The 1974 World Sportscar Championship season was the 22nd season of FIA World Sportscar Championship motor racing. It featured the 1974 World Championship for Makes and FIA Cup for GT Cars which were contested concurrently over a ten race series from 25 April to 9 November 1974. The World Championship for Makes, which was open to Group 5 Sports Cars and Group 4 GT Cars, was won by Matra and the FIA Cup for GT Cars by Porsche.

Schedule

The 1974 World Championship for Makes and FIA Cup for GT Cars were contested concurrently over a ten race series.

1974 World Sportscar Championship

Results

Races

World Championship for Makes

Points were awarded to the top 10 finishers in the order of 20-15-12-10-8-6-4-3-2-1. Makes were only awarded the applicable points for their highest finishing car, with no points awarded for positions gained by additional cars. No points were awarded for places gained by Touring Cars or by any other cars from groups which were ineligible for the championship.

1974 World Sportscar Championship

Only the best seven scores for each make counted towards the championship, with any other points earned not included in the totals.

1974 World Sportscar Championship

FIA Cup for GT Cars

In addition to being eligible for the overall championship, GT Cars also competed for their own award.

The cars

The following models contributed to the nett point scores of their respective makes.

World Championship for Makes

Matra-Simca MS670

Gulf GR7 Ford

Porsche Carrera, Porsche Carrera RSR & Porsche 908/3

Alfa Romeo 33TT12

Chevron B23 Ford & Chevron B26 Ford

Ligier JS2 Maserati

Lola T282 Ford, Lola T294 Ford & Lola T292 Ford

Ferrari 365 GTB/4

March 74S Ford

Alpine A441 Renault

AMS Ford

Ecosse Ford

FIA Cup for GT Cars

Porsche Carrera RSR

Ferrari 365 GTB/4

de Tomaso Pantera

Chevrolet Corvette

BMW 3.0 CSL

References

World Sportscar Championship seasons

World Sportscar