Vallelunga	#5 Equipe Matra-Simca	#9 Martini Racing	Results
		Henri Pescarolo Gérard Larrousse	Willi Kauhsen George Follmer
		Matra-Simca MS670	Porsche 911 Carrera RSR
3	Dijon-Prenois	#2 Equipe Matra-Simca	#26 Martini Racing	Results
		Henri Pescarolo Gérard Larrousse	Herbert Müller Gijs van Lennep
		Matra-Simca MS670	Porsche 911 Carrera RSR
4	Monza	#1 SpA Ferrari SEFAC	#84 Porsche Kremer Racing	Results
		Brian Redman Jacky Ickx	Erwin Kremer Clemens Schickentanz
		Ferrari 312PB	Porsche 911 Carrera RSR
5	Spa-Francorchamps	#5 Gulf Racing	#40 Martini Racing	Results
		Derek Bell Mike Hailwood	Reinhold Joest George Follmer
		Mirage M6 Ford Cosworth	Porsche 911 Carrera RSR
6	Targa Florio	#8 Martini Racing	#106 Scuderia Brescia Corse	Results
		Herbert Müller Gijs van Lennep	Giovanni Borri Mario Barone
		Porsche 911 Carrera RSR	Porsche 911 Carrera RSR
7	Nürburgring	#1 SpA Ferrari SEFAC	#55 Porsche Kremer Racing	Results
		Brian Redman Jacky Ickx	Paul Keller Jürgen Neuhaus Clemens Schikentanz
		Ferrari 312PB	Porsche 911 Carrera RSR
8	La Sarthe	#11 Equipe Matra-Simca	#39 Automobile Charles Pozzi	Results
		Henri Pescarolo Gérard Larrousse	Claude Ballot-Léna Vic Elford
		Matra-Simca MS670B	Ferrari 365 GTB/4 Daytona
9	Österreichring	#11 Equipe Matra-Simca	None	Results
		Henri Pescarolo Gérard Larrousse
		Matra-Simca MS670	None
10	Watkins Glen	#33 Equipe Matra-Simca	#16 Toad Hall Motor Racing	Results
		Henri Pescarolo Gérard Larrousse	Milt Minter Michael Keyser
		Matra-Simca MS670	Porsche 911 Carrera RSR

World Championship for Makes

Pos	Make ^[1]	Rd 1	Rd 2	Rd 3	Rd 4	Rd 5	Rd 6	Rd 7	Rd 8	Rd 9	Rd 10	Total ^[1]
1	Matra		20	20	12	12			20	20	20	124
2	Ferrari	15	15	15	20	(10)		20	15	(12)	15	115
3	Porsche	20	8	(3)	(3)	8	20	10	10	(3)	6	82
4	Mirage			8		20				10	10	48
5	Lola		6	6	10	6	8					36
6	Chevron		1		4	2	10	12		1		30
7	Alfa Romeo				8		1		4	4		17
8	Lancia						15					15
9	Chevrolet	12									2	14
10	Ligier								3			3

Championship points were awarded to the top 10 finishers in the order of 20-15-12-10-8-6-4-3-2-1 but only for the highest placed car of each make.^[6] The 7 best results were retained ^[7] for each make. Discarded points are shown in the above table within brackets.

Cup for GT Cars

Pos	Make ^[1]	Rd 1	Rd 2	Rd 3	Rd 4	Rd 5	Rd 6	Rd 7	Rd 8	Rd 10	Total ^[1]
1	Porsche	(12)	20	20	20	20	20	20	(15)	20	140
2	Ferrari	20							20		40
3	Chevrolet	15							8	15	38
4	Alfa Romeo						10				10

No GT entries were received for Round 9.

The cars

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

World Championship for Makes

Cup for GT Cars

References

^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e Results of the 1973 FIA International Championships, 1974 FIA Yearbook, pages 105-106
^ Peter Higham, The Guinness Guide to International Motor Racing, 1995, page 259
^ János L Wimpffen, Time and Two Seats, 1999, pages 885-886
^ Automobile Year, 1972/73, page 25
^ Automobile Year, 1973/74, page 163
^ Peter Higham, The Guinness Guide to International Motor Racing, 1995, page 260
^ Automobile Year, 1973/74, page 237

External links

[FIA-1] Results of the 1973 FIA International Championships, 1974 FIA Yearbook, pages 105-106

[2] Peter Higham, The Guinness Guide to International Motor Racing, 1995, page 259

[3] János L Wimpffen, Time and Two Seats, 1999, pages 885-886

[4] Automobile Year, 1972/73, page 25

[5] Automobile Year, 1973/74, page 163

[6] Peter Higham, The Guinness Guide to International Motor Racing, 1995, page 260

[7] Automobile Year, 1973/74, page 237

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