1994 BPR Global GT Series explained

The 1994 BPR International GT Endurance Series was the inaugural season of BPR Global GT Series. It was a series for Grand Touring style cars broken into four classes based on power and manufacturer involvement, using the names GT1 through GT4. It began on 6 March 1994 and ended 13 November 1994 after 8 races, although no championships were held over the course of the season, each race was an independent event.

Schedule

Rnd	Race	Circuit	Date
1	4 Hours of Paul Ricard	Circuit Paul Ricard	6 March
2	Gran Premio Repsol GT Resistencia	Circuito Permanente Del Jarama	10 April
3	4 Hours of Dijon	Dijon-Prenois	1 May
4	1000 km De Paris	Autodrome de Montlhéry	29 May
5	Campionato Italiano Supercar GT	Autodromo Vallelunga	10 July
6	4 Hours of Spa	Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps	22 July
7	POKKA Suzuka 1000	Suzuka Circuit	28 August
8	Mobil Lakewood International Race '94	Zhuhai Street Circuit	13 November

Entries

GT1

Entrant	Car	Engine	Tyre		Drivers	Rounds
Seikel Motorsport	Porsche 968 Turbo RS	Porsche 3.0 L Turbo I4		1	John Nielsen	3
					Thomas Bscher	3
Weiland	Porsche 911 Carrera RSR	Porsche 3.8 L Flat-6		9	Harald Weiland	6
					Mathias Weiland	6
Obermaier Racing	Porsche 911 Bi-Turbo	Porsche 3.6 L Turbo Flat-6		11	Jürgen Lässig	6
					Jürgen von Gartzen	6
				12	Otto Altenbach	4, 6
					Friedrich Leinemann	4, 6
Hunter Racing Team	Porsche 911 Bi-Turbo	Porsche 3.6 L Turbo Flat-6		11	Takao Wada	7
					Hiroaki Sano	7
West Corvette Racing Team	Chevrolet Corvette Protofab	Chevrolet 6.5 L V8		18	Kaoru Hoshino	7
					Hideo Fukuyama	7
Strandell	Ferrari F40 GTE	Ferrari F120B 3.0 L Turbo V8		40	Anders Olofsson	2–7
					Luciano Della Noce	2–7
					Tomiko Yoshikawa	7
Konrad Motorsport	Porsche 911 Bi-Turbo	Porsche 3.6 L Turbo Flat-6		42 41	Franz Konrad	2–8
					Bernd Netzeband	2
					Cor Euser	3, 7
					Alex de Lesseps	4
					Helmuth Steinbrecher	4
					Robert Peacock	4
					Frank Schmickler	5
					Antônio Hermann	6–7
					Tiff Needell	8
JCB Racing	Venturi 600 LM	Renault PRV 3.0 L Turbo V6		43	Jean-Claude Basso	4–5, 7–8
					Henri Pescarolo	4
					Almo Coppelli	5
					Stéphane Ratel	7
					Eric de Doncker	7
					François Migault	8
Freisinger Motorsport	Porsche 911 Bi-Turbo Porsche 911 Carrera RSR	Porsche 3.6 L Turbo Flat-6 Porsche 3.8 L Flat-6		44 45	Michael Irmgratz	1–4
					Edgar Dören	1–2
					Luigino Pagotto	2, 5
					Wolfgang Kaufmann	3–4
					Jean-Louis Ricci	4
					Gualtiero Giribaldi	5
				50	Michael Irmgatz	5–6
					Wolfgang Kaufmann	5, 7–8
					Jean-Louis Ricci	6
					Michel Ligonnet	7
					Syunji Kasuya	8
Promo Racing	Venturi 600 LM	Renault PRV 3.0 L Turbo V6		44	Éric Graham	5–8
					François Birbeau	5–8
					Laurent Lécuyer	5–7
Les Lindley	Ford Mustang GTO	Ford V8		48	Les Lindley	7
					Ken Bupp	7
					Bill Auberlen	7
Crisal Compétition	Porsche 911 Carrera RSR	Porsche 3.8 L Flat-6		52	Michel Cottot	7
					Thiérry Guiod	7
					Jérôme Brarda	7
Agusta Racing Team	Ferrari F40 GT	Ferrari F120B 3.0 L Turbo V8		3	Fernando Moller	5–6
					Antonio Puig	5
					Santiago Puig	6
	Venturi 500 LM Venturi 600 LM	Renault PRV 3.0 L Turbo V6		55 31	Pascal Vermesse	1–2
					Rocky Agusta	1, 4
					James Sheehan	2
					Luigi Taverna	2
					Jean-Claude Basso	3
					Claude Meigemont	3
					Almo Coppelli	4
					Philippe Olczyk	4
					Jean-Paul Libert	6
					Hervé Regout	6
					Olivier Grouillard	7–8
					Christophe Bouchut	7–8
				56	Philippe Olczyk	3
					Almo Coppelli	3
					Olivier Grouillard	4–6
					Christophe Bouchut	4–6
	Venturi 400 GTR	Renault PRV 3.0 L Turbo V6		65	Javier Camp	6
					Antonio Puig	6
					Philippe Olczyk	6
Pilot Jacadi Racing	Venturi 600 LM	Renault PRV 3.0 L Turbo V6		56 71	Michel Neugarten	1–6
					Pascal Witmeur	1
					Michel Ferté	2–7
					Éric Hélary	7
Ratel	Venturi 600 LM	Renault PRV 3.0 L Turbo V6		56	Michel Trollé	2
					Pascal Witmeur	2
BBA Compétition	Venturi 600 LM	Renault PRV 3.0 L Turbo V6		57 39	Ferdinand de Lesseps	2–8
					Jacques Tropenat	2–8
					Jean-Luc Maury-Laribière	4
				92 30	Jean-Luc Maury-Laribière	3, 6–8
					Patrick Camus	3
					Hervé Poulain	6–8
					Bernard Chauvin	6
					Jun Harada	7
Team Arnature	Mazda RX-7 GTO	Mazda 13J 3.9 L 4-Rotor		74	Yojiro Terada	7
					Kaoru Iida	7
					Franck Fréon	7
Larbre Compétition	Porsche 911 Turbo S LM-GT	Porsche 3.6 L Turbo Flat-6		86	Jean-Pierre Jarier	1–2, 7–8
					Jesús Pareja	1–2, 7
					Bob Wollek	1, 7–8
					Dominique Dupuy	2
					Jacques Lafitte	8
Scuderia Pinguini	Porsche 944 Turbo Cup	Porsche 2.5 L Turbo I4		93	Gilles Vannelet	4
					Flavian Marçais	4
					Jean-François Metz	4
					Marc Pachot	4

GT3

Entrant	Car	Engine	Tyre		Drivers	Rounds
Chamberlain Engineering	Lotus Esprit Sport 300	Lotus Type 910 2.2 L Turbo I4		26 2	Andreas Fuchs	1, 4, 6
					David Kennedy	1, 4
					Thorkild Thyrring	1, 6
					Jean-Louis Ricci	4
					Klaas Zwart	6
					Tom Langeberg	7
					Masahiro Kimoto	7
				29 27	Stephen Watson	1, 8
					George Fouché	1
					Hilton Cowie	1
					Andrew Topping	8
Ecurie Biennoise	Porsche 911 Carrera RSR	Porsche 3.8 L Flat-6		30 33	Enzo Calderari	1–2
					Lilian Bryner	1–2
Scuderia Chicco d'Oro Haberthur Racing	Porsche 911 Carrera RSR	Porsche 3.8 L Flat-6		31 51 53	Olivier Haberthur	1–4, 6–8
					Philippe Olczyk	1–2
					Richard Balandras	3–4, 6–7
					Frédéric Dedours	4, 7
					Christian Haberthur	6, 8
					Laurent Lécuyer	8
				59	Peter Zbinden	6
					Uwe Sick	6
Bristow Motorsport	Porsche 911 Carrera RSR	Porsche 3.8 L Flat-6		34	Ray Bellm	1–6
					Ian Khan	1
					Harry Nuttall	2–6
					Charles Rickett	4–5
Seikel Motorsport	Porsche 968 Turbo RS	Porsche 3.0 L Turbo I4		36 58	Thomas Bscher	4–6
					John Nielsen	4–6
					Lindsay Owen-Jones	4
	Porsche 911 Carrera RSR	Porsche 3.8 L Flat-6		39 60	Giuseppe Quargentan	1, 3–6
					Girolamo Capra	1, 3–4, 6
					Philippe Auvray	4, 6
					Toni Merendino	5
V de V Racing Team	Porsche 911 Carrera RSR	Porsche 3.8 L Flat-6		37	Eric van de Vyver	1, 3
					Bruno Brignati	1, 3
					Benjamin Roy	3
Mulsanne Racing RSR Motorsport	Porsche 968 Turbo RS	Porsche 3.0 L Turbo I4		38	Erik Henriksen	1–5
					Justin Bell	1–5
					Bill Farmer	4
					Detlef Hübner	5
Konrad Motorsport	Porsche 911 Carrera RSR	Porsche 3.8 L Flat-6		40 41 42	Franz Konrad	1
					Örnulf Wirdheim	1
					Alex de Lesseps	2–3
					Peter Schem	2, 6
					Pierre de Thoisy	3
					Giorgio Rebai	4
					Dirk Layer	4
					Matjaz Tomlje	4
					Bernd Netzeband	6
					Bert Ploeg	7
					Mikael Gustavsson	7
					Alfonso de Orléans-Borbón	7
					Ira Storfer	8
					Franz Prangemeier	8
Scuderia Pinguini	Porsche 944 Turbo Cup	Porsche 2.5 L Turbo I4		43 4	Flavian Marçais	1, 3, 6
					Michel Renavand	1, 3, 6
					Laurent Bleivas	6
Crisal Compétition	Porsche 911 Carrera RS Cup	Porsche 3.6 L Flat-6		46	Jérôme Brarda	1–3
					Thiérry Guiod	1–3
					Éric Bernard	1
Larbre Compétition	Porsche 911 Carrera RSR	Porsche 3.8 L Flat-6		47	Jack Leconte	1, 7–8
					Dominique Dupuy	1
					Jürgen Barth	7
					Jean-Luc Chéreau	8
Touroul	Porsche 911 Carrera RSR	Porsche 3.8 L Flat-6		48 8	Raymond Touroul	1, 3–5
					Steeve Hiesse	1
					"Granpa"	1
					Dominique Lacaud	3
					Jean-Pierre Tardiff	4
					Jean-Claude Lagniez	4
					Eric van de Vyver	5

Season results

Rnd	Circuit	Overall Winning Team	Report
		Overall Winning Drivers
1	Paul Ricard	No. 86 Larbre Compétition	Report
		Bob Wollek Jean-Pierre Jarier Jesús Pareja
2	Jarama	No. 86 Larbre Compétition	Report
		Dominique Dupuy Jean-Pierre Jarier Jesús Pareja
3	Dijon	No. 74 Pilot Jacadi Racing	Report
		Michel Ferté Michel Neugarten
4	Montlhéry	No. 43 JCB Racing	Report
		Jean-Claude Basso Henri Pescarolo
5	Vallelunga	No. 40 Strandell	Report
		Anders Olofsson Luciano Della Noce
6	Spa-Francorchamps	No. 74 Pilot Jacadi Racing	Report
		Michel Ferté Michel Neugarten
7	Suzuka	No. 86 Larbre Compétition	Report
		Bob Wollek Jean-Pierre Jarier Jesús Pareja
8	Zhuhai	No. 86 Larbre Compétition	Report
		Bob Wollek Jean-Pierre Jarier Jacques Laffite

External links

• 1994 BPR Global GT Series season