1984 World Sportscar Championship
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
[edit]
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]
Entries
[edit]Group C
[edit]
Group C2
[edit]IMSA GTP
[edit]| Entrant | Car | Engine | Tyre | No. | Drivers | Rounds |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 Group 44 Jaguar
|
Jaguar XJR-5 | Jaguar 5.0 L V12 | G | 40 | Tony Adamowicz
|
3 |
| John Watson
|
3 | |||||
| Claude Ballot-Léna
|
3 | |||||
| 44 | Bob Tullius
|
3 | ||||
| Doc Bundy
|
3 | |||||
| Brian Redman
|
3 | |||||
| Henn's T-Bird Swap Shop
|
Porsche 962 | Porsche Type-962/70 2.9 L Turbo Flat-6 | G | 61 | Preston Henn
|
3 |
| Edgar Dören
|
3 | |||||
| Michel Ferté
|
3 | |||||
| Pegasus Racing
|
March 84G | Buick 3.3 L Turbo V6 | G | 62 | Wayne Pickering
|
3 |
| Ken Madren
|
3 | |||||
| M. L. Speer
|
3 | |||||
| Nayler Road & Motorsport
|
Tiga 83TSGT | Hart 420R 2.0 L I4 | 92 | Tim Lee-Davey
|
5 | |
| Adrian Hall
|
5 | |||||
| Mike Kimpton
|
5 | |||||
| Kendall Racing
|
Lola T600 | Chevrolet 4.7 L V8 | B | 131 | Chuck Kendall
|
9, 11 |
| Jim Cook
|
9, 11 | |||||
| Peter Fitzgerald
|
11 | |||||
| Lyncar Motorsports
|
Lyncar MS83 | Hart 420R 2.0 L I4 | A | 132 |  Costas Los
|
1–2 |
| Les Blackburn
|
1–2 | |||||
| Richard Down
|
2 | |||||
| Top Fuel Racing
|
Mazda RX-7 845 | Mazda 12A 1.2 L 2-rotor | B | 138 | Mutsuo Kazama
|
9 |
| Hironobu Tatsumi
|
9 | |||||
| Yoshiyuki Ogura
|
9 |
Results
[edit]Races
[edit]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
[edit]| 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
[edit]| 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
[edit]| Pos.[5] | Chassis [5] | Engine [5] | Mon [5] | Sil [5] | LM [5] | Nur [5] | Mos [5] | Spa [5] | Fuj [5] | Kya [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
[edit]| 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
[edit]- ^ Official Programme, (1984) Sandown 1000, page 44
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t FIA World Endurance, Autosport, 31 January 1985
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p 1984 World Endurance Championship for Drivers, 1985 FIA Yearbook of Automobile Sport, grey section, page 86
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m 1984 World Endurance Championship for Manufacturers, 1985 FIA Yearbook of Automobile Sport, grey section, page 87
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m 1984 Group C2 Prototype FIA Cup, 1985 FIA Yearbook of Automobile Sport, grey section, page 88
- ^ a b 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