FFSA GT Championship explained

Category:GT4 sports cars
Inaugural:1997
Champion Driver:Pro-Am: Fabien Michal
Pro-Am: Gregory Guilvert
Am: Nicolas Gomar
Am: Julien Lambert
Champion Team:Pro-Am: CMR
Am: AGS Events
Current Season: French GT4 Cup

The FFSA GT Championship (Championnat de France FFSA GT) is a French Grand Touring-style sports car racing series that began in 1997. It is the main event of the Championnat de France des Circuits (formerly called Super Série FFSA and GT Tour).

It is controlled by the Fédération Française du Sport Automobile (FFSA) and from 2011 the series was organized by racing company Oreca. In 2017 the series was readopted by the SRO. Since the demise of the French Supertouring Championship after the 2005 season, the French GT has become France's major circuit racing championship.

History

Founded by Patrick Peter in 1997 as an offshoot of the international BPR Global GT Series, this national version featured a wide variety of Grand Touring-style cars in multiple classes competing at the same time on mostly French courses. In 1998 the SRO Group took over the series and the classes were reorganized to align with the inaugural FIA GT Championship, also organised by SRO. SRO alignment continues through to today even though in 2011 series organization was handed over from SRO to Oreca, a French racing team, constructor, and organiser of the Sportscar Winter Series and the former Formula Le Mans Cup.

The main class has used GTS car regulations from 1997 to 2004, GT1 from 2005 to 2009, and FIA GT3 from 2010 to 2016. The championship featured classes for both professionals and amateurs. GT3 rules included extensive performance balancing and handicap weights to make cars artificially more equal.

In 2016, grids depleted and Oreca cancelled the championship. For the 2017 season, the SRO Group became again the promoter and the GT4 regulations were adopted.

As of 2023 the series is known as FFSA GT - GT4 France.

Circuits

Champions

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SeasonDriverCarTeam
1997 Patrice GoueslardPorsche 911 GT2Larbre
1998 Jean-Pierre Jarier
François Lafon
Porsche 911 GT2Sonauto
1999 Jean-Pierre JarierPorsche 911 GT2Sonauto
2000 Dominique Dupuy
François Fiat
Chrysler Viper GTS-RDDO
2001 Dominique Dupuy
François Fiat
Chrysler Viper GTS-RDDO
2002 Philippe Soulan
Patrice Goueslard
Porsche 911 GT2Nourry
2003 Didier Defourny
Patrice Goueslard
Chrysler Viper GTS-RLarbre
2004 Patrick BornhauserChrysler Viper GTS-RVBM
2005 Olivier Thévenin
Patrick Bornhauser
Chrysler Viper GTS-RVBM
2006 Soheil Ayari
Bruno Hernandez
Saleen S7-ROreca
2007 Soheil Ayari
Raymond Narac
Saleen S7-ROreca
2008 Christophe Bouchut
Patrick Bornhauser
Saleen S7-RLarbre
2009 Eric DebardChevrolet Corvette C6.RDKR
2010 Laurent Groppi
Patrick Bornhauser
Porsche 911 GT3 RLarbre
2011 Laurent Pasquali
Anthony Beltoise
Porsche 997 GT3 RPro GT
2012 Henry Hassid
Anthony Beltoise
Porsche 997 GT3 RPro GT
2013 Morgan Moulin-Traffort
Fabien Barthez
Ferrari 458 ItaliaTeam Sofrev ASP
2014 Raymond Narac
Nicolas Armindo
Porsche 911 GT3 RIMSA Performance Matmut
2015 Sébastien Dumez
Raymond Narac
Olivier Pernaut
Porsche 911 GT3 RIMSA Performance Matmut
2016 Soheil Ayari
Laurent Pasquali
Nicolas Tardif
Ferrari 458 Italia GT3Sport Garage
2017 Mike Parisy
Gilles Vannelet
Porsche Cayman Clubsport MR GT4Speed Car
2018 Grégory Guilvert
Fabien Michal
Audi R8 LMS GT4Saintéloc Racing
2019 Grégory Guilvert
Fabien Michal
Audi R8 LMS GT4Saintéloc Racing