1966 World Sportscar Championship

The 1966 World Sportscar Championship season was the 14th season of the FIA "World Sportscar Championship" motor racing.^[1] It featured the 1966 International Manufacturers' Championship and the 1966 International Sports Car Championship,^[1] which were contested between 5 February 1966 and September 11, 1966, over a total of thirteen races.^[2] The International Manufacturers' Championship was open to Group 6 Sports-Prototypes (letter P on the cars) and was contested in two engine capacity divisions, P1 (Up to 2000cc) and P2 (Over 2000cc).^[3] The International Sports Car Championship was open to Group 4 Sports Cars (letter S on the cars) and was contested in three engine capacity divisions, S1 (Up to 1300cc), S2 (1301 to 2000cc) and S3 (Over 2000cc).^[3]

1966 World Sportscar Championship

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Schedule

The 13 championship races each counted towards one or more of the five divisions.^[3]

Both championships scored points to the top six competitors in each class, under four different tables or 'Barème'. Barème I corresponded with the old order of 9-6-4-3-2-1. Barème II was in the order 10-7-5-4-3-2. Barème III, valid only for Le Mans, was in the order 12-9-7-5-4-3. Barème 0, valid only for the Grosser Bergpreis der Schweiz, was half of Barème I: 4.5-3-2-1.5-1-0.5. Constructors were only awarded points for their highest finishing car. Other finishers from the same manufacturer were merely skipped in the points count.^[4]

Only the best 4 results counted towards the championship (5 in S3, 6 in S2). Points earned but not counted towards the championship total are listed in (brackets).

IMC	ISCC S1	ISCC S2	ISCC S3	Race	Circuit or Location	Date
R 1	-	R 1	R 1	24 Hours of Daytona	Daytona International Speedway	5 February 6 February
R 2	R 1	R 2	R 2	12 Hours of Sebring	Sebring International Raceway	26 March
R 3	-	R 3	R 3	1000km Monza	Autodromo Nazionale Monza	25 April
R 4	R 2	R 4	R 4	Targa Florio	Circuito delle Madonie	8 May
R 5	-	R 5	R 5	1000km Spa	Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps	25 May
R 6	R 3	R 6	R 6	1000km Nürburgring	Nürburgring	5 June
R 7	-	R 7	R 7	24 Hours of Le Mans	Circuit de la Sarthe	18 June 19 June
-	R 4	-	-	Mugello 500 km	Mugello Circuit	17 July
-	R 5	-	-	Coppa Città di Enna	Autodromo di Pergusa	7 August
R 8	-	R 8	-	Großer Preis von Hockenheim	Hockenheimring	14 August
-	R 6	R 9	R 8	Grosser Bergpreis der Schweiz	Crans-Montana	28 August
-	R 7	-	-	500 km Nürburgring	Nürburgring	4 September
-	R 8	R 10	R 9	Austrian Sports Car Grand Prix	Zeltweg Airfield	September 11

Note: The Großer Preis von Hockenheim did not count towards the Over 2000cc division of the International Manufacturers Championship.^[3]

Results

International Manufacturers Championship

Ford won the Over 2000cc Division of the 1966 International Manufacturers Championship with the Ford Mk II (pictured) & X-1 models.

Porsche won the Up to 2000cc Division with the Porsche 906

Position	Manufacturer	DAY	SEB	MZA	TGA	SPA	NÜR1	LMS	HOC	Total [1][5]
	Over 2000cc
1	Ford	10	10	-	-	6	-	12	-	38
2	Ferrari	(4)	-	10	10	9	7	-	-	36
3	Chaparral Cars	-	-	-	-	-	10	-	-	10
	Up to 2000cc
1	Porsche	10	10	10	-	-	(5)	12	(9)	42
2	Ferrari	-	7	(4)	10	9	10	-	-	36
3	Alpine	-	-	-	-	7	-	5	-	22
4	Austin-Healey	-	3	-	5	2	3	-	(2)	13
5	Triumph	7	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7
6	Abarth	-	-	-	-	-	4	-	-	4
	ASA	-	-	-	4	-	-	-	-	4
8	Lotus	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	3	3

International Sports Car Championship

Position	Manufacturer	DAY	SEB	MZA	TGA	SPA	NÜR1	LMS	MUG	PER	HOC	SCH	NÜR2	ZEL	Total [1][5]
	Division I (Up to 1300cc)
1	Abarth	-	-	-	-	-	10	-	9	9	-	(4.5)	9	(9)	37
2	Alpine	-	10	-	10	-	4	-	4	-	-	-	-	-	28
3	Alfa Romeo	-	-	-	3	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	3
	Division II (1301 to 2000cc)
1	Porsche	10	10	-	10	(6)	10	12	-	-	9	(4.5)	-	(9)	61
2	Alfa Romeo	-	7	10	5	-	3	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	27
3	Lotus	-	-	-	-	9	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	9
4	Volvo	3	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	3
	Division III (Over 2000cc)
1	Ford	10	10	10	10	9	(10)	-	-	-	-	-	-	(9)	49
2	Ferrari	5	-	4	7	3	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	4	23
3	Shelby	-	7	-	-	-	4	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	11

The cars

The following models contributed to the nett points awarded to their respective manufacturers in the two championships.

International Manufacturers Championship - Over 2000cc

• Ford Mk II and Ford X-1
• Ferrari 365P2/3, Ferrari 330P3 & Ferrari 250 LM
• Chaparral 2D

International Manufacturers Championship - Up to 2000cc

• Porsche 906
• Dino 206 S
• Alpine-Renault A210
• Austin-Healey Sprite
• Triumph LM
• Abarth 1300 OT
• ASA 411
• Lotus 23B BMW

International Sports Car Championship - Division 1

• Abarth 1300 OT
• Alpine Renault M65 & Alpine Renault A110
• Alfa Romeo Giulietta SZ

International Sports Car Championship - Division 2

• Porsche 904 GTS & Porsche 906
• Alfa Romeo Giulia TZ2
• Lotus Elan
• Volvo P1800

International Sports Car Championship - Division 3

• Ford GT40
• Ferrari 250 GTO & Ferrari 250 LM
• Shelby Cobra