1996 BPR 4 Hours of Silverstone

Map of the Silverstone Circuit (1996)

The 1996 BPR 4 Hours of Silverstone was the fourth race of the 1996 BPR Global GT Series. It was run at the Silverstone Circuit on 12 May 1996. The race was also appointed the British Empire Trophy.[1]

Official results

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Class winners in bold. Cars failing to complete 75% of winner's distance marked as Not Classified (NC).

Pos Class No Team Drivers Chassis Tyre Laps
Engine
1 GT1 3 United Kingdom Harrods Mach One Racing
United Kingdom David Price Racing
United Kingdom Andy Wallace
France Olivier Grouillard
McLaren F1 GTR G 125
BMW S70 6.1L V12
2 GT1 22 United Kingdom Lotus Racing Team Netherlands Jan Lammers
United Kingdom Perry McCarthy
Lotus Esprit V8 Turbo M 125
Lotus 3.5L Turbo V8
3 GT1 2 United Kingdom Gulf Racing
United Kingdom GTC Motorsport
United Kingdom James Weaver
United Kingdom Ray Bellm
McLaren F1 GTR M 125
BMW S70 6.1L V12
4 GT1 24 Italy Bigazzi Team SRL
Germany BMW Motorsport
United Kingdom Steve Soper
Brazil Nelson Piquet
McLaren F1 GTR M 125
BMW S70 6.1L V12
5 GT1 28 Italy Ennea Igol France Jean-Marc Gounon
France Éric Bernard
France Paul Belmondo
Ferrari F40 GTE P 125
Ferrari 3.5L Turbo V8
6 GT1 1 United Kingdom West Competition
United Kingdom David Price Racing
Denmark John Nielsen
Germany Thomas Bscher
McLaren F1 GTR G 124
BMW S70 6.1L V12
7 GT1 27 Italy Ennea Igol Sweden Anders Olofsson
Italy Luciano della Noce
Ferrari F40 GTE P 123
Ferrari 3.5L Turbo V8
8 GT1 40 France Pilot Pen Racing France Michel Ferté
France Olivier Thévenin
Ferrari F40 LM M 122
Ferrari 3.0L Turbo V8
9 GT1 11 Germany Konrad Motorsport France Bob Wollek
Austria Franz Konrad
Porsche 911 GT2 Evo M 121
Porsche 3.6L Turbo Flat-6
10 GT2 83 Netherlands Marcos Racing International Netherlands Cor Euser
Brazil Thomas Erdos
Marcos LM600 D 119
Chevrolet 6.0L V8
11 GT1 25 Italy Bigazzi Team SRL
Germany BMW Motorsport
France Jacques Laffite
Belgium Marc Duez
McLaren F1 GTR M 118
BMW S70 6.1L V12
12 GT2 60 Germany Oberbayern Motorsport Germany Jürgen von Gartzen
Netherlands Patrick Huisman
Porsche 911 GT2 P 118
Porsche 3.6L Turbo Flat-6
13 GT2 92 United Kingdom New Hardware Parr Motorsport France Stéphane Ortelli
United Kingdom Robert Nearn
United States Andy Pilgrim
Porsche 911 GT2 P 118
Porsche 3.6L Turbo Flat-6
14 GT2 55 Switzerland Stadler Motorsport Switzerland Lilian Bryner
Switzerland Enzo Calderari
Porsche 911 GT2 P 118
Porsche 3.6L Turbo Flat-6
15 GT2 96 France Larbre Compétition France Patrice Goueslard
Germany André Ahrlé
France Jean-Pierre Malcher
Porsche 911 GT2 P 117
Porsche 3.6L Turbo Flat-6
16 GT1 8 France BBA Compétition France Jean-Luc Maury-Laribière
Netherlands Hans Hugenholtz
Belgium Vincent Vosse
McLaren F1 GTR D 117
BMW S70 6.1L V12
17 GT2 64 United Kingdom Lanzante Motorsport United States Paul Burdell
United Kingdom Soames Langton
Sweden Stanley Dickens
Porsche 911 GT2 M 116
Porsche 3.6L Turbo Flat-6
18 GT2 52 Germany Krauss Rennsporttechnik Germany Bernhard Müller
Germany Michael Trunk
Porsche 911 GT2 P 116
Porsche 3.6L Turbo Flat-6
19 GT2 78 Germany Seikel Motorsport Austria Hermann Duller
Austria Helmut König
Porsche 911 GT2 P 115
Porsche 3.6L Turbo Flat-6
20 GT2 87 Germany RWS Brun Motorsport Italy Raffaele Sangiuolo
Austria Hans-Jörg Hofer
Germany Harald Becker
Porsche 911 GT2 P 115
Porsche 3.6L Turbo Flat-6
21 GT2 76 United Kingdom Agusta Racing Team Italy Rocky Agusta
Italy Almo Coppelli
Callaway Corvette LM-GT D 115
Chevrolet LT1 6.2L V8
22 GT1 43 France JCB Racing
France Raymond Touroul
France Jean-Claude Basso
France Henri Pescarolo
Venturi 600 LM D 114
Renault PRV 3.0L Turbo V6
23 GT2 90 Italy Robert Sikkens Racing Italy Angelo Zadra
Italy Maurizio Monforte
Italy Luca Drudi
Porsche 911 GT2 G 114
Porsche 3.6L Turbo Flat-6
24 GT2 50 Switzerland Stadler Motorsport Switzerland Uwe Sick
Switzerland Charles Margueron
Italy Renato Mastropietro
Porsche 911 GT2 P 114
Porsche 3.6L Turbo Flat-6
25 GT1 16 Austria Karl Augustin Austria Karl Augustin
Austria Alfred Gramsel
Germany Ernest Gschwender
Porsche 911 GT2 Cetoni G 113
Porsche 3.6L Turbo Flat-6
26 GT2 80 Belgium M2 Team
Belgium Porsche Club Belgium
Belgium Thierry van Dalen
Belgium Leo van Sande
Porsche 911 GT2 P 113
Porsche 3.6L Turbo Flat-6
27 GT2 66 United Kingdom EMKA Racing United Kingdom Steve O'Rourke
United Kingdom Guy Holmes
United Kingdom Nick Mason
Porsche 911 GT2 D 111
Porsche 3.6L Turbo Flat-6
28 GT2 99 Switzerland Elf Haberthur Racing France Philippe Charriol
France Richard Balandras
Porsche 911 GT2 P 111
Porsche 3.6L Turbo Flat-6
29 GT1 5 France Eric Graham France Eric Graham
France Michel Faraut
France David Velay
Venturi 600 LM D 110
Renault PRV 3.0L Turbo V6
30 GT2 85 Italy Gianluigi Locatelli Italy Gianluigi Locatelli
Italy Leonardo Maddalena
Porsche 993 Supercup ? 109
Porsche 3.8L Flat-6
31 GT2 53 Switzerland Yellow Racing France Christian Heinkelé
Sweden Tony Ring
Switzerland Henri-Louis Maunoir
Ferrari F355 GT M 108
Ferrari 3.5L V8
32 GT2 51 Germany Proton Competition Germany Peter Erl
Germany Gerold Ried
Porsche 911 GT2 P 106
Porsche 3.6L Turbo Flat-6
33 GT1 12 France Chardon des Dunes France Patrick Vuillaume
Belgium Philippe De Craene
Porsche 911 GT2 Evo ? 102
Porsche 3.6L Turbo Flat-6
34 GT2 98 France Jérôme Brarda France Jérôme Brarda
Norway Erik Henriksen
Porsche 911 GT2 ? 102
Porsche 3.6L Turbo Flat-6
35 GT2 89 United Kingdom Team Marcos
United Kingdom Cirtek Motorsport
United Kingdom Dave Warnock
United Kingdom Robert Schirle
United Kingdom Andy Purvis
Marcos LM600 D 98
Chevrolet 6.0L V8
36 GT1 29 Italy Ferrari Club Italia
Italy Ennea SRL
Italy Piero Nappi
Italy Max Angelelli
Ferrari F40 GTE P 95
Ferrari 3.5L Turbo V8
37 GT2 94 United Kingdom TVR Engineering Ltd United Kingdom Mark Hales
United Kingdom Phil Andrews
United Kingdom Dave Loudoun
TVR Cerbera GT D 86
TVR Speed Six 4.5L I6
38
DNF
GT2 70 France Jean-François Véroux France Jean-François Véroux
France Jean-Yves Moine
France Stéphane Leloup
Porsche 911 GT2 ? 109
Porsche 3.6L Turbo Flat-6
39
DNF
GT2 81 Belgium M2 Team
Belgium Porsche Club Belgium
Belgium Eddy van der Pluym
Belgium Guy Grammet
Porsche 911 GT2 P 108
Porsche 3.6L Turbo Flat-6
40
DNF
GT2 88 Germany Konrad Motorsport Brazil André Lara Resende
Brazil Gualter Salles
Brazil Roberto Aranha
Porsche 911 GT2 M 108
Porsche 3.6L Turbo Flat-6
41
DNF
GT1 4 France Larbre Compétition France Jean-Pierre Jarier
Germany Altfrid Heger
Germany Ralf Kelleners
Porsche 911 GT2 Evo P 103
Porsche 3.6L Turbo Flat-6
42
DNF
GT2 65 Germany Roock Racing France François Lafon
France Lucien Guitteny
France Jean-Marc Smadja
Porsche 911 GT2 M 96
Porsche 3.6L Turbo Flat-6
43
DNF
GT2 77 Germany Seikel Motorsport Austria Manfred Jurasz
Italy Giuseppe Quargentan
Germany Hermann Bilz
Porsche 911 GT2 P 94
Porsche 3.6L Turbo Flat-6
44
DNF
GT2 56 Germany Roock Racing Switzerland Bruno Eichmann
Germany Gerd Ruch
Belgium Michel Neugarten
Porsche 911 GT2 M 77
Porsche 3.6L Turbo Flat-6
45
DNF
GT1 23 United Kingdom Chamberlain Engineering United Kingdom Geoff Lister
United Kingdom Nick Adams
Jaguar XJ220 G 72
Jaguar JV6 3.5L Turbo V6
46
DNF
GT1 6 United Kingdom Gulf Racing
United Kingdom GTC Motorsport
United Kingdom Lindsay Owen-Jones
France Pierre-Henri Raphanel
McLaren F1 GTR M 71
BMW S70 6.1L V12
47
DNF
GT1 49 Germany Freisinger Motorsport Germany Wolfgang Kaufmann
United Kingdom Richard Dean
United Kingdom Derek Bell
Porsche 911 GT2 Evo G 61
Porsche 3.6L Turbo Flat-6
48
DNF
GT2 97 United Kingdom G-Force Racing United Kingdom John Greasley
United Kingdom John Morrison
Porsche 911 GT2 ? 47
Porsche 3.6L Turbo Flat-6
49
DNF
GT1 9 France Franck Muller Watches
France Giroix Racing Team
Switzerland Jean-Denis Délétraz
France Fabien Giroix
France Didier Cottaz
McLaren F1 GTR M 45
BMW S70 6.1L V12
50
DNF
GT2 59 France Raymond Touroul France Raymond Touroul
France Didier Ortion
France Jean-Claude Lagniez
Porsche 911 GT2 ? 37
Porsche 3.6L Turbo Flat-6
51
DNF
GT2 93 United Kingdom New Hardware Parr Motorsport United Kingdom Hugh Price
United Kingdom John Robinson
United Kingdom Peter Owen
Porsche 911 GT2 P 28
Porsche 3.6L Turbo Flat-6
52
DNF
GT2 91 France V de V Racing Team Belgium Eric van de Vyver
Belgium Philippe Adams
Gillet Vertigo M 15
Ford Cosworth YB 2.0L Turbo I4
53
DNF
GT1 21 United Kingdom Lotus Racing Team Netherlands Mike Hezemans
United Kingdom Alex Portman
Lotus Esprit V8 Turbo M 15
Lotus 3.5L Turbo V8
54
DNF
GT2 73 United Kingdom Morgan Motor Company United Kingdom Charles Morgan
United Kingdom William Wykeham
Morgan Plus 8 GTR D 1
Rover V8 5.0L V8

Statistics

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  • Pole Position - #24 Bigazzi Team SRL - 1:47.044
  • Fastest Lap - #28 Ennea Igol - 1:49.780

References

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  1. ^ "Kodak British Empire Trophy Silverstone". Racing Sports Cars. Retrieved 26 December 2022.
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