1983 World Sportscar Championship

1983 World Sportscar Championship
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The 1983 World Sports Championship season was the 31st season of FIA "World Sportscar Championship" motor racing. It featured the 1983 FIA World Endurance Championship which was contested by Group C Sports Cars, Group C Junior Sports Cars and Group B GT Cars in a seven race series which ran from 10 April to 10 December 1983.^[1] The Drivers Championship was won by Jacky Ickx, the Manufacturers Championship by Porsche, the Group C Junior Cup by Alba Giannini and the Grand Touring Cup by Porsche.

The 1983 FIA European Endurance Championship was held in conjunction with the World Endurance Championship, combining the five World Championship races held in Europe with three other European endurance events in a series which ran from 10 April to 23 October 1983.^[1] The European Endurance Championship of Drivers was awarded to Bob Wollek.^[1]

Schedule

Porsche won the 1983 World Endurance Championship for Manufacturers with the 956

Lancia placed second in the Championship with the LC2

Aston Martin Nimrod placed third in the Championship with the NRA/C2B

The following races counted towards the World Endurance Championship or the European Endurance Championship or both, as indicated.

WEC Rnd	EEC Rnd	Race	Circuit	Championship	Date
1	1	Trofeo Filippo Caracciolo (1000 km)	Autodromo Nazionale Monza	Both	10 April
2	2	Grand Prix International 1000 km	Silverstone Circuit	Both	8 May
3	3	Bitburger Pilsner ADAC 1000 km	Nürburgring	Both	29 May
4	4	24 Hours of Le Mans	Circuit de la Sarthe	Both	18 June 19 June
5	5	Trophee Diners Club 1000 km	Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps	Both	4 September
-	6	Grand Prix International Magazine 1000 km	Brands Hatch	European	18 September
6	-	Mount Fuji 1000 km	Fuji Speedway	World	2 October
-	7	1000 km Imola	Autodromo Enzo Ferrari	European	16 October
-	8	1000 km Mugello	Mugello Circuit	European	23 October
7	-	Castrol 1000 km Kyalami	Kyalami	World	10 December

Season results

Races

Circuit	Outright winning team	Gr C Jnr winning team	Gr B winning team	Results
	Outright winning drivers	Gr C Jnr winning drivers	Gr B winning drivers
	Outright winning car	Gr C Jnr winning car	Gr B winning car
Monza	#11 Joest Racing	No finishers	#88 Racing Team Jürgensen	Results
	Bob Wollek Thierry Boutsen		Hans Christian Jürgensen Edgar Dören
	Porsche 956		BMW M1
Silverstone	#2 Rothmans Porsche	#63 Jolly Club	#89 Jens Winther	Results
	Derek Bell Stefan Bellof	Carlo Facetti Martino Finotto	Jens Winther David Mercer Wolfgang Braun
	Porsche 956	Alba AR2 Giannini	BMW M1
Nürburgring	#1 Porsche Racing Intl.	#63 Jolly Club	#106 Edgar Dören	Results
	Jacky Ickx Jochen Mass	Carlo Facetti Martino Finotto	Edgar Dören Helmut Gall Jürgen Hamelmann
	Porsche 956	Alba AR2 Giannini	Porsche 930
La Sarthe	#3 Rothmans Porsche	#60 Mazdaspeed	#93 Charles Ivey Racing	Results
	Al Holbert Hurley Haywood Vern Schuppan	Yoshimi Katayama Yojiro Terada Takashi Yorino	John Cooper Paul Smith David Ovey
	Porsche 956	Mazda 717C	Porsche 930
Spa-Francorchamps	#1 Rothmans Porsche	#62 Manns Racing	#89 Jens Winther	Results
	Jacky Ickx Jochen Mass	Roy Baker David Palmer	Jens Winther David Mercer Frank Jelinski
	Porsche 956	Harrier RX83C Mazda	BMW M1
Brands Hatch	#11 John Fitzpatrick Racing	#63 Vesuvio Racing SRL	#89 Jens Winther	Results
	Derek Warwick John Fitzpatrick	Carlo Facetti Martino Finotto	Jens Winther David Mercer Frank Jelinski
	Porsche 956	Alba AR2 Giannini	BMW M1
Fuji	#2 Rothmans Porsche	#81 Misaki Speed	No starters	Results
	Derek Bell Stefan Bellof	Kiyoshi Misaki Masakazu Nakamura
	Porsche 956	March 75SC Toyota
Imola	#4 Martini Racing	No finishers	#90 Racing Team Jürgensen	Results
	Teo Fabi Hans Heyer		Edgar Dören Helmut Gall Hans Christian Jürgensen
	Lancia LC2		BMW M1
Mugello	#8 Joest Racing	No finishers	#89 Jens Winther	Results
	Bob Wollek Stefan Johansson		Jens Winther Lars-Viggo Jensen David Mercer
	Porsche 956		BMW M1
Kyalami	#2 Rothmans Porsche	#64 Jolly Club	#72 Jens Winther	Results
	Derek Bell Stefan Bellof	Carlo Facetti Martino Finotto Massimo Faraci	Jens Winther Lars-Viggo Jensen
	Porsche 956	Alba AR2 Giannini	BMW M1

World Endurance Championship for Drivers

Position ^[1]	Driver ^[1]	No.	Car	Entrant	Mon	Sil	Nur	Le M	Spa	Fuj	Kya	Total ^[1]
1	Jacky Ickx	1	Porsche 956-83	Rothmans Porsche	15	-	20	15	20	15	12	97
2	Derek Bell	1, 2	Porsche 956-83 & 956	Rothmans Porsche	4	20	-	15	15	20	20	94
3	Jochen Mass	1	Porsche 956-83	Rothmans Porsche	15	-	20	-	20	15	12	82
4	Stefan Bellof	2	Porsche 956-83	Rothmans Porsche	-	20	-	-	15	20	20	75
5	Bob Wollek	8	Porsche 956	Joest Racing	20	15	15	6	-	8	-	64
6	Thierry Boutsen	11, 14, 3	Porsche 956	Joest Racing, Richard Lloyd Racing, Matsuda Connection	20	12	-	-	2	10	-	44
7	Jan Lammers	14	Porsche 956	Richard Lloyd Racing	6	12	12	3	2	-	8	43
8	Jurgen Laessig	18	Porsche 956	Obermaier Racing	10	10	10	4	8	-	-	42
	Axel Plankenhorn	18	Porsche 956	Obermaier Racing	10	10	10	4	8	-	-	42
10	Vern Schuppan	21, 3, 6	Porsche 956 & 956-83	Porsche Kremer Racing, Rothmans Porsche, Trust Racing Team	-	8	-	20	-	12	-	40
11	Stefan Johansson	8	Porsche 956	Joest Racing	-	15	15	6	-	-	-	36
12	Hans Heyer	12, 18	Porsche 956	Joest Racing, Obermaier Racing	12	-	10	-	-	8	-	30
13	John Fitzpatrick	16, 11	Porsche 956	John Fitzpatrick Racing	8	3	6	-	12	-	-	29
	David Hobbs	16, 11	Porsche 956	John Fitzpatrick Racing	8	3	6	-	12	-	-	29
15	Clemens Schickentanz	12, 8	Porsche 956	Joest Racing, Brun Speedbox Motorsport	12	-	-	10	-	6	-	28
16	Al Holbert	2, 3	Porsche 956-83	Rothmans Porsche	4	-	-	20	-	-	-	24
17	Jonathan Palmer	14	Porsche 956	Richard Lloyd Racing	-	-	12	3	-	-	8	23
18	Riccardo Patrese	4	Lancia LC2-83	Martini Racing	2	-	-	-	4	-	15	21
19	Hurley Haywood	3	Porsche 956-83	Rothmans Porsche	-	-	-	20	-	-	-	20
	Harald Grohs	18, 33	Porsche 956	Obermaier Racing, Brun Motorport	-	10	-	-	10	-	-	20
21	Volkert Merl	12	Porsche 956	Joest Racing	-	-	-	10	-	8	-	18
22	Alessandro Nannini	4	Lancia LC2-83	Martini Racing	-	-	-	-	-	-	15	15
23	Dieter Schornstein	15, 12	Porsche 936C & 956	Joest Racing	-	-	-	-	3	-	10	13
	John Winter'	15, 12	Porsche 936C & 956	Joest Racing	-	-	-	-	3	-	10	13
25	Rolf Stommelen	12	Porsche 956	Joest Racing	12	-	-	-	-	-	-	12
	Keke Rosberg	14	Porsche 956	Richard Lloyd Racing	-	-	12	-	-	-	-	12
	Philippe Alliot	21	Porsche 956	Porsche Kremer Racing	-	-	-	12	-	-	-	12
	Mario Andretti	21	Porsche 956	Porsche Kremer Racing	-	-	-	12	-	-	-	12
	Michael Andretti	21	Porsche 956	Porsche Kremer Racing	-	-	-	12	-	-	-	12
	Naohiro Fujita	6	Porsche 956	Trust Racing Team	-	-	-	-	-	12	-	12
31	Edgar Doeren	88, 106	BMW M1 & Porsche 930	Racing Team Jürgrnesen GmbH, Edgar Dören	4	-	7	-	-	-	-	11
32	Jurgen Barth	18	Porsche 956	Obermaier Racing	10	-	-	-	-	-	-	10
	Mauricio de Narvaez	12	Porsche 956	Joest Racing	-	-	-	10	-	-	-	10
	Hans-Joachim Stuck	33	Porsche 956	Brun Motorsport	-	-	-	-	10	-	-	10
35	Walter Brun	33	Porsche 956	Brun Motorsport	-	-	-	-	10	-	-	10
	Henri Pescarolo	3	Porsche 956	Matsuda Connection	-	-	-	-	-	10	-	10
	Jens Winther	89, 72	BMW M1	Jens Winther	-	4	-	-	-	-	6	10
38	Richard Lloyd	14	Porsche 956	Richard Lloyd Racing	6	-	-	3	-	-	-	9
39	Alan Jones	21	Porsche 956	Porsche Kremer Racing	-	8	-	-	-	-	-	8
	Oscar Larrauri	51	Lancia LC1	Sivama Racing	-	-	8	-	-	-	-	8
	Massimo Sigala	51	Lancia LC1	Sivama Racing	-	-	8	-	-	-	-	8
	Guy Edwards	16	Porsche 956	John Fitzpatrick Racing	-	-	-	8	-	-	-	8
	Rupert Keegan	16	Porsche 956	John Fitzpatrick Racing	-	-	-	8	-	-	-	8
	Herve Regout	18	Porsche 956	Obermaier Racing	-	-	-	-	8	-	-	8
45	Helmut Gall	106	Porsche 930	Edgar Dören	-	-	7	-	-	-	-	7
	Jurgen Hamelmann	106	Porsche 930	Edgar Dören	-	-	7	-	-	-	-	7
47	Tiff Needell	14	Porsche 956	Richard Lloyd Racing	6	-	-	-	-	-	-	6
	Tony Dron	42	Kremer Porsche C-K5	Richard Cleare Racing	-	6	-	-	-	-	-	6
	Richard Cleare	42	Kremer Porsche C-K5	Richard Cleare Racing	-	6	-	-	-	-	-	6
	Jean-Claude Haldi	113	Porsche 924 GTS	Autax Motor	-	-	6	-	-	-	-	6
	Klaus Utz	113	Porsche 924 GTS	Autax Motor	-	-	6	-	-	-	-	6
	Klaus Ludwig	8	Porsche 956	Joest Racing	-	-	-	6	-	-	-	6
	Giorgio Francia	6	Lancia LC2-83	Mirabella Racing	-	-	-	-	6	-	-	6
	Paulo Barilla	6	Lancia LC2-83	Mirabella Racing	-	-	-	-	6	-	-	6
	Kenji Takahashi	8	Porsche 956	Brun Speedbox Motorsport	-	-	-	-	-	6	-	6
	Graham Duxbury	11	Porsche 956	Fitzpatrick Racing	-	-	-	-	-	-	6	6
	Tony Martin	11	Porsche 956	Fitzpatrick Racing	-	-	-	-	-	-	6	6
	Darel van der Merwe	11	Porsche 956	Fitzpatrick Racing	-	-	-	-	-	-	6	6
	Lars-Viggo Jensen	72	BMW M1	Jens Winther	-	-	-	-	-	-	6	6
60	Franz-Josef Brohling	122	Ford Escort RS2000	Herbst Tuning	-	-	5	-	-	-	-	5
	Alex Felder	122	Ford Escort RS2000	Herbst Tuning	-	-	5	-	-	-	-	5
	Jochen Felder	122	Ford Escort RS2000	Herbst Tuning	-	-	5	-	-	-	-	5
	Kiyoshi Misaki	81	March 75S/C Toyota	Misaki Speed	-	-	-	-	-	5	-	5
	Masakazu Nakamura	81	March 75S/C Toyota	Misaki Speed	-	-	-	-	-	5	-	5
	Tomas Wiren	74	Porsche 930	Strandell Racing	-	-	-	-	-	-	5	5
	Kenneth Leim	74	Porsche 930	Strandell Racing	-	-	-	-	-	-	5	5
67	Han-Christian Jurgensson	88	BMW M1	Racing Team Jürgrnesen GmbH	4	-	-	-	-	-	-	4
	Ray Mallock	39	Nimrod NRA/C2B Aston Martin	Viscount Downe Racing	-	4	-	-	-	-	-	4
	Mike Salmon	39	Nimrod NRA/C2B Aston Martin	Viscount Downe Racing	-	4	-	-	-	-	-	4
	Georg Memminger	92	Porsche 930	Georg Memminger	-	-	4	-	-	-	-	4
	Heinz Kuhn-Weiss	92	Porsche 930	Georg Memminger	-	-	4	-	-	-	-	4
	Günter Steckkönig	92	Porsche 930	Georg Memminger	-	-	4	-	-	-	-	4
	Desire Wilson	18	Porsche 956	Obermaier Racing	-	-	-	4	-	-	-	4
	Teo Fabi	4	Lancia LC2-83	Martini Racing	-	-	-	-	4	-	-	4
	Kazuyoshi Hoshino	23	March 83G Nissan	Hoshino Racing	-	-	-	-	-	4	-	4
	Akira Hagiwara	23	March 83G Nissan	Hoshino Racing	-	-	-	-	-	4	-	4
	Leopold von Bayern	15	Porsche 936C	Joest Racing	-	-	-	-	-	-	4	4
	Siggi Brun	15	Porsche 936C	Joest Racing	-	-	-	-	-	-	4	4
	Klaus Groger	15	Porsche 936C	Joest Racing	-	-	-	-	-	-	4	4
	John Cooper	76	Porsche 930	Charles Ivey Racing	-	-	-	-	-	-	4	4
	Paul Smith	76	Porsche 930	Charles Ivey Racing	-	-	-	-	-	-	4	4
	Giorgio Cavalieri	76	Porsche 930	Charles Ivey Racing	-	-	-	-	-	-	4	4
	Martino Finotto	63	Alba AR2 Giannini	Jolly Club	-	4	-	-	-	-	-	4
	Carlo Facetti	63	Alba AR2 Giannini	Jolly Club	-	4	-	-	-	-	-	4
85	Duilio Truffo	23	Lancia LC1	Scuderia Sivama	3	-	-	-	-	-	-	3
	Roberto Sigala	23	Lancia LC1	Scuderia Sivama	3	-	-	-	-	-	-	3
	Jean-Michael Martin	15	Porsche 936C	Joest Racing	-	-	-	-	3	-	-	3
88	Michele Alboreto	4	Lancia LC2-83	Martini Racing	2	-	-	-	-	-	-	2
	Tony Garcia	46	Sauber C-7 BMW	Sauber Racing Switzerland	-	-	-	2	-	-	-	2
	Albert Naon	46	Sauber C-7 BMW	Sauber Racing Switzerland	-	-	-	2	-	-	-	2
	Diego Montoya	46	Sauber C-7 BMW	Sauber Racing Switzerland	-	-	-	2	-	-	-	2
	K Matsumoto	17	Dome 83C Toyota	Tom's	-	-	-	-	-	2	-	2
	Kaoru Hoshino	17	Dome 83C Toyota	Tom's	-	-	-	-	-	2	-	2
	Masonori Sekiya	17	Dome 83C Toyota	Tom's	-	-	-	-	-	2	-	2
95	Preston Henn	47	Porsche 956	Preston Henn/Thunderbird	-	-	-	1	-	-	-	1
	Claude Ballot-Lena	47	Porsche 956	Preston Henn/Thunderbird	-	-	-	1	-	-	-	1
	Jean-Louis Schlesser	47	Porsche 956	Preston Henn/Thunderbird	-	-	-	1	-	-	-	1
	Bruno Sotty	56	URD C-82 BMW	Jürgen Kannacher	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	1
	Valentin Bertapelle	56	URD C-82 BMW	Jürgen Kannacher	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	1
	Guy Cuynet	56	URD C-82 BMW	Jürgen Kannacher	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	1
	Max Welti	46	Sauber C-7 BMW	Sauber Racing Switzerland	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	1
	Fulvia Ballabio	46	Sauber C-7 BMW	Sauber Racing Switzerland	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	1

Drivers points were awarded on a 20-15-12-10-8-6-4-3-2-1 basis for the first ten places in each race and 2 bonus points were awarded to drivers of Group C Junior cars and drivers of Group B GT cars which finished in a points paying position. All races counted towards each driver's total

World Endurance Championship for Manufacturers

Pos ^[1]	Manufacturer ^[1]	Mon	Sil	Nur	Le M	Spa	Fuj	Kya	Total ^[1]
1	Porsche	20	20	20	20	20	(20)	(20)	100
2	Lancia	3		8		6		15	32
3=	Aston Martin Nimrod		4						4
3=	Nissan March						4		4
5	BMW Sauber					2		1	3
6	Toyota Dome							2	2
7	BMW URD						1		1

Points were awarded to the top 10 finishers in the order of 20-15-12-10-8-6-4-3-2-1, with the following exceptions:

Manufacturers were only given points for their highest finishing car with no points awarded for a position occupied by any other car from that manufacturer.
Manufacturers did not score points if the car did not complete 90% of the winner's distance.

Only the best 5 points finishes counted towards the championship, with any other points earned not included in the total. Discarded points are shown within parenthesis.

For the purposes of championship classification, the FIA recognized a Manufacturer as the engine make and chassis make combination, with the former preceding the latter in the Manufacturer name.

Group C Junior Cup

Pos ^[1]	Manufacturer ^[1]	Sil	Nur	Le M	Spa	Fuj	Kya	Total ^[1]
1	Giannini Alba AR2	20	20			15	20	75
2=	Mazda			20				20
2=	Mazda Harrier				20			20
2=	Toyota March					20		20

Grand Touring Cup

Pos ^[1]	Manufacturer ^[1]	Mon	Sil	Nur	Le M	Spa	Fuj	Kya	Total ^[1]
1	Porsche	12	(12)	20	20	15		15	82
2	BMW	20	20			20		20	80

References

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 Quentin Spurring, Growing in Stature, Autosport Endurance Racing Review (1983)

External links

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