1996 BPR 4 Hours of Le Castellet explained

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.

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		121
					BMW S70 6.1L V12
2	GT1	27	Ennea Igol	Anders Olofsson Luciano della Noce	Ferrari F40 GTE		121
					Ferrari 3.5L Turbo V8
3	GT1	28	Ennea Igol	Jean-Marc Gounon Éric Bernard Paul Belmondo	Ferrari F40 GTE		121
					Ferrari 3.5L Turbo V8
4	GT1	11	Konrad Motorsport	Franz Konrad Bob Wollek	Porsche 911 GT2 Evo		119
					Porsche 3.6L Turbo Flat-6
5	GT1	49	Freisinger Motorsport	Wolfgang Kaufmann Stéphane Grégoire Mike Hezemans	Porsche 911 GT2 Evo		117
					Porsche 3.6L Turbo Flat-6
6	GT2	56	Roock Racing	Bruno Eichmann Ralf Kelleners Gerd Ruch	Porsche 911 GT2		116
					Porsche 3.6L Turbo Flat-6
7	GT2	60	Oberbayern Motorsport	Jürgen von Gartzen Detlef Hübner	Porsche 911 GT2		116
					Porsche 3.6L Turbo Flat-6
8	GT2	55	Stadler Motorsport	Enzo Calderari Lilian Bryner	Porsche 911 GT2		115
					Porsche 3.6L Turbo Flat-6
9	GT2	96	Larbre Compétition	Patrice Goueslard Stéphane Ortelli André Ahrlé	Porsche 911 GT2		115
					Porsche 3.6L Turbo Flat-6
10	GT1	8	BBA Compétition	Jean-Luc Maury-Laribière Hans Hugenholtz Marc Sourd	McLaren F1 GTR		115
					BMW S70 6.1L V12
11	GT2	64	Lanzante Motorsport	Paul Burdell Soames Langton Stanley Dickens	Porsche 911 GT2		114
					Porsche 3.6L Turbo Flat-6
12	GT2	75	Agusta Racing Team	Almo Coppelli Sandro Munari Marco Spinelli	Callaway Corvette Supernatural		114
					Chevrolet LT1 6.2L V8
13	GT2	88	Konrad Motorsport	André Lara Resende Toni Seiler	Porsche 911 GT2		113
					Porsche 3.6L Turbo Flat-6
14	GT2	65	Roock Racing	François Lafon Lucien Guitteny David Smadja	Porsche 911 GT2		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		113
					BMW S70 6.1L V12
16	GT2	50	Stadler Motorsport	Uwe Sick Charles Margueron	Porsche 911 GT2		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		110
					Porsche 3.6L Turbo Flat-6
19	GT2	67	Simpson Engineering Promosport Italia	Raffaele Sangiuolo Renato Mastropietro Vincenzo Polli	Porsche 911 GT2		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		109
					Porsche 3.6L Turbo Flat-6
24	GT2	90	Robert Sikkens Racing	Angelo Zadra Maurizio Monforte	Porsche 911 GT2		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		99
					Rover 5.0L V8
29	GT2	99	Elf Haberthur Racing	Ferdinand de Lesseps Philippe Charriol Richard Balandras	Porsche 911 GT2		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		89
					Renault PRV 3.0L Turbo V6
32 DNF	GT1	20	Venturi Team Lécuyer	Christophe Bouchut Laurent Lécuyer Philippe Favre	Venturi 600 SLM		88
					Renault PRV 3.0L Turbo V6
33 DNF	GT2	57	Freisinger Motorsport	Michel Quiniou Richard Flammang Michel Ligonnet	Porsche 911 GT2		85
					Porsche 3.6L Turbo Flat-6
34 DNF	GT2	53	Yellow Racing	Christian Heinkelé Jean Gay Tony Ring	Ferrari F355 GT		78
					Ferrari F131 3.5L V8
35 DNF	GT1	21	Lotus Racing Team	Jan Lammers Alexander Portman	Lotus Esprit V8 Turbo		72
					Lotus 3.5L Turbo V8
36 DNF	GT2	76	Agusta Racing Team	Riccardo Agusta Patrick Camus Marco Spinelli	Callaway Corvette Supernatural		71
					Chevrolet LT1 6.2L V8
37 DNF	GT2	52	Krauss Rennsporttechnik	Bernhard Müller Michael Trunk	Porsche 911 GT2		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		47
					Porsche 3.8L Turbo Flat-6
40 DNF	GT1	7	G-Force Racing	John Greasley John Morrison	Porsche 911 GT2 Evo		45
					Porsche 3.6L Turbo Flat-6
41 DNF	GT1	1	West Competition David Price Racing	John Nielsen Thomas Bscher	McLaren F1 GTR		41
					BMW S70 6.1L V12
42 DNF	GT1	6	Gulf Racing GTC Competition	Lindsay Owen-Jones Pierre-Henri Raphanel	McLaren F1 GTR		31
					BMW S70 6.1L V12
43 DNF	GT1	3	Harrods Mach One Racing David Price Racing	Andy Wallace Olivier Grouillard	McLaren F1 GTR		24
					BMW S70 6.1L V12
44 DNF	GT1	4	Roock Racing	Jean-Pierre Jarier Altfrid Heger	Porsche 911 GT2 Evo		24
					Porsche 3.6L Turbo Flat-6
45 DNF	GT1	40	Pilot Pen Racing	Michel Ferté Olivier Thévenin	Ferrari F40 LM		15
					Ferrari 3.0L Turbo V8
46 DNF	GT2	97	Larbre Compétition	Jean-Luc Chéreau Jack Leconte Pierre Yver	Porsche 911 GT2		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		9
					Chevrolet 6.0L V8
DNS	GT1	43	JCB Racing Raymond Touroul	Jean-Claude Basso Henri Pescarolo	Venturi 600 SLM		-
					Renault PRV 3.0L Turbo V6
DNS	GT2	51	Proton Competition	Peter Erl Gerold Ried	Porsche 911 GT2		-
					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