World Sports Car Championship

Between 1953 and 1961, the championship was known as the Sports Car World Championship, and the title went to the leading manufacturer. A 3-litre capacity limit was introduced in 1958, and at the end of 1961 the FIA introduced the GT (Grand Touring) championship, technically ending the Sportscar championship, although the organisers of the Targa Florio, Le Mans, Nurburgring and Sebring races offered the Challenge Mondiale de Vitesse for prototype sports cars. Daytona joined this championship in 1965. In 1968 the FIA introduced a new World Sports Car Manufacturers Championship for Competition Sports Cars (Group 4) and Prototypes (Group 6). This was still for manufacturers only.

A new championship was introduced in 1972, ending the distinction between Group 4 and 6 cars, and was called the World Championship for Makes for Prototype Sports Cars (Group 5) and GT Cars (Group 4). From 1976, only Group 5 cars were allowed to race, and in 1981 a drivers championship was introduced for the first time. The championship was renamed again in 1986, becoming The Sports-Prototype World Championship.

The following results are in chronological order, and cover both the makes and drivers championships. The results are available for:-

		1953	1954	1955	1956	1957	1958	1959	1960
1961	1962	1963	1964	1965	1966	1967	1968	1969	1970
1971	1972	1973	1974	1975	1976	1977	1978	1979	1980
1981	1982	1983	1984	1985	1986	1987	1988	1989	1990
1991	1992

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