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]

Rnd	Race	Circuit	Date
1	Trofeo Filippo Caracciolo (1000km)	Autodromo Nazionale Monza	23 April
2	Grand Prix International 1000 Kilometres	Silverstone Circuit	13 May
3	24 Hours of Le Mans	Circuit de la Sarthe (Le Mans)	16 June 17 June
4	ADAC 1000 Kilometres	Nürburgring	15 July
5	British Aerospace 1000 Kilometres^†	Brands Hatch	29 July
6	Budweiser GT 1000 Kilometres	Mosport	5 August
7	Rothmans Spa 1000 Kilometres	Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps	2 September
8	1000 Kilometres di Imola^†	Autodromo Dino Ferrari	16 September
9	Mount Fuji 1000 Kilometres	Fuji Speedway	30 September
10	Kyalami 1000 Kilometres	Kyalami	3 November
11	Sandown 1000^†	Sandown Park	2 December

† - 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]

Results

Races

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

Race	Circuit	Outright winning team	Gr. C2 winning team	Gr. B winning team	Results
		Outright winning drivers	Gr. C2 winning drivers	Gr. B winning drivers
		Outright winning car	Gr. C2 winning car	Gr. B winning car
1	Monza	Rothmans Porsche	Jim Busby Racing	Jens Winther	Results
		Derek Bell Stefan Bellof	Jim Busby Rick Knoop	Jens Winther Lars Viggo-Jensen
		Porsche 956	Lola T616 Mazda	BMW M1
2	Silverstone	Rothmans Porsche	Jolly Club	Racing Team Jürgensen	Results
		Jacky Ickx Jochen Mass	Almo Coppelli Domenico Pavia Marco Vanoli	Edgar Dören Heinz-Christian Jürgensen Walter Mertes
		Porsche 956	Alba AR2 Giannini	BMW M1
3	Le Mans	Joest Racing	Jim Busby Racing	Helmut Gall	Results
		Klaus Ludwig Henri Pescarolo	John O'Steen John Morton Yoshimi Katayama	Pierre de Thoisy Jean-Francois Yvon Philippe Dagoreau
		Porsche 956	Lola T616 Mazda	BMW M1
4	Nürburgring	Rothmans Porsche	Spice-Tiga Racing	Helmut Gall	Results
		Derek Bell Stefan Bellof	Gordon Spice Ray Bellm Neil Crang	Helmut Gall Kurt König Altfrid Heger
		Porsche 956	Tiga GC84 Ford	BMW M1
5	Brands Hatch	GTi Engineering	Spice-Tiga Racing	Jens Winther	Results
		Jonathan Palmer Jan Lammers	Ray Bellm Neil Crang	Jens Winther Lars Viggo-Jensen David Mercer
		Porsche 956	Tiga GC84 Ford	BMW M1
6	Mosport	Rothmans Porsche	Jolly Club	None	Results
		Jacky Ickx Jochen Mass	Almo Coppelli Guido Dacco
		Porsche 956	Alba AR2 Giannini
7	Spa-Francorchamps	Rothmans Porsche	Spice-Tiga Racing	Jens Winther	Results
		Derek Bell Stefan Bellof	Gordon Spice Ray Bellm Neil Crang	Jens Winther Lars Viggo-Jensen David Mercer
		Porsche 956	Tiga GC84 Ford	BMW M1
8	Imola	Brun Motorsport	Spice-Tiga Racing	Rolf Göring	Results
		Hans Joachim Stuck Stefan Bellof	Gordon Spice Ray Bellm Neil Crang	Rolf Göring Hans-Jürgen Dürig Claude Haldi
		Porsche 956	Tiga GC84 Ford	BMW M1
9	Fuji	Rothmans Porsche	Auto Beaurex Motorsport	None	Results
		John Watson Stefan Bellof	Naoki Nagasaka Keiichi Suzuki
		Porsche 956	Lotec C302 BMW
10	Kyalami	Martini Racing	None	None	Results
		Riccardo Patrese Alessandro Nannini
		Lancia LC2-84
11	Sandown Park	Rothmans Porsche	Spice-Tiga Racing	Helmut Gall	Results
		Derek Bell Stefan Bellof	Gordon Spice Neil Crang	Helmut Gall Altfrid Heger
		Porsche 956	Tiga GC84 Ford	BMW M1

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 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	Paulo 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	Porsche	Porsche	20	20	20	20	20	20	(20)	(12)	120
2	Lancia	Lancia	12	10	3	12				20	57
3	Alba	Giannini					12				12
4	Alba	Ford					8				8
5	Tiga	Ford					4	2			6
=	Lotec	BMW							6		6
7	Rondeau	Ford	4					1			5
8	Lola	Mazda	3		1						4
=	Toyota	Toyota							4		4
10	MCS	Mazda							3		3
11	BMW	BMW	2								2
12	Ecosse	Ford	1								1
=	Lola	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]	Total ^[5]
1	Alba	Giannini	12	20	8	10	20	10	(8)	80
2	Lola	Mazda	20		20	15			12	67
3	Tiga	Ford				20	10	20		50
4	Gebhardt	Ford	10			12		12		34
5	Rondeau	Ford			15		15			30
4=	Alba	Cosworth		15			15			30
7	Lotec	BMW							20	20
8	Ecosse	Cosworth	15							15
8=	MCS	Mazda							15	15
10	Mazda	Mazda			10				4	14
11	ADA	Ford		12						12
11=	Gebhardt	Ford				12				12
12	Ceekar	Ford				8				8'
=	Sthemo	BMW				6				8'
14	MCS	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	BMW	20	20	20	20		20			100
2	Porsche	15		15	10		12			52

References

↑ Official Programme, (1984) Sandown 1000, page 44
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 FIA World Endurance, Autosport, 31 January 1985
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 1984 World Endurance Championship for Drivers, 1985 FIA Yearbook of Automobile Sport, grey section, page 86
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 1984 World Endurance Championship for Manufacturers, 1985 FIA Yearbook of Automobile Sport, grey section, page 87
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 1984 Group C2 Prototype FIA Cup, 1985 FIA Yearbook of Automobile Sport, grey section, page 88
1 2 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

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