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

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

Entries

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GT1

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Entrant Car Engine Tyre No. Drivers Rounds
Germany Seikel Motorsport Porsche 968 Turbo RS Porsche 3.0 L Turbo I4 1 Denmark John Nielsen 3
Germany Thomas Bscher 3
Germany Weiland Porsche 911 Carrera RSR Porsche 3.8 L Flat-6 9 Germany Harald Weiland 6
Germany Mathias Weiland 6
Germany Obermaier Racing Porsche 911 Bi-Turbo Porsche 3.6 L Turbo Flat-6 Y 11 Germany Jürgen Lässig 6
Germany Jürgen von Gartzen 6
12 Germany Otto Altenbach 4, 6
Germany Friedrich Leinemann 4, 6
Japan Hunter Racing Team Porsche 911 Bi-Turbo Porsche 3.6 L Turbo Flat-6 11 Japan Takao Wada 7
Japan Hiroaki Sano 7
Japan West Corvette Racing Team Chevrolet Corvette Protofab Chevrolet 6.5 L V8 G 18 Japan Kaoru Hoshino 7
Japan Hideo Fukuyama 7
Sweden Strandell Ferrari F40 GTE Ferrari F120B 3.0 L Turbo V8 P 40 Sweden Anders Olofsson 2–7
Italy Luciano Della Noce 2–7
Japan Tomiko Yoshikawa 7
Germany Konrad Motorsport Porsche 911 Bi-Turbo Porsche 3.6 L Turbo Flat-6 P 42
41
Austria Franz Konrad 2–8
Germany Bernd Netzeband 2
Netherlands Cor Euser 3, 7
France Alex de Lesseps 4
Germany Helmuth Steinbrecher 4
United States Robert Peacock 4
Austria Frank Schmickler 5
Brazil Antônio Hermann 6–7
United Kingdom Tiff Needell 8
France JCB Racing Venturi 600 LM Renault PRV 3.0 L Turbo V6 D 43 France Jean-Claude Basso 4–5, 7–8
France Henri Pescarolo 4
Italy Almo Coppelli 5
France Stéphane Ratel 7
Belgium Eric de Doncker 7
France François Migault 8
Germany Freisinger Motorsport Porsche 911 Bi-Turbo
Porsche 911 Carrera RSR
Porsche 3.6 L Turbo Flat-6
Porsche 3.8 L Flat-6
G 44
45
Germany Michael Irmgratz 1–4
Germany Edgar Dören 1–2
Italy Luigino Pagotto 2, 5
Germany Wolfgang Kaufmann 3–4
France Jean-Louis Ricci 4
Italy Gualtiero Giribaldi 5
50 Germany Michael Irmgatz 5–6
Germany Wolfgang Kaufmann 5, 7–8
France Jean-Louis Ricci 6
France Michel Ligonnet 7
Japan Syunji Kasuya 8
France Promo Racing Venturi 600 LM Renault PRV 3.0 L Turbo V6 44 France Éric Graham 5–8
France François Birbeau 5–8
Switzerland Laurent Lécuyer 5–7
United States Les Lindley Ford Mustang GTO Ford V8 G 48 United States Les Lindley 7
United States Ken Bupp 7
United States Bill Auberlen 7
France Crisal Compétition Porsche 911 Carrera RSR Porsche 3.8 L Flat-6 52 France Michel Cottot 7
France Thiérry Guiod 7
France Jérôme Brarda 7
Italy Agusta Racing Team Ferrari F40 GT Ferrari F120B 3.0 L Turbo V8 3 Spain Fernando Moller 5–6
Spain Antonio Puig 5
Spain Santiago Puig 6
Venturi 500 LM
Venturi 600 LM
Renault PRV 3.0 L Turbo V6 D 55
31
France Pascal Vermesse 1–2
Italy Rocky Agusta 1, 4
France James Sheehan 2
Italy Luigi Taverna 2
France Jean-Claude Basso 3
France Claude Meigemont 3
Italy Almo Coppelli 4
Belgium Philippe Olczyk 4
Belgium Jean-Paul Libert 6
Belgium Hervé Regout 6
France Olivier Grouillard 7–8
France Christophe Bouchut 7–8
56 Belgium Philippe Olczyk 3
Italy Almo Coppelli 3
France Olivier Grouillard 4–6
France Christophe Bouchut 4–6
Venturi 400 GTR Renault PRV 3.0 L Turbo V6 65 Spain Javier Camp 6
Spain Antonio Puig 6
Belgium Philippe Olczyk 6
France Pilot Jacadi Racing Venturi 600 LM Renault PRV 3.0 L Turbo V6 D
M
56
71
Belgium Michel Neugarten 1–6
Belgium Pascal Witmeur 1
France Michel Ferté 2–7
France Éric Hélary 7
France Ratel Venturi 600 LM Renault PRV 3.0 L Turbo V6 56 France Michel Trollé 2
Belgium Pascal Witmeur 2
France BBA Compétition Venturi 600 LM Renault PRV 3.0 L Turbo V6 M 57
39
France Ferdinand de Lesseps 2–8
France Jacques Tropenat 2–8
France Jean-Luc Maury-Laribière 4
92
30
France Jean-Luc Maury-Laribière 3, 6–8
France Patrick Camus 3
France Hervé Poulain 6–8
France Bernard Chauvin 6
Japan Jun Harada 7
Japan Team Arnature Mazda RX-7 GTO Mazda 13J 3.9 L 4-Rotor D 74 Japan Yojiro Terada 7
Japan Kaoru Iida 7
France Franck Fréon 7
France Larbre Compétition Porsche 911 Turbo S LM-GT Porsche 3.6 L Turbo Flat-6 D
M
86 France Jean-Pierre Jarier 1–2, 7–8
Spain Jesús Pareja 1–2, 7
France Bob Wollek 1, 7–8
France Dominique Dupuy 2
France Jacques Lafitte 8
France Scuderia Pinguini Porsche 944 Turbo Cup Porsche 2.5 L Turbo I4 93 France Gilles Vannelet 4
France Flavian Marçais 4
France Jean-François Metz 4
France Marc Pachot 4

GT3

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Entrant Car Engine Tyre No. Drivers Rounds
United Kingdom Chamberlain Engineering Lotus Esprit Sport 300 Lotus Type 910 2.2 L Turbo I4 26
2
Germany Andreas Fuchs 1, 4, 6
Republic of Ireland David Kennedy 1, 4
Denmark Thorkild Thyrring 1, 6
France Jean-Louis Ricci 4
Netherlands Klaas Zwart 6
Netherlands Tom Langeberg 7
Japan Masahiro Kimoto 7
29
27
South Africa Stephen Watson 1, 8
South Africa George Fouché 1
South Africa Hilton Cowie 1
Hong Kong Andrew Topping 8
Switzerland Ecurie Biennoise Porsche 911 Carrera RSR Porsche 3.8 L Flat-6 30
33
Switzerland Enzo Calderari 1–2
Switzerland Lilian Bryner 1–2
Switzerland Scuderia Chicco d'Oro
Switzerland Haberthur Racing
Porsche 911 Carrera RSR Porsche 3.8 L Flat-6 31
51
53
Switzerland Olivier Haberthur 1–4, 6–8
Belgium Philippe Olczyk 1–2
France Richard Balandras 3–4, 6–7
France Frédéric Dedours 4, 7
Switzerland Christian Haberthur 6, 8
Switzerland Laurent Lécuyer 8
59 Switzerland Peter Zbinden 6
Switzerland Uwe Sick 6
United Kingdom Bristow Motorsport Porsche 911 Carrera RSR Porsche 3.8 L Flat-6 G 34 United Kingdom Ray Bellm 1–6
United Kingdom Ian Khan 1
United Kingdom Harry Nuttall 2–6
United Kingdom Charles Rickett 4–5
Germany Seikel Motorsport Porsche 968 Turbo RS Porsche 3.0 L Turbo I4 36
58
Germany Thomas Bscher 4–6
Denmark John Nielsen 4–6
United Kingdom Lindsay Owen-Jones 4
Porsche 911 Carrera RSR Porsche 3.8 L Flat-6 39
60
Italy Giuseppe Quargentan 1, 3–6
Italy Girolamo Capra 1, 3–4, 6
France Philippe Auvray 4, 6
Italy Toni Merendino 5
France V de V Racing Team Porsche 911 Carrera RSR Porsche 3.8 L Flat-6 37 France Eric van de Vyver 1, 3
France Bruno Brignati 1, 3
France Benjamin Roy 3
Norway Mulsanne Racing RSR Motorsport Porsche 968 Turbo RS Porsche 3.0 L Turbo I4 D 38 Norway Erik Henriksen 1–5
United Kingdom Justin Bell 1–5
New Zealand Bill Farmer 4
Germany Detlef Hübner 5
Germany Konrad Motorsport Porsche 911 Carrera RSR Porsche 3.8 L Flat-6 P 40
41
42
Austria Franz Konrad 1
Sweden Örnulf Wirdheim 1
France Alex de Lesseps 2–3
Germany Peter Schem 2, 6
France Pierre de Thoisy 3
Italy Giorgio Rebai 4
United States Dirk Layer 4
Slovenia Matjaz Tomlje 4
Germany Bernd Netzeband 6
Netherlands Bert Ploeg 7
Sweden Mikael Gustavsson 7
Spain Alfonso de Orléans-Borbón 7
Canada Ira Storfer 8
Germany Franz Prangemeier 8
France Scuderia Pinguini Porsche 944 Turbo Cup Porsche 2.5 L Turbo I4 43
4
France Flavian Marçais 1, 3, 6
France Michel Renavand 1, 3, 6
France Laurent Bleivas 6
France Crisal Compétition Porsche 911 Carrera RS Cup Porsche 3.6 L Flat-6 D 46 France Jérôme Brarda 1–3
France Thiérry Guiod 1–3
France Éric Bernard 1
France Larbre Compétition Porsche 911 Carrera RSR Porsche 3.8 L Flat-6 D 47 France Jack Leconte 1, 7–8
France Dominique Dupuy 1
Germany Jürgen Barth 7
France Jean-Luc Chéreau 8
France Touroul Porsche 911 Carrera RSR Porsche 3.8 L Flat-6 48
8
France Raymond Touroul 1, 3–5
France Steeve Hiesse 1
"Granpa" 1
France Dominique Lacaud 3
France Jean-Pierre Tardiff 4
France Jean-Claude Lagniez 4
France Eric van de Vyver 5

Season results

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

References

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