1984 World Sportscar Championship
The 1984 World Sportscar Championship season was the 32nd season of FIA "World Sportscar Championship" motor racing. It featured the 1984 FIA World Endurance Championship, which was open to FIA Group C1, Group C2 and Group B cars and to IMSA GTP, GTX, GTO and GTU cars.[1] The championship was contested over an eleven race series which ran from 23 April to 2 December 1984.[2] The World Endurance Championship for Drivers was won by Stefan Bellof,[3] the World Endurance Championship for Manufacturers by Porsche,[4] the Group C2 Prototype FIA Cup by Alba Giannini,[5] and the FIA Grand Touring Cup by BMW.[2]
Schedule
The 1984 FIA World Endurance Championship was contested over an eleven race series.[2]
| Rnd | Race | Circuit | Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Italy Trofeo Filippo Caracciolo (1000km) | Autodromo Nazionale Monza | 23 April |
| 2 | United Kingdom Grand Prix International 1000 Kilometres | Silverstone Circuit | 13 May |
| 3 | France 24 Hours of Le Mans | Circuit de la Sarthe (Le Mans) | 16 June 17 June |
| 4 | Germany ADAC 1000 Kilometres | Nürburgring | 15 July |
| 5 | United Kingdom British Aerospace 1000 Kilometres† | Brands Hatch | 29 July |
| 6 | Canada Budweiser GT 1000 Kilometres | Mosport | 5 August |
| 7 | Belgium Rothmans Spa 1000 Kilometres | Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps | 2 September |
| 8 | Italy 1000 Kilometres di Imola† | Autodromo Dino Ferrari | 16 September |
| 9 | Japan Mount Fuji 1000 Kilometres | Fuji Speedway | 30 September |
| 10 | South Africa Kyalami 1000 Kilometres | Kyalami | 3 November |
| 11 | Australia Sandown 1000† | Sandown Park | 2 December |
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† - The races at Brands Hatch, Imola and Sandown Park were qualifying rounds for the World Endurance Championship for Drivers but not for the three manufacturers awards.[2]
Entries
Group C
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Group C2
IMSA GTP
Results
Races
Race results for the 1984 FIA World Endurance Championship were as follows:
World Endurance Championship for Drivers
| Position [3] | Driver [3] | Car [6] | Entrant [6] | Mon [3] | Sil [3] | LM [3] | Nur [3] | BH [3] | Mos [3] | Spa [3] | Imo [3] | Fuj [3] | Kyl [3] | San [3] | Total [3] |
| 1 | Stefan Bellof | Porsche 956 | Rothmans Porsche Brun Motorsport |
20 | (1) | - | 20 | 8 | 10 | 20 | 20 | 20 | - | 20 | 138 |
| 2 | Jochen Mass | Porsche 956 | Rothmans Porsche Joest Racing |
15 | 20 | - | (4) | 15 | 20 | 15 | 12 | 15 | - | 15 | 127 |
| 3 | Jacky Ickx | Porsche 956 | Rothmans Porsche | 15 | 20 | - | 4 | - | 20 | 15 | - | 15 | - | 15 | 104 |
| 4 | Derek Bell | Porsche 956 | Rothmans Porsche | 20 | 1 | - | 20 | - | 10 | 20 | - | - | - | 20 | 91 |
| = | Henri Pescarolo | Porsche 956 | Joest Racing | - | 15 | 20 | 3 | 15 | - | - | 12 | 10 | 12 | 4 | 91 |
| 6 | Jonathon Palmer | Porsche 956 | GTi Engineering | 8 | 8 | - | 10 | 20 | - | - | 15 | 2 | - | 12 | 75 |
| = | Jan Lammers | Porsche 956 | GTi Engineering | 8 | 8 | - | 10 | 20 | - | - | 15 | 2 | - | 12 | 75 |
| 8 | Hans-Joachim Stuck | Porsche 956 | Brun Motorsport | 10 | - | - | - | - | - | 12 | 20 | 12 | - | - | 54 |
| 9 | David Hobbs | Porsche 956 | John Fitzpatrick Racing | - | 3 | 12 | 15 | 6 | 15 | - | 3 | - | - | - | 54 |
| 10 | Walter Brun | Porsche 956 | Brun Motorsport | 10 | - | 10 | 2 | 3 | - | 12 | 10 | - | - | - | 47 |
| 11 | Rupert Keegan | Porsche 956 | John Fitzpatrick Racing | - | 12 | - | - | 12 | 15 | - | 3 | - | - | 2 | 44 |
| 12 | Klaus Ludwig | Porsche 956 | Joest Racing | - | 15 | 20 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 4 | 39 |
| 13 | Dieter Schonstein | Porsche 956 | Schornstein Racing Team | 8 | 2 | 8 | 1 | 2 | - | 3 | 4 | - | 12 | - | 40 |
| 14 | Paolo Barilla | Lancia LC2-84 | Martini Racing | 12 | 10 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 15 | - | 37 |
| 15 | Harald Grohs | Porsche 956 | Brun Motorsport | 10 | - | - | - | 8 | - | 12 | 6 | - | - | - | 36 |
| 16 | Alessandro Nannini | Lancia LC2-84 | Martini Racing | - | - | 3 | 12 | - | - | - | - | - | 20 | - | 35 |
| 17 | George Fouche | Kremer Porsche CK5 Porsche 956 |
Kremer Racing Brun Motorsport |
- | - | - | - | 10 | - | 4 | 10 | - | - | 10 | 34 |
| 18 | John Winter | Porsche 956 | Schornstein Racing Team Joest Racing |
- | 2 | 8 | 1 | 2 | - | - | 4 | - | 12 | - | 29 |
| 19 | Mauro Baldi | Lancia LC2-84 Lancia LC2-83 |
Martini Racing Jolly Club |
12 | 10 | - | - | 4 | - | - | 2 | - | - | - | 28 |
| = | Massimo Sigala | Porsche 956 | Brun Motorsport Team Gaggia |
- | - | 4 | 6 | - | - | 10 | 8 | - | - | - | 28 |
| = | Oscar Larrauri | Porsche 956 | Brun Motorsport Team Gaggia |
- | - | 4 | 6 | - | - | 10 | 8 | - | - | - | 28 |
| 22 | Vern Schuppan | Porsche 956 | Kremer Racing Rothmans Porsche Trust Racing Team |
- | - | 6 | - | - | - | 6 | - | 12 | - | 3 | 27 |
| 23 | John Watson | Jaguar XJR-5 Porsche 956 |
Group 44 Racing Rothmans Porsche |
- | - | - | - | - | - | 6 | - | 20 | - | - | 26 |
| 24 | Manfred Winkelhock | Porsche 956 | Kremer Racing | - | - | - | 8 | - | - | - | - | 8 | - | 8 | 24 |
| 25 | Franz Konrad | Porsche 956 | Kremer Racing John Fitzpatrick Racing |
- | 6 | - | - | - | 15 | - | - | - | - | 2 | 23 |
| 26 | Sarel Van der Merwe | Porsche 956 | John Fitzpatrick Racing | - | - | 12 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 10 | 22 |
| 27 | Riccardo Patrese | Lancia LC2-84 | Martini Racing | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 20 | - | 20 |
| 28 | David Sutherland | Porsche 956 | Kremer Racing | - | 6 | 2 | - | 10 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 18 |
| = | Thierry Boutsen | Porsche 956 | John Fitzpatrick Racing | - | 3 | - | 15 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 18 |
| = | Bob Wollek | Lancia LC2-84 | Martini Racing | - | - | 3 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 15 | - | 18 |
| 31 | Merl Volkert | Porsche 956 | Schornstein Racing Team | 6 | 2 | 8 | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 17 |
A total of 84 drivers were classified in the 1984 World Endurance Championship for Drivers.[3] Points were awarded to the top 10 finishers in each race on a 20-15-12-10-8-6-4-3-2-1 basis,[2] with the following exceptions:
- Drivers failing to drive the car for a prescribed minimum percentage of the laps in a race were not awarded points.
- Drivers were not awarded points if the car did not complete 90% of the distance covered by the race winning car.
Only the best eight scores for each driver counted towards the championship,[2] with any other points being discarded.
World Endurance Championship for Manufacturers
| Pos.[4] | Chassis [4] | Engine [4] | Mon [4] | Sil [4] | LM [4] | Nur [4] | Mos [4] | Spa [4] | Fuj [4] | Kya [4] | Total [4] |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Germany Porsche | Germany Porsche | 20 | 20 | 20 | 20 | 20 | 20 | (20) | (12) | 120 |
| 2 | Italy Lancia | Italy Lancia | 12 | 10 | 3 | 12 | 20 | 57 | |||
| 3 | Italy Alba | Italy Giannini | 12 | 12 | |||||||
| 4 | Italy Alba | United Kingdom Ford | 8 | 8 | |||||||
| 5 | United Kingdom Tiga | United Kingdom Ford | 4 | 2 | 6 | ||||||
| = | Germany Lotec | Germany BMW | 6 | 6 | |||||||
| 7 | France Rondeau | United Kingdom Ford | 4 | 1 | 5 | ||||||
| 8 | United Kingdom Lola | Japan Mazda | 3 | 1 | 4 | ||||||
| = | Japan Toyota | Japan Toyota | 4 | 4 | |||||||
| 10 | United Kingdom MCS | Japan Mazda | 3 | 3 | |||||||
| 11 | Germany BMW | Germany BMW | 2 | 2 | |||||||
| 12 | United Kingdom Ecosse | United Kingdom Ford | 1 | 1 | |||||||
| = | United Kingdom Lola | United States Chevrolet | 1 | 1 |
Points were awarded to the top 10 finishers in the order of 20-15-12-10-8-6-4-3-2-1.[2] Manufacturers were awarded points only for their best placed car[7] with no points awarded for places gained by any additional cars. The chassis builder and engine builder of a competing car were considered as a single entity for classification purposes. The races at Brands Hatch, Imola and Sandown Park were qualifying rounds for the World Endurance Championship for Drivers but not for the three manufacturers awards.[2] Only the best six scores for each manufacturer counted towards the championship,[2] with any other points being discarded. Discarded points are shown with brackets. In addition to competing for the World Endurance Championship for Manufacturers, Group C2 and Group B cars also competed for their own separate awards.
Group C2 Prototype FIA Cup
| Pos.[5] | Chassis [5] | Engine [5] | Mon [5] | Sil [5] | LM [5] | Nur [5] | Mos [5] | Spa [5] | Fuj [5] | Kya [5] | Total [5] |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Italy Alba | Italy Giannini | 12 | 20 | 8 | 10 | 20 | 10 | (8) | 80 | |
| 2 | United Kingdom Lola | Japan Mazda | 20 | 20 | 15 | 12 | 67 | ||||
| 3 | United Kingdom Tiga | United Kingdom Ford | 20 | 10 | 20 | 50 | |||||
| 4 | Germany Gebhardt | Germany Ford | 10 | 12 | 12 | 34 | |||||
| 5 | France Rondeau | United Kingdom Ford | 15 | 15 | 30 | ||||||
| 4= | Italy Alba | United Kingdom Cosworth | 15 | 15 | 30 | ||||||
| 7 | Germany Lotec | Germany BMW | 20 | 20 | |||||||
| 8 | United Kingdom Ecosse | United Kingdom Cosworth | 15 | 15 | |||||||
| 8= | United Kingdom MCS | Japan Mazda | 15 | 15 | |||||||
| 10 | Japan Mazda | Japan Mazda | 10 | 4 | 14 | ||||||
| 11 | United Kingdom ADA | United Kingdom Ford | 12 | 12 | |||||||
| 11= | Germany Gebhardt | United States Ford | 12 | 12 | |||||||
| 12 | United Kingdom Ceekar | United States Ford | 8 | 8' | |||||||
| = | France Sthemo | Germany BMW | 6 | 8' | |||||||
| 14 | United Kingdom MCS | Germany BMW | 6 | 6 |
FIA Grand Touring Cup
| Pos.[2] | Manufacturer [2] | Mon [2] | Sil [2] | LM [2] | Nur [2] | Mos [2] | Spa [2] | Fuj [2] | Kya [2] | Total [2] |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Germany BMW | 20 | 20 | 20 | 20 | 20 | 100 | |||
| 2 | Germany Porsche | 15 | 15 | 10 | 12 | 52 |
References
- ↑ Official Programme, (1984) Sandown 1000, page 44
- ↑ 2.00 2.01 2.02 2.03 2.04 2.05 2.06 2.07 2.08 2.09 2.10 2.11 2.12 2.13 2.14 2.15 2.16 2.17 2.18 2.19 FIA World Endurance, Autosport, 31 January 1985
- ↑ 3.00 3.01 3.02 3.03 3.04 3.05 3.06 3.07 3.08 3.09 3.10 3.11 3.12 3.13 3.14 3.15 1984 World Endurance Championship for Drivers, 1985 FIA Yearbook of Automobile Sport, grey section, page 86
- ↑ 4.00 4.01 4.02 4.03 4.04 4.05 4.06 4.07 4.08 4.09 4.10 4.11 4.12 1984 World Endurance Championship for Manufacturers, 1985 FIA Yearbook of Automobile Sport, grey section, page 87
- ↑ 5.00 5.01 5.02 5.03 5.04 5.05 5.06 5.07 5.08 5.09 5.10 5.11 5.12 1984 Group C2 Prototype FIA Cup, 1985 FIA Yearbook of Automobile Sport, grey section, page 88
- ↑ 6.0 6.1 Race results, 1984 World Endurance Championship, www.classicscars.com Retrieved on 10 April 2013
- ↑ Peter Higham, The Guinness Guide to International Motor Racing, 1995, page 260