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.

2002

FIA GT 2002
Place	Car Sponsor	Car # Class	Model	Ref. #	Image
Spa 24H
1	Viper	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

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 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
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 Sponsor	Car # Class	Model	Ref. #	Image
1000km Spa
22	Porsche 911 GT3-RS Vanina Ickx Thierry Rabineau Christophe Tinseau	90 GT	Minichamps	400 046980

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
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 2005
Place	Car Sponsor	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

2006

GT3

FIA GT3 European Championship 2006
Place	Car Sponsor	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

2007

FIA GT 2007
Place	Car Sponsor	Car # Class	Model	Ref. #	Image
Monza
17	Ferrari F430 GT2 'Edil-Cris' Paolo Ruberti Damien Pasini	52 GT2	IXO	GTM069

2009

GT3 2009
Place	Car Sponsor	Car # Class	Model	Ref. #	Image
FIA GT3 European Championship
	Aston Martin DBRS9 Thomas Accary Julien Rodrigues	3	Norev	270513
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.

FFSA GT3 2010
Place	Car Sponsor	Car # Class	Model	Ref. #	Image
	Aston Martin DBRS9	10	Norev	270518

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