1967 World Sportscar Championship
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.[1] 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 championships[2][3] 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[2] | ICSC Div 1 Rd[2] |
ICSC Div 2 Rd[2] |
ICSC Div 3 Rd[2] |
Race | Circuit or Location | Competitors | Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | - | 1 | 1 | United States 24 Hours of Daytona | Daytona International Speedway | All | 4 February 5 February |
| 2 | - | 2 | 2 | United States 12 Hours of Sebring | Sebring International Raceway | All | 1 April |
| 3 | - | 3 | 3 | Italy 1000km Monza | Autodromo Nazionale Monza | All | 25 April |
| 4 | - | 4 | 4 | Belgium 1000km Spa | Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps | All | 1 May |
| 5 | - | 5 | 5 | Italy Targa Florio | Circuito Piccolo delle Madonie | All | 14 May |
| 6 | 1 | 6 | 6 | Germany 1000km Nürburgring | Nürburgring | All | 28 May |
| 7 | - | 7 | 7 | France 24 Hours of Le Mans | Circuit de la Sarthe | All | 10 June 11 June |
| - | 2 | - | - | Germany Sports Car Grand Prix | Hockenheimring | Sports/GT | 9 July |
| - | 3 | 8 | - | Italy Mugello 500 km | Mugello Circuit | All | 23 July |
| 8 | - | 9 | 8 | United Kingdom BOAC 500 (6 Hours) | Brands Hatch | Proto/Sports | 30 July |
| - | 4 | - | - | Italy Coppa Citta di Enna | Autodromo di Pergusa | Proto/Sports | 6 August |
| - | 5 | 10 | 9 | Austria Sports Car Grand Prix Österrich | Zeltweg Airfield | Sports | 20 August |
| - | 6 | 11 | 10 | Switzerland Swiss Mountain Grand Prix | Villars-sur-Ollon | All | 27 August |
| - | 7 | - | - | Germany 500 km Nürburgring | Nürburgring | All | 3 September |
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Races
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Results
Manufacturers' Championship
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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.[4] 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.
| Pos[5] | Manufacturer[5] | United States DAY | United States SEB | Italy MZA | Belgium SPA | Italy TGA | West Germany NÜR1 | France LMS | United Kingdom BRH | Total[5] |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Italy Ferrari | 9 | 9 | 4 | (3) | 6 | 6 | 34 | ||
| 2 | Germany Porsche | (3) | 4 | 4 | 6 | 9 | 9 | (2) | (4) | 32 |
| 3 | United States Ford | 1 | 9 | 1 | (1) | 2 | 9 | 22 | ||
| 4= | United Kingdom Mirage-Ford | 9 | 9 | |||||||
| 4= | United States Chaparral | 9 | 9 | |||||||
| 6 | United Kingdom Lola-Chevrolet | 3 | 3 | |||||||
| 7 | Italy Alfa Romeo | 2 | 2 | |||||||
| Source:[6] | ||||||||||
Prototypes under 2000 cc
This championship was for all Prototype class cars under 2000 cc.
| Pos[5] | Manufacturer[5] | United States DAY | United States SEB | Italy MZA | Belgium SPA | Italy TGA | West Germany NÜR1 | France LMS | United Kingdom BRH | Total[5] |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Germany Porsche | 9 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 9 | (9) | (9) | (6) | 45 |
| 2 | United Kingdom Lotus | 9 | 9 | |||||||
| 3 | Italy Alfa Romeo | 4 | 3 | 7 | ||||||
| 4= | France Alpine | 2 | 4 | 6 | ||||||
| 4= | United Kingdom Chevron | 2 | 4 | 6 | ||||||
| 6 | Italy 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.[3] 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.[5] | Manufacturer[5] | United States DAY | United States SEB | Italy MZA | Belgium SPA | Italy TGA | West Germany NÜR1 | France LMS | West Germany HOC | Italy MUG | United Kingdom BRH | Italy PER | Austria ZEL | Switzerland VSO | West Germany NÜR2 | Total[5] |
| 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 | - | 6[7] |
| Austin-Healey | - | - | - | - | 6 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 6 |
Notes and references
- ↑ Denis Jenkinson, The Automobile Year Book of Sports Car Racing, 1982, page 222
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 2.4 János L Wimpffen. Time and Two Seats, 1999, page 708
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 Introduction: Starting the 1967 Season Retrieved from www.imca-slotracing.com on 21 February 2009
- ↑ "🎁 $750 Cash App Gift Card".
- ↑ 5.0 5.1 5.2 5.3 5.4 5.5 5.6 5.7 5.8 1967 World Sportscar Championship tables Retrieved from wspr-racing.com on 21 February 2009
- ↑ "FIA Motor Sport Bulletin N° 4 – October 1967" (PDF). historicdb.fia.com.
- ↑ The points table at wspr-racing.com shows Shelby scoring only 3 points but gives its championship total as 6 points.