The 1996 BPR International Endurance GT Series was the third and final season of BPR Global GT Series. It is a series for Grand Touring style cars broken into two classes based on power and manufacturer involvement, called GT1 and GT2. It began on 3 March 1996 and ended 3 November 1996 after 11 races. After the end of the season, two promotional races were held in Brazil, in the circuits of Curitiba (8 December 1996) and Brasília (16 December 1996).

This was the final season of the BPR series before it came under the control of the FIA to become the FIA GT Championship in 1997. This was also the first year that the classes of competitors were trimmed to just GT1 and GT2.

Schedule 1996 BPR Kärcher Global Endurance GT Series Calendar Rnd Race Circuit Date 1 4 Hours of Le Castellet Circuit Paul Ricard 3 March 2 4 Hour GT of Monza Autodromo Nazionale Monza 24 March 3 4 Hours of Jarama Circuito Permanente Del Jarama 14 April 4 4 Hours of Silverstone (British Empire Trophy) Silverstone Circuit 12 May 5 4 Hours of Nürburgring Nürburgring 30 June 6 4 Hours of Anderstorp Scandinavian Raceway 14 July 7 The Pokka International Suzuka 1000km Suzuka Circuit 25 August 8 Gulf Oil Global GT Endurance (4 Hours) Brands Hatch 8 September 9 4 Hours of Spa Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps 22 September 10 4 Hours of Nogaro Circuit Paul Armagnac 6 October 11 4 Hours of Zhuhai Zhuhai International Circuit 3 November

Entries GT1 Entrant Car Engine Tyre Drivers Rounds West Competition McLaren F1 GTR BMW S70/2 6.1 L V12 1 Thomas Bscher All John Nielsen 1–4, 6–9, 11 Peter Kox 5, 10 Harrods Mach One Racing 3 Olivier Grouillard 1–8 Andy Wallace 1–8 Gulf Racing/GTC Motorsport Marlboro McLaren Team GTC McLaren F1 GTR BMW S70/2 6.1 L V12 2 Ray Bellm All James Weaver All JJ Lehto 7, 11 6 Pierre-Henri Raphanel All Lindsay Owen-Jones 1–10 David Brabham 7, 11 Roock Racing Porsche 911 GT2 Evo Porsche 3.6 L Turbo Flat-6 4 Jean-Pierre Jarier 1–6 Altfrid Heger 1–4 Ralf Kelleners 2, 4–6 Graham Venturi 600LM Renault PRV 3.0 L Turbo V6 5 Éric Graham 1–5, 7, 11 Michel Faraut 1–5, 7, 11 David Velay 1–5 John Greasley Porsche 911 GT2 Evo Porsche 3.6 L Turbo Flat-6 7 John Greasley 1, 3 John Morrison 1, 3 BBA Compétition McLaren F1 GTR BMW S70/2 6.1 L V12 8 Jean-Luc Maury-Laribière 1–7, 9–10 Hans Hugenholtz Jr. 1–5 Marc Sourd 1 Jean-Paul Libert 2, 7, 9 Javier Camp 3 Vincent Vosse 4 Emmanuel Clérico 6–7, 9 Marcel Tarrès 10 Olivier Grouillard 10 Franck Muller Watch McLaren F1 GTR BMW S70/2 6.1 L V12 9 Fabien Giroix 1–4, 7, 11 Jean-Denis Délétraz 1–4, 7, 11 Didier Cottaz 1–4 Ratanakul Prutirat 7, 11 Konrad Motorsport Porsche 911 GT2 Evo Porsche 3.6 L Turbo Flat-6 11 Franz Konrad 1–7 Bob Wollek 1–6 Robert Nearn 7 Taki Inoue 7 Karel Dolejší 11 Henri Pescarolo 11 Mark Williamson 11 Chardon des Dunes Porsche 911 GT2 Evo Porsche 3.6 L Turbo Flat-6 12 Patrick Vuillaume 2, 4 Christian Pellieux 2 Andy Bovensiepen 2 Olindo Iacobelli 4 Repsol Kremer Porsche 911 GT2 Evo Porsche 3.6 L Turbo Flat-6 14 Christophe Bouchut 2–3, 5, 8 Tomás Saldaña 2–3, 5, 8 Alfonso de Orléans-Borbón 2–3 Karl Augustin Porsche 911 GT2 Evo Porsche 3.6 L Turbo Flat-6 16 Karl Augustin 3–6, 8–11 Ernst Gschwender 3–6, 9–11 Alfrid Gramsel 4 Stefan Roitmayer 8 Johannes Huber 8 Horst Felbermayr 9–11 Viper Team Oreca Chrysler Viper GTS-R Chrysler 356-T6 8.0 L V10 17 Philippe Gache 3, 8–10 Eric Hélary 3, 8–10 32 Olivier Beretta 7–10 Philippe Gache 7 Eric Hélary 7 Justin Bell 8 Alain Ferté 9 Dominique Dupuy 10 Venturi Team Lécuyer Venturi 600SLM Renault PRV 2.8 L Turbo V6 20 Laurent Lécuyer 1–3 Philippe Favre 1–3 Christophe Bouchut 1 Emmanuel Clérico 2 Bernard Chauvin 3 Lotus Racing Team Lotus Esprit GT1 Lotus Type-918 3.5 L Turbo V8 21 Alex Portman 1–10 Jan Lammers 1, 7 Mike Hezemans 2–10 22 Jan Lammers 2–6, 8–10 Perry McCarthy 2–4 Chris Goodwin 5–6, 8 Andy Wallace 9 Fabien Giroix 10 Hugh Chamberlain Geoff Lister Jaguar XJ220 Jaguar JV6 3.5 L Turbo V6 23 Geoff Lister 4, 8 Nick Adams 4 Win Percy 8 John Williams 8 Bigazzi Team SRL McLaren F1 GTR BMW S70/2 6.1 L V12 24 Steve Soper 4 Nelson Piquet 4 25 Jacques Lafitte 4 Marc Duez 4 Lister Storm Lister Storm GTS Jaguar 7.0 L V12 26 Tiff Needell 5, 7–9 Geoff Lees 5, 7–9 Christophe Bouchut 7 Ennea/Igol Ferrari F40 GTE Ferrari F120B 3.6 L Turbo V8 27 Anders Olofsson All Luciano Della Noce All Max Angelelli 9–11 28 Jean-Marc Gounon 1–7, 9–11 Éric Bernard 1–7, 9–11 Paul Belmondo 1–7, 9–11 Ennea/Ferrari Club Italia 29 Piero Nappi 2–6 Mauro Martini 2–3 Luca Drudi 2–3 Max Angelelli 4–7 Helmut König 5 Tetsuya Ota 7 Piquienot/Quattro Porsche 911 Bi-Turbo Porsche 3.6 L Turbo Flat-6 30 Patrice Pelissier 1–2 Thiérry Guiod 1–2 Guy Martinolle 1 Hartmann Motorsport Ferrari F40 Ferrari F120B 3.0 L Turbo V8 31 Helmut Pfiefer 5, 9 Bernhard Holz 5 Horst Stäbler 5 Thomas Fritsch 9 Superpower Engineering De Tomaso Pantera Ford 5.0 L V8 33 Thorkild Thyrring 5 Phil Andrews 5 Jérôme Policand 5 Scheer Motorsport Porsche 911 Bi-Turbo Porsche 3.6 L Turbo Flat-6 34 Klaus Scheer 5 Norbert Graf 5 Edgar Dören 5 JTI Motorsport Porsche 911 Bi-Turbo Porsche 3.6 L Flat-6 35 Örnulf Wirdheim 6 Koit Veertee 6 Porsche AG Porsche 911 GT1 Porsche 3.2 L Turbo Flat-6 35 Hans-Joachim Stuck 8–9 Thierry Boutsen 8–9 Bob Wollek 11 Yannick Dalmas 11 36 Emmanuel Collard 11 Ralf Kelleners 11 RJ Racing Renault Sport Spider V6 Renault PRV 3.0 L Turbo V6 39 Stéphane Daoudi 10 Marc Sourd 10 Pilot Racing Ferrari F40 LM Ferrari F120B 3.0 L Turbo V8 40 Michel Ferté 1, 3–5, 7, 10 Olivier Thévenin 1, 3–5, 7, 10 Porsche Club of Belgium Porsche 911 GT2 Evo Porsche 3.6 L Turbo Flat-6 42 Léo Van Sande 9 Eddy Van der Pluym 9 JCB Racing Venturi 600LM Renault PRV 3.0 L Turbo V6 43 Jean-Claude Basso 1, 3–4, 10 Henri Pescarolo 1, 3–4, 10 Jean-Louis Ricci 10 Team Menicon SARD SARD MC8-R Toyota 1UZ-FE 4.0 L Turbo V8 46 Alain Ferté 7 Mauro Martini 7 Naoki Nagasaka 7 Larbre Compétition Porsche 911 GT2 Evo Porsche 3.6 L Turbo Flat-6 47 Jack Leconte 3 Jean-Luc Chéreau 3 Jésus Pareja 3 Freisinger Motorsport Porsche 911 GT2 Evo Porsche 3.6 L Turbo Flat-6 48 Guy Broissiat 1 Michel Mora 1 Jean-Pierre Castel 1 Fulvio Ballabio 2–3, 5 Clay Regazzoni 2, 5 Henri Pescarolo 2 Emilio de Villota 3 Hans-Joachim Stuck 5 49 Wolfgang Kaufmann 1–7, 9, 11 Mike Hezemans 1 Stéphane Grégoire 1 Pietro Ferrero 2 Richard Flammang 3 Derek Bell 4 Richard Dean 4 Yukihiro Hane 5 Patrick Vuillaume 5 Jürgen Barth 6 Thierry Boutsen 7 Olivier Grouillard 9 Jean-Pierre Jarier 11 Ken Wolf with JLOC Corsa Lamborghini Diablo Jota Lamborghini 5.5 L V12 188 Takao Wada 7 Hideo Fukuyama 7 Luigi Moccia 7

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