1999 FIA GT Championship

1999 FIA GT Championship season
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The 1999 FIA GT Championship season was the 3rd season of FIA GT Championship. It is a series for Grand Touring style cars tuned to full racing machines. It began on 11 April 1999 and ended 26 November 1999 after 10 races.

Due to the dominating success of AMG Mercedes over the past two seasons, no GT1 team besides Mercedes was entered for 1999. Due to this, the FIA chose to eliminate the GT1 class and run with only the former GT2 class. This former GT2 class would become the top GT1 class in 2000 in the FIA's attempt to stop factory backed teams from causing another incident similar to one caused by Mercedes' investment.

Schedule

Rnd	Race	Circuit	Date
1	Monza 500 km	Autodromo Nazionale Monza	11 April
2	P&O Steam Line Silverstone 500 miles (British Empire Trophy)	Silverstone Circuit	9 May
3	Hockenheim 500 km	Hockenheimring	27 June
4	Budapest 500 km	Hungaroring	4 July
5	Zolder 500 km	Zolder Circuit	18 July
6	Oschersleben 500 km	Motopark Oschersleben	8 August
7	Donington 500 km	Donington Park	5 September
8	Homestead 3 Hours	Homestead-Miami Speedway	26 September
9	Bosch Sportscar Oktoberfest (3 Hours)	Watkins Glen International	3 October
10	Zhuhai 500 km	Zhuhai International Circuit	28 November

Season results

Rnd	Circuit	Overall Winning Team	Results
		Overall Winning Drivers
1	Monza	#1 Chrysler Viper Team Oreca	Results
		Olivier Beretta Karl Wendlinger
2	Silverstone	#1 Chrysler Viper Team Oreca	Results
		Olivier Beretta Karl Wendlinger
3	Hockenheimring	#2 Chrysler Viper Team Oreca	Results
		Jean-Philippe Belloc Dominique Dupuy
4	Hungaroring	#2 Chrysler Viper Team Oreca	Results
		Jean-Philippe Belloc Dominique Dupuy
5	Zolder	#1 Chrysler Viper Team Oreca	Results
		Olivier Beretta Karl Wendlinger
6	Oschersleben	#1 Chrysler Viper Team Oreca	Results
		Olivier Beretta Karl Wendlinger
7	Donington	#1 Chrysler Viper Team Oreca	Results
		Olivier Beretta Karl Wendlinger
8	Homestead	#21 Paul Belmondo Racing	Results
		Paul Belmondo Emmanuel Clérico
9	Watkins Glen	#2 Chrysler Viper Team Oreca	Results
		Jean-Philippe Belloc David Donohue
10	Zhuhai	#1 Chrysler Viper Team Oreca	Results
		Olivier Beretta Karl Wendlinger

Drivers Championship

Points were awarded on a 10–6–4–3–2–1 basis to the top 6 finishers in each round.

Position

Driver

Car

R1

R2

R3

R4

R5

R6

R7

R8

R9

R10

Points

1

Olivier Beretta

Chrysler Viper GTS-R

10

10

–

6

10

10

10

6

6

10

78

Karl Wendlinger

Chrysler Viper GTS-R

10

10

–

6

10

10

10

6

6

10

78

3

Jean-Philippe Belloc

Chrysler Viper GTS-R

6

6

10

10

–

6

–

3

10

2

53

4

David Donohue

Chrysler Viper GTS-R

6

6

–

–

–

–

–

3

10

–

25

5

Dominique Dupuy

Chrysler Viper GTS-R

–

–

10

10

–

–

–

–

–

4

24

6

Wolfgang Kaufmann

Porsche 911 GT2

4

1

2

1

3

2

–

2

3

3

21

Christian Gläsel

Chrysler Viper GTS-R

3

3

–

–

–

3

2

–

4

6

21

Christian Vann

Chrysler Viper GTS-R

3

3

–

–

–

3

2

–

4

6

21

9

Paul Belmondo

Chrysler Viper GTS-R

1

–

–

–

2

–

–

10

2

4

19

10

Vincent Vosse

Chrysler Viper GTS-R

2

4

–

–

–

–

3

4

1

2

16

Bob Wollek

Porsche 911 GT2

–

–

4

4

–

–

–

2

3

3

16

12

Michel Ligonnet

Chrysler Viper GTS-R

4

1

2

1

3

2

–

–

1

–

14

Ni Amorim

Chrysler Viper GTS-R

–

–

–

3

6

4

1

–

–

–

14

Toni Seiler

Chrysler Viper GTS-R

–

–

–

3

6

4

1

–

–

–

14

15

Franz Konrad

Porsche 911 GT2

–

–

4

4

1

–

4

–

–

–

13

16

Justin Bell

Chrysler Viper GTS-R

–

6

6

–

–

–

–

–

–

–

12

17

Emmanuel Clérico

Chrysler Viper GTS-R

–

–

–

–

–

1

–

10

–

–

11

18

Marc Duez

Chrysler Viper GTS-R

–

4

–

–

–

6

–

–

–

–

10

19

Didier Defourny

Chrysler Viper GTS-R

2

4

–

–

–

–

3

–

–

–

9

Julian Bailey

Lister Storm GTL

–

–

3

–

–

–

6

–

–

–

9

21

Luca Drudi

Chrysler Viper GTS-R

–

–

6

–

–

–

–

–

2

–

8

22

Hans Hugenholtz

Chrysler Viper GTS-R

–

3

–

–

–

–

–

4

–

–

7

23

Sascha Maassen

Porsche 911 GT2

–

–

–

2

–

–

4

–

–

–

6

24

Xavier Pompidou

Chrysler Viper GTS-R

–

–

–

–

–

–

–

4

1

–

5

25

Claude-Yves Gosselin

Chrysler Viper GTS-R

1

–

–

–

2

1

–

–

–

–

4

Mike Hezemans

Lister Storm GTL

–

–

–

–

4

–

–

–

–

–

4

David Hart

Lister Storm GTL

–

–

–

–

4

–

–

–

–

–

4

28

Tim Sugden

Lister Storm GTL

–

–

3

–

–

–

–

–

–

–

3

Jamie Campbell-Walter

Lister Storm GTL

–

–

3

–

–

–

–

–

–

–

3

30

Claudia Hürtgen

Porsche 911 GT2

–

2

–

–

–

–

–

–

–

–

2

Stéphane Ortelli

Porsche 911 GT2

–

2

–

–

–

–

–

–

–

–

2

Michael Eschmann

Porsche 911 GT2

–

–

–

2

–

–

–

–

–

–

2

Paul Hulverscheid

Porsche 911 GT2

–

–

–

2

–

–

–

–

–

–

2

Manfred Jurasz

Porsche 911 GT2

–

–

–

–

–

–

–

1

–

1

2

35

André Ahrlé

Porsche 911 GT2

–

–

1

–

–

–

–

–

–

–

1

Hubert Haupt

Porsche 911 GT2

–

–

1

–

–

–

–

–

–

–

1

Altfrid Heger

Porsche 911 GT2

–

–

–

–

1

–

–

–

–

–

1

Lance Stewart

Porsche 911 GT2

–

–

–

–

–

–

–

1

–

–

1

Yukihiro Hane

Porsche 911 GT2

–

–

–

–

–

–

–

–

–

1

1

Teams Championship

Points are awarded to the top 6 finishers in the order of 10–6–4–3–2–1. Both cars score points towards the championship regardless of finishing position.

Pos	Team	Car	Engine	Rd 1	Rd 2	Rd 3	Rd 4	Rd 5	Rd 6	Rd 7	Rd 8	Rd 9	Rd 10	Total
1	Chrysler Viper Team Oreca	Chrysler Viper GTS-R	Chrysler 8.0L V10	16	16	16	16	10	16	10	9	16	12	137
2	Chamberlain Motorsport	Chrysler Viper GTS-R	Chrysler 8.0L V10	3	3		3	6	7	3	4	5	6	40
3	Freisinger Motorsport	Porsche 911 GT2	Porsche 3.6L Turbo Flat-6	4	1	2	1	3	2		3	3	4	23
4	Paul Belmondo Racing	Chrysler Viper GTS-R	Chrysler 8.0L V10	1				2	1		10	2	4	20
5=	Konrad Motorsport	Porsche 911 GT2	Porsche 3.6L Turbo Flat-6			4	4	1		4				13
5=	Lister Storm Racing	Lister Storm	Jaguar 7.0L V12			3		4		6				13
7	GLPK Racing	Chrysler Viper GTS-R	Chrysler 8.0L V10	2	4					3				9
8	Roock Racing	Porsche 911 GT2	Porsche 3.6L Turbo Flat-6		2	1								3
9	Roock Sportsystem	Porsche 911 GT2	Porsche 3.6L Turbo Flat-6				2							2

References

External links

• Official FIA GT homepage