The 1976 World Championship for Makes was part of the 24th season of FIA

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motor racing. It was a series for production based cars from the following FIA categories *

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* Group 4 Special Grand Touring Cars * Group 3 Series Production Grand Touring Cars *

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* Group 1 Series Production Touring Cars The series ran from 21 March 1976 to 4 September 1976, and comprised 7 races in total. The championship was won by

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World Sportscar Championship

Following the 1975 season, the FIA chose to divide the World Championship into two series that would run simultaneously but separately. Open-cockpit sportscars (formerly known as FIA Group 5 Sports Cars, now officially FIA Group 6 Two-Seater Racing Cars) would transfer from the World Championship for Makes to a new World Championship for Sports Cars, while production-based cars (such as the new

) would contest the World Championship for Makes. Events in which both types of car ran, such as the

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, were not counted towards either championship.

World Championship for Makes

Schedule

Race results

Championship results

Points were awarded to the top 10 finishers in the order of 20-15-12-10-8-6-4-3-2-1. Manufacturers were only given points for their highest finishing car with any other cars from that manufacturer merely skipped in the points allocation. Only the best 5 points finishes for each make counted towards the championship with any other points earned not included in the totals. Discarded points are shown in the table below within brackets. In addition to the outright championship the FIA also awarded three Divisional titles.FIA Yearbook, 1977, Grey Section, pages 85-86 Division 1 was for cars with an engine capacity of up to 2000cc, Division 2 for cars from 2001 to 3000cc and Division 3 for those above 3000cc.Janos L. Wimpffe, Time and Two Seats, 1999, page 1043

Division 1

Division 2

Division 3

References

External links

World Championship - final positions and tables, www.classicscars.com

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World Championship for Makes The World Sportscar Championship was the world series run for sports car racing by the FIA from 1953 to 1992. The championship evolved from a small collection of the most important sportscar, endurance, and road racing events in Europe and Nor ...