The 1986 World Sports-Prototype Championship season was the 34th season of
FIA "
World Sportscar Championship" motor racing. It featured the 1986 FIA World Sports Prototype Championship which was contested over a nine race series that ran from 20 April to 5 October 1986. The championship was open to
Group C Sports Prototypes
Group C was a category of sports car racing introduced by the FIA in 1982 and continuing until 1993, with ''Group A'' for touring cars and '' Group B'' for GTs.
It was designed to replace both Group 5 special production cars (closed top touri ...
,
Group C2 Sports Prototypes and
IMSA GTP cars. The Drivers Championship was won by
Derek Bell and the Teams Championship by
Brun Motorsport.
Schedule
The 1986 FIA World Sports Prototype Championship was contested over a nine race series.
† - Race counted for Drivers Championship but not for Teams Championship.
Entries
Group C1
Group C2
Season results
Points were awarded to the top 10 finishers in the order of 20-15-12-10-8-6-4-3-2-1, with the following exceptions:
* Drivers failing to drive the car within a certain percentage of the laps in a race were not given points.
* Teams were only given points for their highest finishing car with no point awarded for positions filled by additional cars. Drivers Championship points were still awarded to the drivers of these cars.
* Neither driver nor teams scored points if they did not complete 90% of the winner's distance.
Races
Results
Drivers Championship
The Drivers Championship was awarded to
Derek Bell, who drove a
Porsche
Dr. Ing. h.c. F. Porsche AG, usually shortened to Porsche (; see #Pronunciation, below), is a German automobile manufacturer specializing in high-performance sports cars, SUVs and sedans, headquartered in Stuttgart, Baden-Württemberg, Germany ...
. Bell and
Hans-Joachim Stuck
Hans-Joachim Stuck (born 1 January 1951), nicknamed "Strietzel", is a German racing driver who has competed in Formula One and many other categories. He is the son of pre-WW2 racing driver Hans Stuck
Life and career
He was born in Garmisch-Parte ...
both scored 82 championship points, however Bell was declared champion as he finished in a higher placing than Stuck at the Norisring round, the only event at which they did not compete together.
[Peter Higham, The Guinness Guide to International Motor Racing, 1995, page 299]
FIA Cup for Group C2 Drivers
The FIA Cup for Group C2 Drivers was awarded jointly to Raymond Bellim and Gordon Spice, who shared an
Ecosse.
Teams Championship
All cars were eligible to score points towards the Teams Championship, and Group C2 cars were also eligible to score points for the FIA Cup for C2 Teams.
No Teams Championship points were awarded for Rounds 1, 4, 5, and 6.
FIA Cup for Group C2 Teams
References
External links
World Sportscar Championship, www.classicscars.com
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