1969 World Sportscar Championship season

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The 1969 World Sportscar Championship season was the 17th season of the FIA World Championship of Makes. It was a series for Sportscars and Grand Touring, with Sportscars being divided into Sports (S) and Prototype (P) classes, while Grand Touring cars were referred to simply as GT. It ran from February 1, 1969 to August 10, 1969, and was comprised of 10 races.

[edit] Schedule

Rnd	Race	Circuit or Location	Date
1	24 Hours of Daytona	Daytona International Speedway	February 1 February 2
2	12 Hours of Sebring	Sebring International Raceway	March 22
3	BOAC 500 (6 Hours)†	Brands Hatch	April 13
4	1000km Monza	Autodromo Nazionale Monza	April 25
5	Targa Florio	Palermo	May 4
6	1000km Spa	Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps	May 11
7	ADAC 1000 Kilometres Nürburgring	Nürburgring	June 1
8	24 Hours of Le Mans	Circuit de la Sarthe	June 14 June 15
9	Watkins Glen 6 Hours	Watkins Glen International	July 12
10	1000km of Zeltweg	Österreichring	August 10

† - Sportscars only, GT class did not participate.

[edit] Season Results

Points were awarded to the top 6 finishers in the order of 9-6-4-3-2-1. Manufacturers were only given points for their highest finishing car; any other cars from that manufacturer were merely skipped in the points standings.

[edit] Races

Rnd	Circuit	Sportscar Winning Team	GT Winning Team	Results
		Sportscar Winning Drivers	GT Winning Drivers
1	Daytona	#6 Roger Penske Racing	#20 Herb Watson	Results
		Mark Donohue Chuck Parsons	Herb Watson Tony Adamowicz Bruce Jennings
2	Sebring	#22 John Wyer Automotive	#5 Best Photo Service	Results
		Jacky Ickx Jackie Oliver	Don Yenko Bob Grossman
3	Brands Hatch	#53 Porsche Engineering	None	Results
		Jo Siffert Brian Redman
4	Monza	#4 Porsche Engineering	#67 IGFA	Results
		Jo Siffert Brian Redman	Jürgen Neuhaus Dieter Fröhlich
5	Palermo	#266 Porsche Engineering	#86 Everardo Ostini	Results
		Gerhard Mitter Udo Schütz	Everardo Ostini Gianpiero Moretti
6	Spa-Francorchamps	#25 Porsche Engineering	#59 Gérard Larrousse	Results
		Jo Siffert Brian Redman	Gérard Larrousse Rudi Lins Dieter Spoerry
7	Nürburgring	#1 Porsche Engineering	#106 IGFA	Results
		Jo Siffert Brian Redman	Jürgen Neuhaus Dieter Fröhlich
8	La Sarthe	#6 John Wyer Automotive	#41 Jean-Pierre Gaban	Results
		Jacky Ickx Jackie Oliver	Jean-Pierre Gaban Yves Deprez
9	Watkins Glen	#1 Porsche of Austria	#14 Owens Corning Racing	Results
		Jo Siffert Brian Redman	Tony DeLorenzo Dick Lang
10	Österreichring	#29 Freiherr von Wendt	#27 Peter-Ernst Stähle	Results
		Jo Siffert Kurt Ahrens Jr.	Herbert Linge Roland Bauer

[edit] Manufacturers Championships

[edit] Overall Manufacturers Championship

All cars were awarded points for the overall championship, but the GT class also had their own separate championship.

Cars participating in races that were not included in the S, P, or GT classes are skipped in rewarding points for the overall championship.

Only the best 5 points finishes counted towards the championship, with any other points earned not included in the total. Skipped points are marked in italics.

Pos	Manufacturer	Rd 1	Rd 2	Rd 3	Rd 4	Rd 5	Rd 6	Rd 7	Rd 8	Rd 9	Rd 10	Total
1	Porsche	4	4	9	9	9	9	9	6	9	9	45
2	Ford		9	2	3			1	9	2		25
3	Lola	9	1		2		2				6	20
4	Ferrari		6	3			6					15
5	Matra								3	3		6
6	Chevron	3										3
7	Alfa Romeo					2	1					3
8	Alpine-Renault				1							1

[edit] GT Manufacturers Championship

The GT class did not participate in Round 3.

Pos	Manufacturer	Rd 1	Rd 2	Rd 4	Rd 5	Rd 6	Rd 7	Rd 8	Rd 9	Rd 10	Total
1	Porsche	9	6	9	9	9	9	9	6	9	45
2	Chevrolet	3	9			3			9		24
3	Ferrari	1				6					7
4	Lancia			3	2						5
5	MG	2									2

[edit] External links

• 1969 World Sportscar Championship