1973 World Sportscar Championship


The 1973 World Sportscar Championship season was the 21st season of FIA World Sportscar Championship motor racing. It featured the 1973 World Championship for Makes and the 1973 Cup for GT Cars which were contested concurrently over a ten race series. The World Championship for Makes, which was open to Group 5 Sports Cars and Group 4 GT Cars, was won by Matra and the Cup for GT Cars, which was open only to Group 4 GT Cars, was won by Porsche.

Schedule

The following races counted towards the 1973 World Championship for Makes and the 1973 Cup for GT Cars.
RndRaceCircuit or LocationDate
1 24 Hours of DaytonaDaytona International Speedway3 February
4 February
2 Vallelunga 6 HoursVallelunga25 March
3 Dijon 1000 KilometresDijon-Prenois15 April
4 1000km MonzaAutodromo Nazionale Monza25 April
5 1000km SpaCircuit de Spa-Francorchamps6 May
6 Targa FlorioCircuito Piccolo delle Madonie13 May
7 ADAC 1000km NürburgringNürburgring27 May
8 24 Hours of Le MansCircuit de la Sarthe9 June
10 June
9 Austrian 1000km†Österreichring24 June
10 Watkins Glen 6 HoursWatkins Glen International21 July

† - No GT entries were received for the Österreichring event.
The Buenos Aires 1000 km, scheduled to be held on 21 October, was canceled six weeks after the running of the Watkins Glen 6 Hours.

Results

Races

World Championship for Makes

Championship points were awarded to the top 10 finishers in the order of 20-15-12-10-8-6-4-3-2-1 but only for the highest placed car of each make. The 7 best results were retained for each make. Discarded points are shown in the above table within brackets.

Cup for GT Cars

No GT entries were received for Round 9.

The cars

The following models contributed to the nett pointscores of their respective makes.

World Championship for Makes