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This series dropped the GT1 class for 1999, and the cars formerly known as "GT2" (or now "GTS") were called simply "GT". They added a class for what the rest of the world calls "GT" as "N-GT". This proves for the 3,498th thime that the FIA could screw up anything. |
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 2002 | |||||
Place |
Car |
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 |  |
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 |
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 |
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 |  |
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 |
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 |  |
| Imola | |||||
| 1 | Saleen S7R 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 |
Car # Class |
Model |
Ref. # |
Image |
| 1000km Spa | |||||
| 22 | Porsche 911 GT3-RS Vanina Ickx Thierry Rabineau Christophe Tinseau | 90 GT | Minichamps | 400 046980 |  |
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 |
Car # Class |
Model |
Ref. # |
Image |
| 1000km Spa | |||||
| LMP1 Class | |||||
| 1 | Zytek 04S 'Essex Invest' John Nielsen Casper Elgaard Hayanari Shimoda | 15 LMP1 | Spark | S0039 |  |
| DNF | Zytek 04S 'QinetiQ' Sam Hignett  John Stack Haruki Kurosawa | 9 LMP1 | Ebbro | 43629 |  |
| 1000km Nurburgring | |||||
| 9 | Aston Martin DBR9 Darren Turner Robert Bell | 62 GT1 | IXO | GTM038 |  |
FIA GT Championship 2005 | |||||
Place |
Car |
Car # Class |
Model |
Ref. # |
Image |
| Spa 24 Hours | |||||
| 5 | Aston Martin DBR9 Pedro Lamy Peter Kox Marc Goossens | 29 GT1 | IXO | GTM030 |  |
| 6 | Aston Martin DBR9 Stephane Sarrazin Darren Turner David Brabham | 28 GT1 | IXO | GTM029 |  |
Le Mans Series 2006 | |||||
Place |
Car |
Car # Class |
Model |
Ref. # |
Image |
| 1000km Spa | |||||
| 0 | Saleen S7R | 55 | Ixo | GTM046 |  |
| 0 | Aston Martin DBR9 | 61 | Ixo | GTM047 |  |
FIA GT Championship 2006 | |||||
Place |
Car |
Car # Class |
Model |
Ref. # |
Image |
| Silverstone | |||||
| DNF | Aston Martin DBR9 Karl Wendlinger Philipp Peter | 33 GT1 | IXO | GTM045 |  |
| Spa 24 Hours | |||||
| 0 | Chevrolet | 34 | Spark | ||
| 0 | Chevrolet | 4 | Spark | ||
FIA GT3 European Championship 2006 | |||||
Place |
Car |
Car # Class |
Model |
Ref. # |
Image |
| Spa | |||||
| Aston Martin DBRS9 | 22 | Minichamps | 400 061322 | ||
| Aston Martin DBRS9 | 24 | Minichamps | 400 061324 | ||
| Aston Martin DBRS9 | 25 | Minichamps | 400 061325 | ||
| Aston Martin DBRS9 | 66 | Minichamps | 400 061366 | ||
Non-Championship 2006 | |||||
| Nurburgring 24 Hours (Non-Championship) | |||||
| 0 | Maserati GranSport Trofeu | 9 | Ixo | GTM056 |  |
FIA GT Championship 2007 | |||||
Place |
Car |
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 | ||
FIA GT Championship 2008 | |||||
Place |
Car |
Car # Class |
Model |
Ref. # |
Image |
| Spa 24 Hours | |||||
| 4 | Maserati MC-12 Ben Aucott Alain Ferté Stéphane Daoudi | 15 GT1 | Ixo | GTM079 |  |
Non-Championship 2008 | |||||
| Nurburgring 24 Hours (Non-Championship) | |||||
| 0 | HHF Hybrid (Gumpert Apollo) | 11 | Minichamps | 437080911 |  |
FIA GT Championship 2009 | |||||
Place |
Car |
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 |
Car # Class |
Model |
Ref. # |
Image |
| 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 |  |
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 |
Car # Class |
Model |
Ref. # |
Image |
| 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 |  |
| 13 | Audi R8 LMS Stéphane Ortelli Stéphane Lémeret Kurt Mollekens François Verbist | 73 GT3 | Spark (Belgium Special Edition) | SB010 |  |
| FIA GT3 European Championship - Brno | |||||
| DNF | Ford GT GT3 'Mad-Croc' | 14 | Minichamps | 437108414 |  |
| French FFSA | |||||
| Aston Martin DBRS9 | 10 | Norev | 270518 |  | |
FIA GT1 World Championship 2010 | |||||
Place |
Car |
Car # Class |
Model |
Ref. # |
Image |
| Nissan (R35) GT-R GT1 | 3 | Ebbro | |||
| Nissan (R35) GT-R GT1 | 4 | Ebbro | |||
| Nissan (R35) GT-R GT1 | 22 | Ebbro | |||
| Nissan (R35) GT-R GT1 | 23 | Ebbro | |||
| Maserati MC12 | 33 | ||||
The GT1 World Championship never took off, and instead the European talent migrated toward the Blancpain Endurance Series. This GT3-based series featured longer events, and included the Spa 24 Hours
Blancpain Endurance Series 2011 | |||||
Place |
Car |
Car # Class |
Model |
Ref. # |
Image |
| Spa 24 Hours | |||||
| 1 | Audi R8 LMS Mattias Ekström Gregory Franchi Timo Scheider | 33 Pro | Spark (Belgium Special Edition) | SB011 |  |
| 2 | BMW Z4 GT3 Dirk Werner Claudia Hürtgen Edward Sandström  | 76 Pro | Spark (Belgium Special Edition) | SB012 | |
| 3 | Mercedes-Benz SLS AMG GT3 Kenneth Heyer Stéphane Lémeret Thomas Jäger | 35 | Spark (Belgium Special Edition) | SB013 | |
| 11 | Ford GT GT3 Antoine Leclerc Markus Palttala Jonathan Hirschi | 41 Pro | Spark (Belgium Special Edition) | SB019 | |
| 20 | Aston Martin DBRS9 Oliver Bryant Alasdair McCaig Andrew Smith Joe Twyman | 79 Pro-Am | Spark (Belgium Special Edition) | SB022 |  |
| DNF | Lotus Evora Cup GT4 Edoardo Piscopo Leo Mansell Greg Mansell Gianni Giudici | 70 GT4 | Spark (Belgium Special Edition) | SB018 | |
| DNF | Chevrolet Corvette Z06.R GT3 'Red Bull' Frédéric Bouvy Damien Coens Jean-Luc Blanchemain Christian Kelders | 26 Pro-Am | Minichamps | 437111426 |  |
| DNF | Aston Martin DBRS9 Tomá Enge (CZ) Eddy Renard Gavin Pickering Jan ovíček (CZ) | 008 | Spark (Belgium Special Edition) | SB016 | |
| DNF | Mercedes-Benz SLS AMG GT3 Anthony Kumpen Koen Wauters Mike Hezemans | 15 Pro | Spark (Belgium Special Edition) | SB024 |  |
| DNF | BMW Z4 GT3 Maxime Martin Bas Leinders Marc Hennerici | 40 | Spark (Belgium Special Edition) | SB015 | |
| DNF | Aston Martin DBRS9 Pierre Grivegnee Jean-Pierre Van de Wauwer Alex van de Poele | 78 Gent | Spark (Belgium Special Edition) | SB023 |  |
Non-Championship 2011 | |||||
| Nurburgring 24 Hours (Non-Championship) | |||||
| 6 | Mercedes-Benz SLS AMG GT3 Kenneth Heyer Thomas Jäger Jeroen Bleekemolen Jan Seyffarth | 22 SP9 (GT3) | Minichamps | 437110322 |  |
| 7 | Mercedes-Benz SLS AMG GT3 Lance David Arnold Alexander Margaritis Christopher Brück Christiaan Frankenhout | 32 SP9 (GT3) | Minichamps | 437110332 |  |
| 11 | Mercedes-Benz SLS AMG GT3 Vimal Mehta Sean Patrick Breslin Sean Paul Breslin Stephan Rösler | 21 SP9 (GT3) | Minichamps | 437110321 |  |
| 17 | Mercedes-Benz SLS AMG GT3 Michael Zehe Dominik Schwager Klaus Rader Mark Bullitt  | 46 SP9 (GT3) | Minichamps | 437110346 |  |
| 22 | Porsche | 10 | Minichamps | 437116110 |  |
| 48 | Porsche | 44 | Minichamps | 437116144 |  |
| DNF | Mercedes-Benz SLS AMG GT3 | 36 SP9 (GT3) | Minichamps | 437110396 |  |
| DNF | Mercedes-Benz SLS AMG GT3 | 24 SP9 (GT3) | Minichamps | 437110324 |  |
| DNF | Mercedes-Benz SLS AMG GT3 | 30 SP9 (GT3) | Minichamps | 437110330 |  |
| DNF | Aston Martin | 5 | Minichamps | 437111305 |  |
| DNF | Porsche | 59 | Minichamps | 437116159 |  |
| DNF | VW GTI | 135 | Spark (VW Dealer Edition) | ||
| DNF | VW GTI | 235 | Spark (VW Dealer Edition) | ||
| DNF | VW GTI | 35 | Spark (VW Dealer Edition) | ||
Blancpain Endurance Series 2012 | |||||
Place |
Car |
Car # Class |
Model |
Ref. # |
Image |
| Spa 24 Hours | |||||
| 9 | McLaren MP4-12C GT3 Chris Goodwin Rob Barff Alvaro Parente Roger Wills | 88 Pro Am | TrueScale Miniatues | TSM134332 |  |
| DNF | McLaren MP4-12C GT3 'Gulf' Mike Wainwright Robert Bell Andrew Meyrick | 9 Pro | TrueScale Miniatues | TSM134331 |  |
Non-Championship 2012 | |||||
| Nurburgring 24 Hours (Non-Championship) | |||||
| 1 | Audi R8 LMS Ultra Frank Stippler Christopher Haase Marc Basseng Markus Winkelhock | 3 SP9 (GT3) | Spark (Germany Special Edition) | SG059 |  |
| Spark (Audi Dealer Edition) | |||||
| 13 | Porsche 911 (997) GT3 KR Wolfgang Kauffmann Alfrid Heger Dieter Schornstein Michael Küke | 150 SP7 | Spark (Kremer Team Edition) | ||
| 26 | Aston Martin V12 Zagato Ulrich Bez Christopher Porritt Wofgang Schuhbauer Richard Meaden | 005 SP8 | Spark (Germany Special Edition) | SG060 |  |
| 101 | Aston Martin AMR Vantage GT3 Johannes Stuck Ferdinand Stuck Darren Turner Dennis Rostek | 007 SP9 (GT3) | Spark (Germany Special Edition) | SG062 |  |
| 106 | Aston Martin AMR Vantage GT3 Stefan Mücke Tomas Enge Oliver Mathai Fredy Barth  | 006 SP9 (GT3) | Spark (Germany Special Edition) | SG061 |  |
| DNF | Porsche 911 GT3 R Christian Menzel Emmanuel Collard Mike Stursberg Hans Guido Riegel | 8 SP9 (GT3) | Spark (Germany Special Edition) | SG063 |  |
| DNF | | 145 | Spark (Germany Special Edition) | SG067 |  |
| DNF | | 16 | Spark (Germany Special Edition) | SG066 |  |