European Diecast 1999-2008

1999

The GT1's don't get to party

2000

The FIA GT series intruduced weight penalties for winning cars, while this detracted from the "purity", it did seem to even up the competition a bit.

FIA GT Championship 2000
Place	Car Sponsor	Car # Class	Model	Ref. #	Image
0	Porsche 911 (996) GT3-R Michel Neugarten Nigel Smith	51 N-GT	Onyx	XGT017

2002

FIA GT Championship 2002
Place	Car Sponsor	Car # Class	Model	Ref. #	Image
Silverstone
9	Ferrari 360 Modena Andrea Montermini Christian Pescatori	50 N-GT	Fabbri (Ferrari Racing Collection)	Issue #5
Spa 24 Hours
1	Chrysler Viper GTS-R Christophe Bouchut Sébastien Bourdais Vincent Vosse David Terrien	1 GT	Ixo	GTM058

2003

FIA Sportscar Championship

This prototype-based series had modest grids and fan turnout. They held a 1000km event at Spa which attracted the most interest. The rules were not aligned with the A.C.O., so no automatic Le Mans berths were given.

FIA Sportscar Championship 2003
Place	Car Sponsor	Car # Class	Model	Ref. #	Image
Spa 1000km
1	Audi R8 Tom Kristensen Seiji Ara	25 SR1	IXO	GTM017
			Minichamps	400031325

FIA GT Championship 2003
Place	Car Sponsor	Car # Class	Model	Ref. #	Image
Spa 24 Hours
1	Porsche 911 (996) GT3 RS Stéphane Ortelli Marc Lieb Romain Dumas	50 N-GT	Minichamps	400036950
5	Chrysler Viper GTS-R Pedro Lamy Kurt Mollekens Didier de Radigues	126 G2	Ixo	GTM076

2004

FIA GT showed impressive grids and good racing in 2004.

Prototypes were allowed in the newly-formed Le Mans Endurance Series. This was run to full A.C.O. rules, so teams we able to do real shakedowns for the 24 Hours. The only problem is that it defered some entries that would have made it to Sebring or Petit Le Mans.

FIA GT Championship 2004
Place	Car Sponsor	Car # Class	Model	Ref. #	Image
500km Monza
3	Ferrari 575 Maranello GTC Philipp Peter Fabio Babini	11 GT	Ixo (Ferrari Collection)	FER041
500km Donington
1	Ferrari 575 Maranello GTC Karl Wendlinger Jaime Melo	17 GT	Ixo (Ferrari Collection)	FER037
24H Spa
2	Ferrari 575 Maranello GTC	0	Fabbri
6	BMW M3 GTR (E46) Hans-Joachim Stuck Dirk Müller Jörg Müller	142 G2	Minichamps	400042392
DNF	Lister Storm Jamie Campbell-Walter Jamie Derbyshire Bobby Verdon-Roe Peter Snowden	27 GT	Spark	S0635
DNF	BMW M3 GTR (E46) Pedro Lamy Antonio Garcia Andy Priaulx Kurt Mollekens	143 G2	Minichamps	400042393
DNF	Gillet Vertigo Yves Lambert Jean-Pierre Van de Wauwer Christian Lefort	101 G2	Spark	S1464
Imola
1	Saleen S7-R Michael Bartels Uwe Alzen	5 GT	Ixo	GTM022
Oschersleben
1	Maserati MC12 Andrea Bertolini Mika Salo	33 GT	Ixo	GTM023

Le Mans Endurance Series 2004
Place	Car Sponsor	Car # Class	Model	Ref. #	Image
1000km Spa
22	Porsche 911 (996) GT3-RS Vanina Ickx Thierry Rabineau Christophe Tinseau	90 GT	Minichamps	400 046980

Non-Championship 2004
Place	Car Sponsor	Car # Class	Model	Ref. #	Image
Nurburgring 24 Hours
1	BMW M3 GTR Dirk Müller Jörg Müller Hans-Joachim Stuck Pedro Lamy	42 E1	Minichamps	400 042342
			Ixo	GTM018
2	BMW M3 GTR Duncan Huisman Boris Said Hans-Joachim Stuck Pedro Lamy	43 E1	Minichamps	400 042343
5	Nissan Skyline GTR 'Falken' Roland Asch Dirk Schoysman Takayuki Kinoshita Tetsuya Tanaka	44 A8	Ebbro	44481

2005

Zytek

The excellent Zytek chassis provided some needed variety to the prototype scene by being a real competitor to the mighty Audi R8. The factory team scored impressive wins at Spa and Laguna Seca. (The latter in 'LEGO Star Wars' livery, no less) There are quality versions of these cars from both Spark (resin) and Ebbro (diecast).

Le Mans Endurance Series 2005
Place	Car Sponsor	Car # Class	Model	Ref. #	Image
1000 km Spa
LMP1 Class
1	Zytek 04S 'Essex Invest' John Nielsen Casper Elgaard Hayanari Shimoda	15 LMP1	Spark	S0039
15	Porsche 911-GT3 RSR Christian Lefort Yves Lambert Markus Palttala	73 GT2	Minichamps	400 056473
DNF	Audi R8 Stéphane Ortelli Jean-Marc Gounon	4 LMP1	Minichamps	400 051304
DNF	Porsche 911-GT3 RS Xavier Pompidou Adam Jones Yutaka Yamagishi	91 GT2	Minichamps	400 056991
DNF	Saleen S7R Matteo Bobbi Stéphane Lémeret Paolo Ruberti	66 GT1	IXO	GTM064
DNF	Zytek 04S 'QinetiQ' Sam Hignett John Stack Haruki Kurosawa	9 LMP1	Ebbro	43629
1000 km Nurburgring
9	Aston Martin DBR9 Darren Turner Rob Bell	62 GT1	Ixo	GTM038

FIA GT Championship 2005
Place	Car Sponsor	Car # Class	Model	Ref. #	Image
Spa 24 Hours
5	Aston Martin DBR9 Pedro Lamy Marc Goossens Peter Kox	29 GT1	Ixo	GTM030
6	Aston Martin DBR9 Darren Turner Stéphane Sarrazin David Brabham	28 GT1	Ixo	GTM029
7	Porsche 911-GT3 RSR Marc Lieb Mike Rockenfeller Lucas Luhr	66 GT2	Minichamps	400 056466
14	Porsche 996 GT3 Cup Armand Fumal Chris Mattheus Steve Van Bellingen Christophe Geoffroy	124 G3	Minichamps	400 056224

Non-Championship 2005
Place	Car Sponsor	Car # Class	Model	Ref. #	Image
Nurburgring 24 Hours
1	BMW M3 GTR Andy Priaulx Duncan Huisman Boris Said Hans-Joachim Stuck	2 E1	Minichamps	400 052302
			Ixo	GTM032
2	BMW M3 GTR Dirk Müller Jörg Müller Hans-Joachim Stuck Pedro Lamy	1 E1	Minichamps	400 052301
			Ixo	GTM033
3	Dodge Viper Robert Lechner Sacha Bert Peter Zakowski	77 A8	Ixo	GTM034

2006

Le Mans Series 2006
Place	Car Sponsor	Car # Class	Model	Ref. #	Image
1000km Spa
7	Saleen S7-R Stéphane Ortelli Soheil Ayari	55 GT1	Ixo	GTM046
9	Aston Martin DBR9 Antonio Garcia Richard Lyons	61 GT1	Ixo	GTM047
11	Aston Martin DBR9 Peter Hardman Christian Vann Jamie Campbell-Walter	62 GT1	Ixo	GTM048

FIA GT Championship 2006
Place	Car Sponsor	Car # Class	Model	Ref. #	Image
RAC Tourist Trophy - Silverstone
DNF	Aston Martin DBR9 Karl Wendlinger Philipp Peter	33 GT1	Ixo	GTM045
Spa 24 Hours
2	Aston Martin DBR9 Andrea Piccini Jean-Denis Délétraz Marcel Fässler Stéphane Lemeret	5 GT1	Ixo	GTM049
3	Chevrolet C6.R Bert Longin Anthony Kumpen Mike Hezemans Kurt Mollekens	4 GT1	Spark	S0176
5	Chevrolet C6.R Jos Menten Jean-Philippe Belloc Patrick Bornhauser Frédéric Bouvy	34 GT1	Spark	S0177
			IXO	GTM050
DNF	Maserati MC12 Vincent Vosse Jamie Davies Thomas Biagi	2 GT1	Ixo	GTM053

GT3

FIA GT3 European Championship 2006
Place	Car Sponsor	Car # Class	Model	Ref. #	Image
Spa
4	Aston Martin DBRS9 Massimiliano Mugelli Marcello Zani	23 AM	Minichamps	400 061323
9	Aston Martin DBRS9 Tom Alexander Tiff Needell	22 AM	Minichamps	400 061322
17	Aston Martin DBRS9 Franco Groppi Toni Seiler	24 AM	Minichamps	400 061324
20	Aston Martin DBRS9 Leo Machitski Jonny Cocker	44 AM	Minichamps	400 061344
27	Aston Martin DBRS9 Martin Rich Piers Johnson	66 AM	Minichamps	400 061366
DNF	Aston Martin DBRS9 Davide Stancheris Diego Alessi	25 AM	Minichamps	400 061325
Non-Championship 2006
Nurburgring 24 Hours (Non-Championship)
36	Maserati GranSport Trofeu Jacques Laffite Gianni Giudici Richard Meaden Patrick Hong	9 SP8	Ixo	GTM056
94	Volvo S40 Heico Odin HS4 Patrick Brenndörfer Martin Müller Frank Eickholt	89 SP4T	Norev	876150

2007

FIA GT Championship 2007
Place	Car Sponsor	Car # Class	Model	Ref. #	Image
Silverstone
1	Maserati MC12 Thomas Biagi Mika Salo	1 GT1	Ixo	GTM066
Monza
17	Ferrari F430 GT2 'Edil-Cris' Paolo Ruberti Damien Pasini	52 GT2	IXO	GTM069
Spa 24 Hours
0	Chevrolet	4	Spark
0	Chevrolet	5	Spark
DNF	Lamborghini Murciélago R-GT Jos Menten Jeroen Bleekemolen Peter Kox	28 GT1	Altaya 'Passion de la Vitesse'	Issue #6
DNF	Lamborghini Gallardo LP520 GT3 Vadim Kuzminykh Antoine Leclerc	216 CdR	Altaya 'Passion de la Vitesse'	Issue #28
DNF	Lamborghini Murciélago R-GT Christophe Bouchut Stefan Mücke Frank Stippler	7 GT1	Altaya 'Passion de la Vitesse'	Issue #55
Nurburgring 24 Hours
156	Volvo S40 Heico Odin HS4 Patrick Brenndörfer Martin Müller Frank Eickholt	272 S2	Norev	876151

2008

Porsche GT3 Cup S

While the Porsche Cup car had been the original benchmark for the entire GT3 class, they soon found themselves at a bit of a performance disadvantage. The GT3 Cup S was a wider version that took advantage of the GT3 RS roadcar platform.

FIA GT Championship 2008
Place	Car Sponsor	Car # Class	Model	Ref. #	Image
Spa 24 Hours
3	Aston Martin DBR9 Philipp Peter Allan Simonsen Darren Turner	10 GT1	Ixo	GTM078
4	Maserati MC-12 Ben Aucott Alain Ferté Stéphane Daoudi	15 GT1	Ixo	GTM079
DNF	Saleen S7-R Anthony Kumpen Bert Longin Kurt Mollekens Frédéric Bouvy	4 GT1	Altaya 'Passion de la Vitesse'	Issue #8
Non-Championship 2008
Nurburgring 24 Hours (Non-Championship)
1	Porsche 911 GT3	1	Spark (Manthey Team Edition)
2	Porsche 911 GT3-MR Armin Hahne Christian Haarmann Jochen Krumbach Pierre Kaffer (Custom bodywork by Manthey)	23 SP7	Minichamps	437 086823
6	BMW M3 GTS	10	Minichamps	437 082810
18	Aston Martin V8 Vantage N24	8	Minichamps	437 081308
DNF	Gumpert Apollo Hybrid Heinz Harald Frentzen Dirk Müller Dominik Schwager Marcel Engels	11 E1-XP	Minichamps	437 080911
Test	Porsche 911 GT3 RSR	3	Minichamps	437 087803
Test	Fiat 500	168	Minichamps	437 081268
Test	Lamborghini Gallardo	90	Minichamps	437 081090
Test	Porsche		Minichamps
Test	Porsche		Minichamps
Test	Aston Martin DBRS9		Minichamps
FIA GT3 European Championship 2008
	Jaguar XKR GT3 Phil Quaife Stuart Hall	33 GT3	Minichamps	400 081333

2009

Audi R8 LMS

Audi launched the excellent GT3 version of their R8 using the Phoenix and Abt teams with whom they partner in the DTM series

FIA GT Championship 2009
Place	Car Sponsor	Car # Class	Model	Ref. #	Image
Spa 24 Hours
1	Chevrolet Corvette C6.R Z06 Mike Hezemans Anthony Kumpen Jos Menten Kurt Mollekens	4 GT1	Ixo	GTM085
19	Chevrolet Corvette C6.R Z06 Bert Longin Maxime Soulet James Ruffier Oliver Gavin	3 GT1	Ixo	GTM090

GT3 2009
Place	Car Sponsor	Car # Class	Model	Ref. #	Image
ADAC GT Masters
6	Audi R8 GT3 Christian Abt Jan Seyffarth	6 GT3	Spark (Germany Special Edition)	SG001
7	Audi R8 GT3 Florian Gruber Peter Tertling	7 GT3	Spark (Germany Special Edition)	SG002
FIA GT3 European Championship
	Aston Martin DBRS9 Thomas Accary Julien Rodrigues	3	Norev	270513
FIA GT3 European Championship - Zolder
0	Ford GT GT3 'Mad-Croc'	12	Minichamps	437098412
HTTT Paul Ricard (Round 1 of the Oreca Sportscars Winter Series)
10	Ferrari F430 GT3 Andrea Garbagnati Edouard Gravereaux	34	Hot Wheels Elite	W1193
Italian GT3 Championship
1	Ferrari F430 GT3 Stefano Livio Lorenzo Bontempelli	57	Hot Wheels Elite	W1776

2010

In 2010, the FIA GT was replaced with the single-class GT1 World Championship. There were series-specific cars such as the Maytech Ford GT, and Nissan GT-R. Some of these teams did run at Le Mans in 2010, but lacked the long-distance experience to be competitive.

The various GT3 series continued to build interest.

GT3 2010
Place	Car Sponsor	Car # Class	Model	Ref. #	Image
ADAC GT Masters
	Audi R8 GT3 Kenneth Heyer Michael Ammermüller	7 GT3	Spark (Germany Special Edition)	SG008
	Audi R8 GT3 Bernd Herndlhofer Christiaan Frankenhout	8 GT3	Spark (Germany Special Edition)	SG007
FIA GT2 European Championship - Spa 24 Hours
1	Porsche 911 (997) GT3 RSR Romain Dumas Jörg Bergmeister Martin Ragginger Wolf Henzler	23 GT2	Spark (Belgium Special Edition)	SB001
2	Porsche 911 (997) GT3 RSR Raymond Narac Patrick Pilet Patrick Long Richard Lietz	16 GT2	Spark (Belgium Special Edition)	SB002
6	Porsche 911 (997) GT3 R Jürgen Häring Dimitrios Konstantinou Arnaud Peyroles Gilles Vannelet	53 GT3	Minichamps	400 108953
13	Audi R8 LMS Stéphane Ortelli Stéphane Lémeret Kurt Mollekens François Verbist	73 GT3	Spark (Belgium Special Edition)	SB010
DNF	Aston Martin DBRS9 Eddy Renard Tim Verbergt Jeffrey van Hooydonk Koen Wauters	64 GT3	Spark (Belgium Special Edition)	SB006
FIA GT3 European Championship - Brno
DNF	Ford GT GT3 'Mad-Croc'	14	Minichamps	437108414
French FFSA
	Aston Martin DBRS9	10	Norev	270518

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