1996 BPR Global GT Series season

The 1996 BPR Global GT Series season was the third 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 March 3, 1996 and ended November 3, 1996 after 11 races. After the end of the season, two promotional races were held in Brazil, in the circuits of Curitiba (December 8, 1996) and Brasilia (December 16, 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

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

Season results

Rnd	Circuit	GT1 Winning Team	GT2 Winning Team	Results
		GT1 Winning Drivers	GT2 Winning Drivers
1	Paul Ricard	#2 Gulf Racing GTC	#56 Roock Racing	Results
		Ray Bellm James Weaver	Bruno Eichmann Ralf Kelleners Gerd Ruch
2	Monza	#1 West Racing	#56 Roock Racing	Results
		Thomas Bscher John Nielsen	Bruno Eichmann Ralf Kelleners Gerd Ruch
3	Jarama	#2 Gulf Racing GTC	#83 Marcos Racing Intl.	Results
		Ray Bellm James Weaver	Cor Euser Thomas Erdos
4	Silverstone	#3 Harrods Mach One Racing	#83 Marcos Racing Intl.	Results
		Andy Wallace Olivier Grouillard	Cor Euser Thomas Erdos
5	Nürburgring	#1 West Racing	#56 Roock Racing	Results
		Thomas Bscher Peter Kox	Bruno Eichmann Gerd Ruch Michel Neugarten
6	Anderstorp	#27 Ennea SRL Igol	#56 Roock Racing	Results
		Anders Olofsson Luciano della Noce	Bruno Eichmann Gerd Ruch Michel Neugarten
7	Suzuka	#2 Gulf Racing GTC	#56 Roock Racing	Results
		Ray Bellm James Weaver JJ Lehto	Bruno Eichmann Ralf Kelleners Gerd Ruch
8	Brands Hatch	#35 Porsche AG	#88 Konrad Motorsport	Results
		Hans-Joachim Stuck Thierry Boutsen	Franz Konrad Bob Wollek Stéphane Ortelli
9	Spa-Francorchamps	#35 Porsche AG	#56 Roock Racing	Results
		Hans-Joachim Stuck Thierry Boutsen	Bruno Eichmann Ralf Kelleners Gerd Ruch
10	Nogaro	#2 Gulf Racing GTC	#88 Konrad Motorsport	Results
		Ray Bellm James Weaver	Franz Konrad Bob Wollek
11	Zhuhai	#36 Porsche AG	#83 Marcos Racing Intl.	Results
		Ralf Kelleners Emmanuel Collard	Cor Euser Hans Tepas Chandra Alim

Non-Championship events

Following the conclusion of the season in November, two exhibition races were held in Brazil for BPR competitors.

Date	Event	Circuit	GT1 Winning Team	GT2 Winning Team	Results
			GT1 Winning Drivers	GT2 Winning Drivers
December 8	2 Hours Curitiba	Curitiba	#01 BMW Motorsport	#96 Larbre Compétition	Results
			Nelson Piquet Johnny Cecotto	Patrice Goueslard Christophe Bouchut
December 16	2 Hours of Brasília	Brasília	#01 BMW Motorsport	#106 Roock Racing	Results
			Nelson Piquet Johnny Cecotto	Michel Ligonnet Andy Pilgrim

References

External links

• 1996 BPR Global GT Series season