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1984 World Sportscar Championship

1984 World Sportscar Championship

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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

Porsche won the 1984 World Endurance Championship for Manufacturers with its 956s.
Lancia placed second with its LC2s

The 1984 FIA World Endurance Championship was contested over an eleven race series.[2]

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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

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IMSA GTP

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Results

Races

Race results for the 1984 FIA World Endurance Championship were as follows:

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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

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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

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FIA Grand Touring Cup

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References

  1. Official Programme, (1984) Sandown 1000, page 44
  2. FIA World Endurance, Autosport, 31 January 1985
  3. 1984 World Endurance Championship for Drivers, 1985 FIA Yearbook of Automobile Sport, grey section, page 86
  4. 1984 World Endurance Championship for Manufacturers, 1985 FIA Yearbook of Automobile Sport, grey section, page 87
  5. 1984 Group C2 Prototype FIA Cup, 1985 FIA Yearbook of Automobile Sport, grey section, page 88
  6. Peter Higham, The Guinness Guide to International Motor Racing, 1995, page 260

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