1996 BPR 4 Hours of Le Castellet

The 1996 BPR 4 Hours of Le Castellet was the first race of the 1996 BPR Global GT Series. It was run at the Circuit Paul Ricard on 3 March 1996.

Layout of the Circuit Paul Ricard long circuit (1970-2001)

Official results

Class winners in bold. Cars failing to complete 75% of winner's distance marked as Not Classified (NC).

Pos	Class	No	Team	Drivers	Chassis	Tyre	Laps
					Engine
1	GT1	2	Gulf Racing GTC Motorsport	Ray Bellm James Weaver	McLaren F1 GTR	M	121
					BMW S70 6.1L V12
2	GT1	27	Ennea Igol	Anders Olofsson Luciano della Noce	Ferrari F40 GTE	P	121
					Ferrari 3.5L Turbo V8
3	GT1	28	Ennea Igol	Jean-Marc Gounon Éric Bernard Paul Belmondo	Ferrari F40 GTE	P	121
					Ferrari 3.5L Turbo V8
4	GT1	11	Konrad Motorsport	Franz Konrad Bob Wollek	Porsche 911 GT2 Evo	M	119
					Porsche 3.6L Turbo Flat-6
5	GT1	49	Freisinger Motorsport	Wolfgang Kaufmann Stéphane Grégoire Mike Hezemans	Porsche 911 GT2 Evo	G	117
					Porsche 3.6L Turbo Flat-6
6	GT2	56	Roock Racing	Bruno Eichmann Ralf Kelleners Gerd Ruch	Porsche 911 GT2	M	116
					Porsche 3.6L Turbo Flat-6
7	GT2	60	Oberbayern Motorsport	Jürgen von Gartzen Detlef Hübner	Porsche 911 GT2	P	116
					Porsche 3.6L Turbo Flat-6
8	GT2	55	Stadler Motorsport	Enzo Calderari Lilian Bryner	Porsche 911 GT2	P	115
					Porsche 3.6L Turbo Flat-6
9	GT2	96	Larbre Compétition	Patrice Goueslard Stéphane Ortelli André Ahrlé	Porsche 911 GT2	M	115
					Porsche 3.6L Turbo Flat-6
10	GT1	8	BBA Compétition	Jean-Luc Maury-Laribière Hans Hugenholtz Marc Sourd	McLaren F1 GTR	D	115
					BMW S70 6.1L V12
11	GT2	64	Lanzante Motorsport	Paul Burdell Soames Langton Stanley Dickens	Porsche 911 GT2	M	114
					Porsche 3.6L Turbo Flat-6
12	GT2	75	Agusta Racing Team	Almo Coppelli Sandro Munari Marco Spinelli	Callaway Corvette Supernatural	D	114
					Chevrolet LT1 6.2L V8
13	GT2	88	Konrad Motorsport	André Lara Resende Toni Seiler	Porsche 911 GT2	M	113
					Porsche 3.6L Turbo Flat-6
14	GT2	65	Roock Racing	François Lafon Lucien Guitteny David Smadja	Porsche 911 GT2	M	113
					Porsche 3.6L Turbo Flat-6
15	GT1	9	Franck Muller Watches Giroix Racing Team	Fabien Giroix Jean-Denis Délétraz Didier Cottaz	McLaren F1 GTR	M	113
					BMW S70 6.1L V12
16	GT2	50	Stadler Motorsport	Uwe Sick Charles Margueron	Porsche 911 GT2	P	111
					Porsche 3.6L Turbo Flat-6
17	GT2	54	Bert Ploeg	Bert Ploeg François Birbeau	Porsche 911 GT2	?	111
					Porsche 3.6L Turbo Flat-6
18	GT2	66	EMKA Racing	Steve O'Rourke Guy Holmes	Porsche 911 GT2	D	110
					Porsche 3.6L Turbo Flat-6
19	GT2	67	Simpson Engineering Promosport Italia	Raffaele Sangiuolo Renato Mastropietro Vincenzo Polli	Porsche 911 GT2	P	109
					Porsche 3.6L Turbo Flat-6
20	GT1	12	Chardon des Dunes	Patrick Vuillaume Christian Pellieux Philippe De Craene	Porsche 911 GT2 Evo	?	109
					Porsche 3.6L Turbo Flat-6
21	GT2	74	Callaway Schweiz	Kurt Huber Hans Hauser	Callaway Corvette Supernatural	?	109
					Chevrolet LT1 6.2L V8
22	GT2	70	Jean-François Véroux	Jean-François Véroux Jean-Yves Moine Stéphane Leloup	Porsche 911 GT2	?	109
					Porsche 3.6L Turbo Flat-6
23	GT2	77	Seikel Motorsport	Manfred Jurasz Giuseppe Quargentan Pascal Dro	Porsche 911 GT2	P	109
					Porsche 3.6L Turbo Flat-6
24	GT2	90	Robert Sikkens Racing	Angelo Zadra Maurizio Monforte	Porsche 911 GT2	G	108
					Porsche 3.6L Turbo Flat-6
25	GT2	63	Roger Racing	Ruggero Grassi Mario Passerini	Porsche 993 Supercup	?	107
					Porsche 3.8L Flat-6
26	GT2	59	Raymond Touroul	Didier Ortion Raymond Touroul	Porsche 911 GT2	?	105
					Porsche 3.6L Turbo Flat-6
27	GT2	62	Leanston Racing	Luca Cattaneo Alberto Mondinelli	Porsche 964 Carrera RS	?	101
					Porsche 3.6L Flat-6
28	GT2	73	Morgan Motor Company	Charles Morgan Bill Wykeham	Morgan Plus 8 GTR	D	99
					Rover 5.0L V8
29	GT2	99	Elf Haberthur Racing	Ferdinand de Lesseps Philippe Charriol Richard Balandras	Porsche 911 GT2	P	98
					Porsche 3.6L Turbo Flat-6
30	GT2	30	Quattro Pilotage	Thierry Guiod Patrick Pelissier Guy Martinolle	Porsche 911 Bi-Turbo	?	97
					Porsche 3.6L Turbo Flat-6
31 DNF	GT1	5	Eric Graham	Eric Graham Michel Faraut David Velay	Venturi 600 LM	D	89
					Renault PRV 3.0L Turbo V6
32 DNF	GT1	20	Venturi Team Lécuyer	Christophe Bouchut Laurent Lécuyer Philippe Favre	Venturi 600 SLM	M	88
					Renault PRV 3.0L Turbo V6
33 DNF	GT2	57	Freisinger Motorsport	Michel Quiniou Richard Flammang Michel Ligonnet	Porsche 911 GT2	G	85
					Porsche 3.6L Turbo Flat-6
34 DNF	GT2	53	Yellow Racing	Christian Heinkelé Jean Gay Tony Ring	Ferrari F355 GT	M	78
					Ferrari F131 3.5L V8
35 DNF	GT1	21	Lotus Racing Team	Jan Lammers Alexander Portman	Lotus Esprit V8 Turbo	M	72
					Lotus 3.5L Turbo V8
36 DNF	GT2	76	Agusta Racing Team	Riccardo Agusta Patrick Camus Marco Spinelli	Callaway Corvette Supernatural	D	71
					Chevrolet LT1 6.2L V8
37 DNF	GT2	52	Krauss Rennsporttechnik	Bernhard Müller Michael Trunk	Porsche 911 GT2	P	66
					Porsche 3.6L Turbo Flat-6
38 DNF	GT2	98	Michel Cottot	Michel Cottot Philippe Smaniotto Jean-Claude Barthe	Venturi 400 GTR	?	64
					Renault PRV 3.0L Turbo V6
39 DNF	GT1	48	Freisinger Motorsport	Guy Broissiat Michel Mora Jean-Pierre Castel	911 Bi-Turbo	G	47
					Porsche 3.8L Turbo Flat-6
40 DNF	GT1	7	G-Force Racing	John Greasley John Morrison	Porsche 911 GT2 Evo	P	45
					Porsche 3.6L Turbo Flat-6
41 DNF	GT1	1	West Competition David Price Racing	John Nielsen Thomas Bscher	McLaren F1 GTR	G	41
					BMW S70 6.1L V12
42 DNF	GT1	6	Gulf Racing GTC Competition	Lindsay Owen-Jones Pierre-Henri Raphanel	McLaren F1 GTR	M	31
					BMW S70 6.1L V12
43 DNF	GT1	3	Harrods Mach One Racing David Price Racing	Andy Wallace Olivier Grouillard	McLaren F1 GTR	G	24
					BMW S70 6.1L V12
44 DNF	GT1	4	Roock Racing	Jean-Pierre Jarier Altfrid Heger	Porsche 911 GT2 Evo	M	24
					Porsche 3.6L Turbo Flat-6
45 DNF	GT1	40	Pilot Pen Racing	Michel Ferté Olivier Thévenin	Ferrari F40 LM	M	15
					Ferrari 3.0L Turbo V8
46 DNF	GT2	97	Larbre Compétition	Jean-Luc Chéreau Jack Leconte Pierre Yver	Porsche 911 GT2	M	13
					Porsche 3.6L Turbo Flat-6
47 DNF	GT2	72	Legeay Sports	Benjamin Roy Patrick Legeay	Alpine A610	?	11
					Renault PRV 3.0L Turbo V6
48 DNF	GT2	83	Marcos Racing International	Cor Euser Thomas Erdos Gérard Bacle	Marcos LM600	D	9
					Chevrolet 6.0L V8
DNS	GT1	43	JCB Racing Raymond Touroul	Jean-Claude Basso Henri Pescarolo	Venturi 600 SLM	D	-
					Renault PRV 3.0L Turbo V6
DNS	GT2	51	Proton Competition	Peter Erl Gerold Ried	Porsche 911 GT2	P	-
					Porsche 3.6L Turbo Flat-6
DNS	GT2	68	VBM	Jean-François Metz Patrick Bornhauser	VBM 4000 GTC	?	-
					Renault PRV 3.0L Turbo V6

Statistics

• Pole Position - #2 Gulf Racing - 1:53.915
• Fastest Lap - #27 Ennea Igol - 1:52.653

External links

• Race Results

BPR Global GT Series
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