{{Short description|Racing tournament}} {{Motorsport season | series = World Sportscar Championship | title = [[World Sportscar Championship|World Championship for Makes]] season | year = 1977 | previouslink = 1976 World Championship for Makes season }} The '''1977 World Championship for Makes season''' featured the sixth [[FIA]] [[World Championship for Makes]]. This was a motor racing series for [[Group 5 (racing)|Group 5 Special Production Cars]], Group 3 & 4 [[Grand Tourer|Grand Touring Cars]] and Group 1 & 2 Touring Cars which ran from 5 February to 23 October 1977 and comprised nine races.
==Schedule== [[File:Porsche935-Stommelen1977-05-29.jpg|thumb|Private Loos-[[Porsche 935]]/77A at the [[Nürburgring]] round of the 1977 World Championship for Makes]] {| class="wikitable" style="font-size: 90%;" |- ! Rnd ! Race ! Circuit ! Date |- ! 1 | {{flagicon|USA}} [[24 Hours of Daytona]] | [[Daytona International Speedway]] | 5 February<br>6 February |- ! 2 | {{flagicon|ITA}} 6 Hours of Mugello | [[Mugello Circuit]] | 20 March |- ! 3 | {{flagicon|GBR}} Kosset 6 Hours | [[Silverstone Circuit]] | 15 May |- ! 4 | {{flagicon|DEU}} [[ADAC]] [[1000km Nürburgring]] | [[Nürburgring]] | 29 May |- ! 5 | {{flagicon|USA}} [[6 Hours of Watkins Glen]] | [[Watkins Glen International]] | 9 July |- ! 6 | {{flagicon|CAN}} [[Grand Prix of Mosport|6 Hours of Mosport]] | [[Mosport Park]] | 20 August |- ! 7 | {{flagicon|GBR}} [[1000 km Brands Hatch|Rivet Supply 6 Hours]] | [[Brands Hatch]] | 25 September |- ! 8 | {{flagicon|DEU}} Hessen Preis (6 Hours) | [[Hockenheimring]] | 9 October |- ! 9 | {{flagicon|ITA}} [[6 Hours of Vallelunga]] | [[Vallelunga Circuit]] | 23 October |}
==Race results==
{| class="wikitable" style="font-size: 90%;" |- !rowspan=2| Rnd !rowspan=2| Circuit ! Over 2.0 Winning Team ! Under 2.0 Winning Team !rowspan=2| Results |- ! Over 2.0 Winning Drivers ! Under 2.0 Winning Drivers |- !rowspan=2| 1 |rowspan=2| [[Daytona International Speedway|Daytona]] | {{flagicon|USA}} '''#43 Ecurie Escargot''' |align=center| ''None'' |rowspan=2| [[1977 24 Hours of Daytona|Results]] |- | {{flagicon|USA}} [[Hurley Haywood]]<br>{{flagicon|USA}} Dave Helmick<br>{{flagicon|USA}} John Graves | |- !rowspan=2| 2 |rowspan=2| [[Mugello Circuit|Mugello]] | {{flagicon|DEU}} '''#2 [[Martini Racing]]''' | {{flagicon|ITA}} '''#31 Mario Ruoso''' |rowspan=2| [[1977 6 Hours of Mugello|Results]] |- | {{flagicon|DEU}} [[Rolf Stommelen]]<br>{{flagicon|LIE}} Manfred Schurti | {{flagicon|ITA}} Mario Ruoso<br>{{flagicon|ITA}} "Pal Joe" |- !rowspan=2| 3 |rowspan=2| [[Silverstone Circuit|Silverstone]] | {{flagicon|DEU}} '''#1 [[Martini Racing]]''' | {{flagicon|DEU}} '''#51 [[BMW]] Faltz''' |rowspan=2| [[1977 6 Hours of Silverstone|Results]] |- | {{flagicon|DEU}} [[Jochen Mass]]<br>{{flagicon|BEL}} [[Jacky Ickx]] | {{flagicon|DEU}} [[Helmut Kelleners]]<br>{{flagicon|SWE}} [[Ronnie Peterson]] |- !rowspan=2| 4 |rowspan=2| [[Nürburgring]] | {{flagicon|DEU}} '''#3 [[Gelo Racing]]''' | {{flagicon|DEU}} '''#26 [[BMW]] Junior Team''' |rowspan=2| [[1977 1000km of Nürburgring|Results]] |- | {{flagicon|DEU}} [[Rolf Stommelen]]<br>{{flagicon|NLD}} [[Toine Hezemans]]<br>{{flagicon|AUS}} [[Tim Schenken]] | {{flagicon|DEU}} [[Manfred Winkelhock]]<br>{{flagicon|CHE}} [[Marc Surer]] |- !rowspan=2| 5 |rowspan=2| [[Watkins Glen International|Watkins Glen]] | {{flagicon|DEU}} '''#1 [[Martini Racing]]''' |align=center| ''None'' |rowspan=2| [[1977 6 Hours of Watkins Glen|Results]] |- | {{flagicon|DEU}} [[Jochen Mass]]<br>{{flagicon|BEL}} [[Jacky Ickx]] | |- !rowspan=2| 6 |rowspan=2| [[Mosport]] | {{flagicon|CAN}} '''#7 Heimrath Racing''' | {{flagicon|DEU}} '''#23 [[BMW]] Faltz''' |rowspan=2| [[1977 6 Hours of Mosport|Results]] |- | {{flagicon|CAN}} Ludwig Heimrath<br>{{flagicon|USA}} Paul Miller | {{flagicon|CAN}} [[Gilles Villeneuve]]<br>{{flagicon|USA}} [[Eddie Cheever]] |- !rowspan=2| 7 |rowspan=2| [[Brands Hatch]] | {{flagicon|DEU}} '''#1 [[Martini Racing]]''' | {{flagicon|DEU}} '''#33 [[BMW]] Faltz''' |rowspan=2| [[1977 6 Hours of Brands Hatch|Results]] |- | {{flagicon|DEU}} [[Jochen Mass]]<br>{{flagicon|BEL}} [[Jacky Ickx]] | {{flagicon|DEU}} [[Manfred Winkelhock]]<br>{{flagicon|GBR}} [[Tom Walkinshaw]] |- !rowspan=2| 8 |rowspan=2| [[Hockenheimring]] | {{flagicon|DEU}} '''#4 [[Porsche]] [[Kremer Racing]]''' | {{flagicon|DEU}} '''#41 [[BMW Motorsport]] GmbH''' |rowspan=2| [[1977 6 Hours of Hockenheimring|Results]] |- | {{flagicon|FRA}} [[Bob Wollek]]<br>{{flagicon|GBR}} John Fitzpatrick | {{flagicon|USA}} [[Eddie Cheever]]<br>{{flagicon|CHE}} [[Marc Surer]] |- !rowspan=2| 9 |rowspan=2| [[Vallelunga Circuit|Vallelunga]] | {{flagicon|ITA}} '''#3 Scuderia Vesuvio''' | {{flagicon|ITA}} '''''#38 No Team Name''''' |rowspan=2| [[1977 6 Hours of Vallelunga|Results]] |- | {{flagicon|ITA}} Luigi Moreschi<br>{{flagicon|ITA}} "Dino" | {{flagicon|ITA}} Gugliemo Manini<br>{{flagicon|ITA}} Roberto Curatolo |}
==Points system== Points towards the World Championship for Makes were awarded for the first ten eligible finishers in each race in the order of 20-15-12-10-8-6-4-3-2-1. A make was only awarded points for its highest finishing eligible car and no points were awarded for placings gained by any other car of that make.
Only the best seven results counted towards the championship, with any other points earned not included in the total. Discarded points are shown within brackets.
Half points were awarded for Round 7 due to the race being stopped prior to half distance.
The same points system was applied to each of the three Divisional awards, with cars classified as follows: * Division 1:<ref name=wsrp>[http://www.classicscars.com/wspr/results/wscc/tablemsmakes.html#1977- World Championship - final positions and tables, classicscars.com/wspr] Retrieved on 19 June 2016</ref> Up to 2000cc <ref name=Autosport>Autosport, 29 September 1977, page 14</ref> * Division 2:<ref name=wsrp/> 2001 - 3000cc <ref name=Autosport/> * Division 3:<ref name=wsrp/> 3001 - 6000cc <ref name=Autosport/>
==Championships results== {| class="wikitable" <hiddentext>generated with [[:de:Wikipedia:Helferlein/VBA-Macro for EXCEL tableconversion]] V1.7<\hiddentext> |- style="font-weight:bold" | width="44" height="14" align="center" | Position <ref name=wsrp/> | width="58" | Make <ref name=wsrp/> | width="23" align="center" | Day <ref name=wsrp/> | width="26" align="center" | Mug <ref name=wsrp/> | width="18" align="center" | Sil <ref name=wsrp/> | width="22" align="center" | Nur <ref name=wsrp/> | width="24" align="center" | Wat <ref name=wsrp/> | width="24" align="center" | Mos <ref name=wsrp/> | width="22" align="center" | Bra <ref name=wsrp/> | width="23" align="center" | Hoc <ref name=wsrp/> | width="21" align="center" | Val <ref name=wsrp/> | width="29" align="center" | Total <ref name=wsrp/>
|- | height="14" align="center" | 1 | [[Porsche]] | align="center" | 20 | align="center" | 20 | align="center" | 20 | align="center" | 20 | align="center" | 20 | align="center" | 20 | align="center" | (10) | align="center" | 20 | align="center" | (20) | align="center" | 140
|- | height="14" align="center" | 2 | [[BMW]] | align="center" | - | align="center" | - | align="center" | 10 | align="center" | 12 | align="center" | - | align="center" | 20 | align="center" | 1.5 | align="center" | 12 | align="center" | - | align="center" | 55.5
|- | height="14" align="center" | 3 | [[De Tomaso]] | align="center" | - | align="center" | - | align="center" | - | align="center" | - | align="center" | - | align="center" | - | align="center" | - | align="center" | - | align="center" | 12 | align="center" | 12
|- | height="14" align="center" | 4 | [[Ferrari]] | align="center" | 8 | align="center" | - | align="center" | - | align="center" | - | align="center" | - | align="center" | - | align="center" | - | align="center" | - | align="center" | - | align="center" | 8
|- | height="14" align="center" | 5 | [[Fiat]] | align="center" | - | align="center" | - | align="center" | - | align="center" | - | align="center" | - | align="center" | - | align="center" | - | align="center" | - | align="center" | 3 | align="center" | 3
|- | height="14" align="center" | | [[Lancia]] | align="center" | - | align="center" | 3 | align="center" | - | align="center" | - | align="center" | - | align="center" | - | align="center" | - | align="center" | - | align="center" | - | align="center" | 3
|- | height="14" align="center" | 7 | [[Ford Motor Company|Ford]] | align="center" | - | align="center" | 2 | align="center" | - | align="center" | - | align="center" | - | align="center" | - | align="center" | - | align="center" | - | align="center" | - | align="center" | 2
|- | height="14" align="center" | |style="font-weight:bold" | Division 1 | align="center" | | align="center" | | align="center" | | align="center" | | align="center" | | align="center" | | align="center" | | align="center" | | align="center" | | align="center" |
|- | height="14" align="center" | 1 | [[BMW]] | align="center" | - | align="center" | - | align="center" | 20 | align="center" | 20 | align="center" | - | align="center" | 20 | align="center" | 10 | align="center" | 20 | align="center" | - | align="center" | 90
|- | height="14" align="center" | 2 | [[Ford Motor Company|Ford]] | align="center" | - | align="center" | 20 | align="center" | - | align="center" | 12 | align="center" | - | align="center" | - | align="center" | - | align="center" | - | align="center" | - | align="center" | 32
|- | height="14" align="center" | 3 | [[Fiat]] | align="center" | - | align="center" | - | align="center" | - | align="center" | - | align="center" | - | align="center" | - | align="center" | - | align="center" | - | align="center" | 20 | align="center" | 20
|- | height="14" align="center" | 4 | [[Porsche]] | align="center" | - | align="center" | - | align="center" | - | align="center" | - | align="center" | - | align="center" | - | align="center" | - | align="center" | - | align="center" | 15 | align="center" | 15
|- | height="14" align="center" | 5 | [[Lotus Cars|Lotus]] | align="center" | - | align="center" | - | align="center" | - | align="center" | - | align="center" | - | align="center" | - | align="center" | 7.5 | align="center" | - | align="center" | - | align="center" | 7.5
|- | height="14" align="center" | 6 | [[Mitsubishi Motors|Colt]] | align="center" | - | align="center" | - | align="center" | - | align="center" | - | align="center" | - | align="center" | - | align="center" | 6 | align="center" | - | align="center" | - | align="center" | 6
|- | height="14" align="center" | 7 | [[Volkswagen]] | align="center" | - | align="center" | - | align="center" | - | align="center" | 4 | align="center" | - | align="center" | - | align="center" | - | align="center" | - | align="center" | - | align="center" | 4
|- | height="14" align="center" | |style="font-weight:bold" | Division 2 | align="center" | | align="center" | | align="center" | | align="center" | | align="center" | | align="center" | | align="center" | | align="center" | | align="center" | | align="center" |
|- | height="14" align="center" | 1 | [[Porsche]] | align="center" | 20 | align="center" | 20 | align="center" | 20 | align="center" | 20 | align="center" | 20 | align="center" | - | align="center" | 10 | align="center" | 20 | align="center" | 20 | align="center" | 150
|- | height="14" align="center" | 2 | [[BMW]] | align="center" | - | align="center" | - | align="center" | - | align="center" | - | align="center" | - | align="center" | 20 | align="center" | - | align="center" | - | align="center" | - | align="center" | 20
|- | height="14" align="center" | 3 | [[Lancia]] | align="center" | - | align="center" | 12 | align="center" | - | align="center" | - | align="center" | - | align="center" | - | align="center" | - | align="center" | - | align="center" | - | align="center" | 12
|- | height="14" align="center" | 4 | [[Ford Motor Company|Ford]] | align="center" | - | align="center" | - | align="center" | 8 | align="center" | 1 | align="center" | - | align="center" | - | align="center" | - | align="center" | - | align="center" | - | align="center" | 9
|- | height="14" align="center" | 5 | [[Datsun]] | align="center" | - | align="center" | - | align="center" | 1 | align="center" | - | align="center" | - | align="center" | - | align="center" | - | align="center" | - | align="center" | - | align="center" | 1
|- | height="14" align="center" | |style="font-weight:bold" | Division 3 | align="center" | | align="center" | | align="center" | | align="center" | | align="center" | | align="center" | | align="center" | | align="center" | | align="center" | | align="center" |
|- | height="14" align="center" | 1 | [[Porsche]] | align="center" | 20 | align="center" | 20 | align="center" | 20 | align="center" | 20 | align="center" | 20 | align="center" | - | align="center" | (10) | align="center" | 20 | align="center" | 20 | align="center" | 140
|- | height="14" align="center" | 2 | [[De Tomaso]] | align="center" | - | align="center" | - | align="center" | - | align="center" | - | align="center" | - | align="center" | - | align="center" | 1 | align="center" | - | align="center" | 12 | align="center" | 13
|- | height="14" align="center" | 3 | [[Ferrari]] | align="center" | 12 | align="center" | - | align="center" | - | align="center" | - | align="center" | - | align="center" | - | align="center" | - | align="center" | - | align="center" | - | align="center" | 12
|- | height="14" align="center" | 4 | [[MG Cars|MG]] | align="center" | - | align="center" | - | align="center" | - | align="center" | - | align="center" | - | align="center" | - | align="center" | 0.5 | align="center" | - | align="center" | - | align="center" | 0.5
|}
==The cars== The following models contributed to the nett point scores of their respective makes.
'''Outright'''
* [[Porsche 935]] * [[BMW E21|BMW 320i]] * [[De Tomaso Pantera]] * [[Ferrari 365 GTB/4 Daytona]] * [[Fiat X1/9]] * [[Lancia Stratos]] * [[Ford Escort (Europe)|Ford Escort]]
'''Division 1'''
* [[BMW E21|BMW 320i]] * [[Ford Escort (Europe)|Ford Escort]] * [[Fiat X1/9]] * [[Porsche]] * [[Lotus Elan]] * [[Mitsubishi Lancer (A70)|Colt Lancer]] * [[Volkswagen Golf]]
'''Division 2'''
* [[Porsche 911 Carrera]] * [[BMW E21|BMW 320i]] * [[Lancia Stratos]] * [[Ford Capri]] * [[Datsun 240Z]]
'''Division 3'''
* [[Porsche 935]] * [[De Tomaso Pantera]] * [[Ferrari 365 GTB/4 Daytona]] * [[MGB GT V8]]
==World Championship for Sports Cars== {{main|1977 World Sportscar Championship season}} For 1977, the [[FIA]] again organised two separate World Championships for “sports cars”, with [[Group 6 (racing)|Group 6 cars]] contesting the World Championship for Sports Cars and production-based cars competing in the World Championship for Makes. Events in which both types of car ran, such as the [[12 Hours of Sebring]] or [[24 Hours of Le Mans]], were not counted towards either championship.
Following the 1977 season, the World Championship of Makes would become the sole international championship, while the World Championship for Sports Cars would be downgraded by the FIA to become the [[European Sportscar Championship]]. That series would only last the 1978 season before being dissolved.
==References== <references/>
==External links== * [https://web.archive.org/web/20071030220732/http://wsrp.ic.cz/wsc1977.html 1977 World Championship for Makes results]
{{World Sportscar Championships}}
{{DEFAULTSORT:1977 World Championship For Makes Season}} [[Category:World Sportscar Championship seasons]] [[Category:1977 in motorsport|World Sportscar Championship]]