1994 BPR Global GT Series

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 1994 BPR International GT Endurance Series Calendar 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 Linas-Montlhéry 29 May 5 4 Ore di Vallelunga 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 4241 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-TurboPorsche 911 Carrera RSR Porsche 3.6 L Turbo Flat-6Porsche 3.8 L Flat-6 4445 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 LMVenturi 600 LM Renault PRV 3.0 L Turbo V6 5531 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 5671 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 5739 Ferdinand de Lesseps 2–8 Jacques Tropenat 2–8 Jean-Luc Maury-Laribière 4 9230 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 262 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 2927 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 3033 Enzo Calderari 1–2 Lilian Bryner 1–2 Scuderia Chicco d'Oro Haberthur Racing Porsche 911 Carrera RSR Porsche 3.8 L Flat-6 315153 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 3658 Thomas Bscher 4–6 John Nielsen 4–6 Lindsay Owen-Jones 4 Porsche 911 Carrera RSR Porsche 3.8 L Flat-6 3960 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 404142 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 434 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-6 488 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

1994 BPR International GT Endurance Series 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

References

External links 1994 BPR Global GT Series season