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.Results of the 1973 FIA International Championships, 1974 FIA Yearbook, pages 105-106 The World Championship for Makes, which was open to Group 5 Sports Cars and Group 4 GT Cars,Peter Higham, The Guinness Guide to International Motor Racing, 1995, page 259 was won by Matra and the Cup for GT Cars, which was open only to Group 4 GT Cars,János L Wimpffen, Time and Two Seats, 1999, pages 885-886 was won by Porsche.
Schedule
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 February4 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 June10 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,Automobile Year, 1972/73, page 25 was cancelled six weeks after the running of the Watkins Glen 6 Hours.Automobile Year, 1973/74, page 163
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 Rd 1 Rd 2 Rd 3 Rd 4 Rd 5 Rd 6 Rd 7 Rd 8 Rd 9 Rd 10 Total 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.Peter Higham, The Guinness Guide to International Motor Racing, 1995, page 260 The 7 best results were retained Automobile Year, 1973/74, page 237 for each make. Discarded points are shown in the above table within brackets.
Cup for GT Cars Pos Make Rd 1 Rd 2 Rd 3 Rd 4 Rd 5 Rd 6 Rd 7 Rd 8 Rd 9 Rd 10 Total 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
Matra Simca MS670 & Matra Simca MS670B Ferrari 365 GTB/4 Daytona & Ferrari 312PB Porsche 911 Carrera RSR & Porsche 908/3 Mirage M6 Ford Cosworth Lola T282 Ford Cosworth & Lola T290 Ford Cosworth Chevron B21 Ford Cosworth & Chevron B23 Ford Cosworth Alfa Romeo 33TT3 & Alfa Romeo Giulia GTAm Lancia Stratos Chevrolet Corvette Ligier JS2 Maserati
Cup for GT Cars Porsche 911S & Porsche 911 Carrera RSR Ferrari 365 GTB/4 Daytona Chevrolet Corvette Alfa Romeo Giulia GTAm
References
External links World Championship 1973, wspr-racing.com, as archived at web.archive.org The Ferrari vs Matra combat for the WCM, www.imca-slotracing.com, as archived at web.archive.org