The 2000 FIA GT Championship was the fourth 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 divided into two categories, GT and N GT, with drivers and teams titles awarded for each category. The championship began on 26 March 2000 and ended 22 October 2000 after ten races, all held in Europe.
Lister won their only FIA GT Championship with the Lister Storm GTM (2003 version pictured) After the 1999 season featured just a single category of cars competing, the FIA GT Championship once again became a two-class series for 2000 with the introduction of the Group N-GT cars by the FIA. The new category was positioned below the former GT2 class of cars from 1997 to 1999, now renamed to just GT, and was awarded an FIA Cup instead of a full FIA Championship. Britons Julian Bailey and Jamie Campbell-Walter won the GT Drivers' Championship with five victories, in chassis number GTM 002 driving for the GT team champions Lister Storm Racing in their first full season of FIA GT competition. Christophe Bouchut and Patrice Goueslard were the inaugural N-GT Cup winners, driving for Teams title winners Larbre Compétition Chereau .
Schedule The FIA GT Championship became a European-only series for 2000, dropping all fly-away races in North America and Asia. The two German rounds at Hockenheimring and Oschersleben were replaced by a single race at EuroSpeedway Lausitz , while the A1-Ring returned to the series after a one-year absence. Valencia , Estoril , Brno , and Magny-Cours were all new events for the series. Donington Park was the only other European event not kept for 2000.
All events were held over a distance of 500 km (310 mi).[1]
Rnd Race Circuit Date 1 Valencia 500 km Circuit de Valencia , Cheste , Spain 26 March 2 Estoril 500 km Autódromo do Estoril , Estoril , Portugal 2 April 3 Monza 500 km Autodromo Nazionale Monza , Monza , Italy 16 April 4 P&O Stena Line Silverstone 500x2 Silverstone Circuit , Silverstone , United Kingdom 14 May 5 MOL FIA GT Hungaroring Hungaroring , Mogyoród , Hungary 2 July 6 Zolder 500 km Zolder Circuit , Zolder , Belgium 23 July 7 500 km A1-Ring A1-Ring , Spielberg , Austria 6 August 8 Lausitz 200 EuroSpeedway Lausitz , Klettwitz , Germany 2 September 9 Česká pojišťovna Racing Weekend Autodrom Brno Masaryk , Brno , Czech Republic 17 September 10 Trophee Ecospace d'Automne Circuit de Nevers Magny-Cours , Magny-Cours , France 22 October Source:[2]
Entries GT Entrant Car Engine Tyre Drivers Rounds Chamberlain Motorsport Chrysler Viper GTS-R Chrysler 356-T6 8.0 L V10M 1 Stephen Watson 1–5 Ni Amorim 1–2 Xavier Pompidou 3 Didier Defourny4 Tamás Illés5 Horst Felbermayr 7 Horst Felbermayr Jr.7 2 Walter Brun 1–4, 8 Toni Seiler1–4, 8 Freisinger Motorsport Porsche 911 GT2 Porsche 3.8 L Turbo Flat-6D 3 Wolfgang KaufmannAll Bob Wollek 1, 3, 5 Stéphane Ortelli 2, 4 Bert Longin6 Gottfried Grasser 7 Hubert Haupt8–9 Michael Trunk10 4 Ernst PalmbergerAll Yukihiro Hane 1–8, 10 Cyril Chateau9 Konrad Motorsport Porsche 911 GT2 Porsche 3.8 L Turbo Flat-6D 5 Franz Konrad 1–8 Jürgen von Gartzen1–8 6 Manfred Jurasz5 Kurt Thiel5 Proton Competition Porsche 911 GT2 Porsche 3.6 L Turbo Flat-6Y 7 Gerold RiedAll Christian Ried All Mauro Casadei2, 4 Renato Maestropietro3 Haberthur RacingPorsche 911 GT2 Porsche 3.8 L Turbo Flat-6D 8 Mauro Casadei1, 3, 6, 8–10 Michel Ligonnet1 Alberto Costello1 Patrick Vuillaume2–4, 6, 10 Walter Meloni2 Nuno Mousinho Esteves2 Riccardo Schmid3 Manfred Jurasz4, 9 Erik Bruynoghe6 Andrea Garbagnati8 Roberto Orlandi9 9 Jacques Corbet1 Patrick Vuillaume1 Paco Orti1 Luca Cattaneo3 Renato Premoli3 Antonio De Castro3 Paul Belmondo Competition Chrysler Viper GTS-R Chrysler 356-T6 8.0 L V10D 10 Jean-Claude Lagniez1–4 Guy Martinolle1–4 Claude-Yves Gosselin 10 Anthony Kumpen 10 Paul Belmondo Racing 11 Claude-Yves Gosselin 1–5, 7–9 Boris Derichebourg 1–3 Paul Belmondo 4–10 Marc Duez 6, 10 12 Vincent Vosse1–6, 8–10 Paul Belmondo 1–3 Boris Derichebourg 4–10 Emmanuel Clérico 7 Lister Storm Racing Lister Storm GTM Jaguar 7.0 L V12M 14 Jamie Campbell-Walter All Julian Bailey All 15 Nicolaus SpringerAll Peter Hardman 1–3 Carlos Palau 1 Philippe Favre 2–5, 7–10 Tiff Needell 6 First Racing Ferrari 550 Millennio Ferrari F133 6.0 L V12D 16 Fabien Giroix 1, 3, 6, 9–10 Jean-Denis Délétraz 1, 3, 6, 9–10 Marcos Cars International Marcos Mantara LM600 Chevrolet 5.9 L V8D 19 Cor Euser 1–4, 6 Christian Vann1–2 Harald Becker3–4, 6 Herman Buurman3 Racing BoxChrysler Viper GTS-R Chrysler 356-T6 8.0 L V10D 21 Luca CappellariAll Gabriele Matteuzzi1–7, 9–10 Raffaele Sangiuolo1, 3–10 Angelo Zadra2 Giorgio Tibaldo8 Wieth RacingPorsche 911 GT2 Porsche 3.8 L Turbo Flat-6D 22 Niko Wieth1–3, 5–10 Franz Wieth1–3, 5–10 KRT Lamborghini RacingLamborghini Diablo GTR Lamborghini 6.0 L V12M 23 Günther Kronsender4–5, 7, 9 Josef Jobst4–5, 7, 9 Reiter Engineering Lamborghini Diablo GTR Lamborghini 6.0 L V12M 24 Michael Trunk7–9 Bernhard Müller 7–9 Carsport Holland Chrysler Viper GTS-R Chrysler 356-T6 8.0 L V10M 25 Mike HezemansAll David Hart1–6, 8–9 Tom Coronel 7, 10 39 David Hart10 Peter Kox 10 AutorlandoPorsche 911 GT2 Porsche 3.8 L Turbo Flat-6P 27 Marco SpinelliAll Fabio Villa1–6, 8–10 Gabriele Sabatini1, 3–10 Manfred Jurasz7 RWS Porsche 911 GT2 Porsche 3.6 L Turbo Flat-628 Horst Felbermayr 1–3, 5 Horst Felbermayr Jr.1–3, 5 Team ARTChrysler Viper GTS-R Chrysler 356-T6 8.0 L V10M 29 Jean-Pierre Jarier 3–4, 7 François Lafon3–4, 7 Seikel Motorsport Porsche 911 GT2 Porsche 3.6 L Turbo Flat-6D 32 Francis Werner1–2 Jacques Piattier1–2 Cirtek MotorsportPorsche 911 GT2 Porsche 3.6 L Turbo Flat-633 Jonathan Baker 6 Charlie Cox 6 Estoril RacingPorsche 911 GT2 Porsche 3.6 L Turbo Flat-6D 36 Manuel Monteiro2, 10 Michel Monteiro2, 10 Bovi MotorsportPorsche 911 GT2 Porsche 3.6 L Turbo Flat-637 Kálmán Bódis5 Attila Barta5 András Bakos5 Rupert AtzbergerPorsche 911 GT2 Porsche 3.6 L Turbo Flat-638 Rupert Atzberger10 Siegfried Kaser10 BVB MotorsportPorsche 911 GT2 Porsche 3.8 L Turbo Flat-6D 44 Geoff Lister4 Max Beeverbroock4 Felbermayr Chrysler Viper GTS-R Chrysler 356-T6 8.0 L V10M 45 Horst Felbermayr 4 Horst Felbermayr Jr.4 Sources:[3] [4]
N-GT Entrant Car Engine Tyre Drivers Rounds Pennzoil Quaker State G-ForcePorsche 911 GT3-R Porsche 3.6 L Flat-6D 50 Magnus WallinderAll Robert Nearn1–4 Nigel Smith 5–10 51 Michel Neugarten1–6 Nigel Smith 1–4 Robert Nearn5–10 Stéphane Ortelli 7 Hans Willems8 Geoff Lister9–10 Larbre Compétition Chereau Porsche 911 GT3-R Porsche 3.6 L Flat-6M 52 Christophe Bouchut All Patrice Goueslard All 53 Ferdinand de Lesseps 1–4, 6–10 Jean-Luc Chéreau 1, 3–6, 10 André Ahrlé 2–3, 5–10 Sébastien Bourdais 5 Noël del Bello Racing Porsche 911 GT3-R Porsche 3.6 L Flat-6D 54 Jean-Luc Maury-Laribiére1, 3 Marc Sourd1 Bernard Chauvin1 Patrick Caternet3 Jacques Corbet3 ART EngineeringPorsche 911 GT3-R Porsche 3.6 L Flat-6P 55 Constantino Bertuzzi3–9 Pierangelo Masselli3–9 Franco Bertoli10 Paolo Rapetti10 57 Fabio Mancini7–8, 10 Gianni Collini7–8, 10 Franco Bertoli9 Paolo Rapetti9 EMKA GTC Porsche 911 GT3-R Porsche 3.6 L Flat-6P 56 Steve O'Rourke 1–8, 10 Tim Sugden 1–8, 10 Stephen Day2 Freisinger Motorsport Porsche 911 GT3-R Porsche 3.6 L Flat-6D 58 Nikolai Fomenko 8, 10 Aleksey Vasilyev 8, 10 Haberthur RacingPorsche 911 GT3-R Porsche 3.6 L Flat-6P 60 Fabio Babini 3 Fabio Rosa3 Michel Ligonnet8–10 Michel Neugarten8–9 Jean-Charles Cartier10 Supertech ergFerrari 360 Modena Ferrari 3.6 L V8P 61 Erich Prinoth3 Ivan Capelli 3 LROPorsche 911 GT3-R Porsche 3.6 L Flat-6M 63 Franco Bugané3 François Migault 3 "Raël "3 Michel Ligonnet4 Christophe d'Ansembourg4 Stanislas De Sadeleer4 Perspective RacingPorsche 911 GT3-R Porsche 3.6 L Flat-6P 64 Thierry Perrier 1, 10 Jean-Paul Richard1, 10 Gérard Larrousse 1 Michel Neugarten10 MAC RacingPorsche 911 GT3-R Porsche 3.6 L Flat-6D 66 Paolo Rapetti1–3, 5–6 Massimo Frigerio1–3, 5, 7 Massimo Cattori6 Michel Neugarten7 Renato Biciato7 67 Paco Orti2 Luis Villamil2 Roberto Orlandi3, 8 Renato Biciato3 Fabio Mancini4–6 Gianni Collini4–6 Paolo Rapetti8 Seikel Motorsport Porsche 911 GT3-R Porsche 3.6 L Flat-6D 68 Tony Burgess4 Max Cohen-Olivar 4 JMB Competition Ferrari 360 Modena N-GT Ferrari 3.6 L V8P 70 Marco Lambertini3–4, 6, 10 Batti Pregliasco3–4, 6, 10 Christian Pescatori 6, 10 71 Philippe Alliot 4, 6, 10 Peter Kutemann4, 6, 10 Loris Kessel Racing Ferrari 360 Modena N-GT Ferrari 3.6 L V8P 75 Loris Kessel 3 Andrea Garbagnati3 Paolo Ligresti3 RWS / Red Bull Racing Porsche 911 GT3-R Porsche 3.6 L Flat-6M 77 Luca RiccitelliAll Hans-Jörg Hofer1–3 Hans Willems1, 3–6 Dieter Quester 7–10 79 Hans-Jörg Hofer5–10 Philipp Peter 5 Dieter Quester 5 Giorgio Tibaldo6 Hans Willems7 Günther Blieninger7 Patrick Huisman 8 Bob Wollek 9–10 Cirtek MotorsportPorsche 911 GT3-R Porsche 3.6 L Flat-678 Paul Phillips4 Adam Topping4 Robert Schirle4 Adam Simmons6 Ian Gibbons6 Jürgen Lorenz6 Sources:[3] [4]
Results and standings Race results Points were awarded to the top six finishers in each category. Cars were required to complete at least 70% of the laps covered by the winning car in order to be classified as a finisher. Drivers were required to complete 20% of the distance covered by their car to earn points. Teams titles were awarded based on all the results obtained by a maximum of two cars per team.[1]
Points system 1st 2nd 3rd 4th 5th 6th 10 6 4 3 2 1
Due to the Estoril round being abandoned before 75% of the race distance was completed, half points were awarded to the top six teams and drivers.
Driver championships GT Championship 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 Team championships GT Championship 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)
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