The Pokka International Suzuka 1000km 1996
BPR Global GT Series round 07, Japan, 24 - 25 August 1996
The Pokka International Suzuka 1000km 1996
Saturday 24 - Sunday 25 August 1996
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 and Results
Entries
No. | Class | Car | Colors | Entrants |
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1 | GT1 |
McLaren F1 GTR
chassis 003R • BMW 702 V12/60° 4v DOHC 6.064cc |
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2 | GT1 |
McLaren F1 GTR
chassis 012R • BMW 702 V12/60° 4v DOHC 6.064cc |
Blue-Orange (GULF) |
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3 | GT1 |
McLaren F1 GTR
chassis 006R • BMW 702 V12/60° 4v DOHC 6.064cc |
Yellow-Dark Green (Harrods) |
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5 | GT1 |
Venturi 600 LM
PRV V6/90° 2v SOHC 2.975cc |
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6 | GT1 |
McLaren F1 GTR
chassis 015R • BMW 702 V12/60° 4v DOHC 6.064cc |
Blue-Orange (GULF) |
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8 | GT1 |
McLaren F1 GTR
chassis 005R • BMW 702 V12/60° 4v DOHC 6.064cc |
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9 | GT1 |
McLaren F1 GTR
chassis 011R • BMW 702 V12/60° 4v DOHC 6.064cc |
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11 | GT1 |
Porsche 911 GT2 Evo
Porsche M64/83 F6 2v DOHC 3.600cc |
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21 | GT1 |
Lotus Esprit V8 Turbo
Lotus 918 V8 3.506cc Twin-Turbo |
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26 | GT1 |
Lister Storm GTS
chassis 053110 |
White-Black |
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27 | GT1 |
1995 Ferrari F40 GTE
chassis ZFFGJ34B000090001 • GTE #1 • Ferrari F120B 3.5L 90º V8 Turbo |
Dark Blue-Yellow |
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28 | GT1 |
1989 Ferrari F40 GTE
chassis ZFFGJ34B000082404 • GTE #02 • Ferrari F120B V8/90° 4v 4xDOHC |
Dark Blue-Yellow |
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29 | GT1 |
1996 Ferrari F40 GTE
chassis ZFFGJ34B000088779 • GTE #05 • Ferrari F120B V8/90° 4v 4xDOHC |
Red |
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32 | GT1 |
Dodge Viper GTS-R
Dodge V10/90° 2v OHV 7.986cc |
White (Dark Blue stripes) |
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40 | GT1 |
1995 Ferrari F40 GTE
chassis ZFFGJ34B000074045 • prototipo, LM #13 • Ferrari V8 2.998cc Turbo |
French Blue (PILOT livery, White wheels) |
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46 | GT1 |
SARD MC8-R
Toyota SARD V8 3.968cc Turbo |
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48 | GT1 |
Porsche 911 GT2 Evo
Porsche M64/83 F6 2v DOHC 3.600cc |
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49 | GT1 |
Porsche 911 GT2 Evo
Porsche M64/83 F6 2v DOHC 3.600cc |
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188 | GT1 |
Lamborghini Diablo Jota
Lamborghini V12 |
White-Blue-Red (Valvoline) |
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16 | GT2 |
Porsche 911 GT2
Porsche F6 2v DOHC Turbo |
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30 | GT2 |
Porsche 911 GT2
Porsche F6 2v DOHC Turbo |
Blue-White-Red |
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51 | GT2 |
Porsche 911 GT2
Porsche F6 2v DOHC Turbo |
White-Dark Blue |
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55 | GT2 |
Porsche 911 GT2
chassis WP0ZZZ99ZTS393067 • Porsche F6 2v DOHC 3.600cc |
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56 | GT2 |
Porsche 911 GT2
Porsche F6 2v DOHC Turbo |
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57 | GT2 |
Porsche 911 GT2
Porsche F6 2v DOHC Turbo |
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64 | GT2 |
Porsche 911 GT2
Porsche F6 2v DOHC Turbo |
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65 | GT2 |
Porsche 911 GT2
Porsche F6 2v DOHC Turbo |
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74 | GT2 |
Callaway Corvette
Chevrolet V8/90° 2v OHV 6.200cc |
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77 | GT2 |
Porsche 911 GT2
chassis WP0ZZZ99ZTS393086 • Porsche F6 2v DOHC Turbo |
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83 | GT2 |
Marcos LM600
chassis 9503 • Chevrolet V8 |
Yellow |
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88 | GT2 |
Porsche 911 GT2
Porsche F6 2v DOHC Turbo |
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96 | GT2 |
Porsche 911 GT2
chassis WP0ZZZ99ZTS393103 • Porsche F6 2v DOHC Turbo |
White-Red |
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99 | GT2 |
Porsche 911 GT2
chassis WP0ZZZ99ZTS393085 • Porsche F6 2v DOHC Turbo |
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100 | GT2 |
Honda NSX
Honda V6 |
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164 | GT2 |
Honda NSX
Honda V6 |
White |
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911 | GT2 |
Porsche 911 GT2
Porsche F6 2v DOHC Turbo |
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10 | Nat.GT |
Porsche 993 Carrera RSR 3.8
Porsche F6 3.800cc |
White |
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12 | Nat.GT |
Porsche 911 (993) Carrera Cup
Porsche F6 |
Red |
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17 | Nat.GT |
Mazda RX-7
Mazda Rotary |
White |
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31 | Nat.GT |
Porsche 911 (993) Carrera RS
Porsche F6 |
Black (CALTEX) |
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33 | Nat.GT |
Mitsubishi GTO
Mitsubishi |
Green metallic (PUMA) |
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41 | Nat.GT |
Porsche 964A Carrera RS
Porsche F6 |
Yellow-Blue |
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70 | Nat.GT |
Porsche 911 RS
Porsche F6 |
Purple metallic |
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101 | Nat.GT |
Honda NSX-R
Honda V6 |
Black-Red |
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910 | Nat.GT |
Porsche 993 Carrera RSR
Porsche F6 |
White-Dark Blue |
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qualify Results
Position | No. | Class | Car | Time |
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1 | 2 | GT1 |
McLaren F1 GTR
J.J. Lehto • James Weaver • Ray Bellm • Gulf Racing | GTC |
2m02.502s |
2 | 6 | GT1 |
McLaren F1 GTR
David Brabham • Lindsay Owen-Jones • Pierre-Henri Raphanel • Gulf Racing | GTC |
2m02.957s |
3 | 21 | GT1 |
Lotus Esprit V8 Turbo
Jan Lammers • Alex Portman • Mike Hezemans • Lotus Racing Team |
2m02.976s |
4 | 28 | GT1 |
1989 Ferrari F40 GTE
Jean-Marc Gounon • Eric Bernard • Paul Belmondo • Ennea Igol SRL |
2m03.351s |
5 | 27 | GT1 |
1995 Ferrari F40 GTE
Anders Olofsson • Luciano della Noce • Ennea Igol SRL |
2m03.731s |
6 | 29 | GT1 |
1996 Ferrari F40 GTE
Massimiliano Angelelli • Tetsuya Ota • Ennea Igol SRL |
2m04.356s |
7 | 1 | GT1 |
McLaren F1 GTR
John Nielsen • Dr. Thomas Bscher • West Competition |
2m04.451s |
8 | 40 | GT1 |
1995 Ferrari F40 GTE
Michel Ferté • Olivier Thévenin • Pilot Aldix Racing |
2m04.723s |
9 | 9 | GT1 |
McLaren F1 GTR
Jean-Denis Deletraz • Fabien Giroix • Ratanakul Prutirat • Franck Muller Watches |
2m05.033s |
10 | 26 | GT1 |
Lister Storm GTS
Christophe Bouchut • Geoff Lees • Tiff Needell • New Castle United Lister |
2m05.261s |
11 | 46 | GT1 |
SARD MC8-R
Alain Ferté • Mauro Martini • Naoki Nagasaka • Team Menicon SARD |
2m06.014s |
12 | 3 | GT1 |
McLaren F1 GTR
Olivier Grouillard • Andy Wallace • Harrods Mach One Racing |
2m08.212s |
13 | 49 | GT1 |
Porsche 911 GT2 Evo
Wolfgang Kaufmann • Thierry Boutsen • Freisinger Motorsport |
2m08.742s |
14 | 8 | GT1 |
McLaren F1 GTR
Jean-Luc Maury-Laribière • Emmanuel Clérico • Jean-Paul Libert • BBA Compétition |
2m09.575s |
15 | 83 | GT2 |
Marcos LM600
Cor Euser • Hisashi Wada • Naohiro Furuya • Marcos Racing International |
2m09.882s |
16 | 30 | GT2 |
Porsche 911 GT2
Youji Yamada • Eiichi Tajima • Kazuo Mogi • Team Nicos |
2m10.467s |
17 | 100 | GT2 |
Honda NSX
Kunimitsu Takahashi • Keiichi Tsuchiya • Ryo Michigami • Team Kunimitsu |
2m10.871s |
18 | 56 | GT2 |
Porsche 911 GT2
Bruno Eichmann • Ralf Kelleners • Gerd Ruch • Roock Racing |
2m11.047s |
19 | 164 | GT2 |
Honda NSX
Takuya Kurosawa • Kouji Satou • Toranouske Takagi • Nakajima Planning |
2m11.095s |
20 | 88 | GT2 |
Porsche 911 GT2
Stéphane Ortelli • Bob Wollek • Franz Konrad • Konrad Motorsport |
2m11.265s |
21 | 11 | GT1 |
Porsche 911 GT2 Evo
Robert Nearn • Takachiho Inoue • Franz Konrad • Konrad Motorsport |
2m11.387s |
22 | 96 | GT2 |
Porsche 911 GT2
André Ahrlé • Patrice Goueslard • Jean-Luc Chéreau • Larbre Compétition |
2m11.690s |
23 | 188 | GT1 |
Lamborghini Diablo Jota
Takao Wada • Hideo Fukuyama • Luigi Moccia • Ken Wolf With JLOC Corsa |
2m12.314s |
24 | 64 | GT2 |
Porsche 911 GT2
Paul Burdell • Soames Langton • Yannick Dalmas • Lanzante Motorsport |
2m12.476s |
25 | 55 | GT2 |
Porsche 911 GT2
Lilian Bryner • Enzo Calderari • Ulrich Richter • Stadler Motorsport |
2m13.511s |
26 | 65 | GT2 |
Porsche 911 GT2
Tomiko Yoshikawa • Guy Martinolle • Jean-Claude Lagniez • Roock Racing |
2m14.841s |
27 | 5 | GT1 |
Venturi 600 LM
Eric Graham • Michel Faraut • Promo Racing Car |
2m14.916s |
28 | 74 | GT2 |
Callaway Corvette
Kurt Huber • Hans Hauser • Andrea Chiesa • Callaway Competition |
2m15.207s |
29 | 48 | GT1 |
Porsche 911 GT2 Evo
Yasutaka Hinoi • Yukio Okamoto • Team BMB Mini Juke |
2m15.815s |
30 | 911 | GT2 |
Porsche 911 GT2
Kenji Kawagoe • Syunji Kasuya • Keith Wong • Keep The Dream Alive Racing Team |
2m16.353s |
31 | 99 | GT2 |
Porsche 911 GT2
Stéphane Ratel • Michel Ligonnet • Masahiro Kimoto • ELF | Haberthur Racing |
2m16.902s |
32 | 57 | GT2 |
Porsche 911 GT2
Michel Quiniou • Richard Flammang • Freisinger Motorsport |
2m17.927s |
33 | 16 | GT2 |
Porsche 911 GT2
Tetsuhumi Toda • Akio Tomita • Eiji Yamada • Prova Motorsport |
2m18.089s |
34 | 10 | Nat.GT |
Porsche 993 Carrera RSR 3.8
Yukihiro Hane • Yoshifumi Matsunami • Katsuji Shiomi • Southeast Motorsport |
2m19.131s |
35 | 51 | GT2 |
Porsche 911 GT2
Patrick Vuillaume • Christian Pellieux • Gerold Ried • Proton Competition |
2m19.545s |
36 | 31 | Nat.GT |
Porsche 911 (993) Carrera RS
Katsunori Iketani • Katsuo Kobayashi • Cobra Racing Team |
2m20.055s |
37 | 77 | GT2 |
Porsche 911 GT2
Takashi Suzuki • Manfred Jurasz • Giuseppe Quargentan • Seikel Motorsport |
2m20.251s |
38 | 33 | Nat.GT |
Mitsubishi GTO
Akihiko Nakaya • Takahiko Hara • Puma Racing Team |
2m20.667s |
39 | 12 | Nat.GT |
Porsche 911 (993) Carrera Cup
Katsuhiko Okamoto • Katsuya Makita • Schloss Motorsport |
2m21.560s |
40 | 910 | Nat.GT |
Porsche 993 Carrera RSR
Seiichi Sodeyama • Kiyoshi Misaki • Kouzaburou Takahashi • 910 Racing |
2m21.598s |
41 | 70 | Nat.GT |
Porsche 911 RS
Yoshimi Ishibashi • Kaoru Hoshino • Hiroyuki Noji • Ishibashi Yoshimi |
2m21.949s |
42 | 41 | Nat.GT |
Porsche 964A Carrera RS
Akira Ishikawa • Tetsuya Tanaka • Hideaki Hagiwara • Aiwa Racing Project |
2m22.383s |
43 | 17 | Nat.GT |
Mazda RX-7
Toshihiko Nogami • Toshiaki Koshimizu • Tomoyuki Hosono • Tomohiko Nogami • Kageisen Racing |
2m26.951s |
44 | 101 | Nat.GT |
Honda NSX-R
Hajime Ooshiro • Masayoshi Furuya • Shigekazu Saeki • NSX Club Of Japan |
2m30.149s |
45 | 32 | GT1 |
Dodge Viper GTS-R
Philippe Gache • Eric Hélary • Olivier Beretta • Viper Team Oreca |
DNC |
race Results
Position | No. | Class | Car | Time | Laps | Info |
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1 | 2 | GT1 |
McLaren F1 GTR
J.J. Lehto • James Weaver • Ray Bellm • Gulf Racing | GTC |
6h18m48.637s | 171 laps | |
2 | 27 | GT1 |
1995 Ferrari F40 GTE
Anders Olofsson • Luciano della Noce • Ennea Igol SRL |
6h20m39.399s | 170 laps | |
3 | 3 | GT1 |
McLaren F1 GTR
Olivier Grouillard • Andy Wallace • Harrods Mach One Racing |
6h21m00.514s | 169 laps | |
4 | 1 | GT1 |
McLaren F1 GTR
John Nielsen • Dr. Thomas Bscher • West Competition |
6h20m13.163s | 168 laps | |
5 | 9 | GT1 |
McLaren F1 GTR
Jean-Denis Deletraz • Fabien Giroix • Ratanakul Prutirat • Franck Muller Watches |
6:18m51.299s | 167 laps | |
6 | 6 | GT1 |
McLaren F1 GTR
David Brabham • Lindsay Owen-Jones • Pierre-Henri Raphanel • Gulf Racing | GTC |
6h18m59.022s | 167 laps | |
7 | 28 | GT1 |
1989 Ferrari F40 GTE
Jean-Marc Gounon • Eric Bernard • Paul Belmondo • Ennea Igol SRL |
6h19m27.764s | 167 laps | |
8 | 56 | GT2 |
Porsche 911 GT2
Bruno Eichmann • Ralf Kelleners • Gerd Ruch • Roock Racing |
6h18m55.811s | 164 laps | |
9 | 88 | GT2 |
Porsche 911 GT2
Stéphane Ortelli • Bob Wollek • Franz Konrad • Konrad Motorsport |
6h19m35.639s | 164 laps | |
10 | 83 | GT2 |
Marcos LM600
Cor Euser • Hisashi Wada • Naohiro Furuya • Marcos Racing International |
6h20m35.081s | 162 laps | |
11 | 32 | GT1 |
Dodge Viper GTS-R
Philippe Gache • Eric Hélary • Olivier Beretta • Viper Team Oreca |
6h20m56.791s | 162 laps | |
12 | 55 | GT2 |
Porsche 911 GT2
Lilian Bryner • Enzo Calderari • Ulrich Richter • Stadler Motorsport |
6h20m58.027s | 160 laps | |
13 | 65 | GT2 |
Porsche 911 GT2
Tomiko Yoshikawa • Guy Martinolle • Jean-Claude Lagniez • Roock Racing |
6h20m45.772s | 156 laps | |
14 | 99 | GT2 |
Porsche 911 GT2
Stéphane Ratel • Michel Ligonnet • Masahiro Kimoto • ELF | Haberthur Racing |
6h21m17.667s | 155 laps | |
15 | 31 | Nat.GT |
Porsche 911 (993) Carrera RS
Katsunori Iketani • Katsuo Kobayashi • Cobra Racing Team |
6h19m29.364s | 154 laps | |
16 | 910 | Nat.GT |
Porsche 993 Carrera RSR
Seiichi Sodeyama • Kiyoshi Misaki • Kouzaburou Takahashi • 910 Racing |
6h19m51.234s | 154 laps | |
17 | 12 | Nat.GT |
Porsche 911 (993) Carrera Cup
Katsuhiko Okamoto • Katsuya Makita • Schloss Motorsport |
6h20m52.257s | 154 laps | |
18 | 51 | GT2 |
Porsche 911 GT2
Patrick Vuillaume • Christian Pellieux • Gerold Ried • Proton Competition |
6h21m08.813s | 154 laps | |
19 | 77 | GT2 |
Porsche 911 GT2
Takashi Suzuki • Manfred Jurasz • Giuseppe Quargentan • Seikel Motorsport |
6h18m54.662s | 153 laps | |
20 | 41 | Nat.GT |
Porsche 964A Carrera RS
Akira Ishikawa • Tetsuya Tanaka • Hideaki Hagiwara • Aiwa Racing Project |
6h20m15.706s | 153 laps | |
21 | 911 | GT2 |
Porsche 911 GT2
Kenji Kawagoe • Syunji Kasuya • Keith Wong • Keep The Dream Alive Racing Team |
6h19m58.397s | 152 laps | |
22 | 96 | GT2 |
Porsche 911 GT2
André Ahrlé • Patrice Goueslard • Jean-Luc Chéreau • Larbre Compétition |
6h20m09.190s | 152 laps | |
23 | 10 | Nat.GT |
Porsche 993 Carrera RSR 3.8
Yukihiro Hane • Yoshifumi Matsunami • Katsuji Shiomi • Southeast Motorsport |
6h19m04.262s | 151 laps | |
24 | 29 | GT1 |
1996 Ferrari F40 GTE
Massimiliano Angelelli • Tetsuya Ota • Ennea Igol SRL |
6h20m07.467s | 151 laps | |
25 | 16 | GT2 |
Porsche 911 GT2
Tetsuhumi Toda • Akio Tomita • Eiji Yamada • Prova Motorsport |
6h21m11.997s | 151 laps | |
26 | 5 | GT1 |
Venturi 600 LM
Eric Graham • Michel Faraut • Promo Racing Car |
6h19m43.039s | 150 laps | |
27 | 70 | Nat.GT |
Porsche 911 RS
Yoshimi Ishibashi • Kaoru Hoshino • Hiroyuki Noji • Ishibashi Yoshimi |
6h20m19.204s | 148 laps | |
28 | 188 | GT1 |
Lamborghini Diablo Jota
Takao Wada • Hideo Fukuyama • Luigi Moccia • Ken Wolf With JLOC Corsa |
6h20m20.641s | 144 laps | |
29 | 17 | Nat.GT |
Mazda RX-7
Toshihiko Nogami • Toshiaki Koshimizu • Tomoyuki Hosono • Tomohiko Nogami • Kageisen Racing |
6h19m38.878s | 140 laps | |
30 | 101 | Nat.GT |
Honda NSX-R
Hajime Ooshiro • Masayoshi Furuya • Shigekazu Saeki • NSX Club Of Japan |
6h20m48.716s | 137 laps | |
33 | 74 | GT2 |
Callaway Corvette
Kurt Huber • Hans Hauser • Andrea Chiesa • Callaway Competition |
DNF | 140 laps | Wheel |
34 | 64 | GT2 |
Porsche 911 GT2
Paul Burdell • Soames Langton • Yannick Dalmas • Lanzante Motorsport |
DNF | 112 laps | Engine |
35 | 49 | GT1 |
Porsche 911 GT2 Evo
Wolfgang Kaufmann • Thierry Boutsen • Freisinger Motorsport |
DNF | 102 laps | Fan Belt |
36 | 48 | GT1 |
Porsche 911 GT2 Evo
Yasutaka Hinoi • Yukio Okamoto • Team BMB Mini Juke |
DNF | 98 laps | Fire |
37 | 100 | GT2 |
Honda NSX
Kunimitsu Takahashi • Keiichi Tsuchiya • Ryo Michigami • Team Kunimitsu |
DNF | 90 laps | Engine |
38 | 33 | Nat.GT |
Mitsubishi GTO
Akihiko Nakaya • Takahiko Hara • Puma Racing Team |
DNF | 89 laps | |
39 | 26 | GT1 |
Lister Storm GTS
Christophe Bouchut • Geoff Lees • Tiff Needell • New Castle United Lister |
DNF | 82 laps | Gearbox |
40 | 57 | GT2 |
Porsche 911 GT2
Michel Quiniou • Richard Flammang • Freisinger Motorsport |
DNF | 81 laps | Accident |
41 | 40 | GT1 |
1995 Ferrari F40 GTE
Michel Ferté • Olivier Thévenin • Pilot Aldix Racing |
DNF | 62 laps | Fire |
42 | 30 | GT2 |
Porsche 911 GT2
Youji Yamada • Eiichi Tajima • Kazuo Mogi • Team Nicos |
DNF | 45 laps | Engine |
43 | 8 | GT1 |
McLaren F1 GTR
Jean-Luc Maury-Laribière • Emmanuel Clérico • Jean-Paul Libert • BBA Compétition |
DNF | 28 laps | Wheel Hub |
44 | 11 | GT1 |
Porsche 911 GT2 Evo
Robert Nearn • Takachiho Inoue • Franz Konrad • Konrad Motorsport |
DNF | 18 laps | Engine |
45 | 164 | GT2 |
Honda NSX
Takuya Kurosawa • Kouji Satou • Toranouske Takagi • Nakajima Planning |
DNF | 8 laps | Differencial |
46 | 46 | GT1 |
SARD MC8-R
Alain Ferté • Mauro Martini • Naoki Nagasaka • Team Menicon SARD |
DNF | 6 laps | Engine |
47 | 21 | GT1 |
Lotus Esprit V8 Turbo
Jan Lammers • Alex Portman • Mike Hezemans • Lotus Racing Team |
DNF | 5 laps | Oil Line |