The 1975 World Sportscar Championship season was the 23rd season of FIA World Sportscar Championship motor racing. It featured the 1975 World Championship for Makes1976 FIA Yearbook, Grey section, pages 91-93 which was open to Group 5 Sports Cars and Group 4 Special GT Cars.Peter Higham, The Guinness Guide to International Motor Racing, 1995, page 259 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

The 1975 24 Hours of Le Mans was not part of the Championship as the ACO rule makers required better fuel economy in the wake of the 1973 oil crisis.

Rnd Race Circuit or Location Date 1 24 Hours of Daytona† Daytona International Speedway 1 February2 February 2 1000 km of Mugello Mugello Circuit 23 March 3 800 km of Dijon Dijon-Prenois 6 April 4 Trofeo Filippo Caracciolo (1000km) Autodromo Nazionale Monza 20 April 5 1000km Spa Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps 4 May 6 Coppa Florio (1000 km) Autodromo di Pergusa 18 May 7 1000km Nürburgring Nürburgring 1 June 8 1000km Zeltweg Österreichring 29 June 9 Watkins Glen 6 Hours Watkins Glen International 12 July † Due to a lack of Group 5 entries, the FIA initially rescinded the championship status of the Daytona race.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.János Wimpffen, Daytona 24 Hours, Time and Two Seats, 1999, pages 1006-1010

Season results

Races

Rnd Circuit Winning team GT Winning Team 2-Litre Winning Team Results Winning drivers GT Winning Drivers 2-Litre Winning Drivers 1 Daytona #59 Brumos Porsche #71 North American Racing Team None Results Hurley Haywood Peter Gregg Jon Woodner Fred Phillips 2 Mugello #5 Elf Alpine-Renault #44 Gelo Racing Team #24 KVG Racing Results Jean-Pierre Jabouille Gérard Larrousse John Fitzpatrick Toine Hezemans Manfred Schurti John Hine Ian Grob 3 Dijon-Prenois #2 Willi Kauhsen Racing Team #33 Gelo Racing Team #18 KVG Racing Results Arturo Merzario Jacques Laffite John Fitzpatrick Toine Hezemans Ian Grob John Hine 4 Monza #2 Willi Kauhsen Racing Team None #15 Eqipe Elf Switzerland Results Arturo Merzario Jacques Laffite Lella Lombardi Marie-Claude Beaumont 5 Spa-Francorchamps #2 Willi Kauhsen Racing Team #42 Porsche Club Romand #34 Peter Smith Results Henri Pescarolo Derek Bell Claude Haldi Bernard Béguin Peter Smith John Turner 6 Pergusa #1 Willi Kauhsen Racing Team #48 Tebernum Porsche Racing #27 Scuderia Citta dei Mille Results Arturo Merzario Jochen Mass Hartwig Bertrams Clemens Schickentanz Reine Wisell Giancarlo Gagliardi "Bramen" 7 Nürburgring #1 Willi Kauhsen Racing Team #54 Jägermeister Kremer Racing #30 March-Hart Racing Results Arturo Merzario Jacques Laffite Helmut Kelleners Hans Heyer Bob Wollek David Morgan John Lepp Vern Schuppan 8 Österreichring #2 Willi Kauhsen Racing Team None #29 March Racing Results Henri Pescarolo Derek Bell David Morgan John Lepp 9 Watkins Glen #4 Willi Kauhsen Racing Team #95 Bob Hagestad Porsche-Audi None Results Henri Pescarolo Derek Bell Bob Hagestad Hurley Haywood

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.Peter Higham, The Guinness Guide to International Motor Racing, 1995, page 260 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.Results, Automobile Year 1975/76, page 232 Discarded points are shown (below) within brackets

Pos. Make Rd 1 Rd 2 Rd 3 Rd 4 Rd 5 Rd 6 Rd 7 Rd 8 Rd 9 Total 1 Alfa Romeo (15) 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 140 2 Porsche 20 12 15 15 12 12 12 (12) (10) 98 3 Alpine-Renault 20 12 10 12 54 4 Chevron 8 12 3 2 6 1 4 36 5 Mirage 15 15 6 March 4 8 12 7 Ligier 4 6 10 Lola 1 3 6 10 9 Ferrari 4 4 10 Chevrolet 3 3

FIA Cup for GT Cars

Pos. Make Rd 1 Rd 2 Rd 3 Rd 4 Rd 5 Rd 6 Rd 7 Rd 8 Rd 9 Total 1 Porsche 15 20 20 20 20 20 20 135 2 Ferrari 20 20 3 Chevrolet 8 10 18 4 De Tomaso 8 8 5 Datsun 3 3

FIA Cup for 2-Litre Cars Pos. Make Rd 1 Rd 2 Rd 3 Rd 4 Rd 5 Rd 6 Rd 7 Rd 8 Rd 9 Total 1 Chevron 20 20 15 20 20 20 15 130 2 Lola 15 15 20 50 3 Alpine 15 12 20 47

Notes and references

External links 1975 championship review at www.international-auto.com 1975 championship points and race results at www.teamdan.com 1975 championship race results at wspr-racing.com 1975 championship images at www.racingsportscars.com