The 1967 World Sportscar Championship season was the 15th season of FIA World Sportscar Championship racing. It featured the International Championship for Sports-Prototypes and the International Championship for Sports Cars.Denis Jenkinson, The Automobile Year Book of Sports Car Racing, 1982, page 222 The former was open to Group 6 Sports-Prototypes and the latter to Group 4 Sports Cars. The season ran from 4 February 1967 to 3 September 1967 and comprised 14 races in total.
This was the last championship season to include a hill climb event, due to safety concerns. Also, growing speed at Le Mans caused a controversial CSI decision to limit the engine capacity of Group 6 Sports-Prototypes to 3 litres, beginning in 1968.
Schedule Although the season was composed of 14 races, not all races counted as rounds for both championshipsJános L Wimpffen. Time and Two Seats, 1999, page 708Introduction: Starting the 1967 Season Retrieved from www.imca-slotracing.com on 21 February 2009 and each class did not compete in all events. Some events also included classes for GT cars and Touring Cars although these cars were not eligible to score championship points.
ICSP Rd ICSCDiv 1 Rd ICSCDiv 2 Rd ICSCDiv 3 Rd Race Circuit or Location Competitors Date 1 - 1 1 24 Hours of Daytona Daytona International Speedway All 4 February5 February 2 - 2 2 12 Hours of Sebring Sebring International Raceway All 1 April 3 - 3 3 1000km Monza Autodromo Nazionale Monza All 25 April 4 - 4 4 1000km Spa Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps All 1 May 5 - 5 5 Targa Florio Circuito Piccolo delle Madonie All 14 May 6 1 6 6 1000km Nürburgring Nürburgring All 28 May 7 - 7 7 24 Hours of Le Mans Circuit de la Sarthe All 10 June11 June - 2 - - Sports Car Grand Prix Hockenheimring Sports/GT 9 July - 3 8 - Mugello 500 km Mugello Circuit All 23 July 8 - 9 8 BOAC 500 (6 Hours) Brands Hatch Proto/Sports 30 July - 4 - - Coppa Citta di Enna Autodromo di Pergusa Proto/Sports 6 August - 5 10 9 Sports Car Grand Prix Österrich Zeltweg Airfield Sports 20 August - 6 11 10 Swiss Mountain Grand Prix Villars-sur-Ollon All 27 August - 7 - - 500 km Nürburgring Nürburgring All 3 September
Races
Race Circuit Prototype Winning Team Sportscar Winning Team GT Winning Team Results Prototype Winning Drivers Sportscar Winning Drivers GT Winning Drivers 1 Daytona #23 SpA Ferrari SEFAC #11 J.W. Automotive #54 Jack Ryan Results Lorenzo Bandini Chris Amon Dick Thompson Jacky Ickx Jack Ryan Bill Bencker 2 Sebring #1 Ford Motor Co. #19 Scuderia Brescia Corse #46 Robert Kirby Results Mario Andretti Bruce McLaren Nino Vaccarella Umberto Maglioli Robert Kirby Alan Johnson 3 Monza #3 SpA Ferrari SEFAC #33 Ford France Paul Vestey Results Lorenzo Bandini Chris Amon Jo Schlesser Guy Ligier Paul Vestey Carlos Gaspar 4 Spa #6 J.W. Automotive #41 Dawnay Racing #71 British Motor Co. Results Dick Thompson Jacky Ickx Jackie Oliver Mike Salmon Roger Enever Alec Poole 5 Piccolo delle Madonie #184 Porsche System Eng. #130 Ford France S.A. #46 Porsche System Eng. Results Rolf Stommelen Paul Hawkins Jean-Michel Giorgi Henri Greder Bernard Cahier Jean-Claude Killy 6 Nürburgring #17 Porsche System Eng. #70 Scuderia Lufthansa #75 IGFA Results Udo Schütz Joe Buzzetta Hans-Dieter Dechent Robert Huhn Helmut Kelleners Jürgen Neuhaus 7 La Sarthe #1 Shelby-American Inc. #37 Porsche System Eng. #28 Scuderia Filipinetti Results Dan Gurney A. J. Foyt Vic Elford Ben Pon Rico Steinemann Dieter Spoerry 8 Hockenheimring Did Not Participate #3 Abarth #29 "Jean-Pierre" Results Toine Hezemans "Jean-Pierre" 9 Mugello #1 Porsche System #63 No Team Name #133 No Team Name Results Gerhard Mitter Udo Schütz Leo Cella Giampiero Biscaldi Luigi Cabella Giovanni Marini 10 Brands Hatch #1 Chaparral Cars Inc. #72 A.G. Dean Racing Ltd. Did Not Participate Results Phil Hill Mike Spence Tony Dean Ben Pon 11 Pergusa #62 No Team Name #80 Scuderia Brescia Corse Did Not Participate Results Dieter Spoerry Nino Vaccarella 12 Zeltweg Did Not Participate #5 Paul Hawkins Did Not Participate Results Paul Hawkins 13 Villars-sur-Ollon #196 Porsche System #160 OASC Did Not Participate Results Gerhard Mitter Rudi Lins 14 Nürburgring #2 Alpine #42 Abarth #58 Motor Racing Stables Results Roger Delageneste Ernst Furtmayer Tetsu Ikuzawa
Results
Manufacturers' Championship
All championships scored points to the top six competitors in each class, in the order of 9-6-4-3-2-1. Only the best five finishes counted towards the championship, with skipped points marked in parentheses.
Manufacturers were only awarded points for their highest finishing car, but other finishers from the same manufacturer could prevent competitors from scoring points. For example, at Daytona, Ferrari scored a 1-2-3 result with 9 points awarded in the P+2.0 category, followed by two 2000cc Porsche prototypes which received 3 points (plus 9 in the P2.0 Division), and the 6th-best prototype, a Ford Mk.II in 7th overall, collected a single point.
Prototypes over 2000 cc This championship was for all Prototype class cars over 2000 cc.
Controversy arose about the Mirage of John Wyer, which had won at Spa. As it was a modified Ford GT40 with Ford engines, Ford argued that it should count towards Ford's tally. As the CSI declined and Ford had no realistic chances to defend the championship without those points, Ford concentrated the solely on Le Mans and did not send its prototypes to the Nurburgring or Brands Hatch events.
Pos1967 World Sportscar Championship tables Retrieved from wspr-racing.com on 21 February 2009 Manufacturer DAY SEB MZA SPA TGA NÜR1 LMS BRH Total 1 Ferrari 9 9 4 (3) 6 6 34 2 Porsche (3) 4 4 6 9 9 (2) (4) 32 3 Ford 1 9 1 (1) 2 9 22 4= Mirage-Ford 9 9 4= Chaparral 9 9 6 Lola-Chevrolet 3 3 7 Alfa Romeo 2 2Source:
Prototypes under 2000 cc This championship was for all Prototype class cars under 2000 cc.
Pos Manufacturer DAY SEB MZA SPA TGA NÜR1 LMS BRH Total 1 Porsche 9 9 9 9 9 (9) (9) (6) 45 2 Lotus 9 9 3 Alfa Romeo 4 3 7 4= Alpine 2 4 6 4= Chevron 2 4 6 6 Ferrari 4 4
International Championship for Sports Cars
Championship points were awarded on a 9-6-4-3-2-1 for the first six positions in each relevant division at each race except for the Swiss Mountain Grand Prix at which half points were awarded. Only the highest placed car from each manufacturer in each division was eligible to score points for its manufacturer. Not all race results could be counted towards the championship totals and discarded points are shown within brackets in the table below.
Pos. Manufacturer DAY SEB MZA SPA TGA NÜR1 LMS HOC MUG BRH PER ZEL VSO NÜR2 Total Division I (1300cc) 1 Abarth - - - - - - - 9 9 - 9 9 (4.5) 9 45 2 Diva - - - - - 9 - - - - - - - 3 12 3 Austin-Healey - - - - - - - - 4 - - - - - 4 4 Saab - - - - - - - - - - - - 1 - 1 5 Triumph - - - - - - - - - - - - 0.5 - 0.5 Division II (2000cc) 1 Porsche - 9 9 - - 9 9 - 9 9 - 9 (4.5) - 63 2 Alfa Romeo - - - - - 6 - - 3 - - - - - 9 3 Lotus - - - - - - - - - - - - 0.5 - 0.5 Division III (+2000cc) 1 Ford 9 9 9 9 9 9 - - - (6) - (9) - - 54 2 Ferrari 4 - 4 - - 3 - - - 9 - 4 4.5 - 28.5 3 Shelby - - - - - - - - - - - - 3 - 6The points table at wspr-racing.com shows Shelby scoring only 3 points but gives its championship total as 6 points. Austin-Healey - - - - 6 - - - - - - - - - 6
Notes and references
External links 1967 Championship race results at wspr-racing.com 1967 Championship images and race programs at www.racingsportscars.com