The 1978 World Sportscar Championship season was the 26th season of FIA World Sportscar Championship motor racing. It featured the 1978 World Championship for Makes, which was contested from 4 February to 3 September 1978 over an eight race series. The 24 Hours of Daytona and the 1000 km Nürburgring were part of the inaugural FIA World Challenge for Endurance Drivers. The championship was open to cars in Groups 1 to 5,János Wimpffen, 1978 - A German International Championship, Time and Two Seats, 1999, pages 1144 to 1145 i.e.: *

Group 1 Series Touring Cars The Group 1 racing class referred to FIA regulations for cars in touring car racing and rallying. Throughout its existence the group retained a definition of being standard, series production touring cars, and of having a character of being unmo ...

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Group 2 Touring Cars The Group 2 racing class referred to regulations for cars in touring car racing and rallying, as regulated by the FIA. Group 2 was replaced by Group A in 1982. The FIA established Appendix J regulations for Touring and GT cars for 1954 and the ...

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

Group 5 Special Production Cars Group 5 was an FIA motor racing classification which was applied to four distinct categories during the years 1966 to 1982. Initially Group 5 regulations defined a Special Touring Car category and from 1970 to 1971 the classification was applied to ...

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was awarded the overall championship János Wimpffen, 1978 Summary, Time and Two Seats, 1999, pages 1179 to 1180 and the Division 2 title for cars with an engine capacity of over 2 litres.World Championship for Makes 1978, 1979 FIA Yearbook, Grey section, pages 87 & 88 BMW was awarded the Division 1 title for cars with an engine capacity of up to 2 litres and

won the GT Cup.

Schedule

Round results

Points system

Points were awarded to the top 10 finishers in each division on a 20-15-12-10-8-6-4-3-2-1 basis. Manufacturers were only allocated points for their highest finishing car with no points awarded for positions filled by any other car from that manufacturer. Only the best six points finishes could be retained towards the championship, with any other points earned not included in the total.

Championship results

The overall championship was awarded to the winner of Division 2 (Over 2000cc),

thus scoring their third straight World Championship for Makes victory.

Division 1 (Up to 2000cc)

Division 2 (Over 2000cc)

GT Cup

References

External links

1978 World Championship for Makes race results at wsrp.ic.cz
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