1977 World Sportscar Championship


The 1977 World Sports Car Championship season was the 25th season of FIA World Sportscar Championship motor racing. It featured two separate World Championship series.
In 1978 the World Championship of Makes would become the sole international series, while the World Championship for Sports Cars would be downgraded by the FIA to become the European Sportscar Championship. The European Championship was discontinued at the end of the 1978 season.

World Championship for Sports Cars

The 1977 World Championship for Sports Cars, which was restricted to Group 6 Two-Seater Racing Cars, was contested over an eight race series which ran from 17 April to 18 September 1977. The championship was won by Alfa Romeo.

Schedule

RndRaceCircuitDate
1 500 km de I'ACFDijon-PrenoisApril 17
2 Trofeo Filippo Caracciolo Autodromo Nazionale MonzaApril 24
3 Trofeo Ignazio Giunti Vallelunga CircuitJune 2
4 Coppa Floria Autodromo di PergusaJune 19
5 Prémio International de Costa do Sol Autódromo do EstorilJuly 10
6 500 km Le CastelletCircuit Paul RicardJuly 24
7 250 km ImolaAutodromo Dino FerrariSeptember 4
8 Elan Trophae SalzburgringSeptember 18

Race results

RndCircuitOverall Winning TeamResults
RndCircuitOverall Winning DriversResults
RndCircuitOverall Winning CarResults
1Dijon #1 Autodelta SpAResults
1Dijon Arturo Merzario
Jean-Pierre Jarier		Results
1DijonAlfa Romeo 33SC12Results
2Monza #2 Autodelta SpAResults
2Monza Vittorio BrambillaResults
2MonzaAlfa Romeo 33SC12Results
3Vallelunga #2 Autodelta SpAResults
3Vallelunga Vittorio BrambillaResults
3VallelungaAlfa Romeo 33SC12Results
4Pergusa #1 Autodelta SpAResults
4Pergusa Arturo MerzarioResults
4PergusaAlfa Romeo 33SC12Results
5Estoril #1 Autodelta SpAResults
5Estoril Arturo MerzarioResults
5EstorilAlfa Romeo 33SC12Results
6Paul Ricard #1 Autodelta SpAResults
6Paul Ricard Arturo Merzario
Jean-Pierre Jarier		Results
6Paul RicardAlfa Romeo 33SC12Results
7Imola #2 Autodelta SpAResults
7Imola Vittorio BrambillaResults
7ImolaAlfa Romeo 33SC12Results
8Salzburgring #2 Autodelta SpAResults
8Salzburgring Vittorio BrambillaResults
8SalzburgringAlfa Romeo 33SC12Results

Points system

Points towards the 1977 World Championship for Sports Cars were awarded to each relevant car manufacturer for the first ten places in each race in the order of 20-15-12-10-8-6-4-3-2-1.
Points were only awarded for the best placed car from each manufacturer at each race with no points given for places gained by other cars from the same manufacturer.
Only the best six results counted towards each manufacturer’s championship total, with any other points earned not included.
Discarded points are shown within brackets in the table below.

Championship results

Results of the 1977 World Championship for Sports Cars were as follows.
PosManufacturerRd 1Rd 2Rd 3Rd 4Rd 5Rd 6Rd 7Rd 8Total
1 Alfa Romeo202020202020120
2 Osella1515121241573
3 Lola12410661048
4 Chevron831012841
5 Sauber158831
6 TOJ1515
7 AMS41014
8 McLaren10313
9 March88

The cars

The following models contributed to the nett point scores of their respective manufacturers in the 1977 World Championship for Sports Cars.
The 1977 World Championship for Makes was open to cars from various production-based categories including Group 5 Special Production Cars. The championship was won by Porsche.