The 1961 World Sportscar Championship was the ninth season of FIA World Sportscar Championship motor racing. It was contested over a five race series,[1] which ran from 25 March to 15 August 1961. The title was won by Italian manufacturer Ferrari.[1]
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the WorldChampionship switched to the slower Formula Two regulations, the organisers decided to abandon formula racing in favour of further sportscar events...
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a constructor and Mercedes-Benz as an engine builder for the WorldSportscarChampionship. The C9 replaced the Sauber C8. The C9 was a development of Sauber's...
Martin starting in 1956, intended for the WorldSportscarChampionship as well as non-championshipsportscar races at the time. It is most famous as the...
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1962 Ferrari 250 GTO at the 24 Hours of Le Mans and other FIA WorldSportscarChampionship races. Ferrari 250 GT SWB Breadvan Ferrari 250 GT SWB Breadvan...
1916 – May 12, 1961) was an American racing driver known primarily for his open-wheel career. He twice won the National Championship, doing so in 1951...
the WorldSportscarChampionship, the American Le Mans Series and the IMSA GT Championship. In 1961 the first international professional sportscar races...
Airfield World War II air base in Sebring, Florida, US. In the past, this race has been a round of the now defunct WorldSportscarChampionship, IMSA GT...
virtually unchanged and sanctioned the Group C World Endurance Championship (or WorldSportscarChampionship), featuring high-tech closed-cockpit prototypes...
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