3 Hours of Zhuhai 1994
BPR Global GT Series round 08, China, 13 November 1994
3 Hours of Zhuhai 1994
Sunday 13 November 1994
BPR Global GT Series
The BPR Global GT Series, named after its founders last names) was created to replace the World Sportscar Championship that folded in 1992. Patrick Peter (organiser of among others Tour Auto, Le Mans Classic, etc.), Jürgen Barth (organiser of single make Porsche championship) and Stéphane Ratel (the organiser of a single make Venturi championship) joined forces and launched an 8 race season in 1994 that included visits to Japan and China.
Popular already in this first season, the obvious Porsche and Venturi entries were joined by a Ferrari F40 Competition conversion, Lotus Esprits and Callaway Corvettes.
By 1995 and 1996 the starting grids of the travelling championship featured genuine Ferrari F40 GTE cars, the famed McLaren F1 GTR, a racing Jaguar XJ220 and eventually the Porsche 911 GT1’s.
The BPR Global GT Series effectively continued from 1997 onwards as the FIA GT Championship.
Entries
No. | Class | Car | Entrants |
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1 | GT4 | Porsche 911 Carrera 2.7 Porsche F6 | Porsche 911 Carrera 2.7 |
2 | GT4 | Porsche 911 Carrera RSR Turbo Porsche F6 | Porsche 911 Carrera RSR Turbo |
27 | GT3 | Lotus Esprit Sport 300 Lotus L4 4v DOHC Turbo | Lotus Esprit Sport 300 |
30 | GT1 | Venturi 600 LM PRV V6 | Venturi 600 LM |
31 | GT1 | Venturi 600 LM PRV V6 Twin-Turbo | Venturi 600 LM |
39 | GT1 | Venturi 600 LM PRV V6 Twin-Turbo | Venturi 600 LM |
41 | GT1 | Porsche 911 Bi-Turbo Porsche F6 Twin-Turbo | Porsche 911 Bi-Turbo |
42 | GT3 | Porsche 911 Porsche F6 | Porsche 911 |
43 | GT1 | Venturi 600 LM PRV V6 2.975cc Twin-Turbo | Venturi 600 LM |
44 | GT1 | Venturi 600 LM PRV V6 Twin-Turbo | Venturi 600 LM |
45 | GT3 | Porsche 911 Carrera RSR Turbo Porsche F6 | Porsche 911 Carrera RSR Turbo |
46 | GT4 | Porsche 911 Carrera 2.7 Porsche F6 | Porsche 911 Carrera 2.7 |
47 | GT3 | Porsche 911 Carrera RSR Turbo Porsche F6 | Porsche 911 Carrera RSR Turbo |
49 | GT3 | Porsche 911 Carrera RSR 3.8 Porsche F6 3.800cc | Porsche 911 Carrera RSR 3.8 |
50 | GT1 | Porsche 911 Bi-Turbo Porsche F6 Twin-Turbo | Porsche 911 Bi-Turbo |
51 | GT3 | Callaway Corvette chassis 001 • Chevrolet V8/90° 2v OHV 6.227cc | Callaway Corvette |
53 | GT3 | Porsche 911 Carrera RSR Turbo | Porsche 911 Carrera RSR Turbo Christian Haberthur Laurent Lécuyer Olivier Haberthur Scuderia Chico d'Oro |
56 | GT1 | Venturi 600 LM PRV V6 Twin-Turbo | Venturi 600 LM |
58 | GT3 | Porsche 911 Carrera RSR Turbo Porsche F6 | Porsche 911 Carrera RSR Turbo |
60 | GT3 | Porsche 911 Carrera 2.7 Porsche F6 | Porsche 911 Carrera 2.7 |
65 | GT3 | Venturi 400 GTR PRV V6 | Venturi 400 GTR |
68 | GT3 | Venturi 400 GTR PRV V6 | Venturi 400 GTR |
86 | GT1 | Porsche 911 Turbo LM GT Porsche F6 Twin-Turbo | Porsche 911 Turbo LM GT |