1986 World Sportscar Championship

1986 World Sportscar Championship
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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 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.

Rnd	Race	Circuit	Date
1	Coppa Kouros (360km)^†	Autodromo Nazionale Monza	20 April
2	Kouros' 1000 km Silverstone	Silverstone Circuit	5 May
3	24 Hours of Le Mans	Circuit de la Sarthe	31 May 1 June
4	100 Meilen von Nürnberg^†	Norisring	29 June
5	Shell Gemini 1000 km Brands Hatch^†	Brands Hatch	20 July
6	Trofeo Silk Cut (360 km)^†	Circuito Permanente de Jerez	3 August
7	ADAC Kouros 1000km Nürburgring	Nürburgring	24 August
8	Kouros 1000km Spa	Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps	14 September
9	Mount Fuji 1000 Kilometres	Fuji Speedway	5 October

† - Race counted for Drivers Championship but not for Teams Championship.

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

Rnd	Circuit	C1 Winning team	C2 Winning team	Results
		C1 Winning drivers	C2 Winning drivers
		C1 Winning car	C2 Winning car
1	Monza	Rothmans Porsche	Gebhardt Motorsport	Results
		Hans-Joachim Stuck Derek Bell	Frank Jelinski Stanley Dickens
		Porsche 962C	Gebhardt JC853 Ford Cosworth
2	Silverstone	Silk Cut Jaguar	Spice Engineering	Results
		Eddie Cheever Derek Warwick	Gordon Spice Ray Bellm
		Jaguar XJR-6	Spice SE86C Ford Cosworth
3	La Sarthe	Rothmans Porsche	ADA Engineering	Results
		Hans-Joachim Stuck Derek Bell Al Holbert	Ian Harrower Evan Clements Tom Dodd-Noble
		Porsche 962C	Gebhardt JC843 Ford Cosworth
4	Norisring	Joest Racing	Gebhardt Racing	Results
		Klaus Ludwig	Stanley Dickens
		Porsche 956	Gebhardt JC853 Ford Cosworth
5	Brands Hatch	Richard Lloyd Racing	Ecurie Ecosse	Results
		Bob Wollek Mauro Baldi	Ray Mallock David Leslie
		Porsche 956 GTi	Ecosse C286 Rover
6	Jerez	Brun Motorsport	Spice Engineering	Results
		Oscar Larrauri Jesús Pareja	Gordon Spice Ray Bellm
		Porsche 962C	Spice SE86C Ford Cosworth
7	Nürburgring	Kouros Racing Team	Ecurie Ecosse	Results
		Mike Thackwell Henri Pescarolo	Ray Mallock Marc Duez
		Sauber C8 Mercedes-Benz	Ecosse C286 Rover
8	Spa-Francorchamps	Brun Motorsport	Ecurie Ecosse	Results
		Thierry Boutsen Frank Jelinski	Ray Mallock Marc Duez
		Porsche 962C	Ecosse C286 Rover
9	Fuji	Joest Racing	Ecurie Ecosse	Results
		Paolo Barilla Piercarlo Ghinzani	Ray Mallock Marc Duez
		Porsche 956	Ecosse C286 Rover

Results

Drivers Championship

The Drivers Championship was awarded to Derek Bell, who drove a Porsche. Bell and Hans-Joachim Stuck 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.^[1]

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.

Pos	Team	Chassis	Engine	Rd 2	Rd 3	Rd 7	Rd 8	Rd 9	Total
1	Brun Motorsport	Porsche 956B Porsche 962C	Porsche 2.6L Turbo Flat-6	2	15		20	15	52
2	Joest Racing	Porsche 956B	Porsche 2.6L Turbo Flat-6	6	12		10	15	48
3=	TWR Silk Cut Jaguar	Jaguar XJR-6	Jaguar 6.5L V12	20			15	12	47
3=	Rothmans Porsche	Porsche 962C	Porsche 2.6L Turbo Flat-6 Porsche 3.0L Turbo Flat-6	15	20		12		47
5	John Fitzpatrick Racing	Porsche 956B Porsche 962C	Porsche 2.6L Turbo Flat-6	8	10	12			30
6	Kouros Racing Team	Sauber C8	Mercedes M117 5.0L Turbo V8	3		20	6		29
7	Richard Lloyd Racing	Porsche 956B GTi	Porsche 2.6L Turbo Flat-6	10	2	15	1		28
8	Porsche Kremer Racing	Porsche 956B Porsche 962C	Porsche 2.6L Turbo Flat-6 Porsche 2.8L Turbo Flat-6	12				10	22
9	Obermaier Racing	Porsche 956B	Porsche 2.6L Turbo Flat-6		8	10			18
10	Ecurie Ecosse	Ecosse C285 Ecosse C286	Ford Cosworth DFL 3.3L V8 Rover V64V 3.0L V6			8			8
11=	Ernst Schuster Porsche	Porsche 936C	Porsche 2.8L Turbo Flat-6		6				6
11=	Gebhardt Motorsport	Gebhardt JC853	Ford Cosworth DFL 3.3L V8			6			6
11=	Trust Racing Team	Porsche 956B	Porsche 2.6L Turbo Flat-6					6	6
11=	ADA Engineering	Gebhardt JC843	Ford Cosworth DFL 3.3L V8		3	3			6
15=	Porsche AG	Porsche 961	Porsche 2.6L Turbo Flat-6		4				4
15=	Spice Engineering	Spice SE86C	Ford Cosworth DFL 3.3L V8			4			4
17	Advan Sports Nova	Porsche 962C	Porsche 2.6L Turbo Flat-6					3	3
18=	Jens Winther	URD C83	BMW 3.5L I6			2			2
18=	Tom's Toyota	Tom's 86C	Toyota 4T-GT 2.1L Turbo I4					2	2
20=	Hoshino Racing	March 86S	Nissan VG30ET 3.0L V6					1	1
20=	Cosmik Racing	March 84G	Porsche 2.6L Turbo Flat-6			1			1

FIA Cup for Group C2 Teams

Pos	Team	Chassis	Engine	Rd 2	Rd 3	Rd 7	Rd 8	Rd 9	Total
1	Ecurie Ecosse	Ecosse C285 Ecosse C286	Ford Cosworth DFL 3.3L V8 Rover V64V 3.0L V6		10	20	20	20	70
2	Spice Engineering	Spice SE86C	Ford Cosworth DFL 3.3L V8	20	6	12	15	15	68
3	ADA Engineering	Gebhardt JC843	Ford Cosworth DFL 3.3L V8	12	20	10	12	10	64
4	Jens Winther	URD C83	BMW 3.5L I6	10	15	8	10		43
5=	Kelmar Racing	Tiga GC85	Ford Cosworth DFL 3.3L V8	15					15
5=	Gebhardt Motorsport	Gebhardt JC853	Ford Cosworth DFL 3.3L V8			15			15
7	Lucien Rossiaud	Rondeau M379C	Ford Cosworth DFV 3.0L V8		8		6		14
8	Automobiles Louis Descartes	ALD 02	BMW 3.5L I6	8		3	2		13
9	Roy Baker Racing	Tiga GC285 Tiga GC286	Ford Cosworth BDT 1.7L Turbo I4			4	3	6	13
10=	WM Secateva	WM P85	Peugeot ZNS4 3.0L Turbo V6		12				12
10=	Martin Schanche Racing	Argo JM19	Zakspeed 1.8L Turbo I4					12	12
12=	Shizumatsu Racing	Mazda 737C	Mazda 13B 1.3L 2-Rotor					8	8
12=	John Bartlett Racing	Bardon DB1	Ford Cosworth DFL 3.3L V8				8		8
14=	Simpson Engineering	Simpson C286	Ford Cosworth DFV 3.0L V8	6					6
14=	Roland Bassaler	Sauber SHS C6	BMW 3.5L I6			6			6
16	Chamberlain Engineering	Tiga TS85	Hart 1.8L Turbo I4				4		4

References

↑ Peter Higham, The Guinness Guide to International Motor Racing, 1995, page 299

External links

1986 World Sports-Prototype Championship

World Sportscar Championship seasons

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