2007 FIA GT Championship

2007 FIA GT Championship season
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The 2007 FIA GT Championship season was the 11th season of FIA GT Championship. It was a series for Grand Touring style cars broken into two classes based on power and manufacturer involvement, called GT1 and GT2. Invitational G2 and G3 classes were also allowed to participate, but did not count towards the championships. It began on 25 March 2007 and ended 21 October 2007 after 10 races.

Schedule

Rnd	Race	Circuit	Date
1	Zhuhai 2 Hours	Zhuhai International Circuit	25 March
2	RAC Tourist Trophy (2 Hours)	Silverstone Circuit	6 May
3	Vodafone Bucharest Challenge (2 Hours)	Bucharest Ring	20 May
4	Monza 2 Hours	Autodromo Nazionale Monza	24 June
5	Oschersleben 2 Hours	Motorsport Arena Oschersleben	8 July
6	Total 24 Hours of Spa	Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps	28 July 29 July
7	Adria 2 Hours	Adria International Raceway	8 September
8	Brno 2 Hours	Autodrom Brno Masaryk	23 September
9	Nogaro 2 Hours	Circuit Paul Armagnac	30 September
10	Zolder 2 Hours	Zolder Circuit	21 October

The Brazilian Mil Milhas endurance race was originally announced by the SRO as being part of the 2007 season, but instead became part of the Le Mans Series schedule.

Rule changes

The following rules were changed between the 2006 season and 2007.

• Race weekends were two days instead of three days.
• Races were two hours instead of three hours, but still required two mandatory pit stops
• Cars were allowed a maximum of three race engines for the entire season.
• Cars were required to use the same gear ratio with three different final drives throughout the entire season.
• All brakes were supplied by a single manufacturer and homologated by the FIA.
• All fuel was supplied by Shell through 2008.
• A new championship was added for amateur drivers in older GT1-class cars. Sponsored by Cessna, the Citation Cup was to be awarded to eligible teams. Winners at each race were allowed on the GT1 podium, and the crews were awarded three hours of flight from Jetalliance.

Season results

Rnd	Circuit	GT1 Winning Team	GT2 Winning Team	Results
		GT1 Winning Drivers	GT2 Winning Drivers
1	Zhuhai	#7 All-Inkl.com Racing	#50 Motorola AF Corse	Results
		Christophe Bouchut Stefan Mücke	Dirk Müller Toni Vilander
2	Silverstone	#1 Vitaphone Racing Team	#50 Motorola AF Corse	Results
		Mika Salo Thomas Biagi	Dirk Müller Toni Vilander
3	Bucharest	#11 Scuderia Playteam Sarafree	#50 Motorola AF Corse	Results
		Andrea Bertolini Andrea Piccini	Dirk Müller Toni Vilander
4	Monza	#33 Jetalliance Racing	#51 Motorola AF Corse	Results
		Karl Wendlinger Ryan Sharp	Gianmaria Bruni Stéphane Ortelli
5	Oschersleben	#1 Vitaphone Racing Team	#51 Motorola AF Corse	Results
		Michael Bartels Thomas Biagi	Gianmaria Bruni Stéphane Ortelli
6	Spa-Francorchamps	#5 Carsport Holland	#97 BMS Scuderia Italia	Results
		Mike Hezemans Jean-Denis Délétraz Marcel Fässler Fabrizio Gollin	Emmanuel Collard Matteo Malucelli Marc Lieb
7	Adria	#33 Jetalliance Racing	#50 Motorola AF Corse	Results
		Karl Wendlinger Ryan Sharp	Dirk Müller Toni Vilander
8	Brno	#2 Vitaphone Racing Team	#50 Motorola AF Corse	Results
		Christian Montanari Miguel Ramos	Dirk Müller Toni Vilander
9	Nogaro	#5 Carsport Holland	#51 Motorola AF Corse	Results
		Mike Hezemans Jean-Denis Délétraz	Stéphane Ortelli Gianmaria Bruni
10	Zolder	#33 Jetalliance Racing	#50 Motorola AF Corse	Results
		Karl Wendlinger Ryan Sharp	Dirk Müller Toni Vilander

Teams' Championship

Points are awarded to the top 8 finishers in the order of 10–8–6–5–4–3–2–1 except at the Spa 24 Hours, where half points are also granted for the leaders after 6 and 12 hours. Both cars score points towards the championship regardless of finishing position.

GT1 standings

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	Vitaphone Racing Team	Maserati MC12 GT1	Maserati 6.0L V12	5	13	9	13	11	23	5	12	14	10	115
2	Scuderia Playteam Sarafree	Maserati MC12 GT1	Maserati 6.0L V12		5	10	1	13	11	8	9	5	1	63
3	Jetalliance Racing	Aston Martin DBR9	Aston Martin 6.0L V12		5	5	12		5	11	8	4	10	60
4	Carsport Holland	Chevrolet Corvette C6.R	Chevrolet 7.0L V8	4	8		6		18	4		10	5	55
5	PK Carsport	Chevrolet Corvette C5-R	Chevrolet 7.0L V8	6	6	4	4		8.5		6	1	8	43.5
6	Aston Martin Racing BMS	Aston Martin DBR9	Aston Martin 6.0L V12	5	2	2	3	9	1	8		5	2	37
7	All-Inkl.com Racing	Lamborghini Murciélago R-GT	Lamborghini 6.0L V12	10		8		4			3			25
8	PSI Experience	Chevrolet Corvette C6.R Chevrolet Corvette C5-R	Chevrolet 7.0L V8	8										8
9=	Luc Alphand Aventures	Chevrolet Corvette C6.R	Chevrolet 7.0L V8						7					7
9=	Reiter Engineering	Lamborghini Murciélago R-GT	Lamborghini 6.0L V12							3	1		3	7
11	JMB Racing	Maserati MC12 GT1	Maserati 6.0L V12					2	2.5					4.5
12	Selleslagh Racing Team	Chevrolet Corvette C5-R	Chevrolet 7.0L V8			1			2					3
13	Barwell Motorsports	Aston Martin DBR9	Aston Martin 6.0L V12	1										1

GT2 standings

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	Motorola AF Corse	Ferrari F430 GT2	Ferrari 4.0L V8	18	10	10	18	15	8	18	18	10	14	139
2	BMS Scuderia Italia	Porsche 997 GT3-RSR	Porsche 3.8L Flat-6		5	8		8	20	6	4	8	5	64
3	Scuderia Ecosse	Ferrari F430 GT2	Ferrari 4.0L V8	10	6	4	2	9	5.5	1	7	11	5	60.5
4	Racing Team Edil Cris	Ferrari F430 GT2	Ferrari 4.0L V8		14	3	10	4	9.5	5	2	5		52.5
5	Ebimotors	Porsche 997 GT3-RSR	Porsche 3.8L Flat-6	5		5	5	1	8.5	5	3	3	8	43.5
6	Tech9 Motorsport	Porsche 997 GT3-RSR	Porsche 3.8L Flat-6	3	3		3	2	9.5	4				24.5
7	IMSA Performance Matmut	Porsche 997 GT3-RSR	Porsche 3.8L Flat-6						13.5					13.5
8	Advanced Engineering	Ferrari F430 GT2	Ferrari 4.0L V8								5	2	6	13
9	Team Felbermayr-Proton	Porsche 911 GT3-RS	Porsche 3.6L Flat-6			8								8
10	Easy Race	Ferrari F430 GT2	Ferrari 4.0L V8						2.5					2.5
11	Prospeed Competition	Porsche 997 GT3-RSR	Porsche 3.8L Flat-6				1						1	2
12	James Watt Automotive	Porsche 997 GT3-RSR	Porsche 3.8L Flat-6						1					1

Manufacturers' Cup

Points are awarded to the top 8 finishers in the order of 10–8–6–5–4–3–2–1 except at the Spa 24 Hours. All cars score points towards the championship regardless of finishing position.

GT1 standings

Pos	Manufacturer	Rd 1	Rd 2	Rd 3	Rd 4	Rd 5	Rd 6	Rd 7	Rd 8	Rd 9	Rd 10	Total
1	Maserati	5	18	19	14	23	37.5	13	21	19	11	182.5
2	Corvette	18	14	5	10		34.5	4	6	11	13	115.5
3	Aston Martin	6	7	7	15	9	6	19	8	9	12	98
4	Lamborghini	10		8		4		3	4		3	32

GT2 standings

Pos	Manufacturer	Rd 1	Rd 2	Rd 3	Rd 4	Rd 5	Rd 6	Rd 7	Rd 8	Rd 9	Rd 10	Total
1	Ferrari	28	28	17	28	25	25.5	23	29	25	23	251.5
2	Porsche	8	8	21	9	11	52.5	15	7	11	14	156.5

Drivers' Championship

Points are awarded to the top 8 finishers in the order of 10–8–6–5–4–3–2–1 except at the Spa 24 Hours. Drivers who do not drive the car for a minimum distance do not score points.

GT1 standings

Pos	Driver	Team	Rd 1	Rd 2	Rd 3	Rd 4	Rd 5	Rd 6	Rd 7	Rd 8	Rd 9	Rd 10	Total
1	Thomas Biagi	Vitaphone Racing Team	3	10	3	5	10	14		2	8	6	61
2=	Karl Wendlinger	Jetalliance Racing		5	5	10		5	10	8	4	10	57
2=	Ryan Sharp	Jetalliance Racing		5	5	10		5	10	8	4	10	57
4=	Jean-Denis Délétraz	Carsport Holland	4	8		6		18	4		10	5	55
4=	Mike Hezemans	Carsport Holland	4	8		6		18	4		10	5	55
6=	Miguel Ramos	Vitaphone Racing Team	2	3	6	8	1	9	5	10	6	4	54
6=	Christian Montanari	Vitaphone Racing Team	2	3	6	8	1	9	5	10	6	4	54
8=	Andrea Bertolini	Scuderia Playteam Sarafree		4	10	1	8	11	8	5	3	1	51
8=	Andrea Piccini	Scuderia Playteam Sarafree		4	10	1	8	11	8	5	3	1	51
10	Michael Bartels	Vitaphone Racing Team				5	10	14		2	8	6	45
11=	Anthony Kumpen	PK Carsport	6	6	4	4		8.5		6	1	8	43.5
11=	Bert Longin	PK Carsport	6	6	4	4		8.5		6	1	8	43.5
13=	Fabio Babini	Aston Martin Racing BMS	5	2	2	3	6	1	6		5		30
13=	Jamie Davies	Aston Martin Racing BMS	5	2	2	3	6	1	6		5		30
15	Alessandro Pier Guidi	Scuderia Playteam Sarafree		1			5	11		4	2		23
16=	Fabrizio Gollin	Vitaphone Racing Team Carsport Holland Phoenix Racing			3			18					21
16=	Christophe Bouchut	All-Inkl.com Racing	10		8					3			21
16=	Stefan Mücke	All-Inkl.com Racing	10		8					3			21
19	Marcel Fässler	Carsport Holland Phoenix Racing						18					18
20=	Pedro Lamy	Vitaphone Racing Team						14					14
20=	Eric van de Poele	Vitaphone Racing Team						14					14
22	Giambattista Giannoccaro	Scuderia Playteam Sarafree		1			5			4	2		12
23=	Jos Menten	All-Inkl.com Racing Reiter Engineering					4		3	1		3	11
23=	Peter Kox	All-Inkl.com Racing Reiter Engineering					4		3	1		3	11
23=	Fabrizio De Simone	Scuderia Playteam Sarafree						11					11
26	Philipp Peter	PSI Experience JMB Racing Gigawave Motorsport	8					2.5					10.5
27	Mika Salo	Vitaphone Racing Team		10									10
28=	Matteo Bobbi	Vitaphone Racing Team						9					9
28=	Stéphane Lemeret	Vitaphone Racing Team						9					9
30=	Frédéric Bouvy	PK Carsport						8.5					8.5
30=	Kurt Mollekens	PK Carsport						8.5					8.5
32=	Luke Hines	PSI Experience Gigawave Motorsport	8										8
32=	Lukas Lichtner-Hoyer	Jetalliance Racing				2		5	1				8
32=	Robert Lechner	Jetalliance Racing				2		5	1				8
32=	Ferdinando Monfardini	Aston Martin Racing BMS					3	1	2			2	8
36=	Oliver Gavin	Luc Alphand Aventures						7					7
36=	Vincent Vosse	Luc Alphand Aventures						7					7
36=	Greg Franchi	Luc Alphand Aventures						7					7
36=	Olivier Beretta	Luc Alphand Aventures						7					7
40=	Ben Aucott	JMB Racing					2	2.5					4.5
40=	Joe Macari	JMB Racing					2	2.5					4.5
42	Diego Alessi	Aston Martin Racing BMS				3	1						4
43	Marino Franchitti	JMB Racing						2.5					2.5
44=	Maxime Soulet	Selleslagh Racing Team						2					2
44=	Steve Van Bellingen	Selleslagh Racing Team						2					2
44=	Damien Coens	Selleslagh Racing Team						2					2
44=	Marc Duez	Selleslagh Racing Team						2					2
44=	Enrico Toccacelo	Aston Martin Racing BMS							2				2
44=	Jean-Marc Gounon	Aston Martin Racing BMS										2	2
50=	Jonny Kane	Barwell Motorsports	1										1
50=	Jonathan Cocker	Barwell Motorsports	1										1
50=	Tom Cloet	Selleslagh Racing Team			1								1
50=	Gilles Vannelet	Selleslagh Racing Team			1								1

GT2 standings

Pos	Driver	Team	Rd 1	Rd 2	Rd 3	Rd 4	Rd 5	Rd 6	Rd 7	Rd 8	Rd 9	Rd 10	Total
1=	Toni Vilander	Motorola AF Corse	10	10	10	8	5		10	10		10	73
1=	Dirk Müller	Motorola AF Corse	10	10	10	8	5		10	10		10	73
3=	Gianmaria Bruni	Motorola AF Corse	8			10	10	8	8	8	10	4	66
3=	Stéphane Ortelli	Motorola AF Corse	8			10	10	8	8	8	10	4	66
5=	Emmanuel Collard	BMS Scuderia Italia		5	8		8	20	6	4	8	5	64
5=	Matteo Malucelli	BMS Scuderia Italia		5	8		8	20	6	4	8	5	64
7	Marcello Zani	Ebimotors	5		5	5	1	8.5	5	3	3	8	43.5
8	Tim Mullen	Scuderia Ecosse	6	4	4	2	6	1		6	5	2	36
9	Paolo Ruberti	Racing Team Edil Cris		8		6	4	9.5	2		4		33.5
10=	Andrew Kirkaldy	Scuderia Ecosse	4	4	4		3	4.5		1	6	3	29.5
10=	Damien Pasini	Racing Team Edil Cris		8		6	4	9.5	2				29.5
12	Matteo Cressoni	Racing Team Edil Cris		6	3	4		9.5	3	2	1		28.5
13	Xavier Pompidou	Ebimotors						8.5	5	3	3	8	27.5
14	Marc Lieb	Team Felbermayr-Proton BMS Scuderia Italia Prospeed Competition			6			20				1	27
15=	Emanuele Busnelli	Ebimotors	5		5	5	1	8.5					24.5
15=	Leo Machitski	Tech9 Motorsports	3	3		3	2	9.5	4				24.5
15=	Sean Edwards	Tech9 Motorsports	3	3		3	2	9.5	4				24.5
18	Rui Águas	Motorola AF Corse Advanced Engineering						8		5	2	6	15
19	Chris Niarchos	Scuderia Ecosse	4	2			3	4.5		1			14.5
20	Michele Rugolo	Racing Team Edil Cris		6	3	4					1		14
21=	Raymond Narac	IMSA Performance Matmut						13.5					13.5
21=	Richard Lietz	IMSA Performance Matmut						13.5					13.5
21=	Patrick Long	IMSA Performance Matmut						13.5					13.5
24=	Darren Turner	Scuderia Ecosse								6	5	2	13
24=	Maurizio Mediani	Racing Team Edil Cris Advanced Engineering							3		4	6	13
26=	Sascha Maassen	Tech9 Motorsports						9.5					9.5
26=	Lorenzo Casè	Racing Team Edil Cris						9.5					9.5
28	Tomáš Enge	Scuderia Ecosse	6			2		1					9
29=	Andrea Ceccato	Ebimotors						8.5					8.5
29=	Tim Sugden	Scuderia Ecosse						4.5	1			3	8.5
31=	Jaroslav Janiš	Scuderia Ecosse					6	1					7
31=	Rob Bell	Scuderia Ecosse							1		6		7
33	Horst Felbermayr Jr.	Team Felbermayr-Proton			6								6
34	Stefano Gattuso	Advanced Engineering								5			5
35=	Roberto Plati	Easy Race						2.5					2.5
35=	Maurice Basso	Easy Race						2.5					2.5
35=	Giampaolo Tenchini	Easy Race						2.5					2.5
35=	Bo McCormick	Easy Race						2.5					2.5
39=	Nigel Mansell	Scuderia Ecosse		2									2
39=	Horst Felbermayr Sr.	Team Felbermayr-Proton			2								2
39=	Christian Ried	Team Felbermayr-Proton			2								2
39=	Luciano Linossi	Racing Team Edil Cris								2			2
39=	Philipp Peter	Advanced Engineering									2		2
44=	Rudi Penders	Prospeed Competition				1							1
44=	Franz Lamot	Prospeed Competition				1							1
44=	Paul Daniels	James Watt Automotive						1					1
44=	Jonny Kane	James Watt Automotive						1					1
44=	David Cox	James Watt Automotive						1					1
44=	Oliver Moorey	James Watt Automotive						1					1
44=	Joël Camathias	Scuderia Ecosse						1					1
44=	Marc Basseng	Prospeed Competition										1	1

Citation Cup standings

The Citation Cup does not participate at Zhuhai (Round 1) nor at the Spa 24 Hours (Round 6).

Pos	Driver	Team	Rd 2	Rd 3	Rd 4	Rd 5	Rd 7	Rd 8	Rd 9	Rd 10	Total
1	Ben Aucott	JMB Racing	8	8	8	10	10	10	10	10	74
2	Tom Cloet	Selleslagh Racing Team	10	10	10		8	6		8	52
3	Peter Kutemann	JMB Racing	6	6	5	8	6	8	4	6	49
4	Joe Macari	JMB Racing	8	8	8	10					34
5	Dirk Waaijenberg	JMB Racing	6	6	5					6	23
6=	Alain Ferté	JMB Racing					10	10			20
6=	Stéphane Daoudi	JMB Racing							10	10	10
6=	Antoine Gosse	JMB Racing				8		8	4		20
9=	Mauro Casadei	Selleslagh Racing Team			10			6			16
9=	Gilles Vannelet	Selleslagh Racing Team PSI Experience		10	6						16
11	François Jakubowski	Solution F	5						8		13
12	Sébastien Carcon	Red Racing	4		4				3		11
13	Pertti Kuismanen	Selleslagh Racing Team	10								10
14=	Davide Amaduzzi	Selleslagh Racing Team					8				8
14=	Steve Zacchia	Solution F							8		8
14=	Maxime Soulet	Selleslagh Racing Team								8	8
14=	Thierry Stépec	Red Racing	4		4						8
18=	Klaus Engelhorn	PSI Experience			6						6
18=	Henri Moser	JMB Racing					6				6
18=	Jean-Yves Adam	Larbre Compétition							6		6
18=	Philippe Dumas	Larbre Compétition							6		6
22=	François Labhardt	Solution F	5								5
22=	Yvan Lebon	Selleslagh Racing Team							5		5
22=	Wilfried Merafina	Selleslagh Racing Team							5		5
25=	Nicolas Maillet Avenel	Red Racing							3		3
25=	Thierry Prignaud	Red Racing							3		3

References

External links

• Official FIA GT Website