The BPR Years

After the disasterous World Sportscar Championship season of 1992, there was no overall series in Europe for the first time since 1952. However, national championships and one-marque races for GT based cars sprung up in Italy and the UK. (Not to mention the German ADAC GT & Porsche Carerra 2 Cup, Belcar and FFSA.) This back-to-GT revolt begat the modern GT & GTS classes that exist to this day.

The Italian GT Championship was particularly important, as they had the Jaguar and Ferrari GT1 "Supercars". For the rest of the story go to the Detail Cars Jaguar Page

1992

Italian GT Championship 1992 (Gran Criterium Super Car GT)

Place

Car
Sponsor

Car # Class

Model

Ref. #

Image

Ferrari F40
Rory Parasitili 		1
Detail Cars
153
Ferrari 348TB
Guglielmo Dolfi 		18
Detail Cars
122

1993

Porsche Carerra 3.8 RSR

Porsche caught a whiff of the "Back to GT" movement and developed the 964-series 3.8 RSR. A total of 51 out-of-the-box racing cars went to teams around the world.

Non-Championship 1993

Place

Car
Sponsor

Car # Class

Model

Ref. #

Image

Paul Ricard Test
Porsche 911 Carerra RSR 3.8 (Type 964)
'Shell'
Jurgen Barth 		0
Spark
S2069
Nurburgring 24 Hours
1Porsche 911 Carerra RS (Type 964)
"Tonico de Azevedo"
Franz Konrad
�rnulf Wirdheim
Frank Katth�fer 		7
Spark
(Germany Special Edition)		SG015
0Porsche 911 (964) RSR
Rohrl
Grohs
Alzen
von Gartzen
8
Spark
(Germany Special Edition)		SG016
Spa 24 Hours
1Porsche 911 Carerra RSR 3.8 (Type 964)
Jean-Pierre Jarier
Christian Fittipaldi
Uwe Alzen 		36
Spark
(Belgium Special Edition)		SB008

Italian GT Championship 1993 (Campionatto Italiano Supercar GT)

Place

Car
Sponsor

Car # Class

Model

Ref. #

Image

 Ferrari F40 'MonteShell'
Marco Brand 		7
Detail Cars
154
   IXO
(model-car.com Special Edition)		MDC015
 Jaguar XJ220 'Martini'
Giudici 		11
Minichamps
430 931300
   Detail Cars
174 
12Jaguar XJ220
'ERG'
Paolo Cutrera 		12
Minichamps
430 931312
 Jaguar XJ220 'ERG'
Paolo Cutrera 		12
Detail Cars
172
 Ferrari 348 GTC 'MonteShell'
Oscar Larrauri 		25
Bang
8018

1994

Italian GT Championship 1994 (Campionatto Italiano Supercar GT)

Place

Car
Sponsor

Car # Class

Model

Ref. #

Image

Ferrari F40 'Totip'
Federico D'Amore
Oscar Larrauri 		1
Detail Cars
155

BPR Series 1994

Place

Car
Sponsor

Car # Class

Model

Ref. #

Image

Spa
5Ferrari 348 GTC
'Brummel'
Fabio Mancini
Massimo Monti 		1
GT3		Bang
8022
Zhuhai
1Porsche 911 Turbo S LM (964)
Bob Wollek
Jean-Pierre Jarier
Jacques Laffite
86
GT1		Spark
S1932

1995

For 1995 Porsche launched the 911 (993) GT2 R for the BPR series class. They also developed a few very special cars that were dubbed the GT2 Evo, which actually were designed for the GT1 classes. But since 1995 saw the rise of the iconic McLaren F1, the results of the Evo cars never materialised.

BPR Series 1995

Place

Car
Sponsor

Car # Class

Model

Ref. #

Image

McLaren F1 GTR 'Gulf'

Ray Bellm

Maurizio Sala

1Minichamps530 154301

McLaren F1 GTR 'Jacadi'

Fabien Giroix

Olivier Grouillard

7Minichamps530 154307

McLaren F1 GTR 'East'

John Nielsen

Thomas Bscher

8Minichamps530 154308

McLaren F1 GTR 'Davidoff'

John Nielsen

Thomas Bscher

8Minichamps530 154305

McLaren F1 GTR 'Harrod's'

Andy Wallace

Karl Wendlinger

9Minichamps530 154309

McLaren F1 GTR 'Gulf'

Pierre-Henri Raphanel

Lindsay Owen-Jones

16Minichamps530 154316

Jaguar XJ220 'Miss Jaguar'

Richard Piper

Win Percy

17Detail Cars175

Ferrari F40

Anders Olofsson

Luciano della Noce

60Detail Cars156
11Porsche 911 GT2
Uwe Sick
Peter Zbinden 		22
GT3		Vitesse
Limited Edition		L152F

1996

Zhuhai 4 Hours

The Gulf Team switched to full-tobacco livery for the season-ending Chinese race.

BPR Series 1996

Place

Car
Sponsor

Car # Class

Model

Ref. #

Image

Paul Ricard (Round 1)
DNFMcLaren F1 GTR
'Gulf'
Pierre-Henri Raphanel
Lindsay Owen-Jones 		6
GT1		Ixo
GTM071
(Full Season)
25

McLaren F1 GTR 'Tullies TBF'

Jacques Laffite

Marc Duez

25Minichamps530 164325
Spa
3McLaren F1 GTR
'West'
John Nielsen
Thomas Bscher
(Full-Tabacco Livery)		1
GT1		Ixo
GTM084
Zhuhai
3McLaren F1 GTR 'Marlboro'
Ray Bellm
James Weaver
J.J. Lehto 		2
(IXO)
Palma 43 Dealer Edition(Japan)		40008
4McLaren F1 GTR 'Marlboro'
Pierre-Henri Raphanel
David Brabham
Lindsay Owen-Jones 		6
(IXO)
Palma 43 Dealer Edition (Japan)		40009

This Ralf Schumacher McLaren F1 GTR will be even more valuble if he wins the world championship.

Japanese GT 1996

Place

Car
Sponsor

Car # Class

Model

Ref. #

Image

60

McLaren F1 GTR 'Lark'

Naoki Hattori

Ralf Schumacher

60Minichamps530 164360