1966 World Sportscar Championship
The 1966 World Sportscar Championship season was the 14th season of the FIA "World Sportscar Championship" motor racing.[1] It featured the 1966 International Manufacturers' Championship and the 1966 International Sports Car Championship,[1] which were contested between 5 February 1966 and September 11, 1966, over a total of thirteen races.[2] The International Manufacturers' Championship was open to Group 6 Sports-Prototypes (letter P on the cars) and was contested in two engine capacity divisions, P1 (Up to 2000cc) and P2 (Over 2000cc).[3] The International Sports Car Championship was open to Group 4 Sports Cars (letter S on the cars) and was contested in three engine capacity divisions, S1 (Up to 1300cc), S2 (1301 to 2000cc) and S3 (Over 2000cc).[3]
Schedule
The 13 championship races each counted towards one or more of the five divisions.[3]
Both championships scored points to the top six competitors in each class, under four different tables or 'Barème'. Barème I corresponded with the old order of 9-6-4-3-2-1. Barème II was in the order 10-7-5-4-3-2. Barème III, valid only for Le Mans, was in the order 12-9-7-5-4-3. Barème 0, valid only for the Grosser Bergpreis der Schweiz, was half of Barème I: 4.5-3-2-1.5-1-0.5. Constructors were only awarded points for their highest finishing car. Other finishers from the same manufacturer were merely skipped in the points count.[4]
Only the best 4 results counted towards the championship (5 in S3, 6 in S2). Points earned but not counted towards the championship total are listed in (brackets).
| IMC | ISCC S1 |
ISCC S2 |
ISCC S3 |
Race | Circuit or Location | Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| R 1 | - | R 1 | R 1 |  24 Hours of Daytona
|
Daytona International Speedway | 5 February 6 February |
| R 2 | R 1 | R 2 | R 2 | 12 Hours of Sebring
|
Sebring International Raceway | 26 March |
| R 3 | - | R 3 | R 3 |  1000km Monza
|
Autodromo Nazionale Monza | 25 April |
| R 4 | R 2 | R 4 | R 4 | Targa Florio
|
Circuito delle Madonie | 8 May |
| R 5 | - | R 5 | R 5 |  1000km Spa
|
Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps | 25 May |
| R 6 | R 3 | R 6 | R 6 |  1000km Nürburgring
|
Nürburgring | 5 June |
| R 7 | - | R 7 | R 7 |  24 Hours of Le Mans
|
Circuit de la Sarthe | 18 June 19 June |
| - | R 4 | - | - | Mugello 500 km
|
Mugello Circuit | 17 July |
| - | R 5 | - | - | Coppa Città di Enna
|
Autodromo di Pergusa | 7 August |
| R 8 | - | R 8 | - | Großer Preis von Hockenheim
|
Hockenheimring | 14 August |
| - | R 6 | R 9 | R 8 |  Grosser Bergpreis der Schweiz
|
Crans-Montana | 28 August |
| - | R 7 | - | - | 500 km Nürburgring
|
Nürburgring | 4 September |
| - | R 8 | R 10 | R 9 |  Austrian Sports Car Grand Prix
|
Zeltweg Airfield | September 11 |
Note: The Großer Preis von Hockenheim did not count towards the Over 2000cc division of the International Manufacturers Championship.[3]
Results
International Manufacturers Championship
| Position | Manufacturer | DAY
|
SEB
|
MZA
|
TGA
|
SPA
|
NÜR1
|
LMS
|
HOC
|
Total [1][5] |
| Over 2000cc | ||||||||||
| 1 | Ford | 10 | 10 | - | - | 6 | - | 12 | - | 38 |
| 2 | Ferrari | (4) | - | 10 | 10 | 9 | 7 | - | - | 36 |
| 3 | Chaparral Cars | - | - | - | - | - | 10 | - | - | 10 |
| Up to 2000cc | ||||||||||
| 1 | Porsche | 10 | 10 | 10 | - | - | (5) | 12 | (9) | 42 |
| 2 | Ferrari | - | 7 | (4) | 10 | 9 | 10 | - | - | 36 |
| 3 | Alpine | - | - | - | - | 7 | - | 5 | - | 22 |
| 4 | Austin-Healey | - | 3 | - | 5 | 2 | 3 | - | (2) | 13 |
| 5 | Triumph | 7 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 7 |
| 6 | Abarth | - | - | - | - | - | 4 | - | - | 4 |
| ASA | - | - | - | 4 | - | - | - | - | 4 | |
| 8 | Lotus | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 3 | 3 |
International Sports Car Championship
| Position | Manufacturer | DAY
|
SEB
|
MZA
|
TGA
|
SPA
|
NÜR1
|
LMS
|
MUG
|
PER
|
HOC
|
SCH
|
NÜR2
|
ZEL
|
Total [1][5] |
| Division I (Up to 1300cc) | |||||||||||||||
| 1 | Abarth | - | - | - | - | - | 10 | - | 9 | 9 | - | (4.5) | 9 | (9) | 37 |
| 2 | Alpine | - | 10 | - | 10 | - | 4 | - | 4 | - | - | - | - | - | 28 |
| 3 | Alfa Romeo | - | - | - | 3 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 3 |
| Division II (1301 to 2000cc) | |||||||||||||||
| 1 | Porsche | 10 | 10 | - | 10 | (6) | 10 | 12 | - | - | 9 | (4.5) | - | (9) | 61 |
| 2 | Alfa Romeo | - | 7 | 10 | 5 | - | 3 | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | 27 |
| 3 | Lotus | - | - | - | - | 9 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 9 |
| 4 | Volvo | 3 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 3 |
| Division III (Over 2000cc) | |||||||||||||||
| 1 | Ford | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 9 | (10) | - | - | - | - | - | - | (9) | 49 |
| 2 | Ferrari | 5 | - | 4 | 7 | 3 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 4 | 23 |
| 3 | Shelby | - | 7 | - | - | - | 4 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 11 |
The cars
The following models contributed to the nett points awarded to their respective manufacturers in the two championships.
International Manufacturers Championship - Over 2000cc
International Manufacturers Championship - Up to 2000cc
- Porsche 906
- Dino 206 S
- Alpine-Renault A210
- Austin-Healey Sprite
- Triumph LM
- Abarth 1300 OT
- ASA 411
- Lotus 23B BMW
International Sports Car Championship - Division 1
International Sports Car Championship - Division 2
International Sports Car Championship - Division 3
References
- ^ a b c d World Championship - final positions and tables at wspr-racing.com Retrieved on 12 December 2010
- ^ World Championship 1966 at wspr-racing.com Retrieved on 12 December 2010
- ^ a b c d FIA's new rules starting the 1966 season Retrieved on 12 December 2010
- ^ "5Oth TARGA FLORIO 1966". 2010-05-04. Archived from the original on 2010-05-04. Retrieved 2016-09-01.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link) - ^ a b Time and Two Seats, Janos L Wimpffen, 1999, pages 659-660