The 1982 World Sportscar Championship was the 30th season of

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racing. It featured the 1982 World Endurance Championship for Drivers, which was contested over an eight-round series, and the 1982 World Endurance Championship for Manufacturers, which was contested over five rounds held concurrently with the first five rounds of the Drivers Championship. The Drivers’ title was open to Group C Sports Cars, Group B GT Cars, Group 6 Two-Seater Racing Cars, Group 5 Special Production Cars, Group 4 GT Cars,

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and

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GTX, GTO and GTU cars. The Manufacturers title was limited to Group C Sports Cars and Group B GT Cars only. The series ran from 18 April 1982 to 17 October 1982.Autosport Endurance Racing Review, 1982, Supplement to Autosport, 6 January 1983 The World Endurance Championship for Drivers was won by

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driving a Porsche 956 and the World Endurance Championship for Manufacturers was awarded to Porsche.

Schedule

† - Points were awarded for the World Endurance Championship for Drivers only.

Season results

Races

Drivers Championship

Points towards the 1982 World Endurance Championship for Drivers were awarded on a 20-15-12-10-8-6-4-3-2-1 basis to drivers of the ten top placed cars at each round, regardless of class. Bonus points were also awarded to the drivers of those cars on the following basis: * 0 points to Category I (Group C, Group 5 over 2000cc, IMSA GTX over 2000cc) * 1 point to Category II (Group B over 2000cc, Group 6 under 2000cc, Group 5 under 2000cc, Group 4 over 2000cc, IMSA GTO) * 2 points to Category III (IMSA GTU, Group 2 over 2000cc, Group 3 over 2000cc) * 3 points to Category IV (Group B under 2000cc, Group 4 under 2000cc, Group 2 under 2000cc, Group 3 under 2000cc). Only the best six round results could be retained by each driver. Any driver transferring between cars during a race was ineligible to score points and a driver was required to complete at least 30 percent of the car's distance to be awarded points.János Wimpffen, Time and Two Seats, 1999, page 1347 Belgian driver

won the title at the wheel of a Porsche 956 entered by Rothmans Porsche. A total of 125 drivers scored points in the Drivers Championship.

Manufacturers Championship

Points towards the 1982 World Endurance Championship for Manufacturers were scored only by Group C and Group B cars on a 20-15-12-10-8-6-4-3-2-1 basis for the first ten finishers in these two classes combined. Only the best placed car from each manufacturer was eligible to score points and only the best four round results could be retained by each manufacturer. Note: The FIA awarded manufacturers placings to the combined engine/chassis unit. For cars competing with a different make of engine to that of the chassis, the FIA gave prominence to the engine over the chassis when naming a “Manufacturer”.Automobile Year, 1982/83, page 154

The cars

The following models contributed towards the net point scores of their respective manufacturers. * Porsche 956 &

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Rondeau M382 The Rondeau M382 was a Group C prototype sports car, designed, developed and built by Automobiles Jean Rondeau in 1981, and used in sports car racing Sports car racing is a form of motorsport road racing which utilises sports cars that have ...

Nimrod NRA/C2 The Nimrod NRA/C2 was the only Group C racing car ever built by Nimrod Racing Automobiles in partnership with Aston Martin. It ran initially in 1982 in the World Endurance Championship before also joining the IMSA GT Championship. The final NRA ...

* WM P82 *

Ford C100 The Ford C100 is a sports racing car, initially built and run as a Group 6 car, but later as a Group C car. The C100 was built by Ford in 1981, and initially featured a 4-litre Cosworth DFL V8 engine, which was replaced by a 3.3-litre version of t ...

Sauber SHS C6 The Sauber SHS C6 was a Group C prototype racing car built by Swiss manufacturer Sauber and engineering firm Seger & Hoffman (hence the unique SHS designation), intended for competition in the World Endurance Championship and Deutsche Rennspor ...

* Lola T610 * Cougar C01

References

External links

1982 FIA World Endurance Championship (Drivers standings), www.classicscars.com

* ttp://www.classicscars.com/wspr/results/wscc/ms1982.html 1982 FIA World Endurance Championship (Race results), www.classicscars.com
1982 World Endurance Championship race results, www.wsrp.cz

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