Larbre Compétition-Chereau won the GT Teams Championship with its Chrysler Viper GTS-Rs (pictured at non-championship race) The 2002 FIA GT Championship was the sixth season of the FIA GT Championship , an auto racing series regulated by the Fédération Internationale de l'Automobile (FIA) and organized by the Stéphane Ratel Organisation (SRO). The races featured grand touring cars divided into two categories and awarded championships and cups for drivers and teams in each category. The season commenced on 21 April 2002 and concluded on 20 October 2002 with ten races held through Europe.
Christophe Bouchut won his second consecutive GT Drivers' Championship by a single point over Larbre Compétition-Chereau teammate David Terrien . Larbre also secured the team championship, beating Lister Storm Racing [1] The N-GT Cup was won by Porsche driver Stéphane Ortelli after he won seven races, while his Freisinger Motorsport squad earned the teams title.[1]
Schedule [ edit ] The FIA GT Championship retained its partnership with Eurosport and the European Touring Car Championship , sharing their schedule and race weekends under the Super Racing Weekend moniker, now with sponsorship from LG Corporation . The ETCC also added a support event for the Spa 24 Hours for the first time, instead of the FIA GT series running on its own. Several races were however dropped or replaced for 2002, with the schedule shortened to ten rounds from eleven. Monza was replaced by the Autodromo di Pergusa for the Italian round, and Oschersleben became the German round for the first time since 1999 , replacing the Nürburgring . Donington Park became the second British round, as it too had been used in 1999. The Hungaroring , Zolder , and A1-Ring were all removed from the calendar, while Anderstorp marked the first Scandinavian event held since Helsinki Thunder in 1997 . All events, with exception of Spa, retained their 500 km (310 mi) race distance.
Rnd Race Circuit Date 1 LG Super Racing Weekend Magny-Cours Circuit de Nevers Magny-Cours , Magny-Cours , France 21 April 2 LG Super Racing Weekend Silverstone Silverstone Circuit , Silverstone , United Kingdom 5 May 3 LG Super Racing Weekend Brno Automotodrom Brno , Brno , Czech Republic 19 May 4 LG Super Racing Weekend Jarama Circuito Permanente Del Jarama , San Sebastián de los Reyes , Spain 2 June 5 LG Super Racing Weekend Anderstorp Scandinavian Raceway , Anderstorp , Sweden 30 June 6 LG Super Racing Weekend Oschersleben Motopark Oschersleben , Oschersleben , Germany 14 July 7 Proximus 24H of Spa Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps , Stavelot , Belgium 3–4 August 8 LG Super Racing Weekend Enna-Pergusa Autodromo di Pergusa , Pergusa , Italy 22 September 9 LG Super Racing Weekend Donington Park Donington Park , Leicestershire , United Kingdom 6 October 10 LG Super Racing Weekend Estoril Autódromo do Estoril , Estoril , Portugal 20 October Source:[2]
Entries [ edit ] Entrant Car Engine Tyre Drivers Rounds Larbre Compétition-Chereau Chrysler Viper GTS-R Chrysler 356-T6 8.0 L V10 M 1 Christophe Bouchut All David Terrien 1–8 Vincent Vosse 2, 7, 9–10 Sébastien Bourdais 7 2 Carl Rosenblad 1, 3–10 Vincent Vosse 1, 3–6, 8 Jean-Luc Chéreau 7 Jean-Claude Lagniez 7 Didier Defourny 7 David Terrien 9–10 Sébastien Bourdais 10 Team Carsport Holland Chrysler Viper GTS-R Chrysler 356-T6 8.0 L V10 P 3 Mike Hezemans All Anthony Kumpen All Thierry Tassin 7 4 Fabrizio Gollin All Luca Cappellari All Bas Leinders 7 Force One Racing Ferrari 550 Millennio Chrysler Viper GTS-R [N 1] Ferrari F133 6.0 L V12Chrysler 356-T6 8.0 L V10 M 5 David Hallyday 1–4, 6–7, 9–10 Philippe Alliot 1–4, 6–7, 9–10 François Jakubowski 7 Vittorio Zoboli 7 RWS Motorsport Porsche 911 GT Porsche 3.9 L Flat-6 P 7 Dieter Quester 1–3 Luca Riccitelli 1–3 Team ART Chrysler Viper GTS-R Chrysler 356-T6 8.0 L V10 P 9 Jean-Pierre Jarier 1–5, 9–10 François Lafon 1–2, 4–5, 9–10 Olivier Beretta 3 Paul Belmondo Racing Chrysler Viper GTS-R Chrysler 356-T6 8.0 L V10 P 11 Paul Belmondo 1–8, 10 Claude-Yves Gosselin 1–2, 4–7, 9–10 Robert Dierick 3 Ryō Fukuda 7 Boris Derichebourg 8 Marc Duez 9 12 Fabio Babini All Marc Duez 1–8 Boris Derichebourg 7 Ni Amorim 9–10 Lister Storm Racing Lister Storm GTM Jaguar 7.0 L V12 D 14 Jamie Campbell-Walter All Nicolaus Springer All Andy Wallace 7 Eric van de Poele 7 15 Bobby Verdon-Roe All John Knapfield 1–6 Miguel Ángel de Castro 7–8 Justin Law 7 David Sterckx 7 David Warnock 9–10 Ian McKellar 9–10 Proton Competition Porsche 911 GT2 Porsche 3.6 L Turbo Flat-6 Y 16 Gerold Ried All Mauro Casadei 1, 3, 9 Manfred Jurasz 1 Klaus Horn 2 Christian Ried 4–10 Horst Felbermayr 7 Horst Felbermayr Jr. 7 Raffaele Sangiuolo 10 17 Horst Felbermayr 1, 3–4, 6, 8, 10 Horst Felbermayr Jr. 1, 3–4, 10 Mauro Casadei 6, 8 Giovanni Caligaris 6 Manfred Jurasz 8 BMS Scuderia Italia Ferrari 550-GTS Maranello Ferrari F133 5.9 L V12 M 22 Enzo Calderari 1–5, 7–10 Lilian Bryner 1–5, 8–10 Frédéric Dor 1–4, 7 Peter Kox 7 Jean-Marc Gounon 8–10 23 Andrea Piccini All Jean-Denis Délétraz All Tomáš Enge 3 Marco Zadra 7 Lilian Bryner 7 Alda Motorsport Porsche 911 GT2 Porsche 3.8 L Turbo Flat-6 D 24 Maciej Stanco 1, 3 Andrzej Dziurka 1, 3 Wojciech Dobrzanski 1 Maciej Marcinkiewicz 3 PSI Motorsport Porsche 911 Bi-Turbo Porsche 3.6 L Turbo Flat-6 D 25 Kurt Mollekens 2, 4–5, 7 Markus Palttala 2, 4–5, 7 Eric Geboers 7 Cirtek Motorsport Chrysler Viper GTS-R Chrysler 356-T6 8.0 L V10 D 26 Peter Cook 2 Neil Cunningham 2 Carl Rosenblad 2 DDO Chrysler Viper GTS-R Chrysler 356-T6 8.0 L V10 27 Dominique Dupuy 4 Miguel Barbany 4 JPS Porsche Racing Team Porsche 911 Bi-Turbo Porsche 3.6 L Turbo Flat-6 D 28 Bo Jonasson 5 Claés Lund 5 Anders Levin 5 Henrik Roos Team Chrysler Viper GTS-R Chrysler 356-T6 8.0 L V10 D 29 Henrik Roos 5, 9 Magnus Wallinder 5, 9 Reiter Engineering Lamborghini Diablo GTR Lamborghini 6.0 L V12 P 31 Emmanuel Clérico 8, 10 Oliver Gavin 8 Lee Cunningham 10 Dart Racing Ferrari 550 Millennio Ferrari F133 6.0 L V12 P 32 Dieter Quester 8–10 Luca Riccitelli 8–10 Zwaan's Racing Chrysler Viper GTS-R Chrysler 356-T6 8.0 L V10 D 34 Arjan van der Zwaan 10 Rob van der Zwaan 10 Sources:[3] [4]
^ Force One Racing switched from a Ferrari to a Chrysler Viper from Round 9 onward. Entrant Car Engine Tyre Drivers Rounds JMB Racing Ferrari 360 Modena N-GT Ferrari 3.6 L V8 P 50 Christian Pescatori All Andrea Montermini 1–7 Andrea Bertolini 7–10 Andrea Garbagnati 7 51 Andrea Garbagnati 1–6, 10 Andrea Bertolini 1–6 Iradj Alexander 7–9 Peter Kutemann 7 Geoffroy Herion 7 Stephen Earle 7 Andrea Montermini 8–10 JMB Competition 52 Pietro Gianni 1–2, 4–6, 8–10 Gianluca Giraudi 1–2, 4 Tony Ring 5 Jean-Philippe Belloc 6 Ludovico Manfredi 7 Batti Pregliasco 7 Andrea Garbagnati 8–9 Iradj Alexander 10 53 Batti Pregliasco 1–4, 6, 8–10 Iradj Alexander 1–2, 4–6 Peter Kutemann 1, 5–6, 8–9 Marco Lambertini 2–4 Jean-Pierre Malcher 10 Freisinger Motorsport Porsche 911 GT3-RS Porsche 3.6 L Flat-6 D 54 Stéphane Ortelli All Ni Amorim 1–2 Marc Lieb 3, 8 Sascha Maassen 4, 6, 10 Emmanuel Collard 5, 7 Romain Dumas 7, 9 55 Stéphane Daoudi 1–6, 8–10 Jirko Malchárek 1 Bert Longin 2–7, 10 Marc Lieb 7 André Lotterer 7 Georges Forgeois 7 Cyrille Sauvage 8–9 EMKA Racing Porsche 911 GT3-R Porsche 3.6 L Flat-6 D 56 Steve O'Rourke 9 Robin Liddell 9 Autorlando Sport Porsche 911 GT3-RS Porsche 3.6 L Flat-6 P 58 Toto Wolff 1–6, 8–10 Philipp Peter 1, 3–4, 6, 8–10 Johnny Mowlem 2 Walter Lechner Jr. 5 Ulrich Schumacher 7 Udo Schneider 7 Stefan Jentzsch 7 Andreas von Zitzewitz 7 59 Luca Rangoni 4 Joël Camathias 4 JVG Racing Porsche 911 GT3-RS Porsche 3.6 L Flat-6 P 60 Ian Khan 1–6, 9–10 Jürgen von Gartzen 1–6 Michele Merendino 8 Francesco Merendino 8 Johnny Mowlem 9–10 Cirtek Motorsport Porsche 911 GT3-R Porsche 911 GT3-RS Porsche 3.6 L Flat-6 D 62 Raffaele Sangiuolo 1, 4, 6–7 Hans Fertl 1 Jirko Malchárek 2–3 Adam Jones 2, 8–10 Kelvin Burt 3 Jean-Marc Gounon 4 John Nielsen 5 Robin Liddell 5 Thomas Pichler 6 Roberto Papini 7 Leo Van Sande 7 Tom Zurstrassen 7 Moreno Soli 8 Stephen Stokoe 9 Romain Dumas 10 64 Marco Saviozzi 1, 4 Jean-Luc Blanchemain 1 Thomas Leriche 1 Raffaele Sangiuolo 2, 5 Roberto Papini 2 Klaus Horn 4 Tim Lawrence 4 Thomas Pichler 5 Manfred Jurasz 7 Stéphane Daoudi 7 Julien Piquet 7 Vic Rice 7 Francesco Merendino 9 Nicolas Poulain 9 Roger Walters 10 Pedro Névoa 10 Cirtek Racing 74 Jamie Wall 9–10 Peter Cook 9 Thomas Bleiner 10 System Force Motorsport Porsche 911 GT3-RS Porsche 3.6 L Flat-6 P 63 Peter van Merksteijn 1–4, 7 Phil Bastiaans 1–4, 7 Stéphane Vancampenhoudt 7 Sebah Automotive Porsche 911 GT3-R Porsche 3.6 L Flat-6 D 65 Bart Hayden 2 Hugh Hayden 2 MAC Racing Porsche 911 GT3-R Porsche 911 GT3-RS Porsche 3.6 L Flat-6 P 66 Francesco Merendino 2, 4 Michele Merendino 2, 4 Fabio Venier 6 Moreno Soli 6 Marco Saviozzi 7 Pierre Bes 7 Emmanuel Moinel Delalande 7 Didier Moinel Delalande 7 Raffaele Sangiuolo 8 Thomas Pichler 8 70 Mauro Casadei 4 Moreno Soli 4 Francesco Merendino 6 Michele Merendino 6 Domenico Guagliardo 8 Giovanni Ceraulo 8 Malchárek Racing Porsche 911 GT3-RS Porsche 3.6 L Flat-6 D 67 Andrej Studenic 3 Rudolf Machánek 3 Sport Team NH Car Porsche 911 GT3-RS Porsche 3.6 L Flat-6 D 68 Josef Venč 3 Václav Nimč 3 Vonka Racing Porsche 911 GT3-R Porsche 3.6 L Flat-6 P 69 Jan Vonka 3 Michel Dolák 3 Podium Racing Porsche 911 GT3-RS Porsche 3.6 L Flat-6 D 72 Johan Sturesson 5 Hubert Bergh 5 73 Marcus Gustavsson 5 Tomas Nyström 5 Team Eurotech Scandinavian Porsche 911 GT3-RS Porsche 3.6 L Flat-6 D 75 Pontus Mörth 5 Thomas Faraas 5 RWS Motorsport Porsche 911 GT3-R Porsche 3.6 L Flat-6 P 76 Antonio García 4–6, 8–9 Hans Fertl 4 Michele Merendino 5 Horst Felbermayr Jr. 6, 8–9 Philipp Peter 7 Dieter Quester 7 Toto Wolff 7 Luca Riccitelli 7 Norman Simon 10 Paul Knapfield 10 77 Aleksey Vasilyev All Nikolai Fomenko All Jesús Diaz de Villarroel 7 Antonio García 7 Seikel Motorsport Porsche 911 GT3-RS Porsche 3.6 L Flat-6 Y 78 Luca Drudi 7 Gabrio Rosa 7 Andrew Bagnall 7 Philip Collin 7 Swiss GT Racing Porsche 911 GT3-R Porsche 3.6 L Flat-6 D 80 Luc Alphand 7 Sylvain Noël 7 Christian Lavielle 7 Stéphane Echallard 7 81 Alain Corbisier 7 Luc Pensis 7 Steve Van Bellingen 7 Team Veloqx Ferrari 360 Modena N-GT Ferrari 360 Modena GT Ferrari 3.6 L V8 D 82 Jamie Davies 9–10 Ivan Capelli 9–10 83 Andrew Kirkaldy 9–10 Tim Sugden 9–10 Mastercar Ferrari 360 Modena Ferrari 3.6 L V8 D 84 Franco Bertoli 8 Santi Di Fillipis 8 Carlo Commis 8 Team Eurotech Porsche 911 GT3-R Porsche 3.6 L Flat-6 D 88 Mike Jordan 9 Mark Sumpter 9 89 David Jones 9 Godfrey Jones 9 Sources:[3] [4]
Results and standings [ edit ] Race results [ edit ] Points were awarded to the top six finishers in each category. Entries were required to complete 75% of the race distance in order to be classified as a finisher and earn points. Drivers were required to complete 20% of the total race distance for their car to earn points. Teams scored points for all cars that finished a race. For the Spa 24 Hours, half points were awarded to the top six in each category at the end of six and twelve hours of the race;[6] full points were then awarded at the race's end.
Points system Event 1st 2nd 3rd 4th 5th 6th Races 10 6 4 3 2 1 Spa 6 and 12 hours 5 3 2 1.5 1 0.5
Driver championships [ edit ] GT Championship [ edit ] The GT Drivers Championship was won by Christophe Bouchut driving a Larbre Compétition-Chereau Chrysler Viper GTS-R .[1]
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)
N-GT Cup [ edit ] Stéphane Ortelli won the N-GT Cup for Drivers with seven victories The N-GT Drivers title was won by Stéphane Ortelli driving a Freisinger Motorsport Porsche 911 GT3-RS .[1]
Teams championships [ edit ] GT Championship [ edit ] 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)
N-GT Cup [ edit ]