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1999 FIA GT Championship

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Olivier Beretta of Monaco won his second consecutive FIA GT Drivers' Championship in 1999

The 1999 FIA GT Championship was the third season of FIA GT Championship, an auto racing series endorsed by the Fédération Internationale de l'Automobile (FIA) and organized by the Stéphane Ratel Organisation (SRO). The races featured grand touring cars and awarded a drivers and teams championship. The season began on 11 April 1999 and ended 26 November 1999 after ten races in Europe, the United States, and China.

Following the domination of Mercedes-Benz the previous two seasons, pre-season entries for the GT1 category were so few that the FIA and SRO chose to eliminate the class for 1999. The former GT2 class became the sole category of cars eligible for the championships, although cars from national championships were allowed to participate on an invitational basis at some events. Chrysler Viper Team Oreca dominated the championship for the entire season, winning all but one race en route to the Teams title. Olivier Beretta won his second-consecutive championship, sharing the Drivers title with teammate Karl Wendlinger, earning six of Oreca's nine race victories.

Schedule

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For the first time in the history of both the FIA GT Championship and its predecessor series, the BPR Global GT Endurance Championship, a 1,000 km (620 mi) endurance race was not part of the season as the 1000 km Suzuka was dropped from the schedule, instead all races were held to a 500 km (310 mi) distance. The Japanese event was replaced by a race at the Zhuhai International Circuit, which the BPR series had visited in 1996. Dijon-Prenois was also not retained from 1998, replaced by the Zolder and Monza, which started the season. The series initially planned to retain the A1-Ring before the event was replaced by a second American event at Watkins Glen. The two American rounds were intended to be run in conjunction with the United States Road Racing Championship before the series was canceled in the summer of 1999, although American teams were invited to participate as non-scoring entries.

Rnd Race Circuit Date
1 Aprimatic Trophy Italy Autodromo Nazionale Monza, Monza, Italy 11 April
2 P&O Stena Line Silverstone 500 United Kingdom Silverstone Circuit, Silverstone, United Kingdom 9 May
3 Hockenheim 500 Germany Hockenheimring, Hockenheim, Germany 27 June
4 Hungaroring 500 Hungary Hungaroring, Mogyoród, Hungary 4 July
5 Castrol Belcar FIA GT Belgium Zolder Circuit, Heusden-Zolder, Belgium 18 July
6 Oschersleben 500 Germany Motopark Oschersleben, Oschersleben, Germany 8 August
7 International Car Races United Kingdom Donington Park, Leicestershire, United Kingdom 5 September
8 Miami 500 United States Homestead-Miami Speedway, Homestead, United States 26 September
9 Bosch Sports Car Oktoberfest United States Watkins Glen International, Watkins Glen, United States 3 October
10 Zhuhai 500 China Zhuhai International Circuit, Zhuhai, China 28 November
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Entries

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Entrant Car Engine Tyre No. Drivers Rounds
France Chrysler Viper Team Oreca Chrysler Viper GTS-R Chrysler 356-T6 8.0 L V10 M 1 Monaco Olivier Beretta 1–2, 4–10
Austria Karl Wendlinger 1–2, 4–10
Italy Luca Drudi 3
United Kingdom Justin Bell 3
2 France Jean-Philippe Belloc All
United States David Donohue 1–2, 8–9
United Kingdom Justin Bell 2, 7
France Dominique Dupuy 3–4
Belgium Marc Duez 5–6
Belgium Vincent Vosse 10
Germany Roock Racing Porsche 911 GT2 Porsche 3.6 L Turbo Flat-6 Y 3 Monaco Stéphane Ortelli 1–4
Germany Claudia Hürtgen 1–4
United Kingdom Adam Topping 10
United Kingdom Robert Schirle 10
United States Ugo Colombo 10
4 Germany André Ahrlé 1–5
Germany Hubert Haupt 1–5
Germany Claudia Hürtgen 5
Germany Roock Sportsystem
Germany Michael Eschmann
5 Germany Michael Eschmann 1–4
United Kingdom Hugh Price 1
United Kingdom John Robinson 1
Germany Paul Hulverscheid 2–4, 6
Germany Sascha Maassen 3–4, 6
Belgium Ben Lievens 5
Belgium Michel Meers 5
Monaco Stéphane Ortelli 6
32 Italy Raffaele Sangiuolo 2
United Kingdom John Robinson 2
United Kingdom Hugh Price 2
Germany Konrad Motorsport Porsche 911 GT2 Porsche 3.6 L Turbo Flat-6 D 6 Austria Franz Konrad All
France Bob Wollek 1, 3–4, 6
Netherlands Mike Hezemans 2, 8–9
Germany Altfrid Heger 5
Germany Sascha Maassen 7, 10
7 United States Charles Slater 8–9
United States Ugo Colombo 8
Spain Jesús Diez de Villarroel 9
Germany Peter Worm 10
Italy Batti Pregliasco 10
Switzerland Haberthur Racing Porsche 911 GT2 Porsche 3.6 L Turbo Flat-6 D 8 Italy Luca Cappellari 1–9
Belgium Michel Neugarten 1, 3–5
Italy Filippo Salvarni 1
Italy Angelo Zadra 2
France Patrice Goueslard 2–4
Italy Marco Spinelli 5
France Patrick Vuillaume 6–10
Germany Axel Röhr 6
Italy Raffaele Sangiuolo 7
Italy Paolo Rapetti 8
United States David Kicak 9
Italy Rino Mastronardi 10
France Jacques Corbet 10
9 Italy Mauro Casadei All
Italy Stefano Bucci 1–4
Italy Andrea Garbagnati 1–2, 4, 7–10
France Patrick Vuillaume 5
Italy Raffaele Sangiuolo 5
Italy Roberto Mangifesta 6
Switzerland Ivan Jacoma 6
Switzerland Massimo Cattori 7
Netherlands Marcos Racing International Marcos LM600 Chevrolet 5.9 L V8 D 10 Netherlands Cor Euser 1, 3–4
Netherlands Mike Hezemans 1, 6
Netherlands Herman Buurman 3–4, 6
Belgium Vincent Dupont 5
Belgium Hans Willems 5
11 Netherlands Cor Euser 5
Netherlands Herman Buurman 5
Germany Freisinger Motorsport Porsche 911 GT2 Porsche 3.6 L Turbo Flat-6 D 15 Germany Wolfgang Kaufmann All
France Michel Ligonnet 1–7
France Bob Wollek 8–10
16 Austria Manfred Jurasz All
Australia Ray Lintott 1
France Luis Marques 2
Japan Yukihiro Hane 3–7, 9–10
United States Lance Stewart 8
United Kingdom Chamberlain Motorsport Chrysler Viper GTS-R Chrysler 356-T6 8.0 L V10 M 18 Portugal Ni Amorim 1–7, 10
United Kingdom Will Hoy 1–2
Switzerland Toni Seiler 2–7
Belgium Vincent Vosse 8–9
France Xavier Pompidou 8–9
Netherlands Hans Hugenholtz Jr. 8, 10
France Michel Ligonnet 9–10
19 United Kingdom Christian Vann All
Germany Christian Gläsel All
Netherlands Hans Hugenholtz Jr. 2
Hungary Bovi Motorsport Porsche 911 GT2 Porsche 3.6 L Turbo Flat-6 20 Hungary Attila Barta 1, 4
Hungary Kálmán Bódis 1, 4
Hungary Ferenc Rátkai 1
Hungary Zoltán Zengő 4
France Paul Belmondo Racing Chrysler Viper GTS-R Chrysler 356-T6 8.0 L V10 D 21 France Claude-Yves Gosselin 1–7
France Paul Belmondo 1–5, 7–10
France Marc Rostan 2
France Emmanuel Clérico 4, 6, 8
Italy Luca Drudi 9
France Dominique Dupuy 10
22 France Emmanuel Clérico 1, 3
Switzerland Christophe Pillon 1
Germany Steffan Widmann 3–7
France Marc Rostan 3, 8
Netherlands Mike Hezemans 4, 7
United Kingdom Alex Portman 5
France Jean-Marc Gounon 6
France Alain Filhol 7
Canada "Raël" 8–9
United States Steve Pfeffer 9
France Werner Porsche 911 GT2 Porsche 3.6 L Turbo Flat-6 D 23 France Francis Werner 2–5, 7
France Jacques Piattier 2–5, 7
France Philippe Auvray 2, 4–5
Germany RWS Porsche 911 GT2 Porsche 3.6 L Turbo Flat-6 24 Austria Horst Felbermayr 1–7
Austria Horst Felbermayr Jr. 1–7
United Kingdom Lister Storm Racing Lister Storm GT2 Jaguar 7.0 L V12 M 25 United Kingdom Julian Bailey 1–3, 5, 7
United Kingdom Bobby Verdon-Roe 1–2
United Kingdom Tiff Needell 1–2
United Kingdom Jamie Campbell-Walter 3, 5
United Kingdom Tim Sugden 3
United Kingdom Andy Wallace 5, 7
United Kingdom William Hewland 7
34 Netherlands Mike Hezemans 3, 5
Netherlands David Hart 3, 5
Italy Ruggero Grassi Porsche 911 GT2 Porsche 3.6 L Turbo Flat-6 26 Italy Ruggero Grassi 1
Italy Anssi Münz 1
Italy MAC Racing Porsche 911 Porsche 3.4 L Flat-6 27 Italy Luciano Tamburini 1
Italy Ruggero Melgrati 1
Italy Ebimotors Porsche 911 GT2 Porsche 3.6 L Turbo Flat-6 28 Italy Fabio Babini 1
Italy Massimo Frigerio 1
Italy Autorlando Porsche 911 GT2 Porsche 3.6 L Turbo Flat-6 P 29 Italy Marco Spinelli 1, 7
Italy Fabio Villa 1, 7
Italy Gabriele Sabatini 1, 7
United Kingdom BVB Porsche 911 GT2 Porsche 3.6 L Turbo Flat-6 D 30 United Kingdom Max Beaverbroock 2, 7
United Kingdom Geoff Lister 2
United Kingdom Martin Stretton 7
France Sunauto Porsche 911 GT2 Porsche 3.6 L Turbo Flat-6 P 31 France Jean-Pierre Jarier 2, 4
France François Lafon 2, 4
Belgium Michel Neugarten 2
Belgium GLPK Racing Chrysler Viper GTS-R Chrysler 8.0 L V10 D 33 Belgium Vincent Vosse 1–7
Belgium Didier Defourny 1–7
Belgium Marc Duez 2
Belgium Anthony Kumpen 4
Belgium Jean-François Hemroulle 4
Germany Porsche Zentrum Regensburg Porsche 911 Turbo Porsche 3.6 L Turbo Flat-6 35 Germany Michael Trunk 6
Germany Bernhard Müller 6
Porsche 911 Cup Porsche 3.6 L Flat-6 36 Germany Josef Jobst 6
Germany Klaus Gebendorfer 6
Germany Günther Kronseder 6
United Kingdom Cirtek Motorsport Porsche 911 GT2 Porsche 3.6 L Turbo Flat-6 37 United Kingdom Robert Schirle 7
United Kingdom Jonathan Baker 7
Australia Charlie Cox 7
Germany Proton Competition Porsche 911 GT2 Porsche 3.6 L Turbo Flat-6 Y 69 Germany Gerold Ried 1–7, 10
Germany Christian Ried 1–7, 10
France Patrick Vuillaume 1–4
Germany Seikel Motorsport Porsche 911 GT2 Porsche 3.6 L Turbo Flat-6 D 77 United Kingdom Richard Nearn 1–7
Germany Ernst Palmberger 1–6
United Kingdom Nigel Smith 1–6
New Zealand Rob Wilson 7
78 Italy Renato Mastropietro 1–2
Italy Claudio Padovani 1–2
Italy Raffaele Sangiuolo 1, 4
Italy Paolo Zanichelli 2
France Jacques Schwach 3
France Bernard Schwach 3
France Didier van Straaten 3
France Xavier Pompidou 4, 7
Morocco Max Cohen-Olivar 4, 7
Italy Ruggero Grassi 6
Germany Christian Vogler 6
Italy Paolo Rapetti 7
Sources:[2][3]

Results and standings

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Race results

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Rnd Circuit Overall Winning Team Report
Overall Winning Drivers
1 Monza France No. 1 Chrysler Viper Team Oreca Report
Monaco Olivier Beretta
Austria Karl Wendlinger
2 Silverstone France No. 1 Chrysler Viper Team Oreca Report
Monaco Olivier Beretta
Austria Karl Wendlinger
3 Hockenheimring France No. 2 Chrysler Viper Team Oreca Report
France Jean-Philippe Belloc
France Dominique Dupuy
4 Hungaroring France No. 2 Chrysler Viper Team Oreca Report
France Jean-Philippe Belloc
France Dominique Dupuy
5 Zolder France No. 1 Chrysler Viper Team Oreca Report
Monaco Olivier Beretta
Austria Karl Wendlinger
6 Oschersleben France No. 1 Chrysler Viper Team Oreca Report
Monaco Olivier Beretta
Austria Karl Wendlinger
7 Donington France No. 1 Chrysler Viper Team Oreca Report
Monaco Olivier Beretta
Austria Karl Wendlinger
8 Homestead France No. 21 Paul Belmondo Racing Report
France Paul Belmondo
France Emmanuel Clérico
9 Watkins Glen France No. 2 Chrysler Viper Team Oreca Report
France Jean-Philippe Belloc
United States David Donohue
10 Zhuhai France No. 1 Chrysler Viper Team Oreca Report
Monaco Olivier Beretta
Austria Karl Wendlinger
Source:[4]

Points were awarded to the top six finishers in each race. Entries were required to complete 75% of the race distance in order to be classified as a finisher. Drivers were required to complete 20% of the total race distance for their car to earn points. Teams scored points for each of its cars which finished a race in a top six placing.[5]

Points system
1st 2nd 3rd 4th 5th 6th
10 6 4 3 2 1

Drivers championship

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Pos. Driver Team MON
Italy
SIL
United Kingdom
HOC
Germany
HUN
Hungary
ZOL
Belgium
OSC
Germany
DON
United Kingdom
HOM
United States
WAT
United States
ZHU
China
Total
points
1 Monaco Olivier Beretta France Chrysler Viper Team Oreca 1 1 2 1 1 1 2 2 1 78
1 Austria Karl Wendlinger France Chrysler Viper Team Oreca 1 1 2 1 1 1 2 2 1 78
2 France Jean-Philippe Belloc France Chrysler Viper Team Oreca 2 2 1 1 Ret 2 16 4 1 5 53
3 United States David Donohue France Chrysler Viper Team Oreca 2 2 4 1 25
4 France Dominique Dupuy France Chrysler Viper Team Oreca 1 1 24
France Paul Belmondo Racing 3
5 Germany Christian Gläsel United Kingdom Chamberlain Motorsport 4 4 12 8 Ret 4 5 7 3 2 21
5 United Kingdom Christian Vann United Kingdom Chamberlain Motorsport 4 4 12 8 Ret 4 5 7 3 2 21
6 Germany Wolfgang Kaufmann Germany Freisinger Motorsport 3 6 5 6 4 5 Ret 5 4 4 21
7 France Paul Belmondo France Paul Belmondo Racing 6 7 7 10 5 7 1 5 3 19
8 France Bob Wollek Germany Konrad Motorsport 15 3 3 8 16
Germany Freisinger Motorsport 5 4 4
9 Belgium Vincent Vosse Belgium GLPK Racing 5 3 Ret 13 14 Ret 4 16
United Kingdom Chamberlain Motorsport 3 6
France Chrysler Viper Team Oreca 5
10 Portugal Ni Amorim United Kingdom Chamberlain Motorsport Ret Ret Ret 4 2 3 6 10 14
11 Switzerland Toni Seiler United Kingdom Chamberlain Motorsport Ret Ret 4 2 3 6 14
12 France Michel Ligonnet Germany Freisinger Motorsport 3 6 5 6 4 5 Ret 14
United Kingdom Chamberlain Motorsport 6 10
13 Austria Franz Konrad Germany Konrad Motorsport 15 13 3 3 6 8 3 Ret 11 Ret 13
14 United Kingdom Justin Bell France Chrysler Viper Team Oreca 2 2 16 12
15 France Emmanuel Clérico France Paul Belmondo Racing Ret Ret 10 6 1 11
16 Belgium Marc Duez Belgium GLPK Racing 3 10
France Chrysler Viper Team Oreca Ret 2
17 United Kingdom Julian Bailey United Kingdom Lister Storm Racing Ret Ret 4 12 2 9
18 Belgium Didier Defourny Belgium GLPK Racing 5 3 Ret 13 14 Ret 4 9
19 Italy Luca Drudi France Chrysler Viper Team Oreca 2 8
France Paul Belmondo Racing 5
20 Netherlands Hans Hugenholtz Jr. United Kingdom Chamberlain Motorsport 4 3 10 7
21 Germany Sascha Maassen Germany Roock Sportsystem 9 5 14 6
Germany Konrad Motorsport 3 Ret
22 France Xavier Pompidou Germany Seikel Motorsport NC 12 5
United Kingdom Chamberlain Motorsport 3 6
23 Netherlands Mike Hezemans Netherlands Marcos Racing International 13 DNS 4
Germany Konrad Motorsport 13 Ret 11
United Kingdom Lister Storm Racing Ret 3
France Paul Belmondo Racing 9 Ret
24 Netherlands David Hart United Kingdom Lister Storm Racing Ret 3 4
25 France Claude-Yves Gosselin France Paul Belmondo Racing 6 7 7 10 5 6 7 4
26 United Kingdom Jamie Campbell-Walter United Kingdom Lister Storm Racing 4 12 3
27 United Kingdom Tim Sugden United Kingdom Lister Storm Racing 4 3
28 Monaco Stéphane Ortelli Germany Roock Racing 8 5 15 16 2
Germany Roock Sportsystem 14
29 Germany Claudia Hürtgen Germany Roock Racing 8 5 15 16 15 2
30 Germany Paul Hulverscheid Germany Roock Sportsystem Ret 9 5 14 2
31 Germany Michael Eschmann Germany Roock Sportsystem 21 Ret 9 5 2
32 Austria Manfred Jurasz Germany Freisinger Motorsport 19 Ret 14 17 7 10 9 6 8 6 2
33 Japan Yukihiro Hane Germany Freisinger Motorsport 14 17 7 10 9 9 6 1
34 Germany André Ahrlé Germany Roock Racing 11 Ret 6 7 15 1
34 Germany Hubert Haupt Germany Roock Racing 11 Ret 6 7 15 1
35 Germany Altfrid Heger Germany Konrad Motorsport 6 1
35 United States Lance Stewart Germany Freisinger Motorsport 6 1
Pos. Driver Team MON
Italy
SIL
United Kingdom
HOC
Germany
HUN
Hungary
ZOL
Belgium
OSC
Germany
DON
United Kingdom
HOM
United States
WAT
United States
ZHU
China
Total
points
Sources:[4][6]
Colour Result
Gold Winner
Silver Second place
Bronze Third place
Green Points finish
Blue Non-points finish
Non-classified finish (NC)
Purple Retired (Ret)
Red Did not qualify (DNQ)
Did not pre-qualify (DNPQ)
Black Disqualified (DSQ)
White Did not start (DNS)
Withdrew (WD)
Race cancelled (C)
Blank Did not practice (DNP)
Did not arrive (DNA)
Excluded (EX)

Teams championship

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Pos. Team MON
Italy
SIL
United Kingdom
HOC
Germany
HUN
Hungary
ZOL
Belgium
OSC
Germany
DON
United Kingdom
HOM
United States
WAT
United States
ZHU
China
Total
points
1 France Chrysler Viper Team Oreca 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 2 1 1 137
2 2 2 2 Ret 2 16 4 2 5
2 United Kingdom Chamberlain Motorsport 4 4 12 4 2 3 5 3 3 2 40
Ret Ret Ret 8 Ret 4 6 7 6 10
3 Germany Freisinger Motorsport 3 6 5 6 4 5 9 5 4 4 23
19 Ret 14 17 7 10 Ret 6 8 6
4 France Paul Belmondo Racing 6 7 7 9 5 6 7 1 5 3 20
Ret Ret 10 Ret Ret Ret Ret 7
5 United Kingdom Lister Storm Racing Ret Ret 4 3 2 13
Ret 12
6 Germany Konrad Motorsport 15 13 3 3 6 8 3 9 11 NC 13
Ret 12 Ret
7 Belgium GLPK Racing 5 3 Ret 13 14 Ret 4 9
8 Germany Roock Racing 8 5 6 7 15 9 3
11 Ret 15 16
9 Germany Roock Sportsystem 21 Ret 9 5 10 14 2
Ret
- Switzerland Haberthur Racing 7 Ret 8 12 9 7 14 8 9 7 0
14 Ret 11 20 Ret 13 Ret Ret 10 Ret
- United Kingdom BVB 8 8 0
- Germany Proton Competition Ret 10 NC Ret 8 Ret 10 0
- Germany Seikel Motorsport 10 9 13 11 11 9 12 0
17 Ret 16 NC 12 Ret
- Italy Autorlando 9 11 0
- Netherlands Marcos Racing International 13 10 14 Ret DNS 0
Ret
- Germany RWS 12 11 Ret 15 Ret 11 Ret 0
- France Werner Ret NC 19 13 15 0
- France Sunauto 12 18 0
- United Kingdom Cirtek Motorsport 13 0
- Italy Ruggero Grassi 16 0
- Italy MAC Racing 18 0
- Hungary Bovi Motorsport 20 DNS 0
- Italy Ebimotors Ret 0
- Germany Porsche Zentrum Regensburg Ret 0
Ret
Sources:[4][7]

References

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  1. ^ "FIA GT Championship Calendar 1999". Motorsport Stats. Retrieved 21 January 2024.
  2. ^ "FIA GT Championship Entry List 1999". Motorsport Stats. Retrieved 21 January 2024.
  3. ^ "FIA GT Championship - 1999: Entrylist". Speedsport Magazine. Retrieved 21 January 2024.
  4. ^ a b c "FIA GT Championship - Season 1999: Results". Speedsport Magazine. Retrieved 21 January 2024.
  5. ^ "FIA GT Championship - 1999: Point standings". Speedsport Magazine. Retrieved 21 January 2024.
  6. ^ "Points chart: 1999 FIA GT Drivers Championship". FIA GT Championship. Archived from the original on 5 May 2006. Retrieved 21 January 2024.
  7. ^ "Points chart: 1999 FIA GT Teams Championship". FIA GT Championship. Archived from the original on 5 May 2006. Retrieved 21 January 2024.
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