{{Short description|Racing tournament}} {{Motorsport season | series = World Sportscar Championship | year = 1966 }} The '''1966 World Sportscar Championship season''' was the 14th season of the [[FIA]] "[[World Sportscar Championship]]" motor racing.<ref name=wsprPoints>[http://wspr-racing.com/wspr/results/wscc/tablemsmakes.html World Championship - final positions and tables at wspr-racing.com] Retrieved on 12 December 2010</ref> It featured the '''1966 International Manufacturers' Championship''' and the '''1966 International Sports Car Championship''',<ref name=wsprPoints/> which were contested between 5 February 1966 and September 11, 1966, over a total of thirteen races.<ref>[http://wspr-racing.com/wspr/results/wscc/ms1966.html World Championship 1966 at wspr-racing.com] Retrieved on 12 December 2010</ref> The International Manufacturers' Championship was open to [[Group 6 Sports-Prototypes]] (letter P on the cars) and was contested in two engine capacity divisions, P1 (Up to 2000cc) and P2 (Over 2000cc).<ref name=IMCA>[http://www.imca-slotracing.com/QUIZZ1.htm FIA's new rules starting the 1966 season] Retrieved on 12 December 2010</ref> The International Sports Car Championship was open to [[Group 4 Sports Cars]] (letter S on the cars) and was contested in three engine capacity divisions, S1 (Up to 1300cc), S2 (1301 to 2000cc) and S3 (Over 2000cc).<ref name=IMCA/>
==Schedule== The 13 championship races each counted towards one or more of the five divisions.<ref name=IMCA/>
Both championships scored points to the top six competitors in each class, under four different tables or '''Barème'. Barème I'' corresponded with the old order of 9-6-4-3-2-1. ''Barème II'' was in the order 10-7-5-4-3-2. ''Barème III'', valid only for Le Mans, was in the order 12-9-7-5-4-3. ''Barème 0'', valid only for the Grosser Bergpreis der Schweiz, was half of ''Barème I'': 4.5-3-2-1.5-1-0.5. Constructors were only awarded points for their highest finishing car. Other finishers from the same manufacturer were merely skipped in the points count.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.imca-slotracing.com/QUIZZ1.htm |title=5Oth TARGA FLORIO 1966 |date=2010-05-04 |access-date=2016-09-01 |url-status=bot: unknown |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20100504155416/http://www.imca-slotracing.com/QUIZZ1.htm |archivedate=2010-05-04 }}</ref>
Only the best 4 results counted towards the championship (5 in '''S3,''' 6 in '''S2'''). Points earned but not counted towards the championship total are listed in (brackets). {| class="wikitable" style="font-size: 90%;" |- ! IMC ! ISCC<br>S1 ! ISCC<br>S2 ! ISCC<br>S3 ! Race ! Circuit or Location ! Date |- ! R 1 ! - ! R 1 ! R 1 | {{flagicon|United States}} [[24 Hours of Daytona]] | [[Daytona International Speedway]] | 5 February<br>6 February |- ! R 2 ! R 1 ! R 2 ! R 2 | {{flagicon|United States}} [[12 Hours of Sebring]] | [[Sebring International Raceway]] | 26 March |- ! R 3 ! - ! R 3 ! R 3 | {{flagicon|Italy}} [[1000km Monza]] | [[Autodromo Nazionale Monza]] | 25 April |- ! R 4 ! R 2 ! R 4 ! R 4 | {{flagicon|Italy}} [[1966 Targa Florio]] | [[Circuito delle Madonie]] | 8 May |- ! R 5 ! - ! R 5 ! R 5 | {{flagicon|Belgium}} [[1000km Spa]] | [[Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps]] | 25 May |- ! R 6 ! R 3 ! R 6 ! R 6 | {{flagicon|Germany}} [[1000km Nürburgring]] | [[Nürburgring]] | 5 June |- ! R 7 ! - ! R 7 ! R 7 | {{flagicon|France}} [[1966 24 Hours of Le Mans]] | [[Circuit de la Sarthe]] | 18 June<br>19 June |- ! - ! R 4 ! - ! - | {{flagicon|Italy}} Mugello 500 km | [[Mugello Circuit]] | 17 July |- ! - ! R 5 ! - ! - | {{flagicon|Italy}} Coppa Città di Enna | [[Autodromo di Pergusa]] | 7 August |- ! R 8 ! - ! R 8 ! - | {{flagicon|Germany}} Großer Preis von Hockenheim | [[Hockenheimring]] | 14 August |- ! - ! R 6 ! R 9 ! R 8 | {{flagicon|Switzerland}} Grosser Bergpreis der Schweiz | [[Crans-Montana]] | 28 August |- ! - ! R 7 ! - ! - | {{flagicon|Germany}} 500 km Nürburgring | [[Nürburgring]] | 4 September |- ! - ! R 8 ! R 10 ! R 9 | {{flagicon|Austria}} [[1000 km Zeltweg|Austrian Sports Car Grand Prix]] | [[Zeltweg Airfield]] | September 11 |}
Note: The Großer Preis von Hockenheim did not count towards the Over 2000cc division of the International Manufacturers Championship.<ref name=IMCA/>
==Results==
===International Manufacturers Championship=== [[File:Ford GT40 (front).jpg|thumb|Ford won the Over 2000cc Division of the 1966 International Manufacturers Championship with the 7-litre [[Ford Mk II]] (pictured) & X-1 models.]] [[File:Porsche 906 mit J. Siffert am 03.06.1966.jpg|thumb|Porsche won the Up to 2000cc Division with the [[Porsche 906]] as prototype]]
{| class="wikitable" <hiddentext>generated with [[:de:Wikipedia:Helferlein/VBA-Macro for EXCEL tableconversion]] V1.7<\hiddentext> |- style="font-weight:bold" | width="44" height="13" align="center" | Position | width="180" | Manufacturer | width="23" align="center" | {{flagicon|USA}} DAY | width="24" align="center" | {{flagicon|USA}} SEB | width="26" align="center" | {{flagicon|ITA}} MZA | width="21" align="center" | {{flagicon|ITA}} TGA | width="24" align="center" | {{flagicon|BEL}} SPA | width="22" align="center" | {{flagicon|West Germany}} NÜR1 | width="26" align="center" | {{flagicon|FRA}} LMS | width="23" align="center" | {{flagicon|West Germany}} HOC | width="29" align="center" | Total <ref name=wsprPoints/><ref name=Wimpffen>Time and Two Seats, Janos L Wimpffen, 1999, pages 659-660</ref> |- | height="13" align="center" | |style="font-weight:bold" | Over 2000cc | align="center" | | align="center" | | align="center" | | align="center" | | align="center" | | align="center" | | align="center" | | align="center" | | align="center" | |- | height="13" align="center" | 1 | [[Ford Motor Company|Ford]] | align="center" | 10 | align="center" | 10 | align="center" | - | align="center" | - | align="center" | 6 | align="center" | - | align="center" | 12 | align="center" | - | align="center" | 38 |- | height="13" align="center" | 2 | [[Ferrari]] | align="center" | (4) | align="center" | - | align="center" | 10 | align="center" | 10 | align="center" | 9 | align="center" | 7 | align="center" | - | align="center" | - | align="center" | 36 |- | height="13" align="center" | 3 | [[Chaparral Cars]] | align="center" | - | align="center" | - | align="center" | - | align="center" | - | align="center" | - | align="center" | 10 | align="center" | - | align="center" | - | align="center" | 10 |- | height="13" align="center" | |style="font-weight:bold" | Up to 2000cc |style="font-weight:bold" align="center" | |style="font-weight:bold" align="center" | |style="font-weight:bold" align="center" | |style="font-weight:bold" align="center" | |style="font-weight:bold" align="center" | |style="font-weight:bold" align="center" | |style="font-weight:bold" align="center" | |style="font-weight:bold" align="center" | |style="font-weight:bold" align="center" | |- | height="13" align="center" | 1 | [[Porsche]] | align="center" | 10 | align="center" | 10 | align="center" | 10 | align="center" | - | align="center" | - | align="center" | (5) | align="center" | 12 | align="center" | (9) | align="center" | 42 |- | height="13" align="center" | 2 | [[Ferrari]] | align="center" | - | align="center" | 7 | align="center" | (4) | align="center" | 10 | align="center" | 9 | align="center" | 10 | align="center" | - | align="center" | - | align="center" | 36 |- | height="13" align="center" | 3 | [[Alpine (car maker)|Alpine]] | align="center" | - | align="center" | - | align="center" | - | align="center" | - | align="center" | 7 | align="center" | - | align="center" | 5 | align="center" | - | align="center" | 22 |- | height="13" align="center" | 4 | [[Austin-Healey]] | align="center" | - | align="center" | 3 | align="center" | - | align="center" | 5 | align="center" | 2 | align="center" | 3 | align="center" | - | align="center" | (2) | align="center" | 13 |- | height="13" align="center" | 5 | [[Triumph Motor Company|Triumph]] | align="center" | 7 | align="center" | - | align="center" | - | align="center" | - | align="center" | - | align="center" | - | align="center" | - | align="center" | - | align="center" | 7 |- | height="13" align="center" | 6 | [[Abarth]] | align="center" | - | align="center" | - | align="center" | - | align="center" | - | align="center" | - | align="center" | 4 | align="center" | - | align="center" | - | align="center" | 4 |- | height="13" align="center" | | [[ASA (automobile)|ASA]] | align="center" | - | align="center" | - | align="center" | - | align="center" | 4 | align="center" | - | align="center" | - | align="center" | - | align="center" | - | align="center" | 4 |- | height="13" align="center" | 8 | [[Lotus Cars|Lotus]] | align="center" | - | align="center" | - | align="center" | - | align="center" | - | align="center" | - | align="center" | - | align="center" | - | align="center" | 3 | align="center" | 3 |} {{-}}
===International Sports Car Championship=== <gallery> Ford GT 40 - Whitmore-Neerpasch 1966-06-03.jpg|[[Ford GT40 Mk.I]] as Sportscar 1966-05-08 Targa Florio WINNER Porsche 906 Mairesse Müller.png|[[Porsche 906]] as Sportscar, Winner of Targa Florio 1966 Trieste-Opicina Fiat-Abarth OT 1300 Avventurieri.jpg|[[Abarth 1300 OT|Abarth OT 1300]] </gallery> {| class="wikitable" <hiddentext>generated with [[:de:Wikipedia:Helferlein/VBA-Macro for EXCEL tableconversion]] V1.7<\hiddentext> |- style="font-weight:bold" | width="44" height="13" align="center" | Position | width="180" | Manufacturer | width="23" align="center" | {{flagicon|USA}} DAY | width="24" align="center" | {{flagicon|USA}} SEB | width="26" align="center" | {{flagicon|ITA}} MZA | width="21" align="center" | {{flagicon|ITA}} TGA | width="24" align="center" | {{flagicon|BEL}} SPA | width="22" align="center" | {{flagicon|West Germany}} NÜR1 | width="26" align="center" | {{flagicon|FRA}} LMS | width="26" align="center" | {{flagicon|ITA}} MUG | width="23" align="center" | {{flagicon|ITA}} PER | width="23" align="center" | {{flagicon|West Germany}} HOC | width="25" align="center" | {{flagicon|Switzerland}} SCH | width="22" align="center" | {{flagicon|West Germany}} NÜR2 | width="22" align="center" | {{flagicon|AUT}} ZEL | width="29" align="center" | Total <ref name=wsprPoints/><ref name="Wimpffen"/> |- | height="13" align="center" | |style="font-weight:bold" | Division I (Up to 1300cc) | align="center" | | align="center" | | align="center" | | align="center" | | align="center" | | align="center" | | align="center" | | align="center" | | align="center" | | align="center" | | align="center" | | align="center" | | align="center" | | align="center" | |- | height="13" align="center" | 1 | [[Abarth]] | align="center" | - | align="center" | - | align="center" | - | align="center" | - | align="center" | - | align="center" | 10 | align="center" | - | align="center" | 9 | align="center" | 9 | align="center" | - | align="center" | (4.5) | align="center" | 9 | align="center" | (9) | align="center" | 37 |- | height="13" align="center" | 2 | [[Alpine (car maker)|Alpine]] | align="center" | - | align="center" | 10 | align="center" | - | align="center" | 10 | align="center" | - | align="center" | 4 | align="center" | - | align="center" | 4 | align="center" | - | align="center" | - | align="center" | - | align="center" | - | align="center" | - | align="center" | 28 |- | height="13" align="center" | 3 | [[Alfa Romeo]] | align="center" | - | align="center" | - | align="center" | - | align="center" | 3 | align="center" | - | align="center" | - | align="center" | - | align="center" | - | align="center" | - | align="center" | - | align="center" | - | align="center" | - | align="center" | - | align="center" | 3 |- | height="13" align="center" | |style="font-weight:bold" | Division II (1301 to 2000cc) | align="center" | | align="center" | | align="center" | | align="center" | | align="center" | | align="center" | | align="center" | | align="center" | | align="center" | | align="center" | | align="center" | | align="center" | | align="center" | | align="center" | |- | height="13" align="center" | 1 | [[Porsche]] | align="center" | 10 | align="center" | 10 | align="center" | - | align="center" | 10 | align="center" | (6) | align="center" | 10 | align="center" | 12 | align="center" | - | align="center" | - | align="center" | 9 | align="center" | (4.5) | align="center" | - | align="center" | (9) | align="center" | 61 |- | height="13" align="center" | 2 | [[Alfa Romeo]] | align="center" | - | align="center" | 7 | align="center" | 10 | align="center" | 5 | align="center" | - | align="center" | 3 | align="center" | - | align="center" | - | align="center" | - | align="center" | - | align="center" | 1 | align="center" | - | align="center" | - | align="center" | 27 |- | height="13" align="center" | 3 | [[Lotus Cars|Lotus]] | align="center" | - | align="center" | - | align="center" | - | align="center" | - | align="center" | 9 | align="center" | - | align="center" | - | align="center" | - | align="center" | - | align="center" | - | align="center" | - | align="center" | - | align="center" | - | align="center" | 9 |- | height="13" align="center" | 4 | [[Volvo]] | align="center" | 3 | align="center" | - | align="center" | - | align="center" | - | align="center" | - | align="center" | - | align="center" | - | align="center" | - | align="center" | - | align="center" | - | align="center" | - | align="center" | - | align="center" | - | align="center" | 3 |- | height="13" align="center" | |style="font-weight:bold" | Division III (Over 2000cc) | align="center" | | align="center" | | align="center" | | align="center" | | align="center" | | align="center" | | align="center" | | align="center" | | align="center" | | align="center" | | align="center" | | align="center" | | align="center" | | align="center" | |- | height="13" align="center" | 1 | [[Ford Motor Company|Ford]] | align="center" | 10 | align="center" | 10 | align="center" | 10 | align="center" | 10 | align="center" | 9 | align="center" | (10) | align="center" | - | align="center" | - | align="center" | - | align="center" | - | align="center" | - | align="center" | - | align="center" | (9) | align="center" | 49 |- | height="13" align="center" | 2 | [[Ferrari]] | align="center" | 5 | align="center" | - | align="center" | 4 | align="center" | 7 | align="center" | 3 | align="center" | - | align="center" | - | align="center" | - | align="center" | - | align="center" | - | align="center" | - | align="center" | - | align="center" | 4 | align="center" | 23 |- | height="13" align="center" | 3 | [[Shelby American|Shelby]] | align="center" | - | align="center" | 7 | align="center" | - | align="center" | - | align="center" | - | align="center" | 4 | align="center" | - | align="center" | - | align="center" | - | align="center" | - | align="center" | - | align="center" | - | align="center" | - | align="center" | 11 |}
==The cars== The following models contributed to the nett points awarded to their respective manufacturers in the two championships.
'''International Manufacturers Championship - Over 2000cc'''
* [[Ford Mk II]] and [[Ford X-1]] * [[Ferrari 365P2/3]], [[Ferrari 330P3]] & [[Ferrari 250 LM]] * [[Chaparral 2D]]
'''International Manufacturers Championship - Up to 2000cc'''
* [[Porsche 906]] * [[Dino 206 S]] * [[Alpine-Renault A210]] * [[Austin-Healey Sprite]] * [[Triumph LM]] * [[Abarth 1300 OT]] * [[ASA 411]] * [[Lotus 23B]] [[BMW]]
'''International Sports Car Championship - Division 1'''
* [[Abarth 1300 OT]] * [[Alpine Renault M65]] & [[Alpine Renault A110]] * [[Alfa Romeo Giulietta SZ]]
'''International Sports Car Championship - Division 2'''
* [[Porsche 904 GTS]] & [[Porsche 906]] * [[Alfa Romeo Giulia TZ2]] * [[Lotus Elan]] * [[Volvo P1800]]
'''International Sports Car Championship - Division 3'''
* [[Ford GT40]] * [[Ferrari 250 GTO]] & [[Ferrari 250 LM]] * [[Shelby Cobra]]
==References== <references/>
==External links== * [http://www.racingsportscars.com/photo.html?page=10 1966 Sports Car racing images at www.racingsportscars.com]
{{World Sportscar Championships}}
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