The 1970 World Sportscar Championship season was the 18th season of

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motor racing. It featured the 1970 International Championship for Makes 1974 FIA Yearbook, Grey Section, Previous FIA Championship Winners, pages 124-125 and the 1970 International Cup for GT Cars, which were contested concurrently from 31 January to 11 October over a ten race series. The

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, which was open to

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and Group 4 Special GT Cars, was won by

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manufacturer

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. The International Cup for GT Cars was also won by Porsche.

Schedule

† - The BOAC 1000 km was open to Group 6 Sports-Prototypes and Group 5 Sports Cars only. GT Cars did not participate.

Season results

Races

International Championship for Makes

Points were awarded for the first six places in each race on a 9-6-4-3-2-1 basis.Anthony Prichard, The Motor Racing Year No2, 1971, page 214 Manufacturers were only awarded points for their highest placed car Peter Higham, The Guinness Guide To International Motor Racing, 1995, page 260 with no points awarded for positions filled by other cars from the same manufacturer. No points were awarded for positions filled by cars other than

and Group 4 Special GT Cars. Out of the ten rounds in the championship, only the best seven results counted towards the points total for each manufacturer. Discarded points are shown within brackets in the following table.

International Cup for GT Cars

Points were awarded for the first six places in the GT category at each race on a 9-6-4-3-2-1 basis. Manufacturers were only given points for their highest finishing car with no points awarded for positions filled by other cars from the same manufacturer. Only the best seven results were retained towards the championship total of each manufacturer. Discarded points are shown within brackets in the following table. The Grand Touring Car category did not participate in Round 3 at Brands Hatch.

The cars

The following models contributed towards the net point scores of their respective manufacturers. International Championship for Makes *

Porsche 917K The Porsche 917 is a sports prototype race car developed by German manufacturer Porsche to exploit the regulations regarding the construction of 5-litre sports cars. Powered by a Type 912 flat-12 engine which was progressively enlarged from 4 ...

, 917L & 908/03 *

Ferrari 512S Ferrari 512 S is the designation for 25 sports cars built in 1969–70, with five-litre 12-cylinder ("512") engines, related to the Ferrari P sports prototypes. The V12-powered cars were entered in the 1970 International Championship for Makes ...

Alfa Romeo T33/3 The Alfa Romeo Tipo 33 was a sports racing prototype raced by the Alfa Romeo factory-backed team between 1967 and 1977. These cars took part for Sport Cars World Championship, Nordic Challenge Cup, Interserie and CanAm series. A small number of ...

* Matra-Simca MS650 *

Chevrolet Corvette The Chevrolet Corvette is a two-door, two-passenger luxury sports car manufactured and marketed by Chevrolet since 1953. With eight design generations, noted sequentially from C1 to C8, the Corvette is noted for its performance and distinctive ...

International Cup for GT Cars *

Porsche 911S The original Porsche 911 (pronounced ''nine eleven'', german: Neunelfer) is a luxury sports car made by Porsche AG of Stuttgart, Germany. A prototype of the famous, distinctive, and durable design was shown to the public in autumn 1963. P ...

Porsche 911T The original Porsche 911 (pronounced ''nine eleven'', german: Neunelfer) is a luxury sports car made by Porsche AG of Stuttgart, Germany. A prototype of the famous, distinctive, and durable design was shown to the public in autumn 1963. Pro ...

& Porsche 914/6 GT *

Chevrolet Camaro The Chevrolet Camaro is a mid-size American automobile manufactured by Chevrolet, classified as a pony car. It first went on sale on September 29, 1966, for the 1967 model year and was designed to compete with the Ford Mustang. The Camaro share ...

* Lancia Fulvia HF *

Alpine A110 The Alpine A110 is a sports car produced by French automobile manufacturer Alpine from 1963 to 1977. The car was styled as a " berlinette", which in the post-WWII era refers to a small enclosed two-door berline, better-known as a coupé. The ...

Lotus Europa The Lotus Europa name is used on two distinct mid-engine GT cars built by British automobile manufacturer Lotus Cars. The original Europa and its variants comprise the Lotus Types 46, 47, 54, 65 and 74, and were produced between 1966 and 1975. ...

* MGB (

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)

References

External links

Season: 1971 (International Championship for Makes), www.racingsportscars.com

1970 - A year to rememeber - John Wyer's Gulf Porsche team
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