The 1999 FIA GT Championship was the third season of FIA GT Championship, an auto racing series endorsed by the Fédération Internationale de l'Automobile (FIA) and organized by the Stéphane Ratel Organisation (SRO). The races featured grand touring cars and awarded a drivers and teams championship. The season began on 11 April 1999 and ended 26 November 1999 after ten races in Europe, the United States, and China.

Following the domination of Mercedes-Benz the previous two seasons, pre-season entries for the GT1 category were so few that the FIA and SRO chose to eliminate the class for 1999. The former GT2 class became the sole category of cars eligible for the championships, although cars from national championships were allowed to participate on an invitational basis at some events. Chrysler Viper Team Oreca dominated the championship for the entire season, winning all but one race en route to the Teams title. Olivier Beretta won his second-consecutive championship, sharing the Drivers title with teammate Karl Wendlinger, earning six of Oreca's nine race victories.

Schedule For the first time in the history of both the FIA GT Championship and its predecessor series, the BPR Global GT Endurance Championship, a endurance race was not part of the season as the 1000 km Suzuka was dropped from the schedule, instead all races were held to a distance. The Japanese event was replaced by a race at the Zhuhai International Circuit, which the BPR series had visited in 1996. Dijon-Prenois was also not retained from 1998, replaced by the Zolder and Monza, which started the season. The series initially planned to retain the A1-Ring before the event was replaced by a second American event at Watkins Glen. The two American rounds were intended to be run in conjunction with the United States Road Racing Championship before the series was canceled in the summer of 1999, although American teams were invited to participate as non-scoring entries.

Rnd Race Circuit Date 1 Aprimatic Trophy Autodromo Nazionale Monza, Monza, Italy 11 April 2 P&O Stena Line Silverstone 500 Silverstone Circuit, Silverstone, United Kingdom 9 May 3 Hockenheim 500 Hockenheimring, Hockenheim, Germany 27 June 4 Hungaroring 500 Hungaroring, Mogyoród, Hungary 4 July 5 Castrol Belcar FIA GT Zolder Circuit, Heusden-Zolder, Belgium 18 July 6 Oschersleben 500 Motopark Oschersleben, Oschersleben, Germany 8 August 7 International Car Races Donington Park, Leicestershire, United Kingdom 5 September 8 Miami 500 Homestead-Miami Speedway, Homestead, United States 26 September 9 Bosch Sports Car Oktoberfest Watkins Glen International, Watkins Glen, United States 3 October 10 Zhuhai 500 Zhuhai International Circuit, Zhuhai, China 28 NovemberSource:

Entries Entrant Car Engine Tyre Drivers Rounds Chrysler Viper Team Oreca Chrysler Viper GTS-R Chrysler 356-T6 8.0 L V10 1 Olivier Beretta 1–2, 4–10 Karl Wendlinger 1–2, 4–10 Luca Drudi 3 Justin Bell 3 2 Jean-Philippe Belloc All David Donohue 1–2, 8–9 Justin Bell 2, 7 Dominique Dupuy 3–4 Marc Duez 5–6 Vincent Vosse 10 Roock Racing Porsche 911 GT2 Porsche 3.6 L Turbo Flat-6 3 Stéphane Ortelli 1–4 Claudia Hürtgen 1–4 Adam Topping 10 Robert Schirle 10 Ugo Colombo 10 4 André Ahrlé 1–5 Hubert Haupt 1–5 Claudia Hürtgen 5 Roock Sportsystem Michael Eschmann 5 Michael Eschmann 1–4 Hugh Price 1 John Robinson 1 Paul Hulverscheid 2–4, 6 Sascha Maassen 3–4, 6 Ben Lievens 5 Michel Meers 5 Stéphane Ortelli 6 32 Raffaele Sangiuolo 2 John Robinson 2 Hugh Price 2 Konrad Motorsport Porsche 911 GT2 Porsche 3.6 L Turbo Flat-6 6 Franz Konrad All Bob Wollek 1, 3–4, 6 Mike Hezemans 2, 8–9 Altfrid Heger 5 Sascha Maassen 7, 10 7 Charles Slater 8–9 Ugo Colombo 8 Jesús Diez de Villarroel 9 Peter Worm 10 Batti Pregliasco 10 Haberthur Racing Porsche 911 GT2 Porsche 3.6 L Turbo Flat-6 8 Luca Cappellari 1–9 1, 3–5 Filippo Salvarni 1 Angelo Zadra 2 Patrice Goueslard 2–4 Marco Spinelli 5 Patrick Vuillaume 6–10 Axel Röhr 6 Raffaele Sangiuolo 7 Paolo Rapetti 8 David Kicak 9 Rino Mastronardi 10 Jacques Corbet 10 9 Mauro Casadei All Stefano Bucci 1–4 Andrea Garbagnati 1–2, 4, 7–10 Patrick Vuillaume 5 Raffaele Sangiuolo 5 Roberto Mangifesta 6 Ivan Jacoma 6 Massimo Cattori 7 Marcos Racing International Marcos LM600 Chevrolet 5.9 L V8 10 Cor Euser 1, 3–4 Mike Hezemans 1, 6 Herman Buurman 3–4, 6 Vincent Dupont 5 Hans Willems 5 11 Cor Euser 5 Herman Buurman 5 Freisinger Motorsport Porsche 911 GT2 Porsche 3.6 L Turbo Flat-6 15 Wolfgang Kaufmann All Michel Ligonnet 1–7 Bob Wollek 8–10 16 Manfred Jurasz All Ray Lintott 1 Luis Marques 2 Yukihiro Hane 3–7, 9–10 Lance Stewart 8 Chamberlain Motorsport Chrysler Viper GTS-R Chrysler 356-T6 8.0 L V10 18 Ni Amorim 1–7, 10 Will Hoy 1–2 Toni Seiler 2–7 Vincent Vosse 8–9 Xavier Pompidou 8–9 Hans Hugenholtz Jr. 8, 10 Michel Ligonnet 9–10 19 Christian Vann All Christian Gläsel All Hans Hugenholtz Jr. 2 Bovi Motorsport Porsche 911 GT2 Porsche 3.6 L Turbo Flat-6 20 Attila Barta 1, 4 Kálmán Bódis 1, 4 Ferenc Rátkai 1 Zoltán Zengő 4 Paul Belmondo Racing Chrysler Viper GTS-R Chrysler 356-T6 8.0 L V10 21 Claude-Yves Gosselin 1–7 Paul Belmondo 1–5, 7–10 Marc Rostan 2 Emmanuel Clérico 4, 6, 8 Luca Drudi 9 Dominique Dupuy 10 22 Emmanuel Clérico 1, 3 Christophe Pillon 1 Steffan Widmann 3–7 Marc Rostan 3, 8 Mike Hezemans 4, 7 Alex Portman 5 Jean-Marc Gounon 6 Alain Filhol 7 "Raël" 8–9 Steve Pfeffer 9 Werner Porsche 911 GT2 Porsche 3.6 L Turbo Flat-6 23 Francis Werner 2–5, 7 Jacques Piattier 2–5, 7 Philippe Auvray 2, 4–5 RWS Porsche 911 GT2 Porsche 3.6 L Turbo Flat-6 24 Horst Felbermayr 1–7 Horst Felbermayr Jr. 1–7 Lister Storm Racing Lister Storm GT2 Jaguar 7.0 L V12 25 Julian Bailey 1–3, 5, 7 Bobby Verdon-Roe 1–2 Tiff Needell 1–2 Jamie Campbell-Walter 3, 5 Tim Sugden 3 Andy Wallace 5, 7 William Hewland 7 34 Mike Hezemans 3, 5 David Hart 3, 5 Ruggero Grassi Porsche 911 GT2 Porsche 3.6 L Turbo Flat-6 26 Ruggero Grassi 1 Anssi Münz 1 MAC Racing Porsche 911 Porsche 3.4 L Flat-6 27 Luciano Tamburini 1 Ruggero Melgrati 1 Ebimotors Porsche 911 GT2 Porsche 3.6 L Turbo Flat-6 28 Fabio Babini 1 Massimo Frigerio 1 Autorlando Porsche 911 GT2 Porsche 3.6 L Turbo Flat-6 29 Marco Spinelli 1, 7 Fabio Villa 1, 7 Gabriele Sabatini 1, 7 BVB Porsche 911 GT2 Porsche 3.6 L Turbo Flat-6 30 Max Beaverbroock 2, 7 Geoff Lister 2 Martin Stretton 7 Sunauto Porsche 911 GT2 Porsche 3.6 L Turbo Flat-6 31 Jean-Pierre Jarier 2, 4 François Lafon 2, 4 2 GLPK Racing Chrysler Viper GTS-R Chrysler 8.0 L V10 33 Vincent Vosse 1–7 Didier Defourny 1–7 Marc Duez 2 Anthony Kumpen 4 Jean-François Hemroulle 4 Porsche Zentrum Regensburg Porsche 911 Turbo Porsche 3.6 L Turbo Flat-6 35 Michael Trunk 6 Bernhard Müller 6 Porsche 911 Cup Porsche 3.6 L Flat-6 36 Josef Jobst 6 Klaus Gebendorfer 6 Günther Kronseder 6 Cirtek Motorsport Porsche 911 GT2 Porsche 3.6 L Turbo Flat-6 37 Robert Schirle 7 Jonathan Baker 7 Charlie Cox 7 Proton Competition Porsche 911 GT2 Porsche 3.6 L Turbo Flat-6 69 Gerold Ried 1–7, 10 Christian Ried 1–7, 10 Patrick Vuillaume 1–4 Seikel Motorsport Porsche 911 GT2 Porsche 3.6 L Turbo Flat-6 77 Richard Nearn 1–7 Ernst Palmberger 1–6 Nigel Smith 1–6 Rob Wilson 7 78 Renato Mastropietro 1–2 Claudio Padovani 1–2 Raffaele Sangiuolo 1, 4 Paolo Zanichelli 2 Jacques Schwach 3 Bernard Schwach 3 Didier van Straaten 3 Xavier Pompidou 4, 7 Max Cohen-Olivar 4, 7 Ruggero Grassi 6 Christian Vogler 6 Paolo Rapetti 7Sources:

Results and standings Race results

Rnd Circuit Overall Winning Team Report Overall Winning Drivers 1 Monza No. 1 Chrysler Viper Team Oreca Report Olivier Beretta Karl Wendlinger 2 Silverstone No. 1 Chrysler Viper Team Oreca Report Olivier Beretta Karl Wendlinger 3 Hockenheimring No. 2 Chrysler Viper Team Oreca Report Jean-Philippe Belloc Dominique Dupuy 4 Hungaroring No. 2 Chrysler Viper Team Oreca Report Jean-Philippe Belloc Dominique Dupuy 5 Zolder No. 1 Chrysler Viper Team Oreca Report Olivier Beretta Karl Wendlinger 6 Oschersleben No. 1 Chrysler Viper Team Oreca Report Olivier Beretta Karl Wendlinger 7 Donington No. 1 Chrysler Viper Team Oreca Report Olivier Beretta Karl Wendlinger 8 Homestead No. 21 Paul Belmondo Racing Report Paul Belmondo Emmanuel Clérico 9 Watkins Glen No. 2 Chrysler Viper Team Oreca Report Jean-Philippe Belloc David Donohue 10 Zhuhai No. 1 Chrysler Viper Team Oreca Report Olivier Beretta Karl WendlingerSource:

Points were awarded to the top six finishers in each race. Entries were required to complete 75% of the race distance in order to be classified as a finisher. Drivers were required to complete 20% of the total race distance for their car to earn points. Teams scored points for each of its cars which finished a race in a top six placing.

+Points system 1st 2nd 3rd 4th 5th 6th 10 6 4 3 2 1

Drivers championship